The Lucknow Sentinel, 1965-02-03, Page 8lafllti► I.If3NT
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TNS LUCKNOW SEaTiNE6, LUCKPOW, ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY, FEd. 3rd,. • Ito;
ower AcreageOnk Iflcrease 1n'
�roii aluablie CasI Croy:.
• a . the ' land, In softie cases, last year
15 , cleated 'tractors Were used , to push
the combines. •
p " INTENDED . FOR A
MUCH ' EARLIER ;•ISSUE'
The, fon ` a written
.......11pwingarticle was wr n
by a :staffwriter of the Kitchener
Record' and .appeared: in that pub=
lication recently, giving ' credit, to,
atp Ashfield ',Township farmer, for
. their•: introduction' locally. ' '
LUCI NQW In 'this ' area'. where
the need. • isrecognized for more
cash crops to 'correct the : agricul
tural imbalance, , a," few farmers,
are growing. a crop that, is yielding
$100 an acre. .
' just three years ag
c 'nee
Sunflower , growing; : was star
here, . ` but .:an that. ' time acreage
has `increased from 166 to more
than .1,800. and: many, more 'farmers
have :applied for. contracts.
It started when. William Borland,
bought a farm in Ashfield, about
12 miles south-west of 1.40cknow
and •moved up ' front Ridgetown.
In. his home area sunflowers had
been grown fere their seed. .and
he saw no reasott why: they, would
not. flourish • here.
Mr. Borland contacted : a pro
•cessor at .'Itidgetown;`and obtained
contracts. '•'Since' thenthe: acreage
has increased ., each .year and;. in
'.time .the. tall 'plant. may. assume an
important part . in Huron County's
agricultural picture.
4,40 "sunflowers .grown • here are
used. either for . , ;bird seed : or
hulled or in the shells;, for ;human
consumption Most .of it is- exported
to the United .States after . pro'-
cessiug
NATIVE .PLANT r..
There are Many more . uses
however for :the ', sunflower ' and, 'it
processing was : available in this
province as it : is:' in Western Can-
ada the . acreages could be greatly
increased:
The sunflower, an annual, is
native ` to , North.:. America. When
'Champlain visited the Indians of
this ' district more than ' 300 years
ago he found them using the. plant,
the stalks for textile fibre, the
:petals fora yellow dye, ' the seed.
for food and the.oii from the seeds
to groom their hair.
The ..huge head is actually` made
up of many small separate flowers
clustered to. form .the; dark centre,
those on the rim produce the.
petals .: and those inside make:
:nectar and: seeds
The plant fol \ years .. hasbeen
grown extensively in. Russia • and
Argentine : as an oil crop. In 1875
Mennonite immigrants from Russia
introduced a .variety . from' that
country : which is now grown' in.
this .district; It has been .named
Mennonite:
From 1931 to 193.3, with Wheat
prices depressed, the Canada de-
-pertinent of . agriculture , studied.
sunflower ' bleeding and ,selection.
Growing the plant was .encouraged
during the : past war when a critical
shortage of vegetable oil ' existed
and ' a five -cents -a -pound ' price
guaranteed. (The. present 'price is
about six cents;) .
COULD REPLACE IMPORTS
Sunflowers., could be. 'an :import-'
ante contributor to our vegetable
oil' industries. At :present •les/ than
50 per cent .of this country's con-
suinption is. Canada produced. The
'rest; consisting of cotton.. seed,
coconut, palm ' and soybean oil, is
imported. In industrial use these
vegetable oils, are for the most
part excha ngable sothe imported
oils 'could be replaced to .a large
extent if .sunflower oil were avail-
able in greater quantities..:
In the Canadian ' West the oil
extraction from sunflowers centres
around a Mennonite co-operative at
Altona, Man. .
In growing sunflowers the prac
`tires followed are very similar to
those for; corn: Little extra in the
way of equipment is required.
Advantag es.of sunflower growl.; ..
are their great frost ' resistance,
their. 'ability to compete. ;with an-
nual weeds, • they are dotnestically
marketed as a cash crop. and as a
row crop, and as a partial summer-
fallow substitute .they extend 'ro-
tation. Sunflowers aid'- in. uniform
distribution of farm activities *with
harvesting coming in late •Sept-
etriber or October,
The ground is. given the, same
prepartion as for corn, They are
.planted with a corn planter in 36-
inch rows and are cultivated like
cern The '.;, •,
y seem to stand . both
*tight :and Wet weather.
A standard :fertilizerpP�
.a cation
seems to be . 300 pounds, of ' 3-18-9
per acre
ADAPT HARVESTERS'
• F'or anexpenditure ofab0ut.
$150 most combines can be adapted
to harvesting, . the tall plants. The
reels are removed from: the com-
bine. and long pans, -spaced 3, in-
ches apart are bolted to the' com-
bine guards., The cylinder speed
must be slowed down to about 20o
r.p.m. , as a higher speed causes.
some de -hulling of the seeds. The
plant threshes very readily.
The late maturity can cause a
problem if the fall is a wet, one. The
seeds can . , arvested when the
moisture content is down to 12 per
cent, butif the ground is wet it is
difficult to get the equipment over
The sunflower . is susceptible to a
fly. which, lays its eggs in the -seed.
Sofar; there' has been -no evidence
of this, insect in Huron. County, but
it is bothersome near' Ridgetown.:
Cheinical herbicides t'
. are ' ou
where the sunflower' is concerned.
The 2,4-D or . MCP weedkillers
should notbe used near • them:,
The crop, is an effective one for
fighting, weeds, largely because of
the sunflower's rapid growth. They
have, been measured . growing an
inch' every five hours::
They . are "grown in a. three or
four-year rotation.. The land ,ben-
efits from growing sunflowers, the
farmers say. ; The long tap root
opens up the . ground •for air and
moisture, •
Mr. Borland says, "It's our sur-
est cash crop, Farmers of this
district . are now clamouring for
contracts."
Many believe the plant got its
Former Resident .Rescues: five Of .Sigh
Children From Monkton Nouse Fire
A .mother, ' who has. no ' i sense
of smell, rescued fiveof her eight.
children from. her --smoke-filled
home in. Monkton recently in a
fire which caused $2,000 .damage.
Mrs. Gordon:. Cupskey woke •two
of . her sleeping children : and led
them,"" with three. 'others, to a
neighbour's honz'e to turn in the
alarm. Three other children were
at school,
Mrs.. Cupskey was'.in., the base-
ment when the fire broke out tat
about 1:30 p.m:. in the living room
chesterfield. Monkton firedepart-
ment . contained the fire to the
living • room and had it .• out in
less than -an --hour. Several Several other
name for foliewing the sun, but it
was so ,called ecause of the re-
semblance of ipe talc to the sun's
rays.
e " ..: �
darnsge.
rooms. receivedextensive smok
The children at 'home rang
from about one ' to 'five yea
Mrs. Cupskey had been workin
in. the basement and had thr •,.
of. the .children', with her. She di
not notice the 'fire until:. she we
into the living ` room.
Mr. Cupskey, an' employee
at
the workdepartatmentthe. .of1hne'hi`ghwaTheys, Mowua
: s.
wasfully' insured, .:
°Gordon Cupskey /was a forme.
Belfast resident. Mrs. Cupskey
the former Doris' Duncan, 'was
former resident here . when . he.
father James •Duncan operated
restaurant and pool room: bust
ness.
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The ' moon is a quarter of a roil.
lion miles distant.,
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