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Survey By OAC Reveals
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Concern over the low standard
of seed sown by Huron County
farmers was voiced by officials
at the Huron (County Soil and
Crop Improvement Association
meeting in Londesboro Friday
night.
Results of a seed drill survey
taken in Huron in 195»5 would
'‘muke your 'hair stand on end,”
reported Charles K i n g s ,b u r y,
fieldman of t'he Field Crops
Branch mif O.A.C.
Of 50 samples of cereal grain
seed, only'55 percent graded No.
1 and 17 percent was rejected
■for weed seed. -OX -25 -samples of
small seeds, only ’36 percent was
No. 1 and 28 percent was reject^
ed.
This is not a ’good picture for
Huron County, Mr. Kingsbury
said, "Huron is considered the
top agricultural county in the
province yet is has by no means
the highest standard of farming.”
Mr. Kingsbury -explained that
the samples were taken in the
spring :by Huron weed inspector,
the best, (feed the rest* should ap
ply to Huron,” he said.
Results ^RemmimWe1
Mr, Kingsbury reported
ers who were sponsoring
aged pasture projects .on
f arm
man”
their
farms were (getting “remarkable”
results, This scheme involves set
ting asid^jfive acres of land and
operating' rt -as a pasture accord
ing to advanced practices devel
oped by farm researchers.
A field management by J- Scott
Cluff, of Seaforth, yielded 350
pasture days (per acre for dairy
cattle this year, Mr. Kingsbury
reported. The standard is 180
pasture days per a-cre.
'One field in Waterloo county
gave a dairy (herd over 400 past
ure days, earning the farmer over
$400 an acre. Results in an E1-,
mira f.Md were “equally as ast
onishing,” the fieldman said. A
pasture seeded this year netted
the farmer $2-20 an^acre in dairy
■production.
“It’s going to take a igood cash
crop to match that,” Mr. Kings
bury concluded.
the committee during its 1955
convention when it commended
him “for the able and energetic
manner in which he has directed
the affairs of the committee,”
Appointed to succeed him was
Douglas May, of R.R. 1 Cen
tralia. He will represent a new
board of directors composed of
one delegate from each Of the 12
counties in which turnips are
grown.
Plan Bus Trip
To Toronto
A bus trip to the Ontario Soil
and Crop Improvement Associa
tion convention in Toronto early
in January and a ladies’ night
on Friday, January 13, were the
first two activities of the 1956
program approved by the Huron
County executive after the an
nual meeting Friday night.
If the suggestion of executive
director Harry Strang is acted
upon, the members will "invade”
the provincial convention with
"Huron” badges to publicize the
county. A majority of the farm
ers at the banquet favored tak
ing a bus to the convention, in
dicating a good representation
from the district.
See Alt Andrus
Members hope this year’s trip
will be more successful thau the
one attempted early in 1955
when the bus ended up in a
snowbank.
Dick Proctor, of R.R. 5 Brus
sels, was re-elected president,
Vice-presidents are Harry Sturdy,
of Auburn, and Alan Walper, of
R.R. 3 Parkhill, Agricultural
Representative G. W. Montgom
ery is secretary-treasurer,
'Executive members include W.
R, ‘Dougan, 'Hensail, county weed
inspector; Russell Bolton, 'R.R.
1 Dublin, a past president of the
Huron Association; and H. H.
G. Strang, the provincial direc
tor.
County directors: Usborne,
Harry DougalJ; Stephen, Alan
Walper; Hay, Delbert Geiger;
Stanley, Elmer Webster; McKil-
lop, George Wheatley; Tucker
smith, Bob Allin; Hullett, Oscar
Anderson; Grey, Bill Turnbull;
Howick, Fred Doubledee; Turn
berry, Clarence Shaw; Ashfield,
Ralph Foster; Morris, Dick Proc
tor; West Wawanosh, Tom Web
ster; Goderich, Walter Forbes;
Colborne, Bill Clark; East Wawa
nosh, -Harry Sturdy.
Appointed delegates to the On
tario convention were President
Proctor and Vice-President
Sturdy.
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A strong case for growing more
corn in Huron County was pre
sented by Instructor J. J. Neilson
of the Ridgetown Agricultural
School at the annual meeting of
the Huron Soil and Crop Improve
ment Association in Londesboro
on Friday.
“You will make no mistake by
sowing corn,” the instructor said.
“You will be making yourself
money.”
The guest speaker said returns
from corn are larger than any
other cereal crop. In 1954, nearly
15,000 acres of corn were planted
in Huron County with an average
yield of 52.9 bushels per acre with
at* return of $78.29.
He said livestock producers
could “do a lot better” feeding
corn than buying western grain.
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Advantages of corn listed by the
instructor included:
An acre of corn gives more
digestible nutrients, for man or
beast than any other crop.
Corn fits well in rotation plans.
It is safer than any other cereal
crop; it doesn’t lose much of its
value in' heavy rains.
Corn doesn’t require expensive
storage facilities.
If stalks of the corn are plowed
under, they help to maintain the
organic matter in the soil.
Corn helps to clean up weeds
because it gives farmers a double
Opportunity to fight them—first
when weeds are small; second
when the corn is six inches high'
by application of chemical weed
killers.
Corn will return more for the
fertilizer dollar than any other
crop.
Corn can be adopted to any
type of soil,
.Lists 'Precautions
Mr. Neilson listed five precaut
ions in the growing of corn:
choose well-drained soil; fertilize
generously as recommended from
soil tests; use only recommended
varieties for the particular area;
be sure to plant the right -corn
at the right time; control the
weeds.
The instructor said that in wet,
delayed springs farmers could pro
fit by planting corn rather than
barley or oats.
He warned growers not to har
vest corn before the moisture con
tent dropped below 25 percent.
Mr, Neilson was introduced by
Bob Allen, of Brucefield. H. H.
G. Strang, provincial director of
the Huron Group, expessed ap
preciation. »
Mr. -Strang said the Soil and
Crop Improvement' Association "is •
the best organization bar none
in Huron County.” This is the
tenth anniversary for the Asso
ciation, Mr, Strang pointed out.
Dick Proctor, of Brussels, pre
sided for the meeting.
Elston Cardiff, Huron MP, said
farmers would' not have half the
problems facing them if the peo
ple in urban areas were acquaint
ed with their difficulties.
To Get Foolproof Laws
Gordon F. Greig, secretary-field-
man of the Huron County Fed
eration, said the provincial gov
ernment had assured .the Fed
eration it would provide foolproof
legislation to allow farmers to
operate their own marketing
schemes.
VOrne Pincombe, reeve of Us
borne Township and chairman, of
the Agricultural Committee of
Huron County, praised the work
of Agricultural Representatives G.
W. Montmomery and Arthur Bol
ton. "They are the busiest men in
the county,” he said.
Mr. Montgomery, who is secret
ary-treasurer of the Association, ,
outlined its activities during 1955. |
Members enjoyed bus trips to i
Peel County, to the International
Plowing Match, to the provincial
Cash Crop Day and a tour of
points of interest in Huron.
Arthur Bolton reported on the
4-H grain club activities during
the year.
Other speakers included Tom
Prycle, Huron MLA; Harry Stur
dy, first Vice-president of the As
sociation; and Bill JeWitt, reeve
of Hullett Township.
Director Harry Dougall, of Ex
eter, introduced the entertainment
which included Mr. and Mrs.
Sterling Ince and Bob Russell -of
Exeter.
Retiring Director
Receives Tribute
Huron Soil and Crop Improve*-
meat Association paid tribute on
Friday night to Harold “Bob”
Hunter, of ft.R. 1 Centralia, who
has resigned after representing
the district on the Turnip com
mittee , of the Ontario Associa
tion since it was formed 19 years
ago.
The m e m b e r s unanimously
voted an expression of apprecia
tion to the Usborne grower who
has served as chairman of the
provincial committee and as its
representative to the Canadian
HoHtcuittiral Society. The vote
of thanks was moved by Harry
Strang, of R.R, 1 Hensali, the
provincial director,
Mr. Hunter was honored by
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