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PANEL ANSWERS .CAN CROP GROWERS' QUESTIONS—One of the
features of the con crop banquet here last week was a panel discussion
on corn and pea production, as well as company policies toward
growers. Taking part were, from left, Jock Urquhart, head fieldman;
Robert Andrews, ass't manager of agriculture services; Prof. George
Jones, OAC; Wayne Paxton, moderator; growers Lloyd Lovell and
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Walter McBride, and Barney Wilson, company research manager
Company officials said no decision has been made yet .concerning
the amount of acreage which will be grown this year. It will depend
on the price which. is.reached. The company plans to continue it
extensive field research work on corn and pea crops in the district
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Connersi will go* ntinHue
field research program
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i Canadian_ Canners Ltd. plans,str,sss ;oil condition 1 azio bedefieial to the eropS,
corri. (Yields were lowest where no
iresearch Rrogrann, in this area , pany's assistant
' to continue and extend its field I Robert Andrews, the
bigher.yielding cell crOPS, the heavy emphasis on the need
Ito pro vide better quality, ', agriculture services, I) 1
manager of , weed control was used.
a eed, The 1560 Jetts also showed
, that, 'under ideal weather eon
!eeMpany'S Tesearch Reneger for
revealed Friday proper rotatien .to main- idlliena, late Peaa could be
night at the tain organic matter In the soil grown sureessfullY,
which is being used up, each , tenoring sttidies?
I Berney Wilson, who corn- year. He stressed the import. i Prof.ean crop banquet,
..I DAC re bines wit with his wisdem, an Anee of erosion cow 1 and 4 AGeorge!, -ones, .,, ,
oported atrazine had Proven
water gonservation, „ . Most effective. when applied as
Soil compaction, he ineintain-j.a. post -emergent control up
ed, has becoine a serious prob-tuntil the weeds are two inches
tem. Experiments have shown thigh.
, farmers can save money by amount of pore space in soil , ing the significant benefits of
IS?) tar have revealed that a considerable decrease in the, 14 felt
....e farmers were ignor-
eliminating nitrogen from. their during the past few years. , chemical weed control and
"Anything we can do to de-; were underestimating the harm
11 analysis; rolling studies, i late crease compaction, will benefit caused by cultivati
, program, andyield- „ „ • .
; have been conclusively proven
on, which
planting
• farms in the area, that, in many cases, the prac-t He stressed the importance
Rolling tests had indicated . in extensive regional tests.
crops, he stated.
... maturity -quality studies, They "nr
will be conducted on growers'
• tiee cuts yield. "However, we of proper techniques of appliea-
In sweet; corn, the company
feel Tolling has a place under f tion unique to atrazine,
will continue an extended pro feel
studies.
gram on varieties and seed certain conditions. We cannot : Panel
see,questions
Mr. Wilson said cultivation any benefit if the seed bed is: A panel discussion followed
though., that rolling is of ; ensWerS
' studies will be discontinued Properly prepared and the soil In which growers and speakers
since it had been ednclusivelY contains the right amount of participated, welcoming quest-
ions from the floor. A wide
proven that excessive euttiva- moisture,"
i flounced plans° to -continue ye -
:rid), test plots in both peps
and corn.
1 Field work on peas will also
include fertilizer tests, which
uron .taxes ruse
one-tenth mill;
name county home
h' 14 mills in 1961, up one-
tenth of a mill over the rate
for 1960.
The tax leVV, approved' by
county council Friday, will pro.
vide seven mills Inc general
purposes and seven milts for
H•
range of subjects were dis-
tion cuts production. "In every }le stressed grower eo-opera-
area where we have conducted ition in trying to gain a better clilsed.
or no cultivation gave the most pockets."
yield". soil management On the panel, in addition to
head fieldman; and growers
I ton, moderator; jack 'Urquhart,
our cultivation tests," he re- crop. "Proper
the speakers, were Wayne Pax,.
ported, "the plots with little !puts dollars and cents in, your 1
` Promg varieties Lloyd Lovell, Walter McBride
The research manager was ,' ,
one of a quartet of speakers! Bob Alien, also of the ag re- and Jules DeBrabendere.
who reported research findings . search dep't, reported on tests Also participating in the pro.
to farmers to assist them in , conducted on the Kerslake
' gram were Ross Marshall, Bill
g r o w i n g better crops, The , farin in 1960, Results of corn , Boweliffe, Harry Strang and
speakers revealed not °My; variety tests indicated there; Don Graham, who emceed the
what had been found hut what i are two new ones which show: company contribution, Oscar
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as C a rill
1 I the Huron County museum will taken and their preliminary re- The company found applica- banquet, served by the Legion
The price of admission to programs were being under.promise,
1 Tuckey w
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be increased 10 cents, to 35 suits,
i tions of bo atrazine and sim- Auxiliary in the Legion Hall,
cents, for adults, though the
children's entry fee will remain
at 10 cents. The council ap-
proved this recommendation
Second Section
EXETER, ONTARIO, MARCH 30, 1961 P-ge Eleven submitted by the historic corn -
highway purposes. Last year,. • mittee.
the general rate was 6 9/10
The committee alsorecom.1
mills, and the highway levyi Nil% Berry, commenting on I work in advance •on planned! Harbor airport to Keith Hop- mended that no money be set!
seven mills. , phases of the new budget, said ' road projects. I kinson has ,been completed; aside in 1961 for the publishing,
In presenting the tax rate,the county is "well within the This was reported hy C. A. Alex Chesney will be county of a book on the history ofl
along with the 1961 budget, financial allotment" for work Smith, reeve of Usborne andt weed inspector at the rate of Huron County, P r o f es s o r
at the County Hm.
oe, head of the Huron County road ' $1,00 per hour, plus 10 cents
Frank Walkom, reeve of Gorle- lames Scott formerly of Sea.'
.Cch and chairman of the fin•
"had no alternative but to
;owe committee, said council isz Major .projects. for 1961 in- worth of painting be carried book is not ready for publica.1
committee, at, a one -day ses-
sion of council on Friday.
a mile; the property commit- forth, had advised the commit-,
tee has authorized that V" tee since January that. the
. oad work
rise the rate," Two extra nur. . elude grading and. cold -mix out; changes are being made tion. It was the opinion of the;
s:`,3, to be hired this year, at:. paving on Road 12; cold.pav- in the sheriff's and surrogate—committee that it will be 1962'
ing-mix on Road 21 at. Egmond- court offices so that the de -
more .f u n d s, although, as under way ville; the construction of brid- partment will be able to ope- paredbefol'e tothespeeonLdIntaynywillonbeeypfroe;
count. for part of the need for
Reeve Nalkom said, "it is (lir- ges in Goderich Township, rate more efficiently.
To change name the book.
fieult to pin down the reason . A heavy road -program for Road 8, and in Morris Town -
me county will enter into a
for an increase to any one] 1961 is planned in Huron Coun- shin, Road 16; and the comple-
The Huron County Home fOr
partment of Lands and Forests
on March 31, 1961. The agree-
ment will provide provincial
nutted by the home commit- grants to counties for buying
tee, under chairman Reeve properties to be used Inc re -
Roy Adair of Wingharn. forestation plots. L. C, Scales,
The committee has been ad. Stratford, zone forester for the
vised by the Department of Lake Huron zone, outlined the
Public 'Welfare that the daily program under the new agree.
rate for 1961 must be set at no meni, and met , with sonic
less than $3,11. This, the com- members during the, noon re-
mittee reported, is based on
the actual operating costs for The agreement, he said, will,
eess to discuss further plans.
the previous year. . he in effect until 1997, which is
by the home committee that
county agreement expires.
same year that the old
ATTRACTIVE FARM ENTRANCE—One of a number of attractive farm entrances .
A recommendation was made the
non -pensioners who are in re- Three men, William Dougall,.in Huron county is this gateway to "Greenview Acres", the farm of Walter Oster
$5.00 a :month to be used as , and Borden coStt, RR 1 Ect, and Son, RR 2 Blyth. Pretty flower beds in front of the fences on either side pro-
eelpt of no money be granted' Hensall, Hugh Hill, Goderich,
, ting inspectors. provement has taken place on area farms in recent years,
proved. .,
new agreement with the De-
Thepo'n ." ty, and because of the adop... tion of a bridge by Middlesex
. the.be c
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tion of a five-year road plan on the county border,
hu-
ronview," following 'Lhe appro-
extra tenth of a milt will '
add 56,000 to the county fund.. in January of 1961, the road In other reports, council ,,,, i.,,,,,,,
av of a report sub -
The 14 mills will raise about 1 department is now able to learned that: the sale of Sky — •`":"..- -
5359,510 on the county's present
aSSessment.
The estimated revenue in Area farm forums
1961 for the county, according
534,224. The greatest part of
this amount ' will be raised by CO M p 1 ete $eason
to the new budget, wilt he $1.
the county'fates, with govern-
ment
grants amounting to an
estivated $632,664 bringing in completed the season's pro- ''Eart visited the grave of Er-
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the second largest: amouht. A ram night.
social evenings Man- ole Pyle, ,the
correspondent
$10,000 surplus from 1960 is in- day 11'.,"' for the United 'States. •
Morris Heist, who attended
eluded in the revenue total. Fairfield Forum the short course at OAC in
The estimated expenditure 'Fairfield Farm Forum - Met. ,Tanuary, gave a brief report on
for 1961 will be $1,511,900, leav- for the last meeting of the sea- his -findings especially on the
ing a surplus of 522,324. The son at the home of Mr, and need and use of fertilizer.
clerk - treasurer, John Berry,
Sid the surplus figure is sub-
ject to variations. In the past
two years, the general account
has operated with a surplus,
although the highways account
has had a deficit.
The largest slice of the rev-
enue will be spent on public
works. For highway and bridge
work, maintenance and 'con-
struction in 1961, the council
has budgeted $1,022,000.Though
it is a t•tilll program, the over -
Budget for stirglus
Farm Forums in the district ,lives for their country. 'Here
Mrs. Wellington Heist with an Joe White was elected pre -
attendance of 2.5 members. sident for the new year begin -
The highlight of the meeting fling in November. Vice -pre -
was the showing. of colored, ' sident is Melvin King, secre-
slides on Hawaii by Earl tary-treasurer, W e 111 n r t o n
Schroeder who recently re- Heist, assistant, Elmer Powe;
turned from a trip there by press reporter, Mrs. Herman
plane. Be gave an interesting Powe.
account of his visit and showed
the bright coloring of the skies, Elimville Forum
the Diamond Mountain, the brit- •Blimville North Farm ForuM
liant flowers and the vivid col- closed the season with a pot
ors of the clothing of the peo- luck supper at the. home of
ple especially of the dancers Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Johns on
all total for public works ls who entertain tourists. A re- Monday evening. There were •31
d o w n considerably because volving restaurant on top of a in attendance.
less money is being spent on tall building provided a con- Afterwards progressive euc-
the county's, development road. stantly changing view for din- hre was played, Winners were:
The next: largest amount, ers. ladies' high, Mrs. Allen Johns;
$105,000, will be used for pub- A picture of special interest ladies' low, Mrs. William El..
lic welfare, which includes showed a large cemetery in the ford; men's high, 'William El -
child welfare, hospttalization, midst of the City of Honolulu ford; low, Emerson Johns: lone
and the County Home, containing the graves of 17,000 hands, Mrs. Philip Johns and
young men who gave , their Ronald Elford (tied).
Other outlays
Other expenditures for 1961,
as es,timated in the budget are:
$85,000 for general govern-
ment; $76,700 for protection to
persons and property•, $79,300
for debt charges; $50,000 for a
reserve fund; $46,000 for the
health unit; $12,000 for the lib
rary; $7,100 in agricultural
grants; $7,000 for the 'museum; George Geer, Bruce ag rep, calf. Clubs and farm manage -
34,100 in patriotic grants; $4,000 stirred some reactions from ment associations, contended
for the discount on county beef producers Monday night, the best return was realized
liates' $4,900 for education with his outspoken. remarks from raising Stokers of about
grants; $3,800 for the registry about efficiency in beef pro- 400 to 900 pounds.
, office, and $3,600 fOr reforest- duetion. He advocated greater con.
tion He contended neither the centration of pasture produc-
eer s bed program
arouses producers
rhe increasing costs of child cow -calf pro;gram nor the ptir- tion, suggesting there was no
welfare, and the larger Cain- chasing of 1,000.1b, steers for difference between dairy and
ty Herne operation were the finishing waS a profitable en- beef pastures in returns re-
chief,reasons, according to Mr. terprise, Prodecers in both quired, While he didn't urge
Berry, ..for the rising costs of lines objeeted but it all led to strip grazing, he felt proper
public welfare, hiimorous disetissien. pasture rotation was eSSential.
'The provincial Government Mr. Geer, who has studied }le also stressed the use of
has paid $505,000 in grants to- beef production throttgh feeder — Please turn to page 12
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filndS art expected.
ATTENTION FARRS
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pairs, before yott need it for seeding and while we
have time to fix it
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Thursday
April 6
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Open House
ALL DAY IN OUR NEW SHOWROOM
John Deere Show
Exeter Legion Hall 8 p.m.
SEE the New Generation of Power hi action!
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Come in and see the..„,
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