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THE BRUSSELS POST, AUGUST' 23 x 1978 13
FARMSTEAD AND HOME IMPROVEMENT.
COMPETITION—The left photo shows a front
view of the home of George Wheeler of RR 5,
Brussels. The Wheelers decided to enter the
Farmstead and Home Improvement
Competition in the Plowing Match since they
didn't have anything to lose by doing so.
ANOTHER ENTRY—This shows the home of
Murrary Cardiff of RR1, Ethel. The Cardiffs
decided to enter their home becauie the
competition was short of entries.
Area homes in IPM contest
By Debbie Ranney
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and
some local home owners may have hoped
that International Plowing Match judges
cast more than a second glance at their
home or farm entries in the farmstead and
home improvement competition.
Jack McCutcheon, one of the directors
for Brussels on the Farmstead and Home
Improvement Committes said "It's really a
contest to encouragepeople to clean, paint
up and make their farmstead, and homes
more attractive to visitors that come to the
Plowing Match."
These who enter the contest pay a
membership fee of $5 and the contest has
two different classes,--most improved,
which were judged last fall and will be
again before the match and ones that are
already improved from continuous care.
The Post took a random sampling of
some of the homes around the Brussels
area to see just what kind of changes and
improvements had been made.
One farm entered in the 'competition is
that of George Wheeler of R.R.5, Brussels.
The Wheelers heard about he competition
on radio and then were phoned to see if
they would enter the contest.
As Mrs. Wheeler said they didn't have
much to lose so they agreed to enter but
about all they have really done is worked
up the flower beds.
"We didn't go to any extra work really,"
she said.
Entries can be just the house or the
whole farm but the Wheeleis decided to
enter the entire farm.
Just Accident
It was "just by accident," that Ross
Bennett of R.R.3, Walton got his home into
the competition.
According to Mrs. Bennett her husband
was just planting lawn when one of the
Farmstead and Home Improvenient Com-
mittee Mrs. Bill Mann talked him into
putting their home into the competition.
In order to improve their -home, entered
in the continuous care category, they
planted flower beds, the lawn and put a
planter up by the house but they had
planned to do all those things anyway.
"She came along when the front lawn
was all plowed up so I guess she figured we
were going to do some improvements,"
Mrs. Bennett said.
Mrs. Murray Cardiff of R.R.1, Ethel said
they entered their farm in the contest after
Mary-Beth Mann of the committee asked if
they would be. interested in entering and
since they were short of entries the
Cardiffs agreed to do so.
"Murray and. I are both in the plowing
match and realized how hard it is getting
entries," Mrs. Cardiff said.
For their entry in the continous care
class, the Cardiffs have mainly been
keeping up the grounds.
Mrs. Bill Turnbull of Brussels said they
had entered the contest to make more
competition.
They fixed up their farm by painting the
trim on the house, and painting the barn
and the shed and changed some fences
around but she said they had been going to
p6int anyway.
She said her husbatid works for the
Ministry ,of Agriculture and they had
wanted more entries -for the competition.
"We just freshened everything up," she
said of their improvements.
' Wanted to Enter
DOug and Nancy Conley wanted to enter
the contest and planned to even before the
committee came around asking them if
they'd like to.
Mrs. Conley said she wanted to enter,
"basically to get the place cleaned up, and
to get the place fixed up the way I wanted
it." -
To improve their farmstead, theiConleys
planted rose gardens, brought in gravel,
cut grass which had never been cut befrire
and painted the
The top winners of the competition will
get tea services plus some money when a
special awards night is held at the
Brussels, Morris and Grey Community
Centre on September 6 and other prizes
will be awarded as well.
Mr. McCutcheon said they had been
getting ready\ for the competition for the
last two years arid made people aware of
the contest by putting out notices in the
local papers and on radio.
New Bruce barley is praised
Seed barley fields of the
new variety, Bruce, are
being harvested across
Ontario and growers are
unanimous in their ,praise.
Yields of 90 bushels per acre
have been reported often and
quality is very high.
Developed by the Ontario
Cereal Project Group at the
Universi6, of Guelph, this
new cultivar has exhibited
higher yield and better resis-
tance to Helminthosporium
disease than any piesently
recommended barley variety
in Ontario. Bruce is also
resistant to prevalent races
of mildew and stemsmut and
tolerant to loose smut.
Major advantages are high
yield of mid-siie kernels on a
six-row spike; an excellent
quality, strong, mid-length
straw which minimizes
lodging;, and genetic resis-
tance to Helminthosporium.
In addition, Bruce has rough
awns which help create and
maintain fluffy swaths for
rapid dry-down and easier
harvesting. Bruce is well
adapted to virtually all barley
growing areas of Ontario. .
Genetic resistance to
Helminthosporium (Helm-
inthosporium sativum) in a
high-yielding barley is a
major breakthrough in
Ontario's cereal program.
Resistance to ' most other
major diseases which attack
barley is an added bonus in
Bruce. The Helmintho-
sporium organism causes
barley plants to break at the
top node before maturity.
Low yield and poorly -filled
kernels result. The disease is
widespread in Ontario.
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