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off -type tubers. Then we have to
cull them for cow feed."
As a first step in the project,
Lawton visited several potato
operations in Ontario, Alberta,
Ohio, Indiana, and the state of
Washington. The latter currently
has about 35,000 hectares of
potatoes under irrigation-
chemigation.
The next stage took place this
spring when he seeded four,
10 -hectare demonstration plots.
The first plot will simply be ir-
rigated. The second and third will
have irrigation plus different
amounts of fertilizer. And the
fourth plot will be treated in the
same way as his other fields. Next
year, he plans to add pesticides
with the irrigation water on one of
the four plots.
A provincial soil chemist work-
ing closely with Mr. Lawton says
he's hoping results will show that
chemigation can pay its own way,
and even save money. But Richard
Vienot admits he still has some
doubts.
"It's not a clear-cut case yet,
whether there are advantages for
our climate. For example, if we
have two to three rainy weeks, how
would we get the chemicals on the
crop?"
"However," he adds, "with the
emphasis today on feeding the
potato crop as it grows, this would
be a very easy, thorough and
precise way to add chemicals."
The project is funded by
Agriculture Canada's Productivity
Enhancement Program under the
federal -provincial Economic and
Regional Development Agree-
ment. The program provides funds
to P.E.I. farmers to demonstrate
proven technology that's new to
the local agriculture industry. ❑
W.W. II AND MILKWEED
During the Second World War,
the federal Department of Agricul-
ture was called on to find a
substitute for the kapok used in
marine life preservers. The pro-
blem was that the substance came
from the kapok tree, which grew
far away in the East Indies, Africa
and Latin America. The seed pods
of milkweed were found to be a
good substitute and, with the co-
operation of school children,
thousands of bags of pods were
collected. ❑
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