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Many eonsld•ratlons go into pI.ntlng winter rapeseedesoed
Winter rapeseed fits well into a
cereal 'rotation. First time growers
will normally follow winter wheat or
barley in the rotation. Volunteer
wheat could be the worst weed you
have from wheat the previous year.
Winter rapeseed should not be grown
in less than four years following soy-
beans, bans, sunflowers and
previous rapeseed crops due to
diseases like white mould and
Blackleg.
Treflan can be used at planting
time but you could lose critical
moisture through double incorpora-
tion. Treflan will not give adequate
control of volunteer cereals.
Cultivating the field once, then allow-
ing the volunteer cereals to ger-
minate, followed by discing may be
a better alternative. Poast can be us-
ed the following spring if volunteer
winter wheat is a problem. In most in-
stances, weeds are not a big problem
because of the aggressive growth Beef producers can catch up on the
rapeseed produces early in the latest advances and get a glimpse in -
spring. A good crop of rapeseed will to the future at the Southwestern On -
not likely require a herbicide. tario Beef Cattle Day on Thursday
Mustard and peppergrass are August 28.
closely related to rapeseed and this Taking place at the Ridgetown Col -
makes them very difficult to remove. lege of Agricultural Technology, the
Processors discount rapeseed very day will deal with subjects such as
heavily for the presence of -seed from cattle preconditioning and protein
these weeds. Unfortunately at pre- sources for maximum performance
sent, there is no herbicides registered in feedlot.
for controlling these weeds. A cow evaluation exercise will take
Volunteer rapeseed can be a pro- place at a workshop during the day.
blem in the following crop. Growing Beef day participants will have the
a cereal crop following rapeseed m opportunity to rank cow -calf pairs
which a phenoxy herbicide such as based on the criteria used in the Beef
MCPA or 2,4 D can be used will give Herd Improvement Program. Prizes
good control. will be presented.
There are still a lot of unknowns in To kick the day off, an update will
growing winter rapeseed and fertili- be provided on cattle research taking
ty is an area where we have a lot to place at Ridgetown College following
learn. At present our best guide is to registration at 1:30 p.m.
follow a fertility program similar to A panel discussion on the oppor-
winter wheat. A general guide would tunities and challenges facing cat -
be to apply 201b. of.nitrogen, 40 ib. of tlemen in the next five years will take
phosphorous, and 401b. of potash per place beginning at 7 p.m. The panel
acre broadcast and worked in. This will be chaired by Charlie Gracey of
would apply to loam soils. On sandy the Canadian Cattlement Association.
soils, additional nitrogen and potash Members of the panel include
has given higher yields. An additional Angelo Feraro, vice president of
20 Ib. of nitrogen and potash should be Royal Dressed Meats Inc, Guelph,
adequate on fields which have tested Martin Hiemstra, account executive,
medium for fertility in the past. Ear- Refco Futures (Canada) Ltd., and
ly in the spring as for wheat apply Carolyn McDonell, national coordina-
nitrogen, but at 90 lb. per acre actual. tion, Beef Information Centre.
On ground previously in winter Registration for the event -- spon-
wheat, an additional 20-30 lb. of sored by the cattlemen's associations
nitrogen is recommended in the fall. of Essex. Kent, Lamhton, Elgin and
If you sow in August no nitrogen is re- Middlesex County and the Ministry of
quired, but -if sown after September Agriculture and Food -- is $10 and in -
1, 40-50 units of nitrogen will help get eludes a roast beef dinner.
the plants established.
Your goal in preparing the seedb-
ed should be to work the soil as little
as possible to achieve a level, firm,
slightly lumpy soil with moisture with
one inch of the surface. A lumpy soil
won't crust as badly after a heavy
rain. Packing after planting is impor-
EGG POWDER AID
About 60 Ontario egg producers are
donating more than $17,000 worth of
egg powder to help feed the world's
hungry.
Voluntary, individual donations by
producers as well as staff members
of the Ontario Egg Producers'
Marketing Board will send approx-
imately three tons of egg powder to
Ethiopia, where it will be distributed
by the Mennonite Central Committee.
The project was initiated by egg
producers in Perth and Waterloo
Counties.
Tandem is Ontario's first licensed first time, you will need a production
variety of winter rapeseed, first recipe.
available in 1985. Developments in The land you choose_ to grow
research and growers' experience in rapeseed on is one of the most impor-
the past several years has given pro- tant factors to consider. Rapeseed
ducers a promising new alternative grows best on loams or sandy learns.
crop. Like other cash crops, the price Rapeseed must be seeded only on
of rapeseed has declined, making land which has good soli and surface
returns marginal to the grower. Still, drainage. It does not tolerate ac -
rapeseed may have a place in your cumulations of surface water. Heavy
crop rotation. clay soils should be avoided due to
If you are a grower trying it for the potential of frost heaving.
Tandem should be your first choice
of variety. it is the only licensed varie-
ty and has proven itself. in the past
several years. Two other non -licensed
varieties which show promise are
Giacior, available from W. G.
Thompson and Sons, Speare seeds
in Harriston, U.C.O. O.S.E.C.A., and
WW984 from W. G. Thompson and
Sons. You may wish to try a small
adreage of these, and compare them
to Tandem.
HORSE SHOW AT SUMMERFEST — During Saturday's horse show at Crediton Summerfest are organizer
Adriaan Brand with area participants Eugene Hartman, Jennifer McNutt and Lee Hope.
When you become a critic, you open
yourself to retaliation.
It has been said by better writers
than I am that critics are like
eunuchs: They see it done every night
but cannot do it themselves. I am feel-
ing somewhat like a eunuch.
Not long ago, I foolishly agreed to
be a critic at the annual meeting of
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the Eastern Canadian Farm Writei.s
Federation. I said I could not criticize
their professionalism but I would try
to help them in their grammar, syn-
tax and style.
I noted a distressing tendency to the
use of first person pronouns, especial-
ly our, in hard news stories. I have no
objection to the first person in col-
umns and other opinion pieces but not
in news stories.
I said I was getting sick of paren-
thesisitis or the use of brackets within
quotes to indicate to the reader that
what is written in quotes is not exactly
what the speaker said. I said I was op-
posed to the use of. the word etc., a
lazy person's method of writing
because the writer is too lazy to finish
the rest of the list.
"There are too many dull leads," I
said. "There are no dull stories; just
dull reporters."
I suggested farm writers take
themselves too seriously. I would like
to see more attempts at writing
humor. I am convinced there are
some humor writers out there,
somewhere, but they have not surfac-
ed in the farm publications I perused.
Canadians, on the whole, are not
funny. They take themselves too
seriously. When students are asked to
name a Canadian humor writer, the
only name that comes to mind is
Stephen Leacock and he has been
dead more than 40 years. A couple of
agricultural publications could un -
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cover another Gisele Ireland, one of
the best and most refreshing writers
to come along in 30 years. Surely,
there are hundreds of humorous hap-
penings on the farm?
However, when you become a
critic, you open yourself to criticism.
A former student sent me a copy of
my own column written some time
ago. I was writing about our horse
barn.
"The bulb blazed as I hit the switch
in the barn and died."
"You look quite alive to me," he
said.
The sentence reads as though I hit
the st'itch and died. This is not good
writing.
Just a week or two after that inci-
dent, a farm writer sent me another
copy of my column. I was writing
about the Dreamstreet fiasco.
"If the researchers at the Univer-
sity of Guelph can hammer out a
suitable project, Canadian farmers
could benefit in the long run because
Canadian farmers need all the
research help they can get," I wrote.
"And the project should be in com-
plete charge of the university."
Talk about ambiguity! That last
sentence reads as though the univer-
sity should be taken over by .the
Dreamstreet gang. And that is not
what was meant.
Being a critic is no fun. I am either
going to cease being a critic or spend
more time writing and editing my
own deathless prose.
I think I will choose the former. I
don't like being tagged as a eunuch.
Perth plow
test is set
The 1986 Perth Plowing Match and
soil conservation demonstration will
be held on the farms of Warden Ron
Denham and Bill Denham on Friday,
August 22 and Saturday, August 23.
The site is located on Perth County
Road 24 east of Kirkton - Lots 7 and
8, Concession 5 of Blanshard
Township.
Friday will feature a coaching ses-
sion and a special class for boys and
girls of 4-1f and Junior Farmer age.
Saturday's sohedule includes
regular classes, conservation tillage
and queen of the furrow, log sawing
and nail driving competitons.
Starting time is 10 a.m. each day.
The Perth County Plowmen's
Association requires contestants for
th$queen of the furrow competition.
The contest is open to residents of
Perth County aged 16 to 24. Coaching
and equipment will be available.
Potential contestants can obtain
more information by contacting com-
mittee members Tim Nicholson -
347-2364; Peggy Kipfer - 595-8915; Roy
Ehnes - 656-2089 or Ormond Pridham
- 229-8723.
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tont, but packing before planting is per foot.
optional and may assist if the seedb- The optimum planting date is
ed is not firm or moisture is scarce. August 15 to September 1.
The most successful seedings have To allow for enough growth for
been with a grain drill, although winter survival, I think you should
broadcast seeding and packing has aim to have your rapeseed planted
also been successful as long as there before September 1. Your planting
was adequate Moisture. An insec- date decision between now and then
ticide needs to be applied at seeding should be based on adequate soil
for flea beetle control. One advantage moisture for germination.
of the grain drill is that the insecticide Seed, fertilizer (fall and spring), in -
is mixed with the seed in the hopper secticide, land preparation and plan -
and ends up close to the seed. ting will cost about $86.00 an acre.
The ideal seeding rate is three to Add another $13.00 per acre for crop in -
five pounds per acre seed along with surance and $46.00 per acre for
4.5 Ib. per acre of insecticide in the swathing, combininig and trucking.
hopper. This will give you six seeds Total cost, not including land rent, in-
surance, equipment depreciation, or
labour costs totals $139.00 per acre. If
Beef program need $123 per tonne to cover these
you yield 50 bushels per acre, you will
variable costs.
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