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Last week's challenge photo
was a view of the Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority road and
riverside park between the dam
and the main street of Gorrie.
Did youknow it?
Furthermore, do you know
what and where the above setting
is?
Back Page Challenge, we hope,
will become a regular feature in
Crossroads. This space, on either
side of our back page,, will carry
photos or sketches or landmarks
located somewhere in our circu-
lation area every week.
If you know of an' interesting
landmark, geographic situation
or area scene which can be photo-
graphed, we would welcome a
note from you. When considering
possible `Challenge' photos to
stump other readers,.please keep
in mind, the object, building,
landscape setting or whatever,
must be located in public view in
order to be identified. Your sug-
gestions are invited for settings
anywhere in the Crossroads
circulationarea which covers the
`Heartland' of Midwestern On-
tario.
Think about this sketch and any
others we might use in this space
and forward your suggestions to
The Editor, Crossroads, Wing- -
ham. Advance -Times, Box 390;
Wingham. Remember, each
week's photo is identified the fol-
lowing week.
$nc.w isbest insulator for forage crops
Snowmobiles can kill winter
wheat 'and can kill of seriously
dstrtage alfalfa according to
Prof.. R. S. Fulkerson, a Univer-
sity of Guelph crop scientist.
Speaking at a recent con-
ference at Guelph on snow and
.wind . proble*ns in rural `areas,
Pref. Fulkerson said -plants pre -
Pare themselves for . winter dur-
ing
u -ing the.fal°by converting sunlight
thrOUgh- photosynthesis to' sugars
which are stored in the crown of
the wheat and in the roots of•the
alfalfa plant. Any forage erop if
!XpeSed to. temperatures of 10 de-
`. will be killed, as will
tat at'2o degrees h", The
is to see that Buell tem-
peratures do not occur.
Snow is one of the best insula-
tors, according to Prof. Fulker-
son,'and his tests show that with
air temperatures as low as two
degrees F. the temperature at the
crown of winter wheat was still 28
degrees F. due to the snow cover,
a figure well above the point
where it will winter kill.
Snowmobiles Ruin Insulation
Snowmobile* riiiin this insula-
tion effect by compaction of snow
which reduces dead: air spaces.
Experiments at. the University's
Elora Research Station show that
under these conditions the tem-
perature of the crown was 18 de-
grees F. compared to. 28 degrees
F. uncompacted. This tempera-
ture will certainly kill --winter
wheat and possibly alfalfa in late
winter if the .show is packy and
not too deep.
Prof. Fulkerson also explained
how ice prevents the escape of
toxic gases and plants die. He re-
commended the land should have
good surface drainage so water
will -not lie on it and that the
plants should not be cut too short
in autumn as it does more harth
than the value of the crop cut.
Plants will have used .up much
of their winter store of sugars by
March • and are very susceptible
to winter kill at that time.
Sawa proM�
can be s.lIvd
Discussion concerning Ois
problems of snow andwind the
farm were covered in a: are
One -day seminar at the Univer-
sity of Guelph.
Prof. F. It. Theakston e#'
School of Engineering
solutions to the problem of anew_,
buildup in front of, and Inside, `.
open front buildings and *bowed
how the proper choice and
mental fences provide proteeti
for farm lanes and mum
roads.
Effect of building shape and
orientation to the prevailing virind
is a factor in the distribution 4.f
snow, said Prof. Theakston. He
also noted that the School of
gineering has a continuing l
gram of research and exp
in this area to give guidance ,on
the location of farm buildings..
H. E. Bellman, a Walkerton
agricultural engineer with the
Ontario Ministry -of Agriculture
and Food, spoke441 the problt
of snow loads on building roofs
and showed slides of ,.collapsed
buildings. A snow map for Omar-
io showed that design jmow joads
ranged from 110 pounds per cubic
foot in Grey County to less than: 30
pounds per cubic foot _in Essex
County. Mr. Belhnan emphasiied.
that it is only through proper de='
sign and construction that the re-
curring problem of collapse of
buildings due to excessive snow
loads can be solved.
Use of farm snow blowers is in-
creasing rapidly, according to
Lorne Heslop, an Elmira snow-
blower'dealer. He pointed out the
need for all-weather, year-round.
transportation on the farm. Milk
and feed trucks have to get up the
lane, manure must be moved,•
and the farm wife has to get out to%
her meetings. All these' reasons:
make the mechanical moving of.
snow important.
Mr. Heslop also discussed the
advantages and disadvantages of
front " and rear mounted snow
blowers, single and double stage
plows 'as well as the place of
blade plows. He forecast a great
many farmers will invest in this
implement in the future. '
HYDRO'S FOREMOST -This 29 -ton, double -track monster
is king of Ontario Hydro's fleet of almost 500 off-highway
vehicles. Resembling a cross between a Sherman tank and
a crane,. the Foremost lifts linemen 75 feet in the air in in-
sulated buckets where they work on 'live' 500,000 -colt lines.
Developed in Calgary, Foremost tracked vehicles are par-
ticularly suited for use in muskeg or snow.
F ebruary Agricuhural,
calendar of events
The Perth County Egg Produc-
ers will hold an information
meeting regarding the new On-
tario Egg Marketing Board at the •
Agricultural Building, Stratford
at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 14th. Ted'
Hoover, chairman ' of' the 'new
board, will be on hand as guest
speaker and will answer all ques-
tions.
The Breese County Milk Pro-
ducers' annual meetingis set for
Feb. 12th at the Walkerton Com-
munity Centre. This year's meet-
ing will be in the form of a noon
luncheon for producers and their
wives. Lord Hurd . and Sherry
Pollock are the speakers.
The Bruce County Ministry of.
Agriculture and Food will hold
two tax•information meetings to
answer questionsabout. the 1972
income tax forms. First meeting
is at the Parkhead Community
Hall at 1 p,m. Feb. 20th and the
second is at the Teeswater Town
Hall, Feb. 21st, at 1 p.m -
IMPORTANT FRUIT
The fipple isthe most impor-
taut fruit -.grown in Canada.
enter and
ohOpi, both MUNI
cities of some ebo hoe
mace to the ps
of the businoso, mush
saber of breakl
curred than It public .k ''led s.
t rel k -his wbsrs the loess
have amounted to sums of up to
$0,000 and St* hlivi him tbo
discussion of the trade but .have
not been Oven ths'wide
ri11
p!It ► t3�r
which
d.bo in
cme, due ..
part, to b fear that ben itgicity
might only serve w 9 4tion
for moree to lined
at what must appear "sully
game".
However, amateurs would do
well to know that the present rob
of robberies points to the work of
professiools and olso to people
who know what in any shop io of
value. In an 'unusual number of
the recent. cases, hundred of
items are passed over by ` the
this to secure nothing' except
antique articles of high value.
Thisis, .the, work of people who
know antiques and know the
trade in Ontario,
Amateurs Beware
Clearly, at this time why .Io
lice and so many dealen.. are
conscious of the prob-
lem.of theft would not be the time
for an amateur to, get any bright
ideasabouttrylag this field for an
easy buck. It is, by the same to-
ken not a time for the petty shop-
lifter to continue his. nasty prac-
tices when to be caught might
mean the offender would become
the std" nett for many more thefts
than he had committed.
Police and de ers in local
areas are working on the situa-
tion: it is hoped that a stop can be
put to the wave.
We have no solution to hold out
to our friends who •are 'the victims
of the thefts except to ask our
'readers who are the "collecting'
segment of Showcase readership
to help out by acting as 'watch-
dogs' for the shops they are ac-
quainted with and to assume this
role with an active vigor.
The relationship of dealersand
collectors in our province ° is a
*vs s
pr 01 itis foverite a
*hop each time was 00thi' ►"
tt, and .be eq-%s.lack out tor ow
ouspicious sights, Mends or ether..
circumstance and them to
the police it might ,be per,
that Som. coda tar of:good well
and 400 eYemightresOltinthe.
arrest of whoever r is doing
wide,sprd and 't-
ing damage, rtt" tbe beet stock et at
number of our *hops.
Prom all ' are able to find
out, the arti+c ` stolen aril*
maoy. cam Fite valuable.
There (loci not sem ao yet to
have been any efforts made to
unload the stolen goods on other
dealers.. With the• current aware -
nest Of thethefts it io likely any
such attempts .to peddle' the
stolen goods would aro sus-
piclone. 'ire has been specula-
tion that the stolen gems are be -
Mg taken across -the U.S. birder,
even before the loss • is des- '
covered. If, as there i good res-
son to believe, this is the work of
,professionals, it may be that the
stolen antique goodie are we
housed now and will not be offer-
ed for • sale for lig. time.
It therefore seems that the
most likely way to put.p atop to
the thefts is while they are being .
committed.
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talk dwu: p4i
Representatives of the 'dairy
industries of Canada; New Zea-
land and Australia met Jan. 29in
New Zealand to discuss the entry
of England into the European
Common Market and the effects
of this move on other dairy pro-
ducing
nations of the common-
wealth.
Dr. S. C. Berry of the Canadian
Dairy Commission and George
McLaughlin of. the Ontario Milk
Marketing Board represented
Canada at the meetings. t
You do. Perhaps you're the manager of a well established shopping mall,
an intimate boutique or a bustling car dealership. Yet on the other hand you
may be the owner of:a bakery shop, a restaurant or a farm machinery dealership
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