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QUICK. CANADIAN. QUIZ
. What island,, in Canada is the
world's largest freshwater
island?
.110W Many of Canada's homes
are radio -equipped?' How
many are television -equipped/
3. What was the birth date of
the Meir Apparent', Prince
Charles? a and
4. What is the annual a pay
Ho ise of Commons, - of a Cab-
int..,M(in;i4 sra r 1 r '?'
-.. Minister?' - d
5. To run all of Canada's govern-
ments combined — municipal,
-Thursday; 30, 1.861•
provmcis l and federal daesi
it cost $1 million n day, $15
million a day, $30 million a
,day?
ANSWERS: 5. Wore than $30
Million ab day. 3. November 14,
1948. 1. Manitoulin, in Lake
Huron. 4. Of a Member, $10,000;
of a Minister, $2'7,000; of the
Prime ' Minister, $37,000. 2.
Radio -equipped, 96 per cent;
television -equipped, 75 per cent.
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iSr�Peach
rowing 0 � .
Godcrich
wfshi . �'PayingOff
(By L. eLassatine) farm He contacted officials at
The i1arrow ridge of Burford
grovel ' soil a dieis .tbe sou,t
eastern shore of Lake Huron
and, runs th a :tensa..
Cfsig to u, erieh. t several
points the ridge narrows down
to a few rods and evens, at its
widest point it is no more than
half a mile. All told, the ridge
covers about 1,500 acres. Four-
teen
ourteen years ago it was regarded
as good vegetable land, but to-
day,, because, of -the gambling
instinct of a Goderich farmer,
the area is classified as peach -
land and a potential source of
peaches to supplement the
dwindling supplies from the in-
dustrialized Niagara Peninsula.
Back in 1944, Fred Bell, now
one of the few farmers in the
Goderich area who can afford
an annual vacation, .decided to
go into the fruit -growing busi-
ness and build it up as one of
the major enterprises on his
siderahly" `iigh ` rOPs-in
and 1959.
"To be successful with peaches
in the Bayfield-Goderich area,";
said Chard, "careful attention
should be given to fertilizing
and other cultural w practices.
Nitrogen, fertilizer's' should be
used sparingly to keep the trees
from growing top fast and no
cultivation should be attempted
after late June so that, the trees
will have an opportunity to
41,11,-17
the machinery or the knowledge
for this type of farming. Fur-
thermore, not all farms have
land- meeting' all the require-
ments for successful peach
growing. Since the ridgeof
peachcsoil runs across the width
of the farms, many farmers have
insufficient land for a profitable
enterprise. Other peach plant-
ings in the area have all been
started by commercial apple
growers.
the Ontario Department of Agri harden off before winter." Of course, there is no athero
culture but they advised him Various members ,of the De- ,i o ;Dario that 1
1;hies =g ow _g' p •;--..,� rTah *p tn; en " v iS,il nt. a , ; phv v t#r the°' 1 gearttiv
Sticit to inferred that the quality of the fpr peach growing. But largely
,i=.. o h theySaid. � c es r+anvu �an,�l>~�.��ax�. because �- Bo? . a w
ea. � g
M1 An interesting creature de-
scribed and pictured to the
Book of Knowledge is the fid-
dler -crab, -so called because of
its ' large oddly, -shaped claw,
which it waves i such a way
as to suggest fiddling.
S .,,i?► rt ..� l s.-: 8-
s aurL. th •, & -, ` peaches
apples, Potai<Ae compare e t h :..�,;� . t.:to gamble and. go into
burr -les he was already growing, grown artYwhere to be against the
' well' with t e es
Proofis
found in the endless queues of
cars raising clouds of dust as
they converge on the Bell Farm
from all directions year after
year. There is no rnarketin
they advised.
Bell had decided to go into
peaches because he knew 'that
they could be grown success-
fully. His mother had always
had a few on the old family
farm where he. now. lives, and
one or two of his neighbors had
tried them with favorable re-
sults. Bell was willing to
gamble. So he ignored the de-
partment's advice and ordered
24 trees.
Since he knew- practically
nothing about peach trees at the
time, he chose his varieties by
names which struck his fancy.
Then with .a characteristic dis-
play of energy, he plunged into
a study of the peach. Books
and pamphlets from the local
library as well -as from Guelph
gave him information on their
culture and spraying, planting,
pruning, and fertilizer require-
ments.
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ti� but {xr�c1 ri4,.: va til; • • k.� ti�r,+ti'�r` i4.
aawdaic �:X:.
advice of the De-
partment of Agriculture, On-
tario peach growers have the
choice of an added district to
plant peach orchards. — The
Family Herald.
ways The exed d td he
he
to c
supply..
Excellent Peaches
"As you know," says ell, him-
self, "the customer IS always
right. They tell.me year after
year that for size, flavor and
color, there's no , better peach
grown anywhere than right here
in Huron County.
Ironically, the farmers .in the
immedi$te area have shown
little interest in starting similar
ventures. As yet, not 'much
more than 50 acres site "been
planted. In an area of mixed
farming — dairy cattle, grain,
hogs and so on --the change to
peaches is probably too drastic
for farmers not equipped with
Trees Survive
His 24 trees survived the
winter with no injury whatso-
ever. They were all beginning
to form buds later in the spring
when he planted another 200
trees. These all survived the
replanting and grew consider-
ably in their first sutnmer. ,
His first winter taught,, him
that some form of protection
was necessary against both mice
and rabbits. He controlled the
damage from mice by wrapping
old tin cans around the tree
trunks at ground level. Rab-
bits, he found, could be kept
away by pieces of tin -foil tied
to the lower branches . of the
trees. Apparently -the light from
the moon and stars_ shimmering
and flickering on the twirling,
twisting tin -foil, scared .the rab-
bits. -away. _.. .
The following spring Belr
ordered another 590 trees and
with these safely planted, he
had a block of over '700. To
whet his appetite, those trees
first planted now produced a
few first quality peaches.
By this time—in the summer
of 1945—department of agricul-
ture officials at Guelph had
heard with considerable interest
of Bell's successful 'trial in an
enterprise which they had orig-
inally brushed aside. -Bell smil-
ed - with -satisfaction -as -he --
counted how •car loads of pro-
fessors• and students began
showing up at all daylight hours
during the growing season.
"They could be found every-
where, taking measurements
and making notes. Following a
complete check for rate of
growth on tree and fruit quality
they were quite surprised to
find that the trees and fruit
compared very favorably with
those growing in other districts.
"With the results from these
tests showing that their original
assumptions had been wrong,
they immediately ackno*ledged
their mistake. Since then we•
haye worked together and co-
operated in different tests,
checks, and experiments. Right
now we have treesof different
crosses for both Guelph and
Vineland, and then we have
some which are grafted on plum
rootstocks."
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The land on both sides of
Fred'Bell's farm has been taken
up by his sons. Both have gone
peaches. the-enes ;
Arthur, a brieklayer' by trade,
has put in 750 trees. Only 250
of these are producing so far.
"I've got to work out for a few
years until there's enough -gees
producing to furnish us with a
living," said Arthur. "I bought
a new sprayer this 'year and
have the house td pay for as
well. I want to put in another
1,000 trees but can't do so and
pay for all this unless I work
outside."
On the other, side of Fred's
place, Gerald,' another son and
a Korean War veteran, who is
working in London at present,
has put in 500 trees. Last sum-
mer he had a well drilled as the.
first step towards building a
house and taking' up residence.
All told, Fred Bell and his
sons, Arthur and - Gerald, now
have a peach orchard of 3,000
trees
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There's been no winter frost
injury of any extent up to this
time on any of •the trees. There
has been some bud damage
from spring frost but never so
severe as to kill all buds. . • ..
J, R. Chard, an extension
specialist' from the Fruit and
Vegetable Extension Service Of-
fice at Forest who has been fol-
lowing Bell's operation closely,
pointed out that ".-in- 1956 and
1959 when the peach crop ,in
Ontario ` was generally fairly
light, Mr. Bell had a heavy
enough crop, patricularly on
Red Haven, his principal variety,
to require thinning. The winter
of 19581959. caused some bud
damage and else some. wood
injury but no tree killing. The
amount of damage 'was quite
comparable to that in the Forest
area. There was considerable
peach canker present. particul-
arly in the older plantings."
The Moderating Lake
A glance at a map shows
Goderich to ' be considerably
further north than the other
peach growing districts: Lake
Huron's moderating effect on.
winter temperatures seems to
be responsible. It wouldalso
seem that the slope of the site
is important for sufficient air'
. drainage, One peach orchard -
located on suitable soil and at,
about the same distance from
the lake as the Bell orchard but
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