Zurich Citizens News, 1976-11-10, Page 7County as the action of the
frost on the soil is very import-
ant, especially on the heavier
clays.
The problem for the
farmers will be the fact they
will have to do field work,
such as ploughing, .under more
unpleasant weather conditions
than usual. Any fields not
ploughed this fall could ad-
versely affect the early crops
next year.
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CORN CROP COULD BE IN DANGER—The snow which has fallen in the last couple of days could
have very adverse effects on the corn crop according to Don Pullen of the agricultural office in
Clinton. The weight of the snow in some cases is breaking the stalks and the snow on the ground
makes it pretty slippery going for the combines. Photo by McKinley
Snow hurts corn harvest
This time last year the corn
was harvested and fall plough-
ing was well underway. This
year there is still a lot of corn
to be harvested with the result
the ploughing is behind as
well according to Mike Miller,
spokesman for the agricultural
office in Clinton.
Mr. Miller estimated the har-
vesting is a week to 10 days be-
hind usual. He says the yield
however, is good, in fact better
than average. Farmers are
getting good bushel weight and
while the moisture level could
be lower, it is reasonably good.
According to Mr. Miller, it
was the long frost free period
earlier this fall which allowed
the corn to mature adding to
both the yield and quality. A
hard freeze then could have
caused some damage, luckily it
did not happen.
However, the amount of snow
we have received in the past
few days certainly has an ad-
verse effect on the corn still
standing according to Don
Pullen, agricultural representa-
tive for this area. Since the
ground is not frozen the snow
is making the surface very
slippery and it may be difficult
to get through some of the
fields.
The weight of the snow is
also causing some stalk break-
age, making the corn imposs-
ible to combine. Mr. Pullen says
the situation is not tremendous-
ly severe at the moment, but
there is definitely cause for
concern as from one-quarter
to one-third of the corn crop
has not been harvested and a
heavy wet snow could make
it very difficult to do so.
Even though the plowing is
running behind, Mr. Miller
feels most farmers should be
able to complete their fall
ploughing if average weather
conditions for this time of year
occur.
Fall
Rally
The Lutheran Laymen's
League Fall Rally was held
Wednesday, November 3 at St.
Peter's Lutheran church with
nineteen members of Zion
Lutheran church attending. The
Advisor for the Ontario District,
Rev. Mosley, Oshawa, was a
most interesting speaker,
discussing the work of Laymen
and his work,
Unfortunately, , average wea-
ther conditions for this time of
year are not occuring and the
snow has ground ploughing
almost to a halt. ' The fields
are too greasy to get through.
- Mr. Pullen expressed opti-
mism, however, that there will
be some good weather before
the winter seriously sets in
and hopefully the ploughing
will be completed. Fall plough-
ing is very important in Huron
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