Zurich Citizens News, 1976-12-01, Page 18Page 18 -Citizens News, December 1, 1976
Euro pean methods Huron SoiI and Crop discuses
A large number of Huron
County farmers attended the
annual meeting Thursday night
of the Huron Soil and Crop
Improvement Association and
heard about crop methods in
European Countries.
The guest speaker was Terry
Daynard of the Crop Science
Department of the University of
Guelph. During the summer of
1975, Daynard visited the
agricultural areas of France,
Italy, Yugoslavia and Hungary.
The farms he visited ranged
from a low of 10 acres in
Yugoslavia to 80,000 acre com-
mune farms in Hungary.
At the present time, Terry
Daynard is doing research at
Guelph to develop a system for
handling corn stalks. In
Yugoslavia he discovered small
pockets of corn scattered along
the hill side where farmers
picked their corn by hand and
then went back to harvest the
stalks. The management practice
has been in use in Yugoslavia for
400 years.
The Guelph researcher was
amazed that Europeans harvest
corn much wetter than
Canadians do. He brought some
seed back and grew it at Guelph.
Last fall they were able to
combine it quite successfully at
50 per cent moisture.
Many of the Europe corn
hybrids appear to thresh much
easier than Ontario hybrids.
In France fuel costs are about
50 per cent higher than Ontario
and consequently they are also
trying to make their corn dryers
more efficient.Muchofthe corn in
France is stored in cribs but they
are never more than two feet
wide.
Daynard believes the
Europeans have done a great
deal more experimentation with
tillage equipment than the
Canadian or American farmer
and research personnel in these
countries have studied the effects
of various tillage implements on
the soil structure.
In France farmers literally
TALKING ABOUT CROPS—The annual meeting of the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Associa-
tion was held Thursday night at the Pineridge Chalet. From the left are past president Ian McAllis-
ter, Hay township; past president Anson McKinley, Stanley township; Ross McBeath, Stanley and
Gordon Jones, Stephen. T -A Photo
reparation
of beans
Remember the stomach
"gurgles" you used to experience
after eating mom's fantastic
baked beans? According to food
specialists at the Ontario Food
Council, Ministry of Agriculture
and Food, it probably was due to
the fermentation of beans which
occurred when they were soaked
for a long time. The beans were
usually soaked overnight --
sometimes even longer.
That is no longer necessary.
Soak the beans before cooking,
but use this quick -soak method.
The pot of beans will taste just as
good, and you won't get the
gurgles.
Use three cups water to each
cup of beans. To reduce foaming,
add one tablespoon oil. Bring to a
full boil. Boil rapidly for two
minutes. Set aside for one hour.
Return to boil; reduce heat.
Simmer gently for 40 minutes.
Simmer for 60 minutes if recipe
does not require further cooking;
or complete your favourite recipe
and cook them for the prescribed
time.
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hate dead furrows and almost all
of the plows were reversible
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plows. Slides were shown to the
Huron farmers of the various
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Corn planters used in many of
the European countries also had
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Daynard would like to see
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Many of the European concepts
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as growing conditions in the corn
areas of Europe and Canada are
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