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A 22 Era J Rainfall damage to Ontario crops was viewed first hand by Ontario Minister of Agriculture and Food Hon A Stewart and Deputy Minister Everett Biggs recently Shown looking at the lost potato crop on the John Bower Farm are left to right Beet on Everett Biggs A Stewart J Bud and John Bower both of Beeton It was esti mated that up to 3000 acres of potatoes had been lost in the area The unofficial rainfall recorded in the district for an eight week period from June was 24 inches The total annual rainfall is approximately 27 inches The Minister also visited the and Bradford Marsh districts to meet with local officials and farmers to discuss crop damage School Board Trims Estimates For King Senior School Plan STRANGE King Town ship Public School Board has amended the plan of the pro posed addition to King Senior Public School and has applied to the Township Councils of King and Whitchurch to issue debentures amounting to for the cost of con struction The revision of the building plans will provide space for a library resource centre a single gymnasium and gui dance facilities There will also be auxiliary space for a total enrollment of 530 stu dents The building plan allows for construc tion 30000 for fees and for furnishings The original request of the school board was for deben tures amounting to on which the tax rate would have been about mills The revised requirement would add about 8 mills to the tax structure Chairman of the school board Geoffrey stated that the board realiz ing King Townships position rejecting the larger Solutions To Egg Problems tare feels the new proposal is realistic to the space needed and hoped the costs would assist the townships financial position Deleted from the original plan for 18 rooms will be a home economics room a larger larger teaching area and an indus trial arts room It is hoped that the higher legislative grants on the amount will be in the neigh borhood of per cent The Department of Education sets a minimum of students if facilities provided are equal to running the senior school Problem A liquid comes out of the meringue topping on a filled pie and causes the crust to become soggy Possible causes a The sugar has been added slowly to the foamy egg but the beating continued until the sugar Is thoroughly dissolved The eggs are stale The egg white was over beaten before the addition of the sugar A thick layer of mer ingue has been swirled into high peaks on the pie and re sulted in uneven insufficient cooking Solution Food Specialists at Institute Guelph suggest this method Using fresh egg whites at room temperature beat until the foam will stand in soft peaks Add sugar gradually teaspoon at a time to beat until very stiff Spread evenly over a hot pic- filling to the edges of the crust and at 300 degrees until golden brown Problem A hardcooked egg Cross Bred Bulls Show Large Weight Gains Fiftyfour crossbred bulls gained an average of pounds per day In a 101day feeding trial recently com pleted by the Department of Animal Science Ontario Ag ricultural College Guelph The bulls were placed on test at an average weight of pounds Many of them were per cent 25 per cent Hereford 25 per cent Shorthorn They were obtain ed from a cooperative cross breeding program at the Bur- wash Industrial Farm Ani mal scientists D N Mowat and D Burgess conducted the tests The bulls were fed corn si lage free choice ground shell ed corn at approximately IV per cent body weight and var ious protein supplements un der test Those fed soybean meal gained pounds per day with only pounds of airdry feed required per pound gain This gain was per cent faster than that obtained with cattle fed two highurea sup plements Feed costs per pound gain were lowest with cattle fed soybean meal due to their faster rate of gain iGHEST FREEZERS ALL SIZES Everybody It to buy at BRICES BARGAIN BARN has a dark ring around the yolk Possible Causes a The egg has been overcooked The egg wasnt rapidly cooled cooking Solution Place the egg in a saucepan of warm water heat slowly to the boiling point Set back where water will keep hot for 20 to minutes immediately Into cold water recommend Home Ec onomists at Macdonald Insti tute Guelph Problem A poached egg is flat Possible causes a The egg used was stale A fresh egg was used but it was allowed to sit be fore cooking Solution Using a fresh egg break into saucer stirring the water slip the egg into the water Cover and set off the burner until the egg white is firm and a film has formed over the yolk drain welt Serve on hot buttered toast recommend Food Specialists at Institute Guelph Rubber Gloves For Milking TORONTO Dairymen who have tried it state that if you wear rubber gloves for three weeks to milk your cows you probably wont go back to milking with bare hands Dr J Veterinary Services Branch Ontario De partment of Agriculture and Food warns that using at the correct strength may crack your hands and cause a lot of comfort This discourages farmers from using disinfect ants to their best advantage A cows teats arent damaged by these chemicals because she only gets sanitized per milking If there are cows to milk the dairymans hands are drenched with snni- tlzer at least 30 times Wearing rubber gloves is not only more comfortable gloves are less apt to spread mastitis No matter how much disinfectant is used skin cracks are disease car riers WE PAY ON REGULAR SAVINGS ACCOUNTS You may issue cheques anytime There is no service charge VICTORIA GREY TRUST STREET LJ Ruby Fall Care Is One of the most times to feed your lawn is during the first three weeks of September The feeding is equally important as the first one in late March or early April Changing light conditions in September have a tremendous effect on the growth of grass roots Most of the old ones begin to die off at this time and are replaced by new ones One of the direct results is a need by the grass plants for extra nitrogen if they are to make strong growth before the lawn becomes dormant late in December A feeding given in early September will help the grass plants to con tinue to produce and expand their new roots even after a crust of frozen soil covers the lawn in early winter In September the sun drops lower and lower in the south ern sky The blue part of the light is screened out but the red comes through The red der the light is the stronger the root growth In turn this means that the roots of the grass plants grow more strongly in the fall period For this September feeding its not a good plan to use the socalled slowacting urea based fertilizers This type requires heat and microbial action in the soil in order to release nitrogen and during this time of year theres not suffciient heat or microbial action to make this type of fertilizer work too effectively LAWN AERATION Now that the work week is gradually becoming less and less much more leisure time Is available to everyone One of the direct results of this has been that the lawns sur rounding our homes are used almost daily for outdoor rec reation during spring sum mer and fall Heavier traffic has meant that the soil surface of the Ample Vegetable Supplies OTTAWA Ample supplies of apples potatoes and most vegetables with lower but steady prices for vegetables are predicted in the Food Out look prepared by CDAs Ec onomics Branch for Septem ber Egg prices are likely to ad vance moderately to near their seasonal high for Heavy turkey prices will re main relatively low as stocks and early marketings are both large Broiler chicken prices could firm slightly production hav ing been reduced Beef prices may strengthen under strong consumer de mand and relatively lighter supplies Farm Report i By Al Wall Agricultural Representative for York County It has taken a lot of ingenuity and patience to get wheat harvested this year With fields so soft stuck combines are the rule rather than the excep tion work has been slow and moisture in the wheat has held up harvesting too Fortunately yields have been good generally Several fields have gone over bushels and between and is common We took yield samples for the spring grain competition last week and were pleased to find a lot of good yields there too Of course there is a substantial acreage that will be far below average from too much rain but its encouraging that the major part of the crop is close to normal With seeding of wheat to start soon its time to think of insuring it The last date for insur ance is September Almost all hazards are covered The exact cost is difficult to quote because it depends on expected yields and the degree of insurance selected However if the expected yields is bushels and the level is chosen the rate per acre would be around There are two agencies sell ing this insurance which is governmentsponsored They are Thomas Sons at Stouffville and Smith Dormnn and Williams of Newmarket and Our congratulations this week go to the breeders in York achieving the highest composite ratings for milk production in the past year In those with over twenty records the three highest were Bruce Snider of Maple Tom of Wood- bridge Robert King of Woodbridge In the under record division the high men were Stephen Johnston of Baldwin Gordon Vickers of Newmarket and Elgin Toole also of Newmarket With herd averages to percent higher than the national levels its a good measure of a milk producers success with the total job feeding management breeding I Slightly easier prices are predicted for Pork because supplies are likely to be up A bumper crop of apples is In the making especially in British Columbia Early var ieties are in plentiful supply and demand is good Potato growing conditions have been good and the fall crop should be ample Local production is ample for most vegetables with lower but steady prices Supplies of lettuce are bare ly meeting the demand Dont wait until the sow finishes farrowing to let pig lets nurse advises Swine Di sease Consultant Dr P G Oliver Veterinary Services Branch Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food Scours is a giant piglet killer It takes a week to ten days before piglets start developing their own antibodies against disease Colostrum milk con tains diseasefighting gamma globulin the sooner a piglet gets it the more his body will use it After the first day piglets body wont be able to absorb these gamma globu lins at all Be sure the pigs nurse immediately lawns is much more compact ed than in the past Such compaction means that the oxygen is unable to circulate freely and in severe cases any plant food applied can not reach the grass roots as freely as necessary Golf courses have always had this problem with their greens and over the past few years have been solving it by using an machine These are used to literally cultivate the surface of the greens Similar machines either powered or hand drawn are now available for the home gardeners lawn They move over the surface of the lawn removing plugs of earth ap proximately inches long and inch in diameter They are deposited on top of the turf and you might think that this will create an unsightly mess Not so all you need do is to run a small wire rug over them and theyll crumble and fall in between the grass plants and so be returned to the surface of the soil The holes created in this manner allow the vitally needed oxy gen and plant food to reach the grass roots Just as soon as you have finished with the you scatter a fertilizer or plant by the A A VI trial from to Main Street Ontario L11GEW 0 YOUR OWN BACK YARDS MORE FUN WITH A SPARTAN SWIMMING POOL Hit lifetime How did bring down By using wont mil corrode M conduction the factory truss production costs down vinyl Interior never biting jcrpin Of Gueunteetf Easy J flirt yean to Com in and Me why Spartan Pooli ait sun to choose from VINYL LINED POOLS Phone us today for all the facts Model Builders Aurora Limited GENERAL CONTRACTORS Mary Street Aurora Phone EARN MORE Broadcasting part of the Fer tilizer for next years row crops prior to plowing this fall is a convenient and efficient means of getting needed plant food into the soil For example when you fertilize for corn as little as lbs of mixed fertilizer need be applied as a starter and the remainder of the total requirements can be broadcast Maximize Profits set yield goals and shoot for them Fertilizers represent the most effective means of in creasing yields and profits SAVE MORE Use COOP bulk spreading serv ice and reduce your labour and machinery costs COOP bulk spreading saves you time and effort and actually costs very little Your fertilizer is spread at approximately bag prices With Coop modern equip ment you are assured of fast service and uniform dis tribution of the fertilizer Truck or TractorDrawn Spreader see your COOPand arrange for the most practical most economical spreading method for your farm UNITED COOPERATIVES OF ONTARIO NEWMARKET BRANCH Ontario Street 8952349 food high In nitrogen over Ihe lawn at a rate recomend- by the manufacturer Then get out hose and water the fertilizer in WATCH THE TURNS Most home gardeners now use the plant food spreaders which can do an excellent Job of applying fertilizer evenly at the desired rate Trouble can occur however at the turns Unless you shut the spreader off before you start making a turn you will place double the required amount of plant food at the sides or ends of the lawn All too of ten this results in serious burning of the sod at these points When you water In the plant food immediately after ap plying it it will be carried immediately down to the grass roots by means of the holes made by the In my own case I have been able to improve the lawn 30 to per cent two weeks after aerifying and feeding in this manner An ideal time to do this job Is in early September at a time when the lawn needs He second most important feed ing of the year ma chines can usually be rented from garden centres or sertes Custom aerifying can usually be found listed in toe classified advertisements of the newspaper i Prescriptions Picked and Promptly J Delivered J I 191 MAIN ST I I COOPERATIVE CONSULTATION CORNER by Bob McDonald Manager Fertilize Hay and Pasture Now Through the kind cooperation of your editor Ill be bringing you every week in this space Facta for the Modern Farmer We hope these brief weekly chats will help you in your farm program In this first column I want to talk about your hay crop next years hay crop This is the time to make the plans that will influence to a great degree the value of next years hay and pasture crop Statistics show that the average hay yield in Ontario is about two tons per acre per season Some fields are lot higher and some a lot lower We need to aim for something quite a bit higher than this A cost of production study by farm economists of the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food not so long ago proved conclusively that cost per tons of hay dropped steadily as the yield rose In fact they concluded that high yields were the most significant factor in reducing coats per ton There are two or three key points to remember in frontage management and the next few weeks are the most crucial of the whole year Hay and pasture and especially alfalfa is a heavy feeder A good crop of alfalfa takes more out of the land in a season than a 100 bushel per acre crop of corn Good stands of mixed hay produce most of the nitrogen they need and because the heavy root system leaves the field in good tilth we often think of sod as a crop that is an easy keeper But it does need feeding Right now before the middle of September is the time to top dress sod whether it be hay or a grass pasture to ensure a good crop next summer just remember that if the sod is over half alfalfa then it doesnt need any nitrogen it does need other nutrients however One of the problems in maintaining a good mixed stand comes from the fact that grasses have such a good root system Grasses are more efficient than alfalfa at picking up plant nutrients from the soil and unless the stand is well fertilized the grasses tend to crowd out the legumes Thus if we put lota of nitrogen on a mixed stand and make the grasses grow extra vigorously the same thing happens If there is a good percentage of alfalfa in the stand use enough phorphorua and potash to keep the alfalfa good and healthy Then the will produce enough nitrogen for itself and the grasses Grasses need and potash though just as much as the alfalfa does and tney too will benefit from the fertilizer and respond with stronger growth next spring This is the reason it is important to use a com plete fertilizer on permanent grass sod where there is little legume in the stand An application of straight nitrogen will stimulate extra growth in the grass all right Rut the lack of the needed P K will put a ceiling on how much extra you get and you wont reap the full potential benefit from the nitrogen you buy Its a little like tramp ing on the gas while you hold the other foot on the brake We started out by saying that the next few weeks are the crucial period In determing next years crop and Im coming back to that Be sure you dont pasture or cut that alfalfa stand between the first of September and the first frost Tills year especially if you had much poor first cutting nay it is tempting to try to get that little extra bit of top quality feed into the barn But wait until after frost if you need it If you do make a late cut in October set the cutter bar higher than usual This will leave a good stubble to help hold the snow Late pasturing needs plenty of snow cov ering You see when the plant Is less than about six inches high the root feeds the top because the plant doesnt have enough leaves to manufacture all the food it needs for growth Then when the plants gets above the six Inch height the top is able to manufacture more food than it needs and it pays back the supply borrowed from the stored reserves In the big tap root Over wintering ability as well as the ability to get off to a good start In the spring depend on having a good supply of food stored in the root before winter Right now is the plants last chance to build up that reserve while the days are still warm and bright and the leaves are In condition to manu facture food With the buildup of winter reserves going on this is an excellent time to apply the fertilizer that the crop needs The staff of the Department of Crop Science at the University of recommend the applica tion of 350 lbs of per acre applied between midAugust and midSeptember to give best value to next years hay and pasture croi