Era November Keswick News Children of Public School bad their best year ever when they collected al most for during Halloween Principal Hugh Kernohao plans on a meet the teacher night a end of November Last Wednesday Jersey Public School held its Open House night at which there was an extremely fine turn out of parents which delight ed the heart of principal Ron Graham Gloxinias Will Thrive Indoors COOPERATIVE CONSULTATION CORNER by Bob McDonald Branch Mutter Branch GOOD PRACTICES ARE IMPORTANT Research shows lhat good milking practices and herd management save time cows and money Yet the milking operation is often the most in efficient operation on the farm Sometimes this is because the milking is left to the most inefficient man on the farm Sometimes it happens because the milking equipment isnt kept in top operating shape Check your own milk ing operations against these points Have you too many milking machine units oper ating at each chore time This results in over- milking and actually training the cows to be slow milkers One man should operate no more than 2 bucket type units or pipeline units in a stanchion barn or pipeline units in a tandem parlor or pipeline units in a herringbone parlor The proper number of units allows your vacuum pump operate more efficiently also Do you prepare the cow for milking by washing the udder for at least thirty seconds Use a strip cup or black plate to detect abnormal milk before you attach the teat cups Milk heifers first and leave infected cows last Attach the milker units within one minute after you wash the udder When the milk flow ceases pull down gently on teat cups to open the teat cavity and re move shippings Break the vacuum on cups and remove litem gently when milking i completed Dip teat ends in disinfectant solution alter milking If you follow these simple steps with each cow you will find you cannot handle more lhan the re commended units Worn equipment will slow down milking lime and make milking operation inefficient Make regular checks for worn pump worn out I lobby inflations or liners dirt dogged vacuum lines leaky stall cocks stick pulsalors and inopera tive vacuum controller Just as soon as the middle of November arrives the gar den stores start receiving their stocks of gloxinia tubers Four months from the day theyre potted up the velvetytextur ed bellshaped blooms with magnificent coloring start to appear Gloxinias are one of the from start to finish Our complete feeding program will keep your hogs all the way Quick gains and mora efficient use of feed flrc Important at every state of a hog develop ment Thats- why wo available In all our hog Youll findTylon In our starter grower and finisher us help you feed hop that slay Thrifty all way to market Place your order with us today forTylan- lifted hog feeds There also a program for of dys entery few house plants that actually prefer the warm and partially shaded conditions found in most modern homes Patience careful watering in the beginning and feeding are the key to growing them in the home or apartment Why do so many window gardeners have trouble with these plants which are so easy to grow Thats the question I asked Frank Reinett the world famous gloxinia tuber ous begonia and delphinium breeder when I visited his nurseries reentry at California His answer was a very simple one a poor soil mixture and in the first three or four weeks after up Frank Reinelt recommend ed a loose mixture consisting of one part leaf mould one part top soil and one part coarse sand He was most emphatic that the humus part of the mixture should be leaf mould Commercially packaged leaf mould can us ually be had from most gar den stores Gloxinias thrive in the warm temperatures of our modem homes but they dont like the dry atmosphere found there The amount of In The Garden By John contained in the air is less than that above Sahara Desert Theres only one truly satis factory way of making sure that the air contains sufficient moisture and that is to install one of the inexpensive mech anical humidifiers One of these can be bought for as little as Next time you have an opportunity to visit a greenhouse observe how the plant grower wets the walks between the beds two or three times a day to keep the moisture in the air at a high level need two sires of pots for growing Gloxinias To start them off select clay pots just large enough to hold the tubers a 3 inch one is about the right size Later on when trie first pots are filled with roots the plants are mov ed to the 5 or inch size A tuber should be just barely covered with the soil mixture recommended before Give them a good soaking with wa ter at room temperature and you probably wont need to water them again for as long as ten days to two weeks Overwatering at this stage when growth is just begin ning usually means failure in ninety cases out of a hundred Too much water at this time later on causes the plants to develop flowering buds to the point where they are about to open and then they drop off Night tem perature during this period should be to degrees After a few days the puck ered brown tubers start to send out small fussy leaves that look a great deal like mouse ears It Isnt long after that the plants start to grow vigorously When four or five leaves have developed the Gloxinias will need plenty of moisture This is the time to start giving them a regular feeding with a liquid complete plant food every two weeks Such a plant wood should contain nitrogen which promotes the growth of branches and leaves plus phosphorous and potash Farm Report By Charge Phoney Warranty On Farm Machinery North York Farmers Feed Grain Limited Newmarket Ontario Ph HiEnergy Mills Limited Superior Street Newmarket Ontario Ph Newmarket District CoOperative Ontario Street Newmarket Ontario Ph GUELPH The Ontario Farmers Union In a brief to the Royal Commission on Farm Machinery holding hearings this week In Toronto said the present warranty system on new farm machin ery is far from satisfactory and often nonsensical and even phoney As an example the brief stated a new baler could be purchased then used for only a total of actual working days By next season the war ranty has expired However Immediately the machine de velops a major problem due to a defect which had always been there i A Cadet Cleans Best OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU If you find our work In any the finest GtnlU iKrjfQLh tOAtlV I to you jo or Mens Business or SPORT A SHIRTS CLIP THIS COUPON TROUSERS or SLACKS Carefully dry cleaned and expertly pressed IS A CADET NEAR YOU Newmarket Drive Aurora Shopping Centre Sherwood Plait Highway No Markhain Road Richmond Hill Heights Street CUP THIS COUPON ANY BLANKET NonElectric Carefully dry cleaned and fluff finished coupon Interning CUP THIS COUPON Showerproofed Dry Cleaned and Finished RAINCOAT When patented with Incoming Until f Who Is responsible the queried The Commission was re quested to strongly recom mend measures enforcing a revision of all farm machin ery warranties The brief coo- tended a machine should be guaranteed for years or for 500 working hours similar the practice of automobile manufacturers The record could be registered by sealed meters installed on the ma chine The OFU said machine companies should be requir ed by taw to make new farm machines function properly and provide necessary repair parts or be liable for time and crop loss of farmers brief said too that manufacturers should be re quired by regulation to a full responsibility for proper assembly and service of new machinery Special emphasis In the brief was directed to ward the establishment of a central parts depot located to provide easy and quick ac cess to all parts of Ontario The proposed depot the brief said should be completely stocked by all manufacturers adequate supply to pro vide farmers repair parts within 24 hours or less Agricultural Representative for York County Quite a few dairymen in York have sold their herds and quit the business in the last few months King Douglas Hope Mel McMillan Matt Heron Mrs and Douglas Hutching are examples A fair number have sold out in County this fall too This trend wont affect the total amount of milk produced of course because the cows will all be working in other herds It toes I think indicate that some of the diffi culties in running a dairy farm are getting to the acute stage Those who have enough hay down usually have four or five good reasons for quitting Its my guess though that the difficulty of find ing and keeping good hired labour is the one that really made the decision We have to face the fact that our industry in simply does not attract a sufficient number of good efficient employees There may be many reasons but again I think there is one that really stops farm boys from becoming hired men Work ing seven days a week is the kilter A man and his work may be inseparable but there is enough affluence in agriculture that a man ought to be able to call his soul his own on Sunday A sixday week for labour on dairy farms isnt easy but have other problems just as difficult and this one should be tackled next and quickly Ah well as the usual sources for farm labour there are two new ones that may be of interest First our Department has a programme going to bring welltrained married farm workers here from Europe These men fit only in top jobs It takes good pay good housing and good working conditions to convince a man he should move himself and his family thousands of mites from native soil Another is for short term inexper ienced help There are young men here now from Korea who will work on dairy farms for a year to get experience They are taking a course at now and will be ready for farms early In December Further details on either of these programmes are available at our office in Newmarket VICTORIA TRIM CEHTIMCATt Township of North Proclamation Ymh It We the Council of the Township of Noah do hereby proclaim November to be Young Canadas Book Week We urge parents to encourage their childrens enjoyment of fine books from an early age Our growing Public Library affords children and adults alike unlimited opportunity for memorable reading experience Bring your child to the Main library of Bookmobile during Young Canadas Book Week and every week Dales Reive GATEWAY GROWS WITH AURORA SO FT ADDITION AVAILABLE Store space suitable for DRUG STORE BAKERY BUTCHER BARBER SHOE REPAIR MEDICAL or DENTAL AND MANY OTHER USES For Rental Information contact your Realtor or call Toronto 3669795 NORTH TAX SALE Sealed tenders will be received by the undersigned on before noon Dec 1st for the pur chase of the following described properties which ate liable to be sold for of taxes Lot Plan Lor Plan Parrot Lor Concession Lor Description and of above properties may be obtained at the township offices at Bet- haven Lowest any tender not necessarily accented Signed Winch Simcoe County award- winning herd fed supplements OP Clarence won County award for top tor hards Hit it balanced with COOP DadFlo Baynai had comptetad on HohMni were on on a day Claranca been deallno with Schombero Cooperative for purchasing feed hardware and Here put three I tvju- It lirUAUlMfcrlrtNifir mat ilk in I 1 1 J tort Mil 1 1 United Cooperative of Ontario NEWMARKET BRANCH 0HTARIP STREET i M i