Ontario Community Newspapers

The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), June 19, 1968, p. 24

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SHOCK on jour farm or pull the victim free our home should using some material which contact with elec- docs not conduct 1 wiring and is shocked city Specialist Ontario first remove partment of Agriculture with a dry stick and Food Iris loveliest of all famous for NANKING GARDEN RESTAURANT DELIVERY AND TAKE OUT CHINESE and CANADIAN FOODS STORE HOURS Sunday Holidays Friday and Saturday night PHONE79408 Aurora A For Trouble Free Baling you need BALER TWINE NEWMARKET BRANCH Ontario Street One of the most satis factory of nil perennials Is the tall German or heard- iris Although It blooms for a comparatively short season it stages a spec tacular show of color thats almost unbeatable Even better things are on the way I recently visited the gardens of Hubert Fisher a topnotch iris breeder and a vicepresident of the American fris Society In The Garden John each are equally beau- coast to coast in Canada herds of cattle feed Soon much of this beef will wind up providing food for the needy and added mushroom farm is sold the wide range colors There I saw some arrangers find them prising breaks in color with In fact a stock of wide branching and bet- a wellknown variety is a petals Many unusual pleasing nearly complete shades of pink butter- arrangement in itself The scotch caramel yellow and peach will shortly be on the market Surprisingly as background mater while there are some Ial in flower arrangements ing unusual breaks in col- One of the weaknesses or among new ones many of iris has always been the older kinds selling for to lack of clear bright red In spite of socalled reds bine to produce a parti cularly strong mass of col or Pale lavenders and pinks can also be combin ed Tor more subtle effects The blooms of the late bearded iris will soon have faded away As the petals fall the entire flowering head is removed to pre vent the energy of the iris plant being partially divert ed Into producing seed rather than next years flower buds Love Wilfred has who will take poss ARTS GARAGE Phone Queensville SPRAYS for WEEDS and INSECTS We carry chemicals for your complete control SPECIAL NOTICE Please call as about mil bulk fur bay and pasture fertilization S300 PROFIT for 1 00 COST BRADFORD FERTILIZER COMPANY LTD ployees and their families arc looking for houses and Congratulations to Miss Beverly Carrington a gra duate of Oshawa General Hospital School of Nursing June will receive Congratulations to Ml and Mrs Arthur Hannah Jacqueline Evans mar ried at the Kingdom Hall Lloyd Harold and Clar ence Doner motored to to attend the fu neral of their cousin Mrs Beatrice daugh ter of Mr Edmund Doner with Volkswagen dealer- Germany and Canada and the USA iris that are true red in color Fortunately the Oriental Poppy rich in pinks and true reds not only blooms at the same time but also can be transplanted with the iris Rich blue iris and blood red Oriental Poppies com- Farm Report By Al Wall Agricultural Tor York County Haying got nicely last week in York It was mostly being chopped and put in silos as here are lots of snags in the stuff is hard to blow It takes lots of dribbling into the blower to stop and mi even temperament if the lor is enjoying two holidays i During his absence Mrs William Ash and Mrs John deliveries power water Kit in build up pipes plug Cutting and blowing where hay is on the wet side helps A moisture content of around fifty percent is ideal from a quality standpoint but at that stage its tough sort of rubber and it doesnt go through machinery easily With more moisture tip mound or per cent quality is still good it wont develop a bad smell and it chops and blows bettor The real danger is in letting liny dry out ton much for Too frequently it almost dry enough to bale before the forage gets to it At this stage excessive heating la almost sure to happen II becomes do a of packing chop very fine add water fill continuously and seal with plastic Even then some heating will occur which protein and digestibility drops as well The color changes to blown as this happens and it goes lo grey or black if heating is really chopped bay will be green feel soft and moist and when compressed will partly retain wo far better at the start of the buying season than at Ihe end It stores well in bunker silos if they are at least twelve reel deep Ho If we can Iron ed earlier lift wilh huge hay to grow out ago with narrow punch ed falls and poor branch ing Iris propagate too free ly and are hard to kill and as a result of this too many of the older var ieties are still very much in evidence July Is the time to get rid of these older ones and invest in modern iris beauty The term bearded re fers to the strip of hairy growth on the three divi sions of the flowers that usually droop down and are called falls or dropping petals The beard could also be called an iris light house because It serves as a signal or guide to in sects seeking nectar lead ing them to the store hid den deep in the heart of the flower Not long after Ihc flow have faded away the roots die off the plants go into a partial rest per iod even though the tops remain green This Is best lime the year to divide move or plant new varieties Although iris can be successfully planted any time blooming and before the end of Septem ber those planted in July August and are almost cer tain lo flower next year The roots of iris are cor rectly called rhizomes multiply so rapidly that the clumps need to be taken up separated every three or four years It left undivided he blooms will diminish In number qua lity size with every si acred lug year To divide Iris understand he meaning of word rhl fleshy I from fiid Mils hard to believe but Its actually a fact that the rhizomes travel as they grow A close examina tion of the growing end will show that it creeps or moves horizontally While its true iris are reasonably tough peren nials It doesnt pay to treat them roughly when are removed from the ground wash oft alt ad hering soil and carefully examine the roots Any rhi zome that is soft or spongy has probably been attack ed by borers and should be destroyed by burning For the new plants choose healthy firm sections with four arms each Next cut away half the leaves with a pair of sharp scissors or shears rather than tear ing the foliage with your hands This will usually re sult in open wounds through which disease can easily gain a foothold in the plant The I halt the leaf cut away Is to cut down on the a evaporation of moisture from the leaves which would cause the plants to In cutting the rhizomes up into sections Ive always found that it pays to use a sharp knife rather than pulling or breaking Ihcm apart llhizomes which con tain any cuts or injuries should be exposed to the sunlight for four or five hours before replanting Dusting the wounds with sulphur is a further In surance against disease Although the this doesnt mean that you dig a tiny hole It should be at least eight lo ten Inches deep youll need to make it wide enough so that three divisions or roots can be placed in a willi eight Inches se parating them Point the rhizomes outwards the points of the triangle Established rhizomes of bearded Iris normally He at the surface the soil half Imbedded in When ready to plant place a mound of soil In each corner of Hie triangle enough so Itinl each rhizome will be covered with oneInch soil when the planting Is finished Once the Iris become es tablished theyll gradual ly grow to the surface In doing actual plant ing set the dived ly over the centre of the mound of earth and spread feeding reals to either side so the plant will be thoroughly anchored Pull Ihe soli towards the plant from either side Finn fool and water thorough Vandorf plans new zoning VANDOlti- lUsldints In tho Vandorf Ilallnntrae mis will be given a thin to express llielr opinions mi the industrial develop meat zoning proposed for their district The Whitchurch Council Tuesday night gave tentative to from the a industrial comm- to rimming Board to have Vandorf soil ed tor Industrial develop Councillor Norman Barn ard volunteered to contact residents to collect their lews on zoning A suggestion to hold a meeting for properly own- too

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