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A beginner s rose garden Aurora Keswick Agricultural Representative for York County Hay doe3nt generally have a lot of prestige around a farm Im often invited to look at a good granary full of grain but never to the hay mow to open a bate Urban people get into the act too to degrade something they often use terms like hayseed hay burner or that Despite this we all know that hay quality has a tremendous amount to do with how well dairy cows milk Early cut leafy legume hay well saved has a lot more protein than oats We had a number of hay samples from farms in York tested for protein recently and it proved again that the range in feed value is quite Top protein was percent from a sample of secondcut at Fieldhouse Farms at The low protein was 10 percent The difference is awfully important to a cow because she eats around 25 lbs a day of the stuff and this often about three quarters of her total feed The results were quite different from corn silage Protein levels were quite similar for all samples Moisture levels ranged all over the place from a high of percent to a low of percent On a dry matter basis all samples were within one percent of nine percent protein Energy of course goes up as corn ma tures but palatability suffers if moisture con tents get too low Haylage samples from Don at Gordon Murray at Maple and Field- house Farms at tested out quite high for protein content The Seed Fair this week will feature hay and silage exhibits with all the emphasis on their value for feed The programme highlights are sessions on weed control gram and forage varieties and corn planting Its at Victoria Square on Thursday March and all farmers are invited to exhibit In the morning and take in the programme in the afternoon And Alex Davidson tells me that Archie Little has convinced him that there is money in Jerseys Slugging the slugs are left on top of the ground This is excellent for soil conservation but in a few cases has made it difficult to establish the young corn plant particu larly if the spring is wet Tensionhaunted business men bored house wives and anyone without a hobby will discover that a small rose garden can pro vide a relaxing respite from the cares of the day Wat- a rose bush burst into leaves buds and ex quisite blooms is a never- same way Before planting scatter over the surface of the soil a quantity of hum- By John the beginner after planting in Persia then in Greece and from there gradually spread to nearly which dont have sufficient space for a rose bed Per haps the most limiting fac tor will be the amount of sunshine available A rose bed needs locating where It will receive a minimum of five hours sunshine a day It should also be plac ed away from trees or shrubs whose roots would deprive the roso bushes every country world and plant that roses s planted in a clay best results We no this isnt true as they can be grown in a wide variety of garden soils from sandy heavy clay Real with depends were the main flower sold in the worlds first flower market in Greece If Ive persuaded Spring now is the time to check the nursery In a bed by rather than mixing with oth er garden flowers Twelve bushes Is about all the be ginner to rose growing can handle at the start A bed to hold hushes should be feet long and four feel square i the soil being well drained and con taining a large of humus and fertilizer la poor the soil con be rais ed up six or eight Inches above the existing level It can be kept in place by sur rounding the rose bed with lumber or either old Any type of soil be it sandy or heavy is prepared for rosea in the Until recently we always recommended that a complete fertilizer be ap plied and mixed into the soil with the humus A com plete fertilizer is one that and potash Fortunately we now have new rose fertiliz ers on the market which al so contain a proemergence weed killer and the use of one of these enables you to the same time When you use this type you work the humus Into the top In ches of soli with a shovel and apply plant food after tbo roses are planted Scat ter the latter evenly over the of the rose bed at the rate recommend ed by the manufacturer and scuff it lightly into the soil kith a rake One J per cent of the weeds and grasses as they germinate Three addition al feedings with a rose food without the weed control should be made around the first of June July and Aug ust Rose beds planted in the Fall wilt not need to be fed until the following Spring when the bushes are Pian flooding survey of Newmarket area NEWMARKET Holland Landing Valley Conservation Authority will start to make floodlinc mapping of the town and Its Immediate vicinity fol lowing a resolution passed The survey would Anyone starting a rose bed for the first time would be well advised to stick to the Hybrid Tea class In catalogues the varieties of group arc usually listed by the abbre viated form of T These are the bush roses which give us blooms with exqui site coloring and exciting form Many of them are very fragrant and bloom is continuous from the middle of June until late in the Fall tee to ask Newmarket to participate in the proposed program The mapping to flooding and areas hat be controlled prohibited as building zone The maps would also in the from to Pearson The cost to the town would be about Mr said that no firm cost could be given contacted the on this matter and they had agreed to help Ho felt thai the appraisers and staff of the commission had both the facilities and the know ledge for he job and It could be done on a more economical basis than by hiring a private firm Council agreed to the resolution to ask the commission to help in the with tbls but realize that much of e damage to the foliage of seems to be greater than was IS to years ago This may be so for several rea sons Slugs like moist sha dy areas where there is plenty of organic matter They thrive in our well- gardens Why has the gar den slug now become a threat to some agricultural clover In regard corn it has been found that economical yields can bo obtained with little culti vation Debris of cobs from the previous crop What is the ans wer is very effective in controlling slugs and snails Almost all Insecticides arc ineffective You cannot purchase itself but the home gardener can purchase a bait to be scattered in the garden at dusk or plac ed In small piles near the plants Some baits arc in pellet form These are too expensive for field use al though one large acreage of Brussels sprouts NUDE HEEL PANTI HOSE Opportunity Days sal Your money in a two three or four ye Victoria and Grey Guaranteed Invcstr Certificate will bring you the interest rate of seven and three quarter percent One year Certificates pay 7 and five year Certificates TRUST COMPANY SINCE NEWMARKET BRANCH MAIN STREET LJ Ruby Manager PROCTOR SILEX IRONING BOARD Reg 1188 WOMENS ALL WEATHER COAT NOIRON PANT SETS Spec in 4 97 ICOFFEE STEP TABLES Step Coffee 12 19 PILLOW BACK RECLINER Reg SAVE ON HOYS SHIRTSJEANSl Shirts Jeans 188 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