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Your lawn is hungry so give it a fall feeding Any time during the next three weeks is the time to give the lawn its second most important feed ing of the year There a common misconception that fallfed lawns are stimula ted into soft growth and go into the winter in such a tender condition that win ter killing wilt be the direct result Because of this faul ty reasoning many home owners do not fertilize at this time perhaps the most critical period in the start Into growth again at any time air temperatures go above freezing Admittedly growth is slow but It does occur root is much better the During the next feeding the season At this time of the year a fer tilizer with a or formula is the best kind to additional application of pounds of muriate of pot ash or sulphate of potash areas have had to ban shooting because of the t r n population Inches above the soil le vel This spacing will re pel all types of small best way of describing a weed is to say its a plant out of place Chicory is a noxious weed In of Canada where us in England its a popu lar gardei Farm Report Bv Wall lU- years wheat crop has had a rough lime Winter kill was serious and spring flooding on many fields knocked out some more Cold weather early delayed growth and then many fields were hit again by a disease colled Foot Rot Sprouting took a final whack at this not thrive in full a mowed lawn but it does survive no matter how much Its abused Strangely enough Creeping Jenny makes an excellent plant for placing in spots where grass will not grow because of shade or problems This would have been a danger ous recommendation seve ral years ago but now we have at least two chemicals that will control it almost flower seeds germinated and poked their heads through the ground or just after vegetable and flower plants were planted their needs for moisture were not large A small sprinkling would be sufficient to keep by th plant With this in water to a depth of six in- mind youll be able to most Canadian soils predate the importance of require one inch of water having water where the or gallons per 100 square roots arc located To get the feet of garden area applied in the fall Instead of producing soft top growth fertilizers in the fall are used to produce storage organs needed by the plants other plants have been eaten off by these long- cared nuisances c 1 any of the chemical rcpol- Ive tried just dont work Many persons hesi tate to use one of the truly effective weapons a hun gry female cat with kittens One remedy that has been tried Is a solution of salts in water which deposits Recent extensive research hy lawn turf ex perts has revealed why root growth Is stimulated by fail feeding Careful tests show that red light has no effect on top growth but does stimulate root growth As the sun sinks lower and lower in the southern sky with the approach of win ter it must pass through screens the weaker blue rays needed for top growth fallfed lawns build up a strong root system without soft lush lop growth The balance between top and What to do about it Well this is not the year to try planting wheat after wheat The root rot fungus lives over on crop residues in the soil so if there was any at all this year the risk would be very high for next year Wheat In storage may need special attention too Damp grain healing is a perfect place for weevils It will help if the grain by moving and turning but if weevils gel really started fumigation is the only answer A con be spread over the bin and gases from it will seep down through the grain Queensville cow national champion The Canadian Brown Swiss National Show was held at Exhibition on Friday August Never Drown Swiss show J of Venture Farm Coblesklll New Slate was the Judge However Zinnias marigolds petunias etc arc much larger now and their foliage is losing big amounts of moisture every hour At trolling plant growth A few sprinkles from an open end hose are of no value In early August to the foliage ore us ually located at a depth of three to six inches Water in the soil acts as a trans portation unit and carries the soil nutrients up to the foliage whore they con bo converted to food usable RICHMOND HILL FIGURE SKATING CLUB FALL SKATING SCHOOL SEPTEMBER 3 SEPTEMBER 27 Stall Number of Memberships A SANCTIONED BY Business Directory TRANSPORTATION of the fertilizer such solutions do lil- harm and may do some learn to leave that lar crop alone Wood ashes which carry an odor of burning scare off rabbits because theyre afraid of fire Dried blood also seems to drive them away Its unfortunate that all of these are highly and must be re applied every lime you best answer Is to test seed for and if there is any sprouting all use seed treatment that doesnt have mercury In It On another subject I sec where the chemical age has arrived for sheep Up lo now chemicals have been used effectively to promote growth prevent kill parasites and control breeding Dr Burgess demonstrated new use of 0 A last week Chemical dcflcccing may 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