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Wei i fiS Farm Report By Al Wall Agricultural for York county The announcement on farm taxes is the biggest news this week The per cent rebate On farm property certainly a move in the right direction and Im sure opinion will vary widely on whether it is not enough or While this is important right now the other half of the announcement really means a great deal more to us in York That is that the government will have a new system for applying property taxes by Our present system where a taxpayers share of municipal costs is determined by the market value of his property doesnt work well in a complex area like York It breaks down because market value here in York is a very poor measure of the ability of a property to generate income A further point on farms is that their investment in real estate taxable is so much higher than any other industry So we welcome the news that a basic change is to be made Without it our longterm plans for rural York County could turn out badly The plan for example for the Toronto Cen tered Region calls for most of our present farm land to remain open space for recreation and agriculture This is good land use but Vm afraid that if some positive of number Those seeds could grow harvesters cause but Im afraid that taken we might end find too often on specula We started sampling the grain r competition last week The crop is good i and stalk breakage i Some yields of soybeans itent for them seemed higher for most yields are quite satisfactory This is Plowing Match week with the Interna tional at Lindsay Along with many plowmen from York Ken Ferguson and Paul both of will he there being our team in the intercounty class trees about two or three feet high in a surprisingly short length of When they get to this height most people expecting fruits to ap pear in the not too distant future Eventually when none appear they suspect neglect on their part Nothing could be further from the truth for citrus fruits only develop on speciallygrafted trees which can be ordered from a garden centre or florist Despite the lack of fruits seeds have very shinygreen leaves and are among our better house plants Selecting the seeds at breakfast time sowing them in a pot watching them germinate and grow can be fascinat ing fun for any the family For sowing seeds youll need a sixinchsize clay or plastic pot commercial African violet of glass at least few small stones or broken pieces of pot to be placed in a VALK ON VEGETABLES Fruit and Vegetable The Onion Sec tion of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers As sociation or better known the Liars Club held their usual fall meeting in Bradford last Saturday and some interesting figures were revealed It showed Erst of all that is trying to catch up to Bradford as far as are concerned Both claim to have reached an average of bags per acre this year The Blen heim growers claim bags but the Grand Bend boys only made it to from seed this year bap per acre This compared with bags in 1963 or a per cent decrease and 2141000 bags last year or a per A 10 per cent in crease can easily be wiped out by extra waste and all in all it looks like an aver age crop in quantity with above average quality Anyone knows that during harvesting time prices are high Local grown onions near major markets usually move first Reports from England are that the local onion trade is strong and good quality is meet ing a steady demand The Dutch onion trade too is optimistic signs Our exports to the end of September are double last years with bags sold and moved out of the country This is also encouraging Prices are bound to improve and if the quality in storage is kept high good markets after Christ- Spain annually ships about 5 million bags into Britain and Holland ships bap during the period from October to March We should not he afraid to move one million bap into this market from now on We have transportation costs against us but we can off er top quality and this is a tremendous asset picture is somewhat vague at the moment Heavy movement from Quebec has kept the US market well supplied with Canadian Over per cent of the Quebec crop has been har vested Quality in Bradford great deal and anyone with diseasefree smooth carrots should not be afraid to store them and look for better prices during the We could have the market for too if free trade between the US and Canada was possible At the moment there is a cent per bag terial in the bottom of the pot and then add the soil I always fill the pot to the rim and then firm the soil down with the fingertips After finning the surface of the soil should be of an inch below the rim just right for correct watering- Wash the seeds thoroughly and plant three of them to a pot Make a hole in the soil a halfinch an inch wide In sert the seeds cover with soil and soak thoroughly with water and warmed to temperature To prevent the soil from drying out too quickly cover the pot first welllighted window sill or put it under fluorescent lights If more than one seed germinates separate and replant in three weeks time in sixinch pots Once the new trees are three or four inches high theyll need feeding once a month with of the leaves will keep of the leaves free and dirt and will the humidity of the the plants June when the warm sunny weather has arrived to stay the young trees should bo mov ed to a sunny location in the garden Over the sum mer months theyll develop red vigor from the ideal growing conditions found outdoors and it will also give the wood a chance the chil dren return to school in September it will be time to move the trees back to their location in a sunny window in the house or under lights While you have citrus trees on the go you may as well try your hand and keep the stones Not all of these will be fertile so you will need at least halfadozen citrus seeds Plant the and in the pot as the orange and grapefruit seeds The soil mixture should be one NEWMARKET Now that corn harvesting has begun extra care must be taken to avoid crippling injury from harvesters says Oscar Snyder Farm Safety Coordinator with the Farm Safety Council of Ontario Already this year one operator has lost a foot because the harvester was left running while a plugg ed corn nose was cleared Equipment should always he turned for that happen every an i4 ftnf can be eliminated not be M far I floztyl pay in running and have f TO THE ELECTORS OF EAST GWILLIMBURY THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE BILL SWEEZIE