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c9 in mg AMTION ELPS For Supremacy lis English Drink Mewrmc unooi Special London tEagJ Correspondent For The Barrie Examiner LONDONh 11 and beer are engaged in fierce struggle for tbe helm of being the accepted national beverage of gland And according to the dairy ln tcrrsu milk is winning out In the battle In June of this year the l5th International Dairy Congress will meet in London the first time in to years that this important gathering of dairy industry spelt ciallsts has been held In the Un ited Kingdom Following meet lnymi the committee in charge tho arrangements or this Congress LtdCol Gates chairman of the press and pair iicity committees spoke to assembly at journalists at press conference EFFECTIVE SLOGAhl Col Gates declared that milk now has the lead on beer as the countrys al beverage Thanks to the dairy industrys publicitycampaign based on the slogan which appears in the press and on billboards all ov the country Drinka Pinta Mi ka Day he said the brewers are on thc run Contrary to the opinion at one advertiser that beer is the best lung drink in the world said Cat Gates would say that topicget far better value for their money from milk FROM MANY COUNTRIES Jabying experts from India Russiasnd one from Green land will be among the 200 egates from many countries who will attend the London Congress which Will be Opened at the R0 yal Albert Hall on June 29 by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Since the Congress last met In Britain in ma Col Gates point ed out cattle production has increased by more than 30 per cent of which 27 per cent oi the specialist dairy cows are Ayr shires The average yield of dairy cows has increased from under an gallons year per cow to 745 gallons in me At the close the formal dairy congress sessions the del egates will spend 15 days makv iag extensive tours of the major dairy areas of Scotland includ ing visits to milk collecting lions cheese factories and agri cultural colleges in Edinburgh Dumfries Kirkcudbright Anch incruive Perth lnverness and Aberdeen Another group will tour Northern Ireland and still another will make tour of the whole of the isles Dairy Cow Leads AutomationField By STEWART PAGE Ag Rem North Simcoa Tremendous progress has been made during the past few de codes in the application of sci enccand mechanics or automa tion as this approach is now termed in the production and processing of foodstuffs but the dairy cow still leads the field When it comes in discussion of automation no manmade process can come close to the achievement oi the dairy cow in processing the raw products of the land to our most complete and most valuable fondmilk This milk is on tap as it were and is ready twice each day for thc farmer to mi cool and bottle In New Zealand and other countries of more temperate climate than Canada milking is the major job ofthe dairy farmer beyond keeping plenty of pasture available for year round grazing In this country we do have to provide winter feed for half of each year along with rcasnnuble sheltcr but the dairy cow still does an amazing job in spite of our severe win ters The chief complaint from farm iTHOUSAND 0F EGGS are batched at time at the Hun ter farm south of stroudir HATCEING at tho Hunter farm occursin trays in spee ers is that the dairy cow is too automatic requiring milking twice day every day in the week There is no stopping this automatic production at milk for weekends and special holi days and no layingelf these steady workers for few weeks to allow consumption to catch up with demand when temper ary surplus of milk threatens Our other chief ruminants or processors of forage crops and roughage beef cattle and sheep while not quite so efficient at their job as the dairy cow still do to an amazing job in pro cessing raw products into moat hides wool and many other valuable products It is also important to many farmers that beef cattle and sheep are not so demanding of time and labor every day of the year Limited care only is required in the sum merand evcri in winter arrangc meats can be made so that the feed racks need only be filled once or twice week HUGE TAPESTRY Worlds largest tape 62 feet by hangs in the new cathed ral at Coventry England ItotSIEINS at the farm of Ferris oi Barrie react nstantly when they hear clanking sound it is the auto PIPELINE mannin calls for bulk cooler in room adjoining the stalls and Balanced Soill Penney feeder which carries feed along 60foot channel in six minutes The cows lean out oi their bytes and eat pumping systern at Hughes farm Milk flows alan 25 each side and Mr Ferris states it saves many hours of manpower pipes train the cows into the bulk system Means Quality Crops By STEWART PAGE Re North Simcoc This Abs aeasonwofutba year when many farmers are getting in their supplies of fer Iii COUNTY Eggs are placed in compart ments where best and mois with highervmolsture con ent The chicks need no food ture is contorlled until ready to hatch tilizcr for spring seeding so it rclatlpnsbipto the vigor not only of our crops but of our live stock and finally the human family rew farm soils are perfect and the longer most of our soil types are cropped the more im Perfect or out of balance these soils are apt to become unless steps are taken from year to year to correct the natural and manmade deficienciesr Even with the best of fanning prac tices where plenty of clovers and sad crops are grown and the barnyard manure andotber crop refuse is well cared for and returned to the land there is still an annual loss of two minerals in partlcularPhos phate and Calcium or Lime Whenever we sell heel no milkor eggs off the farm we are selling someof our reserve Phosphate and Calcium and un less we balance up this loss by adding extra Phosphate and Calcium if needed sooner or lat er on most soil types we will run into Serious soiloeficiency problem which may show up in lowered health and vitality oi our crops or live stock or both of course selling bay and straw off the farm an even quicker way of lowering the overall fer tility of tha farm Just recently news release tram the0ntario Department of Agriculture pointed out that Phosphate deficiency in cattle was still one of the most co man nutritional diseases in On tario Mineral deficiency in the sail also appears to be tied up with trequcnt outbreaks of bloating of cattle on clover pas tures In support of this state ment we have number of re ports frain farmers in Simone County who never have any trouble from bloating on clovers and who claim that feeding the soil to feed the crops to feed the cattle with plenty of PHOSlt PHOROUS and AGRICULTURAL LIMESTONE if deficiency of these elements is indicated by the Soil Test IS THE ANSWER would tire to suggest there fore that soil testing is the starting point in producing heal thy vigorous crops and live stock And by soil testing do not mean testing an occasional field that is not doing too well av ry five years or so mean taking representative soil sam ples from every field practic ally every year By soil test ing our good fields as well as our poor fields we should be able to head off soil and live stock nutritional deficiency trou bles before they show up in the form of lower yields or sick cattle While there is little chance hatchingn iheyuare usually railed away the same day heated oomparhnonts mg or 15 to 46 hours after lhey arabarn ogctting report back from the 0ACfor fields to be sown early this spring the soil test can beta timaforlatasown crops as corn and potatoes on all wbgat sefit1ri cluiingjurie or July while August and Sep tember is very good time to take soil test for next years spring sown crops especially those fields to be seeded down to bay or pasture Ear this years spring seeding ovenvthougb soil test is not available it is still possibleto make fairly good estimate as to the amount and mixture of fertilizer required for different cropson the basi of former experience wiili milar soil types Then du mg the mer soil to so that closer mat may be made to he use for crosz The new soils Building at tb OAC now has greatly expan ed andimproved laboratory for soil testing and this service will as in the pastcontinue to be free to all looperating farmers Sail boxes and report forms are available at all our Agricultural Offices and the only cost that of mailing the samples to the College which may be about No per sample would suggest therefore that the next time you are near your Agricultural Office you pick up supply of Soil Boxes If you do notvfind it convenient to ciall at theeoftice supplies may be mailed on request Soil testing is of course only startingApoint and continu ing guide as to soil fertility needs Much mnre is needed Each farmer if he hopes to pass on his farm to the next genera tion in as good state of fer tility as when he found it must consider both the needs of the various crops to be grown and the limitations of the several soil types that are to befeund on most farms in Simcoe Coun ty He must take care of drain age requirements keep the level of organic matter in the soil at reasonable level and adopt his 0de for the camera at the Churchill alrrn of John Hughe ia line of milk com SURGE SYSTEM is used to milk those cows at the John Patterson iarm near Barrie The beasts are trained to en ter milking stall as soon as one is vacant Mr Patterson keeps careful record of each animals performance Farm Machinery Management Topic Management of farm machin ery one of todays biggest farm investments isth subject of the latest form booklet issued by The Canadian Bank of Com merce Entitled flowei and Profits the new Anklet covers many aspects of farm machinery man cluding detailed study operating costs and recommendations as to thesize of farm machines needed under varying conditions The bookletwas prepared un der llieguidance of Nelson associate director Farm Econ omics Branch Ontario Depart ment of Agriculture and with the assistance of provincial agri cultural engineering departments and farm equipment manufac turers across Canada The success and future of Can adian agriculture the booklet states depends on the farm operators ability to manage his farm on profitpaying basis One of the most effective ways of doing this is by the wise sei ection of modern farm mach inery Cooperative or shareowner ship for example the booklet says is way by which farm iarmer who only requires the machine for limited number of hours can obtain machinery with low capital investment Among other subjects discussed are upkeep of machinery and the safety of dos and donta oi machinery operation Copies of the new booklet are obtainable at any branch of The Canadian Bankof Commerce in Canada or from The Canadian Bank of Commerce Head Of tillage methods to suit both the ice 25 King Street West ior soil and the crop canadais ecieral Gayerrintenl Backs Sales campaign As cold storages bulge with the remains of 1953s bumper har vestCnnadians are being urged to eat more apples At Feb there were 4340000 bushels of apples in cold storage and another 276000 in common storage This was roughly 25 per cent of last years 16605000 bushel crop Canada Department of Ag cultiire and the Canadian Horti onto Ontario lloldlngs at the firstltof the month were the highest in five years At Feb last year there were 111000 ushela in storage Coupled withtbe big 1950qu five per centhizherxthanv he previous year and the third lat gest in the past decade exports have beén smaller to data due to the lossof outlet in on culturnl Council have joined forces una $25000 promotional program to increase home cont aumption The campaign will run tomidApril To feedthem all that needs doing is to throw down hate or two of feed from the are over the hawrack Parasites and Predators Not Likely to Be Eradicated During the past few years much sttenion has been paid to the effect of insecticides on insect parasites and predators lttbas been stated that the 3p plicatlon of insecticides by kil ling parasites and predators mnyresuit in resurgence or fiareback of the pest concern ed or of secondary pests It has also been said that the resistan ce problem may be aggravated it natural enemies of insects re sistant to insecticides are eexte minated In answer to this VAMH San ger of the Shell Petroleum Com pany Ltd says As long as man remains unable to eradicate insect pests he will not be able to eradicate their natural enem ies if strains of resistant insect pests develop it is likely that some of their natural enemies will also have developed resista ea in fact it rnightwcll be re wardingto investigate the pos aibllltyof the propagation and release of resistant strains of prednctors and parasites as new approach to biological con Mr Sanger believes that part of the answer to the resurgence and resistance problem may lie in tbeuse of selective insectides The use of selective insectides however be limited when acrop is attacked by more than Since selective insecticides are not available says Mr Sanger therselective appli tion of the insecticides seems for the moment to be the best meane of avoiding resurgences The choice of the insecticide itself offers the first means of selective insect control other means are dosage rates timing of application method of ap plication dusts high volume or low volume or mist spray comv bincd methods of biological and chemical control may also prove to besuccessful It is Certain that mixtures of insecticides applied frequently havedlsastraus eifecls on the natural enemy papulatio some cases however this ieun avoidable unless the fainter is content with greatly decreased returns Marshall and vileV Morgan found that artorchard in British columbia unsprayed since its establishment did not yield any fruit due to insect damage although the number of economically injurious species was less than in commercial or chiards they come to control his arch enemy the codilng math thie British Colum bio fruit grower whether he likv as thuidea orpot must spray with DDT ormethoxychlor both of which are capable ofvupsetv ting the biological balance in bisonhard He must accept tha fact that the use of either of these chlorinated hydrocarbon may in turn for the use aearlcides or ynblnld portaiico of Zpargs dntors filed art