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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, August 2, 1989-7 Durham East New Cancer agri-News Field Crop Conditions: by John Finlay, Agricultural Rep. Dry weather during the past four weeks is starting to affect crop growth. Signs of stress are appearing appearing on lighter soils and knolls in corn, oats and barley. Corn fields are also uneven where heavy rainfall in early June, has stunted corn in low areas. The wheat crop has suffered suffered severe damage on a few farms from Head Blight and take-all. The virus that causes Red Leaf 1 in oats and Barley Yellow-Dwarf on barley has infected fields most heavily across the northern part of the Region. Soybeans are making excellent excellent growth having had good emergence and generally good weed control. Hay harvesting was delayed during the first half of June causing spoilage in the field as' well as delay in cutting. During the past 2 weeks, second crop cutting has had excellent harvesting conditions. The later cuttings of second crop hay will be reduced due to lack of rainfall in July. Horticultural Crop Update: by Frank Louws, Horticultural Crop Advisor In the Durham Region area, horticultural horticultural crops are off to a good start. The spring began 9 days later than the previous 10 year average but by early June the growing degree days were at normal. During the winter months from January to April, Durham received 100 mm of precipitation which is only 50% of the previous 20 year average. This had many growers concerned about the 1989 crop potential but May and June relieved those tensions with a total rainfall of 200 mm which was 140% of the previous 20 year average. This mid-summer report has many positive reflections. reflections. The potential apple crop is slightly slightly below average due to several factors. factors. Delicious trees had very few flowers this spring due to the dry weather of last year. Other varieties had a light to good bloom but pollination conditions were not ideal resulting in a medium set aggravated aggravated by a heavy June drop. However, the crop that remains will be a good quality. Growers are now busy complimenting Mother Newtonvsiie Alive ' (Continued from page 6) faces about town. If you have a new neighbour, I hope you will welcome them to our community. Give me a, call if you like and we can welcome them together. -Farewell to 'Lee and Arnett' of Hill Street. The couple has moved into Newcastle and will be missed. .We look forward to running into them though, since Newcastle isn't far away. Good luck Arnette and Lee! 1 -Another successful euchre game was played over at the hjtll last Fri day night. Winners on the draw were Reg Elliott, Ruth Henderson, Audrey Graham and Robin Aldread. High scores went to Robin Aldread with 77, Pearl Clark 76, Gladys Dines 75, Lloyd Webb 75, and Muriel Burtch and Olive Little with 74. Summer is a time of settling back, taking it easy and not taking too much else very serious. However you enjoy the summer of '89, make it happy and make it safe. Keep in touch! Call me at Nature's work by giving the apples additional magnesium and calcium for good nutritional quality of the apple. Currently, grower's are also summer pruning the excessive new growth to encouràge good colouring colouring in apples. The predicted harvest date for McIntosh is September 22-24. Strawberries were off to a good start with all the spring moisture and the yields were acceptable compared compared to the last two droughty seasons. Some patches were still suffering from the 1987-88 winter kill but most growers were pleased. The pick-your-own turnout was above normal. Apparently, the freezer supply was very low. Currently, Currently, strawberry producers are renovating their patches to encourage encourage good yields for next year. Raspberries are also very bountiful bountiful this year. Harvest began July 10th and will continue for another short while. Most patches need additional additional irrigation to maintain berry quality due to the limited amount of rain in July. Pick-your-own operations operations are busy and the cooler days makes picking enjoyable. Vegetable crops are also doing very well. Most producers were able to seed and plant on schedule unlike their colleagues in south western Ontario where excessive rains prevented field work. Growth of most vegetables has been excellent. The early processing peas had excellent excellent yields of 2 to 2Vi tons per acres. However the yields in fields currently being harvested have declined significantly because of the dry July. The first fresh vegetables are also now available including cauliflower, broccpli, Chinese cole crops, sweet corn, beans, potatoes beets, lettuce, and zucchini. Many roadside stands are displaying a larger and larger supply of fresh local produce. In summary, the spring moisture and temperatures provide excellent conditions for establishing the 1989 crops and a lot of produce has already been harvested. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, Durham Region has received essentially no rain from June 20th to July 20th. Crops are shewing symptom of drought stress and local growérs would really .enjoy .enjoy to receive some good rain. Mobile Grain Inspection Unit: by John Finlay The Canadian Grairi Commission is setting up a Mobile Inspection Unit for the wheat crop at Hunco . Farm Supplies, on Hwy. 2 between Cobourg and. Port Hope. Hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Samples may be dropped off or sent by courier to: Canadian Grain Commission, c/o Bunco Farm Supplies, Supplies, R.R. 4, Cdbourg, ■. Ontario K9A4J7. Wheat Harvest Begins: by John Finlay With the dry weather and high temperatures, the winter wheat crop is maturing rapidly. The Ontario Wheat Producers' Marketing Board has announced the initial payments to be made on 'delivery of the 1989 wheat crop as follows: Pool A - White Winter - $130.00 per tonne; Pool B - Red Spring, not including including Max - $130.00 per tonne; Pool C - Utility Milling - $100.00 per tonne; Pool D - Canada Feed - $100.00 per tonne; Pool E - Red Spring - Max - $130.00 per tonne; Pool F - Red Winter - $130.00 per tonné. In addition, intermin and final payments may be made as the wheat is marketed by the Wheat Board during the year. agency and updated clinics A new cancer control agency, more than $2.4 million for the development of a pediatric oncology oncology program in Hamilton, and a total of $2.8 million for expansion of cancer treatment services in Windsor and Thunder Bay were announced announced by Health Minister Elinor Caplan. Mrs. Caplan also announced $450,000 in funding for cancer research by the. Ontario Clinical Oncology Group of Hamilton and the appointment of the director for the province wide breast screening program. The new cancer agency, to be known as the Ontario Cancer Control Control Agency (OCCA), will coordinate coordinate cancer services across the province. "We are forming the largest cancer control agency in the country and one of the largest in the world," Mrs. Caplan said. OCCA will strengthen the existing existing cancer care network through improved co-ordination of services. It will also advise the ministry on funding priorities. The treatment and research work done by the Ontario Ontario Cancer Institute (OCI) and the Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation (OCRTF) will continue under the direction of the new agency. : The OCT operates Princess Margaret Hospital and the OCTRF operates eight regional cancer centres across the province, OCCA will begin its work when the new cancer act, reflecting the agency's role and responsibilities, becomes law. The legislation will be developed after extensive consultation consultation and will be introduced later this year. Mrs. Caplan also announced that Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals of Hamilton will open a new regional 12-bed pediatric oncology program late this summer. The ministry is providing $576,000 in one-timé developmental funding and $1,9 million in annual operating funds. As well, the minister announced that the Ontario Clinical Oncology Group of Hamilton will receive $450,000 over three years to promote promote clinical research. Emphasis will be placed on testing new methods of treatment and prevention. prevention. On May .8, Mrs. Caplan announced announced a province wide breast screening program. Today, she announced announced the appointment of Dr. Carl J. Zylak, of McMaster Univer- ■ sity and Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals' department of radiology, to head this $5 million program. The minister also announced that the Thunder Bay Regional Cancer Centre will be expanding its existing chemotherapy facilities to handle an estimated 100 additional chemotherapy cases each year, for a total of 600 patients per'year. The ministry is providing $2 million toward this capital expansion which is expected to be completed by late 1991* The Windsor Regional Cancer Centre will receive $800,000 to expand expand its chemotherapy treatment facilities. It is expected to handle 200 additional chemotherapy cases each year for a total of 800 cases annually annually when fully operational in about two years. Cancer is one of several care areas in which the ministry is concentrating concentrating its resources. TJhe others are: cardiovascular care, dialysis, AIDS, maternal and newborn care, and emergency and trauma services. 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