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North Simcoe PaStfire Improvement Competition GOOD DAIEX PRODUCTION NEEDS MODERN PROCESSINS Cats And Barley Variety Cooperative Row Test New varieties of oats and bur ley are being introduced from year to year as they are devel oped at our Research and Ex periment Stations across Canada and it is important that these new varieties be given careful testing to varying soil and clim atic conditions across the Prov ICE In 1958 we carried through two types of tests Rod Row Tests of Oat and Barley Varieties in cooperation with the Field Hus bandry Dspartment 0AC and Field Stjip Tests of Barley Vor ieties under local sponsorship The results of these tests along with Provincial Zone averages are presented for your guidance These tests were carried through this year by Allan Mc Nahb of Minesing and at the Drillia District Collegiate plots under the direction of Munsell Chapman in charge of the Agri cultural Department at the Col legiate Owing to some difficulty experienced by the students in applying fertilizer when seeding the 01101 plots too much stress should not be placed on my to vuim Garry Rodney Fundy 102 Glen 102 Vicar hulless 104 Shield 93 Clintland 93 102 104 904 869 886 849 808 751 730 the yield reported here zim nm to VariLY Brant York Berta Parkland Montcalm Nord 96 95 99 96 69 93 632 616 604 579 542 528 ln this hulless variety 25 hull was allowed for and added in Avonnu Maturity ion2n Trntl so 1m 19 Tut n51 Yuk the high yield of the Funday var iety The McNuhb plots exceptionally uniform OATS Yield in bushels per acre Ionl numm Maturity 15122 run 135 rnl us run 1951 Tut mm raman oocl amu 980 915 870 929 865 654 684 1144 994 1257 1047 972 739 778 1077 940 72 923 874 Banner Yield in bushels per acre arm Meflabb onei Imm 613 558 601 587 564 494 715 698 747 721 589 517 547 510 613 479 478 Field Strip Tests of Barley Varieties Cooperators Jos Dyer Etmvale Clay soil Spence Elmvale Clay soil Lynn Rus sell Midhurst loam soil Frank Orscr New Lowell clay soil No yields reported Each cooperator seeded drill width of each of the four varie ties ot barley across the field combine threshed and weighed the yield from eachstrip This type of test is considered very reliable test of what each vari ety will do under field conditions and on varying types of soil COMMENTS RE OAT AND BARLEY VARLETXES Garry continues to be the top yielding oat variety on the aver age but Rodney is preferred by many on account of its excellent feeding quality Fundy and Glen are two newer varieties that are quite promising The Vicnr hull less oat may have special value for anyone who wants to have hulless oats for young pigs The Vicar yields quitclwcll but is difficult to store without heat ing Farmers who want an early oat forlate ground or who want to harvest part of their grain earlier to spread the harvest or give the clovers better chance Report On Weed Control on By cfin mums North Simcoe Weed Inspector ergé spraying of corn with Simazin in 1957 created wide interest in this method of weed control throughout the County so no difficulty was experienced in arranging for ceoperators to have 1acre demonstrations in six at the ships in North plots days of planting at the recom mended rate of bs of Sirnazin wate with an earlier short struwed oat might try the Shield or Clintlund 0f the barley varieties Brant still holds the lead in yield and Montcalm is the choice as matting barley York our new est barley is very similar in yield and adaptability to Brant barley Etley Dovering Cold Variety Average water obtained yield of 31 bus of York barley from bus seedv ed Berta rough awoed barley does surprisingly well in some locations Its longer season sug gests it might combine well with our later oat varieties for mixed grain The main recommends tion of the Nord barley is its early maturity YIELD SUMMARY IN BUSHELS PER ACREl Jos Dyer Spence Lynn Russell 512 The proposal to organize Pas Agriculture Barrie for an em ture Improvement Competition in Nonhjimm in 1959 was recommended by the hecutive Directors of the NSSClA and rap pruvédunanimousiy by the An nual Meeting at Elmvale Decem her 5th 1958 Those recommending the Pas tureCornpetition were of tho opinion that no elfort at the present time offers so great an opportunity for improvement in productionor in reducing the costs at ptoduction as does the improvementcd our pastures As this Report boars out we have learned lot about pasture im provenncnt through our tests and trials of the past six or eight years infertility buildup lirn tog drainage improved mixtur es new varictles of aasses and clovers and better management practices Attention to all these factors has paid off well in ac cordance with the needsof the particular fields under study and it seems time we started apply log our knowledge of pasture im provemcnt to the pasture im provement programme of the farm as Whole To meet pres ent day conditions we need vol ume of production ouallty of pro duction and economy of produc tion This Report contains many leads in this direction and the os sistance of your As oclation and the Department of griculture is available to help meet such problems as may arise from farm to farm complete form pasture im provement programme cannot of course be completed in one year or even two and we hope therewill be sufficient interest to carry on the Pasture Compe tition for at least five years The important factor is to make start where you can this year and each year you can add to the valueof your posture program me winners in the North Simcoe Posture Competition each year are eligible to enter the Provin clul Posture Competition RULES AND REGULATIONS NORTH SIMCOE PASTURE IMPROVEMENT COMPETI TION 11 Object of the Competition quality quantity and econ omy of posture production Membership fee member that is required Ten members formed mi mum of two members and maximum of five members per Township is suggested as the objective for X959 Contestants will be required to complete an official entry form and return it to the culture Barrie by May lst Competitors must enter acre age of all pasture fields used on the farm except pastur es used exclusively by young ture or hay will be consider ed insofar as they provide pasture for 1959 without ap parent damage to futur prospects for these new seed 1ngs All entries in the North Sim coe Pasture Competition will be judged by judge appoint ed by the NSSCIA Pastures must be scored at least twice on the basis of ship in the NSSCIA is all Ontario Department of Agri cattle New seedings of pan ciai entry form if interested Factor to be Considered by tho ladle in Scoring Farm Pastures Balance of gr and clovers 8mm and of stanp Manure and fertilizer treat ment spring andor fall Provision for rotational grax in early pasture extra pasture for late summer and early fall Good management clipping union Home TIRES solo 666 600 602 561 547 Brant Montcalm Berta 657 510 495 543 506 547 York 534 feared but neither the clovers nor grasses were harmed Leafy Spurge was sprayed with Amino lriazol the latter part of June using lbs of Amino Tria zol in 50 gals of water Results indicate that this is the best chemica tried so far on this very persistent weed Two new weed chemicals Tro Dotox and Enohutox were in troduced into this country from England this year and are recom mended mainiyfor tbecontrol of weeds in sensitive crops such as alfalfa and clover seedings peas young cereals and celery very limited use of these new chemi cals wasmade in North Simcoe during 1953 but plans are already underway for more extensive demonstrations of the uses of these chemicals in 1959 In the general weed situation Wild carrot Yellow Rocket and Pasture Bull or Scotch Thistles as they are commonly called are spreading all too rapidlyes pecinlly in longterm or old pas titres MCP 2+D or Brushkil are the best chemicals for their control plied at the right time of year itherrearly summer or fall andusing thestronger chemi caias the incident of alfaliaan red mevere ecreases cropor field sprsycrs has almost the all concentrate on aposture provgnient progr 517 Fortunately the Innmbergot 549 546 See your Thwiiship Director or write the Ontario Department of SELECTED COMMENTS ON BIRDSIOOI TREFOIL Emil Nerpln reportsfailurc to get stand of Blrdstoot Mall on sandy land whee Alfalfa and mixture of Kansas is coming along well Wm Miller also reports dif harmwing and weed control if needed Avoidance of ovenmaziog and undervsrazing Resting of clover in late rum me and mi 310 and eight er Access to shade and water gen This prize schedule is based on oral appearance twenty completions It more or Pasture acre poihams unit less cofipleto tho 1969 rlze Prize Money Otfcred moneywili be raised or limited Total of $15000 Prizes $40 by $5 per completion milran mm mm nunsr Lenin 115 ficnhy in getting catch of 311151001 Treloil on dry land Cecli Blow has had drill width strip down for five year and plans to seed low field to Birrbfoot Treioll soon pop sible 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