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the tribune thursday ftfaiuiy 1 1968 pge 11 a colorful blue jay enjoys a meal of sunflower seeds from a feeder near the home of edgie and betty pegg claremont rr 2 photo by betty pegg with binocular and camera blue jay welcomed in winter by edg and betty pegg with recent storms and snow piling up many birds are flocking to feed ing stations by making your backyard or window sill a landing spot you can study identify photograph or just enjoy these winter visitors birds help to hold insects in check by feed ing them now your garden may benefit next spring along with the usual visitors some rare birds have been turning up whitethroated and song sparrows oregon juncos and hermit thrust have come to local feeders the rarest birds we spotted last sunday were two red headed woodpeckers the only eastern woodpecker with the entire head red in a small hardwood bush a short distance eastof atha this increased our present winter list since dec 1 to 75 other rari ties last weekend included a snowy owl and two mute swans at whitby harbour a robin that hopped about in a tree at pickering and a brown thrasher at a feeder north of dunbarton of the many birds that spend the winter with us none are more sly colour ful or intelligent than the big noisy blue jay we are told that there are nineteen shades of colour in its plumage the jay is a member of the crow family and a regular visi tor at bird feeders where it enjoys peanuts and sun flower seeds included in its diet are some insects however its main foods are corn beechnuts and acorns more of which are buried than eaten there is little doubt that many of our oak and beech forests were planted by them when danger is near jays with their loud screams set up their own civil defence system to warn others many and varied are their calls at times mimicking the red- shouldered hawk and flicker to perfection banding has proven that the blue jay seldom travels far landscaping the home investment that pays dividends by john bradshaw garden editor anyone considering the purchase of a home should not look upon it as merely a financial transaction the pleas ures of home ownership are much more important than what the price might be tf you are forced to sell at some future date its true that the sharp rise in prices of all commodities since world war ii has made resale at more than cost al most a certainty at the present time however this for tunate condition may or may not hold true in the future why not give some thought to what can be done to increase the sales value of your property if you need to sell later on for 99 out of 100 people the biggest single investment theyll ever make in a lifetime will be in a house and sur rounding property of all the items that enter into the construction of a home only two increase in value and are worth more with use than they were initially one of these is the lot or acre age on which the home is built we usually find that this is worth more with the passage of time unless neighbor hood deterioration brings about a decrease the second element that is almost automatic in its in crease in value is landscaping the home investment that grows a single tree planted at the time a home is built can increase its value anywhere from s500 to 1000 in less than 20 years real estate men will tell you that a lawn in good shape adds at least 1000 to the value of a 20000 home shrubbery and perennial borders are equally valuable in upgrading property values these are reasons why conscientious architects usually recommend to their clients that they spend 10 per cent of their total investment for the property in landscaping i certainly dont advocate cutting down plans by 10 per cent to allow for this it may surprise you to know that many banks and loan companies are perfectly willing to allow extra money for landscaping when this is impossible you should consider doing the job piecemeal grading is one part of landscaping which will have to be done anyway common practice calls for skimming off all the top soil and piling it away from the centre of operations until the house is done unfortunately in many subdivision projects this is considered the pro perty of the builder until the house is sold and provides him with an extra source of profit i strongly believe that morally it belongs to the property a valuable asset that has been built up through the ages of time trees should be chosen carefully the devastation of dutch elm disease in southern ontario during the past few years and the recent ice storm has made us more con scious of the need for this of course we cannot go over board and try to anticipate every pest that may attack but we can at least diversify for instance if the neighbor hood is largley in oaks select some other type of trees such as lindens maples or the various new varieties of thorn- less locusts another good tree for southern ontario is the maidenhair tree which is known botanically as ginkgo biloba here we have a living fossil that outlived all its enemies another living fossil that is becoming generally available is the new dawn redwood be sure and ask the advice of a reliable nursery for any particular situation where an unusual problem exists naturally any existing trees on the property if in good condition should be carefully protected against injury make sure the contractor doesnt strangle the trees by rais ing the level of the surrounding soil by more than twelve inches if its necessary to raise the level any higher ar rangements must be made for tree wells to be constructed name the bird that produced the highest average income over a 3 year period sexsallink the pacesetter for efficient brown egg production you can count on results like these of belter less than 5 brooding and rear ing mortality 240 to 25s eggs per bird per year approximately 4 pounds of feed high energy typeper dozen eggs produced over a period of a year 85 to 95 large eggs at 10 months of age shell color rich brown in terior quality exceptional quiet easy to handle 100 rapid feathering with tail feathers prominent as early as 8 days early maturity chicks hatched in april 180 days to 50 produc tion falland winter hatched chicks will start laying a little earlier order this rugged nononsense bird from your nearest swift hatchery stlsjlj lkirtj tile poullry tribune trophy for honest jvcrtge income over 3 year period cinjin im us otpjitmenti of aricutturc tells snow sti sjh to be one of the finest lireuiimujble i mir chas jackson goodwood phone stoaftvsile 64076 any coat topcoats spring coats fall coats winter coats bring em all no ups no extras dry cleaned and impeccably finished any sweater carefully dry cleaned and finished by hand 44 d m m any blanket 89 noattcctrki cart fatly dry cltaned sad riaf finished wwem ton priumlttt h income f itfm limit 1 cpn good jam 31 tvsm pb 10 5to mrfmmm and quality cadet cleans best our guarantee to you if you find our work in any way less than the finest qiurantee you dont pay 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important step in the science of plant breeding triticales is the first man- made plant species it has been developed from the cross breeding of wheat and rye while its a very signifi cant development it is not a crop that everyone should go into right away the winter types are not hardy enough for york county and the spring- sown strains will not have any yield advantage over our regular grains triticales plants are big leafy and strong and should have lots of potent ial but more work will have to be done to get yields up another change is in oat varieties an old reliable rodney is no longer recommended it is re placed by kelsey a simi lar type but with stronger straw in forage varieties the flemish type alfalfas are given more prominence particularly in orchard grass mixtures saranac alfalfa is one that gets strong support but cay uga has been removed meadow fescue is a plant that is not being sug gested for forage mixtures and the trend in mixtures continues to more simple ones of just one or two kinds of plants the corn list has chang ed drastically a lot of hy- albert hockley heads potato growers claremont albert hockley claremont rr 1 has been named presi dent of the ontario coun ty potato growers asso ciation for 1968 the an nual meeting was held at uxbridge jan 23 richard colwell clare mont rr 1 reported on the annual fruit and veg etable growers confer ence in toronto he stres sed the need for an in crease in the production of seed potatoes in ontar io he also suggested that growers should strive to produce a better graded product in more attractive packages and with a bet ter continuity of supply he said that most of the ontario grown potatoes are marketed in the fall brids that we have had for a long time have been dis continued and replaced by new ones its a good idea to get seed orders in early this year with all the changes that have been made everyone should have a copy of the new recom mendations and we are always pleased to send them to anyone 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