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I J J First sowings of sweet com can be safety made during the next few days Cora a warm weather crop and there is no point in putting it Into the ground until the soil has thoroughly warmed up Dont believe those old wives Golden Bantam has flavor Any the new hy brids not only produce more cobs per plant but the flavor is much improved as well Golden Midget Hybrid will probably give you your ear liest corn about CO days after putting the seed into the ground Weve come to the end of the bare root planting season for shrubs and trees Those In containers can be safely plant ed right through the summer Evergreens and vines can still be planted for another four weeks- Just as soon as the weather gets up around the degree mark and the broad leaved weeds such as dandelions plantains and so on are grow ing vigorously is the time to treat them with either as a spray or In one of the new weed and feed products When transplanting annuals from plant boxes or flats take care In separating the plants so as to disturb the roots as little as possible Each plant should have a good root system with plenty of earth attached to the roots Be sure and give each flat or plant box a good soaking a couple hours ahead of plant ing planting its a good plan to prepare a starter so lution using one of the liquid complete fertilizers and give a cupful to each plant These starter solutions help to over come transplanting shock and gel each plant off to a quick start runner bean is now available in Canada and provides beans for eating fresh or freezing i Hammonds bush scarlet Delay setting out tomato plants until the 24th of At ay weekend They only thrive in warm soil and weather Plant ing them too early is a waste of time Predict Heavy Loss CHATHAM The Ontario winter wheat crop has suffer ed severe damage from a wet cold spring An aerial survey Just com pleted by the Ontario Wheat Producers Marketing Board reveals a loss of of the acres planted last fall Mr K A Standing secre tarymanager of the Ontario Wheat Producers Marketing Board said excessive water in most counties is responsible for many areas He said the loss will reduce In Winter Wheat the provincial crop from acres seeded last fall to acres remaining for harvest Based on last years yield this would mean a provincial crop of bushels just slightly more than last years crop of bush- CIS Mr Standing said of the crop was lost to wea ther damage which resulted in acres being left for harvest out of acres seeded The Era Newmarket Aurora Oct My Si Good Milking Routine should creatures of habit and like considered good milking be milked In the order lice Dr Nelson Vet- at the same time With Services Branch Oh- same procedures used Department member cows get t hire and Food gives these good practices just is pointers on good mliking prac bad ones s Follow your milking ma- Keep cows calm When chine manufacturers are excited a hormone tlons and is released into the Wood that and have regular servicing has the opposite 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around garden Where the back garden is particularly large an annual can also he used to di vide the back lawn from a vegetable anil garden Biggest mistake that most people make is to build a bor der that is much loo narrow Annuals arc divided into three height groups tall me dium and short and the an nual border must be large enough to accommodate plants of all three groups Six feet would be the minimum width and eight feel is much more satisfactory In many small gardens is really not enough room lo have the front edges of the border shaped into sweeping curves Although a border would be more attractive and garden- like when landscaped in this manner the beginner to gar dening will find straight lines arc much easier to main tain Later on some curving of the could be carried out Borders located down the sides or back of the garden need a suitable background This is achieved by planting a hedge or erecting a wooden fence Either would be suit able but a hedge is consid ered to add much more charm and garden attraction On the other hand a wooden fence provides an immediate back ground and helps to keep chil dren and dogs from wander ing through In setting out the plants in the border you must remem ber to leave enough room for maintenance work in pruning hedge or painting the fence There arc very few now homes which arc surrounded by soil in good enough shape plant immediately without any further preparation In all loo many new subdivisions the soil is little better than poor sub soil The ideal plant to change this would be to dig out the soil to a depth of two feet and replace it with a specially prepared top soil mixture Un fortunately this is loo costly for the budget of most young couples who have had to lay out last penny for fur niture and the down payment on the home To gel the soil in grow ing shapc for Ihe first season you Will need to dig into it a quantity of humus It wont matter whether your soil is heavy or light the same treat will apply When you add humus to heavy soil it helps to open it up improves the drainage and lets ho vital oxygen circulate more freely In the lighter soils humus acts as a sponge and helps to retain the and prevents the plant foods from being leach- away Any of the following types of humus will be satisfactory for this purpose discarded mushroom manure decomposed cattle manure and compost In poor soils apply humus at the rate of one bushel for each so ft of bed area A complete garden fertilizer should bo ap plied at the same time at a rate of three lbs per square feet The top seven or eight In ches of soil humus and fertil izer should be thoroughly mixed together either by hand using a spade or the use of rotary tillage equip ment One or two Takings to level the ptiffcdup soil and your lower bed or border is ready for planting The plan Is one of the very best annuals for growing in the shndy parts of the garden It also mokes one of the best flow ers for growing in the house In England it is also called Touchmenot because the seed pods when ripe will burst open on the slightest pressure and scatter the seeds over quite an area The single flowers arc quite large and come in colors of red while pink or salmon Plants arc quite vigorous growers and the taller sorts should he planted inches apart and the kinds to 18 inches For window boxes and for setting in containers around the patio or outdoor living area Id suggest you use a Dwarf Hybrid which grows to inches high Out in the foundation plant ing mixed border or annual beds the taller growing kind arc the best and they average anywhere from to inches In height If you want to have a supply of plants for potting up in the fall to lake indoors Id sug gest that you get a packet of the dwarf variety and sow the seed anytime during the month of June outdoors Then l around September the plants can be polled up ami taken indoors where theyll go on flowering month after month Preparation of soil in the garden is the same as for most annuals Before planting dig in a quantity of humus anil fertilizer Newmarket Farm Guernsey Follows Mothers Footsteps Miriam a 2year old Guernsey female owned by J Crang Forms Newmarket has indicated that she Intends to duplicate the production achievements of her dam as a result of producing lbs of milk lbs of butter- fat as a 2 year old In 305 days to place on the Honour Roll Her for the record were F Miriam is a daughter of Triple Cold Star sire McDon ald Farms Pre and Forge Hill Mnryann an Excellent cow with an ex cellent history of production As a 2 year old she made 14- in 305 days on 3 times a day milking to top both the milk and Honour in the United Stales and since coming to Canada she has continued lo produce exceptionally well She made 12268M as a year old in 305 days and 14- 23AM 679F as a 7 year old in days She has been awarded a Sil ver and Seal certificate of life time production by Cana dian Guernsey Breeders Asso ciation for having produced in lactations A full sister to Glcnville Miriam Marianne Good Pius is presently a member of the Showcase herd at the Cen tral Experimental Farm Ottawa where she has also produced exceptionally well As a 3yearold she made 12- IF in days with of She con tinued to produce days making M Miriam been selected as possible of the Guernsey breed to be on display at the Worlds Fair in Montreal from July to October Hie herd is man aged by John FARMING By WALL Agricultural Representative for York County All our talk about curly seeding goes down the drain when the weather doesnt cooperate With the first week of May being the target date for seeding its a worry when we get into the last half of May with lot of seed still in the bags However I dont think its time to push the button yet A late spring is often followed a good growing season Prospects now point to a good moisture supply and this may well com pensate for the delay Late seeding is a more seri ous problem when it happens two or three weeks after the ground and weather is really ready Corn should get first priority for seeding It suffers more from the delay than oats or barley Barley should go in next and oats can probably be left until the last Alfalfa plants are likely taking a beating from the freezing temperatures wc have had night in the last few weeks Last years forage arc generally thin to start with so its a good idea to put in a field or two this spring that could be used for emergency or pasture Oats and corn can both be used for this purpose and if they arc not needed for summer forage they can he harvested normally Corn for summer forage can be put in with a seed drill in very narrow rows at about four times the normal seeding rate It can then he pastured or zero in midsummer SudanSorghum hybrids can be used too They yield well although not any better than thick corn hut do after being cut so that they can be pastured or used over a longer period than oats or corn Capital grants arc now available for farm build ings silos drainage fence row clearing and farm ponds They cover a wide range of things that can he done on a farm to improve productive capac ity We have full details on these now and if you phone write or drop in to the office at Newmarket Ill be glatl to pass them on to you High payability gets them started eating early proves that piglets should consume at 3 lbs of dry feed before they week old if the litter is to grow at the maximum rate COOPsnew formula makes them to start eating And with this extra payability is the balanced nutrition of a feed which is carefully formulated for healthy vigorous development during this feeding period Thats important because after the first week or two even the best sows cant supply enough milk to meet the needs of the titter J In medicated form only Only a healthy baby pig can take full advantage of this est values So cOOPprotaets piglets against disease with medication to keep them growing fast Try COOP Ptestaitei and youll that the benefits of medication far outweigh the slight added coir a I United Cooperatives of Ontario NEWMARKET BRANCH STREET M Graduate Joins IBM David Gibbons son of Mr and Mrs James Gibbons of Heights graduated from Queens University with an honor degree of Bachelor of Science Mathematics and Engineering He lias gained employment with the Montreal office of IBM and will move there with his wife Ihe former Margaret Anderson and young son