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The Era (Newmarket, Ontario), June 21, 1967, p. 2

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j T I I En A Police Boat TORONTO Ontario Pro- racial Police Commissioner E H announces the launching of a new 35 foot police patrol boat to be sta tioned at Midland The new General Wil liams Is named after the Forces third commanding of ficer Commission er MajorGeneral Victor Ar thur Seymour Williams Representative Al the north of A gully about feet long done by the heavy rains in a cornfield at and feet wide was cut into the field by rush- farm a the Don Mills Road about four miles ins water Shepherd Staff General Williams is equipped with twin 290 motors tandard police radio and sniptoshore radio will comprise part of the Forces fleet of marine units and will be one of several boats serving Georgian Bay The christening ceremony was performed at noon on June 9 at the Midland docks by Mrs P W Arnold of Tor onto daughter of the late General Williams Mrs Ar nold was accompanied by her two sons Patrick and John to gether with Commissioner Silk the Reverend J Midland Anglican Church Superintendent J Clark No District Head quarters Barrio and other Force officers Still Time To Plant Gladiolus The colourful gladiolus we grow In our gardens origin ally came from countries bor dering the shores of the Med iterranean and from South Africa There is no doubt in my mind that they are among the easiest to grow of all the tender bulbs that bloom each summer In The Garden By John Moat chrysanthemum plants will now be six to eight inches tall and this is the time to pinch them back the first time This is done to make the plants hush out and provide the garden with a much bigger show of bloom this coming fall You nip out the growing tips of branches that are six to eight inches tail Just as soon as the side shoots become five inches long they also should be pinched in the same way Youll need to keep this up until the first week in July When cutting peony flowers dont remove the whole stalk Leave some leaves at the base of the stalk feed the roots which will supply next years growth and bloom- If you heed to cut blooms with long stems take only one or two from each of the older and more mature plants Peonies need a feed ing now with a liquid complete fertilizer A v The blooms from lilacs should be removed as they fade Lilacs provide next years bloom from buds already formed at the base of old flower stalks Be careful to nip off only the old dried flower stalk Just below on the stems are the buds already formed which will produce next years blooms If these buds are destroyed there will be no flowers next year A feeding now with a dry or liquid com plete fertilizer will also help the quantity and quality of next years blooms This is the time of the year to practice instant gardening To fill any vacant spaces at this time of the year buy practically any annual from a garden centre or nursery set It in the soil and achieve readymade glamor The same is true of any rose plants that did not survive last winter replace with potted plants already in bloom Sweet peas now staging a revival because of the new heatresistant strains will be coming into bloom this month Like and violas the only way to keep them blooming is to pick every flower Once they ripen seed the vines start dying A deep mulch of humus will help keep them green and growing provided the flowers are removed Siberian and Japanese irises are often moved at the same time as the tall bearded irises This is wrong the former have fibrous roots and should be handled like other perennials moving them In late summer or early spring Now is the time to sow the seeds of annual babys breath larkspur and zinnias These will flower in late summer and help continue the show annuals until the frosts of October EYE DROPS Dont try to save your eye sight with eye drops which are advertized or prescribed for a friend of yours- One mans sightsaving drops could cause another mans blindness EVE DAMAtiE Some contagious diseases such as smallpox and dip- may cause eye dam age so children should be immunized against them be fore their first birthday The gladiolus bulb is not a true bulb like the tulip or lily Its really a conn The use of the term bulb is very confusing for the to gardening especially when he talks to an experienced gardener who refers to conns or cormlets As the gladiolus leaves grow longer and reach about eight inches in height the base of the stem enlarges just above the mother corn form ing a new or When the new conn starts to grow the mother de teriorates and dries up Just as soon as the leaves get to by anywhere from IB to Inches in Length the new will be about the same size as the one planted and will have sent out a mass of fibrous roots At this time also tiny connels or appear between the old and the new corm These cormels at maturity are only to 3 of an inch in diame ter and have a very bard shell When the are dug up In the fall the old dried up corm will be found still attached to the new Gladiolus can be reproduced or Increased either by grow ing the new developed each season or by saving and planting the tiny cormels The amount of growth attained by the the first year af ter planting varies with the variety the soil and climatic conditions Some germinate readily others poorly Soak ing the cormels in water for three to five days will help germination to take place In choosing make sure you get from a re liable dealer If exhibition blooms are desired select large healthy corms measur ing over I Inches In term Medium size to Inches will produce satisfactory flowers for cut ting purposes Small corms will develop Into large during the one growing season Cormels seldom if ever bloom but will develop corms for grow ing on the next season In southern Ontario the planting season for gladiolus Is from early May until early July A series of plantings days to two weeks apart will provide a succession of bloom The number of days from planting until bloom varies from to depending upon the variety Catalogues usu ally list the number of days to bloom right after the name of the variety Gladiolus thrive in almost any type of garden soil The best soil is a sandy loam but almost any type can be put in good shape for gladiolus by working into it a quantity of humus and complete fertiliz er before planting For humus you have a wide choice of materials including composted cattle manure peat moss material from the home compost heap and dis carded mushroom manure Apply a bushel of humus for every square feet of plant ing area or make the soil humus and you will have ap plied the right amount At the same time scatter over the surface of the soil a complete garden fertilizer at the rate of lbs per square feet www By Agricultural Representative for York County Last weeks fantastic rainfall is having a pro found effect on crop conditions Hay and pasture fields are making good use of the abundant moisture Hay cutting has been delay ed however hay quality is likely to be lower The most serious damage has been the erosion of soil in corn potato and lateseeded grain fields Newmarket Sharon Mount Albert and Stouffville areas appear to have had the worst of it This damage is long term Harvesting problems will add to yield losses and the loss of top soil will effect crops for the next few years Flooding and excess moisture has stunted growth on spring crops The surface has either baked or crusted on many of the fields too which is bad for growth from now on if it isnt broken up- Some wheat and rye was destroyed by hall in the Mount Albert district Hail also damaged green houses and crops on the Bradford Marsh Quite a few bridges and dams were lost normal farm work like spraying cultivating and haying were disrupted so that the total result of the storm is one of significance to all farmers Many compari sons have been made with Hurricane Hazel and many believe that the flooding and erosion on high land farms was worse this time Despite the set back forage yields should be good wheat looks good except for lodging and early seeded corn and grain should yield normally The job now is to get hay off as quickly as possible Hay will get coarse and mature fast The sooner it is cut the better and there will be lots of moisture to start the second crop Where there is silo space taking off some hay as is a good idea Its easier to make in poor hay weather and it offers the best opportu nity to preserve quality and with adequate equip ment it is a fast method YOUR OWN BACK YARDS MORE FUN WITH A SWIMMING POOL ruction it mm products down Ft to in and why Spartan art to from i Urea Is Economical L vinyl lined pools Phone us today for all the facts Model Builders Aurora Limited GENERAL CONTRACTORS i Mary Street Aurora Phone i I I Protein Supplement m Tile Drainage Pays OH NEWMARKET If you can take a handful of soil and squeeze water from it then theres too much water and youre drowning your crop stales agricultural engineer John Clark Kemptvilte Agri cultural School Ditches offer some solution but ditches become filled with silt brush and weeds and cows often knock the banks In Even when a ditch is new water takes its time before draining into it The low spots take even longer to dry up and the field cannot be work ed evenly If ditches are run to all low spots the cure is worse ihan the disease the field becomes cut up into small sections then is the answer to these problems and tiling Is the best method appears to be expensive A system of tiles laid In rows about feet apart will cost per acre Yet once tiles are In stalled they will lost 20 to years or more Keeping Ihe drain outlet clean the only upkeep To pay for tile drainage installation a farmer may borrow the money from his municipality at Interest for ten years For each borrowed the farmer will pay per year so the newly drained land need only pro duce 5 A extra bushels of wheat or 8 extra bushels of corn each year to pay this bill Tiledrained land can be ex pected to produce higher yields The field is ready to cultivate ten days to two weeks earlier in the spring so that the crop can be planted sooner for a longer growing season Mr Clark explains Since the soil is free of ex cess water plant roots go deeper into the soil If the summer is dry deeprooted plants will stand the dry spell much better than shallow- rooted plants sown in soil that was too wet during the grow ing season Heavy rains will be drained off quicker with very little damage to the crop A weU designed drainage sys tem will take off threeeighths inch of water per acre or about gallons every twentyfour hours Under normal circumstances a drainage system will pay for itself In about six to sev en years time from the extra yields occurring because of earlier planting more uni form growth and better uti lization of fertilizer Since the money can be borrowed for a period of ten years a farmer can make a 25 prof it on his Investment In very wet areas the return is even more spectacular On land generally too wet for spring planting or possibly too wet for fall harvesting the system will pay for itself In two to three years You soy you cannot afford to drain your land You must drain your land properly or the land will drain away your profits advises the agricul tural expert At todays prices supplying protein by feeding urea will cost only from to per cent as much as supplying protein from common feeds such as wheat bran distillers or soybean meal says Dr J Stone of the Department of Animal Science Ontario Agriculture College University of Economics is the main reason for advocating the use of urea as a protein supplement Dr Stone pointed out in a talk to dairy farmers at Dairy Day at the Western Ontario Agricultural School Savings of up to per ton for feed can be realized when urea is used either in the grain mix or in corn silage- In the grain mix urea can make up two to three per cent of the total mix or to 60 pounds per ton of feed The lower figure two per cent is recom mended if cows are fed more than pounds of grain per day because the higher value may not be quite as palatable Since these amounts of urea are often difficult to mix on the farm a protein supplement contain ing urea is used by farmers Adding urea to corn silage at ensiling time is recommended when the following conditions are met The corn is sufficiently mature dry to prevent any runoff from the silo Corn sil age makes up at least twothirds of the forage dry matter supplied Ten pounds of feedinggrade urea per ton of silage is the recommended level It is then neces sary to restrict the urea level to 1 per cent in the grain mix to be fed with the silage ta I I I I I I I I I HOMES Moms COTTAOM KINKS CEEDERLOG it manufactured ready erected by contractor or purchasers give you tuck beautify and Ft mad from and it in modern log CEEDERLOG is manufactured in Calgary thus laving you dollars SlNteftCk Joint Available only from CEEDERLOG LTD Our Display v 1 CEEDERLOG BUILDINGS LTD Corner of lion Milts Rd and Davis Dr Phone IK Newmarket I I I i I I l Mr and Mrs J Rouble j 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