AuroraKeswick it Wed December Farm Report By Wn Plan now and cure December blues During the dark days of December next years garden seems a long way ff- Planning what is I saw quill few grade cms at dairy meetings last week making records in the seventeen and eighteen pound range His is good going but it cure for the December gar- really unusual blues There are tot of herds in York with aver- tiag than spinach when ages for the whole herd of around fifteen thousand pounds be to plant In The Garden John BradshawwM t spring and is just starting to be widely grown in Canada Here we have a perennial which comes up early spring a id of as- other ingredients discolour Charlie Aitcbison at Schomberg Lewis Bros at Markham wnicn promises to Don Miller at and Gordon Taber at a doubletreat vegetable are examples of local dairymen in this category the we are on DHIA results its worth noting of David Burpee that Gordon Chapman and Son at had the high- famous Philadelphia beets do The Golden Beet est producing Guernsey herd in the Province last year seed-grower- Upon tasting pickles well and adds a Back to the meetings my impression was that unique y0U dimension these high producers were not being poshed really hard discover that its with very high levels of hot feed The owners were just golden tender roots are Home gardeners using normal good care and management with standard delicious and that they do can enjoy this unusual feeds I think most dairy should be pushed a lot all harder but thats beside the point j found that the luscious making a The key thing is that these herds have the breed- green tops taste 1 as soon a to milk at high levels Owners have picked good sires from the artificial unit over several generations A good working knowledge of sires available and breeding sys- terns is a big asset This is timely now because the annual meeting of be York section of United Breeders is next week Dec Members are all invited to go to the unit by bus have lunch see the bulls and hear firsthand about all phases of unit business It should be a good meeting There are lots of differences of opinion on breeding these days between research people commercial owners and breeders with artificial breeders involved from all angles Call Glen Atkinson at or any technician to reserve a seat 00 the bus Dairymen will be following the Market Sharing Quota situation closely The latest is that it starts on Dec ember 1st but the change is levy will be delayed until Quebec is ready to go too All producers were advised last week on the quantity of milk they hare in the sew takes three years before a bed of it will be wellestab lished You cook it in the be worked lowed by sowings three weeks apart until midAugust Goden same manner as you would beet is just as easy to grow asparagus Shoots can be from seed as any of the produced in the winter by varieties currently on the digging them in the autumn and forcing them during the winter months in a cool dark place Youll find it to be the most delicious of all vegetables combining the asparagus with first Kale It has long been a that of celery Before plant the ground can favorite in English gardens ing in the spring tbe husk must be removed from the seed Unfortunately this vegetable is a shy producer best described a of seed find Is always in Runner that doesnt short supply dont know a that The true French has finer eating quality Artichoke is a soughtafter Just a few of the giant pods delicacy at many a will provide enough beans met restaurant Not many for a meal Bushes a home gardeners in s and grow 12 to inches in early delicious while bean sprout I bush variety called produces quantities of Hammonds Dwarf Its the flavored and tender string a Scarlet less pods The seeds of Bay wwn d weeks earlier than snapbeans and homeowners will the Chinese S a I a Bean It Is the crisp and easily as cabbage teg that Is used in chop market table unusual vege- growing in garden is the lone by Celery Asparagus or Sea flavor the ground is workable in freezing for the average family the spring will bear result In Royalty we be growin in a small pan the first year This is a have a remarkable new or dish in five days at any true perennial plant which which Is extreme- time of the year if wintermulched will con- delicious fresh or fro- Jumbo is a new strain that tinue to produce year after zen In addition it has a is much superior to the year builtin blanching indicator gular Chinese type It not Anyone who has for freezing When cooked only ha3 unusual sprouting ever grown the Climbing for two minutes in boiling ability but the sprouts water tbe rich purple pods themselves are much turn deep green Bach bush match your favorite people to these Hitachi gift ideas VALK ON VEGETABLES Matthew Vllk fruit and VegefaM Our man In ton big look very mill la don Henry recently dead nl IB report nport on market for onion la give rant information on the UK The English in wholaub erica quoted putting iron of J auction this report anion usually to That story I have heard be- cents cheaper per big thin fore and it still remains to imports sod be seen bow the and onions grown onion can compare reasons Is quality with Imports from Holland which In poor years can Spain Portugal Canada be so bad that only process- Poland Hungary etc It all and caterers will buy comes back to quality and SLSSLSr J- housewives still his is often lacking in rf g English grown onions if retail abops only one considers the climate of sales are made through over there report supermarkets The size of shows that from 1946 to the caterer and processing 1960 is years three were market in Britain is sub- only 5 years in which the stantial The current rate of weather was good enough to consumption of pickled produce a commercial crop ions pickles chu- fi of a quality approaching and sauces amounts that of imported supplies to tons per year which means that about graven mIliM have been lucky in and eed year this two years with good industry harvesting weather Losses In bad years two out of three can amount to The English growers their total production is up to million bags Indic ations are that by Eng lish production will reach million bags a in crease However the law of averages tells It is no wonder that someone remarked while travelling in England that he noticed onions throughout the length and breadth of that nation our largest export market for Britain and West Germany are the two lar gest importers of onions each country receiving 9 A million bags per year This is of the world export onion trade of million jags each year These are true lor staggering figures and cer tainly make our Ontario production of million iags and an export trade of less than one million I I I PHARMACY loane hall PHARMACY 4 Hitachi For people who enjoy giving quality