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page 8 the tribune thursday july il 1968 eeooooeoeooooeeeoseeoeeeoeo garden guide ooeeaooofloooooomwwocooooq a few doitnow tips by john bradshaw at this time of the year its easier to fill in small bare spots in the lawn by borrowing patches of sod from along the edge of the lawn daily watering does more harm than good unless rain misses your garden for ten days to two weeks merion kentucky blue grass will be better off if not watered at all on other lawns where it may be nec essary to apply water be sure the soil is soaked to a minimum depth of five inches the old canes on rambler type roses should be cut away to the base of the plant as they will not flower again do save the new ones forming near the ground level as these are the ones that will flower next year be sure not to use this treatment on large flowered modern climbers about all the pruning they need is to cut out old hard wood that has stopped blooming once you finish pruning scatter a complete fertilizer around the base of each bush and work it gently into the soil lettuce seed germination may be poor if the weather turns hot to overcome this mix seed with damp sand and peat moss and store in an electric refrigerator for two weeks but not in the freezing compartment sow this lettuce seed in rows after this cooling treatment although they do not have a summer dormant per iod many gardeners move the hemorocallis or day lily at this time they can even be moed when in full bloom a good way to see what you are buying move them with a ball of earth around the roots and they will grow without any signs of having been moved now is a good time to move small chrysanthemum plants into place for autumn flowers many gardeners grow them in rows in the vegetable garden and use them to fill in bare spots left when springflowering bulbs like tulips have died down because the plants are shallowrooted they do not interfere with the bulbs in any way but actually protect them from too much heat experienced gardeners know that many of our best garden flowers must be planted in july if not moved then either they dont survive or flowering will be de layed an extra year the most important of these is perhaps the tall bearded iris that makes such a won derful show in june soon after the flowers fade the roots die off and they go into a partial rest period even though the tops remain green moved at this time they make new roots in august and are ready to flower the next year when remaking an old iris bed divide the old plants into single roots each with a fan or cluster of leaves at the end lay the root horizontally with about an inch of soil over it do not plant so the root rides the soil like a duck riding the water as is often recom- mended this exposes the root to injury bluebells of virginia or mertensia should be moved how the flower is dormant dealers in wild flowers offer roots at this time although they may not have fully died down now is the tifife dig and move old plants of oriental pop- pies orders new varieties from dealers now two other imported buibscan beofdered now false autumn crocus or colchicumssbd true autumn crocus colchium bulbs will flower- when standing on a table without soil or water after which they must be planted in order to make roots true autumn cro cuses must be put in soil at the earliest possible mo ment after bulbs arrive from holland prepare the garden for summer beauty with a little extra effort now the garden can be made to look lovely all summer water is important dur ing hot dry weather wa- tering should be done only when the soil is quite dry but then a thorough soak ing should be given this encourages deep penetra tion of water to root depth people leaving for a vacation will find that mulching will help keep the garden from drying out a layer of onehalf to one inch of damp peat moss makes an excellent mulch as it holds a lot of water and will effec tively shade the soil to prevent it from drying out now is the time to begin protecting tall growing plants from being damag ed by the wind one or two sturdy stakes of wood or bamboo cane will serve to support most tall gar den plants they should be tied to the stakes with string plaster coated wires or raffia the plants should not be tied so tight ly that the stems have no room to expand tomato plants delphiniums and other tall plants in the gar den should be staked to obtain further infor mation on garden topics write the information branch ontario depart ment of agriculture and food parliament budd ings toronto for the list of available publications another qua from brook ity product in concrete septic tanks phone 65533h mookun concrete products limited hwy 12 bfooklin telephone 6553311 yonge st newmarket telephone 8956781 hydro raises rural rates ontario hydro has an nounced an increase in rates to its 500000 rural customers the first gen eral increase in 15 years the new rates will be re flected in bills mailed on and after oct 1 1968 the increase will vary from customer to custom er according to classifica tion and the amount of en ergy- used the average will be nine and onehalf percent a detailed explanation of the changes is being mailed to all rural custom ers as summer cottage cus tomers are billed only twice a year the new rates will not come into effect for these customers until after the bill for meter readings taken at the end of the 1968 season a fixed amount is charged in the spring and the fall bill is based on a meter reading taken each summer from time to time dur ing the 15year period since 1953 relatively min or rate adjustments have been made to meet chang ing conditions on the sys tem the last one was in 1966 when 173000 custom ers received decreases and 165000 small increases chairman george gath- ercole said the increases reflect the inflationary pressures of higher costs on the commission for equipment supplies pro perty salaries wages and borrowing mr gathercole said that a variety of costsaving procedures including au tomated techniques con solidation of work areas and promotional load building adopted by the commission had enabled farming report by al wall the sunrise tour for farmers in york is all set to go next week its on tuesday july 16th and the visits will be to farms in king and vaughan townships the tour is mainly to see new techniques in use for crop production but we will see some new sys tems for livestock too the tour starts at 9 o clock travel is by car and the invitation is open to everyone we assemble at john nichols farm on the 3rd of king just north of the aurora sideroad corn is the main attrac tion at nichols the crop is good and his bunker storage is of interest as well as an unusual herd of imported charolais cattle charlie grubbes place is next with barley wheat and avadex on wild oats to see a new hog barn with a very modem sys tem for processing and handling feed is an extra the next stop is at ewart jennings barley hay a bunker silo free stall hous ing for a 60 cow dairy herd and yearround feeding are all points of interest shur gain research farm at maple follows there is a very large acre age in corn at shurgain with several different hy- breds weed control me thods and cultural prac tices to see- well have a look too at their setup for feeding dairy cattle and the beef research centre in the afternoon we will stop at bob julians at maple to see soybeans and barley as well as weston- way farms to see a very large operation for drying and storing grain corn we conclude at cold creek farms to see a new pasture that was estab lished this spring without breaking or working the old sod the tour is sponsored by the york crop improve ment assoc under the chairmanship of walter burkholder of pickering livestock judging the annual ontario county livestock judging competition will be held in the beaverton area on thursday july 18 1968 all junior farmer and 4h club members and any other young farm people under the age of 26 years as of july 1 1968 are eli gible to enter this compe- tition one of the greats the tribune camera caught this shot of colesteo a seventeen year old thoroughbred while on a visit to mrs eileen splcers stables rr 4 stouffville one ofthe greats in 1954 winning the kings plate and the vi ctoria day stakes he now lives a life of retirement at the spicer farm residential fence supplied and installed call your area representative for free estimate no obligation 2319271 hydro to hold the line on rates however he said our rural system opera ted at a deficit last year and an upward adjust ment of rates is now es sential he estimated the in creases would barely meet rising costs but should carry us through the next two vears with out further adjustment earlier this year ontar io hydro increased its rates to municipal electri cal utilities across the province for power sup plied urban dwellers re ceive power from the elec trical utility in their com munity while rural cus tomers are served directly by ontario hydro business directory 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