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section Two The Canadian Statesman. Bowmanville. Mrh1.17 MushoomGroingNotDifficuit But T"edions, DarlingtonGrower Say From this sea of mushrooms the experieniced picker selectively harvests the crop according to maturity. Darlington Mushroom Farm, R.R. 4, Bowmanville, administers plenty of the tender loving care required to produce these taste-tempting specimens. By Donna Fairey Talk to a homemaker about "6caps" or "pieces and stems" and she will know you're talking about that melt-in-your-mouth, culinary delight, the mushroom. Business is mushrooming at Darlington Mushroom Farm, R.R. 4, Bowmanville, where customers may purchase five-pound containers of fresh, white, home-grown mushrooms. The Molica family, which emigrated from Italy, established their mushroom farm on Taunton Road in 1970. The business is a family operation run by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Molica and two sons, Tom and Dominic. . IFussy Fungus"' "Growing mushrooms is not a dif- ficult process but a very tedious one," 'said Dominic Molica. Mushrooms are a "fussy fungus" requiring tender, experienced care through the several phases of growth and are es pecially vulnerable to disease in the early stages. A disease comparable to "root rot" has been known to wipe out an entire crop of new plants but to date, the Molicas have fortunately escaped a complete crop devastation. The life history of a Molica mushroom, from planting to har- vesting, takes place in one of five vault-lîke rooms contained in a large cement block building. Working on a rotation system, chamber No. 1 may be in the planting stage whereas chamber No. 3 may be in the har- vesting phase. This assures a con- stant supply of the umbrella-shaped delicacies. Each chamber contains 12 growing beds, four feet wide by six- ty-five feet 'long. The beds are stacked berth-style with six on each side of the room. Wooden ramps surround the tiered growth beds to accommodate care and harvesting. All of the five chamber-rooms are individually self equipped to handle the entire growth process necessary to produce a fine crop of mushrooms. Horse Bedding The Molicas grow their mushrooms in horse bedding, which is compost from horse stables. They explained that cow manure doesn't seem to work as well. Water is added to the horse bed- ding to speed up the rotting process and brewers grain is mixed in to in- crease protein content. When the compost has reached the correct fermentation stage, it is laid out in the 65 foot long growing beds where the first step in producing a mushroom begins.' The compost is steamed at 150 degrees Fahrenheit for about six hours to achieve sterilization. Becausethe mushroom is so suscep- tible to disease, all germs must be removed from its growth bed before planting. The spawn or seeds (known technically as "mycellium") used to grow the Molica 's mushrooms are purchased from a company in Rich- mond Hill and resemble grain in ap- pearance. After cooling, the spawn are plian- ted in the sterilized compost beds. They. feed. on the compost for ap- prxmately two weeks. The çrowth beds are then "cased' or replenished with a peat moss and limestone-chip mixture. Fourteen days after "casing", a good mushroom bed will have reached the advanced "pin head" stage. Togeth erness Mushrooms believe ini together- ness and grow in "flushes" or "breaks." Experienced pickers determine when a mushroom is ready to be harvested. The Molicas do most of their own picking however, they employ outsiLd pickers when crops are particularly heavy. Even during piking the mushrooms must be delicately han- dled as they bruise 80 easîlv. To further emphasize the fragile nature of this edible fungus, ven- tilation fans in the growing rooms must be carefully positioned as.the outer skin of the mushroom can easily suffer "wind-burn" whieh causes brownish type blistering. The Molicas realize about three crops over a seven week period from each planting before the growth bed material exhausts itself and must be disposed of . Forty percent of the. Molica mushrooms are sold over the coun- ter at their farm on Taunton Road. The other 60 per éent is sold to the Ontario Food Terminal in Toronto. Crippled Children's Centre Celebrates 25th Birthday By Mary Fitzgerald The World Day of Prayer was held March 2, 1979 at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Bowmanville, Ontario. The service was prepared by the students in the Pan-African Leadership Course for Wornen at Mindolo Ecunrnencial Foundation, Kitwe, Zambia. "One of the things that the preaching and There was a birthday cake and a party at the Simcoe Hall Crippled Children's School and Treatment Centre in Oshawa Monday, March 5, when the Centre celebrated its 25th aiiniversary. iere, Mrs. 1 eggy Fowler, a volunteer when the centre was started 25 years ago, cuts th e cake. Beside her (left) is Mrs. Harry Millen who was president of the women's league when the first s'od for the centre was turned. On the right hand side of the photo is Mrs. Ralph Campbell who is the treasurer of the parent council at the school. In the background, some of the students wait for a slice of cake. TeSmo alCipe BUY ON EGET ONE FREE*BUYONEeGET ONE FREE. BUY ONE Chldens rjtmntCetr wW has 19 full tirne students and z aulmC three part time. 0O Ini addition, 35 pre school y children attend the sehool at >z varying times during the m week. Students corne frorn as T far away as Uxbridge and Fm 'T Q Port Hope and Ajax in order to w lm attend the sehool... LL Simcoe Hall, explained~ in an Lu C-) intervieBo Bretopriciai at zU z students at the facility are Z0l m there because they need daily O- «n.L..U.U treatment. Students at the w M cinteve sprecl hat ailpt ka 4 ,M ual and or physical handicaps. M Physical therapists are 0 arnong the staff members at z M the school to provide treat- 0 < "Our goal is to integrate > 0 0 thern (the children) as soon as OL VINYLS Z possible," Mr. Burton said. And in addition to regular VIYSRogular ta $1 9.95 T school subjects, children are w Rogular to $29.95U PIC taught "functional" life skills. w OU PRIE G) These include skýils such as __._OUR_______________ getting in andl out of a é f6o O wheelchair and cooking. wU Double rail or boit. Double rail or boit O The staff consists of 20 zZ persons. Students are placed O BU' ONE.QET ONE BUY ONE, GET ONE MI in classes that have an MFREEI -n average of five to six students. FREI In addition to the regular M staff, many volunteers help at T the school. SLette r to Editor .< Dear Editor; 0 the wonderful coverage that Z your paper provided us for the shor not of hank fo LLJ M World Day of Prayer. I arn sure that it would not have C) been provided better any- 0WWZWw-àM where else. -Z Thanking you, we rernain, '0O Yours truly, 1-z Catholic Wornen's League LUm St. Joseph's Rornan Catholic Church n Bowrnanville, Ont. M 0 ~DIRK SRINI(MAN -<623-3621 ê BUY ONEOGET ONE FREE.BUY ONE&GET ONE FREE*BUY ONEI State Farrn Fire andciasualty teaching of Jesus did was to, liberate wornen frorn a posi- tion of inferiority and give thern a sense of dignity." Mrs. Magda Zoelrnan, president-elect of the Catholic Wornen's League greeted the congregation and directed the afternoon service un~ tnt: therne of "Spiritual Growth". She ws assisted by 'the representatives fron the various denorninations. The therne of Spiritual Growth was broken down into the following categories: "Growth in Knowledge" il Peter 1:2-8 presented by Trinity United Church. "Growth in Faith" Ephesians 2:4-10 presented by St. Paul's Presbyterian Church and Luke 4:18-19 presented by Rehobeth Christian ReforrnedChurch.. "G4ýroWth 'in Love" 1 Corinthians 13 presented by the Pentecostal Church and St. John's Church, 12:1-2 presented by the 7th Day Adventist Church. "Benediction" Euhesians 3:20:21 presented by St. Andrews Church. The meditation was given by, Mrs. Bernadette Tourangeau, a former teacher and principal who has done graduate work in theology. She explained how the medita- tion, based on Hebrews 11, applied ta Spiritual Growth in her 11f e. She aiea traced thraugh the Old Testament ta the New Testament with particular reference ta those biblical characters who were lield up as aur rnodels of faitix, "they ail had ta take journeys." Reference was rnade to Abraham who had lots of excuses for not wanting ta go where God wanted him ta go then later in 11f e God caiied hlm again and he said he was ready. That should be the hope and goal of ail of us that whenever God calis us ta follow hirn, aur answer wil be "I arn ready". Spiritual growth is a journey li the direction God is leading ydu in 1ife- Doyou knowwhat turns people off? You probabiy think you do. They're mostly the things that turn you off. right? Well. see how right you are. Check the habits below you think will turn people off. 1.i Filling up a hot tub instead of taking a shower. 132. Turning on the floodlights to light up the house ail night. El3. Turning up the thermostat, then opening a window El4. Leaving the TV on in one room while you eat dinner in another. El5. Cooking on an element too, big for the pot. El6. Brightening up the house at dusk by turning on all the lights. El7. Turning the washing machine on to launder just a couple of things. El8. Filling the kettie up to make a single cup. if you checked them al. 1 to 8i you're right. 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