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DURHAM AGRI-NEWS Off-season services pays dividends Timely maintenance pays a,n important role in farm equipment safety. Strict adherence adherence to recommended service service schedules, keeps your machinery in top operating condition, ready-to-go, when vou need it. Inadequate maintenance can lead to breaks in the fields. Down time during a busy period is costly and can increase the chance of an accident. The winter months provide an excellent opportunity to check over all equipment. Loose fasteners can be tightened tightened and all parts checked for wear. Taking inventory of replacement parts needs and use this list to order items you require. By making the necessary necessary repairs now, you won't be pressed for time when the major season of use arrives. It is much easier to detect problems if your equipment is clean. This is particularly true of harvesting machinery, which picks up considerable mud and crop residue during the fall harvest. Component will rust more quickly under this debris. Also, the plant material may dry to a tinderlike condition before the harvester is used again, and could catch fire in the field. Sound farfetched? It has been known to happen. A high-pressure washer is best for fast, efficient equipment equipment cleanup. Perhaps you don't have the facilities ,to permit washing of machinery in winter. If not, mark your calendar for an equipment cleanup day next spring. Many farm equipment dealers dealers now promote service' specialists during the winter. They may have problems keeping their shops busy in the off-season, and offer price breaks to generate business. G Up ahd Down the Book Stacks ? ADULT Coffee Cookery by Ceil Dyer ( the use of coffee in over 200 recipes f The Body Language of Children Children by Suzanne Szasz (with the aid of photographs young children reveal their emotions) Man to Man by John Chester- The Corporation of the Town of Newcastle NOTICE of Highway Closing TAKE NOTICE' that the Council of the Corporation of the Town bf Newcastle, at a Council meeting to be held at the Council Chambers, Police Building, Bowmanville, Ontario, on Monday the 12th day of March, 1979, at the hour of 9:30 o'clock, in the forenoon, propose to pass a by-law to stop up and close those parts of Lots 31 arid 32 Eighth Concession, of the Geographic Township of Clarke, former County of Durham, more particularly described as follows: ALL AND SINGULAR that certain parcel or tract of land and premises, situate, lying and being in the Town of Newcastle, Regional Municipality of Durham, Province of Ontario, and being composed of all that portion bf a * travelled road running through the northerly part of Lot thirty-one (31) ànd thirty-two (32) in the Eighth Concession of the Geographic Township of Clarke, former County of Durham, more particularly designated as Parts Eleven (it), Twelve (12) and Thirteen (13) according to Plan 10R-915, deposited in the Land 1 Registry Office for the Registry Division of Newcastle (No. 10) on January 5, 1979. AND FURTHER TAKE rfOTCCE that before passing the said by-law Council, or a Committee of Council, shall hear in person or by his counsel, solicitor or agent any person who claims that his land will be prejudicially affected by the by-law and who applies to be heard. * DATED at the Town of Newcastle, this 14th day. of February, 1979. J.M. Mcllroy, A.M.C.T. Clerk, Corporation of the Town of Newcastle, , 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Ontario. , This gives farmers.an ideal opportunity to have equipment equipment repaired during a nonuse nonuse period. When servicing machinery, it is important to consult your owner's manuals for information information on correct procedures. Service equipment and tools should be in good condition. Don't get hurt while trying to make your equipment safer to use. While many service jobs can be handled in your own workshop, some repairs are best made by one of your dealer's mechanics. Most farmers simply don't have the tools and facilities needed to make certain repairs. If you can't do it safely, don't tackle the job, take it to an expert. The small expense and time and money required to follow maintenance recom mendations, pays big dividends. dividends. Your equipment will perform more efficiently, last longer, and be safer to operate. VAN BELLE ON GARDENING Now is the time to think - seeding Most plants are raised from seed, despite the fact that there are many other ways to propagate plants. It is the easiest way and can be done by everyone, plus the fact that seed can be collected during the previous year and stored to be used to start another season. Most seeds 1 can be kept for a period of 1 to 5 years depending on the type of seeds. Seeds require two things to germinate or 1 sprout, first they will require moisture and secondly they require darkness, and as long as yoü provide these in the proper proportions you will have the perfect combination for success. success. To start with you must buy seeds that are marked on the package with the date, to insure that you will have man (answers about your health and fitness) A New Kirid of Country by Dorothy Gilman (the author of Mrs. Pollifax books reveals another side • of her personality in this ■ semi biography) Target Risk by John Wingate (novel of a super tanker) Third Time Lucky by Stanley 1 Mann (a modern love story) The Pool by Joe Hyams ( novel of power and corruption corruption in Hollywood) JUNIOR Better Ice Skating for Boys and Girls by George Sullivan Sullivan Modern Crystal Sets by R.H. Warring (step by step illustrations) Grunion's Hockey Album by H. Walters Love is One of the Choices by Norma Klein EASY READING, AND PICTURE BOOKS Nungu and the Hippopotamus by Babette Cole ■ What-A-Mess the Good by Frank Muir Otto the Bear by Ivan Gantschev Oh, Were they Ever Happy by Peter Spier. Madeleine Hadley. Making the most Of maternal instincts There's nothing like a baby's cry to bring a mother to the rescue. Animal scientists scientists at the Ontario Agricultural Agricultural College are using maternal instincts to increase milking rates, in dairy cows. By playing tape recordings of calves calling, Dr. Frank Hurnik and graduate student W.E. Pollock attempted to increase the milking rates of dairy cows. "We knew that milk productivity productivity is influenced by the psycholgical state of the Cow," says Dr. Hurnik. "We wanted to find out if the cows • would give more milk in response to the calves calling". calling". Tape recordings of calves were played to the 16 test cows as - they entered the milking parlour. The recordings recordings stopped when the last teat cup was placed on the 16th cow. Tests were conducted for 108 days at the Elora Dairy Research Station, near Guelph, with the financial assistance of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Scientists measured productivity productivity during the first two minutes of milking. Results showed that cows gavé an average of 81.1 kg. of milk during the first two minutes when tapes were played. The same cows gave an average OronO Weekly Times, Wednesday, February 14th, 1979-9 will get a mix that has been sterilized, and I think that the best one on the market today, without trying to promote one particular company, is a product. called Mother Earth, it is well blended, it is loose which makes it ideal for fine seeds, and it does not bake. Now we are ready to sow. Place a layer of soil mix in the container to a depth of not less than 2 inches, then smooth the surface over. In seeding, it is better to seed the Seeds in rows, so if there is any problems with the seeds it will only show up in a row, rather than through the whole flat or container. Now sow the seeds evenly in the rows. It will be easier if you make small furrows in the soil mix, so .that the rows will be spaced evenly. If the seeds are very fine such as the petunia seed, you take some fine sand and mix it with seed and then sow. Then cover the seed with a fine screening of the soil mix, ideally this will be 3 times the size of the seed. Now comes the most important important part of the seeding, water. This is so important that you must take your time to do it properly. I think that the best container for watering watering is the mister, to give the surface of the soil a fine mist. Then cover the container with a piece of glass or plastic to keep the humidity in the enclosed area. Things to watch are too much moisture, drops hanging from the plastic. If this is the case take off the plastic or glass and let it dry out. Keep all containers in a light area such as a window or place them under artificial light. More on this next week. Until next week, happy gardening. Seeds that are tested by the 1 government to be as close to 100 percent germination as possible. Every seed company company is required by law to have their seeds tested each year for germination. The next step is to decide what type of container you will require and here we can name numerous types that are available, plastic flats, plastic pots, or the old favourite the paper mache type "plant box", or you can , use the different forms of peat products such as pots, trays, jiffy 7 and many more. Just make sure that yûu will have some form of drainage, so that the excessive water can drain, either through drain holes or use stones on the bottom of the seed container which can hold the excessive water. .Now that we have the seeds and container, we have to decide what type of soil or medium .to use. Again there are numerous different ways to either prepare your own ■ medium or buy the one that is already prepared and can be bought from your local garden garden centre. If you prefer to mix your own, use a 1-1-1 mix, which wjll consist of 1 part fine peat, 1 part fine sand and one part soil. In most cases it will be -more economical and better to buy the medium all prepared 1 by a soil manufacturer. manufacturer. The advantages are many, you get a well pre- ' pared even mix with the proper àmounts mixed, you 79.7 kg during the first two minutes without the tapes. , This indicates that the calf calls had a psychosomatic effect on the cows, says Dr. Hurnik. "Given the opportunity, cows prefer a quiet, protected place for nursing," he says. "Milk release and nursing require a certain amount of concentration. The calf calls seem to capture the cow's attention, reducing the effects of disturbing noise from machinery." Study results indicated that the tape recordings had the greatest effect when played the day after a five-day period without the tapes. Tapes were least effective when played every other day. One finding of the study- came as a surprise to Dr. Hurnik. The cows showed a greater response to the calf calls during the second period of the study than during the first half. Although the Study indicated indicated that milk yields could not be significantly increased using the tape recordings of the calyesr calling, the recordings recordings may, increase milking speed. 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