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"Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice" Va By Dr. Dan Stevenson O.M.A.F.R.A. The arctic fox strain of rabies has been present in Ontario for sometime and 1s most often found in fox- es and skunks. The Minis- try of Natural Resources (MNR) program to vacci- cantly reduced the num- ber of rabies cases in Ontario. Raccoon rabies is a new strain that has been mov- ing northward in the east- ern USA for sometime and 1s now very close to Onta- rio. We are especially con- nate wildlife has signifi- cerned about raccoon ra- and TIMING is the CRITICAL PART of applying HERBICIDES to get the WEED CONTROL you want. Let us help you by CUSTOM APPLYING your HERBICIDES this year and get the timing and accuracy your herbicide requires for a clean crop. 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