THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL Thursday, July 22, 1945 During the first few years a ter trees are planted in shelter belts, no grass or weeds should be allowed to become establish- ed. This is best prevented by cultivating and hoeing as requir- ed, says John Walker, superin- tendent, Forest Nursery Station, Indian Head, Sask. If these operations are care fully attended to, strong growth of trees will result, Vigorous growth during the early life of Shelterbelt trees is most desirable if maximum benefits from trees are to be enjoyed in the shortest The new Waterloo Garden Trac- tors are now available in 1% H. P. and 8 HP. sizes, with a full line of implements, including a 24", power-driven lawn mower. See These Before You Buy E. D. GREEN 8TH LINE - OAKVILLE International Harvester Dealer PHONE 350 QUALITY SHUR-GAIN FEEDS Priced to Suit _ Your Pocketbook Make it a point to see u For Of Trafalgar With the develop- ment of the lower branches on the trees a dense and desirable ground cover will form. Under these- conditions there will be a minimum growth of weeds among the trees, possible time. Hoeing and cultivating shelter- if these operations cannot be done without branches of trees being damaged. For tree belts planted five or more years, the policy. of Dominion forest nursery. stations [Ns to recommend that strips along the margins of belts up to 16 feet wide be kept well cultivated and free from weeds and grass. Any weeds that may then become es- tablished among the trees should not interfere a great deal with their growth. or To enable cultivation of these margins, fences may have to be moved, either away from the trée belts or they may be placed directly into the line of the outer rows of trees, depending on avail- able space. As trees develop, also the edges of these cultivated margins must be moved outward. Where grass is already- firmly established' among shelterbelt, trees it may be necessary to apply a mulch of straw, hay, dead leaves, or peat moss. This mulch may be applied to a depth of 12 inches, but frequent examination should be made to see that 'mice are not present in the mulch and damaging the trees. Another point is that none of the lower branches of the trees should be pruned or broken by cultivating or other machinery. There is justification for pruning "walling-up" the branches of strong-growing species which may be interfering with the de- or belt trees should not be continued | § The P oe Fal Township RECEIVES MEDAL The work in biology of Mar- garet Newton, a former official of the Dominion Department of Agricultyre Rust Research Lab- oratory, Winnipeg, Man, has re- cently been recognized by the Royal society of Canada, Miss Newton, now retired, was the' re- cipient of the Flavelle medal from the society. Miss Newton is the first woman to be so honoured. SER Toda go PRC ARDEN By DEAN HALLIDAY Released by Central Press Canadian GRAPH PLANT LICE ON SPINACH LEAF 7-07 WINGED FEMALE OF SPINACH APHID © Even lowly spinach has -its in- sect enemies, among them the spinach aphid, the spinach flea beetle and a leaf miner. Protec- tion of this popular and widely used green pays, Tor it is rich in many important minerals and has a high vitamin content. The spinach aphid, also called the green peach aphid, is Whitish- green in color. It is about the size of a pinhead, but it is not hard to detect if you look hard for it. These aphids usually will be found in clusters on the spin- ach leaves, especially on the un- dersides, as shown in the accom- panying garden-graph. The fe: male of the species is a winged creature, as illustrated, and there- fore gets around for her egg: laying activities. . Close inspection of a cluster of aphids will reveal that they are sucking sap from the leaf. As a wilt, turn yellow and then die. Since the spinach leaves them- selves are eaten, it is not advis- able to attempt to control these aphids with a poison spray har ful to human beings. One of the safest control measures is to dust the affected plants with pyre- thum dust which is hot harmful to human beings. If pyrethum is not available, use nicotine dust applied with an ordinary hand duster. Dust under all leaves and into all leaf crevices for only those aphids actually hit by the com- pound will be killed. To catch all the generations of aphids as they hatch, repeat the dustings three times at intervals of three days apart. The spinach flea beetle as well as a leaf miner are sometimes quite destructive, but care also must be taken not to attempt to LETTUCE CROP PAID DIVIDENDS Lettuce came into its own this season as a money-maker, ag prices remained good as a result the Ontario crop from as far off as Sydney and Halifax. of the unflagging demands op Back- ground of this shot of a Leamington farmerette demonstrates the large way in which many growers prepared to satisfy that demang War Plants Now Geared To Help Modern Farmer Thanks to the development of | suppli the three ammonium nitrate plants in Canada for the manu- facture of explosives during the war, some 250,000: tons of this material is now being made an- nually at these plants for fertil- purposes, says G. S. Pert, plant products division, Dominion Department of Agriculture. Tt is granular in form and each gran: is coated with a moisture resisting substance so that ' the product will remain dry and' of satisfactory mechanical condition for fertilizer use. izer ule It has virtually replaced nitrate of soda in Canada for two prin- cipal reasons. First, it contains about 33 per' cent of nitrogen as compared with 16 -per cent in nitrate of soda. One-half of the 33 per cent is in nitrate form, so that there is actually as much nitrate nitrogen in ammonium supplies 16 per cent of ammonia nitrogen" which further enhances its value. Second, the cost per unit of nitrogen is usually much lower which, * from the farmers' standpoint, 1s very important in- deed. During the fertilizer year ended June 30, 1947, some 28,000 tons of ammonium nitrate was used in Canada: for fertilizer purposes About 22,000 tons was used as an ingredient of mixed fertilizers, and about 6,000 tons for single application on orchards and for side dressing vegetable crops. During the same year, only about 600 tons of nitrate of soda was used in Canada, as against sev- eral thousand tons per year be. fore the war. ! Two partners took a day off to shoot a round of golf. On the third tee, one partner suddenly exclaimed, "My gosh! I thik I forgot to lock the cash box." be readily eliminated by digging them out with garden fork or spade. This method takes time but can be entirely effective. As most shelterbelt trees are seriously affected by 2,4-D and other weed-killing sprays, their use among shelterbelt trees is not recommended. on your next trip to tow: By keeping margins of belts for the Feeds you need Cultivated and by eliminating 7 St weed growth among the trees, for maximum farm PrO-2|y.y can be carried over un: duction. favourable periods and seasons of low rainfall. The need for kill- CH. TOOKE ing weeds near trees is not over- come by spacing rows far enough EPHONE 402 - OAKVILLEE | apart to permit the use of tractor £ 2 | cultivators. . VACATION NOTICE In order to give our employees Everybody's talking about the new OFFICES Cross Avenue PHONE 1014 their annual vacation, our will be closed from Friday, July 30 to Monday, August 9 S. W. SAVAGE SHEET METAL WORKS and PLANT ; at Dundas Street A OAKVILLE White sidewall tires and chrome wheel trim velopment of better, but slower : 2 : Dt 0 nitrate as in nitrate of soda. In| "So what," asked the othe, rowing, species. 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