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Weevils move from second-

SASKATOON, Sask.. — A CDA!

* fesearcher offers some advice year clover to seedling stands.

on getting the “‘bugs’’ out of for- Because of this. new stands of age crops. : clover should be sown as far as ' Although imsect pests are not possible from the mature ones. - @ major deterrent to production |The latter should be shallow cul- of forage crops for feed or seed, | tivated as soon as the hay crop a few species do enough dam- is removed —

age to warrant control measur-

ing weevils in silage and hay crops. the researcher explains

Cultural practices, which also Chemica! control may be used pay off in disease control. and 0M seedling stands of sweet clov- insecticides are the keys to an €F provided that the crop is be- effective pest control program ing grown for seed only and that for forage crops. says the 1e- it will not be pastured in the searcher. fall. Use of heptachlor granules,

Use of insecticides on these SOWn with the seed or applied by

of the CDA Research Station here.

crops poses special problems: broadcast method, is recom- however. To prevent residues ended for weevil control in being carried into feed. meat Clover seed crops

and dairy products, it is import- Plant bugs are the most ser- ant to follow strictly the rezom- ‘ous pest problem for farmers Mendations governing type of 8toWing alfalfa for sees. The chemical, dosage. and time and. 0UgS attack buds, flowers and -young seed pods, reducing yields

At present there is no chemi- - es. says entomologist C_H. Craig cal recommended for controll--

a ar . _ — tarnished piant bug 1s / Much of the injury is caused by the effects may wear before : or the young bugs that hatch from all danger of bug is | ee red ae ae eggs laid on the strawberry over, the researc afe aow partment of Agriculture's Vine- Plant. testing fon-resicue materizis

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land: (Ont.) research laboratory One spray of DDT or Thiodan, that can safely be used im a have ‘discovered that although applied thoroughly just-as the second spray after the fruit 22 frost may deform some fruit,!very first strawberry blossoms formed. DDT and Thiodan leave | tarnished plant bugs are by far began to open, gave good control “which rule” ou" But asiuse after the blossoms open

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ture is the grasshopper, which debris in early spring will con- ~~ trol some but nox all of ‘the spe- . Feige and cereal greenfeed. “5 of this pest. All species, Native nor cultivated bowever, can be controlled by! is immune to attack.. 22 application of DDT, dieldrin and_roadsides—should_be_°F_dimethoate. Whichever chem- under close observation jcal is used, it should be applied ate May to July for signs when the alfalfa is in the early al outbreaks. Only non-per- bud stage. Later application is t insecticifles like dimeth- not recommended because of the danger to pollinating insects.

BURNING HELPS “Silvertop” is 4 condition that

Yields of sweet clover may be sometimes orcurs in grass crops

attacks alfalfa. . Mixtures _ Neither Fields ' kept ' from | ' of loc sisten i ' @ate, carbaryl or malathion can

be used for grasshopper control in forage crops. '

CLOVER AFFECTED

; affected to a large degree by a grown for seed and results in

: species of weevil. The pest—the heads that are bleached out and berta. 2n application of DDT

' sweet—clover weevi] — attacks empty. Although the cause. of just before the head emerges ie es i fa i - _ from the leaf sheath is recom-

& leaves and--causing-damage-that- stood, burning _ofgrass—stubble--mended.in cases where stubble

very thin.

method of application.

‘worst pest of hay and pas-

grass- alfalfa

“*or seed. Burning the stubble and

brought to

Brookfield, N.S., one

performance is concerned, was King (above) that L. W. Roper, recently retired as Livestock Director here, selected in a barn in

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One-of the-most-famous-Guernsey-sires-ever this provinee, so-far as show

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today’s currency, and he was sold for twice that

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wowed ee ise }—-Winter Fair grand-ribbon which ts the ultimate | goal of all livestock breedérs who show at the’

| major fairs. Mixter King was purchased for a | Price that would approximate $2,500 or more in

i several years later. A big animal, ‘he weighed slightly more than aton. ° .

‘Milk production records

Ithe soil: sless stump speeches

|and more stump pulling. In oth-

ler. words, we cultivate too little

May result in a stand that is and debris in the fall will feduce and debris have not been, burn- the inmidence of siivertop. In Al- ed :

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Utilizes improved, frequently rotated pastures and augments ‘the pasture with hay.

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The following speech was de- livered to a group of farmers some 30 years ago by Nathan Finnlayson who for many years before his death worked in the lumber camps of Maine and New Brunswick.

Gentlemen of Lorne Valley:

fou are heirs to the choicest bit of real estate this side of heaven— Prince Edward Island. Here the sun shines on the just and the unjust and once in a while we have a little moon- shine too. Unlike other parts of

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cows im the top 10 pet cent of | Feeds grain, ‘according t0jing, let me remind you fellers New York's DHIA test herds av- | production, three to four times you are living in God's country erage only 15,500 pounds of milk a day, but sets limits om even and God expects you to keep it. and 565 pounds of butterfat and top producers. spic and span. had imeome over feed costs of | Looks upon each cow as an {n-9 —————__—_—— only $390- dividual oe

But DHIA records showed that treatment Bug causes

Treats his animals with TLC (tender loving care).

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Spends much more than the reconimended time milking his herd and ‘argues that this is one ‘of the secrets of his success in getting top production. Each strips his cows. :

Uses conventional milk ing machines since neither pipeline nor milking parlor would permit him to check the production of individual cows.

Utilizes modern research, ca- »pitalizing on it as it applies to his particular situation.

Finnlayson delivers unique speech to Island farm group

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‘Catfacing’

Canada Department. of Aagri- culture scientists havé tracked down the cause of the deformed “cat-faced"’ strawberries which ‘have been unusually abundant in commercial plantings for the

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