Inoculating Legume Seeds and Early Lawn Grasses Suggested
Agricultural notes advise inoculating legume seed with bacteria each year to ensure root infection and higher yields. Powder cultures from OAC Guelph now replace liquid types, treating two bushels per culture. Also listed are clovers alfalfa sweet clover soybeans peas and early lawn grass seed mixtures for quick germination and shade.
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O.A.C
Guelph
E. A. Summers
Department of Agriculture
Bowmanville
Planting Calendar Tips for Early Spring Grounds
Some guidance on when to work soil and start nursery stock. Avoid soggy ground to prevent soil compaction. Group includes fruit and ornamental trees shrubs woody vines and perennials. Emphasizes early safe planting after frost and mud dry, with thorough watering and wind sun protection. Seeds to sow loom as a next step.
Seed Fairs Highlight Farming Importance in Ontario
Ontario seed fairs wrap up with record attendance and strong exhibits across counties and districts. April events continue in Northern Ontario with Nipissing District seed fair May 2 at North Bay. Educational programs on grass silage drainage soil fertility and new varieties draw farmer interest. Arthur Gardiner Wyebridge praised the largest seed show in North Simcoe Soil and Crop Improvement Association history.
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Ontario
District of
Nipissing
North Bay
Ontario Department of Agriculture
North Simcoe Soil and Crop Improvement Association
Arthur Gardiner
Wyebridge
Change from horses to tractors and rising farm costs
The narrator reflects on switching from horses to tractors and from hand pumps to hydro while noting higher taxes and greater gas and repair costs. Yet some constants endure such as seed price disparities and crop outcomes as changes continue.
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S. J. Norton
Areno
Harry E. Lycett
ONT
Nichols N’s
Johnny
Ontario Hydro
Hydro Office
Childrens Cotton Training
Sadie
Misses
Toni
Prom
URONO
Province of
Department of Municipal Affairs
Parliament Buildings
Toronto
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