Inoculating Legume Seeds Boosts Crop Growth And Yields
Agricultural notes advise inoculating legume seed each year to ensure root infection and stronger growth. Powder cultures from O.A.C. Guelph replace liquid types, treating two bushels per culture. Supplies available via the Bowmanville Department of Agriculture Office. Lawn grass seed and mixed seed blends aid early germination and thicker stands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O.A.C
Guelph
E. A. Summers
Department of Agriculture
Bowmanville
Early spring plantings started as soil firms and dampness fades
The article advises delaying soil work until frost is gone and mud dries. It lists initial plantings such as nursery stock, fruit and ornamental trees, shrubs, woody vines, and perennials. Emphasizes quick, safe placement in permanent quarters after leaving nursery, with thorough watering and wind sun protection. Seeds that can be sown follow.
Seed Fairs Highlight Farming Significance in Ontario
Seed fairs across Ontario closed by March end with Nipissing district seed show set for May 2 in North Bay. Attendance reached record levels prompting calls for larger facilities next year. Despite last year’s poor harvest weather, exhibits at county and district shows were outstanding with strong educational programs on grass silage drainage soil fertility new varieties corn and cash crops. Arthur Gardiner Wyebridge praised the seed show as the biggest and best in North Simcoe Soil and Crop Improvement Association history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ontario
District of
Nipissing
North Bay
Ontario Department of Agriculture
North Simcoe Soil and Crop Improvement Association
Arthur Gardiner
Wyebridge
Change from horse power to machines and rising costs
The passage notes a shift from horses to tractors and manual labor to powered equipment, with higher taxes, gas and machinery repair costs, and overall farm expenses rising from cents to dollars. Yet it argues some constants persist, such as small price differences between good and poor seed.
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