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f New UCO Fertilizer Blender Facilities Opened at Medina j by J. P. (Sparky) Copeland . i March 28th, 1974 was a big day in Medina. United Coâ€"operatives of s n Ontario officially opened it‘s $90,000 fertilizer blender. The doors opened at C ags 7 | 10:00 a.m. and the pancake grill was warmed up. By 3:00 p.m. some 250 en e _ * £: ‘ people had enjoyed pancakes and maple syrup. o i e e io aale: The official opening was at 1:30 by Charles Munro, a prominent dairy & zes on farmer from Embro, who holds the office of president of the Canadian I C3 i Federation of Agriculture, as well as that of president of The International s ; ¢ [ Federatiop of Agricultural Producers. Gordon Mather, Manager of United i â€"<# e Coâ€"operatives of Ontario Crop Products Department shared in the ribbon _ NCO \ cutting ceremony. % ' ;./, \ R{ En # Mr. Munro congratulated United Coâ€"operatives on providing fertilizer ~ F _/ f _ . 2 + EL blenders, not only in Medina, but across the Province of Ontario, to assist the s â€" 4 a 5 ; g A.A farmers to obtain the plant nutrients required to produce the many varied s Jco. <€ 4 crops across the province. He also made reference to the fact that this type of t lsus | a\ i 3 facility moves the fertilizer into position where it is more readily available to . appre 6t o mamee omm the farmer during the short growing season. This type of facility relieves the I 9 ~ _ Seuange _," <£ l [ farmer of the necessity of building on the farm storage, and supplies him with equipment to apply the product to his land. es "UCO can be justly proud of their foresightedness in assisting the Ontario P farmer in this and many other farm needs. It is your Coâ€"Op", Mr. Munro told the farr(rjneigs pregen(ti:, "‘Make sure you take advantage of the many facilities, ddresses the audience at commodities and advantages your Coâ€"Op has to offer". tChheari\?Isedhi/In‘;mc())f)e?xfin}é.m 3:1(:1’ir$nan Allan Riddell is in Mr. Mather stated in his remarks, that UCO would sell more _ tons of truck, while Royden Bloomfield, UCO director, and fertilizer this year than last. This does not mean fertilizer supply will not be | Gordon Mather manager, UCO crop products dept. tight. More acres have been put into production, and farmers must produce * t t ficht * * greater yields to meet input costs, therefore the demand for fertilizer is on a p are at right. continual increase. The Coâ€"operative system will spend some $500,000.(00 ¢ over the next five years in new manufacturing facilities and in updz: ng â€" others, so that Coâ€"Op will be better equipped to help the farmers of On{ io Wilibiiigge _ > x Su% q :3 in meeting their needs. ‘Z“‘.-l _ e * * _ e n e y Oxford County warden, Perry Sibbick, brought greetings on behalf of the y mc ner von; beeara oo ie > County Council. + ym | * 96 | VS I -\. R C . Greetings were brought from the UCO board of directors by Royden in 3 g‘E o "a . " ky |||. "! {f Bloomfield, of Ilderton. . C h ~Agya P 4* ‘ CA Sak . §C b=>: Chairman for the occasion was Oxford Coâ€"Op Council Chairman Allan # _ P1 & ie f/ ©â€"C* & Riddell of Brownsville. Mr. Riddell introduced Don Stockton, the new area ' k "‘;if"‘ ‘«&* L .. h manager of the Norwichâ€"Oxford group. * i ck"> 4â€" u‘? Tok » Rage Winners of the draw prizes were: 1 gallon Sutan, George Thornton, RR 2, «4 . Tok s Ainge ~~_ #/% /T a 3 Thamesford; 5 lbs. Atrazine, Herb Schutt; 10 lbs. Bladex, John Poel, RR 4, j o k _ o k iyl i St. Marys; 1 case Coâ€"Op oil, Ray Slater, Lakeside; 1 unit Coâ€"Op S$280 seed } %"\ . Cc‘ â€" é a corn, Mrs. Carol Turvey, RR 1, Embro. + y ho Wmm _"‘», h . « d â€" Lk. 15 J 4 ‘â€" Jn ~<€ * P 4 m ~+" â€" io --‘ . P R a ~â€"_<__mf | Plan Your Weed Control | \y< Pe w Hot pancakes and maple syrup were a welcome treat. Program No uu a s a We have reached the time of year when we have to start planning a program to control that perennial nuisance that appears regularly in our purk. fields. The infamous WEED. One of the most important steps in controlling in l B e ym this pest is first we must properly identify it. This can best be done, and, ue . e armemmmmmperecanems s o it l should be done during the growing season. Hopefully this was done last y > es Mss Cls, â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" gek summer. The next step, is to apply the proper herbicide to control the weed. / MMh }" hi '. " * Most herbicides used in our cropping programs today are known as selective A C y V H a. herbicides. That is,they only kill a certain weed or group of weeds, without 1 f We n zun / Ad P injuring the crop. Therefore the importance of knowing what type of weed â€" S 6 | C l W we want to kill is of the upmost importance. Weed sprays are too expensive E O â€"=_ et: 5 ‘ to apply to a crop if they will not kill the specific problem weed. ~â€"( se â€"â€"ud ) 00 «. As in the past the Coâ€"op will be handling a complete line of herbicides for ~]| AP â€" i _ â€" + _3 * your cropping needs, whatever they may be. These will include Aatrex, Sutan « CY > se CAz E: ol Plus, Bladex, 2â€"4â€"D‘s, MCPA‘s, Embutox, Patoran, Eptam, Tillam, along with m ~ »aae Q gte â€" j pass || _ many others for corn, grain, forages, beans, vegetables, fruits and tobacco. [ CCC oR o o . f There have been very few changes in these products from last year. d Fok § s M However one change in Sutan for corn has been made. This year a safener has ~pâ€" JP X § ; 3 been added to Sutan to reduce the incidence of Sutan burning the corn plant. ‘ 3 &~.% h l ch. ~| > gg es This change makes Sutan a much better product and goes under the name of snmmmmonmmzmmmmmss gammmamamammsece l T . m | J Sutan Plus. ie â€" 1 y 2 A relatively new product that we will be handling is Liquid Aatrex. This is e im t sc t the original Aatrex product in the liquid form. It contains 5 lbs. of active " * . f 32 _ "s I. ingredient per gallon of liquid. This product has been used successfully for ; [ T * o o 2 .l the last two years. j George Desplenter from UCO Norwich branch, serves Now is the time to sit down with your Coâ€"op representative and discuss up pancakes to Lisa and Denise Turvey, of RR 1, your hérbicide and insecticide requirements for the coming season. Order i Embro. Lisa and Denise accompanied their parents, now to ensure that you will have an adequate supply of the product that you h Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Turvey, and little brother, Jamie, require to do the job that has to be done. y $ to the Medina opening. â€" 3