Wednesday, May 13, 195 9 THE WILLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE ARCR A. wee — have the manpower to keep as BAN, "=" "COPTER So, We compete id probably pay more because we don’t close track of real estate? Growth chambers aid in grass experiments The soil scientsts of Dominion Range Experimental Station at Kamloops have recently intro- duced two new weapons to assist in their battle for improvement of B.C.’s range land. They are growth - chambers, massive artificial “gardens”, where every natural hazard can be controlled. Installed in 1957, only this year have they come into full use after months of adjustment and improvement following their de- livery to the Experimental Sta- tion. Exper.ments presently under-| way are being conducted by vet- eran agrostologist Bill Hubbard on alfalfa, maize and other graz- ing mixtures. Featured among these is the little word “boron,” which Mr. Hubbard describes as “a trace element essential to plant growth”. ' Boron, he says, 1s as essential as the more widely known fer- tilizers such as nitrogen, phos- phorus and potassium. With the new facilities at his disposal, he is trying to deter- mine the effect of soil tempera- ture on the uptake of this min- eral. For the availability of boron, he says, is definitely related to soil moisture. Soil taken from near the Little Shuswap Lake has been used in the experiments because this has shown boron deficiency symp- toms when alfalfa has been grown. It has been dried, seived and mixed and weighed into one- Local golfers win inter-club match Sunday Williams Lake golfers won their season-opener inter-club tournament with Quesnel on their own course Sunday. Match score was 16-14 for the ‘Lakers. In low score placing, Mel Kahl shot a 75, Frank Latin a 77 and Alf Knull 79. Quesnel low score men were Lloyd Har- per with 78 and Frank Hughes ore were: Kahl and Latin vs. Harper and Hughes 3-0; Knull and R. Carson vs. Chevuns and Fast 3-0; R. Blair and B. Margetts ‘vs. Lazarin and McCabe 2-1; H. Fourt and G. Hutchinson vs. Wayling and Fiest 0-3; H. Robinson and H. ‘Abercrombie’ vs. J. Polichuck ‘and Griffith 0-8; Ross Smith and Jim Arnold vs. Heiborn and E. Brown 3-0; R. Kelt and J. Huck- yale vs. M. Tennant and R. Pow- ell 3-0; W. Giesbrecht and A. Blair vs. J. Tennant and Swush- ul, 0-3; D.-Beath and R. Ly- wood vs. Law and Dunn 2-1. Re Well over 1000 Canadians, most of them civil servants, live gallon crocks; then calibrated by means of pressure membrane ap- paratus before being planted out with vernal alfalfa. Thanks to the growth cham- bers, moisture, lighting and tem- Perature checks can be main- tained on the plants. Once establishment has taken Place the plants will be thinned and when they reach a height of eight inches they will be cut back to two inches, at which point treatment will begin. Soon after the plants begin to blossom—at the 10 per cént blos- som stage—samples will be oven dried and weighed. The material will then be say- ed for boron analysis. The experiments are likely to continue over a period of one year and a half, Mr. Hubbard says. Once the plants have been dealt with in the growth cham- bers, similar experiments will be carried out in cultivated plots of land at the Range Station. Following this the same ex- periments will be carried out under actual range conditions— the crop will be fed to cattle and the results recorded. New Anglican vicar coming ‘in August Change of vicars at St. Peter's Anglican Church has been post- poned from July 1 to August 1. At that time the pulpit of the local church will be taken over by Rev. E. H. Wallace of Fergus, Ontario. Rey. George Fielder, present vicar, has not received his next posting as yet, and his plans at the moment are indefinite. Rev. Wallace is married and has one child. 250 MILLION BY 1975 An estimated combined Can- ade-United States population in 1975 of. 250 million people will mean 60 million more people to feed or about nine million more slaughter cattle to keep beef consumption at somewhere near the present level pr capita, ac- cording to the B.C. Beef Cattle Growers’ Association. Looking back along the trail Continued from Page Two as having convinced fans that “he is of title calibre.” TWENTY YEARS AGO May 18, 1939 According to reports the Cariboo Midas have shut down the mine work and are spend- ing all their efforts on the con- struction of the road dewn to Keithley Creek . . . Williams Lake Stampede committee has been fortunate this year in ob- taining the services cf three famous rodeo showmen. “Red” Jackson, trick roper, “Gay” Fox, rodeo and stampede clown and Joe Antoine, trick rider. These three men are profes- sional entertainers and the Cariboo public wiil be looking forward to some new entertain- ment... The Elks Flag Day, which is held annually for the benefit of the children of the district is fixed this year for the public holiday May 29 It can be seen now in our store and features i: The McClary “ Miracle Oven” Senso-Therm Burner Micro-Lite Pilots McClary Automatic Timer -COOKING IS MADE TRULY EASY ON THE McCLARY Snyder’s Hardware Ltd. FAIRBANKS-MORSE DE LUXE GAS FURNACE The Cabinet is designed and en- gineered for maxi- mum compactness occupying very little floor space. Insulation is of thick spun glass and aluminum foil keeping heat where it is wanted. Controls provide complete automation right in your living recom: The Blower provides warm air in winter and cool air in summer. New Nicola Valley fair cancelled MERRITT — The Nicola Val- ley will not have a fall fair this year. 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