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The Huron Expositor, 1978-09-28, Page 14fa • • Brussels Ontario 887-6883 CO-OP FLUID BLEND FERTILIZER FOR YOUR WHEAT PROGRAM • 4 , — 2 More available, phosphates 3 Time and labour savings • 4 Reduce sdl compaction with flotation applicators 5 No nutrient separation as in dry bulk blends (as illustrated). '6 Uniform distribution of plant nutrients (as illustrated) ' (Ballistic Segregation) tabiliousrosimil Spreader Truck (Coning Segregation) be be self sufficient. farm unfits. The ministry worker said The wanted to keep land units in rural farrn.area,0 large enough to. permit fil.exibility. He Said- . the province was. not re.trieting plot . sizes arbitrarily but rather was trying tO locik at each severance application on its own merit to determine if the results of the severance, leave lots ,t1 at can be farmed.. by an individealor b ight by someone wanting to , scarf w ay someone today can buy a '20 acreplot and ,start farming but, if that lot was 80 or 100 aces he may be able to.' said Fi Manloirirlig;. township. reeve Bill Elston told council that he felt the planning practices had resulted in many famly • farms being elderly farmerS wanting to • sell. land f to ,,,. another farmer and stay 10.0e.titinse and retire. 13.ut said in. manydeaSes the serveranee was turned down and the farMer left with.the option to sell his land and move , off the farm or lease the land and attempt to ' look after the buildings himself. The Morris reeve said .in many cases the Plitrnis were absorbed by • huge ea.S.b. crop operations and the farmland was put under crop by anabsenree landArd. The result, he ' said, was many farms buildings abandoned and left to decay. - Warden Getty Ginn told council he felt (that as long as rural, plannit g Was under the control of the, ministry of housing it is going , to be a "farce”: The .warden said rural ' our cotton ptcxlng tnne, r, Mr. Ginn said ,plainting ,to protect farmland from • lab", developthent pointing out ,that,:t4 provinee has a great deal of land ,ef lesser quality than' fitiron County that could be used for urban development with no threat to the pro'vince's agricultural base. He said hd recently droVe —' to Huron County from Ottawa and "never did'see an y farmland until 1 got within 100 rnilesof Huron ,County." "There's all kinds of places in the. province for this • kind of development (urban)" said Mr. Ginn. • • "Everyone is moving to the country like tommorrow is the last day they can and there is alot of land being wasted," said Mr. Elston. N• under the Ownership of a farme# working a taken ove,r by`huge OperatiOns• and "the, farnkt PWining' is glOttP with . agr4Ityie in Mind , large amount of land, Can be part of-a viable , buildings left to decay. Mr. Elston 'said' an 1.1 gibsY;t4ee'ininre toasting &rib operation but on their own they planners had,. rPfus ed servaerances tO agriculture ATTENTION FARMERS DELAY PLANTING • • Have us custom apply your wheat and ferIllizer with our 'big A' floatdion applicator ••• . • • DRILLys': BROADCAST OF WINTER WHEAT - R.C.A.T. Disk Fert. & Seed Mix Field Fert & • Cultivator Seed., ix• Field Drill Cultivator Land Preparation • Seedihg Sub§equent Method' Incorporation 'Disk -& Harrow s- Field Cultivator. Yield kg. / ha. 1977 1978 rage 5059.1 . 4948.4 500 .7 A 75,2 bu/ 4c! 73.6buiA 74. bu/A 5257.2 5108.1 5182.7 A 78.2 bu/ A 76 bu /A. 77.1 bu/A 5780.4 5225.8 "' 5503.1 A 86.0 BU/A 77.7 bu/ A L-81.8 bu/A COMMENTS: 1) Statistically there is no difference in the.above ytelds. Ridgelown suggests that either grain drill or broadcast with fertilizer will give satisfactory stands and yieldsof wheat. It is necessary to incorporate the wheat with a disc, harrow or cultivator after broadcasting: . .• - • 2) 1.../se p.2 ,bu/.c1/4, see.d.ina,, rate. Loweri yielfls W4-1, gPour with', )payer seeding rate.' . . --- --- ' , . , • ----. , I . 0 com41.. catt."1' HENSALL 262-i527 • DOUG MANN LLOYDWHITESELL , MITCHELL 348.-8433 • TONY BOUW LYLE SINCLAIR GRANTON • .225-2360 RON SQUIRE BILL GOS \ • Attention Farmers ! Corn Season is Here We are ready now for your 1 978 CORN CROP • • - Honest weights 07 1 - Faster Drying -.More Storage Available ' with our new accommodations - We Buy - Sell - Store RYAN PRYING LTD. WALTON, ONT. • 'We now have a phone at the mill • for your. convenience 887.921 • AT THE MATCH — Will Barrie of Galt, dean of %)ntario plowrhen presented a momentO tO astronaUt Neil Armstrong and Mrs. Armstrong' as federal agriculture minister"Eu gene Whelan looks on at the opening luncheon, Tuesday at the IPM. (Expositor Photo) • • • • t. 14 — THE HURON EXPOSITOR , SEPTEMBER 28, 1978 iertil farm news Perth match planned (By Alan W. Scott, Ag, Representative) Perth County. PloWbIg Match 4 ,. ii --••--- - The 1978 Perth County Plowing Match is scheduled for 'Friday and ,Saterday. October 6th ,and 7th at the farm of Warden Rae Bender. The Bender farm is located at Lot 31 Con. 7 of Wallace Township. Fridayleatures a coaching day as well as a 4-H club member competition.The regular competition will follow on 4/1 Saturday. Complet "details can be {Joh n obtained from, Roy lobinson of Atwoodor ) Mc Ka of Stratford. Girls, baiween 16 and 24, interested in, the Queen of the. Furrow Contest arc asked . to contact. Lloyd Morrison, Albert Carson or Jean Reaney. • Dairy Princess, Anyone? . The Milk Committee is interested in hearing from young ladies whO would be interested, in competing for the ,title of ' Perth County Dairy Princess. The competition is scheduled for the evening of ,Wednesdays October5tli, at the AtwOed Community Centre. Further details, can be obtained from Chairman,\George ' Coney- beare, R.R.4, Listowel. . ' Perth Juniors Win at Western Fair ' Perth Juniors made a very impressive showing in competitions at the recent Western Fair. The competitions involved a • dozen counties ,* from South-Western . Ontario. . . Mary Beth' Runstedler of Listowel was the High Senior Judge of the' day and also won the Senior Horse cornpeti tion. Dennis - Hartung of Listowel topped the Senior Beef competitors and Christine 'Aileen of - Stratford won similar honours in the Dairy Seetion. Other winners included, Grant Drost of Mitchell in the Junior Swine competition and Joanne Hard, R.IC.4, Listowel in the Intermediate EThrse Class. In the Demonstration Competition, 'file Milverton 4,-H Veterinarian Club won against five other counties With their tOpic "Safe or Sorry". Members of the winning display were - Joanne Haid, R.R.4, . Listowel; Mary Beth Run,stedler, R.R.4,, List owcl; Bill Dunbar, R.R.1, Newton and Mark Bancroft, R.R.1, Newton. • Specify Construction Standards The Pcrth Federation, of Agriculture ' reminds farmers to make sure 'that Construction specifications arc written down before signing an -order form . or, 'contract for construction work. This advice is' Rarticularly , important if the, quoted estimate seems quite attractive: If there is no written agreement. then the work may not be up to the standard visualized by the owner. There's also a place for misunderstanding if definite , construction points haven't been stipulated and put -down in print. As a turther precaution, it's important to make sure that sub contracts ,have been itaid before settling the entire account-with the main contractor. Haying in October • Callers have been asking'if they can take k cut "43‘f alfalfa in early , October. This practice is perdissible if the feed is needed, if the field usually has a good snow cover and if a 4" to 6" stubble is left on the field...4;ve talked toe several Peed) -Comity farmers who have harvested in' the past, apparently with feWetrimental results. An October hary t is pe'rmisSible because the first 'killing frost will likely follow soon after —the putting. Thus the plant won't be able to regrow and use up root reseryes that ,will be needed over winter, A farmer with plenty of feed' might be advised to leave the stand. Researchers claim that, a good top increasys the soil temperature under the plant and thus aids winter survival. There 'is also no research information that backs up thy" commonly held belief that alfalfa will sniether if it goes into winter with a lot of top. Smothering might be, a problem in an alfalfa field with „eAtaderable grass but it shouldn't be of c`oricern in an alfalfa stand because the ieaves drop off befbre winter. Selling Standing Crop Some estimate Hof yield is necessary. Weighing and moisture testing a load can 'increase 4 the accuracy. of 'this estimate. Charts are also available to relate the weight -of cobs picked fryini a certain row length to hushels per acre. Generally, one ton of 35% dry matter silage is equivalent to 6 1/4 bus. of 15.5% dry matter grain corn. Multiplying the bushels per acre times the going price of dry corn will giVe the value of grain cotri per acre. The lowest price that the owner could take vvolialci ,be the value of the grain minus the cOst of harvesting, drying and transportation 'as he Would •: be able to obtain as much by harveSting the crop himself. At the same time,, a purchaser with his,own machinery, might be willing to pay more than this rock bettor', value. In addition, he might ' be willing to pay 'for value obtained in the stalk if 'the crop'is to be taker) for silage. This• value might be equal in value to the cost of conibining since the stalks and leaves contain up to 50% 'of the feed value of a corn crop. Each situation will vary according to the variation in yield and the needs of the buyer and seller. Further details can be obtained in a, factsheet which is available 'from our Stratford office. Some members of Huron County council) feel that rural planning, designed to protect agricultural land ,from urban, development,. has gone overboard and is tlireatenins small family farmS. • • COuneil met Friday with HarOld Flaming. a .field officer with the food division of the provincial ministry. of agriculture and' food, and got some insight into' the province's philosophy on rural' planning. Flaming explained to council the. reasoning behind the preyince's rural planning decisions and the government's desire to prottfct good farmland in Ontario and yet still give the agricultural community Some flexibility. Mr. Flaming said the province ..eraitted to Prevent farmland; from being fragmented through land severances' to the poirir that individual plots of land are divided .up into tiny parcels that can't support a viable farm operation. He said small parcels, if they 'arc County okays raise for I -mit . Huron County council ratified an 18 month agree- men twith employees in its public health unittgiving stali there a four percent increase effective July .1 , 1978 and, a 6.5 percent increase effective January _I. f974). • Council accepted- the re- cOmmendation 4 its ne- gotiating committee' for salaries for public health inspectors. secretariat and dericpl workers and• the (minty dental assistant.' The increase brings The . starting wage. for public health, inspectors to 513,260, • anInc.re1ase of 4; $510;' and the 4a40 t * ' 04 with five Yati'sr F$16,640, an 'increase .1640. Those wages are effective as of July I, 1978. . • Inspectors will be making $14,118 to start in 1979 and after five years experience will be making ;$17,706 a year. • A senior secretary steno APPLES Pick your own .:Sancy McIntos Apples- OR BUY THEM PICKED BRING YOUR OWN CONTAINERS ALSO Fresh Honey Cider, Potatoes , OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK MaitLSidp Orchqrds. • A . "Pa. and secretary bookkeeper , will be Making$8., 606. to start January .1. 1979 and after filer years will be making a maxim $ 1 0 .920. A secreat arv.- steno and clerk technician will get , $8,112 to start to a maximum •. . $10, 42!) after four years„ and a clerk-tYiSt and dental as- sistant will be making' 7.6,70 to start to a maximum 59.958,- after four yeai•s„ Added responsibilities and qualifications employees have 'will be worth $442 a year Under ht January I contract. A .senior helath inspector, an .empliVec with a plumbing • •• inspection certificate, emplyees iwth bachelor of 5, cience Degree ot a' related equivalent will • be. receiving ,S442 a year. Staff with an-' eravironment .health' administrator certicate will be. receiving - $260 .a year. - .