Clinton News-Record, 1969-11-27, Page 17Corn results out soon.
Farmers considering the,
purchase of their hybrid seed
corn for next Year's crop are
reminded that the Corn Hybrid
Performance Tests for Ontario
are Presently being conducted
and the results will be available
soon.,
ArchieMcLaren, Farm Crops
Division, Ridgetown College of
Agricultural Technology, said
that 139 hybrids are being tested
in 15 centres across Ontario,
Many of the tests are now
complete, and after meetings of
, the Ontario Field Crops
TV show on
Livestock Producers will be
interested in a TV series titled
."Yecding $$$ and Sense" which
win be shown on CKNX —
Channel 8 Dec. 7 to 10.
The first program on Sunday,
Dec. 7, from 12;30 to 1:30 p.m.
will deal with basic information
about kinds of feeds and their
uses. Doug Jamieson, Centralia
College of Agricultural
Technology, and Tom Clapp,
associate agricultural
rep resentative for Huron
County.
Programs Monday and
Tuesday of that week will be on
pig feeding and beef cattle
feec;ing.
Recommendation Committee
and the the Ontario: Corn
Committee, the results will be
made available. The results will
probably be ;available the end
of December,
The hybrids under test have
already been proven worthy of
being licensed for sale, and are
now being examined further for
their relative Perforinance in
Ontario's corn belt. Comparisons
are made of grain moisture at
harvest, stalk breakage, and
yield,
livestock
The final program will feature
cattle feeding with Harold
Clapp, dairy specialist, Ontario
Dept. of Agriculture and ,Food,
University of Guelph. Emphasis
will be on using home-grown
feeds to build livestock rations
for maximum profitability,
The series is co-sponsored by
the Dept. of Agriculture and
Food which will hold follow-up
information sessions on livestock
feeding in this area.
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Kenneth G. Flett of Clinton, manage,' of the l3ank of Montreal
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McGregor, president of the Huron Unit of the Canadian
Cancer Society, honouring him for serving seven years as
treasurer of the unit. — Staff Photo.
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In one of his first statements
as president of the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture,
Gordon L. Hill of Varna said
that "for farmers there is no
power without unity." The
statement was mailed to farmers
this week.
Mr. Hill stressed that the
OFA "must assume the
offensive, decide what policies
farmers want, then stand firm
for them and work diligently to
have them implemented."
Protect farm
from drifting
As winter approaches,
farmers will again be plagued by
heavy snow drifts unless
precautions are taken now to
keep entrances, access areas and
other vulnerable farm spots
protected.
This is the warning of Jack
Underwood of the Centralia
College of Agricultural
Technology, a branch of the
Ontario Department of
Agriculture and Food. Mr.
Underwood has been engaged in
tests to determine the best
methods of snow and wind
control, and believes that proper
placement of fencing is one way
to deal with these problems,,,,..rj
Because difficulties;; come,„
from drifting rather than falling
snow, fences should always be
placed upwind from the problem
area, and should be located at a
minimum distance 10 times that
of the fence height away from
whatever needs protecting. A
fence 4 feet high, for example,
would be constructed 40 feet
away from the specific area that
needed it.
Tests in Russia and Canada
have Shown that if this
protection is insufficient,
building, a second fence is better
than increasing the height of the
first. The second should be the
same height as the first, and
should be placed further back
from the original structure. This
type of construction catches
more snow than will a single
fence built to double its original
height.
Slatted snow fencing like that
used by the Department of
Highways, available from
co-operative and lumber stores,
is the best material for this job.
Fifty percent of the fence is
open, with the slats set about 11/4
to 11/2 inches apart. Construction
is easy and will require no
'specialist help.
Wind fences are more solid,
being only 20% open. The
placement varies with the area to
be protected. Mr. Underwood
noted that the best windbreaks
were still trees — evergreens,
scotch and white pines and so
on. Those considering planting
trees will be able to use the
fencing until the trees are
mature enough to do the job.
Farmers requiring more
details about wind and snow
protection should contact their
county agricultural office.
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He went on to point out that
"meetings will be set up with
county groups and
representatives of service
members."
"We must ensure that we are
working to help them in the way
they feel they need help," he
emphasized.
The new federation leader
called for: the service member
program to be "improved,
changed and expanded to fit the
varied needs of farmers" and for
the existing relationships
"between direct members,
county or township
organizations and the OFA" to
be improved.
Mr. Hill said that if the
federation is "to provide the
services that the commodity
groups, counties and individual
members need they must offer
ideas and proposals."
"They must explain what
service they require and how we
can best provide them," he
added.
The OFA president closed off
his statement by saying that the
federation must: provide the
necessary services as
professionally and economically
as possible; help to co-ordinate
the activities of marketing
boards where they have common
needs and help through service
memberships and county
organizations to improve the
corm, iiiiiiiekfctiik:to both "farmers. -"
and"their inikkking boards.
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