Clinton News-Record, 1967-08-10, Page 7MM
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SHUR-GAIN
ON THE FARM FRONT
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anadian Farmer Efficient
WJ?-. ■;
ut Politically Powerless
By JR, J, Childerhose
he! Canadian farmer is a
igned man, He feels soc-
ly put down and politically -
erless. He is both,
rban society considers him
peasant, an ingrate; a gou-
r of the public purse, He
pone of these things but -
e the Indians, the aged and
slum-poor - he is given
person status.
We wish he would disappear
quietly as do. these others,
will not. Instead, he pro-
ts'. Marches, on the Legis-
e, marches on Parliament
r Tractor parades and
lets to the government.
The farmer is bewildered,
does not understand. Why,
ask's1 over and over, should
da enjoy the cheapest food
the industrialized world and
se who produce it llye in
veriy?
For it is fact that the Can-
in, farmer is the most ef
it in the owrld. The Rus-
and U.S, farmer lag be-
the, decade 1957-66 the
idian farmer increased his
d production by 44 per cent
ssia increased by 30 per
t, the U.S.A, by 13 per cent,
the farmer wants economic
•ity with the urban worker,
is nowhere close to get-
git.
according to the 1961 cen-
78 per cent of all com-
rcial farms in Canada bring
ir owners less than $2,000
year. Only 12 per cent
e farm income of more than
will be closed for
holidays from.
inclusive
or oxygen, acetylene, or
elding' supplies, contact
Tom Fletcher,
phone 482-9423
$3,000 while only 5,32 per cent
make more than $5,000.
Back ip. 1946 a young vet
eran starting out could hope
to make a living on the farm
with a capital investment of
$30,000 Today - to realize
a $5,000 per year income -
it takes between $100,000 to
$150,000,
According to c. w. Gib-
bfngs, president' of the Saskat
chewan Wheat pool, farm in-
dex prices rose only 15 per
cent in the years 1949-66. But
the index of items entering in-
to farm costs climbed 169 per
cent.
These costs now eat,up 80
per cent of a farmer’s gross
sales. To earn that magic
$5,0Q0. he must sell $25,000
worth of produce,
The farmer is caught in a
vicious cost-price squeeze.
Only by fantastic gains in
farm productivity has he been
able to keep unit production
costs within some reasonable
range of selling prices.
But the limit has now been
reached. The farmer has gone
about as far as he can in sub
sidizing the rest of the country.
Should the country now start
subsidizing the farmer? Most
farmers say no.
They can see that although
price support provides some
benefit to low-income farmers,
these will benefit much less
than other farm groups.
For instance, a government
subsidy of $1 per hog will pro
vide a man with 100 hogs a
maximum annual subsidy of
$100.
Further, the high cost of
price support programs makes
it difficult *to obtain sufficient
finance for other, possibly more
important, measures.
If we agree that subsidies are
not the long-term solution, we
must remember that our far.
mers are competing for world
markets against farmers who
are subsidized.
In the U.K. 68 per cent of
net farm income is in the
form of government subsidies.
In the U.S.A, it is 39..G per
cent.
Canadian farmers realize
less than three per cent of
income from government sub-
sidy.
^.^he r. other, rneasure. to re- ' iieve the' squeeze might appear
* to bV higher food prices.-feut
this would only invite a great-
er flood of subsidized foodstuffs
from abroad.
The New Democratic Party
has charged that both farmers
and consumers are being ex-
This is to advise citizens of Clinton and vicinity that the
Clinton Cemetery Board has adopted the following sched*
ule of hours for persons wishing to visit the cemetery for
the purpose of inspecting plots or decorating the same.
During the interval May 1 - Sept. 30 the
gates will be open Monday to Friday, 8
a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and
Holidays, 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Signed, J, D, Thorndike,
Chairman, Clinton Cemetery Board.
FARM SERVICE CENTRE
FOR COMPLETE FARM EQUIPMENT
SALES * INSTALLATION * SERVICE
CLEARANCE SALE
OF CHAIN SAWS
NEW SAWS 10% OFF
1—No. 450 Pioneer 20" Cut,
1—No. 15-20 Pioneer, 24" Cut
1—Holiday Pioneer, 16" Cut,
1—No, 177 Canadian, 18" Cut
1— No, 177 Canadien, 20" Cut.
RECONDITIONED USED SAWS
2— -No. 620 Pioneer (Extra Good),
1—-Bolens New Chain.
1—-No. 177 Canadien Demonstrator.
1—2 MG Mall, Good For Parts.
SALE ENDS SEPT. 2,1967
ROBT. GLEN
PIONEER SAWS
CLIHfGN
PERRENIALS EXPERTS
plowed by the food processing,
packaging and distributing com- •
panies.
In a January 1966 statement
the NDP said profits of food
processing companies jumped
43 per cent betweep 1961 and
1965, . 1
Be that as it mighty it is
apparent that our farm produc
tivity now outstrips demand.
The solution being advocated
is to vacate the land. Fewer
farmers sharing more of the
pie is the argument.
This is an economic approach
to a sociological problem. Most
farmers do not wish to leave
their land. Especially for the
uncertainties and shortcomings
of urban life,
Like it or not, the farmer
is being told by society that his
presence in the countryside is
not wanted.
The sad part ip that the’ ,
forced migration of the farmers
to the cities is a mistake.
For those without marketable
skills - (60 per cent of Can-
adian farmers have never at
tended high school) - it is a
case of transforming a rural
poverty problem into an urban
unemployment problem.
As sociologist Paul Goodman
puts it: “If the cheapest ur-
a
ban public housing costs $20,000
a unit to build, and every city
has a housing shortage, would
it not be better to give far
mers $1,000 a year for 20
years, just for rent, to stay
home and drink their own
water?”
The growth of megalopolis, -
Montreal, Toronto and Vancou
ver - is not inevitable as we
are led to believe. Our vaunt
ed technology could as easily
produce rural affluence or a
co-operative society of farmers
and consumers.
This is the tragedy of our
present policy. We are denud.
ing the farms to swell the city
population. The problems of
of places like New York, Chi
cago and Los Angeles should
be a lesson to us,-but we ig-
nore the facts.
’ We need the countryside. And
the only people who can pre.
serve the countryside - for
conservation, recreation, and
food for the cities — are the
people who live there.
By 1975, according to the
■: United Nations Food and Agri
culture Organization, the world
will be in the grip of a fam
ine more terrible than a nu-
clear war.
By then population growth will
have exceeded the world’s agri
cultural abilities. There is no
known scientific means of either
increasing the world’s food sup
ply or of decreasing the rate
of population explosion soon en
ough to avoid catastrophe.
India in 1967 is a preview of
Latin America, Africa andAsia
in 1975.
Perennials may be grown
from seed in flats or frames or
open ground, if they are sown
before the end of August, say
horticulturists with the Ontario
Department of Agriculture and
Fgod,
A good sp|l mature for flats
or boxes consists of seven parts
loam, three parts peat, and two
parts sand: add about 2 ounces
of superphospate to a bushel
of the mixture.
Where the seeds are to be
sown in the open, work the
soil up and rake to fine tilth.
•If the soil js hepvy, dig in
some good organic matter such
as peat moss or compost.
Sow the seeds in rows and
lightly coyer with soil, Small
seeds should be just covered
with fine soil while larger
types should not be more than
one-half inch deep.
After sowing, water the beds
With a fine spray, taking care
not to wash off the soil cover
ing the seeds. The bed should
be shaded until the seeds ger- •
minate, and light shading might
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be continued for a time after
germination until the seedlings
become established,
Seeds sown put-of doors in
beds at this time of the year
should not be transplanted until
next spring,
ZERO TILLAGE
FOR SOYBEANS
Zero tillage soybean recom
mendations could be out in three
years, says Professor G. W.
Anderson Q,A,C,
Soybeans complement corn
as a protein feed supplement.
If the same zero tillage plant.
er can be used for both crops,
a farmer could reduce his mach
inery cosfa considerably. The
problem this year is that the
available corn planters can only
be narrowed from 30 to 20
inches. Zero tillage soybeans
must be sown in 7 - to 14 —
inch rows. The Ontario Agri
cultural College overcame this
problem by modifying the corn
planter, using two tool bars.
Establishment and weed con
trol could hinder the success
of Professor Anderson’s
periment this summer, . . .
To determine how to estab
lish soybeans, he is tasting
out the following seedbed pre
parations. on parley stubble;
’ plowed and disked Jn the Dll;
no spring tillage; disked In
the fail; no spring tillage; no
tillage thll spring plowed
in the fall and worked in the
spring (standard metho#.
For weed control, plots in
fested with quackgrass have
beep sprayed'with two pounds
of amitroP-T per acre- Bread
leaf weeds and many of the,
grasses have been with
I 1/2? pounds active, per acre
of linuron shortly after plant
ing, Professor Anderson’s re-
search is giving him a chance
to check out what could be
a new trend in weed control,"
He suspects that less annual
seed, weeds infest unworked
land, and less perennial weeds,
grown on plowed land. If this fa
a fact, new herbicide treatments
will have to be designed far the'
new trend in zero tillage farm
ing. .. i; ..
Two girls on their first roller skating outingare picture material
at any time - but two Clinton girls on their first roller skating
• outing on the opening night of the new roller rink at Clinton
Community Centre are a must to catch on film. Suzanne Pugh
(left) and Liz Bartliff were only two of 99 youngsters who rented
skates last Thursday evening and took to wheels. Rec director
Doug Andrews had just 100 pairs of skates on hand for rent and
was particularly relieved when several kids brought their own
skates to the centre. The enthusiasm shown on opening night
and since then just proves that Clinton youg people are willing -
to pay modest prices for fun-type entertainment.
to 22,000 and irrigated the yield
' was 177 bushels.
Lysimeters are being used to
measure exactly how much
water is used by the crop.
Between June 1 and August 31
corn grown with 13,000 plants
per acre used about nine
inches of water. With 17,000
plants per acre, ,water use
increased to 10 inches and with
19,600 plants 11 inches was used.
With the higher rates of plant
ing more water is used, but it
is used more efficiently so that
higher yields are usually ob.
tained. In very dry years
lower planting rates may be
desirable unless irrigation
water is added.
Of Growing Com
Growing corn uses from 10
to 20 tons of water from each
acre of land every day of the
growing season, says the Can.
ada Department of Agriculture.
Because corn is a deep-root
ed crop it is able to absorb
water from a larger volume of
soil than shallow-rooted crops.
However, during long .dry
periods the supply of water
stored in the rootzonebecomes
exhausted and applications of ir-
rigation water will increase
yields.
Experiments conducted at the
Research Station, Harrow, by
Dr. J. M. Fulton, showed that
• - the soil can store -enough-water
to last the crop 18 days. After
that about 3 1/2 inches of ir-
rigation water, or rainfall, is
needed to refill the soil mois
ture reservoir.
In some years at Harrow
there is not sufficient rain to
keep the soil wet enough to pro
duce maximum corn yields.
In 1965 a crop grown with
16,000 plants per acre produced
111 bushels of shelled corn with
no irrigation water and 149 bus
hels with irrigation water,
Where the number of corn
plants .per acre was increased
Cutting grass seems like a
harmless task, but too often
power mowers throw up small
stones which can damage the
’ eye. The Canadian National In.
stitute for the Blind warns
everyone to guard against ac
cidental eye injury this
summer.
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CLINTON482*3484
ATTENTION FARMERS
SHUR-GAIN FEED SERVICE
EXPANDS IN HURON COUNTY
FLEMING FEED MILL LTD.
GRAND OPENING
Wednesday, August 16th
This modern, streamlined mill is
site adjacent to No. 4 highway at
nearing completion on a
the south end of Clinton.
It has been designed to manufacture bulk ahjST piloted feeds
to the highest quality, texture and formulation specifications
possible.
BILL FLEMING
Owner—Manager
PLAN NOW TO ATTEND THE OPEN HOUSE
CELEBRATIONS AT THE NEW MILL
AUGUST 16th, 7:30 PM.
REFRESHMENTS PRIZES ENTERTAINMENT