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THE TIMES -ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY ',MORNING, AUGUST II, 1955
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ver 300 Built In. Area Watershe.
Farm »ends, promoted by the
Ausable River 'Oonservatiou Anth-
ority, have saved hundreds of
fanners fuei)). drought disaster
this Email:tier.
Meny freely admit they would
have had to diunp their livestock
onto the luarket because of lack
of water if it hadn't been for
their ponds,
H. G. Hooke, secretary:fielci-
mail of the Authority, reports
Ponds throughout the watershed
had held up "remarkably well"
despite the drought. .Although the
streams that fed them have, long -
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" **air *fr. air air 4,6 eci. pors ma
agrleulturat o calico s
trievIng d'esadiatit flitotich Cholillarry
lie iiiiii lila 'al lair Ili lir Ail'. •
since dried up, only a few on40
are dry.
Typical of the owners who are
enthusiastic .about their ponds is
Howard Kerslake, one mile south
•Of Exeter on No. 4 highwaY, who
has two small reservoirs, both
of what are still over half full..
"We were always short of water
before we !built the pOnds," Says
Mr. Kerslake. "Now we are able
to water 30 cattle, 50 pigs and
have plenty for hoesehold use
as well, even during •a dry sum-
marlike this one."
If he had to rely on his well,
he would !have *sold his stock
long ago. Earlier this slimmer,
when the 'pond pump broke down,
the well went dry within two
weeks of steady pumping.
Many other farmers report the
same story. Usberne Councillor
Harold Jeffery claims he couldn't
have •kept livestock this slimmer
if it diad not had a farm po7u.d.
Over 300 In Watershed
• Nearly 30 ponds have been
built in •the watershed since the
Authority began its program two
years agO. Besides providing free
engineering *advice, the adthority
pays one-quarter •of the cost •up
to a *total of $50.
More ponds have been con-
structed lin the Ansable watershed
than in all of the other river
valleys in Gnarl° put together.
'C. P. Corbett, *of Lucan, the
authority engineer who •suppged
all the technical advice for con-
striiction of the dams, said only
two of the 300 ponds in the
watershed !have played out.
Although the ponds average
only about 130x100, in size, their
cdinlyined reservoir facility be-
cOmes an impressive •conservation
figure: In 1950, Victor Fuller,
then •chairman ;of the Authority,
wrote: "The building of a farm
pond is one of the moat effective
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Huron County
Crop Report.
• By H. R. BAKER
Light rain fell in some sections
of the county this week, yet in
other sections it is still badly
needed.
The harvesting of grain is
nearly completed in all parts of
the county and reports indicate
that early grain gave excellent
yields and late oats considiarably
less due to the dry weather. con-
ditions.
In the south end a the county,
'white beans and . corn are still
suffering from drought condi-
tions. •
Fractures Arm
While disconnecting a thresh-
ing *machine to move it Irom !the
barn of his son4n-law, John Mc-
Allister, 3rd concession of Us-
bornt, ilfr. Cecil .Skinner, of town
lost his balance when • a rope
broke. His left arm wah !frac-
tured in two places just above the
'wrist. The fracture was reduced
by Dr. R. W. Read‘at South Hur-
on 'hospital.
• Comments About .•
Crediton.
By MRS. J. WOODALL
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Pastor Commencee Duties
!Bev. Al Rapcitot,$riew pastor 'Of
the Main, Street Incited Chureh,
Exeter, and Credit6n •and Ship-
ka, United Churches, commenced
his duties on Sunday with service
in Crediton at 9:45,,Nt.m. Reit.
Rapson was formerly *minister at
Kirirton 'United Church.
Addresses .Sunday School
/Robert Hayward gave an inter-
esting talk during the !Sunday
School period in the United
Church. He based his remarks on
a trip he had taken to San Fran-
cisco, Honolulu, Shanghai, Cheng-
tu and many other points.
PerSonal Items
Rev. and Mrs, H. Hagelstein,
of North Hanillton, visited last
week with Mr. and Mrs, Garnet
Hill .
'Mr. William Armstrong of the
Bank of Montreal staff, with Mrs.
Armstrong and daughter,
holidaying at Vinland Falls. ,
Messrs. Harry and Maurice
Ilirtzel attended a thoroughbred
show and sale of cattle at Regina
on Friday.
Mr, Den Hendrick attended the
/Youth camp at lOoderich last
vieek.
!Mr. and Mrs. M. titter, New-
ark, spent a few days last We
with Mr. and Mrs. IL Fahrner.
Mr. and Mrs. EdWard Schenk
and daughters, Julie and Kathy,
61 Ancestor are holidaying at
the home of Mr. •and Mrs. E.
$elMiern.kand.MrS. Ito Iforloek and
tinnily spent several days in
Peterborough this Week.
Mr, end WS. l9. Wenzel spent
the Weekend at Wallace.
Mr. and Mrs. John tishdp and
Sharon are visiting With friends
ttt Lexington,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Geiser
and Mrs. Ed Hendriek attended
the funeral Of Wesley Fink-
beinet in Detroit On Thursday.
Miss touted°. Finkbeiner is a
patient itt St. joseph'il Hospital,
LOnclon, having Undergone an
operation last Week.
Mr. Herbert Young IS confined
to St. ,Tosegh's lionital, tendert,
and Was. operated 'anon oh 1/1011'
day.
1Vir. and Mrs. W. ;Currie, daugh-
ter and son-in-law, f_Sedwaing,
Mich., Visited friends In town on
Monday.
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FARM PONDS SOLVE WATER PROBLEM ---Conservation officials 'term "remarkable"
the way ponds in the Ausable -watershed have held up under the serious summer drought.
Farmers say they would have had to sell their livestock because of the shortage of water if
they hadn't had ponds to implement their supply, Pond -above is On the Howard Kerslake
farm, south of Exeter. Aksable Authority Seeretary-fieldman Hal G, Hooke and Mr. Kers-
lake's son, Jim, inspect the inlet pipe to the pond,4whieh is fed by a near -by stream. As in
many cases, the stream has been dry for months but the pond has held.up well. —T -A Photo
waYs in which the termer or
other rural *landowner ,ca,n *assist
in aur -conservation program. No
single effort can be more useful
or developed more *quickly than
a small lady of water *of this
type."
Farm ponds provide- more than
a reservoir for 'livestock .use Or
for 'water *conservation, 'however.
They are important in fire pro-
tection and recreation.
May. Save Buildings'
Now that fire fighting 'trucks
have pumps to draw water thous4
ands of feet, ponds ,can make the
difference between a lost or saved
farm 'building. The !Kerslake
ponds, for example, could pro-
vide waterato fight fires on three
farms in the area. leo brigade
would have to sit idly by for
lack of water as happens in many
rural fires.
.*Many *farmers have installed
po-nds principally for fire pro-
tection. Mr. Corbett reported that
afer one' serious fire in 'McGil-
livray township, *six farmers on
the same line asked for assist-
ance in construction of ponds.
'It has been reported that in-
surance companies are consider-
ing lowering rates for farmers
who *have ponds.
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Mr. -Corbett emphasized that
ponds for fire protection must
be dug in a spot which the fire
truck can reach in summer and
winter.
One of the Kerslake ponds also
demonstrates the recreational val-
ue of these small bodies of water.
The family has its own "summer
resort" right in its own back-
yard -and lit hardly *cost a cent.
The pond is built beside sev-,
eral large maple trees which pro-
vide cool shade. An old colony
house has been fixed up for a
bathhouse. There's a picnic table,
diving iboard and. raft to com-
plete the facilities.
In the wintertime, the children
use the pond surfaces to *skate
on.
Most In :McGillivray
'Eighty-three of the ponds have
been constructed in McGillivray
township which has more than
any other 'municipality in the
watershed. Williams East has 55,
Biddulph 51.
The others have.: Adelaide 9,
Blanshard 6, Bosanquet 19, Hay
3, Hibbert 1, Lobo 19, London g,
Stephen 29, Tuckersmith 1, Us -
borne 34, Williams West 16.
• Eighty percent of the ponds in
the Ausable watershed are dug -
oats. This type is built in a der
pressional area and receives its
water supply from 'the ground
water down to which it is dug.
It is the cheapest pond for a, farm-
er to' build and is well adapted
ho pasture land providing the
correct .site can be found.
The spring -led pond is !the most
satisfactory but these are scarce
in the watershed because there
aren't many springs. Charles Cor -
belt 'has one on. his farm near
Brinsley.
The Kerslake'pond is one of
the better examples of by-pass,
Ponds. This type is 'built close to,
but not on, a stream and the
water is by-passed through a pipe
from the stream to the pond. This
type has the advantage over some
'others in that there is no danger
of the pond filling up with silt.
An unusual innovatiOn of this
ty,pe Is %the pond which Is built
beside a large land drain. The
feeder pipe is attached to *the
bottom of the drain.
The Ausable has three perman-
ent stream ponds -built in the
channel by erecting a concrete
or earth dam to form a reservoir
Rev. P. N. Daynard. -at Staffa has
one -of this type and the Blatch-
ford fartn near Rock -Glenn has
a large -one.
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