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Shown above..are from the left, Doug Jamieson of the Centralia College staff who helped with the organization, dairy cattle specialist Harold Clapp, John Core of Ridgetown College; Bob McGee of Wallaceburg, vice-chairman of the Western Ontario dairy committee and chairman Harold Erb of Zurich. T-A photo Plan geological survey to check area resources One of the topics featured at Friday's fourth annual Western Ontario Dairy Cattle day at Centralia's College of Agricultural Technology was that of farm labour. John Core of Ridgetown College stressed that persons working on farms be referred to as farm employees rather than hired men. lie continued, "this may seem like a senseless distinction but to the person employed on your farm it may mean a great deal not to be referred to as the "hired man". In referring to a survey of 44 Ontario dairy farms, he said wages topped. the list of factors considered most important by employees. Core added, "wages top the list, If we are not prepared to pay a competitive wage then we shouldn't be considering a new employee on our farm. It is important that the employee understands the value of such things as housing, milk, meat, etc," In the matter of housing the speaker said, "there is one easy guideline, If your wife wouldn't have been happy living in that house sometime in the past, then it's highly probably your em- ployee's wife is now unhappy and you will soon have an unhappy employee, The third item on the list was hours of work per day, Core said, "You cannot expect your farm worker to work long hours just because you do. It's essential that hours of work be established when the man is hired. Days off and vacations are another im- portant aspect." The speaker listed some of the advantages of a farm job. They were rural environment living; variety in farm tasks; working with living plants and animals instead of bolts and washers; flexibility in working hours; closeness to the job with little time spent in getting to work. Bob Lang, a dairy cattle specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food at London talked about protein. After a lengthy talk, Lang summed up with, "the high cost of protein puts the pressure on the dairyman to get the protein into the right cows. Overfeeding lower producing cows wastes the expensive feed and underfeeding the higher producing wastes potential milk production and loses dollars from the tank." He added, "Tie-stall dairymen have to look closely at their cows production and supplement protein accordingly, 'Dairymen whose cows are in free stalls will have to consider grouping cows and making sure that only those cows that need protein have access to the right amount of protein," Morris farmer 1500th member Ronald Gordon, a Morris township farmer, became the 1500th member of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture in Huron county on Thursday when he signed his membership in a small ceremony on his farm, Mr. Gordon, his wife, son and daughter run a mixed farm on the eighth concession of Morris with beef and dairy cattle and hogs. He has farmed in Morris for 21 years after growing up on his father's farm in Gray township which is still run by his brother Bill. He was sold his niernbeEship by Bill Pullen, RR `21ilyth; "a neigh- bour from just down the road. He said he purchased the mem- bership because he feels it is important for farmers to have a strong voice, Mason Bailey, president of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture and a director of OFA was present for the short ceremony. This summer, during June, July, and August, a geological survey will be made of the area by a field party of the Ontario Division of Mines, Ministry of Natural Resources. Open house at local office The Ausable-Bayfield Con- servation Authority headquar- ters, located on Thames Road West, Exeter, will be officially opened on June 9, 1973. The building formerly owned by Kongskilde Ltd. was purchased in 1972 and the authority took occupancy in July of that year. During the past winter the building has been renovated to suit their purposes. Open House will be from 1 - 5 p.m. with the official' opening ceremonies taking place at 2 p.m. The Minister of Natural Resources, Leo Bernier, the director of this Conservation Authority Branch, Mr. LaTur- nell, federal and provincial members of parliament, and area municipal) councils have been invited to attend the opening, Besides the official ceremonies, the program will include a tour of the buildings, a continuous slide presentation, a tree planting demonstration with the . authority's tree spade, plus other displays and exhibits. Light refreshments will be served. The Ausable-Bayfield Con- servation Authority cordially invites the general public to attend this Open House to learn more about their program and activities in the Ausable-Bayfield watershed. The party, led by Dr, P,F. Karrow, will map the distribution of clay, sand, and gravel over an area of about 400 square miles between St. Marys, Stratford, Mitchell, and Exeter. The study is expected to provide in- formation on mineral resources of sand, gravel, and clay. General background in- formation on the parent materials of agricultural soils, on water supply, and data for planning, and for engineering construction will also be sought, The field party consists of four men: Dr, Karrow, a professor of geology at the University of Waterloo, will be assisted by three geology students from the University of Waterloo, Centralia host to CSAS men The Canadian Society of Animal Science (eastern branch) and the Canadian Society of Rural Extension held a joint convention at Centralia College, Huron Park, recently. Coming from as far away as Nova Scotia, the members en- joyed the welcome hospitality of the College staff. Highlights of the convention included a tour of local livestock farms and a report on the "Huron County Study" being conducted by Professor C.T.M. Hadwen of the University of Guelph, VIIMPOInk University of Western Ontario and University of Windsor. Although most of the work will be conducted along public roads, access to private land is sometimes necessary. Cooperation of landowners in providing this access will be much appreciated by the geologists. Dr. Karrow has been con- ducting such field mapping surveys in southern Ontario since 1958. The area to be studied this summer is just west of the Stratford and Conestogo areas he mapped between 1965 and 1968. Within a year or two government reports and maps will be made available to the public describing the distribution and geological history of the deposits, near Lake Huron are particularly badly infested, but it is evident to lesser extent on wheat in the Exeter area as well. Higher temperatures will delay the virus and new growth will remain green so damage will depend on temperature con- ditions through June. Pat Lynch has the following report on barley. There are several fields of barley in both Perth and Huron counties infected with the organism helminthosporium causing a disease known as "brown rot" of barley. The organism attacks grasses and in this case, barley that is slow to emerge. In fact, any growing condition, such as a low wet spot in the field compacted headlands, or wet cold weather, is conducive to the spread of this organism. It causes the bottom leaves of young barley to have a brownish appearance. Many plants will also have darker spots or "blotches"on the bottom leaves. At this point, there is nothing that can be done to protect the plants. If we have good growing weather, the barley will pull out of this condition — however, there will be a reduction in yield. The amount of reduction will depend upon the growing conditions that we get between now and harvest time. This disease is transmitted by seemingly good seed as well as discoloured, diseased seed, It can be spread by infected stubble. If this disease is present in barley fields this year, barley should not be grown in the same field .next year. The only sure way to prevent occurrence of this disease next year is to treat barley seed with a seed treat- ment such as vitaflo or polyram. Times-Advocate,. .June 7, 1973 ...Page .1$ HARVESTING EQUIPMENT IHC 201 Swather with conditioner IillG.4,74.4,Skoes4404,-*444-eette44404mismi•SOLD OWATONNA NO, 29 Swather with conditioner OWATONNA NO, 80 Swather with 12' platform ALLIS CHALMERS Rake 2- 111C NO. 16 Forage Harvesters with 2 heads INC 350 Harvester with 2 heads (demo) NEW HOLLAND No. 27 Blower KOOLS Blower N. T. MONTEITH EXETER LTD. 235.2121 "The best in service when you need it most!" Corn Oil Agrico 40 Gulf Ralph Genttner Fuels 235-2411 Mitchell Russeldale Ontario Exeter H. R. 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The press release on wheat from Mike Miller is as follows: Currently, most fields of winter -'wheat in Sduth Huron are Showing effects of wheat spindle streak mosaic virus, This yellow- browning discoloration of the leaves is particularly bad on fields which have grown wheat for three or more years out of the past 10. The disease has been favoured by current cool wet conditions and if cool conditions linger into June, all leaves will become yellow and yield reduction of 25 percent can occur. Because the virus likes cool conditions, fields Disease hits crops, adds to farm woes To keep your farm running you depend on your equipment. To keep your. equipment running, depend on your Texaco Farm Distributor. When your equipment runs into overtime, Texaco's fuels and lubricants keep things running smoothly, Your Texaco Farm Distributor delivers top quality products and service you can depend on. WM, McFALLS FUELS Wellington Street Exeter 285.,2840