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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-03-27, Page 10Page 10 Times-Advocate, March 27, 1975 Continue ..form assignments for junior agriculturists It you are seriously interested in agriculture and want to gain some practical experience in the field, the Junior Agriculturalist program operated by the Ontario Custom Cie n ng renting of S ns to Beans r Milling Ltd. 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This is the THE BEST IN FARM MACHINERY 'new rubber ER STALK Dashw Jr of ""1 operation for the popular program. Many participants have gained valuable experience to help them in their choice of future careers or to find gainful employment on farms. Selection for the program is based en the applicant's reason ter being interested in at reolture. and his or her plans ter t'orther education and career, Ati 'orientation session, to be lte:d about mid-June will help 3ppiwants prepare for their farm sta As a junior agriculturalist, young people 16 and 17 years of age are placed on selected commercial farms for a 9-week ivraxi during the summer. They live eAith and participate in the regular activities of the farm families on their farms and in their communities. This year, the on-farm assignment lasts from June 23 to August 23. Each junior agriculturalist will receive a training allowance of $16 per day, based on a 6-day week, Half of this is provided by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food; the host farmer provides $3 in cash per day, as well as room and board worth $5 per day. The junior agriculturalist will be under the direct supervision of the farm operator, taking part in the day-to-day activities on the farm, Hours on a farm can be irregular and sometimes long, depending on the current activity and weather. Those persons interested in the junior agriculturalist program for 1975 should complete the application form available at Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food offices and secondary school guidance offices, TEST DRIVE C. G 236-4934 r J I Cas A Tennec orrpany fPRIN with p IDENTIFYING COYOTES — Township livestock valuators from three counties attended a seminar on iden- tification of coyotes at the Hullett wildlife management area, Monday. From the left are Fred Parkinson, Blanchard; Ross Forrest, Klippen; Roy Bellinger of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Stan Paquette of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food office in Clinton. T-A photo be carried away" added Bellinger. He said coyotes usually weigh from 35 to 50 pounds while wolves weigh as much as 90 pounds. Coyotes may be identified by a hourglass black markon the tail. Bellinger told the group that rabies are not as prevalent in coyotes as in foxes, marked improvements in the carcass index and growthiness of the market hogs by selecting replacement gilts on the basis of test results and by using superior performance tested boars. Herd owners making use of the expanded program will be required to provide an accurate scale, identify gilts, individually before weaning and record their birth dates as well as the iden- tification of both sire and dam. "'t'his expanded Swine Testing Program is another step towards further improving the quality of Ontario hogs which presently enjoy a growing international reputation," Mr. Stewart con- cluded. Farmers interested in having gilts weighed and probed under the swine performance testing program should write for further details to the Live Stock Branch, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture "and Food, Parliament Buildings Toronto M7A 1A5, or contact their local agricultural represen- tative's office. Follow label rate for control of these weeds as well --tt as Wild Oats, Yellow Foxtail, Lady's Thumb, Mustards, Purslane, Red root Pigweed, Volunteer Clovers, Wild Buckwheat, Smartweed, Quackgrass, Canada Thistle, Nutgrass. tRtg:stered Tradernad, Plus, you can substitute liquid fertilizer for water during pre- emergent spraying and feed while you weed. 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And AAtrex Liquid requires only 10 gal/acre for pre- emergent control and 15 gal/acre for post-emergent control. So you can spray more acres per tankful and take less trips to your water 'source. Township livestock evaluators from three counties were told Monday how to tell whether sheep have been killed by coyotes or dogs. The more than 40 evalutors from Huron, Bruce and Perth were told by Roy Bellinger, game and fish enforcement officer for the Wingham district of Natural Resources that coyotes attack sheep around the neck while dogs assault from behind. Bellinger added, "dogs usually chase animals for fun by biting at their heels and are not looking for a meal while a coyote is looking for fresh meat and usually strikes in the throat area of sheep, Bellinger showed slides of sheep which had been attacked by dogs and coyotes. Under new provincial legislation which took effect March 1, farmers with a loss of livestock or poultry by animals of any kind will be reimbursed by the township. If a dog is responsible for killing, compensation is made to the farmer from township funds received through dog taxes. If a coyote is responsible, the farmer still receives his money from the township, but the municipality in return is compensated by the Ontario MiniStry of Agriculture. In the past if valuators decided a coyote was respo)2sible for damages, the farmer contacted the Ministry of Natural Resources. Bellinger said the town0.ip valuator still decides on the value of the livestock or poultry destroyed with the maximum being $100 in the case of sheep. The. Resources official said it was reasonably easy to tell if animals were killed by dogs or coyotes by looking at the herds or flocks. If a coyote was responsible likely only one animal would be ' killed and the balance not disturbed, If dogs were the culprits the balance of the flock would be worried and probably well spread around. While wolves are not known to be in the Wingham district Bellinger said the coyote population was reasonably high. When asked about any programs to cut down on the coyote population he said "No, the markets usually take care of this. The price for a coyote pelt is $20 and they are hunted pretty hard." In the Resources Wingham Built like t 5;11 BIG Tell by method of kill district in 1974, only seven at- tacks on sheep were recorded. This figure has been fairly constant in recent years and does not reflect the great increases in coyote attacks recorded in the Owen Sound district, "I've never seen any poultry attacked by coyotes although that's probably because they can The Ontario swine per- formance testing program under the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food is being expanded to include commercial herds. When the program was initiated in 1967 only purebred breeders were eligible to par- ticipate. In making the an- nouncement, the Honourable William A. Stewart, Minister of Agriculture and Food said: "The expanded program will provide Ontario commercial hog producers enrolled in the program with the necessary accurate performance in- formation to make the selection of superior animals." 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