Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-06-10, Page 20SEE US fOr an excellent selection of gifts guaranteed to please FATHER Shop Now FATHER'S DAY is Sun., June 20 r ,Carn,p1sett Jeweller Exeter Rand McNally Road Atlas and Travel Guide From now until June 30th all qualified farmer/tractor users will receive a free Rand McNally Road Atlas when they stop in to look over our Good'n Hot Summer Values on Case 43-80 HP tractors. Only a limited supply available. so fill out this coupon and come on over today! INNS 1,•=110 111 Man 1.11.1. WIN 11•IM 1111.1111 NM MIMI 111111=1 /NMI MEM MIN am C. G. Farm Supply Ltd. Zurich, Ont. 236-4934 FIELD PROVEN BY ONTARIO FARMERS FOR 9 YEARS. TOP QUALITY TWINE THE 2549 LINER * 10,000 ft. 40 lb. gross per bale • 100% pure sisalana fibre from Brazil • 300 Ib. average tensile strength • 135 lb. average knot strength 12" BALE HOOK 5625 ea, Make your moving chores easier. Strong steel hook with comfort- able and sturdy wooden handle. Great for moving bales of hay or other heavy objects . 590.122 HENSALL DISTRICT CO-OP Zurich Herman Brucefield One of the worst disease scourges to affect the cattle in- dustry for generations is. Brucellosis, or as it is more com- monly known — contagious abor- tion, In years past it was the virtual cause of bankruptcy for many cattle breeders, In the early '50's petitions were circulated re- questing compulsory calfhood vaccination. As a result the Brucellosis Control Act was passed in 1953 permitting 248 On- tario townships to pass by-laws for compulsory calfhood vac- cination . In 1956 a province wide compulsory vaccination program was launched under the Brucellosis Control Act. Under this program about 400,000 female calves were vaccinated in Ontario. By 1964, the province had been declared Certified under the federal Brucellosis Control Area Plan. For an area to be so cer- tified blood test results had to show that not more than 5% of the herds were infected and not more than 1% of the total cattle were infected. The passing of the Brucellosis Act, 1965, resulted in the ter- Exeter Roofing AND SHEET METAL CO. LTD. * Shingles * Flat Decks A Good Job From A Good Company OUR WORK IS GUARANTEED 0.!• Member of Canadian & Ontario Roofing Associations FREE ESTIMATES 265 Thames Road E. 2351557 Exeter Best Interest 3140116 We represent many Trust Companies, We are often able to arrange for the highest interest being offered on Guaranteed Investment Certificates. * Subject to change f/WFP 411Ih Gaiser-Kneale Insurance Agency Inc. Exeter Grand Bend Office Office 235-2420 238-8484 Model 444 with mower SALE PRICE $2 100 Model 446 SALE PRICE $2300 FATHER'S DAY SALE III 1,I t4 I mo 6,7 „,„ noon, \Iihr.‘1.1,1\ 1 _ 0,0011,00.1 ,41 • ." 1111111, ,1111111 1'11 II 11.4161 kirfr / Financing Available , • ' Put the fun back in Dad's lawn care chores with a gift he'll enjoy all year long. FATHERS DAY SPECIAL Plus, there are 8 other models to choose from, each built with the rugged dependability and people-engineered exclusives that make Case Compact tractors the pride of the neighborhood. See us today! Your Dad will be proud of you. immiminsimmimaimmoi C.G. Farm Supply Ltd' ESE ZURICH,236 4934 NFU president comments on income legislation Composting is a clean and economical means by which families can reduce their output of garbage, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment said recently. In keeping with its Waste Management Program aimed at reducing, recovering, recycling and reusing the amounts of waste generated in Ontario, Environment Ontario is en- couraging householders to become active in composing. To assist interested people. the Ministry has produced a fact sheet on how to compost. It is available from any Ministry regional office or from the in- formation services branch, 135 St. Clair Ave., W., Toronto. Ontario. The humus material from a compost heap has long been accepted as a soil additive and mulching agent which can be produced inexpensively in one's backyard. For the average person, con- struction of a homemade corn- poster is quite easy and inex- pensive. Instructions are in- cluded in the Ministry's fact sheet. In addition, several commercial rotocropping and composting systems are available. With ailittle time and effort, and a minimum of expense, one can recover tangible benefits from organic' household waste in Name Address I City compost and in so doing, reduce, at least in part, some of the. province's garbage problems. Today, approximately eight million tons of solid waste is generated in Ontario each year. About 40 percent of this quantity results from organic kitchen and yard waste. Top boar from Arkona Mr. Jack Nethercott, RR 1 Arkona had the highest indexing Yorkshire boar in a recent test at the ROP Swine Test Station, New Hamburg. The boar had 0.44 inches backfat, a daily gain of 2.08 lbs, feed conversion of 255 lbs for a combined index of 133. The boar was 135 days of age at 200 lbs and had a loin area of 5.01 square in- ches. The performance index of each group is always 100 and indices of individual boars can range from over 140 to below 60, Only those boars with a performance index of 100 or higher and which are approved by a culling com- mittee for physical soundness are offered for sale at monthly sales. Boars from this test will be sold at the Pork Congress in Stratford on June 15. The Ministry offers these helpful hints which families can follow to curb this drain on our resources: --- Be selective when shopping. Choose carefully. Remember that consumers pay for the packaging and through taxes, to dispose of the excess packaging. Buy carbonated soft drinks in returnable containers. Try to reuse, repair, and recycle wherever possible. — Separate newspapers, magazines, cans and bottles for recycling. With these components removed, the remaining kitchen and garden wastes are ideal ingredients for a compost heap. Tree planting has benefits Tree-planting programs in semi-arid regions of the world would have tremendous, long- term payoffs in terms of jobs, food resources and improved soil and climate, the Canadian International Development Agency said recently. "The challenge is to convince other donors as well as recipient governments to invest in projects which will start to produce revenue only 10-12 years lager," CIDA said in one of a series of new Sectoral Guidelines for Canada's international development program. The Guidelines are part of the follow- up to Canada's Strategy for International Development Cooperation, 1975-80 made public September 2, 1975. "There are about 1,200,000,000 hectares of unproductive land in the semi-arid regions of the developing world which have supported forest cover within recorded history Afforestation of these areas would improve the micro-climate and the water regime, rebuild the soil, provide shelter for game, and vast new sources of energy, building material, food and feed," it is stated in the Guidelines, —Phis work could be achieved with largely unskilled and semi- skilled labor and requirements for equipment are modest. Much of the equipment is simple and can he built locally. Employment opportunities are enormous." Initial costs incurred in establishing the plantation would be recovered from the sale of forest products after the first 12 years. The capital could then serve as a revolving fund to continue the afforestation program. (The following article continues a series on Workmen's Compensation in the province of Ontario.) All persons working full or part-time for wages in the agricultural industry in Ontario are fully covered by the province's Workmen's Compen- sation program. The Workmen's Compensation Act requires the farm operator, whether he owns the land on which the farming operation is carried or leases it, to pay for such coverage through an annual assessment based on his payroll for part-time as well as full-time employees. The farm operator himself, the employer in this instance, is not automatically covered, but he may arrange coverage for himself by personal application to the Ontario Workmen's Compensation Board. It should be stressed here that members of the farm operator's family who assist in working the farm are also not automatically covered, even though the operator has personal coverage. unless they are actually paid wages, again either part or full- time, which are shown on the an- nual payroll for the operation. In the case of children or wards of the farm operator, coverage is provided by paying them wages shown on the annual payroll. The farm operator's wife may be covered if personal coverage for her is requested. She is not protected in the same manner as a worker on the payroll. Once Workmen's Compensa- tion coverage is in force it applies to all types of work in the farm. Also included is work which a farm operator arranges that either he, his employees or members of his family to whom he pays wages undertake to provide assistance to a neighbor- ing farmer. The farm operator who has not arranged for personal coverage urination of compulsory calfhood vaccination on December 31, 1965. From 1969 to 1973 it appeared as if the incidence of Brucellosis was remaining fairly constant based on 211 reactors slaughtered in 1969 and 209 in 1972. However in 1973 Federal Health of Animals officials ran into seveal severe abortion out- breaks in Eastern Ontario, At the end of 1973 there were 48 herds under quarantine with 1038 reactors removed for slaughter. By September 30, 1974, there were 337 herds under quarantine with 3168 cattle removed. Ob- viously it would only be a matter of time until outbreaks occurred in other parts of the province. While the federal authorities urged the clean-up of the disease through the test and slaughter method, the provincial Ministry of Agriculture and Food urged continued voluntary calfhood vaccination at 3 to 6 months of age. Usually calves vaccinated at that age would not carry over the vaccination effects to test positive at maturity. It may well be that cattle breeders interested in certain export markets might prefer not to vaccinate in case export sales opportunities were lost. However, such a decision would have to be weighed against the for work on his own farm would not, obviously, be covered while providing assistance, to a neighbor, unless he were paid wages for the work and these were shown on the neighboring farmer's annual payroll. Board and lodging provided for children or wards of the farm operator who are of school age cannot be included as wages, since the operator would have a duty to furnish such food and shelter whether they work on the farm or not. The extent of Workmen's Compensation coverage on farm operations is identical with that for other industries and businesses throughout the province. The farm operator is the party responsible for repor- ting all accidents resulting in compensible injury. As in all other situations, reports on ac- cidents should be filed promptly and in the required detail so that claims may be processed swiftly and the assistance to which the injured party is entitled provided without delay. By DENISE FLETCHER Mr. & Mrs. Freeman Horne attended the 86th birthday party for Mrs. Harry Ford in Kirkton Sunday. Larry Lynn, Jim Lynn, Jim Fletcher and Doug Fletcher attended the Indianapolis 500 motor-race this past weekend. Mr. & Mrs. Elywn Kerslake attended the wedding an- niversary at Grand Bend for Mr. & Mrs. Emerson Penhale on Thursday. Mrs. Jack Ryan of England is visiting with Mr. & Mrs. Mike Winhow, Chorine and Craig. possible disastrous losses that can occur in an unvaccinated herd - to say nothing of the health hazard to humans -through un- dulant fever. Pasteurization of raw milk provides assurance that the dis- ease cannot be transmitted to humans from that source. But for those looking after a brucellosis infected herd, in- cluding veterinarians, the risk of infection is always present. In this day of high cost produc- tion I doubt if any cattle breeder can afford to take the risk of not vaccinating all female calves in- tended for breeding at the ap- propriate age of 3 to 6 months, Not vaccinating is a bit like run- ning the risk of no wind or fire in- surance on farm buildings, There may be some farmers who can afford to take the chance, but the vast majority would feel very nervous carrying such a risk hazard. At this time of the year, with many female calves at the ap- propriate age for vaccination against one of the worst cattle diseases, surely it makes com- mon sense to contact your local veterinarian to arrange for vac- cinating heifer calves. If farmers do this they will be join- ing hundreds of other Ontario farmers in trying to bring this disease under control. If anyone believes there is no danger of the disease striking their herd they should be made aware bf the fact that as of March 31, 1976, there were 670 herds under quarantine in Ontario. In 1975 there were 27,- 000 calves vaccinated - ap- proximately 10,000 more than in 1974. The Veterinary Services Branch of OMAF recommends calfhood vaccination. I believe it is a sound, logical, position from both the standpoint of economics and human health. It is understood that in some of the Northern United States, where calfhood vaccination was continued, there is less problem with abortion than in other States where vaccination was not continued. Based on several severe losses I have heard of in the last few years it would seem to make sound common sense to embark on a calfhood vaccina- tion program now - that is, if not on such a program at present. "The Ontario Government's Farm Income Stabilization Legislation is of almost no poten- tial benefit to Ontario farmers," said Gordon Hill, President of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, when asked for his reaction to the legislation tabled by Minister Newman. Hill pointed out, "The only benefit will be to members of the Bureaucratic Kingdom to be es- tablished under the bill — a bureaucratic kingdom that will have very little to do since the Minister says that they might be called upon to administer about 7 or 8 million dollars. A couple of OFA staff members could look after such a non-program in their spare time." Hill continued, "Surely the last thing farmers or Ontario citizens need is more ex- pensive, inefficient and insen- sitive government bureaucracy." Hill explained: "What the legislation provides is a stabilization program identical to the federal stabilization programs which Newman himself calls inadequate. The provincial program is to cover farm products not covered by the Federal Plan and not under On- tario Marketing Boards which both set prices and quotas. Preliminary calculations in- dicate that this means that 87% of Ontario farm products will not be eligible for support under the legislation and that, to say the least, is highly discriminatory." Mr. Hill concluded: "I just can't understand why the Minister has bothered to bring in such legislation. He is putting in place provincial programs iden- tical to the federal programs because the federal programs are inadequate. Surely if the federal programs are inade- quate, the provincial program will be equally inadequate." Peter Hannam, first vice- president of OFA, on hearing the details of the legislation com- mented: "Once again the On- tario Government has profferred its usual HOLLOW CARROT to Ontario's farmers. "The Government has again demonstrated that it is bankrupt of ideas and that it clearly lacks the will to govern for the good of Ontario citizens," Hannam con- cluded. Page 20 Times-Advocate, June 10, 1976 Composting, economical way of reducing garbage output Bill Stewart's own to earth Experts recommend cal fhood vaccination State Zip All farm workers have compensation