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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-04-20, Page 24Page 24 Times-Advocate, April 20, 1978 Support price set Agriculture and Food Minister Bill Newman has announced that the support price for the 1978 beef calf income stabilization program will be 51.5 cents per pound and the enrolment fee per cow $8. All cows in the producer’s possession as of April 1.1978 are eligible for enrolment. The closing date for applications is May 31.1978. Enrolment forms will be mailed this month to producers who participated in the 1977 program and ad­ ditional copies will be available from the offices of the agricultural represen­ tatives. The provisions for the 1978 provincial plan are similar to those of 1977 but it appears there will be no federal plan this year. Last year 14,400 producers enrolled nearly 350,000 cows in the beef calf program and received $12.1 million in stabilization payments. An additional $1.4 million was paid by the federal plan. In making the announce­ ment. Mr. Newman said, “The Ontario beef calf stabilization program is now entering its fourth year. It was introduced during a period of low beef prices and has proven extremely successful in maintaining the incomes of beef calf operators." FIRST SEEDER — One of the first area farmers to start spring planting was Rene Van Bruwaene, RR 1, Centralia. He is shown above sowing barley Tuesday morning. T-A photo Seek kids and hosts for farming program WELDING COMPLETE 3 WELDING AND FABRICATION SERVICE ON WHEELS. Relining of grain boxes * Fabrication of farm wagons * Steel Structures * All types of repairs WALKER'S WELDING EXETER 235-1298 clXr4 p.m.,rn' ATTENTION DOG OWNERS TOWNSHIP OF STEPHEN . $8.00 $15.00 $25.00 $12.00 $22.00 A reminder that dog tags are to be purchased before May 1st, 1978: First Dog ................... Each additional dog . Kennel License .......... After May 1 st, 1978: First Dog ................... Each additional dog . If you received a tag last year and do not purchase one before May 1st the cost will be added to 1978 taxes at the higher rate for owners and tenants will be invoiced. Dog owners are liable to a fine of $50.00 for not having a tag and a $50.00 fine for letting a dog run-at-large. k Yours truly Wilmar D. Wein Clerk-Treasurer Area men on board Wheat group structure set Three hundred eager young people, aged 16 and 17, to participate in a unique program designed to in­ troduce city young people to the farm. The Junior Agriculturalist program, sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, gives young people from non-farm homes the opportunity to learn about farming, Marilyn Sewell, program supervisor, says students will be placed on 300 com­ mercial farms throughout the province. Attempts will be made to locate students within a 100-mile radius of their homes. During the nine-week period beginning June 19, the students, under the direction of the farmer, will take part in the daily ac­ tivities of the farm. Hours of work can be long and irregular, depending on the farm activities and weather. The junior agriculturalists will be given a daily training allowance of $11. Room and board is provided by the host farmers. Host farmers are required to pay $5 of the training allowance and provide room and board. The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food provides $6 per day. The program has proved to be a popular one in the past six years. There were more than 900 applications last year. Students are selected on the basis of their willingness to learn and to work. Students without farm ex­ perience are preferred. Applications for the program can be obtained from high school guidance counselor and from local of­ fices of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Deadline for applications is May 1. Farmers interested in the program should con­ tact local agricultural representatives by May 15. May 1st is the deadline for applications call: GLENN WEBB R R 2 DASHWOOD 237-3229 VtWseps *Lima beans *Snap beans *Yelloweye beans Yi begun our Spring Fertilization An Essex County wheat producer has been named chairman of the Ontario Wheat Producers’ Marketing Board. Russell Rogers, RR 1, Kingsville, was elected head of the 1978 board at its inaugural meeting held in Rexdale. Rogers moves up from the first vice-chairman’s posi­ tion which he has held for the past two years. He replaces Irving Kleiman, RR 1, Simcoe, who has served as chairman for the same period. His election marks the first year since establish- By MRS. HARRY SHEPPARD Mrs, Glen Sharpe and Kevin Graham, Oakville, are spending a few days with Mr. & Mrs. Verne Sharpe. Congratulations to Ken and Dorothy McGregor who celebrated their 40th wed­ ding anniversary recently. Mrs. Clover Waters, Mrs. Liz Waters, Mrs. Shirley Waters, Mrs. Donna Waterman visited with friends in Toronto for a couple of days. DON'T CUT OFF CHILDREN'S LIVES ment of the board in 1958 that an Essex producer has been named to the top posi­ tion of the organization. The 1978 board also marks the beginning of operations under a ten-man directorate reduced from the previous twelve in a recent realign­ ment of representation. In the new structure, the number of districts was in­ creased from nine to ten, which now forms the basis for one director for each dis­ trict. The changes resulted in two new directors being elected to the board by their respective districts. They are Robert Holmes, RR 2, St. Pauls, representing redesigned District 5, and Jack D. Campbell, RR 2, Renfrew, from the newly created District 10. Other directors re-elected by their districts to the 1978 board include James O’Shea, RR 3, Granton; Robert Henry of Bly th; and Fergus Young, RR 1, En- nismore. As the new board es­ tablished its plans and priorities for the coming year, it faces the usual un­ predictable factors of a crop just emerging from winter. Last year the province produced over 31 million bushels or 843,680 tonne of winter wheat for which the board is responsible for purchase and sale into the domestic and export markets. Less than two million bushels, or 54, 430 tonne of the 1977 crop remain unsold. Last year’s Ontario winter wheat crop is now recorded as the largest ever produc­ ed. This year, following an estimated 35 to 40 per cent reduction in seeded acres last fall due to wet weather, winterkill and spring flooding will further reduce the potential production. Based on seeding es­ timates of 385,000 acres, a crop of about 19 million bushels or 517,000 tonne was predicted earlier. Directors will be survey-, ing the situation in the days ahead, along with laying plans for any necessary changes in marketing regulations governing purchase and sale of the 1978 crop. Export prices during the past year have depressed the overall income picture seriously for Ontario wheat producers. However, the board is hopeful that an in­ crease in the domestic price of $3.25 to $3.55 per bushel and potential deficiency payments under the federal Stabilization Act will raise the average to producers. The board is presently in the process of discussing these areas with the federal government. ORDER TODAY We have now Program NEW 1004 AG-GATOR Switch Hitter FURADAN carbamate insecticide is unsurpassed for corn rootworm control. The best way to prevent northern corn rootworms from building up resistance to insecticide is to alternate from an organophosphate insecticide to a carbamate. And FURADAN is the carbamate to switch to. FURADAN is the systemic insecticide that kills corn rootworm larvae on contact, and then is absorbed by the roots to provide long-lasting residual control. Hard, purple granules won’t bridge or cake in the applicator. 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