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A large number of Huron
County farmers learned recently
in Seaforth that their farming
conditions arc much superior to
some other countries.
Those attending the annual
banquet of .the Huron Soil and
Crop Improvement Association
beard about agricUltural
conditions. in Australia and New
Zealand from Dixie Cameron of
Lueknow.
Mrs. Cameron spent five
months "down under" early in
1977 on an Ontario Junior
Farmer e.xchange Trograrn.
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Whelan said the reason
consumers still complain about
high priced food is "because most
people resent paying out for the
real necessities.'' He said luxury
minded society considers
vacations, fancy cars and
television se is as the real
necessities, not food.. Another
reason for this said Whelan, is
because in a credit oriented
society its hard to pay cold cash
for anything. "Food is a cash on
the barrelhead proposition".
In his address at Tuesday
nights banquet Whelan said he
W.6 iii support of marketing
- boards, He said "Marketing
agencies arc a good idea.' 'They
work""They're primarily
producer oriented, producer
organized." Marketing boards,
said Wheln, "know first hand
what and where the problems are
in the marketing system."
Concerning: the Corn
Marketing Proposal that the
O.F. A . Grains ,Committee • has
'drawn up Wheln say's "It should
'have more ptinch''. • He said
• "Eventually that board, to be as
effective-and as efficient as it
could be has got• to have the right
to buy and sc11,.":' "No tWo. ways.
about it . . .
The 'report from the gains
Committee says a corn marketing. •
She said most productive
acreage in the two countries was
irrigated. Their rainfall is short
from 10 to 12 inches to be
practicable for farming.
Both countries are livestock
oriented but prices received by
f'armer's for beef and lamb is
much less than in Canada.
The price for market lambs is -
about one-quar ter of what it is in
Caiiada. This makes the price of
wool worth about one-half of the
total sheep product.
In Canada, sale of wool actually
creates a loss. Associate Ag..
board with power to buy and sell
or with pricing is, not the
practical' solution to current
difficulties. The conlmittee's
reasoning on this is that 40 per
cent of Ontario grain is fed on
Ontario farms, without entering
commercial channels. With so
many kinds. 'of buyers and so
many individual buyers and
sellers, the committee feels an
agency to handle all. corn sates is
out of the question for the
foreseeable future. the O.F.A.
Grains Committee said in its
report, "An 'agency would be
constrained to set prices in direct-
relation to the Chicago corn price
in any case."
Whelan criticized several parts
of this proposal. He concluded
"It's a start, the corn marketing
proposal makes a lot of sense. But
it doesn't . go far enough.
"Everyone:- has to start
someWhere but ..I would be less
than'hon est if I didn't tell you that
would .be happier to see a
proposal for a board along the
lines of the Ontario winter Wheat
Marketing Baord."
Every week more and more
people discover what mighty jobs
are accompliShed by low cost Post
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Rep, for Huron, Mike Miller said,
*After paying for clipping and
shiping, our farmers are behind
RS far as the wool is concerned."
After watching and hearing
about agriculture in New Zealand.
and Australia, Miller commented,
"This makes farming in Huron
County look pretty lush."
Soils and crops specialists for
Huron and Perth Pat Lynch gave
R. detailed report on a number of
research projects held in the tWo
counties during 1977.
The bindweed control project
on the, Usborne township farm of
Alvie Lovell was not as successful
as first thought.
Lynch... commented, "Three
treatments appeared to give good
control by September, 197,6,
however, one year later it was
obvious the chemicals only killed
the tops the previous year and
most of the bindweed regrew."
On the subject of these tests,
Mike Miller said, "We, report on
what actually happens and not
what we would like to have
happen."
A number of Huron and Perth
farmers co-operated with the
University of Guelph in bean
insect and insecticide survey
under the direction of Dr. Cliff
Ellis.
The granular insecticides
tested by Dr. Ellis in 1976 were
effective , for controlling bean
insects, but only for the first 31
days after application. .
Since major insect infestations
occur a month after planting and
granular insecticides are only
effective in the plant for the
first month, granular'insecticides
r •
need not be applied at planting
time. Foliar insecticides can be
effectively applied later in the
season if problems result.
A herbicide applicator
designed by Jim O'Toole and
Fred Bowers of Centralia College
of Agricultural Technology was
tested in bean fields for control-
ling milkweed. The applicator
consisted of a felt roller mounted
on bicycle wheels.
The applicator was pushed
through the white bean fields and
herbicide was rolled off the felt
roller onto any Milkweed plants
that were higher than the beans.
The chemical used was Roundup.
Stan Mcilwain gf Gocierich
township is president of the .
Huron Soil and Crop Association.
Don Rader , Hay township, is
second vice-president.
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