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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-04-16, Page 27CENTRALIA INDOOR GARDENING — The Centralia Meet Your Neighbours participated in Monday's Indoor Gardening Seminar held at Dashwood. From the left me Huron's Home Economist Grace Bird and Centralia ladies Lois. Wilson, Ellen Brown, Pat Gower, Mary Smyth, Elizabeth Molnar and Adeline Elliott. T-A photo Off to Ottawa, Tuesday FU also on the march FARM SYSTEMS CHROMALLOY DIVISION BY OFFERS STARLINE RING DRIVE AND GROUND DRIVE SILO UNLOADERS * AUTOMATIC BELT FEEDERS * SHUTTLE FEEDERS * CHAIN CONVEYORS * SUPER TANKERS * LIQUID MANURE PUMPS * ROTO SPREADERS * LARGE PARTS INVENTORY For Complete Sales, Service & Installation Call DENNIS WEBB TIM BROWN We Are Radio Equipped for Fast Service 4 mi. North of Grand Bend on Hwy. 21 RR 1, Dashwood, Ontario 519-238-2301 t• • • 4 -40 Ai y. Ay. Ad .. 0,17 t . .0 1. • '. Tirnes,Advocate, April.10, 1980 Page. 7A heron form and home news Introduce new timothy Ontario Ministry Of Agriculture and Food Corn rootworm insecticides are dangerous The following is taken from a Farm Safety Association report recounting two incidences that occurred in Ontario in 1979. "There was one farmer who accidentally mixed some rootworm insecticide with the feed for his beef cattle, Within a couple of hours, he had 45 dead beef cattle, It only takes one teaspoon of a rootworm insecticide to kill a LON pound steer, There was another farmer, who decided to eat his lunch in the field without washing his hands. He had been handling in- secticide without using gloves. He wasn't sick right away, but a couple of days later he felt like he was having a heart attack. He had to crawl to the house. This farmer was sick for several weeks." "Rootworm insecticides affect you by reducing an enzyme in your body called 'cholinesterase.' Choline- sterase controls your ner- vous system. You can gradually be affected by continuous exposure to in- secticides if you do not wear protective clothing. You can also have acute poisoning, which may lead to a heart attack. Insecticides can enter your body through your mouth by breathing or they can penetrate through your skin." We decided to insert this account from the Farm Safety Association report - not to alarm you, but to give you the facts. When you are handling corn rootworm insecticides, you should use gloves and an approved respirator. The respirator must have the right car- tridge and be changed regularly, Rootworm insecticides should never be stored near feed, milk houses or any other area where con- tamination could occur. The empty containers should be buried or burnt when empty. If you are burning empty containers, be especially careful about fumes. Pat Lynch, Soils and Crops Specialist Final payment-grain storage, handling and feed preparation program We have been advised that all of the remaining ap- proved applications under the Grain Stbrage, Handling and Feed Preparation Program have been for- warded for payment. Cheques should be in the mail shortly and all of the farmers concerned should receive their payment by late April or early May. With these payments, this program is now completed. Don Pullen, Ag. Rep., Huron County. Coping with low pork prices We've had a number of enquiries recently from pork producers,who are suffering from the present low pork prices. It's difficult to be as helpful as one would like. There really isn't a magical formula that applies to every situation. It's mainly a matter of working on a one to one basis to welt out the best plan for the individual. One man may have long term equity and he can spread short term loans over a longer term. Another may choose to liquidate equipment to reduce payments and provide money for other payments. In other cases, it may be a matter of brainstorming to see if there are other ways of generating income for 1980. Maybe it's a matter of im- proving performance with fewer animals as Richard Smelski suggests in the accompanying article. This action might release extra feed for sale, Maybe there's a special cash crop which could add income in a year of poor hog returns. It likely makes a pork producer angry to hear' suggestion of improved efficiency when he ,knows that the market price is his biggest enemy. However, it's vital to prune out all the fat when the market isn't paying all the costs, This doesn't mean skimping on a balanced ration because the pigs are just around longer, eating more feed. It could mean checking the calibration of the mix mill - maybe you're putting in too much protein. It means knowing the fertility sup- plied by a manure ap- plication in order to adjust fertilizer requirements accordingly. How, about ear notching a pen of weaners and seeing how many days it takes for them to gd, to market? Are there steps that could be taken in the sow barn to turn out the same number of pigs from fewer sows? There could be merit in looking at the entire system to see where gains might be made in cutting costs. I guess that's where our staff can fit in. We're available to come to the farm and chat about production and financing concerns. It's amazing what can come out of a session when two people put their heads together to try and find solutions for a problem. Pork stabilization forecast for 1980-81 Pork stabilization isn't what pork farmers want at this time. They want a market price that will let them meet their payments. However, we don't have that market price. Hence, there is interest in understanding how the stabilization plan works. The stabilization period is April 1 to March 31, each year. We've just completed one period and started another. Any payout for the 1979-80 period will be non- existent or very small because first half prices have tended to offset a poor second half. Next April a weighted price will be calculated for the previous twelve months. It will be computed from figures in the Canadian Please turn to page 8A Area farmers will have two opportunities to express their concern to federal politicians about current economic problems. next week. The National Farmers Union has announced plans for a protest demonstration in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 22, while the Federation of Agriculture will muster at the same site two days later. Area NFU spokesman, Lloyd Willert, Dashwood, ELECT SLATE The National Farmer's Union held their DiStrict Convention in the Royal Hotel, in Mitchell, Tuesday. Andy Kitner acted as chairman for the Annual event. Ferg Dwyer in- troduced the guest speaker, Jack Haggarty, Stratford, from the Department of Agriculture and Food. Mr. Haggarty showed slides and spoke on the rising Interest rates and problems buying farms on credit. His speech was quite in- formative. During question period he was informed that he had excluded agriculture en- tirely on his screen list of problems to the Canadian population and was requested agriculture should be at the top of his list, possibly in red, because it is the main branch in any countries economy. EleCtion of District Officers as follows: district director - John Krugel, was re-elected, Ladies Dist. director - Marilyn Damen, junior dist. director - Steve Miller, Dashwood. indicates that buses will leave Mitchell during the' early evening on Monday to get participants to Ottawa. Farmers, as well as small businessmen, are invited to join in and can make arrangements by calling Willert at Dashwood. At recent meetings, the NFU hammered out a "Farm Emergency Measures Program" (and have called upon the federal and provincial governments to take appropriate actions to implement the program to achieve as its objectives the following: A) Prescribe a moratorium on all farm debts currently existing or portions thereof that threaten the continued security of farmers' tenure, ownership, rights of oc- cupancy and or production thereon. b) That the federal and or provincial governments provide credit guarantees to needy farmers for 1980 farm operating costs. c) The federal and provincial governments immediately initiate actions to place under national orderly marketing programs all farm products now subject to speculative and open marketing systems of pricing that are incapable of guaranteeing returns based on farm costs of production and reasonable income to labour and investments. d) The federal government must immediately initiate the necessary measures to manage the economic affairs of the nation with a view toward lowering interest rates which, at current high levels, are exploitive and a major threat to the survival of our economic system. e) The federal and provincial government must im- mediately, as• a measure to assure the continuation of family farms in Canada, control the growth and Careful preparation before farrowing time leads to fewer delivery problems for the sow, and healthier piglets for the producer, says Garnet Norrish, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food swine specialist. Prefarrowing preparation should begin five to six days before the anticipateddate of delivery. Start by giving the gestating sow a good wash with warm water, to remove parasites and other disease- causing germs from the sow's coat, "The farrowing crate or pen should also'be scrubbed to remove all manure, feed, and bedding," advises Mr. Norrish. "Thoroughly dis- infect the pen before returning the clean sow." Bedding is not recom- mended for use in farrowing pens or crates. It tends to soak up moisture, such as stale water anclAtine. If left in the pen, newborn piglets may suck or swallow germs in the bedding. "Wood shavings can also harbor some types of bac- development of industrial corporate farming including those industrial corporations engaged in direct production of food, through contract production and or marketing or through total vertical integration within the food system. teria which cause diarrhea in newborn pigs and mastitis in sows," says Mr. Norrish. To make farrowing easier and quicker, the sow should be in a laxative condition. This can be accomplished by adding 25 percent wheat bran to the sow's diet. Sows in a laxative•. condition will suffer less udder congestion and will give birth to a greater percentage of live pigs. "The manager or operator should attempt to be present at the time, of farrowing," says Mr. Norrish. "Each pig should be caught as it is born, dried off with a clean cloth, and placed under a heat lamp to be completely dried and warmed," If the operator cannot be present, a heat lamp should be placed at the rear of the sow to help dry and warm the newborn pigs. "When farrowing is completed, remove and dispose of all afterbirth and fluids," says Mr. Norrish. "Producers can then clip needle teeth, dock tails, and give iron shots." For details on plans covering Corn, Spring Grain, Beans & New Forage Seeding call: DONALD WEIGAND R.R. # 1 Dashwood Ph. 237-3418 j Keep your attack on corn rootworm going strong. Just as in hockey, it takes two good lines to win. One on the ice, keeping pressure on the opponent, while the other gets a breather. The same applies to corn rootworm insecticides. University researchers say the best way to keep rootworms from building up resistance to insecticides is to alternate organophosphate and carbamate insecticides each year. To keep your rootworm attack going strong, every year, alternate these two good lines: Carbamate Line: FURADAN° insecticide. This hard-hitting carbamate insecticide controls corn rootworms on contact. Then it is absorbed by roots to provide long-lasting residual control of rootworms which hatch later in the season. This protects feeder roots needed for fast, vigorous growth. And it protects brace roots needed to prevent lodging and harvest losses. The net result: more corn. The hard, purple granules won't bridge or cake in the applicator, either. FURADAN 10G application rate* at 9-12 oz. per 1,000 feet of row. FURADAN 10G Pow Spacing Lbs./Acre 20" 15-20 30" 10-13.3 34" 8.8-11.8 36" 8.3-11.1 38" 7.9-10.5 40" 7.5-10 Prefarrowing adds to producer profits . DI-SYSTON is a Reg TM of Sayer AO FURADAN is a Rep TM of FMC Corp In response to farmers' requests for an early- maturing variety of timothy grass, scientists at Agriculture Canada's. Ottawa Research Station have developed Salvo. Salvo falls into the earliest class of timothy cultivars, and can be used to spread out the harvesting season. It is well suited for hay or silage in the Atlantic Provinces, where legume crops are often winter-killed. In Ontario and" Quebec, Salvo can be mixed with alfalfa for early-cut (June 7-10) haylage. "At Ottawa, Salvo heads emerged on about May 26, and were wellzheaded out by June 10. Bloom started on June 15, three weeks earlier than Climax, the most widely-grown timothy variety," says W.R. Childers, who, with R.W, Suitor, developed the new variety. "The dense growth of Salvo inhibits perennial weeds," Dr. Childers says. "And, like its parent stock, Champ, the new variety recovers quickly after cutting, producing a high- yielding second cut. "This characteristic blends in well with alfalfa production in Ontario and Quebec, where Salvo will produce well in areas of the field where alfalfa .did not take. It will provide good land coverage, thus ensuring extra yield and excluding perennial weeds," Dr. Childres says. The new timothy variety is now being multiplied through the Ottawa-based SeCan organization. It will likely be available to far- mers for spring seeding in 1982. Timothy is the most valuable grass species in eastern Canada, It is winter- hardy, nutritious when cut early, and non-aggressive when grown in mixtures with legumes. INES To help you get more corn. Organophosphate Line: ®DI-SYSTON systemic insecticide. The low-cost organophosphate insecticide with rootworm wallop. Contact activity controls rootworms in the soil at planting time; systemic activity extends control throughout the active larvae season. DI-SYSTON doesn't have a minimum rate to be economical and a maximum rate to do the job. DI-SYSTON has only one rate— a rate that is both economical and effective. New, concentrated liquid formulation provides the same dependable control with one- third less material, Also, free-flowing granular in vapour- barrier bags that reduce odor during storage and handling. DI-STSTON 15G application rate* at 8 oz. per 1,000 feet of row. Row Spacing DI-SYSTON 15G Lbs./Acre 30" 8.7 34" 7.7 36" 7.3 38" 6.9 40" 6.7 'These rates do not constitute a product label Before use read and carefully observe Directions for Use. Cautionary statements and other information contained on the product label itself xeter District W: G. Thompson Co-operatives & Sons Ltd. Hensall District Co-op Exeter Hensall Hensall 79302C-8