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Centralia College of
Agyicultutal Technology
principal Doug Jamieson
said Wednesday at the Weed
Wiper Day that too many
weeds and not enough labour
has presented a challenge in
the weed control business.
Employ :new weed wiper techniques
During a media day
program sponsored by Ciba-
Geigy Seeds Ltd.,
agricultural engineer Terry
Rothwell said that he
couldn't justify why farmers.
should have to conserve
energy except for their own
monetary reasons.
He said that farmers only
use 2I/2 to 31/2 per cent of, the
national energy supply and
that we need to conserve in
the areas of heating and road
transportation.
' Sixteen to 20 per cent of the
natioanal energy supply is
used in getting food from the
farmer onto our tables. He
said this is partly because
people drive to air con-
ditioned supermarkets in
their air conditioned cars.
But Rothwell did say that
this was no reason why
farmers should be energy
wasters.
A group of about 60 media
and agriculture represen-
tatives attended the media
day which focused on
various aspects of energy
conservation in agriculture.
It was held at the Stewart
Sin against humanity
to use grain for fuels
SNOWSTORM IN JULY — Centralia College of Agricultural Technology instructor Jack
Underwood demonstrates in a water flume how snow and wind build up around farm
buildings. Silica sand is used for snow. This display was demonstrated at the new
Agricultural Mechanical Building at the College on Saturday 'along with'the opening of the
new residence. Staff photo
ORIGINAL INVENTION -- This roller applicator was originally developed at the Centralia
College of Agricultural Technology in 1978 and is now used by many farmers. Agronomy
technology instructor Hugh Martin sits on the tractor while agronomy instructor Jim O'Toole
tells about its operation at the Weed Wiper Day held Wednesday at the College.
The Centralia College has
been actively- Anv9Iveci in
research in this area for
several years. In 1977 the
idea of wiping chemicals on
weeds, instead of spraying
Was developed.
$000 grant from the
Ontario Bean Producers.
Marketing Board gave them
Jones said, "When I came
here nine years ago I said
you'd never make money off
self-pollinated crops. !Tow
we're three years away from
making a return on our in- ,
vestment."
"I've never accomplished
as much in my whole
lifetime as in the past nine
years," Jones said.
Their goal is to have a
yield of 125 bushels of barley
per acre, This will be ac-
complished by developing a
breed of grain with a longer
filling time.
Jones said it is their hope
that the Nairn Laboratory
may bwecome the Inter-
national Centre for barley
breeding for their company.
The company is also trying
methods to improve the root
structure of white beans.
Too many bean plants won't
stand up to wet weather.
Nairn Laboratory plant
breeder Dr. Paul Ma said
that they import wild beans
from countries such as
Mexico and breed them with
our white beans.
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Times-Advecote, July23, 1.980 A
Ranchers
test skills
By PAULINE DE VRIES
The "Brandale Ranchers"
met for their fourth meeting
at the Brandale Equestrian
centre on July 14. After
saying the 4-H pledge the roll
call was answered and the
minutes of the last meeting
were read.
Members then wrote two
tests on the glossary of horse
terms and the last meeting's
lesson, After going over the
lesson for the meeting we
departed, each hoping to get
enough sleep for the
showmanship Clinic in
Dungannon the next day.
At approximately 10:30 the
next day the clinic at
Dungannon began. After a
demonstration on how to clip
a horse, the attending
members were divided into
groups and spent the rest of
the morning learning how to
bathe, groom and show a
horse at halter. By the time
twelve o'clock rolled around,
everyone was famished.
After eating a well deserved
meal we sat on the bleachers
and practised judging a
showmanship class com-
prised of 7 4-H leaders and
horses.
We then each had a chance
to compete in a showman-
ship class also. By 2:30
everyone had tried and the
clinic was closed.
At 8:00 p.m. on Monday,
August 18 the 5th meeting for
the "Brandale Ranchers"
Will be held at the Brandale
Equestian Centre.
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TOP QUALITY WHEAT — George Jones, the director of
research at Ciba-Geigy Seeds Ltd., Ailsa Craig, gave media
and agriculture representatives a tour of their experimental
crops last Tuesday during a special media-day program.
Staff photo
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Rothwell said that most of
the energy cost in farming
was in the production of
fertilizer for crops andfeed
for animals. These are the
areas that must be ad-
dressed if conservation is to
take place.
"What we need in this
country is a well-planned
energy conservation policy,"
he said. This would buy time
in 'order to bring in energy-
saving techniques.
Murray Selves, a farmer
from Fullarton, seemed to
have the answer for the high
cost of fertilizer and feed. He
said that farmers should go
back to a modern version of
the .self-contained pioneer
farm.
He said that a combination
of cash crops and livestock in
correct balance would result
in reduced fuel costs. Fuel
would be saved due to the
elimination of chemical
fertilizer and because of
reduced transportation costs
of feed.
Selves operates a corn and
hog farm and said he hasn't
bought commercial fertilizer
for 12 years.
Director of research for
the seed company, George
Jones, spoke out against
converting grain to alcohol
for conservation purposes.
He said that if any grain is
used for this purpose the
result would be food shor-
tages iii other parts of the
world. And this would force
up the price of corn, in-
creasing the cost of the
alcohol produced.
"To a hungry world any
conversion of grain to
alcohol is a sin against
humanity," he said:
Ethanol from grain is used
to make gasohol. But gasohol
is made up of only 10 per cent
ethanol and 90 per cent
gasoline.Theref ore, Jones
said the potential savings on
fossil fuel is only 10 per cent.
"Savings like this could be
easily obtained with smaller
cars driven fewer miles with
more than one passenger,"
Jones said,
Jones concluded by
saying, "There is no doubt in
my mind that larger scale
conversion of grain to
alcohol is sheer madness.
Thousands of other energy
ideas should be exploited
before this one becomes a
fact.
Also a, part of the media
day was a tour of the ex-
perimental crops at the
Stewart Research Centre.
Jones said that the release of
Mingo barley last year was a
big accomplishment for the
company. This program
started in 1974 and now there
are 6,000 doubled haploids of
barley in their fields.
the finances to develop their
ideas. They fOund that it was
possible to kill weeds by
brushing on a chemical, In
1978 they 'Wilt the first roller
applicator, which was
developed by instructors jim
O'Toole and Jack Under-
wood.
The roller applicator
works on the principle that
weeds are higher than bean
crops. The height of the
roller is adjusted so that only
the weeds are touched with
the chemical,
O'Toole said, "You can run
as close to the crop as you
want, depending on how
much nerve you have." But
it's sufficient if the top two or ,
three leaves of the weed are
touched by the chemical.
The chemicals are mixed
in a tank and appear as a
thick foam on the roller. The
roller is covered with a tarp
so that there will be no drips
as long as it's in motion,
When asked if there were
any problems with weeds
reappearing, O'Toole said
that was a difficult question
to assess but that it would
probably take a three to four
year program to completely
get rid of them.
The roller applicator will
cover five acres per hour at a
forward speed of five mph.
This is the second year
that this applicator ha* been
available to farmers.
Several companies all Over
Canada and the United
States are making this ap-
plicator now and O'Toole
said that quite a few were
sold last year and still more
this year as the idea catches
on. Some farmers are even
making their own roller
applicators.
The rock wick applicator
works on the same principle
as the roller applicator.
Three inch piping holds the
chemical which is soaked up
by several wicks in front of
it. These wicks rub against
the weeds in their paths. The
chemical cost per acre is the
same with this applicator as
the roller.
The rotary spray nozzle is
another type of weed control
applicator which was
demonstrated at the Weed
Wiper Day. It was developed
five years ago but this is the
first year that it's been on
the market,
This nozzle can be at-
tached to any spray ap-
plicator. Its significance is
that it sprays uniform sized
droplets, the size of which
can be varied according to
need,
This applicator works on
the principle of centrifugal
force. The cone-shaped
nozzles, spaced spaced six
feet apart, collect the
chemical and spin it through
teeth which control the size
of the droplets.
Previous spray ap-
plicators simply sprayed
from a row of fixed nozzles.
There was little control over
the size of the droplets.
Droplets that are too big
drip off the weeds and those
too small evaporate and
drift. Therefore, the rotary
spray nozzle makes much
more efficient use of
chemicals,
EXAMPLE ONLY
-This .challeng0 is being,
answered by new develop.,
mots in weed control ap-
plicators,
Many farmers,
manufacturers and
distributors of weed control
equipment were there to
discuss the use and operation
of weed wipers.
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