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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-07-23, Page 19NEW ISSUE $815,000 Municipality Of The Township of Hay Non-Callable Serial Debentures To Be Dated: August 1,1980 • Principal Amount ($) 204,000 611,000 Coupon Year of Rate (%) Maturity . 111/4 1981-1990 12 1991-2000 PRICE: 100 We have purchased the above mentioned issue sub- ject to the approval of council, and satisfactory legal opinion.,' Interest is payable semi-annually. All deben- tures will be fully registered as to principal and interest. All orders are subject to prior sale or change in price. GREENSHIELDS INCORPORATED London, Ontario Sarnia, Ontario Tel. (519) 679-0260 Tel. (519) 344-8831 Mr. T.A. Browne Mr. R.C. Oasselman We'll .1), the Job Right... We've Moved Our Office we are now located at our Exeter shop ' Whatever the project, call on us for Ready-Mix Concrete • RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • FARM (Includiik Manure Tanks) FREE ESTIMATES C. A. McDOWELL LTD. 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' 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. sa- 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. 1 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 BLUEWATER TV Zurich,.OntariO Antenna Sales, Installations, Service & Repairs channel Master Research Centre at Ailsa Craig. 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. Always read and follow label directions for Roundup. Roundups is a registered trademark of Monsanto Company. eMonsanto Company, 1980. 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