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Lmckn. w Sentinel, Wednesday, November 29, 1978 --Page 5'
by Ross Haugh
Dr. Bruce Hunter, a
specialist from the
University of Guelph, toad
of his recent two year
stay in Ghana at Thur-
sday's annual banquet of
the Huron Soil and Crop
Improvement..
Association at the new
Lucknow Community
Centre.
He listed the com-
parisons of farming in
Canada and Ghana and
described them as
"almost unbelievable".
The largest farm is
about five acres and is
obtained from the chief of
the village and kept for a
term at the discretion of
the head of government_
Dr. Hunter said the
total capitalization on a
Ghana farm would be
from $3 to $10 and all
work was done by hand.
He added, "Their
methods are very labour
intensive and a cutlass to
be used by hand for
cutting and threshing
grain was the only im-
plement used."
'The average yearly
family income in Ghana
was estimated at about
$300.
Soils and crop
specialist Pat Lynch gave
a summary of the field
trials held during the 1978
growing season along
with the amount of
rainfall at 10 locations
throughout Huron and
Perth counties.
One of the most in-
teresting reports was on a
forage seeding rate taken
on by four co-operator
farmers. The comment
was . that high seeding
rates don't guarantee a
high number of plants per
square foot_
One farmer tried three
different amounts of
alfalfa seed per acre and
saw very little difference
in the plant count. A
planting of 5.5 pounds per
acre produced eight.
plants per square foot
while plantings of 9.8 and
11 pounds brought 10
plants each.
The highest production
came from one co-
operator reporting 19
plants per. square foot
from a planting of 10
pounds while half the
amount of seed produced
14 plants.
Huron Ag Rep Don
Pullen, told the gathering
each farmer should make
a New Year's resolution
and try to stick to it.
In this regard, Pat
Lynch suggested farmers
keep track of corn yields
as a new resolution.
He added, "corn hybrid
selections are so im-
portant I know of one
operation of 800 acres of
corn where $25,000 was
lost because of corn
selection.
A report on cereal
grain trials showed two
new hybrids. They are
Sentinel oats and Sum -
mitt barley with yields
comparable to existing
varieties.
In referring to soil
testing on the farm of Bev
Hill, Lynch said,
"Between- the row vs.
within the row has been
carried on for three years
on the Hill farm. While
there is some year to year
variability, the soil test
level within the row is
much higher than bet-
ween the row. This is just
another reason to soil test
while the crop is growing.
This way you are not
sampling residue fer-
tilizer."
In the rainfall report,
the driest spot turned out
to be the farm of Ewart
Crago in Blanshard
township where it was
only 14.55 inches during
the growing season from
April to October in-
clusive. The 1977 amount
was 33.4 inches.
While rainfall was
down in most checks, two
did show an increase
from the previous year.
They were F. Kreis in
Fullarton from 24.81 to
26.01 and R. Siemon n
Logan township up to 32.4
from 27.5 inches.
At Centralia College of
Agricultural Technology
the rain gauge showed
20.74 inches of rain this
past summer as com-
pared to 23.54 inches
during 1977.
Chairman of the
meeting was Huron Soil
and Crop president Don
Martin. The vice-
president is Hay township
representative Don
Rader who is expected to
be named 1979 president
at a directors' meeting to
be held within the next
couple of weeks. Mike
Miller, Huron's associate
ag rep, is secretary of the
group.
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Bibi Casparl, pantomimist, gave a unique performance inmime at the Lucknow Public
Library on Tuesday afternoon and evening, November 21. Mime Is an artof expressing an
image, idea or story through gesture, posture and disciplined movement. Initially schooled
in the French mime tradition, Bibi has studied in related fields such as ballet, acting and
acrobatics. She has come up with her own highly talented style. After a career beginning in
San Francisco, Bibi moved to Canada in 1975 where she has become active in educational,
work as wen as presenting mime performances and workshops in schools, festivals and
community centres. Her performance encourages an exploration of the imagination through
her portrayal of emotions, both comic and tragic in the universal language of mime. Her
afternoon performance was attended by classes from Lucknow Central Public School.
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