The Rural Voice, 1983-08, Page 8CONSERVATION bAY
by Sheila Gunby
"If you're not going to change some of
your cropping practices, don't call me,"
says Pat Lynch, OMAF soil and crop
specialist and one of the workshop
leaders at the Soil Conservation Day held
recently at Nick Whyte's farm, R. R. 2,
Seaforth.
A rediscovery
of farming
alternatives
Planned by the newly formed Huron Soil
Conservation District, interested farmers
came to learn about soil and water con-
servation alternatives and improved
methods of tillage and cropping.
Wagon loads of farmers took guided
tours to various conservation projects on
the Whyte farm.
The Whyte Brothers Farm, operated by
three brothers and one nephew, farm in
excess of 1500 acres and were the win-
ners of the 1982 Norm Alexander Conser-
vation Award. They manage a broiler
business (150,000 broilers every 10-11
weeks), a 30 -sow farrow to finish opera-
tion and some beef cattle. They follow a
Marianne Vanden Heuvel: "The biggest problem with no -till is weeds."
PG. 6 THE RURAL VOICE, AUGUST 1983