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The Rural Voice, 1993-07, Page 2CHECK OUT THE WHOLE GRAIN GOODNESS. John Deere's Maximizer Combine is designed to handle your crops with kid gloves. See for yourself. • Extra large feeder house eases the impact of grain against rasp bars • Slow cylinder speed for gentle, thorough threshing • Easy to work in various crop and field conditions and simple to adjust • Automatic header controls save more lodged or downed crop BRUCE TRACTOR & LAWN CARE LTD. Walkerton 519-881-2231 Elmira ELMIRA FARM SERVICE (1981) LTD. 519-669-5453 LMS EQUIPMENT INC. Listowel 519-291-5390 HURON TRACTOR LTD. 519-235-1115 519-523-4244 519-285-3845 Exeter Blyth R. R. 4 Thamesford AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FIELD DAY Elora Research Station, Elora, Ontario WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1993 This family Field Day is kw bus tours, car loads, individuals - anyone who wants b see the research facility. Hourly tours - 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Bus goes to the Dairy & Beef Research Centres at regular intervals. Researchers will be there to discuss current research projects. Beef -on -a -bun, snacks, desserts & drinks available for purchase. Wednesday, July 14, 1993 - Field day at the Alma & Elora Research Stations. FOLLOW THE SIGNS to the Crops Headquarters area 2 mi. south of Elora, west side of Elora road. Tour wagons or shuttle buses from there. Alma Fish Research Station Tour — a 1 1/2 hour bus tour - 10:30 am. & 1:30 p.m. Soils & Crops guided wagon tours; Dairy Research Centre visit; Beef Research Centre visit; Educational displays in the machinery shed. FEATURES • Companson high input, low input & organic farming systems; canola breeding & production systems; weed management with conservation tilled com 8 soybeans; cereal varieties including hulless barley; corn & soybean weed control research; stress management in corn; soybean breeding trials. • Greenhouse gases/agrometeorology; barley soil N test; nitrate & NO atmosphere losses from manure leaching; fertilizer placement with conservation tillage; nutrient management for groundwater quality; weeping tile systems management. • BEEF - spring grazing management for pasture productivity; new handling facility in cow/calf barn; phase feeding forage & grain to growing steers. • DAIRY - chromium supplementation; tie stall housing modifications; calving heifers early; new mastitis vaccine; natural ventilation system. Registration: $5.00 per adult 41 it o • -/ o Sponsored by: Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1 Further information available from: 1-519-824-4120 ext. 3691