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The Rural Voice, 1994-03, Page 40TIME FOR TREES Let us be your Headquarters for Windbreak, Shelterbelt & Home Beautification Projects. "SPRING EVERGREEN SPECIALS" Cobrado Blue Spruce 18"-24" From $8 Austrian Pine 18" - 24" From $4 Scotch Pine 18" - 24" From $5 CALL FOR PRICE LISTS! MAITLAND MANOR NURSERY Bluevale, Ont. 519-335-3240 • • 1 ill 1 ltlf f . 36 THE RURAL VOICE 1111111. JOHN RICHARDSON, M.P. Perth -Wellington -Waterloo Constituency Office First Floor - Festival Square 10 Downie St. Stratford N5A 7K4 Handicapped Accessible Hours: 9 - 4:30, Thursday 9 - 6 5 Days A Week Phone 272-0032 Fax 272-1892 1-800-565-1864 main tractor engine. Plowing is done at least 10 inches deep, usually deeper, which has created a salinity problem by pulling up subsoil. Twenty horsepower is required per furrow to pull plows that are poorly designed. None of the sprayers, soybean planters or seed drills Malcolm was given had been calibrated, or had ever been greased. Consequently, he observed barley planted five and a half inches deep that did not emerge for two and a half weeks. There was no shortage of mach- inery on the farms which averaged 2,000 hectares. Malcolm observed 22 plows on one. Implements are left outside in various stages of disrepair in sprawling machinery boneyards. Russia is the largest manufacturer of tractors in the world but they have a life expectancy of four years, said Malcolm. On a tobacco farm, women did the physical work while men drove tractors Russia is blessed with good land, cursed by incompetence or observed. The area near the Caspian Sea where he worked is gently rolling to level with rich soil and no stones, said Malcolm. It received 10 centimetres of annual rainfall, irrigation was common, yet fields were often spongey or wet because of poor subsoil drainage, and it was, like the landlocked Caspian Sea, below sea level. Russia, which formed the largest part of the former Soviet Union, has four times the arable land of Canada yet cannot adequately feed its people, said Malcolm. The crops he planted were successfully harvested, although he was not there to take part in that. The yields, while better than average for Russia, were below Canadian standards, said Malcolm who crops 320 hectares. He believes the Russian farmers did listen and benefit from the advice he offered and he hopes to return to provide further help and visit people there who became good friends. "It is better to assimilate, understand and assist," said Malcolm of improving agriculture in Russia.0 0 A Taste of Country Food Fair o t -o< tioihrii) Get acquainted with a consumer Do you have a food product you'd like to introduce to more consumers? If so here's an opportunity with the huge A Taste of Country Food Fair to be held July 23, 1994 at the Blyth and District Community Centre. Write or call for more information if you'd like to take part. Please send me more information on the Food Fair. Name: Address: Mail to: Food Fair, cio The Rural Voice, P.O. Box 429, Blyth NOM 1110 or call Keith Roulston, 523-4311 TIME FOR TREES Let us be your Headquarters for Windbreak, Shelterbelt & Home Beautification Projects. "SPRING EVERGREEN SPECIALS" Cobrado Blue Spruce 18"-24" From $8 Austrian Pine 18" - 24" From $4 Scotch Pine 18" - 24" From $5 CALL FOR PRICE LISTS! MAITLAND MANOR NURSERY Bluevale, Ont. 519-335-3240 • • 1 ill 1 ltlf f . 36 THE RURAL VOICE 1111111. JOHN RICHARDSON, M.P. Perth -Wellington -Waterloo Constituency Office First Floor - Festival Square 10 Downie St. Stratford N5A 7K4 Handicapped Accessible Hours: 9 - 4:30, Thursday 9 - 6 5 Days A Week Phone 272-0032 Fax 272-1892 1-800-565-1864 main tractor engine. Plowing is done at least 10 inches deep, usually deeper, which has created a salinity problem by pulling up subsoil. Twenty horsepower is required per furrow to pull plows that are poorly designed. None of the sprayers, soybean planters or seed drills Malcolm was given had been calibrated, or had ever been greased. Consequently, he observed barley planted five and a half inches deep that did not emerge for two and a half weeks. There was no shortage of mach- inery on the farms which averaged 2,000 hectares. Malcolm observed 22 plows on one. Implements are left outside in various stages of disrepair in sprawling machinery boneyards. Russia is the largest manufacturer of tractors in the world but they have a life expectancy of four years, said Malcolm. On a tobacco farm, women did the physical work while men drove tractors Russia is blessed with good land, cursed by incompetence or observed. The area near the Caspian Sea where he worked is gently rolling to level with rich soil and no stones, said Malcolm. It received 10 centimetres of annual rainfall, irrigation was common, yet fields were often spongey or wet because of poor subsoil drainage, and it was, like the landlocked Caspian Sea, below sea level. Russia, which formed the largest part of the former Soviet Union, has four times the arable land of Canada yet cannot adequately feed its people, said Malcolm. The crops he planted were successfully harvested, although he was not there to take part in that. The yields, while better than average for Russia, were below Canadian standards, said Malcolm who crops 320 hectares. He believes the Russian farmers did listen and benefit from the advice he offered and he hopes to return to provide further help and visit people there who became good friends. "It is better to assimilate, understand and assist," said Malcolm of improving agriculture in Russia.0