The Rural Voice, 1988-09, Page 39SEEDSTOCK
For A I I Your
SWINE BREEDING STOCK
• York • Landrace • Hamp • Duroc •
F1 Landrace Gilts • F1 Hamp Duroc Boars
Health Classification 'Excellent***'
See us at the IPM at Stratford Sept. 20-24 on Carson Ave. at the end of 6th St.
For further information:
Phil Smith
519-764-2898
ABSOLVENT
Early maturing, high yielding
Hard Red Winter Wheat
Now Registered
J Excellent winter hardiness
Early maturity — similar to Augusta soft white wheat
Ni Sprouting resistance much better than soft wheat
Large, uniform kernels
J Good disease tolerance
Ni Good straw strength
1988 YIELD RESULTS
Allan South — Palmerston, Ont
Harro Wehrmann — Ripley, Ont.
Earl Schneider — Palmerston, Ont.
Hunco Farms Ltd. — Cobourg, Ont.
Splitting your hard red winter wheat acreage
between the varieties ABSOLVENT and
MONOPOL will make for a more manageable
harvest
— 83 Bu./Acre
— 85 Bu./Acre
— 88 Bu./Acre
— 103 Bu./Acre
Over 220 Acres
SALES INC.
R.R. 3, Palmerston, Ontario NOG 2P0
519-343-2126
38 PERTH COUNTY SPECIAL EDITION
AROUND PERTH
Soil and Crop Group
Shares New Ideas
Jim McLagan with weather box.
The Land Stewardship Program has
been the biggest project this year for the
Perth County Soil and Crop Improve-
ment Association.
Designed to help Ontario farmers
adopt better conservation methods, the
program is co-ordinated by county asso-
ciations. In Perth, says association pre-
sident Jim McLagan, the funding has all
been spoken for. Bill Arthur, St. Marys,
is program chairperson in the county.
The county group also has other
projects on the go. Crop tours give farm-
ers an opportunity to share new ideas.
The association has also operated con-
servation tillage trials near the IPM site
for the past three years. Five different
tillage practices are featured.
And association directors, as an ex-
tra service, keep track of temperatures
and rainfall in the area. The statistics are
sent to the county office of the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture to be compiled.
Another annual project is the compi-
lation of corn, cereal, and soybean trials
into a reference booklet. Sharing infor-
mation is a vital focus of the association.
Jim McLagan, who runs a dairy and
cash crop farm near Mitchell with his
father and younger brother, grows win-
ter wheat, soybeans, corn, cereals, and
hay for the cattle.
First vice-president of the associa-
tion is Henry Klooster of R. R. 2, Tavis-
tock; Bob McIntosh of R. R. 7, St. Marys
is second vice-president. Alfred Kipfer,
R. R. 1, Brunner, is secretary -treasurer.
There are more than 400,000 acres
of crop land in the county.°