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P.tge 2 Wingham Advance-Times, Thtustlayt, May 5, 1966
Melvin Good County Assoc. President Report from Queen's Park
Melvin Good was elected
president of the Huron County
Road Superintendents' Associa-
tion at its annual meeting held
recently in Goderich Township
Hall at Helmesville.
Other officers are past presi-
dent, Wm. Taylor; vice-presi-
dent, Harvey Culbert; secre-
tary-treasurer, Wan. Routly;
representative to the Ontario
Road Superintendent& Associa-
tion, Roy Lynda11.
Business included discussion
of a by-law covering construc-
tion of entrance culverts led by
J. W, Oritnell, county engineer
and Ralph Betteridge of St.
Marys who spoke on weed and
brush control by spraying.
Several new members from
various villages and two town-
ships in the county were present
as well as Ken Wilmot from the
Department of Highways.
Grant Stirling, reeve of God-
erich Township and Harold Rob-
inson, deputy-reeve of Howick
Township spoke briefly,
Benjamin Franklin defined
man as "a tool-making animal:
BY MURRAY GAUNT, M.P.P.
Huron- Bruce
The Government's plan for
five boroughs and one city for
Metropolitan Toronto was giv-
en second reading this week.
The debate on second reading
of the controversial Bill occu-
pied 12 hours.
The Ontario Department of
Education is going ahead with
plans for an educational tele-
vision branch to operate a pro-
vince-wide network provided
the application for a broadcast-
ing license will win federal ap-
proval, This is expected.
The application submitted
March 8 for a license to broad-
case on ultra-high frequency
channel 19 is still in the hands
of the federal Department of
Transport. If the federal de-
cision is favourable the Ontario
application will be heard by the
BBG in June. A major consid-
eration of the department now
is that it must present a com-
plete picture of the proposed
operation of the network to the
A new insecticide for the
control of corn rootworm has
been introduced this spring.
The insecticide, Basudin 14G,
contains diazinon and has the
special advantage that no spec-
ies of corn rootworm has shown
resistance to it.
Rootworm populations resist-
ant to the chlorinated hydro-
carbon insecticides are wide-
spread in the U.S. corn belt. It
is expected that resistance will
develop in Canada in the near
future.
Government entomologists
are recommending that a switch
now from the chlorinated hydro-
carbons to Basudin 14G, which
is an organophosphate, can de-
lay the development of resist-
ant rootworms.
The rootworm is an increas-
ing problem for the corn grower
in Canada. It is most severe in
areas where corn follows corn on
Board, including an outline of
the qualifications of the staff
who will run it,
The Attorney-General, Ar-
thur Wishart, has presented his
consumer protection legislation
but its main provisions will not
come into effect for a year.
However a consumer protection
bureau will be established this
year under the Department of
Financial and Consumer Affairs,
The. Consumer Protection
Act which requires disclosure of
the cost of borrowing in terms
of true annual interest, will be
given approval in principle at
this session and then referred to
the consumer protection bureau
for a year.
The main provisions of the
Consumer Protection Act are:
1. The registration of door to
door sellers.
2. A 2-day cooling off period
in which a purchaser can get
out of a contract he has made
with a door-to-door seller.
3. A provision that goods sold
under a time payment contract
the same land. The larvae be-
gin to feed on the tender young
corn roots as soon as the root-
worm eggs hatch, The result is
a pool root system and corn that
is star ied for plant food and
moisture. Damaged corn is
weak. Lodging and gooseneck-
ing are common and this great-
ly complicates harvesting. Ears
are stunted and there are far
fewer bushels of corn at harvest.
The new insecticide has
proved that it can be depended
upon in a wet year, dry year,
heavy infestation or whatever
the situation. It leaves no resi-
dues that show up in subsequent
crops. It is approved for use on
dairy farms as there is no risk of
residues in milk.
It is recommended that the
insecticide be applied at plant-
ing in order to protect the young
seedlings before the rootworm
larvae can do any damage.
can be seized only by Court
Order after 2/3 of the contract
has been paid,
4. A standard form in which sel-
lers or lenders must set out the
costs of credit in terms both of
dollars and annual percentage
for both standard and revolving
credit plans.
Two Ministers
Will Turn Sod
The Province of Ontario will
be represented by two ministers
at a ceremony marking the
commencement of activities at
the site of the 1966 Internation-
al Plowing Match. The match
takes place in McKillop Town-
ship, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, October
11, 12, 13 and 14.
Hon. C. S. MacNaughton,
Minister of Highways, and Hon.
W. Stewart, Minister of Agri-
culture, will share the honor of
turning the first sod at Scott
Farms in McKillop Township at
Seaforth, on Saturday afternoon,
June 11. Gordon Mc Gavin,
Walton and Larry Snider, Exe-
ter, joint chairmen of the Hur-
on committee sponsoring the
match, said the two ministers
had accepted an invitation to
take part.
While planning for the match,
expected to draw up to 30, 000
spectators a day, has been un-
der way for more than a year,
the June ceremony will mark
the first move onto the 1, 000-
acre match site.
In addition to Mr. Mac-
Naughton and Mr. Stewart, the
ceremony will be attended by
members of the Ontario Plow-
men's Association and repre-
sentatives of area municipali-
ties.
Feeder Hog
Profits Require
Cutting Costs
Raising a feeder hog costs
about $17 to $21 in feed, ac-
cording to a recent study of
forty-six Ontario feeder hog op-
erations.
John R. Stephens, an econo-
mist with the Ontario Depart-
ment of Agriculture in Guelph,
relates that the use of home-
grown grain or the purchase of
grain grown locally were found
to be effective ways of reducing
feed costs. Where three-quart-
ers of the feed was homegrown,
feed costs were less than $54
per ton compared with $73 per
ton where almost all, of the feed
was purchased,
"In this study," Mr. Step-
hens states, "feed costs averag-
ed $20 per hog for the 46 pro-
ducers. As the average cost of
feed decreased from $73 to $48
per ton however, more of the
cheaper feed was required to
produce a feeder hog, an aver-
age of 716 pounds compared
with 624 pounds of purchased
feed.
" On the whole, returns to
risk and management increased
from $2.77 to $5.55 per feeder
hog as the price of feed decreas-
ed from $73 to $48 per ton.
This profit widened, not only by
feeding homegrown grain or by
purchasing locally grown feed,
but by volume buying. Direct
purchase from the elevator,
with the cooperation of a mil-
ler to handle bookkeeping, was
also a financial asset."
Mr. Stephens concluded that
farmers who constantly search
for ways and means to reduce
their feed costs will be well re-
warded for their efforts, espec.
Sally when feed costs are 80%
of production expenses.
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Of Even Resistant Corn Rootwor
MOUFLONS, a species of wild mountain sheep native of
Corsica and Sardinia, are interesting animals. The ram
has imposing curved horns and sports a beautiful choco-
late brown fur coat, with a silver colored patch at the
rump. The ewes are similarly garbed although the color
pattern is slightly more subdued. The most endearing
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ATRAZI NE 65W.. it won't burn
the corn or hurt adjacent crops".
"What I like about Atrazine," Ivan Armstrong says, "is that it
seems to be foolproof. The only harm from an overdose is to
your pocketbook—not to the corn!"
Ivan Armstrong grows about 215 acres of corn. He has been
twice winner of the Cash Crop Farming Corn Award at the
Western Ontario Seed Fair.
Atrazine is used post-emergently as an overall application.
"Results are excellent," he says. "On one rented field the weeds
were so thick it looked like sod. One application of 4 lbs.
Atrazine and 1 gallon of oil completely wiped out the weeds
and grasses."
Atrazine controls weeds when they are small, before they rob
the corn plants of moisture and nourishment ... and it controls
them all season long so that harvesting goes faster and easier.
Start using Atrazine this year ... discover how profitable corn
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Ask your dealer for an instructional leaflet on Atrazine 65W.
Gesaprim" brand of Atrazine 65W is available in 5 lb. bags and
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