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A show of 'hands following . a soil-
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nserv,ation ' demonstration in. Ashfield
wnship has indicated .to*fishipfarmers
ant their land included in the Maitland
alley Conservation Inclusion in
e- Authority will make 'fainters eligible 'for
nding of 'soil and water erosion control,
rograms' on their farm land;
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Approximately, 70 .people concerned with
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osion of land by .Wind and ram t this !Piing
ended a soil conservation information and
emonstration•daxat the:farni,of Ray Hogan
Ashfield Township • June '28.• The day's -
genda included &tour of three farms in the
wnship 'where Ray and his brothers, Lai*,
nce and Francis are employing reduced .
Page practices and ',Water management
ucturea t(IControt soil erosion.' Reiesenf
tives ofs the'HUroii.cOnnty office 'of
ntario• Ministry of Agrieidtuie /and Food
MAF); 7:Maitland .Valley ;;Conservation
uthority, ;Huron Soil. and WatoF •CQnsely#7. •
on District and the OntariC'Soili.1001 Crop
provement Association ' presented soil
nseryation. intbimaticav to the group
lowing the tour. • - •-• •
A discussion ,:and question . and *answer
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period followed and among the 25 people
r.eaining; a showtof hands indicated they
were in favoutiof hiving the entire township
included in the Authority. Presently only 30
Per -cent of the townshiMs included under
the Authority and the levy will increase -from
3,600. a year to approximate* 511,000 a
.year if • the entire.. township is. :milder the
Authority's jurisdiction.'
Programs 'offered by the Authoritk • at
- present- are eligible forsUpplementary,
funding of 30 per cent in addition to the,55
per cent available through OMAF programs.
Brian Howard, general manager of Maitland
Valley Conservation Authority,. said. he' does
notknowhow, 19Pgthe: soillgoinenqry
funding will be 'available but the Authority'
haa-extenSiOn,people_to assist farmers in de-
signing their programs, while OMAF does ,
not have as many extension people to help
farmers in 'the field at this' time.
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The Conservation Services Program for
'private- land -owners aVallable, throukh the
Authority includes a reforestationassistance
program to provide' Wind breaks foi; wind,
protection against soil grass, water-
: ' Toro to'page.
Anne Ghislett's Quiet' in the Land has
cell... -Awarded , the Governor :General's:
ward ,for best drama published in 1983.
Thelt014fteisinit*aSI,' unaninityliin- Said
atherinal,ereofthe'ranada.COnett The
ward will be presented in Ottawa in the
Quiet in the Land, which al's° won the 1982
kalmeri Award for best play produced in
e Toronto area,„: was commissioned and
reinierect,(1981)4by the Blyth ,f.C,Sttval; and
as brought tack by popular demand in
982. It is the touching drama. of the struggle
f the Amish people to keep'their way of life ,
nd their values ins 'the early 1900s. Quiet
oured to the University of Waterloo, has
een produced at the Toronto Free Theatre,
nd is scheduled. for production at the
anitoba *Theatre Centre next season.
THE NEWS
Anne is better known toitical audiencesas
Anne Roy, wife of-former,Artistic :Director
and co-founder �f the Blyth .James'
Roy,,,Shejilled many Ages .at the Festival
over the years inciuding Administrator And
Aits5efite'tqir.cairglieriif4iferfhlr,ga,rr
Boyle in'we1; "A Sinnitid,turiiint", for the
festival,. in. 4077 and aince,that•lime . has
devoted:her energies to writing full time. •
Her second ,play for • Blyth, The Toinorroir
Box; 'broke all box office recordsin 1981 and
was4emiiiintedlin 1983. • • • . ,
Anne has recently . moved to Winnipeg •
where JaPes has been appointed Artistic, Two year old Nicholas Mann found Canada' Dai a flag wakdall when he attendedthe
Director Of the-144thte4:'lrhOatre Centre:. baseball itiune•ind,- fire works display Sunday evening at Caledonian Park. His brother,
She ;and James both liel:(036:be in Blyth for ''itussell., 14 mondial found his flag better snited,$0,eilem*11.,The boys were watching their
the !gala Reunion. Weekend. to be held on father, who phiyed 00446,40010W Khilinien team which was defeated* thetuclomwilions'
August 1.1 and 120984. • teani.This 64 the seine at one game each and a rubber gale 11 In Ole lilaialag•
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oy soll conservation practices on farms
Three Ashfield Township farmers are
• employing soil conservation practices on
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David Cayle,y of Lucknow received awards
for Most ImproVed Cadet, Attendance and
Excellence in the construction of a model
airplane at the first annual inspection of 543
Squadron, Wingham Royal Canadian Air
Cadets held in Wingham in June. David also
took part in a demonstration of. radio
controlled inodel aircraft during the inspec-
tion program. • ,. ;
David will be attending Trenton Air Cadet'
Camp for two weeks in July with cadets from
across the prOvince.. Be is the son of ,Gord
and Laura Lee Cayley of Lucknow.
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Bicentennial party
their farms hi an attempt to protect their soil
from wind' and water erosion and to .save
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Lay Hogan has a nci Mille corn crop which
he believes to be a better crop of corn than
he has ever grown. The soil was neither fall
nor, spring ploughed, although Hogan did
remove every two rows of corn stalks 'out of
every four rows last fall, and has shallow
disced once this sPring.
The field varies , from sand loam in 'the
high spots to clay in the low lying areas and -
the crop is uniform throughout the field.
Trash whippers on Hogan's corn planter
whia has been equipped, with several
deviees_ for no 4aillie seeding, push the, '
residue from last year's' crop aside, and part
the rows alloWing the soil to warm up and
dry promoting germination and emergence
Of the seedlings
Hogan estimates the variations to his
planter have have cost about , 52,000 but thisll
money is saved because he has. done no fa
ploughing. and less • tillage in- the spring
"before planting. -
Because, he -has no fall ploughing to do,
Hogan finds he can !grow full season corn on
most of his acreage. He can harvest more
crop and 'leave it in the field longer until it
becomes drier since he can harvest later.
Effective management of residue protects
the soil from wind and water erosion and
improves crop yield according to Robert
Traut, ' conservation agronomist with the,
Huron Soil and Water Conservation District.
Speaking to approximately 70 farmers and
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The LucknoW Hoitieuitural Society :will =mut meeting fans to organize. cos'
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conserYationists at a soil conservation
demonstration held on ,Ray Hogan's farm
June 28, Triad described the advantages of.
no taille and ridge planting of crops and
'water erosion control structures.
Trash whippers mounted in front of the.
gauge wheels on a planter move the residue
aside leaving a clear area to plant the seed.
If the residue is permitted/ to " remain up
around the plants, it keeps the soil cooler
and sludge damage is more prevalent, says
Traub ,
If the. trash Whipper is used, too deep, a
trench i's created because too Much top soil is
moved away and (water runs down the
channel even 'n level areas, Traut warned.
This , will cause erosion and cooler, wetter
Soil which Makes it important to Move the,
Turnt�pageS.
hold their, Bi.centennial Garden Party at
Waterworks Park on July 18 'following the
garden tour which leaves the municipal
parking lot at 2 p.m. and the • planting of the
Lucknow Eh -centennial white pine at the •
Lucknow Town ,Hall at 2.15 p.m.. .
,,Tickets for the picnic supper tit the Garden
'Thirty are 53 pet person and Must ' be
purchased in advance by Jul,
528-3813 'or 528-2702. -
A bronze plaque to recOgnize •the first
water works in the village of Lucknow to
serve as fire protection will be unveiled in
NataikWorks Park dining 'the garden party.,
Alarm crisis summit meeting interided'to
bring -about a coalition of farm groups to
Confront the problems facing farmers today
did not result in an alignment of the groups
because. of their differences and the poor
•turnout at the meeting.
• Sunny dry weather provided ideal condi-
tions for haYing and only about 50.people
attended the Meeting held at Brookside, -
Public School June 26. • Guest sneakers --
included representatives ,of the Christian ,
Farniers Federation of Agriculture, Ontario
Federation of Agriculture, Catholic Rural
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National Farmers Union 'and . The
Canadian Farm Survival Association. -
Meeting organizer Clete Dalton introduc-
ed.the speakers by saying the purpose of the
meeting Was to form a coalition of farm
grOdpS and organizations.lo 'Confront the
issues facing farmers. The representatives,
of the various organizations outlined a brief
history of their group and where they stand
on issues and Dalton dosed the meeting,.
without' dealing with the purpose Of the
summit as addressed , in his opening •
. remarks. ,
Lloyd Willert of Dashwood of the
Canadian Farmers' Union (told the meeting
the various farm organizations, don't -seem
to be getting anywhere. He said he has
never seen so much provincialism as he has
observed in recent years.
All farmers, even European farmrs share
coronion problems, said Willert. The rural
communities are being devutated. One
farmer is producing all the beef that used to
be produced in the whcile township, yet the
push for •more production is still on.
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