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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-01-21, Page 14Page 14 Times -Advocate, January 21, 1981 LEADERS OF 4-H — About 40 Huron County 4-H leaders in Huron County met Wednesday for their annual meeting. From the left are Adrian Brand, Crediton; Allan Haugh, Brucefield; Glenn Miller, Grand Bend and Ron Fleming of the Clinton Ag. office. T -A photo • :'ane foot in the furrow'.w Bedfellows make strange politics. Or is it the other way around? The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Coun- tries is slowly but surely strangling the developed countries and the Third World countries as well by hiking oil prices again. The new prices are going to cost Canadians a million dollars a day. In fact. the increase to $36 a barrel will add more than 5.4 billion annually to the oil bills in Japan and West Germany. The OPI'' ' bills are becoming astronomical, so high that dullards in mathematics such as I am find it impossible to com- prehend the figures. The Third World countries could be so strapped for petroleum dollars that they could all go bankrupt. 1 have said it before and the reaction astounds roe, what is wrong with using food as a political tool? In hushed tones. the humanitarians say that such a suggestion is horrible. "Hold the hungry for ran- som'''. they say. "We cannot even think of such a thing." Canada. the United States, .Australia and Argentina are the leading grain producers in the world. Many of those same OPE(' nations. with all their petrodollars. cannot grow enough wheat to feed themselves Grain will not do well In a desert. Avoid the on and off heating of coil appliances. They are expensive to operate because they are high wattage users. They buy millions of tonnes of wheat and other grains from the food - producing countries. They have formed their cartel. Why can't the food -exporting countries form a food cartel and sell bushel -for -barrel? The idea is far from new. In effect. the U.S.A. tried, unsuccessfully it seems, to use food as a political tool when President Carter opted for a grain embargo to Russia for the invasion of Afghanistan. It seemed to be a half-hearted effort. We all know that big grain sellers in the U.S. sold to countries other than Russia knowing full -well that the buyers were only middle -men for the U.S.S.R. The idea of a food cartel to deal with OPEC could be dif- ficult to enforce. It could take considerable organizing and the four or five par- ticipating nations would have to be united in their stand so that the dollar bill would not be the motivating factor. And. of course, the par- ticipating governments would have to work with agriculture so that sector of the the economy did not suf- fer if grain shipments were held back. Farmers would have to be compensated. Does this idea sound callous? Would the food - exporting nations become gods in deciding who would eat and who would not? Policing such a policy would he a tremendous job, especially now that we know middle -men will stop at nothing to get grain to a destination. hut it seems to Project completion rate high Huron 4-H The year 1980 for Huron 4- H clubs was described as ex- cellent by Huron's Agriculture Extension assis- tant Len MacGregor at Wednesday's anual meeting of the Leaders Association held in Clinton. MacGregor said 373 boys and girls participated in 32 clubs with a total of 500 pro- jects. In 1979, the number of participants was 352 with 551 projects. In explaining the lesser projects, MacGregor said, "We had more younger members in 1980 and so there were not as many tak- ing two or three projects like some of the older members do." He went on to say, "Our first year members amoun- ting to 136 wits the largest number in four years. The completion of project percentage was also high at 92. The province l average is about 83. The senior membership dropped from 116 to 102 in 1980 but MacGregor said that was because of a strong Junior Farmers group in Huron and some of the older • membeis moved on to that organization. Bob Hern of trsborne township a long-time 4-H leader added. -We should be proud that 40 of our members are still with us at the age of 17." Huron's Ag. Rep Don Pullen paid tribute to the leaders and 4-11 members and said. " our youth are liv- ing at an important time of discovery and leaders need to encourage them to be am- bitious." Pullen continued, "This ambition must have a purpose. You must help them to do things that pay off. We must keep believing in what we are doing." The Huron Ag. Rep. in talking about his decreased staff said Jane .\Iuigy has been added to the home economic staff and he hoped a replacement for soils and crop specialist Mike Miller would be found in the near future. Miller left the Clin- ton office last summer to Letters are apprenated by Bob Trotter Etdale Rd Eim.ra Ont N3B 2C 7 • me Canada, the United States and Australia have as much or more in common than the petroleum expor- ting nations. Iraqis and Iranians. neighbors in their desert culture, are even now at war. Jordanians do not like Libyans. Libyans don't like the Saudis and all of them hate the Israelis. The volatile situation in the Middle East would be a plus factor for a food cartel. Play cards at Whalen WHALEN Mr. & Mrs. Hamilton Hodgins were the conveners at the last Whalen com- munity card party. Winners were as follows: high mens prize, Larry Hern; high lady, Josie Taziar; lone hands, Jerry Wallis; low score, Barb Wallis. The next card party will be held this Friday evening (January 23) at 8:30 with Mr. & Mrs. John Scott as conveners. A hearty welcome is extended to all community members and friends to come out for a fun evening of euchre. The Whalen bowling team, the "Whalen Wizards" took 5 points in the Friday evening mixed bowling in Exeter. Welcome home, to Mr. & Mrs. Rob Morley who have returned after a two week vacation in Freeport, Bahamas. He plants Pioneer and Asgrow. Test results prove the complete performance of Asgrow corn hybilds. Check Your 1981 Ontario Hybrid Report) Your Asgrow seed dealer: LORNE BALLANTYNE CR. asgrow SEED CORN R.R. 3, Exeter 235-0577 ROBERT STONE R.R. 3, Exeter 235-0375 JOE MILLER R.R. 1, Dashwood 236-4765 BOB SPENCE R.R. 6, St. Marys 229-6667 COOKS, DIVISION OF GERBRO Hensall Centralia Kirkton 262-2410 262-2410 229-8986 t' Paving $50 for a bushel of wheat,should be a deterrent to charging $50 a barrel for oil. have said many times that. some day. agriculture will regain its place in the political picture. a place of prominence and respect. This would be one way of gaining that respect. The guy with biggest club gets respect. Hungry. starving people become desperate people, maybe even desperate enough to lower the price of oil. farm near Ridgetown. Pullen said "in Europe and the Ignited Kingdom the ratio is one agricultural ad- visor to each 100 farmers. In Ontario it's about 800 to one, and our agricultural ministry spending is 1.03 percent of the overall On- tario budget. We are rather a frugal operation". Attempts will be made to establish a 4-H beef show and sale in 1981. This would be for members with calves that do not advance to the Queens Guineas competition at the Royal Winter Fair. Len MacGregorisaid there were about 100 4-H calves last year and only 22 went on to the Royal. He reported that the counties of Waterloo and Wellington combined for a similar sale in 1980. MacGregor was instructed to contact 4-H leaders in Perth county to possbily es- tablish a joint sale for the two counties. A committee is to be set up including one leader from each beef club. Veteran 4-H leader Bob Hern added, "It would be good to have a sale for all 4- H members for steers and heifers." Considerable discussion took place on the method of selecting interviewees for the Murray Cardiff Citizenship trophy as the top _4-H member in Huron each year. A suggestion that the final interviews be cut down to three from the north and three from the south of the county. This idea was rejected and the present method of nam- ing about 30 candidates and having these members themselves do the thinning down to five or six of the top contenders. Bob Hern commented, 'What we don't want is a division of the county. Let's leave it the same and give Len MacGregor the right to add any outstanding members of he so desires." The press reporter com- petition was very successful With 27 of the 32 clubs par- ticipating. The winner was David Marshall RR 3, Blyth 4-H LEADERS EXECUTIVE — The,1981 executive of the Huron County 4-H leaders Association was elected Wednesday in Clinton. Back, left, secretory -treasurer Maurice Hallahon and vice presidents John Von Vliet and Brian Oldfield. Front, president Ken Mewhinney and past president Barry Miller. • Staff photo Huron farm news The ice fighters How do you fight ice" Ice can he a nuisance and even a hazard around the farm and home. There are three chemicals which are com- monly used to get rid of ice. These are salt. claciurn chloride. and urea. They all work by forming a solution that has a lower freezing point than plain water. Common salt 'sodium '•hlonde r is the cheapest and easiest to get. Unrefined rock salt costs about 6 cents per pound. It is only effec- tive down to temperatures of about - 12 degrees C. Salt is very corrosive to rnefal. Also. in strong concen- trations. it hills grass and garden plants. For temperatures colder than - 12 degrees C. calcium chloride is the hest chemical to use. It is effective to temperatures of around - 22 degrees(' It is just as cor- rosive to metals and as lethal to plants as salt. Sold in flakes. it costs about 40 cents per pound. Urea is actually a high nitrogen fertilizer. but it is very effective in your battle with ice It actually helps plants grow if used in moderation However, it is only gond at dissolving ice for air temperatures down to - 4 degrees (.' The cost of urea is about 25 cents per pound Sometimes. mixtures of these chemicals are sold. Often these are effective for a wide temperatufe range. Another chemical used around livestock to improve traction on Ice is lime. This does not melt the ice however it only roughens the surtar•e Ice is a fact of life in this area Pl here it may pose a k hazard to people or animals, it may be wise to use one of the above listed chemicals to get rid of it. Ron Fleming, Agricultural Engineer IMPORTANT NOTICE to all HURON COUNTY PORK PRODUCERS TAKE NOTICE THAT THE 1981 ANNUAL MEETING of the Huron County Pork Producers' Association will be held WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 DINNER: 11:45 AM MEETING: 1:00 P.M. SHARP at the LEGION HALL, CLINTON for the purpose of the proper business of the Annual Meeting, Including con. siderotlon of a revised constitution for the Huron County Pork Producers' Association. JOHN PAUL RAU LLOYD STEWART Presidanf Secretary Dinner tickets available from any of the County dlrec. fors one weok prior to meeting. increasing of the Huron 4-H veterinary science club. Bill Jewitt, RR 1, Londesboro was the winner of the 4-H gate sign competi- tion. There were 29 excellent entries. Two new clubs are planned for 1981. They are to cover activities of poultry and con- servation. The poultry club will be sponsored by the Huron pigeon and poultry club. The school spring break of March 23-27 will be utilized for the organization of com- munity clubs and MacGregor said county clubs•would be organized in April. Exchanges with other provinces or states are again a possibility in 1981. Len MacGregor said he has had some contact with Huron county in Michigan regar- ding a two way exchange. The new 4-H leaders ex- ecutive includes president Ken Mewhinney, vice- presidents John Van Vliet and Brian Oldfield and secretary -treasurer Maurice Hallahan. Barry Miller is the past president. The following committee chairmen were named. Beef - Neil Hemingway; Dairy - Ray Hasenberg; Field crops - Paul Pavekeje; Sheep - Florence Pullen; Horses - Rosemary Workman: Rabbits - Ray Hanna: Snowmobile - Bob Pavekeje: Swine - Don Dodds: Tractor - Allan Haugh: Plowmen's - Bill Leeming. t. Quality Products • Proto Tools • Hypro Pumps • Makita 8 Bosch Hand Power Tools • Bolts 8 Blades Cecil R. 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