Times-Advocate, 1981-03-18, Page 11Huron farm and home news
Time to check farm equipment
The annual Huron Cat-
tlemen's Association Bon -
spiel was held March 4 at the
Seaforth Curling Club. Local
cattlemen competed to take
home prizes of choice cuts of
beef purchased from Roth's
Food Market, Seaforth.
Nine o'clock draw winners
were Cam Bogie's Goderich
rink first, with Murray
Forbes rink from the
Seaforth Club second and
Bill Coleman's Kippen group
representing the Exeter
Curling Club third.
Bill Taylor's foursome
from Belmore took top spot
in the eleven o'clock draw.
Second and third place
winners were Murray
Shiell's rink from the
Wingham Club and Stewart
Alton's group from , the
Lucknow area.
It is customary to move
the spiel around the county.
Plans are to try the
Wingham Curling Club in
1982.
Stan Paquette
Secretary Huron
Cattlemen's Association
Spring farm
equipment maintenance
A breakdown at planting
time can cost you hundreds
of dollars. Spring main-
tenance of farm machinery
pays year round dividends
and can help prevent in-
juries. A thorough check of
equipment now will help you
avoid a breakdown during
spring planting.
If you need replacement
parts, order them now, so
that repair work can be
completed before spring
rush. Well maintained
equipment is less likely to
break down.
Your savings in dollars
and frustration will be well
worth the small amount of
time required to get
equipment ready now.
Len MacGregor,
Extension Assistant.
Metric error
Publication 75 - Guide to
Chemical Weed Control.
Please note. There is an
error in the Conversion
Table oh page 102. 1 litre
equals .26 U.S. gallon, NOT
t:.
.18 as is printed in the table.
Stan Paquette, Associate
Agricultural Representative
Reminder cholinesterase
clinic
Tuesday, March 31, 9:30 -
12:00 Noon, O.M.A.F.,
Clinton, 20 King St., Clinton.
_ This is the clinic you
wanted to attend. It is a teat
for insecticide levels in your
blood. It will only take two or
three minutes to take the
sample and answer some
questions about pesticides.
This clinic is for your
benefit - for your safety.
There will be a follow-up
clinic in May. O.M.A.F. Staff
will be on hand to answer
questions about pesticides.
Pat Lynch
Soils & Crops Specialist
for Perth and Huron
Breed, feed and weed
Dairymen are constantly
faced with the challenge of.
maintaining healthy
vigorous cows that have the
ability to produce large
volumes of milk and fat. In
order to • obtain hi:h
r - ;-o
Lys
production, dairymen nave
to pay close attention to
breeding and feeding
progress along . with
following a selective culling
program that will maximize
on longivity and
profitability.
BREEDING - on the
average, every milk cow in
Ontario only produces one
heifer calf in a lifetime! The
importance of sire selection
becomes ever so crucial
when you consider you may
only have one opportunity to
upgrade your herd by raising
heifer calves from your
better cows in the herd.
FEEDING -During the
first three to four months of a
cow's lactation they are
expected to produce 50
percent of their total milk
production for the lactation,
along with being rebred and
checked safe in calf. This
spells tress! Maximize on
growing and feeding quality
roughages, such as hay,
haylage and corn silage,
followed by balancing the
cows roughage diet with an
adequate grain mix con-
tianing all essential
If
STROKING CLASS — Members of the stroking class taking part in Saturday's Stephen
township 'figure skating club carnival are shown above. Back, left, Christopher Neil, Jeff
McCann, Heather Kirkby, Jody Galloway and Billy Graham. Front, Kathy Wilson, Dwayne
Glanville, Julie Foran and Jennifer McNutt.
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Easy
in every way!
Kentuck9 Fried elticken,
Easy
on your budget.
For just $2.35 per person, you can satisfy 15 or more people with
Finger lickin good chicken, salads, Grecian Bread, everything! Even
the table cloth, serving spoons, the napkins and all.
Easy
on you.
Just call our Store Manager, then come and get it! Now what could
be easier than that, when you're expecting a crowd.
Good chicken!
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EXETER
nutrients for fferent levels
of production.
WEEDING - Some
cows just don't earn their
board throughout the year. It
takes the first 3 to 4,000 kgs
of milk to feed and maintain
a Holstein cow for one year -
an empty stall does not
necessarily mean reduced
profit. Production and
management records are
essential in order to carry
out a sound worthwhile
selective culling program.
Most of a dairyman's suc-
cess is home made.
There are identifiable
reasons why there are a
number of Ontario dairy
herds producing 160 B.C.A.
for milk and fat, while others
produce less than 120 B.C.A.
Dennis Martin, Associate
Agricultural Representat-
ive.
Are you Interested
in soil management?
To keep you up-to-date on
the wise use of soil today and
saving soil for tomorrow, the
Huron County Soil and Crop
Improvement Association
are presenting a Soil and
Crop Management Program.
The program will be held
on Wednesday, April 1 from
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the
Pine ridge Chalet between
Hensall and Zurich.
Windbreaks on the Farm.
Crop Rotation, Principles of
Tillage. Alternatives to the
Moldboard Plow. These are
a few of the topics to be
covered. Experiences of
innovative farmers and
researchers will be featured.
There will be plenty of op-
portunity for discussion and
questions.
A buffet dinner is included
in the cost of $8.00 per per-
son. Tickets are available
from your township direc-
tors or the Agricultural
Office in Clinton.
For further information,
contact Larry Wheatley, RR
1, Dublin, or the Agricultural
Office in Clinton.
Ontario farm interest
assistance program
Time is running out to
apply for the Ontario Farm
Interest Assistance
Program. Applications must
be submitted as soon as
possible, but not later than
March 31st, 1981. Application.
forms are available from
most banks in Huron County
and the Agricultural Office
in Clinton.
This program applies to
interest paid on money
borrowed from chartered
banks, credit unions or trust
companies for operating
credit.
The Ontario Government
will provide a subsidy under
this program up to a
maximum of 3 percent on
short term working capital
that is borrowed above 12
percent annual interest rate.
The maximum amount of
interest assistance is
$1,687.50 .and not to exceed
the actual amount of
operating interest in the 9
month period - April 1st to
December 31st, 1980.
To qualify for the interest
assistance, farmers must
have a gross agricultural
income from the farm of at
least $8,000.00 during the 12
months immediately
preceding the date of ap-
plication and have owned
less than 75 percent of their
assets.
Don Pullen,
Agricultural representative
Party planning
Do you like to entertain but
hate to fuss?
Do you like to eat some
basic home cooking but need
a new idea for it?
Do you dislike buying a
new seasoning because it's
only used in one recipe and
then never anything else you
cook?
Would you like to make
party planning much sim-
pler and less hectic?
Then why don't you join us
for our food forums "Parties
That Please Your Purse".?
We'd like to give you some
practical and economical
recipes. Everyone is
welcome. Sample the recipes
afterwards.
Join us on Tuesday. March
17 at 7:30 p.m. -St. ,Andrew's
Presbyterian Church,
Wingham. Wednesday,
March 18 at 7:30 p.m. -
Masonic Hall, Exeter.
Tuesday, March 24 at 7:30
p.m. -Ontario Street United
Church, Clinton.
Loralee Marshall &
Jane Muegge,
Home Economists.
Times -Advocate, March 18, 1981 Page 11
TOP SKATERS, SHOOTERS-- Sunday's Stephen Optimist club Tri-Star skating, shooting
and passing competition proved to be very successful. Above, program convener Rick
Blotchford presents trophies to the 12 and 13 age group winners tester Arts, Mike Arts and
Eugene Glanville. T -A photo
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NAME PRICES
Johnson's Baby
SHAMPOO
Geritol
TABLETS
kA
HAND LOTION
Dove liquid
DETERGENT
DiXmetapp
ETENTABS
450 MI
80's plus 20 bonus
Kleenex Facial
TISSUES
G
GUARDIAN
DRUGS
400 ml.
32 oz.
30's
'2.39
54.98
S1J9
1.29
53.29
79<
200 x 2 ply
Prices effective till March 21
Exeter Pharmacy irci.
Main Street
235-1570
Boneless
ROUND
STEAK
$228
Steer Sides
$it) 1s9
Fully Processed
Ib
In The Deli
Sliced Cooked
HAM
98
Chuck and
Shoulder
STEAK
s 148
Steer Hinds
$179
i$ 1
Fully Processed
DARLING'S
The Place
to Buy Beef
Davern Sliced
BACON
Reg. $1.88 Ib.
Ib.
Save 70C Ib.
Bone In
RIBEYE
STEAK
$298
limit 5 Per family
Steer Loins
99
Ib.
Fully Processed
This week
featuring Black
Angus Steers
from the
Feedlot of R.J.
McGregor &
Sons, Kippen.
Sirloin or
T -Bone
STEAK
6298
Limit 5 T -Bones
3 Sirloins per family
WHOLE PIGS
150 Ib. avg.
79t
Cut W'apped Froien
Darling's Food
Market and
Abattoir Exeter
Open 235-0420
Wed., Thurs. Fri. till 9 p.m.
See Us For Custom
Killing and Processing
Monday Beef Wed. Pork
Family Pack Home Made
Darlings Famous
Homemade
SAUSAGE BACON
,s98< le98�
DARLINGS
The
ToBPlace
uy Beef
235-0420