HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-01-19, Page 19LESSONS ON WELDING MAINTENANCE — The first of a 10 week course on welding
maintenance was held Thursday night at Centralia College of Agricultural
Technology. From the left are Eric Devloeminck, instructor Herman Wulterkens, Kelly
Johnson and Joe Desjardine. T -A photo
He stood on the platform of
the local feed mill with one
foot resting on the tailgate of
his battered, rust -stained
pickup truck.
He wore the standard
"uniform" of a farmer: a cou-
ple of heavy sweaters over a
flannel shirt, jeans, heavy
boots and heavy, one-piece
coveralls.
On his head was the in-
evitable cap, this one with Co-
op above the visor. -
An obvious urban dweller
hopped on the loading plat-
form from his. warm, shiny
car. He was carrying a hag of
bird feed. The farmer was
waiting for his truck tci be
loaded with feed.
"Well." the cityman said.
- "are you farmers going to be
satisfied with a six -percent in-
crease in prices this year? I
work for the city and i won't
get more than six percent".
• "flow much did you get last
yaps'?7 asked the farmer, ob-
viously known to the other
man. "And how much did you
get the year before?"
"We only got 12 percent last
year but we got 18 percent the
year before," was the reply.
"In three years, you will get
36 percent more in wages. i
bet you have doubled your
wages in 10 years," said the
farmer. "Want to know
something? I'm getting about
three cents a pound more for
my cattle than I got 10 years
ago.
"You know what the in-
crease is for me? About 2 per-
cent in 10 years. But the tough
part of it all is, it cost me a
helluva lot more to produce
those cattle than itid 10
years ago. Feed price?, for in-
stance, have gone, up more
than 30 percent. Taxes have
gone up. And I don't have to
tell you how fuel costs have
gone up.
"Figure it out. I get a few .
Let,e, 4,e epp.tc.eltd b, Bob T.o,Ie. fida4 Ad flmrt OoI M1! 2C7
cents a pound more but it
costs me, for heaven's sake,
about 40 percent more to pro-
duce it. I'm making less --20 or
25 percent less --today than 10
years ago.
"How many -people do you'
know are making less today
than they did 10 years ago?
Hell, even unemployment
payouts have gone up, not
down."
The city man laughed but it
was a hollow laugh.
"What do you think is going
to happen to fellows like you?
I mean, how long can you stay
in business when you are ac-
tually making lessoney
than afew years ago " he
asked, interested now in the
plight of the cattleman. Ile
added with another chuckle:
"What you guys need is a
damned good union."
The farmer also chuckled:
"We had a farmers union
once but it isn't active now.
We've got the federation and
the farmers survival group. I
think both of them are going
to be more militant.
"Really, all we're asking
is some kind of a stabilization
plan that will help us through
the lean years. This bust -and -
boom bit has gone too far.
"If it doesn't change soon,
I'm going to be looking for
your job because I'll just get
out of business."
How many more cattlemen
feel the same way? How long
will it take before so many of
them decide to quit, we won't
have enough left to produce
the beef needed to keep
Canada self-sufficient?
I couldn't help but wonder
as the horse feed was piled in-
to the trunk of my car. I wat-
ched the city man drive away,
roar up the street with a wave
of his handand disappear in ---
to the traffic.
The cattleman stepped
wearily into his truck, had to
slam the door twice to get it
to catch, and drove slowly out
of low,p with the rust spots on,
his l0 -year-old truck obvious'
in the sunlight.
Huron farm and home news
Times -Advocate, January 19, 1983
Pogo 19
Rural leadership workshop set for Seaforth
Last September, Dennis
Timbrell, the Minister of
Agriculture and Food for On-
tario, announced a series of
leadership workshops to be
held in winter of 1983 for
members of all rural
organizations. During the fall
months, a committee of eight
people representing rural
organizations, agribusiness,
and the Ministry met to
recommend format and sub-
ject matter. -
The leadership workshops
(nicknamed R.S.V.P. - Rural
Seminars for Vital People)
are ready to roll. The
Workshop in this area will be
held on Monday, Jan. 31 at
Seaforth - in the new com-
munity centre beginning at
9:45 a.m.
The goal of the R.S.V.P.
program is to further develop
leadership skills within
members of rural organiza-
tions. The main topic of each
workshop is how to run an ef-
fective meeting or program.
Sessions include setting goals
and objectives for your
organization, parliamentary
procedure; and evaluation.
There will be a chance to
meet members of other rural
organizations and the day will
conclude with a banquet and
guest speaker.
Cost is $5.00 per person.
Pre -registration is necessary.
For further information con-
tact your Clinton office of the
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food.
Mark your calendar for
Monday, Jan. 31 and please
phone the O.M.A.F. office at
482-3428, Zenith 73040 to
reserve your spot.
Jane Muegge, Home
Economist for Huron County
Rural Women's Study
What are your concerns as
a rural woman? What
pressures do you find
stressful? ,How has advance
technology' affected you? How
many of you are actively in-
volved in your farm
enterprise.
Meetings will be conducted
and your submissions (either
written or verbal) are great-
ly wanted.
The main purpose of the
study is to:
1. Identify the pressures,
problems and educational
needs of the client groups.
2. Identify those segments
of the population having the
greatest need for ministry
services.
3. Determine the implica-
tions of technological
developments for the
ministry.
Meeting for this area will be
held - February 28 - Stratford
- Board Room OMAF office,
413 Hibernia Street, Strat-
ford; March 1 - Hanover -
Grace United Church,
Hanover; March 2 - Clinton -
Board room, OMAF office, 20
King Street, Clinton.
Times: 1:30.3:30 p.m. and
7:30-9:30 p.m. on each date, so
take your pick.
OMAF is always wanting to
serve people better. Your help
and submissions can help us
serve you best,.
Jane Muegge,
Home Economist
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food
Clinton
Diary of a soils and
crops specialist
Red Clover Workshop -Guelph
A round table discussion by
farmers, industry and eicten-
sion people gave us more in-
formation on red clover. Bob
Fulkerson told us that double
cut red clover is a lot more
aggressive as a seedling than
single cut. For this reason
double cut should by used on
winter wheat. Especially if
you . are having trouble
establishing red clover.
The farmers present
related their experiences
establishing red clover. Den-
nis Dow of Staffa is having
good results by broadcasting
some red - clover seed on
winter wheat with some
nitrogen really early. Later
he puts on the rest of , his
nitrogen. There was general
agreement that the earlier
you apply red clover to wheat,
the better were your chances
of establishing red clover.
Bruce Shillinglaw of
Londesboro noticed that he in-
creases his chances of suc-
cessful -red clover stands by
cutting his wheat as early as
. possible.
The relative merits of
single -cut versus double -cut
were discussed. Most agreed
double -cut was better than
single cut. Double -cut produc-
ed more top -growth and thus
more nitrogen for the next
crop. I was concerned that if
we make double -cut sound too
good, farmers will think
single -cut is no good. Then
when you price the two you
will be disappointed with the
cost of double -cut - too high -
and then not plant' any red
clover.
RABBIT COURSE BEGINS — A rabbit management course is now underway each Thursday night at Centralia
College of Agricultural Technology. Above, course co-ordinator Bill Dickey talks to Barry and Irene Tomlinson,
Woodham; Mavis Knapman, Granton and Allan McChesney, Arkona. T -A photo
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school news
We would like to announce
the arrival of Mr. Mason. He
arrived Tuesday, December
28, on a teaching exchange
from Australia. Our Mr.
Robertson went to Australia
to teach in a school .in
Metropolitan Perth. Both.
teachers applied for the ex-
• change in December of 1981.
They were informed in June
that they had been accepted
for the move.
Mr. Mason has a family of
six including himself. His
children are now going to
school' at Stephen Central in
the Crediton area. Mr. Mason
and hisfamilyoriginallyy came
from Coolgardie, Western
Australia. He was a principal
in his former school. We
would like to wish the very
best to both teachers for their
upcoming year.
Friday, January 7, our
grades seven and eight
students performed some of
their Oliver production for the
residents of Chateau
Gardens, Parkhill. In English
class Mr. Mason instructed
students in making cards and
writing poetry for the folks at
Chateau Gardens. Each stu-
dent chatted with a resident
and presented them with a
greeting card after the Oliver
production.
Students were impressed
by the kindness of the staff of
Chateau Gardens and by the
gratitude of the residents.
Marjie Atmore
Carrie Hartle
Bob Fulkerson suggested if
seed cost is a deciding factor,
then farmers should just use
a lower seeding rate of
double -cut. Fulkerson main-
tained that in most cases a
tower seeding rate of double -
cut would be better than
single -cut. (However, the
ideal for wheat and barley
would be 6-8 pounds per acre
of . double -cut. The second
choice would be blend, with
the third choice single -cut. •
Professor Bob Sheard of
Land Resource Science
Department stated that we
are probably not giving red
clover enough nitrogen
credits. Presently we only
credit a red clover piough
down crop as returning 25 lbs.
N per acre to the next crop. In
most cases this is too low.
However, some years, like
1982, the red clover stands
were uneven. In some areas
barley killed the red clover
out. Where the red clover sur-
vived, there is lots of nitrogen.
Areas wheretiered clover
was smothered there will be
no nitrogen available.
The farmers present were -
split on which herbicide to
use. Some were .using
Tropotox or Tropotox Plus,
while others used a low rate
of MCPA. Bob Forrest from
Centralia College said that in
• 1982 in their plots treated with
Tropotox or MCPA, both had
the same height by plough
down time. Initially, the low
rate of MCPA set the red
clover back more than the
Tropotox, but by September
there was no difference.
Feeding the. red clover to
dairy cattle was discussed.
John Benham from Well-
ington County, told us about
his success in making
haylage-with red clover. -
An interesting .idea put
forth was to pasture red
clover in October. If you have
a good stand and electric
'fences; why not pasture it in
October. By mid October all
of the top growth is there. By
pasturing you will just change
the form of that top growth. It
will be dead as soon as you
plough anyway. A 50 acre
field of red clover should
make some cheap beef or
milk in October. Watch for
bloat.
Carlota Workshop - Guelph
The returns to p Canola
crop in 1982 varied as yields
did. There were good and
poor yields with 1500 lbs. per
acre being an average yield.
Selling price ranged from
$190. to $220. per tonne. It ap-
pears that the acreage will be
up again in 1983. For 1983 the
most exciting item is triazine
resistant canola.
Arnold Storey of Topnotch
at Milverton told us that most
of the Canola that he has con-
tracted for 1983 is the triazine
resistant type.
There was some disagree-
ment as to how much
triazines this type could stand
without affecting yield.
However, there was good
agreement that triazine resis-
tant Canola could be suc-
cessfully grown on fields with
high atrazine carryover.
In addition, one pound of
atrazine and oil did a good job
on most weeks that would
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cause a problem. I was sur-
prised by the number of peo-
ple that stated that annual
grasses such as (oxtail cannot
compete with canola. You do
not have to worry about con-
trolling them.
Talk with Ted Rothrnel,
Assoc. Agr. Rep., Perth,
about Pastures
Ted has just told me about
another farmer with pro-
blems that appear to be
related to nutrition. I half jok-
ingly suggested to Ted "If
dairy farmers would put their
cattle back on pasture, they
wouldn't have so many nutri-
tional problems". He agreed!
We talked about it and
why not. In the 70's it made
sense to confine dairy cattle
- take all the feed tothem and
cash crop that extra land.
However, in the 80's dairy
farmers cannot make money
cash cropping. Furthermore,
because of the system of crop
stabilization (paid for net
crop sales) generally you can-
not collect on' stabilization.
Maybe you can make more
money by putting some of
those cattle back on pasture. -
Electric fences have come a
long way in the last ten years.
Preparing pesticide courses
Spent most of the day
preparing Pesticide Courses
for 1983. (I hope attendance
will be a lot better than in
1982). •
During February we will be
putting on two day courses for
the sales people that sell
and/or custom applyyour
herbicides. If you take their
advice on herbicide; rates,
etc., tell them to attend this
course: So when you see
Maynard, Milt, Tony, Larry,
Earl or whoever you may be
buying from, or have custom
spraying done by, ask them
which days they will be atten-
ding. This course will be given
at seven locations across On-
tario. It is for salesmen and
custom spray operators. Ex-
act locations are available
from area Soils and Crops
Specialists.
Last year less than 20 per-
cent of the peoplesellingyou
your pesticides attended
these workshops. •
By Pat Lynch, Soils and
Crops Specialist
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REGIONAL DAIRY DAY
WHERE: Huron Hall, Centralia College
of Agricultural Technology,
Huron Park, Ontario
WHEN: Wednesday, February 2, 1983
COST: $5.00 - includes lunch and
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