Times-Advocate, 1983-02-02, Page 5SOIL AND CROP OFFICERS — Directors of the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association met in Clinton,
Thursday. Back, left, Aart DeVos, Gary Baker, Wayne Cantelon, Gerald Hayter, Walter Mcllwain, Ray Hogan
and Art. Bolton. Front, John Oke; Gerritt Van Keulen, president Bruce Shillinglaw, provincial director Lawrence
Taylor, Ray Hartman' and Jim Ross. Missing were Bruce Payner, Bill Armstrong, Hans Rasmussen and Dennis
Connolly.
T -A photo
Soil and crop group pieet
Discussossiblcropp e
A number of possible pro- found "double cut was way
jects for 1983 were discussed ahead of single cut"
Friday by directors of the • Telling directors that white
Huron Soil and Crop Impt•ove beans were still in business
'tient Association. despite popular belief,
President Bruce Shill- Usborne director John Oke
inglaw said a number of new said he would continue ex -
farmers were interested in a
no -till project and suggested
they be directed into a conser-
vation tillage prog,•am•
More tests on soybean
yields and varieties were sug-
gested by Wayne Cantelon.
Tuckersmith and Gerald
Hayter of Stanley township.
Aart DeVos said he Would -
continue small scale insec-
ticide trials including assess-
ment of herbicides on weed
control.
Provincial • director
Lawrence Taylor said. "We
are ready to have soybean in-
formation reported including -
the whole area of cover
crops."
Hay township director Ray
Hartman' said he had tried.
red clover plowdown and
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periments in direct cuttings
for harvesting.
Art Bolton.• of .McKillop
township reported on new
varieties of cereal grains and
said he hoped to continue seed
treatment to stop cereal grain
rojects.
diseases. -
Gerritt Van Kuelen of Grey
township talked about study
of row width of soybeans and
corn, data from insect traps
and inpregnation of
chemicals in dry fertilizers.
-
No other type of work could
possibly -compare to that of
the farmer.
We are what real farmers
call hobby farmers. We have
our few acres in the country
and horse barn in' the
backyard. The busy highway
is only -a few hundred yards
away but a two -acre hard-
wood bush stands silently at
this time of year behind our
country home.
I have just come from
feeding • those. horses. The
yard light at the corner of the
corral cast grey shadows in
the snow, shadows of cedar
rails that were split by an
unknown hand perhaps 100
years ago.
We got the rails from a
horse breeder almost 15 years
ago who was putting up
spanking- new woven wire
fences around his property.
The rail fence had originally
been a snake fence and had
been on the farm for mann
decades.
Oh, what Stories those rails
could tell, stories of hardship
and laughter, gruelling
winters and' sun -drenched
summers.
The bulb blazed as i hit the
switch in the barn and died. i
could see only the outlines of
the old mare at the far side of
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the box stall. The colt, •now dest weather, is at ,least 10
separated from the mare un- degrees warmer than outside
til he can be gelded, poked his because the open door faces
head through the narrow south. It is a soft. animal
opening above the door. ' warmth that can sooth nerves
The mare stepped forward that are jangled and on edge
softly with a genQe whinny, from a day's work in the city.,
expecting her oats -smelled i reach out to touch the
the smell of her, the sweet, mare under her mane. She
•earthy smell of horses, the has always been my horse
slightly musty but sharp odor although literally dozens of
of dry timothy hay, the young people have ridden her
pungent smell of fresh over the years. The soft hide,
manure, an odor • I have . thick with her winter coat,
always found pleasant quivered at my touch and
although my city friends do then she moved closer, confi-
not. dent that I was her friend.
The stable, even in the col- I ran my hand up over her.
ears, down her long face to
that velvety nose, so smooth
and sensitive. iter soulful
brown eyes glinted in the dif-
fused light from the yard a id
I swear she whimpered soft-
ly in anticipationof her oats.
And she got • them, too,
along with an extra handful
because she reminded me of
how lucky, how blessed it is,
to he even remotely con-
nected with God's own
creatures and His land.
Outside, the whisper of the
Northern Lights slashed the
northern sky in ghostly green,
rising and falling. then fading
to dim glow only to flare up
again to flow across the
February sky. a river of rip-
pling light.
I trudged bat* to the house
thinking of how great it must
be to heave a barn full of
stock, munching contentedly
on farm -grown feed.
I have been connected with
journalism formore than 30
years. When 1 was young, it
never occurred to me not to
believe in God. f prayed to
him, seeing Il'm as a person
before my eves.
As I grew older, I began to
think there was no God and
dismissed Him from the
universe: 1 talked of reality,
of the big bang theory. of Ivan
,being nothing but a cosmic
accident.
And now, as i trudge
towards the warmth of our
home with the soft snow crun-
Woman to friend at ching beneath my feet and the
restaurant: "if I'm going to warm earth beneath the snow
live with the guilt of having and the night sky exuding the
dessert, I'd like it to be more Creator's energy, it seems to
than sherbet!" me there is nothing but God.
Play euchre
at Centralia
By MRS. TOM KOOY
Centralia
Mr. and Mrs. Don lfirtzel,
Parkhill were Sunday guests
with Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence
Hirtzel.
Mr. and Mrs. Brent
Bylsma, Clinton visited on
Tuesday of last week with
Tom and Mary Kooy.
• Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Kooy,
Ronnie and Clydc were guests
Sunday with Clayton parents
at Hevwoods Restaurant.
Alice was celebrating a
birthday.
A euchre party was held at
Neil's school house Monday
evening convened by Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Conlin and Mrs.
Gavle ('ronyn.
The prize winners were:
ladies high score. Ilelen Mac-
Donald, ladies lone hand,
Marilyn Dixon, low score
Mrs. Evan • llodgins, man's
high score Tom Kooy, lone
hands, Glen Hodgins. Low,
Ed Armstrong. 11 tables
playing.
The . next euchre is
February 14 convened by Mr.
and Mrs. Evan Hodgins, Jean
Millar and Charlotte Barker.
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Times -Advocate, February 2, 1983 Page 5
Hawk official responds to booze issue
p
Dear Sir: particular
As one who was involved
with the Hawk dance held in
December 1982, 1 would like
to comment a little more
regarding underage people
consuming alcoholic
beverages.
To run an organization suc-
cessfully, funds available is a
very important matter. This' -
is so with the Exeter Junior D
hockey team. A matter of '
fact, the same is for minor
hockey, the Exeter Mohawks,
etc.
The function, known as the
Hawks dance, in December
1982 and held at the Exeter
Rec Centre, was licensed Over 70 members and Members of the executive
under L.L.B.O. at- which it guests of the Bluewater for 1983 were installed by Past
was stated that minors were Shrine Club attended a dinner Potentate Spence Cummings.
to be admitted: No minors meeting held at the They are as follows: presi-
were knowingly served Candlelight Restaurant in dent - Dr. Mark Itaithby; im-
alcoholic Ix verages. Some Goderich on Wednesday, mediate past president - Ray
minors were apparently serv- January 26. - Fisher; first vice - Jim
ed by others present within The Bluewater Shrine Club Stewart; second vice - Jan
the rec centre building, or out- is affiliated with Mocha Tem Lagerwerf; third vice - Bill
side-ifr the parking lot. pie, London. Units such as the Chandler; treasurer- - Bill
People present at the dance Fire Brigade, the .Horse Cook; secretary - Gordon
were parents from the Junior Patrol, the Scooter Patrol and Baxter: bulletin editor -
D players and parents who Temple Guard have become Bucky Graham; ways and
knew that ' their children a familiar sight at parades means George Bacon;
would he present at the and other celebrations publicity Howard Aitken;"
dance. Because; of three throughout Huron County: ' auditors - Ken Melt and
things: u To oversee their Shrine built and supported William Stauttener; and
children 2 To enjoy the dance hospitals are renown directors --I arry Hamilton of •
3) To contribute. • funds for throughout the world for their Grand Bend, Glen Chesney of
Junior U hockey.
awork with crippled children Sea forth, Ron Main , of
I
To those prents that were and with children who are Goderich, Ross Scott of,
so concerned about minors burn victims. Brucefield, Ron Turner of
being served. i ask this ques- Bluewater Shrine Club fund Parkhill, • Jim llowson of
tion "Did you know where raisings contributed over Blyth, Bill Riehl of Clinton,
your children were that par- $8,000 to this work in 1982. Bill Chandler of Dashwood,
ticular evening?" Guest speaker at the recent Bob Drysdale of Henson, Earl
I have been .ed with dinner meeting of the Long of Exeter, Dave Hynes
junior hockey and minor Bluewater Shrine Club was of Wingham, Jim Elliott of
hockey for several years. I the Reverend G. Lockhart Huron Township, Fred Thuell
have enjoyed working with Royal of Goderich. He was in- of Brussels, Martin Andrews
the kids, especially this year. troduced by Noble Ivan of Bayfield, Ronald Forrester
The Exeter Junior Hawks are McConnell and thanked by of Lucknow and Ken Hodgins
a great bunch and their Noble Bucky. Graham. of London. .
parents have supported the
executive: support we could
not have clone without.
If those that are so critical
about dances and are so wor-
ried, please cone out and sup- •
port our local team. If we -
_have. enough gate receipts, • '
there will be plenty of funds to '
pay our expenses. The same
was meant for the Exeter
Junior D Ifockey Tournament r '`•
held the first weekend in
January. The excellent
hockeygames, in
the. final game, was as good
as any Junior B hockey game
anywhere.
If it had not been for atten-
dance from out-of-town, it
could have been disastrous.
Sorne of our town officials
may ponder that statement.
We try to put Exeter on the
map in Europe, but in
Western Ontario it doesn't
matter..
I hope that the residents of
Exeter area will consider sup-
porting some of the local
teams. Come out to the fund
raising events and co-operate
with those in charge to make
these events a success. The
GRADUATES — Lori Lynn
Stewart, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Stewart, RR
1 Kirkton graduated
recently from the Mental
Retardation Counsellor
Program at Fanshawe Col-
lege. Lori Lynn is now
employed with the
Cochrane Temiskaming
Resource Centre in
Timmins.
Maintain
those fans
When was the last time you
cictaned your livestock ex-
haust fans? That long ago,
eh? A few facts about fan ef-
ficiency night help make the
job easier.
Most fans have louvres.
These louvres keep the wind
from blowing in when the fans
aren't running. When the fan
runs, it has lo push the
louvres open With clean
louvres, this caii reduce the
capacityof the fan by 23 to 39
per cert. according to one
study. •
The lesson here is that if a
fan runs continuously (such
as a manure pit fan, it will
run more efficiently if it
doesn't have louvres. For
most fans, louvres are
necessary. Especially during
cold weather, ►froisture con-
denses on the louvres. This
helps dust to collect and a
dust cake is formed.
,This can reduce (he perfor-
mance of the fan by up to 24
per cent, according to the
same study. Don't forget to oll
the louvre joints" They can
rust and corrode and need to
be lubricated. The idea is to .
let the louvres open as freely
as possible.
Why not take the time to do
some fan maintenance? When
many farmers 51'end hun-
dreds of dollars a year on
hydro just to rim their fans,
every little bit of increased ef-
ficiency helps.
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success means entertainment
for our kids, be it hockey,
figure skating, baseball, or
any other sport.
Thank you,
G. Mol
Exeter Taxes
1st instalment - Due February 15
You can help us and yourself avoid the
last minute rush, please drop your post-
dated cheque with detached stub/s in-
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