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Get hog stabilization payments
More than *33.4 million
has been paid to 5,800
producers so far under the
1980-81 Federal Hog
Stabilization Program.
The program, announced
by Agriculture Minister
Eugene Whelan in May,
covers hogs marketed
between April 1, 1980 and
March 31, 1981. Under the
program. producers receive
$8.96 per hog up to a max-
imum of 5,000 hogs.
Still less than half the
eligible producer claims an-
ticipated have been receiv-
ed. Hog producers who have
not yet submitted their
claims are urged to do so im-
mediately.
Application forms are
available at the Agricultural
Office. Clinton.
D.S. Pullen
Agricultural Represen-
tative.
Somatic cell counts
helps detect mastith
A great deal of interest
has been generated concer-
ning somatic cells and their
use as a method of detecting
subclinical mastitis in dairy
cattle. The milk from an un-
infected mammary gland
i.e. one that does not have
subclinical mastitis, may
contain up to approximately
250,000 somatic cells per
milliliter.
The counting of somatic
cells in a milk sample
provides a means of
monitoring subclinical
mastitis. If the count is low
and remains low, then it is
likely that the cow is not in-
fected.
A recent study at the
O.V.C. found that if a cow
had a cell count of 1,000,000
cellsml. throughout her lac-
tation. she would lose ap-
proximately 15% of her
potential milk production.
Thus. if the level of mastitis
in a herd is reduced, the
producer can either produce
more milk or alternatively
produce the same amount of
milk from fewer cows.
D.H.I. offers the option of
individual cow somatic cell
counts at a cost of 17; per
sample$2.00 "cow" year.The
service is optional to users
of the D.H.I. Supervised,
D.H.1. Owner Sampler or
R.O.P. milk recording
systems. However, dairy
producers should take ad-
vantage of this program to
help ensure rflaaximum herd
production.
D. Martin, Associate
Agricultural Representative
Putting a value
on rented land
A survey done in the
American corn belt
suggested that close to half
the crop producing land was
not farmed by the owner. It
was either rented or 'share
cropped. The high costs of
ownership make some form
of rental agreement the only
viable situation for many
young farmers.
This time of year we get a
lot of inquiries about land
rental. "What is land renting
for in this area'?" is the
typical question. Frequently
you have to pay the going
rates just to get land. The
price squeeze is making
more producers stop and
think There will be some
Soil type Another factor to keep in
Most of the land In this mind is the treatment of the
area is clay loam. Loam and land in the prior year. If it's
sandy loam soils are worth a a clay loam. it should be fall
bit of premium over clay plowed or you'll likely drop
loam. You will do better In 10 to 15 bushels per acre in
adverse weather on a loam corn yield potential. Land
or sandy loam farm - even if that was churned into a mud
it has had several years in bath at harvest and plowed
row crops. in extremely wet condition
Muck soils will be worth will also have lower yield
less than clay loam because ; potential. Excessive tillage
of problems with some and compaction will reduce
nutrients and weed control. yields even a year later.
Soil applied chemicals won't Land is easier to break down
work too well. Muck soils than to restore to top condi-
tend to be in low areas which tion.
are Prone to early and late Long term agreements
frosts. are best
Sandy soil or eroded knolls What do you do if you have
should be discounted if they, to pay more than land is
have a history of drought or 'worth' to rent it? You have
nutrient problems. These two choices. If the land isn't
eroded knolls will appear as worth the rent asked - don't
lighter coloured soil, once rent it, OR, try to work out a
they are ploughed. longer range plan with the
Drainage owner.
The weather of recent In my opinion, a lease
weeks reminds us of the might reasonably be
value of tile drainage. Well presented as a cropping and
drained land that doesn't land management plan. The
need tiles is rare. If land is minimum term of the lease
well drained because of should then be the length of
slopes. you're probably look- the crop rotation plus maybe
ing at erosion problems as a year. The tenant should
well as machinery problems reap some of the benefits if
in coping with the slopes. the land management is
Add to this lower organic good. If the land manage -
matter levels and this in- ment practices of the tenant
creases your chance of her- aren't good, then the owner
bicide damage. should be able to cut the
Generally, if land is not lease short.
fairly level and not tile The dollars per acre paid
drained. the rental should be in rent each year could be
discounted by 20 to 40 %. The tied to the commodity price
lower yield potential and index or the average price of
higher risk factor of poorly corn or some other mutually
drained land should be ac- agreeable index.
counted for. Year to year rental
Production history agreements. with no con -
There are the obvious tinuity, or short sighted.
Good land management re -
things such as weed
problems and herbicides quires planning and time.
that have been used. Every Land that is rented year by
year you'll hear about
somebody getting their
beans planted on a newly
rented farm only to find that
the prior tenant used lots of
atrazine the year before.
The new tenant drops a bun-
dle of money on a destroyed
crop.
The fertility and past per-
formance of land is often a
good indicator of what can
be expected. Fertility alone,
however. can be misleading.
For example, turnips are a
heavily fertilized crop. Corn
or beans following turnips,
however. will rarely produce
even average yields. Soil
condition. rather than fertili-
ty. becomes a limiting fac-
tor. All the working and
compaction takes a heavy
toll on clay loam soils. In
fact. I wonder if you can af-
ford to pay more than $25 an
acre for land that was in tur-
nips the previous year.
If you grow beans, for ex-
ample. and the farm you are
considering has already had
a couple of years in beans,
be careful. Each successive Rundle - 70; Peter Sereda -
year of beans makes the land 70; Gordon Joties - 70;
worth 5 to 10% less for Murray Keys - 69; Passmore
another crop of beansorcorn. Farms - 67; Ken Oke - 66;
Similarly a corn crop Robert Down - 66; Bruce
following two or more years Shapton - 59; Tuckey Farms
of corn won't have as high a - 58; Tom Triebner - 58.
yield potential and the land Ensilage Corn- Elmer
value should reflect that Powe - 79; Hern Farms - 77;
fact. Bruce Shapton - 75; Allan
Land that has had a crop of Rundle - 74; Strang - 74;
wheat and some red clover Howard Pym - 74; Hugh
to plow down is worth a 10 to Rundle - 73: Lorne Hern - 70;
Fair field
crop results
Results of the field crop
competitives sponsored by
thge Exeter Agricultural
Society and the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food have been announced.
White Beans- Tuckey
Farms - 93. Tom Triebner -
89; Elmer Powe - 88; Bruce
Shapton - 87; Passmore
Farms - 84; Ray Cann -
83; Hugh Rundle - 83; Ken
Oke - 80; Edwin Miller - 79;
Allan Rundle - 76; and Peter
Sereda - 76.
Earl French of Lucan was
the judge.
Grain Corn- Strang Farms
- 82; Murray Dawson - 81;
Ray Cann - 80; Elmer Powe
79; Edwin Miller - 77; Lorne
Hern - 75; Hugh Rundle - 75;
Howard Pym - 74; George
Sereda- 73; Thos. Hern Jr. -
73; Hern Farms - 71;
Gerald Dearing - 70; Allan
hard negotiating take place 15' premium when com- Thos. Hern Jr. - 67; Tom
in many cases before next pared to land growing corn Thos. r - 66; Robert Down -
year's rates are hammered after corn or beans after 64; Edwin Miller - 63; and
out. beans. Land that has had a Passmore Farms - 57.
I'd like to offer a few good crop of alfalfa may be P.R. Traut of St. Marys
points to consider in your iworth a 20% or greater was the judge for the grain
premum.
negotiations. corn and ensilage corn
competition
We're glad you asked!
Bob Hitcher,
Director
WITH A WILL — THERE'S A WAY
If you own anything - a car, house, savings account,
possessions of value - you should have a will.
With a will, you save your relatives considerable
time and money in the handling of your estate.
Further, you are assured that your estate will not be
executed by strangers, but by people you know and
trust.
How do you make a will? First, you see your lawyer.
It's not all that expensive for most estate planning.
He has the forms, knows the requirements of the
province and probably enough of your personal af-
fairs to help in preparing for future management of
your estate.
You may change your will whenever and however
you wish. The important thing is to get started and
make one right away.
We can provide counseling on funeral
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your estate.
We welcome your questions and
comments - privately or publicly,
through this column.
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In accordance to the rules
of the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food, each
competitor is required to
exhibit at the 'Exeter Fair
September 25 and 26 or be
deducted 15 points on each
crop.
year to the highest bidder
will probably grow a crop of
beans or corn every year -
it's the only way to justify
the rental cost. This abuse of
the land will eventually
lower the value of the land.
Its cropping potential will
decrease. A good, long term
cropping plan. works out
well for both the owner and
the tenant. They both depend
on the yield potentials and
profitability of the land.,
However. the final word is
with the landlord. I strongly
urge landlords to accept less
rental for their land in ex-
change for a good cropping
program. This improves
their long term investment
since a good crop rotation
makes that land appreciate.
Pat Lynch,
Soils & Crops Specialist
GUESS THE WEIGHT — Joe Gower holds the calf which will be the centre of attraction of
a weight guessing contest this week at the Exeter Fair. T -A photo
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at the fair
Visitors to the 1981 Exeter
Fall Fair on the weekend will
again have an opportunity to
win a wide variety of prizes
in the annual ticket draw.
The first prize on the
regular fair boprd draw will
be a quarter of beef with $100
of the coat being provided by
the Exeter District Co-op.
A side of pork donated by
Miller Farms will be second
prize while third is a side of
Iamb courtesy of Evergreen
Farms.
The last three prizes to be
won are a case of oil from
Don Cowan Fuels, a turkey
from Hayter Turkey Farm of
Dashwood and a bushel of
applies donated by Frank
Sawyer.
The ladies division draw
offers three prizes. First is a
quilt handmade by the ladies
of the Exeter Agricultural
Society with material
donated by Mrs. Delmar
Skinner and Mrs. Floyd
Cooper.
Placemats and napkins
donated by Mrs. Bruce
Shapton go as second prize
and the third ticket winner
gets a cushion donated by
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