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Times -Advocate, December 3, 1986 Page 5A
Hard red wheal cited as a sI.Inlng Ilght
Members of the Huron Soil and
Crop !improvement Association atten-
ding the annual meeting in Varna
were told Thursday night of the Rick Upfold said this winter wheat
merits of hard red wheat. was one of the shining lights during
University of Guelph soils specialist a very difficult crop year.
AT SOIL AND CROP ANNUAL — The annual production report meeting of the Huron Soil and Crop
Improvement Association was held Thursday night in Varna. From the left are guest speaker Rick Up-
fold of the University of Guelph, secretary Art Bolton, district direct Vic Roland and president Ray Hart -
T -A photo
It is to laugh when the moguls of
Canada's first independent television
network spout about Canadian
content.
I know of no star of importance
ever promoted by the CTV.
As this is written, J.R. Peters,
chairman of the network's executive
committee, and Murray Chercover,
CTV president, are trying to tell the
Canadian Radio -Television and
Telecommunications Commission
that they are great corporate citizens
doing great things for Canadian
talent.
If it was not so pathetic, it would be
hilarious.
What other company, private or
public, returned a 75 -percent profit to
its shareholders? The CTV, in my
humble opinion, has done so little to
promote Canadian talent that the
CRTC should be ashamed of itself for
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allowing the joke to continue.
The controversial revenue-sharing
agreement between the CTV network
and its 16 affiliated stations keeps the
network broke and the affiliates in
clover. And local stations (affiliates)
will do nothing to promote local talent
until forced to do so by the CRTC. If
you want confirmation of this state-
ment, all you have to do is look at the
track record of private radio stations.
Many of the owners -- not all of
them, mind you -- of private radio sta-
tions have spent the last 30 years
laughing all the way to the bank. They
have cried great crocodile tears to get
their licenses renewed and made pro-
mises to promote Canadian talent
Girls show
their skills
"Entertaining with cheese", was
the theme of meeting six of Exeter I
4-11 club. The girls showed their
mothers how much they had learned
from the 4-H project "Milk Makes It"
by playing two games, "What am I'
and "Dairy Concentration".
Cathy Coates gave us some infor-
mation about other 4-11 activities,
these included competitions, scholar=
ships, regional conference and leader-
ship camp. The girls supplied a lunch
which consisted of different cheeses
and crackers, cherry cheesecake,
cold drinks and coffee.
"Tell something you learned about
dairy products during this project"
was the roll call for meeting seven of
Exeter I. To help us understand the
balancing act, the girls looked at four
different menus.
Using Canada's Food Guide, the
girls judged each one for nutritional
value. The rest of the evening was
spent preparing for Achievement pro-
gram which was held at the Exeter
Public School.
w ile privately bitching anout Cana-
dian content.
How many radio stations took up
the challenge to produce top notch
drama when CBC -radio flagged in its
efforts?
How many television stations out-
side of CBC -TV have produced good
television drama? Not many under
the CTV banner that I know of.
How many private television sta-
tions have done anything outstanding
for farm programming? Damned
few. The only one in our area is
CKNX-TV and every private televi-
sion station in Canada could take
some lessons from CKNX. It is an ex-
ception to prove the rule: private TV
in Canada with one or two exceptions
is out to make big bucks.
Is that their only reason for ex-
istance? Is that their sole purpose?
Don't misunderstand me. I am well.
aware that they have to make money'
to stay in business but does it have to
be made at the expense of a Canadian
identity? Do they purposely ignore
Canadian talent and Canadian pro-
ductions just to show a huge profit
every year?
sib And I enjoyed reading the remarks
of.Andre Bureau, the outspoken chair-
man of the CRTC. He is well aware
of how this so-called Canadian net-
work has made promises in the past
and has' still not fulfilled its moral
obligations to Canadians.
Ile suggested to the network
bigshots that their increased commit-
ment to CanadiQn drama should not
evaporate as suddenly as it appeared
at the hearings?
I almost puked when the network's
president suggested that Bell Canada
commercials are a major contributor
to Canadian identity. Commercials
contributing to identity? Yeech! !
Come off it, guys.
Canadian television with one or two
exceptions has paid lip service to
Canadian content and has left
farmers out in the back forty for 30
years.
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He continued to say that red wheat
sprouted slower than white wheats. In
comparing varieties he said Colum-
bus had better straw and was more
resistant to mildew than Katepwa,
but not in rust resistance.
Robert Traut in his conservation
committee report touched on dit-
chback and Lakeshore erosion and
said water quality was very
important.
He said during the past year he has
responded to 79 erosion calls and felt
prevention was cheaper than a cure.
Townships
get grants
A $40,000 Ontario Home Renewal
(OHRP) grant for the Township of
Blanshard as well as the Township of
Bosanquet, was announced today by
Alvin Curling, Minister of Housing.
The two are among four
municipalities receiving a total of
$160,000 provincial OHRP funding in
the announcement.
Administered by municipalities, the
program assists homeowners to
upgrade their homes, with the em-
phasis on faulty structural and
sanitary conditions, and on plumbing,
insulation, heating and electrical
systems.
Loans of up to $7,500 are made
available to eligible owner -occupants
who wish to bring their homes up to
standard. A portion of a loan may be
forgiven, depending on the recipient's
income. Interest rates range from
zero to ten percent, again depending
on income.
Physically -disabled homeowners,
or homeowners with physigally-
disabled relatives living permanent-
ly with them, may qualify for loans of
up to $9,500. This special maximum
loan recognizes the extra costs involv-
ed in alterations that make homes
more accessible inside and outside.
For applicants, the maximum an-
nual qualifying income, after
allowable deductions are made, is
$20,000.
Since 1977, Blanshard has received
$124,000 in grants which have helped
upgrade 22 homes.
OHRP benefits are available to
owner -occupants in all municipalities
which have adopted minimum hous-
ing standards bylaws or resolutions
establishing standards, and have
decided to take part in the program.
In communities without municipal
boundaries, OHRP is administered by
the Ministry of Housing in conjunction
with the Ministry of Northern
Development and Mines.
Health tdpik
at Kirkton
Health was the topic for discussion
at the November 27 meeting of
Kirkton Women's Institute.
President, Mrs. Bill Spence,
welcomed everyone. Secretary, Mrs.
Ellis Strahan, read the minutes of the
last meeting, correspondence, and
gave a treasurer's report. Roll call
was answered with "an old-fashioned
remedy".
A donation was approved to the
Town and Country Homemakers of
Huron County, and the WI will be
catering to the Campbell Soup Co.,
Christmas dinner on December 13.
The next meeting will be December
11 at 7:00 p.m., with a pot luck sup-
per, with husband or friend invited,
and a secret pal Christmas gift
exchange.
Mrs. Dave Williams gave a reading
on "Exercise" and then introduced
the guest speaker, Mrs. Lorie Patter-
son, a physio -therapist at St. Marys
Memorial Hospital. She spoke on
areas ,of therapy and then
demonstrated exercise for leg and
shoulder muscle relaxation. She was
thanked by Mrs. Gerald Brintnell,
and presented with a gift. Mrs. Brint-
-nell then had a reading "In praise of
a farmer who is everything".
The meeting closed with a sing song
led by Mrs. Bill Spence. Lunch and
fellowship was enjoyed by all.
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Steps included cropping across slopes
which cut erosion by 25 per cent, crop
rotation and rock rip rap to protect
drains.
Traut said grants were available
for structural erosion control
projects.
Huron's Ag Rep Don Pullen said it
was difficult to see silver linings in the
clouds of the 1986 crop season, but
1987 held another season's promise.
In discussing services of OMAF,
Pullen said Huron as one of 54 coun-
ties and districts in the province had
10 per cent of the action in assistance
programs especially in financial
situations.
During the recent OFFIR program,
900 Huron farm families made ap-
plications while the number in Perth
was 650.
Crops researcher Bob Forrest
brought farmers up to date on infor-
mation gathered by his department at
Centralia College. He said the CCAT
program has grown dramatically
from 20 projects when he started to
about 100 at the present time.
Forrest who specializes in white
bean variety testing and disease pro-
blems said lights were on the horizon
as far as bean blight was concerned.
During the past six to eight years,
have become a mainstay of the --
agricultural economy in Huron. Edi-
ble small seeded soys are more
suitable in the northern portion of the
county and are doing well in the Ot-
tawa Valley.
The researcher said planting of
winter rapeseed may be delayed to as
late as September 17 without any ma-
jor losses in yields. Viruses are avoid-
ed by later planting.
Soil and crop specialist John Heard
gave a lengthy repprt on crop
demonstrations held during 1986.
Ray Hogan presented a resolution
which will be forwarded to the On-
tario Soil and Crop annual convention.
It calls for more research in
chemical combinations which may be
used on minimum tillage crops.
Hogan said the registration process
should be speeded up to meet the uni-
que needs of conservation tillage.
Huron's Soil and Crop president
Ray Hartman of Hay township was
chairman for the evening's activities.
Gerald Hayter and Walter McIlwain
are vice-presidents and Art Bolton is
secretary.
The 1986 Norman Alexander Con-
servation Award and other presenta-
tions will be made at another banquet
scheduled for January 9, 1987.
Nominees for the award to those
practicing outstanding conservation
practices are Lyle Martin, Ethel;
John and Harry Swinkle; Ken
Gascho, R.R. 3, Zurich; Jim McIn-
tosh, R.R. 4, Seaforth; Roy Erb, R.R.
3, Zurich; Jack McGregor and Bruce
Shillinglaw.
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