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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-09-02, Page 21AT EMA OPEN HOUSE --- At Tuesday's A&H EMA Food Market Barb and Walt Ltdeman, Ed Skinner and Gord Ross are welcomed by Howard Holtzmann. T -A photo Soil erosion continues despite many measures on area farms Erosion -control measures exist on many farms in southwestern Ontario, but soil erosion is still a serious pro- blem in Canada's most fertile agricultural region. Extensive interviews were con- ducted in the fall of 1986 with 1,115 farmers in southwestern Ontario by Soil and Water Environmental Enhancement Program (SWEEP) researchers. SWEEP is a federal -provincial in- itiative aimed at reducing phosphorus pollution in the Lake Erie basin -- resulting from cropland runoff -- by improving erosion -control practices on southwestern Ontario farms. This five-year program was created because agricultural sources account from 45 to 55 percent of phosphorus loadings in the Great Lakes. In addition to the survey of current agricultural practices, SWEEP en- compasses a broad range of research and public awareness and incentive programs, all designed to reduce soil erosion and phosphorus run-off from agricultural sources. SWEEP program leaders, Vernon Spencer of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Agriculture Canada's Frances.Cullen, declared the survey a benchmark to track progress in ero- sion control in the future studies.. 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OIL PAINTING FOR BEGINNERS 564 Thursday, September 24, 7:00-10:00 p.m., 10 wks. 530 SEWING IN THE '80's Thursday, September. 24, 7:00-9:30 p.m., 6 wks. 575 WATERCOLOURS Thursday, September 24, 7;00-10:00, 12 wks. INTRODUCTION TO WILDLIFE WOOD CARVING $80 Tuesday, September 22, 7:00-10:00 p.m., 12 wks. BOOKKEEPING FUNDAMENTALS 540 Tuesday, September 29, 7:00-10:00 p.m., 12 wks. THE COMPLETE RECEPTIONIST 525 Thursday, September 24, 7;00-9:30 p.m., 8 wks. 540 TYPEWRITING Tuesday, September 22, 7:00-10:00 p.m., 12 wks. BASIC CARDIAC LIFE SUPPORT (BASIC RESCUER) 523 Thursday, October 15, 6:00-10:00 p.m., 3 wks. You may register either by mall or In person. For further information, please contact the Clinton Con- tinuing Education Office between 12t00 noon and 8:00 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 12:00 noon to 4:00 p.m. on Friday. CONESTOGA COLLEGE — CLINTON CAMPUS Vanastra Rd., P.O. Box 160 Clinton, Ontario NOM 1L0 (519) 482-3458) Cone College Arts arxl7echnobgy I sent a starting point as we work toward reduced phsophorus loadings of the Great Lakes," said Cullen. "By comparing present farming practices to those of the future, we will be able .to assess SWEEP's effectiveness as an agent of change." Ontario farmers have already shown strong interest in SWEEP, ac- cording to Spencer. "The quality df the data depends upon the co-operation of the farmers interviewed. The information would have been meaningless without their help," said Spencer. "When farmers support your actions, you must be do- ing something right." Among the facts established by this study are: -- Phosphorus -based fertilizers were applied "based on experience" by 48 percent of farmers surveyed. Twenty-eight percent of the applica- tions were made on the basis of a soil test the previous year. Twenty-four percent of the fields in the study did not receive phosphorus applications. --When plowing and planting; farmers exercise "little considera- tion" for the slope of their fields. But 20 percent have changed tillage prac- tices, in{he last five years. Of those, 30 percent changed to reduce erosion. --Only eight percent of surveyed -farmers said they .employed reforestation, making this method of erosion control the least used. -- Contrary to accepted belief, only one percent of farm fields had no crop rotation at all. This beneficial erosion - control technique, involving a row crop, cereal and forage, was used on 40 percent of-thesurveyed fields. -- When crop rotation had been practised within the last five years, "reduction of erosion" was cited as the primary reason in.15 percent of the responses. A significant portion (18 percent) of the fields were shallow -tilled. Shallow tillage helps raise erosion by retain- ing plant matter on the surface of the field. Times -Advocate, September 2, 1987 Page 9A Will root sign p1.... stan0 up Stephen Leacock would doubtless have been amused. Just like• his mythical town of Mariposa where no one agrees on the population,'Ex- eter's signs do not agree either. • From the north, Exeter appears to visitors from Hensall as a,fwarming • town of 3,800. However, Londoners from the south see a mere 3,700. Who are these hundred people? Do they know who they are? Is it _possible that slightly more people live in the north part of town than the south'' Ur pernaps they are designated as "one-half persons" under section 24 of the property stan- dards bylaw and can only be seen from one direction. Actually, few of London's signs agree either. but in London a few - thousand peoplehere or there will not be missed. In Exeter these matters are a little more serious. Town Hall cannot account for the difference. According to Clerk. Elizabeth Bell. the signs are the responsibility of the ministry of 'transportation and communications and are subject to their whims and statistics. Murray Selves of the London MTC office, when asked about the discrepancy, simply stated that "there shouldn't be." Seeley explained that for a town of Exeter's size, the signs are rounded up the the next hundred persons and are updated every year. His statistics show an official population of 3,706 for Exeter, which would suggest that the northern signs are correct. Seeley explained that since the southern part of town is in his. London district and the norther part of town falls under Stratford's jurisdiction, it is probably his responsibility to get the si n corrected. BUSINESS GRAD Glenda Cun- ningham, daughter of Bev and Marg Cunningham, RR 2 Lucan, graduated with distinction on the Presidents List, from St. Lawrence College, Brockwille-in Business Administration major- ing in Marketing. She is present- ly employed in retail at West - mount Mall, London. We shall strive to get them the same," Seeley promised. tf • DIFFERENT ANGLES — Exeter "s signs do not sign records people than Highway 4. agree. The north a hundred rnore the south sign ori However, John DeVry at the Strat- ford MTC office said that the signs had been updated this spring with adhesive overlays to display the new population. "I thought. I changed all four of them," said DeVry, referring to the two Highway. 4 signs and the two on Highway 83. He speculated that the overlay could have fallen off. "If it's not ap- plied right it can fall off, or perhaps some kids peeled it off'. DeVry added that his department tries to keep the signs showing the same population, "otherwise we gel calls from newspapers looking for articles". 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