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Times-Advocate, 1979-09-12, Page 19 (2)FARM DRAINAGE NOW IS YOUR INSURANCE FOR YOUR FARMING FUTURE roth olrainosoie LIMITED FARM DRAINAGE SYSTEMS R.R. 1 Gadshill 6502618 656-2781 Henderson plans protection Says farmers get short end of stick Retiring farmers are getting the short end of the stick from their municipalities and Ontario Agriculture Minister Lorne Henderson is getting his dander up. "We are becoming aware of municipalities rejecting the rights of the farmer," Henderson told a South- western Ontario resource management seminar Saturday. WHITE BEAN GROWERS - HARVEST 1979 • The Cook's plan will meet the challenge - and serve you better! * Fast Receiving Facilities * Personal Attention From Qualified Staff * Three Major Plants, Plus Licensed Satellites Throughout The Area. For details of these and other important benefits, contact your local manager or Cook's Salesman. DIVISION OF GERBRO CORP. HENSALL * CENTRALIA * KIRKTON .262-2410 . 228-6661 229-8986 CO.OP • Ri 1h 6;4; 4. • YFr • Too many rural municipalities are outlawing severances which would allow a farmer to retire to a second home on the farm while his children take over the main operation, Hen- derson said. Instead farmer are being urged to move into the nearest urban centre upon retirement. "We need prott,ction for farmers all across Ontario," Henderson said. "I will support those ' people who have lived their life on the farm and wish to remain on their farms." He said he opposes the spread of residential set- tlement of agricultural areas but that policy should not apply to farmers' retirement severances, for severances to build quarters for farm workers or for an additional house for a son who works in an urban centre but helps part-time on the farm. Such sons usually end up working full-time on the farm within three or four years, the minister said. Henderson also made it clear he has no sympathy for urban dwellers who take up residence near farms and then complain about odors or take legal action to have farm activities curtailed. He found urban support_ from Dresden Mayor Tony Stranak. "Move downtown if you don't want to smell it," Stranak told the seminar attended by about 60. municipal and provincial officials. "Why did he build a house there? We should support our farmers and bless them for putting food on the table. If you ever see what they pay in Europe, you'd put up with a hell of a lot more smell." Doug McTavish, en- vironment ministry regional director in London, had no figures available but said "we get a lot of complaints" about farm odors. Enniskillen Township Coun. Larry O'Neill was critical of rural municiapalities for the latitude they grant farm operations. "It seems to me anything done - on agricultural lan(i is okay" to those councils, he said. Jim Miller, a ministry of agriculture representative from St. Thomas, said urban municipalities have to consider carefully before trying to annex farmland. He cited a recent Ontario Municipal Board decision which rejected the town of Hanover's attempt to annex abutting agricultural land. "Chatham wants to annex land. Where do you go? It's all class -1 land all around," said Miller. "If there are hog farms with a lot of capital investment, let's stay away from it and go for bare land." OVER 80 CLUB Mrs. Nancy Koehler of the Blue Water Rest Home, Zurich will be 91 years young September 15. ALL THE SILVERWARE — The Exeter Blizzards ended up with all the silverware in the squirt tournament for the Lucan anddistrictsoccer league in Exeter. Saturday. Mayor Derry Boyle presents the league championship trophy to captain Chad Miller. while looking on are the tournament top scorer. Mark Burton, and the most valuable player. Henry DeBruyn. Area girls at conference Patti Down and Dorothy VanEsbroeck of the South Huron Junior Farmer Club were delegates to the recent Provincial Junior Farmer Leadership training camp at Bark Lake in Haliburton County. ATTENTION FARMERS ON) - 4. •n r Exeter Co-op custom spread your fertilizer the convenient, efficient way. Order Your Seed Wheat �.. EXETER. IPcTRICT Con -OP. 1.5:.?,P - EXETER 235-2081 The camp was attended by Ministry of Agriculture and 80 delegates from across Food. Ontario. During the week, each member was expected to provide leadership to the program in various ways, whether planning the evening • socia.1 event or vespers, sharing a camping skill or working on other activities. "Personal" leadership development was stressed through discussion and group experiences. Sessions on communication, program planning, leisure activity and other topics of im- portance to local Junior Farmer Clubs were a key part of the camp. On their return home •delegates are expected to use their new skills and abilities in community and Junior Farmer programs. The Junior Farmer Leadership Training Camp is conducted by the Ontario Can't get that avocado seed to grow? Maybe it's planted upside down - the dimpled end is the bottom, the pointed end the top. Expose the top third to the Tight, the lower portion cover with soil or just immerse in water. In a month or two it will sprout. LOADER RENALS Daily, Weekly Or Monthly 3 models to choose from 14, 23 or 37 h.p. Hydrostatic Drive Coll Don Sararas riot: lt�.'3td Blyth 523-4244 Exeter 235-1115 •' Times- Advocate, September 12, 1979 Page 3A +jIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiIIiiiiiiiiiiiiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiii iii i111111111IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIAf iiuii11IIIIII11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111VIIIl11111111IIIIi NCI! 1 E. CORN FIELD DAY AG SEEDS B.B.Q: LUNCH WITH REFRESHMENTS gl- THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th, 1979 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. El • Farm of George Adams 1/2 mile north of Birr on Hwy. #4 between London and Lucan - EVERYONE WELCOME EE 111111111111111111t111111I I I I I I I I I I IMI I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I! I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 11111111 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l I l tr Sometimes you reap a lot more than you sow. A' ci t 315;f1 -A If quackgrass is showing up in your harvest, use Roundup! before you fall plow. You didn't plant it. But / that quackgrass came up anyhow, choking your crops' and taking a bite out of - �. 4t Jato + At :-tu mming upef ie i ' \h works at harvest I time. - I Don't let it happer - ' .. , II again next year. Get the f jump on quackgrass, right.. after harvest. But not by plow- `j ing. Plowing just breaks'up ,/' the weeds, leaving under- _f ground root networks , ready to send up new shoots in the 'spring. This year, before you rfall plow. let quackgrass regrow until most of the weeds are at least eight inches high (the three or four leaf stage of growth). Then, anytime before the first weed.killing ., .. v ,frost...appiy-Roundup • herbicide by Monsanto. Roundup quickly translocates throughout the treated weeds. destroying themes-- root networks and all. Just five days after using Roundup. you can plow as usual. (Note: If you prefer to apply Roundup in the spring, don't plow 0%108.\ the fields this fall.) Stop quackgrass• before it attacks next year's crop. post-harvest application before you plow. - 114 There's never been a herbicide like this before. 1 With as of Roundup ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW THE LABEL DIRECTIONS FOR ROUNDUP , Rowtdupp Is a registered trademark of Monsanto Co. RCN 409 ©Monsanto Company 1979 • Monsanto Monsanto Canada Inc. Toronto. Montreal. 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