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Times -Advocate, April 17, 1991
Family identified
EXETER - A local resident was able to identify all the people in a
photograph that may find its way into the book planned by the Us -
borne Township Sesquicentennial Committee.
Olive Parsons called the Times Advocate after seeing a photo-
graph published in the paper two weeks ago. She recognized her
grandmotherMary Parsons as one of the young ladies alt gathered
for a formal family portrait at the turn of the century, and was able
to identify them all as daughters of William and Catherine Treble of
Usbome Township.
In the back row in the photograph are Ruby Treble, Mary Parsons,
and Ada Evans. In the middle row are Veda Crocker, Elizabeth Ho-
skin, and Effie Treble. In front is Olive Andrew.
Wheat producers get
$28m payment
CHATHAM - The Ontario Wheat
Producers Marketing Board has re-
ceived an interim payment of $28
million under the Agricultural Prod-
ucts Coo rative Marketing Act
(APCMA).
The funding, presented to the
board by Huron Bruce MP Murray
Cardiff, parliamentary secretary to
agriculture minister Don Mazan-
kowski, will cover the organiza-
tion's deficit as of October 31,
1990.
This assistance will enable the
board to pay back a portion of the
Farm job
opportunities
CLINTON - The Ontario Minis-
try of Agriculture and Food is
once again providing job opportu-
nities for young people as well as
summer help for farmers through
the Junior Agriculturalist program.
This program provides an oppor-
tunity for students between the ages
of 15-24, with no farm experience,
to work on a farm for eight weeks.
Students receive $40 per day with
every second weekend off.
Host farmers are asked to provide
room and board, and contribute $20
per day to the Junior Agriculturalist
training fund.
If you are a student or a farmer,
and would like more information
regarding this program, please con-
tact the OMAF office in Clinton at
482=3428 or 1-800-265-5170.
Crediton
forms new
4-H club
By Lisa Clarke
CREDITON - On April 10, Cre-
diton started a new 4-H club for
girls and boys 10 to 12 years of
age. The club is called Exploring
4-H. Our first meeting went well,
we talked about what 4-11 meant,
picked our officers and did a
couple of fun games.
Our leaders are Beth Clarke,
Carolyn Pritchard and Glenda
Wuerth. Our club officers are pres-
ident Mary Anne Grotentraast,
vice president Christine Pertschy,
secretary Denise Pfaff and press
reporter Lisa Clarke. We have four
other members.
Hurondale 4-H
By Jackie Morgan
THAMESROAD - Last Monday
the Curious Cats of Hurondale I
held their final meeting. For this
meeting we took a special trip to
the Exeter Animal Hospital. Dr.
Balsdon told us some stories about
careless people, stories about hap-
penings in the hospital and some
interesting articles in the hospital.
When we came back from the
hospital, roll call was, "If you
could find a way to talk to an ani-
mal, which one would it be?" We
talked about some animal care
health -tips and played a game. We
then had a snack and talked about
our achievement program,which is
going to be held April 29 at Tha-
mes Road Church. At 9 p.m. the
meeting adjourned.
Grand Bend
4-H club
GRAND BEND - Monday, April
8 marked the last official Health
and Fitness meeting of Grand Bend
i 4-14 club. Sixteen club members
(11 girls and 5 boys) spent their
time finishing their project books
and playing volleyball, after an 8 -
week program.
Sunday, April 28 will be their
Day of Achievement as the entire
Program Club meets at the Pinery
Park to complete the Great Ride for
Cancer. Grand Bend i has planned
a special meeting at the Public
School to receive their awards.
Those joining 4-H for the first time
receive a plaque with an engraved
plate; the rest add another engraved
plate to the fist on their plaque, and
each receives a certificate of
Achievement.
Everyone had fun during the pro
gram and hope to meet again in an-
other 4-H project.
money borrowed to make initial
payments to its 18,000 producer
members across Ontario. The or-
ganization suffered a deficit in the
1990 crop year, because wheat pric-
es hit an all-time low.
The APCMA is designed to en-
courage the co-operative and orderly
marketing of agricultural products
by allowing the Minister to enter
into a one-year agreement with a
marketing organization. The agree-
ment guarantees the initial pay-
ment made by the organization to
producers and covers the group's
marketing costs to a fixed maxi-
mum.
"This is an example of how the
APCMA helps produces enjoy the
benefits of co-operative marketing,
without exposing them to the risks
of severe fluctuations in the mar-
ket," Cardiff explained.
A final payment covering the
balance of the board's forecast defi-
cit of $35-40 million in the 1990
crop year will be made in early fall
once all of the wheat is sold.
FARM 1IPDATE
Christian farmers want hands-off
on farm safety policy. plans
HORNBY - The Christian Farm-
ers Federation of Ontario is willing
to accept new health and safety
standards for agriculture but it
wants no part of provincial bureau-
crats writing them.
A statement adopted by the Fed-
eration's Provincial Board, 35 fami-
ly farm entrepreneurs from 20 Dis-
trict Associations, calls for the
implementation of any health and
safety legislation by the farm com-
munity itself.
"We recognize that our new gov-
ernment has adopted an agenda of
revising labour legislation," Henry
Aukema, CFFO President, said af-
ter the meeting. Inevitably the ap-
plication of labour law to the agri-
cultural work place will be an issue
for them."
"We accept that education alone
is no longer satisfactory for our
technology based agriculture," Au-
kema said. "But we want no part of
the regulatory framework that the
Ministry of Labour has created in
other sectors."
The Federation wants farmers
themselves to develop codes of
practice and guidelines, specifically
for agriculture.
"Agriculture has a history of
working with enabling legislation,"
Aukema pointed out. "Just look at
our effective use of enabling legis-
lation to set up marketing boards."
"We need enabling legislation
that allows the farm community's
experience with health and safety
education through the Farm Safety
Association to be expanded with
appropriate standards," Aukema
said.
The Federation's policy advisory
commiuee, in a background report,
has identified benefits for self regu-
lation, including:
* A reduction in safety related in-
cidents will reduce down time and
make enterprises more competitive.
* More attention to safety will
make our farms a safer place for
our families.
* We, as farm entrepreneurs, will
be safer in our work.
* Standards will lead to the adop-
Coloured bean tripartite
payment announced
OTTAWA - Producers enrolled
in the National Tripartite Price Sta-
bilization Program for other col-
oured beans will receive an interim
payment of $2.43 per hundred-
weight for beans marketed from
August 1, 1990 up to now.
Bacteria boost soybean
income, production
GUELPH - With no extra fertiliz-
er or chemicals, Ontario farmers
earned an extra $3 million last year
on new soybean acreage, thanks to
research being done at the Univer-
sity of Guelph.
The key is application of a soil
ibacterium that boosts the ability of
soybeans to use nitrogen, which in-
creases yields and protein content.
The imported Brazilian rhizobi-
um bacterium, Bradyrhizobium ja-
ponicum, was used exclusively for
the first time on all new tracts of
Ontario soybeans in 1990. It caused
yields 10 percent higher than older
strains of soybean rhizobia, says
crop scientist Dave Hume, who's
been working with the new bacteri-
um, dubbed strain 532C, since
1978.
"It does so much for so little,
without any extra costs or inputs
like fertilizer or chemicals," says
Hume.
For the past four years, soybeans
have been one of the few profitable
crops for Ontario farmers. Acreage
has soared to 1.2 million acres and
the harvest is now worth $300 mil-
lion a year.
Hume says yield increases attrib-
utable to 532C have put another $3
million into farmers' pockets. It can
produce up to four extra bushels of
soybeans per acre and increase seed
protein content by two percent, he
says.
"That helps Ontario soybean pro-
ducers compete with other farmers
around the wotld."
Legume crops like soybeans need
nitrogen for growth, yield and pro-
tein content. They can get nitrogen
either from external sources such as
fertilizer, or they can effectively
produce it themselves ;n the pres-
ence of rhizobia bacteria. Rhizobia
induce the formation of nodules on
The announcement was made by
the National Stabilization Commit-
tee on behalf of producers, the fed-
eral government and participating
provincial governments. '
An estimated 4,100 bean produc-
ers in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Man-
itoba and Ontario enrolled in the
program will benefit form the pay-
ment.
The final support price is expect-
ed to be announced by late sum-
mer, once the market price and pro-
duction costs are determined.
National Tripartite Stabilization
the plant roots and fix atmospheric Programs are established by feder-
nitrogen (in symbiosis with the al -provincial agreement to stabilize
plant), so a ready supply of nitro- returns to producers during periods
• gen is available. of low market prices.
Ontario soils don't contain soy- I Producers and both levels of gov-
bean rhizobia until they are added ernment contribute equally to the
by a process called inoculation. fund.
Typically the bacteria are cultured
by inoculant producers in a peat
powder base, then dusted on the
seeds by growers. After the seed"'
are planted and roots develop, theyP
are immediately exposed to the rhi-2
zobia, and nodule formation and
trogen "fixing" begins.
But Hume has found 532C is bet-
ter at fixing nitrogen than other
strains of rhizobia. He's still re-
searching the reasons why, but
thinks it's because 532C has an un-
precedented ability to attract and
use other nutrients needed for nitro-
gen fixation.
"It doesn't cause more nodules to
form," he says, "but makes the nod-
ules present more efficient."
Strain 532C's superior ability to
make its own nitrogen also means
farmers who follow a normalcorn-
soybean crop rotation can reduce
their use of manufactured nitrogen +
fertilizer for corn. Research in
progress shows that corn gets about
a 40 -kilogram -per -hectare "credit"
form a previous soybean crop that
fixed nitrogen with 532C.
The next step in the research is to
try to get the 532C rhizobia to out-
do strains in soybean fields inocu-
lated prior to the development of
532C.
This research was originally
sponsored by the Nitragin Co. of •
Milwaukee and the Ontario Soy-
bean Growers' Marketing Board.
The board is continuing its support,
along with an array of inoculant
producers.
tion of more technology to replace
employees. This will results in few-
er people needed to work in high
risk agriculture.
* Technology on our farms has
become safer.
* Safe equipment is certainly
available. This added incentive will
encourage farm technology manu-
facturers to build in safety features.
The Federation is also asking for
government grants of 50 percent to
cover the capital cost of all the
changes in existing facilities or
equipment that are required or an-•
ticipated by the codes of practice
and guidelines.
In the past, CFFY has taken a
similar approach to other farm la-
bour legislation. CFFO opposes the
application of the Labour Relations
Act to farm workers, primarily be-
cause it includes the right to strike,
but C1-1.0 supports new enabling
legislation that would allow farm
workers to organize.
"Probably the best solution is the
creation of an "Agricultural Work
Place Act," says Aukema. "It
should be written as enabling legis-
lation that allows farm entrepren-
eurs and farm workers to develop
the rules and standards themselves.
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OMAF holds Annual
Client Advisory Meeting
CLINTON - On March 18, 1991
the Clinton field office of the On-
tario Ministry of Agriculture and
Food held its annual meeting to re-
ceive advice from clients.
These meetings were started in
1986 with a dual purpose; one, to
hear from people who use the
Ministry's services and two, to
have OMAF staff report to farm
leaders on activities conducted in
Huron County.
This year 29 farm leaders were
challenged with four questions
asking about issues in the rural
community, how to encourage
consumer awareness, the role of
the OMAF field office and an
evaluation of present office servic-
es.
Leaders were asked to identify
at least five major issues facing
farm people and to suggest solu,
tions to three of them. ?Some of
the issues discussed included low
net farm incomes, property taxes,
rules and regulations, waste man-
agement, land use, animal welfare,
loss of young people, environmen-
tal protection, water quality and
quantity, provincial road system in
Huron, lack of volunteers and
shortage of off -farm jobs.
The question requiring a great
deal of thought was how to make
consumers more aware of the agri-
food industry. Some of the sugges-
tions included farm tours, adopt a
farmer project, agriculture in the
classroom, up-to-date videos on
prime agriculture, open line TV/
radio shows, open 4-H to urban
children, mall displays, farmers as
guest speakers on food issues, edu-
cate the health care experts, demon-
stration on safety of food handling,
food consultants in grocery stores,
live animal displays at local fairs
and find out exactly what our con-
sumers want.
The Ministry will attempt to in-
corporate as many • of these pm-
poscd solutions as poa.4iblc into the
1991/92 plans of work for Huron
County.
The staff at Clinton field office
were pleased that so many of the
County's Agricultural Leaders
could join them on March 18 in
Holmesville.
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