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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1993-07-28, Page 23HYDRAULIC orL ._,._THE BEST CHOICE FOR ALL EQUIPMENT MAKES Ford New Holland 134 oil meets all hydraulic oil needs. It helps protect transmission, rear axles and wet brakes on all your equipment. And, it's compati- ble with most major tractor makes for a complete change or top -off. $29 4 litre odif $20122 20 litres LONDON FORD NEVI HLLAND HWY. #22 -1111119TOPMYDE PARK ROAD HYDE PARK, ONTAk10 NOM 120 641-8820 Livestor Els' Z111 4(411 Who's showing 0? -:Star, =Erik :Sarensen's .-show self, :gets ready::to rhead.out,to-the ishow -ring:on £atunley where Sorenson.aompeted in -the .livestock : shows. Chnfstfna Erb found the petting two 'rat -the Zurich -Fair a lot of fun on Saturday. This goat stepped right lapto:greet her as she tempted him with a snack. Changes to tile drain loan programs CLINTON - The Ministry of Ag- riculture and Food recently an- nounced that a budget of $10.8 mil- lion had been set forthe fiscal year 1993-94 to cover tile drainage loans. As in the past several years, ten year term tile loans will be availa- ble to farmers at an interest rate of eight percent. Farmers may apply for the lesser of: (1) amount applied for (b) 75 percent of the value of the ole drainage work performed or (c) $20,000 annual maximum._ In the past. municipalities have been given individual tile loan allo- cations or budgets. The allocation system is not being used this year. Instead, ole drainage loan funds wilLbe available on a first come, fust served basis up to and includ- ing the November 1 debenture datc. After November 1, municipalities must send or fax a copy of the farmer's ole loan application to OMAF and wait for confirmation that funds are still available. When confirmation is received a tile loan debenture can be submitted. Munic- ipalities cannot exchange appli- .pants. .Once a tile loan is approved, the ;aper hires a contractor who is li- epnder the Agricultural Tile Installation Act to do the work. The farmer must also notify the municipality when the work commences so an inspection can be I mm done. Installation of a the drainage sys- tem can also l e done by the .land- oweer andthe work can qualify for a loan if it.passes inspection. It should be noted that the GST cannot be included in the ole loan. However, fanners are eligible for a full UST rebate. Tile loans cannot be used for land • improvements beyond the installa- tion of tile drainage systems includ- ing the integral inlets and outlets. Municipalities collect the ,Ii1c teoayments in one of.two, s. areated lected, on the anniversary of the loan. If a farmer bora3ws the maximum yearly amount of.$20,000 at eight percenUlllscst, the loan will be re- paid in ilio equal payments of $2.980.59. 'The total interest paid over the decade will be $9,805.90. A tile drain ge system is consid- ered by Revenue Canada as an ex pease in the year it is installed. It is recorded on line 316 of the State- ment of Farming Income and Ex- pense. In the year following instal- lation. the interest on the the loan is an allowable expense. Tile drainage represents a large cash outlay and the benefits are fre- quently delayed, however, many farmers say it represents their high- est return in land investment. One.Foot in thePurr() I visited a farmer friend the other day. 1 wish I hadn't. Not because he was whining -about farmgate prices. He doesn't 'whine. Not because 1 dislike barnyard odors. I love 'em. Not because he and his wife and children are boring people. They aren't. They are smart, articulate, forward -thinking people. Not because his herd has mastitis. It doesn't. None of the above. 'He put me to work. He did not force me. He smilingly suggested that he had to get a crop of hay in that day because it might rain the next day. It did. 1 am not the world's greatest trac- tor driver so I did not volunteer to drive the tractor. No. I was relegat- ed to piling bales on the wagon as . they came off the baler. The oldest son drove the tractor. Me and my friend piled the bates. It was back -breaking, itchy, scratchy, hard, sweaty, dusty work. 1 £l;ould have stayed in bed. I should have declined. When we had our hobby farm, I -.was lin .much better condition. 1 _mould haul those bales around for atestwal -hours before exhaustion =taook'over.-fMy .hands were -lough ionoughno(1otbfister whenlhe'bale .twiacbit:intamy:palms. I-thutkemy :lungs 'ince :mane :stamed:eto =dust =nndthisdes, wo. She imulestwork;-tfor::me.emce .we :ate red pinto : town : is `fig . a .iawnmowenorpamdiniga ypewrit- er:Not -worfcsthat:..is zonducive _to : coodidooe pliarbody:forbaying. I . now _have ‘muncfes Inning where I :did. not :know I . had imus- . cies. My belly looks -lake I have jitsv re- iurned:from az:at,fight. My back is aching from the neck to the lumbar. My fingers are per- manently etched as though holding and heaving a bale of hay. My blis- ters have blisters. My legs are sore. My feet ache. Even my little toe aches. -Muted all of two hours. After the ftrst hour, I kept' praying for a breakdown, a jammed baler, a flat tire. Anything to stop the agony. My fanner friend kept talking merrily along as he threw those bales back for me to pile on the wagon. After the first load, I knew I couldn't reach high enough to pile them properly so we changed plac- es. He piled. I heaved. In the barn, he piled and I heaved. 1 used the excuse that 1 was too short - five feet, five -and -a -half of sunshine - to hit the top of the pile. Thank the Lord that the heave gets shorter as `the wagon is filled and the barn is filled. At the end of the second hour, the bales were throwing me. I was staggering like the town drunk on a -Saturday night. My friend took pity on me. "The first bale -weighs about 35 pounds. Maybe 40," he said. "The last bale weighs 400 pounds." Do not let anyone ever tell you that farmers are softies these days - because they have: all. this :modern equipment that takes -the drudgery out of :their jobs. That's a myth, a fallacy, a.downright lie. They work like slaves when they anust.They have to make hay while the siun.shines and it is exhausting •work.:I have thescars and the scratches the tined muscles to -prove IL And I only worked two . hours, for heaven's sake! -To .send an entire day st it would be impossible. -They would: be .wiping. :me alp with a -wet sponge :before ahe ,in wentd wn. ITIS FIN* HERE! 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Bridge, Huron County Dairy Educator/Milk Messenger Co-ordinator at 519-368-7392 (days) or Amy Terpstra, Huron County Dairy Princess at 519-887- 6313. txe1e Fall Field Crop competition EXETER - The Exeter Fair Crop-eemthittee has-onceagaIn1n or- ganizing the judging of fields entered in this year's competition. The wheat and barley entries have now received a score. The judge, for these two crops, was Bill Coleman from Kippen. His remarks showed some of this year's grain will have reduced yields due to weed pressure and some late forming diseases. Coleman's yield estimates indicate an average harvest can be expected. The wheat scores were as follows: Passmore Farms 89, Tom Trieb- ner 89, Murray' Dawson 88, Al Renning 88, Bob Down 87, Gerald Dearing 86, Peter Tuckey 86, Cliff Hicks 86, Hem Farms 86, Alan Hem 86, Bruce Shapton 84, Larry Lynn 84, Gerald Johns 83, Allan Rundle 80, Alan Powe 79, Mike Ondrejicka 76, and Earl French 76. The seven entries in the barley class tallied as follows: Passmore Farms 90, Bob Down 88, Alan Hern 87, Alan Power 85, Gerald Johns 84, Allan Rundle 83 and Cliff Hicks 81., The next two crops in the competition will be white beans and soy- beans. If you wish to enter either of these crops please contact the committee members; Alan Powe, Cliff Hicks, or Roy Pepper. New ex- hibitors are always welcome. • WHEAT • BARLEY WE .ARE READY TO RECEIVE • YOUR 1993 Hill A Hill FRMS Loam VARNA ONT. CUST*-COMBINING THlUClfilllt' AVAIL*LE *RED AND WHITE WHEAT * BAR LE Y THREEFiECEIVING PITS ' HARVEST SERVICES AVAILABLE' CONTACT PETER ROWNTREE 9R BEV HILL V- AFtNA VartI;E m .�'