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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-11-16, Page 29Huron farm and home news Soil and crop events sckodulod The Annual Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Association will be held on Thursday evening, November 24 at the Seaforth Communi- ty Centre in Seaforth. A social hour will begin at 6:00 p.m., dinner at 7:00 p.m. and the meeting will follow. Cost for the dinner and meeting is $7.00 per person and tickets are available from the Coun- ty Executive and Directors as well as the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food office in Clinton. Plan to attend this infor- mative event and get the County Report on crop trials and conservation activities. For more information con- tact the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food in, Clinton. O.M.A.F., Clinton Eligible Farmers Can Hedge Interest Rates for Two Years The Honourable Dennis Timbrell, Minister, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, recently announced that the Ontario Farm Adjust- ment Assistance Program will be extended through 1984. Many farmers who receiv- ed assistance under the 1982 program did not apply for assistance in 1983 because the interest reduction benefits were much smaller in 1983. However, eligible farmers can hedge against the risk of rising interest rates. Applications received prior to December 30 can qualify for interest reduction benefits 'through December 1984. Another application before the end of 1984 could apply through December 1985. In- terest reduction benefits app- ly on floating rate loans over 12 percent to a maximum spread of 5 percentage points. Eligible applicants for the 1983 program, new or renewals, should initiate ap- plications with their banker well in advance of December 30. Soil Today and Tomorrow Conference Three Huron County farmers will play major roles at the Soil Today and Food Tomorrow Conference at the Downtown Holiday Inn in Toronto from December 6 to 8. Don Lobb, Clinton, will comment on his experiences with No -Till. As well, Laurence Taylor, Londesboro, will be a discus- sion leader for the hot topic discussion period in connec- tion with "energy and Economics of Reduced Tillage." Moreover, John Maaskant, Clinton, will be talking about his experiences with terracing. Speakers from across On- tario and some keynote speakers from the United States are featured at the information- packed Conference. Advance registration forms are available from the Huron County Office of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. The $80 registration fee includes all sessions, Con- ference handbook, banquet 4, , and luncbeon. Don Pullen Agricultural Representative for Huron County Intensive cereal management This past two or three years there has been a lot of talk about how cereals are grown in Europe - how farmers us- ing growth regulators, fungicides and high nitrogen rates are obtaining fantastic yields. It is referred to as in- tensive cereal management. Earlier this fall I had a chance to listen to Dr. Effland from Kiel, West Germany, speak on intensive cereal management. Dr. Effland works with B.A.S.F. B.A.S.F. are the producers of cycocel, one of the growth regulators used in intensive cereal management. Dr. Effland talked about winter wheat and winter barley. He stated that in Ger- many most of the research is funded directly by the farmers, not the government. A levy is collected based on a farmer's cultivated area. If you don't participate and don't pay the levy you don't get the information. Further- more, Dr. Effland said, "Farmers are very reluctant 1 to pass on research findings to other farmers wbo do not par- ticipate in the levy program." He said that in Germany varieties ane released that are high yielding, but tolerant to diseases. They could release varieties that were resistant to diseases, but lower yielding. They have gone for the first option. This means their varieties will yield more if the fungicides are applied. Of course, if the fungicides are not applied, they will yield less than a resistant variety. One of the main keys in the European intensive cereal management is their varieties. They have a small number to work with. For in- stance, in Germany Dr. Ef- fiend said there have only been 10 wheat varieties since 1950. At present, one of these varieties accounts for about 40 percent of the acreage. Before a variety is releas- ed in Germany it is tested for three years. Each variety has a specific disease reaction, and a specific need for nitrogen and .growth regulators. The researchers will call a meeting when a variety is released. When a variety is released they also bne. foot in the lurrow l.,,r..... .Vp•.r'.,.d b, sob Trot'.. EWA. Ad E,.--. on, NMI )C T byoot Fifty years ago, almost everyone had a connection on the farm. Many were born there. Most had relatives - an uncle, a cousin, a brother, a sister -- on the farm. Which meant that most people had at least a vague idea of what' agriculture was all about. A great deal of sympathy, even empathy, for farmers was engendered by these connections. When farmers complained, most people could identify with the problems even if they were not actively engaged in farming. The identification, the sym- pathy has been slowly eroded, particularly since the Second World War. In those days, 40 percent of the work force was connected with farming. 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The picture is com- pletely different today and older farmers find it difficult to understand that the popula- tion of this country cannot tell the difference between a Hereford and a Holstein. A steer to a city kid is always a cow. The farm population has been shrinking to the point where only four percent of the people are active farmers. • Yet that four percent feeds the entire nation as well as contributing to feeding addi- tional tummies around the world. The misunderstandings surrounding agriculture need to be explained. The rest of the nation should be inform- ed. How? Well, in Ontario, high school students could soon be learning more about where food comes from. Agriculture will be taught as a compulsory subject in Grade 9 by 1965. As part of the environmen- tal science curriculum, agriculture has been taught in some high schools for a number of years. Until recently, it has not been a complusory subject. All that will change in two years when one-quarter of the time in en- vironmental studies will be spent learning about farming. A significant step in this thrust to get more students in- formed has been the par- ticipation of farm groups in setting the curriculum. The ministry of agriculture pro- vided $50,000 for a study on how to increase agriculture studies in high schools. Recommendations from the study include the use of voluntary organizations, ad- visory committees similar to those now oraganized at the community college level and professional development days to help teachers unders- tand the agriculture industry. All of which sounds ex- cellent although I can see more oldsters shaking their greying heads and wondering why it is necessary to explain to children, even teenagers, what farming is all about. They are still living in the days when everybody knew something about it. Janet Horner, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food's manager of youth and education, is concerned but happy about the r>,ew stress on agriculture in high schools. "The course can be taught 4,000 different ways, depen- ding on the teachers", she said. She wants to minimize the chances of biases so that the material taught is not just one segment's point of view. "Certainly everyone should have a basic knowledge of where food comes from and how it is produced," said Glen Wiley of Napanee secondary school. He chaired the ministry's committee when the current curriculum was rewritten. In most European nations," for instance, students are en- couraged to take agriculture, Wiley said. Whether the new stress on farming encourages students to get into farming is impor- tant. Even more important is the fact that a new understan- ding of farming could result. And that is precisely what farmers need in this country. Local boards of education throughout the nation should betencouraging the study of agriculture. recommend a specific pro- duction program for this variety. For instance, for Monopol wheat the recommendation might be: "You need a seeding rate to have a minimum of 30 plants and maximum of 80 plants per square meter. Apply cycocel first treatment at the full tillering stage when the temperature is between 5 and 15 degrees C at about 2.25 litres per hectare. Apply the second application of .7 L/ha. at the first node stage. Apply the third application when the flag leaf is out, but before the head has emerged. Use a rate of 1.5 to 2.0 L/ha. If the temperature is above 22 degrees C use 1.25 L/ha." Dif- ferent varieties will follow a different production recipe. For disease and insect con- trol the recommendations are even more specific because you have to be able to identify the specific diseases and insects. Fertilizer rates and timing are also crucial. Each of their winter wheat varieties res- pond differently to nitrogen. Some require nitrogen in the fall - some require urea dissolved in water to be ap- plied with the growth regulator. Some require nitrogen in the above manner plus more spoon fed with a fungicide. Again I merely point these recommendations out to you to let you know what is meant by intensive management. It was interesting to note that' the average yield of winter wheat in Germany was about 85 bushels per acre. Sure better than ours, but we do have farms producing 85 bu./ac. also, if their average yield is 85 bu. /ac, and some farmersare getting over 160 you know there must be other farmers getting 65 bu./ac. It was also interesting that only about 5 percent of the farmers in Germany were us- ing intensive management on their cereals. Dr. Effland thought that another 45 per- cent of the farmers were us - Please turn to page 15 A Times -Advocate, November 16, 1983 Pogo 13A AREA INSTITUTES MEET — The Elimville Women's Institute played host to a number of area groups Wednesday night. From the left are Olga Davis, Hurondale; Ina Neeb, Zurich; Laura Desjardine, Grand Bend; Eleanor Roeszler, Crediton; Katherine Becker, Dashwood and Margaret Hoggorth, Kippen. T -A photo Entertain neighboring groups Elimville WI mark 35 years By SHIRLEY COOPER To celebrate their 35yearsof Caring in the Community the Elimville Women's Institute entertained seven sister in- stitutes of the district, at their November meeting, held at Usborne Central School. The program in the form of a television show, was con- ducted by Gwen Coward and Grace Pym and a word of welcome from Isobell Flet- cher. The Huron Institute choir sang the opening Ode then seven ladies tuning in on seven TV channels, made for a humorous "Tonight Show". Mrs. Grace Pym introduc- ed guest speaker Dr. Tim Frewen, the Intensive Care SPEAKS ON REYE'S SYNDROME = Dr. Tim Frewen who specializes in research on Reye's Syndrome was the guest speaker at Wednesday's meeting of the Elim- ville Women's Institute. From the left are Elimville president Isabel Fletcher, Dr. Frewen, Tracy Schrader who has suffered from the disease and her mother Marg. Specialist of War Memorial Children's Hospital, London. His topic was Reye's Syn- drome, and it seems to start with common cold, virus, flu, chickenpox. Dr. Frewen says they have come a long way in the last two years. Doctors are recognizing the symptoms; but, still do not know the cause. He was glad to be here, as it is gatherings like this, that helps us recognize Reye's. Dr. Frewen then asked Margaret Schrader to tell in her own words what Tracy's symp- toms were like, before going to hospital. 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