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Ministry of
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and Food
heron farm
and
home news
Give alfalfa fields
a holiday
Fall management of alfalfa
is one area in which what we
do now over the next several
weeks will affect next year's
yield and persistance of
alfalfa.
It has been well established
that alfalfa and all perennial
forages must store reserve
foods in their roots during the
fall in order to survive the
winter. This stored food acts
like an antifreeze, making the
root and crown resistant to
low freezing temperatures.
Stored food is also necessary
for regrowth the following
spring. So how do we build up
root food reserves?
To build up root reserves,
we must give alfalfa a rest
period during which we do not
harvest it, to accumulate top
growth and build food
reserves. Following cutting of
alfalfa, stored food in the
roots is used for the first 3
weeks (up to 12") to generate
top growth. By 5-6 weeks
following cutting or at full
bloom, the food reserves have
been replenished.
The rest period we must
give alfalfa in the fall has
been established for each
area of the province. The rest
period or critical harvest
period, as it is called, in
Huron is divided into two
areas. South of Highway 8,
and including the townships of
Colborne and most of
Ashfield, the rest period is
from September 1 to October
10. North of Highway 8, the
rest period is from August 20
to October 1.
If we harvest during this
period, we may not give the
alfalfa plants enough time to
regrow before a killing frost
to build up root reserves. The
result will be more winter kill
and plants entering next
spring in a weakened state.
Research at Guelph showed
that cutting alfalfa during the
critical harvest period reduc-
ed succeeding June yields by
as much as 3100 lbs./acre.
Potash fertilizer is also known
to play an important role in
persistance of alfalfa through
the winter, although it's rela-
tionship has not been as clear-
ly established as that of the
critical harvest period.
i felt guilty the other day,
watching the rain fall in tor-
rents. i wish there was some
way i could package it up and
send it to Saskatchewan. i
was in Western Canada in
early August and everyone
there is very concerned about
the drought.
The situation is becoming
so desperate that things are
happening that were
previously unheard of in far-
ming communities. One
farmer in a beef operation
area near the Saskatchewan -
Alberta border had a small
hay held along a river in a
coulee. The ground was fair-
ly moist there and the hay
was doing relatively well. The
field was in a remote part of
his farm, and he only visited
it occasionally. Ile checked it
one day, and decided that
he'd come hack in two or
three days to mow the hay.
Two days later when he
returned, he found the field
cleared the hay had been
cut , baled and trucked away.
his entire crop stolen. "i
guess somebody's cows are
hungrier than mine," he said
with a shrug
Another farmer f visited
had 145() of his 900 acres ir-
rigated. Ile has been pumping
water non-stop since the first
of ,lune from Leake Diefen-
baker. But the lake level was
so low, he was living in cons-
tant fear of having to shut off
his pivot irrigation systems
This farmer was looking for
wheat yields of about 60
bushels per acre on his ir-
rigated land, while he said
he'd be lucky if the rest of his
land produced 15 bushels per
acre By the way, irrigation is
still very much a novelty in
the west, so that gives you
some idea of the type of crop
the majority of farmers can
expect.
Announcements were being
Alfalfa is a heavy mineral
feeder, with calcium,
phosphorus and particularly
potassium playing leading
roles. A 4-5 ton alfalfa yield
will remove 150-200 lbs. of
potassium annually. Low
potassium level in the soil is
a major factor in the loss of
alfalfa from a stand. Clay
soils have much better
potassium supplying power
than loam or sandy soils. Ade-
quate potassium levels are
necessary to build up root
food reserves.
Forage stands should be
soil sampled regularly to
determine fertilizer re-
quirements. For a field
testing medium in potash, 70
kg/ha (651bs./acre) of potash
would be required. If muriate
of potash is to be used, 120
kg/ha (105 lbs./acre) would
_lie needed.
Next week, we will discuss
fall harvesting of alfalfa and
its effects on succeeding
yields.
Brian Hall, Farm
Management Specialist
Financial summaries
Financial summaries are
now available at our local
agricultural office for cash
crop, swine, beef, and dairy
enterprises. These sum-
maries are a useful tool that
can help assess overall
management and identify
strengths and weaknesses in
your operation.
Information such as a
breakdown of farm income
and expenses, production
levels, feed costs, debt load,
interest paid and equity in the
farm business are just some
of the important facts
available from the Ontario
farm management analysis
project.
Many farmers are making
good use of farm business
records and performance
analysis such as financial
summaries.
If you would like to use
these summaries for a com-
parison of your farm business
feel free to contact our office.
Many factors can affect pro-
fit. Financial summaries are
just one more way to help
evaluate the performance of
your farm business.
Dennis Martin, Farm
Management Specialist
Mary's
musings
By Mary Alderson
made frequently on the radio
telling farmers not to plow
down crops that they weren't
going to bother harvesting.
They were being encouraged
to leave the crops standing so
that snow would be trapped
for moisture.
While in Saskatoon I attend-
ed a convention of fertilizer
and chemical dealers.
Naturally these people are
very concerned about the
weather. Because of the
drought, plants cannot use the
fertilizer which was applied in
the spring. That means that
fertilizer won't he needed for
next year's crop, and sales
this fall and next spring will
he way down.
One of the speakers at the
convention was a meteor-
ologist who spoke on weather
patterns - a timely topic. Ile
had some very disturbing
comments Through
historical research, he has
devetbped the theory that the
dry conditions experienced
this year are actually the
norm for the Prairies. Ile
says that the dust bowl of the
thirties was the natural
desert -like prairie condition.
The good wheat -growing
weather experienced for the
past 40 years is. in fact. an
unusual condition, and not to
expect such wet weather
again. Ile warned that
farmers and those in
agricultural industry had bet-
ter prepare for dry
conditions.
Ilewent on to say that
farmers should be pressuring
government for better
weather research. Ile pointed
out that right now all weather
research is geared to air
travel for the benefit of the
airlines
As an example, he cited
cloud seeding_ ('loud seeding
to promote rain has proven
successful and he urged
farmers to call on govern-
ment for more work in that
area.
Unfortunately, one fer-
tilizer dealer pointed out that
to do cloud seeding, you need
clouds to seed. The sky over
Saskatchewan has been
bright blue all summer - not
a cloud to be found.
POSTERS TELL IT — Members of the Grand Bend Concert Association detailed their program with the use of
colorful posters in the Sandcastle Day parade at the resort.
Bountiful year if weather continues cooperation
Farmers keep fingers crossed
If the weather cooperates,
farmers in Huron County can
expect to mark 1984 as a year
of bountiful grain harvests.
The lush first art of hay has
been one of the best ever, and
Will honor
fire fighter
The Hay Mutual Fire In-
surance Company in conjunc-
tion with the other member
mutual companies of the On-
tario Mutual Insurance
Association is sponsoring a
joint program with the Fire
Fighter's Association of
Ontario.
It is the feeling of the
mutual insurance companies
that too little credit is being
given to the men who risk
their lives to protect life and
property of people of the Pro-
vince of Ontario.
The two organizations are
located in the Province of On-
tario. The Ontario Mutual In-
surance Association is com-
prised of farm and cash
mutuals. The Fire Fighter's
Association of Ontario is com-
posed of most of the rural fire
fighters in the province.
The two organizations wish
to honour an Ontario fire
fighter for an act of
meritorious service for the
previous year.
The suggestion for the
award may be made by
anyone by filing a nomination
with the Fire Fighter's
Association of Ontario by
March 1st of the year of
presentation.
A committee will be chosen
from the Ontario Mutual in-
surance Association, the On-
tario Fire Fighter's Associa-
tion and . the Ontario Fire
Marshal's office.
Suggestions for the medal
can be made by filing a
nomination with any member
of the Ontario Mutual In-
surance Association or the
Hay Mutual Fire Insurance
Company.
Programs
available
Programs for the Turning
Point Conference are now
available. The Conference for
rural women who are leaders
or potential leaders in their
communities will be held
November 16-18, 1984 at
Geneva Park Conference
Centre near Orillia.
The three day residential
Conference is intended to pro-
vide rural women with the
skills necessary to establish
and maintain self-help
groups. The Conference pro-
gram has been designed so
participants may -"....learn to
do by doing."
Other Conference activities
include theme speakers,
discussion groups and a con-
cert with singer -songwriter
(and rural woman) Heather
Bishop.
Turning Point Conference
programs and further details
are available from Betty
Stephens, RIt 5, Owen Sound,
Ontario. N4K 5N7; telephone:
1-519-371-4350.
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In the primary
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Ra1n or shine
the second cut is also
excellent.
Records have been set in
various areas of Huron as
farmers harvested a bumper
crop of high-quality winter
wheat. Up to 110 bushels per
acre have been taken off in
some sections according to
Brian Hall, a farm manage-
ment specialist with the Clin-
ton OMAF office. The
average has h" cn between 70
and 80 bushels.
The quality and quantity of
barley is average to good,
with some exceptional yields
of more than 100 bushels in
the northern end of the
county.
The spring grain harvest is
still in progress, but record
yields are expected in some
areas.
Corn and all varieties of
white beans are at a critical
stage in their development
right now. Weather in the
next two weeks will deter-
mine the yield at harvest
time.
The bean crop is expected
to be only average. However,
Michigan is experiencing
similar problems and expects
its crop, too, will be just
average.
Hall advises bean pro -
The readers write
August 15th, 1984
Dear sir:
Thus far in this election
campaign very little has been
said by the major parties
about an issue of national
political morality - fully in-
dexed pensions for MPs.
Candidates elected
September 4 will face grave
problems. The worst of them
are our huge and continuing
budgetary deficits and the na-
tional debt.
To deal with them, our MPs
must be seen to be above
reproach. Some painful cuts
must be made.
How can these MPs show
the necessary moral leader-
ship, however, while they
have their pensions fully in-
dexed to inflation?
This full indexing is paid for
almost completely by the or-
dinary taxpayer but he can't
afford a similar one himself.
A study hag just been done
for the National Citizens'
Coalition by a top actuary. It
shows that, based on only five
percent inflation, the follow-
ing former Liberal MPs or
their widows will receive
these fully indexed pension
payments during their
lifetimes: John Munro -
$5,077,(K)0, Mark MacGuigan
- $4,899.000: Eugene Whelan -
$3,589,000 and Bud Cullen -
$2,554,000.
These former MYs' pen-
sions will remain rock solid
during the coming years of in-
flation while the value of the
pensions of millions of or-
dinary Canadians will be
relentlessly eaten away.
The PC Party's policy is
that "on principle, Members
of Parliament and Senators
should reject indexed pen-
sions and work harder to
bring down the rate of infla-
tion". But that's in "princi-
ple" - what about practice?
The NDP Party's policy,
which is totally unrealistic, is
that everyone should have ful-
ly indexed pensions sufficient
to provide for retirement.
The Liberal Party has no
policy on fully indexed
pensions.
The National Citizens'
Coalition has so far inden-
tified 84 candidates of the ma-
jor parties who oppose fully
indexed pensions for MPs.
We congratulate them for
their stands.
Canada needs new, moral
leadership.
A first step in this direction
would be for our new MPs to
pledge on the first day of the
next Parliament to end fully
indexed pensions for
themselves and for federal
civil servants.
• Yours sincerely.
Colin Brown
President,
National Citizens' Coalition
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ducers to check their fields
for leaf hopper and Mexican
bean beetle. Crops don't need
any more stress, and Hall ad-
vises spraying for these pests
if no rain has been received in
the last two weeks.
Soil and crops specialist
Pat Lynch says the incidence
of corn borer in Huron is the
lowest in years, but the coun-
ty is experiencing the worst
infestation of corn rootworm
he has seen in the 12 growing
years he has been working out
of the Stratford OMAF office.
Some growers are facing a
decreased yield of 20 to 40
bushels per acre.
Corn planting began early
this year, and the cold condi-
tions in May delayed the eggs
from hatching until later,
when the insecticides applied
with the seed corn had begun
to break down. .
First year corn is not af-
fected, and Lynch notes that
second year corn is more in-
fested than third or fourth
year. Lynch concludes
farmers would be advised to
plant first year corn first
without insecticide, andcon-
tinuous corn later, with insec-
ticide. The grower thus gains
two weeks of insecticide con-
trol before breakdown makes
it less effective.
Hybrids with 2,650 heat
units or less with a "so-so"
root system seem to be more
vulnerable to the pest than
hybrids with 2,850 units or
more. Lynch observed.
The results of field test plots
will be very important this
year.
Lynch said there appears to
be a difference in insecticides.
-Thirteen failures have been
confirmed to date. If any
grower is using two brands of
insecticide side be side, or has
experienced insecticide
failure, Lynch suggests the
situation be reported to either
the Stratford OMAF office or
to directors of the soil and
crop improvement associa-
tion. The data will be includ-
ed in the soil and crop report
which will he released later
this year.
Lynch says prevention is
the best cure for corn root -
worm, and advocates crop
rotation as one of the most
simple, effectual and suc-
cessful countermeasures a
corn producer can take.
New service set
for cancer patients
A new Home Support Ser-
vice for cancer patients will
be implemented on October 1,
1964, David Hill, President of
the Ontario Division of the
Canadian Cancer Society an-
nounced today.
The new Home Support Ser-
vice for cancer patients in On-
tario will provide payment for
homemaking or other non-
professional services for
cancer patients in financial
need, to a maximum of 80
hours.
Hill said the new service is
designed to provide tem-
porary relief to families car-
ing for cancer patients at
home.
"As an organization of
volunteers we feel we can pro-
vide voluntary and r lid non-
professional support to sup-
plement existing medical
care programs and help to
relieve the burden which this
disease so often places on
cancer patients and their
families," said Hill.
The new policy replaces
two existing policies of the
Canadian Cancer Society in
Ontario:
The Home Nursing Service
gave emergency or tem-
porary assistance for cancer
patients in financial need by
providing a paid nurse for up
to 336 hours.
The Housekeeping Services
provided housekeeping
assistance to a maximum of
224 hours.
Both policies remain in ef-
fect until October 1, 1984 when
they will be replaeed by the
new Home Support Services.
The Canadian Cancer
Society is a voluntary
organization dedicated to
raising funds to support
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Exeter Public School
, effective
September 4, 1984
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required to work 35 hours per week
assisting a physically handicapped
Grade 1 student with dressing,
tolietting etc.
Written applications stating age,
experience and phone number should
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