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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-01-05, Page 9• l977plowing m, etch. cabled a disaster by Plowmen's Association representative The 1977 International Plowing Match was described as a "financial catastrophe" by John Stephen of RR1 St. Marys, Perth County's representative on the Ontario Plowmen's Association. Mr. Stephen was giving his report to the annual meeting of the Perth County Plowmen's Association. He said the 1977 IPM was even Weld than the last one held in Huron County near Seaforth. As it appears now, he said,, the OPA will be about $65,000 in the hole following the match. Some of the unusual costs of operating the 1977 match included $25,000 worth of gravel and towing to get vehicles . around the match site, he said. The queen of the furrow competition also accounts for is cost of about $8,000 he said. When a number of males complained that too much was being spent on the queen of the furrow , the OPA agreed to offer a scholarship to a plowman attending an agricultural college or university. The scholarship will pay $1,250 for each of two years to the winning plowman, -Mr. Stephen said. "It takes a bad year oc- casionally to make you pull •up your boot straps and take a second look at some things," Mr. Stephen said. F'or the 1978 IPM to be held near Wingham in Huron County, he said, the OPA is proposing a'bu%lget 6f about $160,000. The original submission' by . the 'local organizing committee in Huron suggested a budget of $200,000, he said. Despite the problems en-' countered at this year' match, he said, about 6 Deadline extended for food strategy briefs Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan has said that the deadline for submission of briefs on the national food strategy has been extended to January 31, 1978. "In addition to the briefs from the nine groups who met last week with the federal panel of ministers working on the food strategy, we have received a number of others from organizations and in- dividuals concerned with the food strategy planning," Mr. Whelan said. "In view of the significant contribution made by the groups last week, we wanted to be sure other groups had time to make their opinions and recommendations known to us as well. There have been some good suggestions in the briefs we have looked at so far and we welcome further public input." Briefs should be sent to Gaetan Lussier, Deputy Minister, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, KJA 005. The briefs will be studied and the major points will be reviewed by the panel of. federal cabinet ministers involved in the food strategy consultations. ' potential exhibitors have already sent blank cheques to the OPA office to reserve display space at the 1978 IPM. Mr. Stephen outlined some problems the OPA is ex- periencing with the Canadian Plowing Council. He referred to the CPC as a "splinter group". He has been ap- pointed to represent the OPA on the CPC. Canadian plowmen are running info difficulty pleasing the judges in world plowing competition, Mr. Stephen said. "We seem to be something like world hockey when we get into the world plowing," he said, suggesting the judges aren't giving Canadian plowmen equal consideration with other contestants. One of the problems he said, could be that a number of 'the top Canadian .plowmen are still using trailer plows and the world competition has gone completely to mounted plows. The OPA is being pressured to go entirely to mounted plows, he said, by machinery companies. The companies spend up to $100,000 each at the IPM each year and expect the OPA to be endorsing the modern types of mounted plows they are producing. If the OPA doesn't convert to mounted plows in all tractor classes, he said, the machinery companies will withdraw from the tented city of the IPM and set up- their own demonstration days elsewhere. Mr. Stephen was re-elected to represent Perth at the OPA level. Shade, rattle and rollfor. peaches A second season of ex- periments using the peach tree shaker is complete, and researcher, Dr. S. J.. Leuty, says results are encouraging. The studies, 'conducted by the Horticultural Research Institute of Ontario in Vineland Station, compared hand harvesting with, har- ` vesting using the mechanical tree shaker in peach tree orchards in : Virgil and Port . Weller. Dr. Leuty says tests were conducted exclusively on clingstone peach varieties used for processing. Experiments showed the mechanical harvester recovered. about 80 percent of the fruit while hand harvest averaged about 93 percent recovery. "Picking rates . using the mechanical harvester were recorded as high as 25.4 trees per hour or 2.6 tons per hour. In 1977 the shaker harvested as , quickly as 10 hand pickers." • Dr. Leuty says this rate could be increased if trees were spaced and pruned to meet the requirements of the shaker. Several trees in the orchards tested Were so large their branches extended beyond the edges of .the harvester's catching frame. According to research station assessments, eight percept more . damage oc- curred when peaches wer machine harvested. th when hand harvested. However, harvest-ind ed damage using the shaker was 5.5 percent lower this// year than last because .., of modifications to tie har- vester made by/ fellow researcher, R. A. G nge. Cost data indicated hand harvest, bet✓au;se of the higher rate of recovery, returned about $20 more per ton than machine harvest. Dr. Leuty says he is op- timistic that further modifications td the har- vester, ;combined with • Through the other , • • from page 8 Kincardine and began with the Manitoulin Co-op. The Huron Expositor chose a memorable picture for their photo of the year. The picture from the February 3, 1977 issue reminds us all of the past winter. It showed a four- wheel drive truck fitted with a 250 horsepower snowblower working its. way through 12 foot drifts on Highwaytto get from Brucefield to Clinton. Don Geiger and his family spent a sad Christmas evening when they returned to their home west of Zurich to find their pig:.farm ablaze, being fed by high westerly winds.., The fire was so intense, the Exeter Times Advocate explained, that a woodpile 30 feet away was completely burned. Only the metal siding foundation and a small 'amount of feed • remained after the • fire. Damage was estimated to be $85,000 which included the loss of 450 pigs. The winds were so strong at Independent Shipper to United Ce-operotive of Ontario Livestock Dept. Toronto Ship Your Livestock with Roy Scotchmer Monday Is Shipping Day From Varna Stockyard CALL BAYF 1 BLD 565-2636 By 7:30 a.m. Monday Fbr Prompt Service 14o Charges' an Pick-up tf the time that the odour was present in Zurich, a mile -and - a -quarter away. The fire debartment was forced to leave the scene of the fire, fearing that their pumper was going to freeze up adapted pruning and spacing, can incr ase efficiency by the 10 pert nt needed to make up the $2 difference in returns. "L bor costs and avaability will ultimately dic ate the direction the pr. Cessing peach industry ;tikes toward mechanical • arvesting." Alex Corrigan, right, of Wingham, the new' vice- chairman of the Huron County board of education, congratulates the new chairman, John Elliott of Blyth. Both were elected to their posts at the inaugural meeting of the board last Tuesday afternoon, January 3. (News - Record photo) news farm news CLIl1TON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1978-*-PA- Leem rid' heads Huron Plowman William J. Leeming of RR 4, Walton, was re-elected president at the Huron Plowmen's Association held December 19 at McKillop Township Hall itrWinthrop. Other officers elected are: first vice president, Jim Armstrong, R"R 4, Wingham ; second vice , Girvin Reed, Dungannon; secretary - treasurer, Russell Bolton, RR 1, Walton; OPA director, Jim Armstrong, RR 4, Wingham. The' meeting approved a proposal to affiliate with the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. With the approach of the International Plowing Match at Wingham, keen interest has prompted the Plowmen's Association to sponsor two 4- H Sodbuster Clubs in 1978. Reporting the highlights of the 1977 International Plowing Match at Kingston, OPA director Jim Armstrong Smile In the future, everything will be made by about a dozen huge . conglomerates. And probably not one will have a conveniently located service department. Homeprogram offered on tax Don't wait 'til spring do it now. That's the advice of University of Guelph Professor, Gary Hutch;i,ns*oit. Professor Hutchinson is referring to a home study program on . Farm Income Tax, sponsored by the Ontario Ministry of agriculture and food. "Daily and year-end decisions are more critical than filing the return in April," says . Professor Hutchison. "And while the busy farmer hires an ac- countant to file his return, he can't afford to hire a tax specialist to stand' at his elbow during' the day-to-day operation -when tax dollars are wen and lost." The farm tax course does cover the filing oi',returns and Farmers can defer Capital rc gains on sold farm "Farmers can now defer capital gains when they sell their farm but replace jt with another before the end of the next taxation year", said Peter Hannam,' President of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture last week. "This deferral of capital gains on voluntary replacements", explained Mr. Hannam,. "was first proposed in. the March 31 budget; the. tax bill arising from that budget has just now received Royal Assent." "Ontario farmers can congratulate themselves on the passing of this tax bill before the end of 1977. Pressure by OFA and by individual farmers on their MPs got the message across that farmers needed to know before the end of this fiscal year that they could defer capital 'gains. Otherwise a whole year would be lost. "Other items in the tax bill of benefit to farmers are: the extension of the Investment Tax Credit to 1980; the ex- tension of the two-year write- off of pollution abatement equipment; the increase to $2,000 in the capital loss of- fset; the increase to $250 of the employment expense deduction; - and the three percent inventory allowance for farmers on accrual basis." "Tax issues, like these, don't grab the headlines the way the price of food, rising input costs, land use, etc. does, but a fair tax situation is part of what allows farmers to continue to produce abundant food supplies despite rising input costs. The importance of these issues can't be underestimated", Mr. Hannam concluded. n For. effective treatment of Calf Enteritis - scour bolus H (NIFURALDEZONE COMPOUND) VETERINARY USE ONLY -- Each tablet contains Nifuraldezone 1 g Bismuth"Subsalicylate 260 mg Vitamin A 25,0001 U 11111.11111111111.111111111111111111.111111 AVAILABLE AT YOUR SHUR-GAIN ANIMAL HEALTH -SERVICE CENTREt • INDICATIONS: For the treatment of 'bacterial raIf scours caused by E Coll sensitive to Nifuraldezone and as an aid in the prevention of Vitamin A depletion associated with scours In calves DOSAGE: Average. dole Is''ont Scour-9otas N%)Tatir 100 pounds of body weight twice dally for 2 days WARNING: TREATED ANIMALS MUST NOT BE. SLAUGHTERED FOR USE IN FOOD FOR AT [EAST 5 DAYS AFTER THE LATEST TREATMENT WITH THIS DRUG WEEP IN A SAFE PLACE OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN HummeI's • w t V 35 MARY ST. CLINTON 4824191 Opeh: Mon. -Fri, 8:00 6:001.111.0 Saturday 0:00.12:00 noon. 1 the minimum record systems required. But the `main emphasis is on the tax regulations and how they affect daily decision-making and these regulations can modify or even overrule the normal logical decision on a farm. You should' not ignore thetax regulations, says Professor • Hutchison. ,Knowing . something about farm taxation can . be rewarding, whether or not you file your own .tax return. • The farm income tax course, developed by Professor Hutchison, is written inan easily - understood fashion and in- cludes examples. There are assignments using tax forms, and ,these are marked and returned with corrections and comments by a chartered accountant who is a part-time farmer. For more information write: Independent Study, Office of Continuing Education,. University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2W1. Bright future for Huron -Perth The future for soybean production in Perth county is bright, according to at' least one county farmer. Hugh Scott of Staffa grew t acres of Beechwood soybeans in 1977 and had an average yield of 44 bushels to the acres with 14 per cent moisture. That's con- siderably better than the 25 - 30 bushel average yield✓ ex- perienced in the past. The reason for the higher yeild is that new bean varieties are set higher on the plant. In addition a new floating header for har- vesting and a flexible cutting bar on modern combines means less harvesting loss, Mr. Scott planted the crop with a corn planter in 30 -inch rows. The planting .date was May 20. A starter of 10'-12-20 fertilizer was used and a tank mix of Lasso plus Patoran provided good weed control. Corn grown on the land the previous two years had helped eliminate perennial weed problems.. Other gkwod yields were experienced in the Huron - Perth area. David Marshall of Kirkton had a 35 bushel average on, a plot,of 41/2 acres while Don Marshall of Ethel had a 25 bushel average from 25 acres: Larry Taylor of Londesboro had 52 acres that averaged 47 bushels. said there was increased public interest in field plowing. The Huron County presentation will be a highlight of the OPA• con- vention to be held in Toronto on February 13 and 14, 19'i8. People intersted in the presentation are asked to contact Ray Scotchmer,, Bayfield, or Claire Deichert, RR 1, Zurich, for bus tran- sportation of February 14. The Huron County Plowing Match will be held on Sep- tember 1 and 2, 1978 The International Plowing Match will be held on the Jim Armstrong and neighbouring • gill 4-. a farms on Highway 86, im- mediately east of the town of Wingham, on September 26- 30, 1978. 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