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In the under 6 months at the Bayfield Fair baby
show was: (1. to r.) first, Suzanne, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd Francis, Goderich; second,
Bradley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Smith, Wood-
stock; third, Christopher, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Jermyn, Goderich; fourth, Jonathan, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hulls, Cornwall. (photo by Elaine
Townshend)
Use caution with oil rights
Farmers should not be
in a hurry to sign
agreements that would
give an oil company
mineral rights to their,
Farmland.
That was the warning
)f Albin Kormos of
Norfolk County when he
spoke to about 40 persons
who attended a . Perth.
Federation of Agriculture
meeting in Mitchell
Thursday.
Kormos reasoned that
deposits of oil and natural
gas have been there for
:pillions of years -if they
are there at all.
"They're not going to
move overnight," said
Cormos.
Kormos and Jack
Norman, president of
3lexco of London, a fossil"
'uel exploration con-
;ulting firm, were asked
:o explain farmers' rights
n signing exploration
;ontracts.
Norman said ex-
ploration in Perth County
3egan- a:bout.j:..two- .years
ago, but the . greatest
)oom has occurred within
he past year.,
Perth is located in atj
!xtension of the Michigan
)asin, which has yielded
arge deposits in
Michigan state. The same
pasin runs through
Lambton County where
til and gas wells have.
proved fruitful and in
Auron County, where
?xtensive exploration is
going on.
Norman said his firm is
. ngaged in gaining leases
'rom farmers for Amoco
Dil of Calgary. Most
agreements provide
'armers with payments
)f $1 an acre per year and
a 121/2 per cent royalty on
'uels removed from the
and.
Kormos said the Amoco
ease form, with a few
modifications, is the one
-ecom mended by the
'ederation. But he added
he OFA is urging oil
.ompanies and their
agent4, p it2a�a.
;tandard lease form.
Farmers should deal
with the major oil
2ompanies to avoid
problems later, said
Norman. He said those
'firms have funds to en-
;ure cleanups are carried
mut properly, and have a
public image to uphold.
Kormos said a farmer
;hould get to • know the
people he's dealing with
pefore signing because he
s, in fact, signing away
;ome of his land rights.
The lease could stay on
and be an encumbrance
)n the deed, he warned.
The 10 -year lease is too
tong, said Kormos, who
would like to see the
figure dropped to five.
Both men agreed
there's been, little ' in
dication that drilling for
3i1 would have a polluting
effect on water wells and
water tables.
Norman said most
drilling equipment is kept
within , a cylinder which
keetouta autrr.and oil �.
Huron county farm nems...
• from page 14A
that later planted wheat
yields higher. These
rumors are based on a
small number of fields
that were planted later in
1977 but yielded well. We,
tend to forget that in the
spring of 1978 a lot of
fields were ripped up
because they were winter
killed. Late sown wheat
with shallow roots tend to
heave more readily than
does wheat sown early in
the fall.
Wheat must be sown
early enough in Sep-
tember to allow tiller
development this fall.
Sowing too early can lead
to too much top growth.
Seeding rate of wheat is
about 11/2 bushels per
acre. Late sown wheat
should be sown heavier
Since there is less time
or tiller development.
Fall applied nitrogen
should not exceed 15 lbs.
per acre. Excess nitrogen
promotes too much top
growth which can lead to
winterkill.
Frederick is the most
common variety of
winter wheat. In 1977
some Yorkstar was sown
by growers who were
dissatisfied with
Frederick the previous
year. This past year, in
fields where both were
sown and winter kill was
a problem, both varieties
were equally affected.
PREPARING
WEEDY BEAN
FIELDS FOR
HARVEST
White bean fields that
have had a large number
of weed escapes this year
can be treated with a
product called Reglone.
Reglone is a harvest aid
used for the desiccation
of weeds that can cause
problem's When pulling
and combining beans
Reglone may be applied
when .80-90 percent of the
natural leaf defoliation of
the white bean. plantg has
occurred. This treatment
does not mature the
beans, nor Cower the
moisture Content, but
merely dries out the
weeds in onelieek<er less':
Harvesting can then, be
done at tiny- tithe after
that, depending on the
condition of the beans.
Treatment costs range
from approximately $6.75
to $9.00 per acre plus the
cost of application.
CEMENT DUST
Over the past few
months, there has been
increasing interest in the
use of cement kiln dust as
a supplement to improve
the rates of gain of steers
feda roughage -grain
diet. The cement dust is a
by-product of Portland
cement production,
containing high levels ,of
calcium as well as a wide
assortment of . trace
minerals.
Dr. D. N. Mowat, of the
Ontario Agricultural
College reports that the
latest research still
leaves a number of
questions unanswered.
The reasons for the
improved growth rates
have not yet been
determined. Part of the
effect may be attributed
to a simple PH buffering
effect in the digestive
tract. The main effect
may be due to the
correction of a yet
unrecognized trace
mineral deficiency,
which may be limited
onlyto certain
geographic regions.
Composition of the dust
appears to vary widely
and concern exists
because of the possibility
of toxic levels of certain
minerals, such as lead,
being present. As a
result, Dr. Mowat is
encouraging cattle
feeders NOT to try
feeding cement kiln dust
until further data
becomes available on
feeding levels, toxicities,
residues, etc. Further
research and monitoring
on this subject will be.
continuing.
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in. When the drill first
penetrates the water
layer, he said, it could
cause the water to
become muddy, but in
most cases it clears up in
a day or two.
If drilling proves un-
successful, most com-
panies would leave in the
casing, cut it off about
three feet below •the
surface and,cement in the
tube to prevent future
blowouts if any gas is
present, Norman said.
Government
regulations prevent oil
companies from drilling
where buildings, roads,
or powerflines, could be
adversely affected, he
said..
Oil firms want leases
before doing seismic
testing , because of the
expense involved, Nor-
man said.
He said Shell Oil did
seismic testing on 1,600
kilometres last year at an
average cost of $2,400 to
43,600Eper kilometrehe--
compainy would be foolish
to spend that amount of
money on testing if it
wasn't assured it would
have rights to minerals in
a ' potentially productive
site, he added.
Three oil com-
panies—Shell, Amoco
and Pacific Oil—have
leased land in Perth
County, but neither
Kormos nor Norman
could or would say how
much land is taken.
Jack
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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7,1978—.PAGE 15
BY -JACK RIDDELL
M.P.P.
Last week, 1 wrote
about a Canada Statistics
Report on trends ,and
prospects for enrolment,
s9hool leavers., and the
labour force in Canada -
the 1960s, through the
1980s, which I would like
to continue discussing
this week.
Changes in the man-
power supply, both with
respect to nurn ers and
education, ' have far-
reaching consequences
for the labour force and
the labour market.
Relevant factors are: the
growth rate, age com-
position and educational
attainment; growth in
managerial, professional
and technical jobs
compared with the
number of post-
secondary leavers
seeking such jobs; labour
force growth and
unemployment; current
youth unemployment;
the relationship between
education anti unem-
ployment; impact of the
decreasing demand for
school teachers on the
labour` market for
university graduates; a
possible qualification
spiral and un-
deremployment.
For the most part, the
study discusses future
changes in the supply of
manpower. No
corresponding demand
projections have been
made. Recent and an-
ticipated changes. in the
manpower supply from
the school system have
profound implications.
The, report examines
education strictly from a
labour market stand-
point. However, it is
recognized that education
has a multiplicity of
purposes, only one of
which is preparation for a
job.
Farm vehicles
In 1976 there Were
291,223 automobiles,
422,598 motor trucks and
*405,284 - tractors- on -
Canada's 300,118 farms.
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The educational at- spring unemployment of
tainment of school the total labour force was
leavers has shifted 10.1 percent for those
.greatly over the last with e le me n t a Ty
decade from secondary education, 8.2 percent
toward post -secondary, among those with
thereby ' . raising ,the secondary and 2.5 per -
overall educational level cent for univerbity
of theiabour force. In the degree -holders.
coming decade, this shift 1977 • figures on
will continue but at a graduates hired by the
slower rate. federal Public Service
Not all postsecondary Commission, showed that
graduates are employed those hired were from
in managerial, job -oriented disciplines
professional or technical which provide skills in
jobs, nor do all these specific areas. Nearly
fields require post- half had degrees in
secondary certification. commerce, management
But the growth of such or business ad -
occupations is a general ministration. Many were
indication of employment forced to accept lower -
opportunities for college paying, less demanding
and university graduates. jobs.
• For example, the 1973 During the first half of
Highly Qualified Man- 1977, about 30 percent of
power Survey revealed all applicants for clerical
that 81 percent of young positions, where the
(under 29) employed formal education
university graduates had requirement is Grade 10,
jobs classified as held university degrees
managerial, professional or college diplomas or
or technical. The major certificates: The labour
occupation was teaching, market position of job -
employing 36 percent of seekers with BAs
young degree -holders. deteriorates as their
Between 1966 and 1975 number increases.
employment i n In 1965, the average
managerial, professional starting salary of a BA
and technical oc- graduate in industry was
cupations rose about 5 110 percent of that of
percent a year, a very others in industry: this
high rate compared with peaked in 1968 at 118
the annual 2.9 percent of percent. A subsequent
all occupations. The rate turnaround meant that by
fell to 3.5 percent in 1976 1977 new BA graduates
and X2.2 percent in , 1977. earned 88 percent of the
The number of labour average industrial wage.
force entrants from The current decline in
college and university, the annual number of
however, was increasing school leavers with
more quickly - 12 percent secondary graduation or
a year from 1966 to 1971, less will continue over the
dropping to around 4 next ten years. By 1986
percent in the mid- the number will have
seventies. The annual fallen to the 1966 level.
number of post, secondary The number of school
school leavers more than leavers with a partial or
doubled from 46,000 in completed post-.
1966 to 98,000 in 1976. _, secondary education will.
This discrepancy in the continue to rise, although
growth of managerial, slowly, until the early tb
professional and mid-1980s.
technical occupations It's difficult to
and the number of post- speculate about college
secondary -educated job- graduates. Many appear
seekers made it virtually to be faring well in the
impossible for all labour market although
graduates in the mid and saturation seems to have
late 1970s to acquire been' reached in some
employment similar to areas, like ' nursing and
that obtained by their social services.
counterparts in the early If many students
and mid-1960s. choose college rather
Traditionally, unem-
than university, a large
ployment has been number of college
negatively correlated graduates could create
with education: the problems of labour
higher the education, the market absorption in
lower the unemployment, some fields.
This holds true today for University graduates
both the entire labour with general degrees are
force and new entrants. confronted by declining
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