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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1979-09-06, Page 12PAGE 12--- CLINTON NEWS.RECQRD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 , 1979 Caution with sod busters BY PAT LYNCI, SOILS AND CROPS SPECIALIST, AND RICHARD SMELSKI SWINE SPECIALIST Damn sod busters. This was the main idea given by Professor Tom. Lane over.a year ago at a Soil and Crop Improvement Twilight meeting. He named one product - Gypsum. He referred to another group of soil conditioners, additives and other miracle products. In his opinion, he thought it was wrong that these products could be promoted without research to back up the claims made. Tom should be happy that this wrong is now being righted. This past summer one company was fined $7,500 for misleading advertising in connection with Clay Buster. In the meantime, there are still other products around. The latest issue of Country Guide has good advice on this type of product. The editorial informs us that, in the future, all soil con- ditioners, stimulators, and other soil additives must have a registration number. This number must be on the product label. The label will contain very definite product claims. These claims will be backed up by Canadian research. However, this applies - immediately only to new products.. Established products may be sold without a registration number until the end of the year. How can you protect yourself?. First, check for the registration number. Then carefully read the label. Pont take the salesmen's word for it. Be specially wary if the salesman's claims are not specified on the label. Be cautious of special offers that expire at year end, especially if there is no registration number. FIRST SOIL AND CROP PROJECT COMPLETED Last fall, Dennis Dow from the Staffa area set out a demonstration on winter wheat. In fact, he set out the same fertilizer .demonstration in two fields. Dennis soil tested for winter wheat. Then he applied the rate of fer- tilizer suggested by the soil test. In addition, he had a second strip that received an extra 67 pounds of potash and a third strip 1 that had an extra 133 pounds of potash per acre. • The results! You guessed it. In both fields where he followed the soil test, he got the highest yield. When he added the extra potash, his . yield went down. In both fields, the lowest yield was in the area that received the most potash. In one field, the highest potash level only yielded 90 percent of the lower redonimended rate. In the other field, it yielded 66 percent as much wheat as the recommended Potash rate. Normally, we don't expect a , big yield reduction by over, fer- tilizing. However, there was no doubt that there certainly was no yield increase. - Does it pay to over fertilize winter wheat with potash? Certainly not, on these two fields. HOW°LOW CAN THEY GO Weaner pig prices are about one-half what they were a year ago. Feed prices are up about 20 percent. Needless to say, profit margins are shall to nil andwill vary directly with production efficiency. This makes it essential to get as many pigs per sow per year as possible. The Ontario average is probably 14-15, yet there are producers getting. eight and others getting 22 pigs per sow per year. Which one is likely to survive in the next 20 months. The performance of the sow herd will depend On three things : 1) pregnancy rate=(2) litter size at birth and (3) baby pig survival. Pregnancy rate is most often the area overlooked and the area that could most easily improve the number pigs -sow -year. Take time to check for sows in heat. Be familiar when the proper time into inseminate sows. Cull any animals that have not been bred for 50 days after weaning. Ninety percent should be bred by 10 days after weaning. Don't keep any freeloaders. Bring the sow to the boar. Breed the sow again 12 hours apart until she is ,no longer in standing heat. Use crossbred sows, preferably Yorkshire x Landrace. Maintain good environmental con- ditions, especially in the breeding area. It is a known fact that the high temperatures in July -September reduce litter , sizes. Boars that are too hot can still be vigorous but have poor semen quality for seven to eight weeks after a heat spell. Take time to breed animals. Agricrewease.d workload Eight hundred Ontario farmers had an easier time with 'farm chores this summer - they hired an Agricrew. The program, operated by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, supplied farmers with enthusiastic young farm workers. It also provided jobs for nearly 500 Ontario young people. Sixty-three Agricrews operated from centers across Ontario from mid- June to late -August. There were five young people in each crew - four workers and a working supervisor. Most members were' 15 to 18 years old. Farmers were allowed to book crews for up to five days. On the average, crews worked on individual farms for three days. -1' "Agricrews did all types of work," - says Brenda Trask, supervisor of the Agricrew program. "They worked on vir- Staceys win award One of the best butters in Canada comes from an area creamery, Stacey Brothers Limited in. Mitchell. The Mitchell Advocate reported that Staceys won the highest award for butter at the CNE competition. As well, the company won prizes for the following; the highest scoring Ontario butter; the best finished butter; the highest scoring un- salted butter and the highest scoring cultured butter. They won five out of the seven prizes which they were eligible. The company com- peted against a number of other exhibitors in- cluding creameries from the provinces of Ontario, Quebee, Manitoba, Alberta and Saskat- chewan. Staceys won the Grand 'CU pionship for butter at th Loyal Winter Pair M1918.» 0. tually every type of farm operation dairy, beef, hog, tobacco, and cash crop. But helping ,with haying was the number one activity." Fence work was another popular request. Agricrews painted,. repaired, removed, and built fences. They also dismantled, sheds, cleaned machinery, and weeded gardens. When it rained, crews often found themselves cleaning out calf pens, and scrubbing down dairy barns. "Farmers benefited because crews completed time-consuming main- tenance work at a reasonable cost. Farmers paid $75 a day for a crew, and the Ministry of Agriculture contributed $15 a day," says Miss ,Trask. Farmers did not have to supply lunches, transportation, or complete Workmen's Compensation and em- ployee taxation forms. This paperwork was handled by officials of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. "The young people benefited because they had jobs, and these days that's important. But they also learned to work alongside their peers and under supervision," says Miss Trask. Agricrew brought farmers and young people closer together. Some farmers could scarcelybelieve young people could work so well together, and get so much done ,in so little time. "It restored their faith in today's youth," Miss Trask says. This was the first summer that Agricrews operated in every county and district in Ontario. Last year the program operated as a pilot project in eight south- western Ontario counties. "Agricrew was a big success because it filled farmers,/ needs, and provided worthwhile employment for young people," says Miss Trask. "Some farmers are already booking crews for next year." Get error insurance Hensall has become one of the first municipalities in the area to obtain errors and omissions insurance. Recently, village council agreed to pur- chase such coverage at the cost of $470 a year for $1 million coverage with a $1,000 deductible. P.A.G. SEEDS CORN FIELD DAY U.R.Q. LUNCH with REFRESHMENTS 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 1) MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1979 9:00 A.M. TO 3:00 P.M. Farm of Nail Greer • go 4 milds south on Gravel Road. milli north east of Gowanstown on Hwyr, 23 - Follow P.A.G. signs 2 j THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1079 9:00 A.M. TO 3:00 P.M. Farm of George Adams • % mile north of Blrr on Hwy. 41 between Lucent & London. EvoryonoWolcome YOUR P.A./"ai. DEALER MSt: 2.7309 . QUEENS OF THE FURROW -- The 1979 Huron County Queen of the Furrow is Janet Shapton of Stephen Township, She was crowned at the annual Hutson plowing match held Saturday et the Hay township farm of Huron Warden Jack Tinney. \From the left are rlinnerup Elizabeth Deters, Dashwood. Queen Janet Shapton and last year's Queen. Anne Stewart of Seaforth. T -A photo news farm news PlowingMatch a success By Ross Haugh The 52nd annual Huron County plowing match held Saturday at the Hay township farm of Huron Warden Jack Tinney was a success. Secretary treasurer Russell Bolton, who has held the position for the past 14 years said he was pleased with the 88 en- tries taking part in all categories. In the Queen of the Furrow contest, Janet Shapton, RR 1, Exeter was named the 1979 winner. Janet will be representing Huron in the 1979 International match in Kent County in late September. Elizabeth Datars, Dashwood was runnerup in the Queen competition. Other contestants were Patti Down, Exeter and Ruth Alton, Lucknow. Ruth Craig and Marie McGavin were the directors in charge. Janet Shapton received crowns and other prizes from last year's winner Anne Stewart, Seaforth. John Becker, Dash- wood and Ken Innes, Brussels were the premier winners in the seniors competitions. Innes was the winner of the morning open class, •took the senior chum pionship and the Brussels Stockyards - trophy and the Algoma Tire of Exeter trophy for the best plowed land. John Becker won the Brussels Motors award as the senior reserve champion, was second in the morning open class, the McGavin Farm Equipment award for the best corner in class 10 and the prize for round - the -field plowing. Brian McGavin won the junior championships and Bevan Shapton was the reserve winner. Peter Dearing, RR 1, Exeter won the junior competition 'for non - winners of previous years and Scott Turnbull, Grand' Bend was second. Dearing also won a wrist watch from the Canadian.. Imperial Bank of Com- merce branches in Huron. Jim Pentland, Lucknow won the Kongskilde trophy for the best land plowed with a Triple K plow. Don Little of Monkton was the winner of two open classes. Tom. Leeming was the winner of . the special horse drawn class for businessmen, mayors, reeves, councillors, etc. Next in line were Bill Stephens, Carmen Howatt and Ken Duncan. Leeming also• won the Huron County Special. Lloyd Venner and Dave - Kyle, Kippen were winners in class one in the horseshoe pitching contest with Keith Lovell. Kippen and Elgin Kipfer, Dashwood placing second. Taking first prize in the open class were Horace Salt and Matt Coyne with ' 'Ron Anderson and Herman Fisher second. In nail driving com- petitions, Pat » Down was the ladies' winner and former Huron warden Bill Elston and Ken Alton were tied for first in the men's category. In a nail - off Alton was declared the winner. Herman Fisher and Cliff Marchand won the log sawing competition. Allan Campbell is --president of the Huron Plowmen's Association and ,Graeme Craig is assistant secretary. Kent will host match For one » week in Sep- tember, the Chatham area will experience the fastest population growth in the, province. More than 200,000 people are expected to arrive in the area between September 25and29. The reason for this spurt of growth is the International - Plowing Match . and Farm Machinery Show. The match, sponsored by a different county, region, or district each year, is being hosted , by Kent. County this' year. The match was last held in Kent County in 1919. The event wil be held on a 250 -hectare (700 -acre) site on the Ian Maynard and neighbouring farms, five kilometres » (three miles) south of Chatham on Highway 40. When the match began in 1913, the plowing competitions were the major attraction. Now, the farm machinery show has taken over the major impact of the show, says Art Peppin of the Agricultural and Hor- ticultural. Societies Branch. "The farm machinery show features 600 v� silage distributor—tulnloader - bg BUTLER® .Ir�etall arig time Another reason why all ring -drive silo unloaders are not alike: Whether your silo is empty, partly empty °lull, we can install a V -IQ silage distributor- unloader. Wide -stance hexapod 3 -point suspension installation system lets you replace your present unloader with the ring -drive distributor-untoader others can't match in features or performance. So, why wait? See us for systems and service that help make the good life hatter. GLENDINNING FARM EOi IPMEN !LTD. R R.2l.00mr brit. isH' NE: 519•227•4 i 3 Ken Glendt n 64 514.144+65 4 C,eorge 1=' ndletolli t S14-3 ° S•17' 3 Jirri Ydu exhibits of the latest farm machinery and allied industries," he says. "It is the largest outdoor show of its kind in North America." Exhibits in the 52 hectare (130 -acre) Tented City also includes 1980 automobiles, recreational • vehicles, home appliances, and building supplies. This temporary city is fully serviced with electricity, telephones, and washroom facilities. One of the highlights in this year's Tented City is the Kent County exhibit. The exhibit, occupying one hectare (2.5 acres), features an antique and historical display, a 44.5 square metre (480 square Turn to page 1:3 • Region 3 (Ontario) of the National Farmers Union has requested a meeting with the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Branch to discuss concerns about negotiability of marketing quotas among farihers. The NFU has for years followed a policy, that marketing quotas..shou:Td not carry a value and should not be negotiable • or tran-- sfer.ala,le . among' producers, • but redistribution. should remain under the_ control of the respective marketing board. Joe Casey, NFU Coordinator for the region, said that some marketing board people and some individual producers have the at- titude that marketing quotas should be easily transferred among farmers who have the capital to purchase more and more quota. At the same time many farmers disagree with a marketing quota having any value and believe that such quotas should remain under the control of the marketing board. "Marketing Boards were established over the years to bring about orderly marketing, and tiuotas were im- plemented to give all -Clean up help Four days after the ' tornado struck the Woodstock area-, the Huron County Federation -of-gri.culture had organized a co-ordinating office to, send Huron County volunteers to assist in -the clean-up. Adrian Voss answered the telephone at the Federation Office in Vanastra • and ° directed callers who wished help. Two -hundred and twenty- five volunteers travelled to the • stricken area, many taking their own saws and tools to clear the debris. $2,500 in donations has been received to date by the Huron County Federation of Agriculture Tornado Relief Fund. Donations may be mailed to the fund at Box 429, Clinton, Ontario, the Federation Office. The hard work of cleaning up the destroyed barns and houses has been accomplished by the overwhelming response of the many volunteers from Huron and other counties: • The need in the coming weeks in the tornado - stricken arta is for carpenters to help rebuild barns and houses. Feed for animals is also needed. For further in- formation, call the Federation office on Mondays and Fridays (482-9642) producers a fair share Of an available market, and to help, stabilize production and farm income, ' he said. Casey said he believes "the Ontario gdvernment has a very heavy obligation to ensure that the largest possible number of farmers have the right to produce, certain Commodities, without heayy capital outlays, for the -purchase of quota. This obligation is to both farmers' and. consumers, for society will be the big lo,er'4if there are too few farmers in the future." "Farm marketing quotas with a value add to the cost of production, and must come out of the end product and even- tually consumers. It's reasonable 'to assume that if quotas go to those With ' the most capital • available than there- - would soon be NW producers in various, commodities," Casey said. CHANGE IN NAME INDEPENDENT $HIPP,ER united Co -Operatives of Ontario . 't Livestock Department , Toronto Ship your livestock with - FRANK VOQGEL Dashwood Monday is shipping day from Varna Stockyard previously Roy Scotchmer Call Dashwood 238-2707 or Bayfield 565-2636 By 7;30 a.m. Monday for prompt service Your name and statement 1 I farm for keeps" on free hat on request from your local participating P -A -G dealer. But lets talk a' little seed business too. Your participating P -A -G dealer is really in the seed business (the hat is just to get your attention). He knows how important The right corn hybrids and alfalfa varieties" are in your farming , business. And hes got some interesting facts on how P -A -G corn hybrids have performed in your community in Side -by -Side comparison tests with other popular prands. Give your P -A -G dealer a few minutes of your time and check out the ways you may benefit from quality of top performing hybrids. But don't forget to order you( personalized hat from him. It's free, with no obligation to any corn producer. Ask the P -A -G- dealer(s) bei'ow Datars, Howard Arts, Harry Baan, John Bennett, Wrn. Durst, Milford Elphick, David Machan, Douglas Morton, Bryan Smith. Kenzie R.R. 1 Dashwood, Ont. NOM 1NO R.R. 4 Seaforth, Ont. NOK 1 WO R.R. 3 Walton, Ont. NOK 1Z0 R.R. 1 Gorrie, Ont. NOG 1X0 Box 217, Clinton, Ont. R.R. 3 Lucknow,, Ont. R.R. 5 fir%sseis, Ont. R.R. 3 Brussels, Ont. R.R. 2 Listowel, Ont. 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