Clinton News-Record, 1979-12-06, Page 16r.
''AGE 16-CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, TUJRSDAYR DECEMBER 6
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Ministry of
Agriculture
• and Food
BOginning the first week in December, the
Agricultural Office staff, Clinton, will.present a
regular weekly .news column in the newspapers
circulated in Huron County.
We hope this column will be of benefit to
Countylresidents.
Our objective is to cover current interest
topics for the home and farm as well as an-
nouncing upcoming events.
Your comments or suggestions concerning
content and usefulness of news -authored by our
staff will be appreciated. -
Don Pullen
Agricultural Representative
Managing dry cows
A proper dry cow program means more profits
for you by reducing the incidence of milk fever,
retained placenta and mastitis.
The nutrient requirements of dry cows are
very different from those of their milking herd
mates, therefore, dry cows should be separated -
from the milking string and fed an entirely
different ration if you hope to maximize on
profits.
Most dry cows tend to be too fat. Prevention of
the "fat cow syndrome" can be accomplished by
proper conditioning before drying off and
feeding low energy rations composedmainly of
hay or haylage. If corn silage is fed, it should be
restricted to limit energy intake, since dry cows
will fatten if offered free choice corn silage. It is
generally advisable to have at least half of the
dry matter intake from a long, dry roughage
such as hay, to stimulate the digestive tract and
avoid displaced abomasum. Provided the cows
are in good condition when dried off, no grain is
required during most of the dry period, if
roughages are of reasonable quality.With poor
quality, late, cut hay, 2 - 4 lbs. per head per day of
a 14 percent protein grain mixture is recom-
mended. The type of MINERAL used depends on
the roughage feeding program.
Generally speaking, a high phosphorus
mineral would be required, if the dry cow is
consuming legume hay - however, if corn silage
and dry hay were being fed, a 1:1 mineral would
most likely be required. As with the -milking
herd, the ideal way to ensure that the dry cow
ration is balanced for .all-important nutrients is.
to request an analysis of the feeds and ration
formulation based on the results. This service is
available through our local Agricultural Office,
Clinton, phone 482-3428 or Zenith 7 -2800. -By
Dennis Martin
Cooking Christmas
turkey
Here are a few very `basic guidelines to use
when buying, cooking and storing your turkey
this holiday season: (a) how much to buy? Allow
1/2 to 3/4 lb. per person; (b) how long to thaw a
frozen bird? - in the fridge (the . preferable
method if practical) 5 hours per pound; in cold
water one hour per pound; at room temperature?4
11/2 hours per pound. Remember, once thawed,
the turkey must be cooked within 24 hours to
prevent bacterial growth and possible food
poisoning.
(c) How long to cook a whole turkey (stuffed or
unstuffedj at 325 degrees F (160 degrees C)? 8
pounds (3.6 kg) , 33/4 - 41/2 hours; 12 pounds (5.4
kg), 4% - 51/2 hours; 16 pounds (7.2 kg), - 51/ - 6.
hours; 20 pounds (9.1 kg), - 53A - 61/2 hours. A
meat thermometer registering an internal
temperature of. 165 degrees F (74 degrees C) will
indicate the bird is "done." : -•
(d) How to store after cooking? - in the fridge if
to be used within two days; or, in freezer for use -
within one to three moriths. IMPORTANT:
Leftover stuffing must be removed from the
'turkey immediately after cooking and can be
stored in the fridge for up to three days. •
For more specific information, write -or -phone
for the excellent pamphlet ' `Talking Turkey."
Play it safe this Christmas!
4-H leaders'
workshops
Leaders' workshops for the brand new project
for spring, "Your Corner of the World" will be
held January llth to February 1st, 1980. Colour,
furniture arrangement, floor plans and ways to
personalize a teenager's bedroom are the .main
topics covered. Macrame, the art of knot -tying,
will be the craft learned by the members.
Interested adults who enjoy working with
youth and would like to participate in the 4-11
Homemaking Club program should contact the
Home Economists by January 4th, 1980.
Coming events
Clinton Area "Needlepoint" 4-H Achievement
Program - Thursday, December 6th, 7 p.m.
Central Huron Secondary School.
Blyth' Area "Needlepoint" 4-11 Achievement
Program - Thursday, December 6th, 7 p.m.,
Hullett Central Public School.
S'eaforth Area "Needlepoint" 4-11
Achievement Program - Wednesday, December
12th, 7 p.m ., Seaforth Public School.
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RegionalDirectors for Huron County attending the
Ontario Federation of Agriculture convention in
Toronto last week were Andre Durand,* South
Huron; John Van Beers, East Central Huron;
Gerry, Fortune, North East Huron; Merle Gunby,
North West Huron and Jim McIntosh, Huron West
' central.
news farm news
• by Sheila G4Mby,,
Huron F Of 4
Toronto: A dramatic
new approach is needed
to protect farmers in
their way of farming was
the, sentiment expressed
at the OFA convention
held in Toronto last week.
It was felt that the Code
of Practice should be
replaced with a Code of
Rights for farmers- - to
provide positive
protection of a farmer's
right to farm.
The Code of Practice,
originally intended to be
merely a guideline for
municipalities, has now
become a "must". It is
being instituted in official
plans as well as zoning
bylaws. It has become
both a written and un-
written law across
Ontario.
The Code of Practice
has failed the Ontario
farmer. It has not come
to gripswith the number
of non-farm uses already
in rural Ontario. It has
impact on new houses
and new barns and ad-
ditions to barns that will
be built from here on. It
Farmers must fight high interest rates
by James McIntosh
Huron Federation
Toronto: The Ontario
Federation of Agriculture
Convention in Toronto
addressed itself to many
of the problems created
by record' high interest
rates. Farmers have
experienced an increase
in interest charges of at
least five. percent - from
10 percent to 15 percent
plus, within the last year.
From figures taken
from the Ontario Farm
Management Analysis
Project, 1978, University
of Guelph, the five per-
cent increased interest
cost, both on borrowed
equity ,and as an in-
vestment cost on owner
equity would add $16,650
to the annual cost of
operating an average size
dairy farm. This 'cost
translates into an ad-
ditional six percent per
quart of milk produced,
which cost must be
passed on to the con-
sumer.
Using figures from the
same source, the ad-•
ditional five percent
increase in interest rates
when charged to 26 beef
feedlots surveyed added
an additional $16:81 per
hundredweight to the live
beef animal. This is
equivalent to about 39
cents per pound at the
retail level.
Energy costs ,worry farmers
By Louise Marritt,
Fed.ofAg.
Toronto: Energy uses
agriculture were seen
as a major concern in the
coming years at the
recent Annual Con-
vention of the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture
in Toronto. While "on
farm" use of energy was
shown to be only three
percent of the total
national consumption,
the costs of energy will
constitute a considerable
portion of food cost price
rises in the near future.
Costs incurred after the
basic product leaves the
farm gate will create a
marked impacts by
energy use through
transportation,
processing, packaging
and not the least in the
final process of
preparation in the home.
Alternative energy
source for farm use show
considerable promise,
but at present few are
developed for immediate
use. Plant and animal
products are seen as
potential energy
producers for future farm
use but utilization of
these sources has not yet
reached practical levels.
Of immediate concern
to prod cera is ►ho corn -
OFA picks president
Ralph Barrie, 51, has
been acclaimed president
of the 23,000 member
Ontario Federation of
Agriculture at the OFA
convention last week in
Toronto. Mr. Barrie
replaces Peter Hannam,
who announced his
resignation last week.
'Ralph Barrie was serving
his third term as the first
vice-president of the
OFA. He is a dairy and
beef farmer near Perth,
Ontario in Lanark
County.
After being acclaimed
to the presidency, Mr.
Barrie said, "This will be
the most challenging
year of my life, following
in the footsteps of Peter
Hannam."
Mr. Barrie was very
involved in the Balderson
Cheese Factory in
Balderson. He was
,president of the factory
tor four years during the.
mid-1960s during which
time the factory un-
derwent
n-derwen't a major
rebuilding program.
Mr. Barrie has been an
OFA director for over six
years. He served as
second vice-president for
two years during which
period he was also on the
Canadian Federation of
Agriculture Board of
Directors.
In announcing his
resignation prior to the.
convention, 39 -year-old
Peter Hannam, a Guelph
grain farmer, said he was
stepping down, to "en-
courage new talent" in
the • organization,the
largest general farm
organization in the
province.
Mr. Hannam took over
as OFA president in 1976
from long-time president
Gordon Hill of Varna.
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Peter Hannam, retiring
President of the Ontario
Federation of
Agriculture,- told
delegates thaescalating
fuel prlices will be the
"scourge,. of the •80's"
and it will be ,up to far-
mers to press govern-
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break. ``There is no need
to follow the world price
of oil so slavishly in a key
industry like agriculture,
Mr. Hannam said. "To do
so as quickly as is now
being planned will cripple
producers and will
jeopardize the country's
food supply." He said
Federation projections
are that gasoline and
diesel fuel prices will be
up 12 to 18 cents a gallon
next year and fertilizers,
a fossil fuel derivative,
will be up at least 15 per
-" cent.
'Research ins
agriculture has shown
where highest costs in
energy occur in farm
operations and a number
of energy conservation
and utilization projects
are presently in trial
operation. Indications
are that even modest
adjustments can effect
considerable energy
savings.
Great changes in
energy production and
utilization can be ex-
pected in the near future
and many of these will be
of great value to the
agricultural industry in
food production.
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Similar costs increases
for hogs, eggs, chicken,
grain products etc., can
be shown.
Therefore, the con-
sumer should be quite
concerned about the
inflationary pressure of
the rapidly rising interest
costs. These increased
costs if not passed on to
the consumer will have to
be absorbed by the far-
mer. The farmer has n&en
enjoyed a sufficient profit
margin to handle these
increased costs, and
some could\ be forced to
liquidate their holdings
and cease production.
Clearly' high interest
rates over the longer
term will discourage
investment, lower
production and thus raise
prices still higher in the
future.
The main reason for the
present high interest
rates as set by the
Government is to attempt
to hold the Canadian
dollar at a higher level in
order to repay foreign
borrowings which are due
in a large part to federal
and provincial govern-
ment deficits. If our
currency was devalued
still further, govern-
ments (and big business)
would have more dif-
ilcuity to repay their
foreign loans.
Other provinces and
other countries shield
their farmers from the
full impact of high in-
terest rates. Therefore,
Ontario farmers must
demand alternatives be
found to the present high
interest rate monetary
policy, or that farmers be
shielded from these high
rates.- Such a program
would make Ontario
farmers more com-
petitive in the market-
place, and it would help
reduce the inflationary
spiral of the consumers'
food basket.
Smile
The husband had gotten
a new job where he had to
be away from home until
he could find a new house.
After a week's work, he
'sent a telegram to his
wife: "Made foreman.
Feather in cap." ' Two
weeks later he wired
again: "Made manager,
another feather in cap,"
A week later, another
telegram read, ..&Fired.
Send money so I can buy
a ticket home."
The wife wired back
immediately: "Use
feathers, fly home."
t be prgl,ec:te
docs not corns to (grips.
with the ' pr serlt
harassment,, an•d
limitations ptxt on' far-
niers. There is a-fea. that
tf1e Code of Pra , tice
could exp lad to in Jude
noise allq;WAnces, t e of
pesticides and erosion
control; it could' affect
every single thing a
farmer does.
Farmers are told to
preserve hand, • yet
municipalities 'are
allowed to grow toward
farmers; farmers are not
allowed to expand their
livestock operations in
proximity to built-up
areas.
The first thing that
needs to be done to
correct this problem is to
move away from
negative controls on
farmers to a positive
protection of a farmer's
right to farm.
The discussion paper at
the OFA convention
proposed a provincial
Code of Rights - a bill`bf
rights that will be per-
missive rather than
restrictive for the far-
mer. It stated that
agriculture should be
considered as the
primary industry in the
agricultural areas and all
non-farm uses should be
secondary to that. It
should protect the
agricultural industry and
stop non-farm uses in an
agricultural area, Iron
restricting agricultural
practices. it would
protect farmers in their
normal farm practises
from harassment and
__ restrictions.
OFA also -proposed that
a provincial and regional.
committee of farmers be
established (by OFA). in
close co-operation with
commodity organizations.
and marketing boards to
discuss and approve
kinds of livestock and
crop husbandry practices
which fall under the term
"normal - farming
practices"
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Standability
Moisture 00
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G-4040
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'.,HAROLD ELDER
d-4141
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28 0
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R R a 2. Hensall
X- 501
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30.0
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32.0
98.6
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Trojan 833
Good
25 3
87.6
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Excellent
30.5
108
.XL9A
Good
25.5
88.5
Pioneer 3901'
Excellent
29 0
112
3975A
Excellent
25.5
10'7
3965
Excellent
28.0
115
G-4195
Good .,
21.5
114.6
ROGER RATZ
X- 501
Excellent
19 5
96
R R # 3. Dashwood
3-4042
Excellent
20 0 .
91
May 12
3-4141
Excellent
.21.5
131
' Nov 7
G-4272
Excellent
27 2 .
92
G-4218
Excellent
25 0 ..
111
G-5191
Fair
19 2
104
G-4040
Good
19 5
104
-
G-4141
Excellent
30,1
129
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G-4042
Excellent
23 0
128
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3-4040
Good
30 2
'31
109
May 18
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7
107
Nov 5
X- 501
Excellent
28 3
117 .
3-5048
Good
28 7
102
Pioneer 39/8
Excellent
28 6
130
3977
Good
27 6
114
•3965
• Excellent
31 8
113
3950
Excellent
30 5
120
3975A
Excellent
29 2
120
Hyland 2219
Fair
23 5
89
2217
Fair
221
93.7
2430
Fair
28 8
119
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• R.R. # 4, Seaforrh
527-0699
VARNA PEE MILL
482-9210
MILTON DIETZ
R`. R. # 4, Seaforth
527-0608
ALLAN HAUGH
R.R. # 1, Brucefield
527-0138
TEi '.LANSRERGEN HAROLD ELDER
R. P 1# 2, Zurich P.A. # 2, Hensall
236,4149‘ 262.5592
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R.R. # 1, Woodham
229-8856
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R.R. # 3, Dashwood
237-3307
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