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Clinton News-Record, 1979-12-06, Page 17rr BEAN BOARD DIRECTORS - The four Huron left are Gordon Hill, Bob Allan, Murray Cardiff and, directors. of the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Joe Miller. (T -A photo) Board were re-elected in Hensall, Friday. From the Soil and Crop Association meets By minh►g yields and dividual farm project Ross -Haugh suggested farmers do while the Maitland limit th ifild i 1 H Members of the Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Association were told of the challenges and concerns they face in the 1980's at Thursday's annual meeting in Brussels. District director Laurence Taylor listed the top priorities. -These included soil con- servation and erosion control, more agricultural research, preservation of farmland and guarding against the invasion of foreign ownership. He said the 1980 con- vention of the Ontario Soil and Crop group would be held in Ottawa January' 2.9 and 30. Taylor . said the provincial associ°ation. had established a newsletter which he hoped would be ublished six times a year. The editor is e former Ag Rep Don Taylor. In a'second capacity as a member of the project committee, - Laurence Taylor reported on corn hybrid programs. He said hybrid selec- tion was the most im- portant factor in deter- er own e tra s. e continued, "Do your own field tests under the same conditions as when you grow your own corn." Taylor added, "There is no absolute as far as hybrids are concerned. Nothing is best for all of us. Use -what is best for your land. Bruce Schillinglaw of 'the conservation com- mittee told of new Farm Incentive Program grants which are now. available from provincial authorities. Projects eligible would include various methods of stopping erosion and .pollution such as grass waterways, energy dissipators, windbreaks, settling ponds, etc. Schillinglaw concluded, "Be aware of the grants available and what you cando". In this regard, Bill Mungall of the Ausable- Bayfiel Conservation nth A ri and' Ie o t a fan s _Y Laurier of the Maitland showed slides and described various erosion and pollution control projects which have been. completed. Mungall said his Authority had a maximum of $2,000 for projects . for anv in For- bean growers Payment will be Huron white bean pool as at August 31, 1979 farmers attending the_ a conservative estimate of selling values was used h resulting that the ultin es g assets and liabilities of the pool reflect a con- servative position regarding delivered beans. In addition, ,the litigation is to decide where liability rests regarding undelivered beans that could not be satisfied due to the poor crop year. The amount of this opotential liability and the outcome of this legal question . cannot be reasonably determined at this time. The legal discoveries have not been. fully completed at the annual meeting in Hensall Friday were told, the litigation holding up payment on the 1977 crop would not be completed for some time yet. Board chief executive officer Murry Cardiff read a statement from Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board lawyers outlining progress of the legal process. Cardiff said legal' discoveries of W.G. Thompson and Sons Lithited had not been completed. The testimony of board manager Charles Broadwell and officials of the other three dealer- ships were completed recently.' They are Hehsall District Co -Op, Ontario Bean Growers Co -Op and Ferguson Brothers of St. Thomas Ltd. Board treasurer John Mumford said $400,00.0 from the 1977 pool is now invested in term deposits and will bring in more than $50,000.this year. Further on the liti4ation the financial statement said, "The board has entered into litigatio1 with the four dealers claiming payment for beans sold and; delivered to therm Thelmtstanding litigation is to decide upon the selling value of delivered r beaks. Irk preparing and pre .enting the 1977 crop Smile The Arthritis Society points., out that when a research grant is awarded, the Si eta* w de) ng the researo de's C no 1n'r ceeiiv(�ie��{■��}rrany ( money twl� iii '7T•%.�'��^4^ rF'8Tr: 13� Jet was $10,000. Jim O'Toole of Cen- tralia College talked about Proso Millet which is grown commercially in the United States for bird seed, but, is causing problems in Huron as a weed, especially in cern fields. O'Toole said the millet is an annual and this year was found mainly in the Seaforth-Clinton areas and possibly as far south as • ,Hensall and is resistant to most chemicals used for corn. Two resolutions were presented to members and were passed. They. will be forwarded to the Ontario annual meeting in late January in Ottawa. They asked for in- creased efforts for research on rootworm control in corn and in- creased research in white. bean breeding. Huron's Ag 'Rep Don 'Pullen told the audience on the subject of the 1979 crop year, "You should be thankful. It could have been a lot worse." Pullen suggested there could be_ a considerable reverse in acreage of soybeans and white beans for 1980. He said, "Soybean, . acreage this de.Iaye4 date • of this report and therefore..; the value of dealer claims regarding undelivered beans is unknown. Upon completion of the litigation the resulting charge or credit will be accounted for as a 1977 crop transaction. Subsequent to the year end, the Board has named the Farm Products Marketing Board as `third party to the dealer claims." • - In reply to a question from growers, treasurer John Mumford said legal fees for the board on the litigation to date was $29,000. He added "We expect to win and recover solicitor fees," Join Us For NEW YEAR'S EVE. WHITE CARNATION HOLMESVILLE Mon. Dec. 31sT. Dancing 930 -1 A.M. to the "Music makers" Late night buffet featuring roast beet & pork included in admission price For advance Reservations please phone 482-9228 after hours $24.4133 Wenad under L.i..e.o. year doubled to 16,000 acres in Huron and white beans dropped to about 30,000 acres. With the good white bean yield and the problems en- countered in soybean harvesting and reduced yield, white bean acreage next year can be ex- pected to go back up." During his remarks, Pullen congratulated Seaforth area farmer Russell Bolton on winning the world hay cham- pionship for the eighth consecutive year. Huron farmers have taken, the hay crown 18 out of the last 20 years. Don. Rader of Hay township, current. - president ,of the Soil and Crop Association Was chairman for the evening's program. He is being replaced as the Hay township representative by Ray Hartman. Newly elected directors were Philip Meier,- Howick township, Bruce Rayner, West Wawanosh, 'Art De Vo§,' Turitberry and John Oke, Usborne.. Completing the list of directors. are Gerritt Van Keulen, Grey: Bruce Schillinglaw, Hullett; Wayne 12,atz, Stephen; Walter Mcllwain, Goderi ch ; Roger Bieman, East Wawanosh; Ross McBeath, Stanley; Bob McNaughton, Tucker - smith; Douglas Cameron, Ashfield; Jim Armstrong, Morris; Larry Wheatley, McKillop and Don McNeil, Colborne. •• 'ry: {{ - r ' : { • . r .� •{r.; : �'irf;'f. 7i:; •.r �.; '•: i .....; ; � • -•r: • .. ..; ;'r. ! r�/� r r r� . %r '•Y f fii v'i'{.,ry; • r r r 'j '• r.•.:;:• :: r . : {; v:: }::.:; ; •: � / �/ r�� r•r •• /�/rrf r. f f�{! rrlf} f •?{;%J% .iii{: l f�fi : �i%%::}•Y, ,::' •{r� : j ,r,: i r%}: !fi iii'•{� ;::%:• •f; / r�. / /Jf.%•: 7.., %%J':%, }i.} .- • .m. !%'F.• �":•.. rr:.: •:•.. •4....A. f {r,'ri''; : $ i •r: r•::., :. r A / ' 01 Ted Burnside of the University of Guelph suggested there be more records made of calving ease, and of milk production when he spoke at the annual meeting of the Huron. County Holstein Club held - at the Belgrave W:.I, hall on Wednesday:' "As we go to larger cattle, larger herds, we CLINTON NEWS -RECORD,„ THU $DAY, DECEMBER 6,, 1979- 1 age 17 ub heir of repr significant a have ignifica'nt • number of cattle that are stillborn that Might have. had a high genetic potential," Dr. Burnside said, adding that they would like t.A get the farmer's help in getting calving ease recorded, in the new year. "We need to know more about reproduction on the female side. I think we've Board picks officers The four Huron members of the board of directors of the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing,..Board were returned to office by acclamation at Friday's annual meeting at the Hensall arena. Named to continue their duties as directors were Gordon Hill, pob Allan, Murray Cardiff and Joe Miller. It was the first time in many years that an election was not needed to fill the board of directors slate. An election 'was needed to complete the Huron district bean producers committee of 12 members when 15 nominees in- dicated they were willing to stand for election. Nine members of last year's Cnrr.rr+ittnc. re-elected. They are Jack Coleman, Murray Dennis, Cecil Desjardine, Bill Dawson, Victor Hartman, Bev Hill, Ken McCowan Jr., Bill McGregor and Larry Wheatley. New members are Ray Heuther, John Maskand and Jim. Love. Defeated candidates were Glenn Miller, James Maloney and Neil Murray. Attendance at Friday's meeting was,, down considerably from other years. Decreased production in 1979 was blamed for the lower attendance. Bean board manager Charles Broadwell said acreage of white beans in 1979 was down by 47 percent to about 6,700 acres. • got cattle that have a lot more milk and letter udders, than we had, a decade ago,," he said adding that this was the direct result of progeny testing progratne. - Dr, Burnside also talked . about Milk recording, stating he was convinced. that 70-80 percent of dairy farmers should be recording milk production.. He said the D.UAS program in Quebec, the largest milk recording program in Canada today, has seen a rapid increase. .. Q He spoke about the Canadian Milk Recording Board which has been running a comparison between owner supplier programs and supervisor programs and he said they have been seeing an expansion in milk recording. Dr. Burnside said that milk recording has a lot of benefits and he didn't think it was emphasized enough. "It'll enable us to do a better job of breeding cattle," he said. Part of the im- provement in test groups is to-- get a type classification, he said. He talked about Quebec,- where if farmers agree to go on test record, they have to agree to test young bulls on one third' Jeahhiet calves of theft' herd. "If YOU supplied Young bulls on one third of your herd, we have plenty of evidence that this " will maximize the genetic progress," he told the turners.. Not more than six per cent of cows. are being 'bred to young bulls," he said. He suggested that from. now on,. farmers should • arm themselves with the facts and that it's going to take a lot . more co- operation and par- ticipation from breeders to get the facts down in matter of feed utilization, milk testing and other things. Also at the - meeting, certificates were given out by Gor on Hell, fieldman for th Holstein- Friesian Assoc ation-and Dennis Martin from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food office in Clinton for high., production in milk for Huron County. The Holstein Club also elected its 1980 executive.. They, are: president Bob McNeil; past -president, Bob Vodden; first . vice- president, Bill• Gibbings; secretary -treasurer, Don Watson; and: directors, Dave Marshall, Keith Johnston, Murray Howatt, Glenn Hodgins, Murray Donaldson, Ken Ramsey, Jim' McKague, Wilbert Freeman, Stu Steckle, Joe Van Osch, Bob Carter and Hank Binnendyk. mean sales prornoted A promotion started in 1979 by the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board appears to have been successful. Committee chairman Frank Vanneste told Friday's annual meeting of the board. "It was money well spent." Vanneste was referring to $80,000 allocated at last year's annual meeting to promote the sale of white beans. An additional $26,500 was provided by the province of Ontario. Wayne Churchill, the publicity co-ordinator for the board said great progress was made in introducing beans to the food and restaurant trade. He continued, "Before we started, most restaurants would only use baked beans with toast. Now, they use beans as .a bed for chicken or ribs instead of rice." Full colour ads have been placed in a number of food fervice trade magazines telling about a plastic covered recipe book called "Beans, the Mane Makers." Restaurants stitutions can these recipes in return for $2 to cover mailing charges. Churchill said an average of four responses a day are being received. and in - receive '.k<` si�it5'•u1v. "��..,. v.":5.1�T.ii'd�.t6i'••:ltY $k • ". .•. R .... :..,,? 1..'•,. ..: �:14ri Don WatS in,'right, was honoured at the recent convention of the Canadian Association of Animal Breeders .in recognition of his 25 years in the artificial insemination industry. He has become a well-known member of the agricultural community in the Clinton-Seaforth area. \ He and Mrs. , Watson were presented with a 400 day clock by Dr. C.R. Reeds, General Manager of United Breeders where Don is a technician. 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