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Agriculture,and Food;
Minister Lore C. Hen-
derson :has announced
that .additional funds are
being made available for
drainage grants to cover
the backlog of projects
which have been com-
pleted and inspected, but
for which .no'. funds were.
previously available.
The. additional : money
will apply only to the
March 1980 tile drainage
debentures. To qualify,
municipalities must have
their completed
debentures, dated March
1, 1980, in the ministry
offices in Toronto by
February 29,19$0,
�� Loans to itxdividrlas
from this increased
funding . m.ust not exceed
75 portent of the cost of
the project! In addition,
there is a limit of $20,000
to any one 11100s/dual..
Funding* is available,
however, for the entire
backlog of completed and,
inspected projects,
Mr. Henderson urged
municipalities to make
every effort to get their
documentation . into the
ministry in time to take
advantage of- this extra
money. He stressed the
•
importance of tile
drainage to increased
yields and congratulated:
Ontario, farmers on their
enthusiastic response to
the lraijnage pr.ograrn..
Under the tile drainage
program, municipalities
lend money to farmers
for the construction of
approved drainage
projects. A maximum of
75 per cent of the cost of
any one 'project may be
loaned, The municipality
raises the necessary
funds through the sale of
debentures to the
provincial government
Pork seminar to be held
.- _-...--....-.-.--- -A symposiu r• ent-i:tled---portunitya- fair queatii n
"Profitable Pork
Production for 1980' will
be held on Thursday,
February 28 at the
Howick Community
Centre. The program is
sponsored by Huron
County Pork Producers
in co-operation with the
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food.
Registration is from 9:30
10 a.m.
Bob Fraser, who
operates a 110 -sow
farrowing operation near
Ilderton, and Joe
Schaefer, Canfarm
'representative, Guelph,
will present information
about swine production
and economic records.
John Arts, Seaforth,
will have an illustrated
commentary about
"Productivity of the Sow
Herd - How We Do It".
Following a- hot pork
dinner ,at noon, Jack
Hag.arty, Farm
Management Specialist,
O.M.A.F., has _taken on
the challenge of
discussing how to make
your operation pay with
16 percent interest.
Dr. Tom Sanderson,
Listowel Veterinary
Clinic, will emphasize the
topic about how healthy
pigs pay.
"New Tidbits for
Profitability" or
"Reinventing the Wheel"
will be presented by
Richard Smelski; Swine
Specialist, Livestock
Branch, O.M.A.F..
Other information
available to participants
will include a Canfarm
display with Garry Ball,
Canfarm Representative,
Gorrie; O.M.A:F: Fac-
tsheets and Bulletins;
Basics for Breeding
Performance by Richard
Smelski, Swine
Specialist; and Fact and
Fiction of Ventilation by
Ron Fleming, Engineer,
O.M.A.F. Clinton.
There will be op -
Feeding sheep
The next workshop for
Huron County Sheep
Producers will be held on
Monday, February 25, at
1:30 p.m. in the
Agricultural Office Board
Room, Clinton.
Management of.
Forages - pasture, hay,
haylage, silage will be the
feature topic. Advan-
tages and disadvantages
Of a pastt}re system or a
dry -lot system will be
discussed.
Doug Cameron,
Lucknow, will chair the
program. Jim Stoner,
•Goderich, will start the
discussion rolling -with an
illustrated commentary,
'•questionnirig stocking;
rates, fencing systems,
various species in,
relation to certain
programs, emergency
pastures and related
topics, . Walter Renwick,
Belmore, will present
information about
pastures heuses for
sheep.
Dr. Jack Winch, Crop
Science Department,
University of Guelph will
have all the latest in-
formation about the best
kind of forages for dry lot
and pasture operations.
Of special interest are
some of the new
promising legumes and
grasses. A number of
these offer significant
advantages: in produc-
tivity and palatability.
There will be an -op-
portunity for discussion
and sharing of each
other's experiences
concerning pasture,
semi -confinement or
confinement
management...
and discussion during the
program.
Anyone with an interest
is invited to attend this
program. The pre-
registration fee of $7 per
person includes the noon
meal and other activities
Ontario
Ministry of
Agriculture
and Food
of the day. Cheques or
money orders are to be
made payable to "Huron
Swine Symposium" and
sent to Ontario Ministry
of Agriculture and Food,
Box 159, Clinton, Ontario
NOM 1LO, by February 25.
huron farm'
and
home news
REMOVING BROKEN BOLTS -
BY SAM BRADSHAW, ENG. ASSIST.
In most cases a bolt breaks off at the edge of
the hole and is very difficult_. to remove.
Penetrating oil applied around the broken bolt
will help in freeing the threads. Heat -applied -to
the metal around the bolt will also help free the
threads. •
To remove a broken .bolt, use the following
procedures in the order given. v If the first
procedure is not successful, try the next one.
1. Cut a narrow slot across the centre of the •
broken bolt with a cold chisel.
2. Place the tip of a screwdriver in the slot and
try to back the bolt out of the hole. If the
screwdriver fails to turn the bolt, use a punch
and hammer in an effort to loosen the bolt.
Bolts that are too tight to be removed with a
screwdriver or punch can usually be removed
with a screw extractor. Screw extractors have
spiralled, tapered flutes,•which have a left-hand
twist. They are sized by numbers ranging from
No. 1 to No. 12. A set with sizes from No. 1 to No. 6
will remove all bolts from .three -sixteenths to
one -inch and will be satisfactory for most farm
shop jobs. Screw extractors can also be used for
removing broken ends of small pipe from pipe
fittings.
The screw extractor has_ a square end on the
shanK and is turned With a regular tap wrench.
Use the following procedure to remove a broken
bolt with a screw extractor: 0
1, Make a centre -punch mark at the exact
centre of the broken bolt.
2. Select the proper -sized drill, Drill a hole in
the end -of -the -bolt deepenoughso that the small
end of the screw extractor will touch the bottom
when the bolt is removed.
3. Select -the proper sized -screw extractor.
Then insert the square in a tap wrench.
4. Place the fluted end into the drilled hole in
the bolt. 0
5. Apply firm, downward pressure on the tap
wrench, and turn it counter -clockwise. The
fluted edges of the screw extractor will grip the
side of the hole and cause the bolt to back out of
the hole.
Note: Screw extractors are brittle because
they are made of extremely hard steel and will
break if too much force is applied. If the ex-
tractor is broken, it can usually be removed if it
is broken into small pieces with a narrow chisel
or punch.
Broken Colts that cannot be removed by the
above procedures may be removed in the
following manner.
1. Drill a hole completely through the bolt,
using a drill slightly smaller than the root
diameter of the bolt threads. This will leave a
thin shell inside the threads.
2. Drive a sharp punch between the bolt
threads and the 'bolt hole .to pry the shell loose
from the sides.
3.• Remove the shell and other loose particles
from the hole.
Select the proper size tap andscrew it into the
hole to straighten the marred threads.
Note: A broken bolt may also be removed by
drilling with the proper sized twist' drill so that
the threads can be tapped one size larger than
the original bolt.
The Huron County Pork Producers ,association had
at-the--Mrrtom-i-egi m last Wednesday_-__
for their annual meeting, and heard that over-
production and low prices are in store this year.
Douglas Farrell, right, vice-chairman of the
Marketing Board talked with John Van Beers, left,
• of RR 1, Blyth, and Merle Gunby, president of the
Huron County Federation of Agriculture. (News -
Record photo)
ORD, THURSDAY,FEBRUARY 21ti9 -PAGE 13
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artnerswho are
feeling the financial,
pinch of interest,rates
and the cost of interest
can learn how to ease this
pressure through a
correspondence course
sponsored by the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture
and Food.
"Farmers must make
'large capital investments
to compete," . says
Professor Gary Hut-
chison•of the independent
study. office, University
of Guelph. "This course
was 'developed to help
farmers cope with the
high level of financial
management required to
obtain credit."
Professor Hutchison
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based on his experience
with the Fr..- Credit.
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Clinton farm takes breeder award
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Hol -Den Farm, Clinton,
has been presented with a
Master Breeder ,Shield,
the highest award
t presented by the
Holstein -Friesian
Association of Canada.
This distinguished award
was received by Robert
Vodden on February 13 at
the Annual Meeting at the
Royal York in Toronto.
The presentation was
made by National
Director Lawrence
Henderson, Lacombe,
Alberta.
One hundred and fifty
points were required on
an average of • nine
registrations per year.
Hol -Den Farm earned 153.
points. They have bred a
total of two STAR
BROOD, two EX-
CELLENT and 17 VERY
GOOD cows, two EX-
CELLENT and one
VERY GOOD BULL.
Hol -Den Farm is a
partnership of Robert,
William 'and Fred Vod-1,
den, with Robert having
responsiblity for the
cows. The herd was
originally started by
Fred Vodden, -who pur-
chased -the first Holstein
when Bill was old enough
to join the 4-H Club.
Overhill Prince Rocket
Olive was purchased in
1960 in• a production sale.
She produced a Rosafe
Citation R. calf, Classic
Citation J,emima. Today
many animals in the Hol -
Den Herd, trace back to
this EXCELLENT two
STAR BROOD cow.
Rockdale President
was the main foundation
sire. His best daughter
was Hol -Den Buttercup
Wayne. This EX-
CELLENT, two STAR
BROOD cow was a Huron
County. Grand Champion
female„ and the dam of
Shannon, a VERY GOOD
,Citation R son who. had
nine natural daughters in
the herd, all classified
VERY GOOD.
Hol -Den Farm has bred
a ' number of very high•
production cows and
show winners. Their
latest rolling . herd
average was 165 percent
for milk and 171 percent
for fat' They have been
Premier Breeder at the
Huron County Show for
the last five years and
Premier Exhibitor, three
out of the five years. They
were also Premier
Beef goes up while pork drops
The Ontario Federation
of .Agriculture Food
Basket reports the prices
of meat, dairy, .grain,
vegetable and fruit
products every month. It
is the only food basket
published in Canada that
along with retail prices,
gives farm gate
equivalents. It helps
explain changes in food
prices. '
The January report
reveals that beef prices
rose , considerably. The
farmers received 11 cents
more per pound; for beef.
The retailers added an
additional 13 cents to the
farmer's increase of 11
cents, with a total in-
crease in retail price of 24
cents. However, the
wholesalers had a four -
cent loss per pound.
Mery Smith, a
purebred Charolais.
breeder from McKillop
ei es
Thin
tic •
4i4r3MA
•
ahead to
Spring...
Township, sees higher
beef prices for the future.
He says, "I've been
talking to farmers across
Canada and there just are
fewer farmers investing
in cattle, because of such
things as high interest
rates. If beef gets much
higher, there's going to
be more pork
producers."
The Food Basket
reports a substantial drop
in pork prices- Farmers
received 13 cents Iess per
pound and retailers 19
cents less per pound.
Mac • Willets; county
director for 'Turnberry
Township, is concerned
that if beefs prices go
down, there will be more
beef farmers changing to
pigs, resulting in lower
hog prices. He says there
are already- too many
pigs in the country.
Chicken and turkey
�wil
prices remained un-
changed for farmers. But
the retail price for
chicken ' increased six
cents a pound and for
turkey, an increase of 24
cents per pound.
A cent a dozen decline
in egg prices to producers
was quickly followed by a
cent drop at the retail
level.
Butter increased six'
cents a pound to
producers. The retailers..
increased butter sixcets
plus they added on four
cents, totalling ten cents.
Lookingback to prices
one year ago, the OFA
Food Basket increased 15
percent atthe retail level.
To producers it -increased
10.3 percent.
Breeder at the Walkerton
Tri -County Show in 1978
and Runner Up in 1979.
Fred is Past President
of the Huron County
Holstein Club. Bob is Past
Secretary and 1979
President. He is also a
Director of the Kinsmen
Club of Clinton. Bob and
his wife Sue have two
children. Bill is single
and is a Chartered
Accountant. He takes an—
active interest in the
breeding and showing of
the cows.
Clinton' I, 4-H
The Clinton I, 4-1-I Club
held their second meeting.
at the home of Karen and
Sharon Dale.
It was then decided that
the name of the club
would be Decorative
Designers and then Mrs.
Jewitt passed o•ut jute,
ring and beads. She
showed the girls how to
do square and half knots
for macrame so the girls
could work on their
samplers at home. • •
The meeting ended and
Karen and Sharon served
delicious cake and
refreshments. -by Angela
Gower.
Smile
The new minister
prayed so hard for rain
that, the ensuring
downpour hurt the crops.
"That's what happens,"
growled an oldtimer,
"when you get a preacher
who ain't familiar with
agriculture!"
Corporation and his
firsthand knowledge of
farm financing. The
course defines the types
of 'Production and
financial information
that lending institutions
require, and describes
how to prepare financial
statements and analyze
them to . obtain the
greatest benefit. The
response from farmers
who have taken the
course has been ex-
cellent.
"Well-prepared
technical and financial
plans could mean the
*difference between .an
adequate line of credit
and a' stagnating farm
op e1''ation.,' °" says.
Professor Hutchison,
"Good projected plans
could .also mean as much
as a one -,half percent
reduction, 10 interest
rates. That's a saving of
$5Q0- n a-$ 00,000 loan — a
good return for a few
hours of ibookwork,"
Farm . Financial
Management and • other
-courses sponsored by the
Qntario . Ministry of
Agriculture and Food are
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in the Wroxeter.Community Hall, Wroxeter Ontario.
Wednesday "February 27, 1980
at 1:30 p.m..
Purpose:
1. To receive the Annual Statement' and Auditor's
Report.
2. To elect two Directors to replace Max Demaray and
George Adams, both of whom are eligible for re-
election.
3: To amend by=law No: 33 = Directors Remuneration. --
4. To condider amending the Company name to the °
"Howick Mutual Insurance Company"
5. To appoint an auditor for 1980.
6. To°transact any other business which may rightly
come before the meeting.
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President
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