Clinton News-Record, 1980-04-17, Page 12PAGE MON
—
Club Achievement
Programs for "Your
Corner of the World"
represent the end of
.another successful 4a,
project in Huron County..
Club . members have
learned furniture
arranging, storage,
lighting and colour
schemes for their
bedrooms. As welt, they
created accessories for
their rooms with a
macrame Project •
County . cim
Economist with the
Ontario Ministry a
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,.,„Agriculture .., 404- .,-,Fsztedi ---- Clinton- -0----Thursday, " 'Waned'th this project iri- piogratn in your com.
Orace Bird, will be April 24 at 7 p.m., Clinton an. entertaining.t, yet munity by attending an
• *Conif44ting , the Public School; Seaforth,,. educational manner. in Achievement Program.
AohieVenient Progrants Wednesday, April 30 at 7 addition, presentation of you'll be pleasantly
throughout the County as P.M., SPafOrtb ' Public special awards . -and surprised to see what
follows:___ , Scheel., — certificates to out-. some of the youth in
Corrie - Saturday, Crediton '4* Saturday, standing members and Huron County are in.
April 26 at 9:15 a.m.MaY 3 at 9:15 .a.m. leaders will occur. volved in. Who knows,
pRowlelt Central School. Stephen Central Public. . Do plan to support the maybe you'll want to be a
Dungannon - Thursday, School and Exeter, 441 . Homemaking Club part of it all! .
May 1 at 7 p.m., Saturday, MaSr, 10 at 9:15 ,
, .
Brookside Public School. , 11.41.1t . Exeter Public il • ,f -i
May 8 at 7 p.m., East Everyone is invited and
13elgrave - Thursday, Schwt. Polluting Great Lakes .
Wawanosh Public School., encOuraged to attend the Drainage from farms Lakes than generally
, .
Ethel - ThursdaYa•KAY PrOgram. Through skits, :and urban areas is tdate; ac.
15 at 7 p,rn„ Cirey Central Om" strattcms and baurecogniZed o
Public School. ing , cording to a report issued
exhibits, members will - • a more .
summarize information,
.
South Huron:
• gn man part of the_by-the International .Toint
pollution of the Great Commission April 15. The
major. substances con-
cerned are , a range of
toxic atid hazardous
substances, sediment and
phosphorus.
The report to the
and the United States,
called "Pollution in the
Great Lakes Basin from
Land Use Activities", is
based on a com-
prehensive . technical
study over several years
and 11 public hearings
held throughout the Great
Lakes area in late 1978.
COD Li -piling land
drainage (nonpoint)
pollution will require a
new approach to en-
vironmental policy, the
report states.
The recommended
approach includes closer
co-ordination between
and within governments.
This is needed to over-
come gaps and in-
consistencies in the many
government programs
that.affect the actions of
.the many individual•
firms, urban dwellers,
cottagers and farmers
contributing tothis -type,
of pollution. Some
current policies (such es
certain tax measures)
may actually encourage
such' pollution. Despite
the high' degree of co-
ordination and direction
required from senior
levels of government,
considerable respon-
sibility •for im-
plementation of
corrective programs
should be given to the
local ,level, along with
technical and financial
assistance..
The voluntary ap-
proach to remedial action
in improving land use
Huron County farm report
CORN ROOTWORM
—INSECTICIDES --
ARE DANGEROUS
BY PAT LYNCH L. —
SOILS AND CROPS
SPECIALIST
The following is taken from a Farm Safety
Association report recounting two incidences
that occurred in Ontario in 1979.
"There, was one farmer who acciden
mixed some rootworm insecticide with fee
his beef cattle. Within a couple of hours, he
45 dead beef cattle. It only takes one teaspo
a rootworm insecticide to kill a 1,000 pound s
There was another farmer who decided to ea
• lunch in the field without washing his hands
had, been handling insecticide' without u
gloves. He wasn't sick right away, but a coup
days later he felt like he was having a h
attack. He had to crawl to the house. This far
was sick for several weeks."
"Rootworm insecticides affect you
• reducing an enzyme in your body ca
"cholinesterase.' Cholinesterase controls y
nervous system. You can gradually be affec
by continuous exposure to insecticides if you
not wear protective clothing. You can also h
acute poisoning, which Inay lead -to a heart
tack. Insecticides can enter your body through
your mouth by breathing or they can penetrate
• through your skin.
firsLhalf_pciPcs ha...Ye tended to.......offset-a_poor
----Wond half.
Next April a weighted price will be calculated
for the previous twelve months. It will be
computed from figures in the Canadian
Livestock and Meat Trade Report, which is
published weekly. Individual figures will be
obtained for the different regions in Canada -
, West, Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes. These
tally - - figures will be comprised of weekly figures
for .'weighted for numbers marketed. The individual
had figures will then be weighted for regional..
on of marketings and used to obtain a national price.
teer. • The stabilized price will be compared to the
this national weighted, price for the twelve month
. He period. The diffeitnce will • represent any
sing stabilization payment.
le of How is the stabilized price -calculated? First
eart we have to take the average weighted pork
mer prices which occurred during the past five years.
The 1975-76 to 1979-80 prices (100 index cacass)
by were 70.02, .58.92, 6160 and 70.55 and 58.54
fled (estimate). The,average for the five years could
our be 64,33 per cwt. The Federal government
ted supports pork at 90 percent of this figure with
- do --adjustments for changes in cost of production.
ave Ninety percent of $64.33. amounts to $57.89. The
at- formulformula also allovi.rs the stabilized price • to be
increased by the amount that the yearly costs
increased over the average costs for the five
years. If we assume an increase of .60 (last
year's figure),, then the stabilized price for 1980-
81 could be $58.50. •
• Don't hang your hat on this. figure. There are
many variables that can affect it. The figures
demonstrate how the plan works. However, the
Federal government calculates the final figures
and there is risk in attempting tolanticipate their
calculations in advance. The government also
has the option as to the number of .animals
covered by stabilization. Also, any stabilization
cheque won't be •coming until after the
calculations are made in April 1981.
• HOG PRICE
PREDICTIONS
We decided to insert this account from th-e
Farm Safety Association report -• not to alarm ••
• you, but to give you the facts. When you are
• handling corn rootworm insecticides, you should*
use gloves and an approved respirator. The
• respirator must have the right cartridge and be
• changed regularly. -
Rootworm insecticides 'should never be stored
near feed,• milk houses or any other area where
contamination could occur. •The empty con-
tainers should be buried or burnt when empty. If
you' are burning empty containers, be especially
careful about furnes.
BY
FINAL PAYMENT • DON PULLEN
AG. REP.
We have been advised that all of the remaini
approved applications under the Grain Stora
Handling and Feed Preparation Program ha
• been forwarded for payment.
Cheques should be in the mail shortly and all of
the farmers concerned should receive their
payment by late April or early May.
• With these payments, this program is now
completed.
BY
DON PULLEN
COPING WITH AND
LOW PORK RICHARD SMELSK
PRICES • SWINE
• SPECIALIST
We've had a number of enquiries recen
from pork producers, who are suffering from t
• present low pork prices. It's difficult to be
helpful as one would like.
There really isn't a magical formula th
applies to every situation. It's mainly a matter
working on a one to one basis to work out the be
_plan for the individual. One man may have lo
term equity and he can spread short term loa
over a longer term. _Another may choose
liquidate equipment to reduce payments a
provide money far other payments. In oth
cases, it may be a matter of brainstorming to s
if there are other ways of generating income for
1980. Maybe it's matter of improving per-
formance with fewer animals' as Richard
Smelski suggests in the accompanying articl
This action might releaser,extra feed for sal
Maybe there's a special cash crop which could
add income in a year of poor hog returns.
It likely makes a prok producer angry to hea
suggestion of improved efficiency When h
knows that the market price is his bigges
enemy. However, it's vital to prune out all the fa
when the market isn't paying all the costs. Thi
doesn't mean skimping on a balanced ratio
because the pigs are just around longer, eatin
more feed. It could mean checking th
calibration of the mix mill - maybe you're put
ting in too much protein. It means knowing th
fertility supplied by a manure application i
order to adjust fertilizer requirements ac
cordingly. How about ear notching a pen o
weaners and seeing how many days it takes fo
them to go to market? And there are steps tha
could be taken in the sow barn to turn out the
same number of pigs from fewer sows? There
could be merit in looking at the entire system to
see where gains might be made in cutting costs.
I guess that's where our staff can fit in. We're
available to come to the farm and chat about
production and financing concerns. It's amazing
what can come out of a session when two people
put their heads together to try and find solutions
for a problem.
• It's time to forget about forecasting hog prices
• and coming back to face the facts. No one
ng in-
dividual is going to alter the hog prices in
ge
Ontario. Fortunately, market hogs are sold co-
,
ve opeptively and competitively. •Therefore, the ,
•time on price prediction is better spent
forecasting costs. At least it helps budgeting
your inputs and sets some goals in order to
improve production.
Along the same line of thinking, don't wait for
your neighbour to go out of pigs. It's not like it
used to be. There are 'a lot of big elcpensive
• buildings and a .person isn't likely to sell all his
sows.. n fact, there's, the tendency in reverse,
'get in when the market is down'. As a result,
• some of the best words of wisdom I heard came
from a big hog buyer in the U.S.A. "Stop waiting
for your neighbour to quit pork production and
tly look over your own operation to see where you
he• can economize. The producer who cuts 15 per -
as cent will do a' better job Thselection; breeding,
conception rate and management that will result
at in more pigs per litter and lower operating
of costs."
st Too many pork producers feel - if only they had - •
ng 15 percent more sows. I feel it's not 15 percent
ns • more sows they need -but 15 percent better
to performance. That's more reason to cut your
nd heard by 15 percent. There's no way to make
er profits these days so you might as well minimize
ee your losses and wait for a better day.
Tourist
.
e. dollars -
e.
in winter
• KINCARDINE -r The
winter months can bring
e in as many tourist dollars
as the summer ones,
t' according to Dave Paul.
Mr. Paul, a
representative from the
g ministry of tourism told
e the the 'Kincardine
• Chamber of Commerce
e •that the town could get
winter dollars by closing
the gap in its winter
businegsr .
He suggested the
t development of
snowmobile trails to
make them a
"marketable com-
modity."
Mr. Paul told the group
that Southampton has
been making as much in
January as it has in the
• summer for the past four
years since developing a
trail network.
He also suggested using
the resources from the
Bruce Nuclear Power
Development to attract
tourists. He said an
"energy theme park"
could be developed which
would include solttr and
wind • demonstrationg and
suggested the possibility
of using waste steam
from the plant for "in-
door hot springs."
PORK
STABILIZATION
FORECAST FOR
1980-81
Pork stabilization isn't what pork farmers .
want at this time. They want a market price that
will let them meet their payments. However, we
don't have that market price. Hence, there is
interest in understanding how the stabilization
plan works. "
The stabilization period is April 1 to March 31
each year. We've just completed one period and
started another. Any payout for the 1970-80
• ,period will be non-ex4tent or very small becauae
••
re• Pe.• r* •
practices r is • stressed,
whereby individuals
would be encouraged to
adopt better practices by
vigorous public
education, technical aid
and financial incentive
programs. Where this
approach would not
achieve adequate results,
or the pollution problem
is critical, regulation will
be needed, says the
report.
Specific instances
where regulation will be
required include the
disposal of hazardous
industrial wastes,
sediment control in urban
areas under construction,
and the spreading ‘, of
manure on frozen
agricultural land during
he winter, according to
he Commission. .
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With nearly twodozenwilling volunteer worker from thecongregation, it
didn't take long to lift the pews at Ontario Street United Church on Monday,
The crew were 'Twilling the floor in preparation for the installation of new
carpet this week, and will re -install the pews before next Sunday's service.
•
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news farm news
Jury questions
. .
streetligh ting
GODERTCH .- An inquest
into the death of a
Goderich man • has
resulted in recom-
mendations for increased
and improved lighting at
the, intersection of
Britannia Road and
Waterloo Street in town.
The inque t was called
after William O'Neil, 71,
was struck by a car at-
tempting to cross the
intersection. He died in
London ' hospital as * a
result of the injuries.
Dr. Bryan Lynch of the
Huron- County Health.
• Unit said the five -man
jury recommended that a
light be •placed at the
crossing -marks and that
the lighting • along
Britannia Road be in-
• creased in power.
• Although there is no
obligation to comply with
the - jury's recom-
mendations, Dr. Lynch
said, "The existing light
there is dim. The police -
did their own test at the
intersection and found
the lighting to be ex-
ceptionally poor."
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Now, you can use Roundup' to
control many tough annual and
perennial weedeffilbrage
systems.
Now, you can actually control
many of those tough, emerged
weeds — weeds that arent only an
eyesore, but cut into your profits —
with a treatment of Roundup'' her-
bicide by Monsanto.
The use of Roundup in forage
systems to control tough weeds,
like quackgrass and Canada thistle
can lead to:
• An improvement in forage
quality:
• A reduced investment in protein
supplements
• And a,cluan well-managed ••
appearance in the field.
Applied directly to actively
Roedp • is a registered trademark of Monsanto Co.
Al WAYS READ AND FOLLOW THE LABEL FOR ROU
Monsanto Canada Inc Montral Toronto Vancuver,
growing labeled weeds like
quackgrass and Canada thistle, at
the proper stage of growth,
Roundup will "translocate" (cir-
culate) down into the treated
weeds root system, destroying the.
entire plant.
You can apply Roundup: 1) prior
to planting forage legumes and
grasses, or prior to planting a label-
ed cover crap which will be
overseeded with a forage crop; 2)
• prior to emergence of zero -tillage
seeded legumes into established
sod for pasture renovation; 3) as a
spot treatment in established
forage crops grown for seed or for
grazing.
To learn more about the use of
Roundup in forages, see your farm
chemicals dealer. Get your copy of
Monsanto Company 1980
NDUP.
Winnipeg RCS- 80
the label for Roundup — the
herbicide that gets to the root
of the problem.
Monsanto
There's never been
a herbicide like this before'
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