Clinton News-Record, 1980-05-08, Page 12PA E f2 THE QLINTON S'E'WS -RECORD,. THURSDAY, MAY 8 , 1690
eam alterations con
by Rhea Hamilton
"There are no muskrat
now and we don't hear the
bull frogs anymore At
Thursday's Huron F of A
meeting, Stan . Johns told
Ministry of Natural
Resources (MNR)
representatives that
since the Seaforth.sewage
lagoon was implemented,
the .drainage from the
` a lagoon . had altered the
productivity of the
Bayfield River.
It was new information
;to the ministry and they
were as 'concerned as the
farmer about changing
the situation.
The discussion was
part of ,—th-e-program
"Coldwater streams an
endangered habitat,"
that the ministry held at
the Huron teederation of -
Agriculture's monthly
meeting.
Mr. Johns farms along
the Bayfield river in
Tuckersmith township
and has lived his whole
life near the river. The
lagoon was first built in
1971 and he says treated
effluent is dumped into
the river twice yearly.
Mr. Johns pointed out
that treatment procedure
delays the dumping so
late in the spring that the
river is low and the trout
have already started to
spawn when the lagoon1s'
emptied. The effluent
smothers the eggs and
they don't hatch and the
trout that escape travel
back downstream. •
The Ministry of the
Environment has been
notified_.e-v..ery.._spring ..by
Mr. Johns and Bruce
Bowland of the London
office told Mr. Johns in a
convention earlier
Thursday that the study
the ministry did in 1978 of
the Seaforth lagoon will
be released later this
spring.
"In .this part of the
country it is cold six
months of the year and
the lagoons cannot
properly operate," said
Mr. Johns. "The lagoon is
iced over in the winter
and there is no aeration
or evaporation essential
for lagoons."
"It irritates me that
both government
agencies. (ministries of
natural resources and
environment) leave each
other alone in a situation
like this," said Mr. Johns.
"They know it's not just
the farmers polluting the
steams. This massive
discharge twice a year is
the last straw to break
the camel's back as far as
the ecology of the river is
concerned." Mr. Johns
pointed out.
Physically, the river
looks the same and the
farming practises
haven't changed Mr.
Johns points out, but the
productivity of the river
has declined and he
would like to see more
action taken.
-A short film illustrated
what unrestricted cattle
access to streams and
bulldozing and stripping
of creeks and streams
can do to the land around
the streams and to the
natural life irf the creeks.
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DEPEND ON
DEKALB
"DEKALaII" is a RAgtst.red
tradorriark
biologist for the Ministry,
of Natural . Resources„l
Wingham,followed with
slides of the area showing
where common sense and
better water
managementhelp
prevent erosion and:
improve. the quality of
water.
Areas that have been
spot cleaned . in.
cooperation with the land
owner were shown before
and after ' the • -work had
been done. Rock, piles
from the land around the
banks were used to shore'
up the stream sides along
areas of the Belgrave
Creek.
Mr. Dobell showed
Sharp's Creek as an
example of a good
coldwater stream.
1 1 1 .
program, Doug Dodge,
Superintendent of the
Fisheries Branch,
Toronto, outlined the
federal fisheries act ,and
pointed out that anything
concernedwith. water had
to be looked at by° the
• agency.
Fisheries: is a federal
matter but the 'provinces -
were offered the job of
managing and, enforcing
the lav in ,1967: only
Onta.rio., ,British
Columbia, ; Quebec and
• Alberta chose to accept
the jurisdiction.
Art Carr, from
Ministry of Natural
Resources,, Wingham,
covered the act from the
province's point of view.
He admitted to a bone of
contention in the act
concerning the definition
of the word dam.
Irhig"that idr�a k
water or diverts it in-
cluding bypass ponds,
Ontario
Ministry of
Agriculture
and Food
huron farm
and
home news
Herbicide Recommendation Update-
The present edition of Publication 75 "Guide to
Chemical Weed Control" has some major
deficiencies. Some of these are misprints, some
are new registrations that have been issued since
the book was published. I will try to clarify these
points:
Nutsedge in corn - Sutan, Eradicane and Dual
p.p.i. all have an equal rating for nutsedge. They
are all rated as giving better control than Lasso
Corti- "re Emerge - Bladex- -1 r -Dual' and Dual
Dicamba (Banvel) are two new tank mixes that
have received registration. Morgard is a new -
combination being promoted by' Niagara that
can be used pre emerge on corn. Morgard
contains- -26.6 percent technical Atrazine; 26.6
percent technical Prometryne and 26.6 percent
technical Terbutryn.
Post Emerge on corn - Laddok is a com-
bination' of Basagran and Atrazine that can be
applied post emergent in corn.
Bindweed Control in Corn - Publication 75
rates Kilmore as Good - this rating should be
Excellent.
White Beans - Hoegrass is not registered for
use on White Beans.
Misapplication of pesticides cost $1 billion
A survey was done in Nebraska to study the
accuracy of herbicide application. One of the
engineers involved was quoted as saying, "We
have met the enemy - he is us:"
The mistakes in over and under application
were conservatively estimated to be worth about
$8• on average for every crop acre in excess
herbicide used or in weed problems due to low
rates. On the acreage involved in the U.S. and
Canada, the total cost would be over a billion
dollars.
The survey did a detailed study of 133 her-
bicide applicators. Of these only 40 percent were
applying close to ,;their estimated rate of
chemicals (close being plus or minus 10 per-
cent) ; 35. percent were applying rates too low
and 25 percent were well over the required rates.
Part of the problem was traced to poorly
prepared and maintained equipment. Most of the
errors were just poor calibration and mistakes in
mixing of chemicals.
The resulting misapplication hurts in two -
ways ;
woways; one is crop damage either from the
escaped weeds or the chemical overdose. The
other is the dollar wastage on chemicals applied
but not delivering the desired results.
For farmers applying large acreages of
herbicide, recently introduced electronic con-
trols and monitoring systems would be a wise
investment. For smaller acreages a $2.06.
calibration jar and measuring tape could earn a
man $500 per hour or more for time spent on
calibration. Clearly the agricultural chemical
age is beyong storing the sprayer in the fence
row and measuring the chemicals by the number
of "glugs" from the jug.
Staff from this office will assist farmers with
sprayer calibration on a first-come, first-served
basis as time permits.
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diversions and municipal
drains can be classed as a
darn. This causes con-
fusion And there is a
procedure, underway to
have a better definition
implemented. -
There are several acts
related to activities M-
N/diving lakes and rivers.
'('hey include the Lakes
and Rivers Improvement
Act, the Beach Protection
Act, the Public Lands Act
and the Fisheries Act.
There are also statutes in
four other federal and
provincial acts.
The Fisheries act says
"no person shall carry on
any work or undertaking
that results in the har-
mful alteration,
disruption or destruction
...a...sy!•.s:.....
of fish habitat." Habitat
here not .only includes the.
water but the surroun-
dings in Which plants and
other life forms interact
to .make fish life possible.
QUESTIONS
Questions from the
floor were answered by
the three speakers and
Norm Richards, district
manager. for .the
Wingham office of the
M.N.R. A primary
concern of; farmers was
the cost ` of° making
changes.. to the streams to
accommodate the
ministry. At present an
agreement is negotiated
withthe landowner where
in some cases land can be
leased by the ministry to
Turn to page 13 •
news farm news
n,
uron s popular soil and_ncrop speeia' lst, cnVliller, left, was honored by
fellow employees at the Clinton office of the ministryof agriculture and food on
Monday. `Mike, who is leaving the county after 10 years, received a magazine
rack, and a couple of `popular" magazines to put in it. Dennis Martin made the
presentation. (News -Record photo)
Mike Miller takes to the land in new venture
By Jim Fitzgerald
A well-known and
highly respected member
of Huron County's
agricultural scene is
leaving his post after a
decade of work.
Mike Miller, associate
agricultural represen-
tative for Huron County
for the ministry of
agricultural and food,
who works out of the
Clintora,office, retired this
week.
The popular soils and
crop specialist wants to
farm his 250 acres near
Ridgetown. and do some
travelling in North
America. "I don't want to
be too tied down," he said
in an interview.
Mike as he was know in
area farrping circles,
came to Huron in October
of 1969 and liked the
location and job so much
he stayed on and made
the Clinton office unlike
some in other counties
which have a high tur-
nover rate.
As well as looking after
the soils and crops in
The farmer was
scolding his hired man
for carrying a lighted
lantern to call on his
girlfriend.
"The very idea!" he
said. "When I was
Courtin', I never used to
carry no lantern; I went
in the dark."
"Yes, said the hired
-man, sadly, "and look
what you got."
Sandwiches
are different ...-
Huron, Mike was- also
secretary of the Huron
Soil and Crop Association
for the last 10 years and
enjoyed his involvment
when Huron hosted the
International Plowing
Match in 1978.
"It's very difficult to
leave such an excellent
office staff and the
associations in the
county," Mike admitted.
"This is a good county
to work in. It (farming) is
very, p ogressive here
and Huron has always
been in the vanguard in
innovating- new
techniques. The jab was
always a challenge," he
explained.
Over the past decade he
has seen many changes in
farming, including the
introduction of slated
livestock barns, modern
milking parlors, large
poultry operations and
the large scale cash
cropping units.
But with the increased
size also comes stress,
and according•to Mike the
ultimate size of an
operation is based only on
the farmer's ability to
manage it and handle the
stress.
Although he is op-
timistic about the future
of farming, despite the
current cost pinch and
low prices, he said he was
not "starry-eyed" about
the future the way some
experts are.
"I've seen three ring-
outs (downturns) since
I've been connected with
-farm i•ng-; one- irr the. mid -
60's, another again in 1969
to '71, and now this one in
1980. We'll just have to
plan for them," he said.
"What's really un-
fortunate is some 'far-
mers have been caught in
the timing squeeze and
were in the . wrong place
at the wrong time, but
there were some in
trouble bef ere the high
interest rates -hit," Mike
noted,.
He thinks that cash
cropping will be carried
out on rented land more
and more in the future, as
there is a trend away
from owner -operator
units.
He explained, "Land
values are under value if
compared to gold, but
over valued if compared
to commodity prices."
Don Pullen, the ag rep
who runs the Clinton
1
office, said Mike would be
missed, "He'll be a very
hard man to replace."
The ministry's Toronto
head office is currently
looking for a
replacement.
A small party was held.
by the staff on . Monday,
and ' Mike received
several presents.
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