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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-06-26, Page 12news fa rm news. W$ COR An ambltlous project by the Grade 6 Class at Vanastra Public School turned out to be a huge success on Friday. The students created games and sold food and baked goods, including a draw on this special chocolatecake bear at their carnival day. Everyone went home a winner from the afternoon fun. (News -Record photo) Pet stock picnic -set. for July 13 BY BARRY CLEAVE The regular meeting of the Huron County Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association was held on Tuesday evening, June 17 with 12 members and two visitors present. In the absence of president Jerome Sweeney, vice-president Orville Shewfelt opened the meeting. The Chairman welcomed the visitors to the meeting and asked the secretary to call -the roll,following which he read the minutes of the May meeting. On motion by Newt Cuyler,. seconded by Gordon Steinacker, the minutes were adoptedas read. The secretary, as a delegate to the annual meeting of the Ontario Poultry Confederation in Guelph on June 7, reported on business conducted at the meeting and answered questions pertaining to the day's etents. Hank W immenhove reported that he had not been able to locate a copier and it was decided that Barry Cleave and Correct information Some confusion has arisen from an article in the June 5 issue of the News -Record on the Town and Country Homemakers program. This Huron County organization sells the services of homemakers and home helpers to private individuals • in their homes. People of all ages and needs can purchase the serice of homemakers who can give personal care and supervise meal planning and preparation, _ housekeeping,___ and shopping. .As well the organization offers a home help service .where the individual can .pur chse the use of a' handy man, to help with home maintenarice; 4-H leaders camp Over 100 4-H agricultural club members froin across Ontario attended the 1980 Provincial 4-H Leader- ship Camp from June 15 to June 22. The island setting of 1 Moorelands- Kawagama Camp near Dorset, Ontario provided a terrific background for the camp's nautical theme. Attending from the HUron County. were: Jackie Brand, 1;;,R 3, Clinton; David Town- send, RR 4, Seaforth; Elaine Pym, RR 1, Centralia. , The objective of 4-H is the personal development of young people. In keeping with this aim, the camp program is par- ticularly designed to help delegates develop their leadership potential through a, variety of methods. During the week the delegates were involved in leadership seminars, program planning workshops, discussion groups, daily program committees, recreation and sports. 11 that sounds like a full week, you're right! It was also a week of learning, fun and fellowship. The delegates were provided with an opportunity to make many new friends and discover a lot about themselves as well. Upon returning home, the delegates are expected to put their newly acquired skills to use in 4-H anesinunity pee. light laundry housecleaners, to do light or heavy housework; hairdressers or barbers; transporstation or sitters. Jean Young, ad- ministrator for The Town and Country Homemakers, noted that since the agency is non profit they rely on fund raising events and are grateful -for any donations. Hugo Vermeesch were to look into obtaining a copier in Goderich. Secretary Daniel read correspondence per- taining to the new judge's exam rules for the A.13.A. It was announced that the Club picnic and show is still go for Sunday, July 13 at Cliff Peppers'. Cliff was not able to be at the meeting as he is recuperating from a recent operation. He is wished a speedy recovery. The August • meeting night • was changed to Thursday evening. There will be no July meeting. Requests were made for the Clubcages and cooping facilities by George Tiernan for Zurich Fair, by Barry Cleave for Bayfield Fair and by Newt Cuyler for the Kincardine Fair. These requests were granted. . The secretary an- nounced that the price of donuts were getting too high for the donations so after a discussion, it was decided to try something different. Bills presented by the secretary were to be paid on motion by Newt. Cuyler, seconded by Lloyd O'Brien. The attendance draw was won by George Tieman and re -donated to the lunch fund. A discussion developed on sponsoring . a 4-H poultry club in Huron County and secretary Daniel was asked to send a letter of inquiry to the O.M.A.F. office. Adjournment ,was moved by Cloyne Thuel. The meeting was followed by a table show, lunch and a social, time. First parti-color bird was a Partridge Ply. Rock Ck. for Harvey Daniel; first solid color male was an Australorp for Errol .Schlotzhauer ; first solid color female was an Australorp hen for H. Daniel; second also an Australorp for Errol Schlotzhauer. ay Cleave was the judge for the evening. arkharn hosts Sheep Focus '80 y,, p By PON PULLTN,, AGt_ lSheep , Focus '80, a three day event bringing tqgether all segments of the Ontario Sheep Industty; will be held at Markham Fairgrounds on Tuly 18 -20. ' - Under the sponsorship of the. Ontario Sheep Association, Sheep Focus '80 will include breeding stock ' shows ° and sales, '• sheep dog trials, sheep rnan'agetnent and tre attme'nt dem on- str ations, lamb cooking. demonstrations spinning and weaving demon- strations emon-.strations and porn - petitions, a junior show and exhibits by • organizations supplying and serving the sheep industry. The sales of top. bJ^ eed�ng----st-oek--wi-1-i --i elude a special ROP station tested ram sale, an ROP home tested ewe lamb sale, ialeg soon sored by the Ontario Dorset Club and the Ontario Suffolk Sheep - Association, plus a colored sheep sale and a sale of commercial ewes. . Sheep Focus '80 will be an excellent opportunity to obtain superior breeding stock and a chance for producers and consumers to learn more about Ontario's rapidly growing sheep industry. Anyone interested in sheep should mark their calendars now for Sheep Focus '80 on July 18 to 20. POISON HEMLOCK You may have a new weed ori your farm - it's poison hemlock Yes, this plant can be poisonous to livestock. This weed bac been identified In 1979,seedings of ,alfalfa. Farrners who, seeded alfalfa In 1079 should check their. ° fields and pull out 'any plants that are found, Theweed is taller than alfalfa. They can be readily spotted standing «' upright in the field up to five feet in height, It isa, member of the carrot family and can be recognized by its carrot- likeleaves, thick purplish - hollow stems and a short parsnip. -like tap root. ONTARIO WEED, ALERT PROGRAM - The, Weed Alert Prograxn . is- a joint - program of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and . Food and the University of Guelph, with cooperation from Agriculture Canada, the —Herbicide Herbicide Industry; -and the farmers of Ontario. • Aims of the program are to assemble in- formation on problem weeds as they presently exist in Ontario and to identify new weeds as they appear. • Weed Alert report forms;will be available at County offices of the - Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, as well as from extension specialists, weed in- spectors, the University of Guelph, and herbicide industry personnel. We anticipate that. the Ontario farmer will be the major benefactor of this program. Upon identification of this weed specimen, the farmer will be alerted to the potential threat of this weed. The extension specialist will be alerted about, the problem so he can Canfarm services to be explained Don Little of CAN - FARM will be at the July meeting of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture to explain to members and any other interested cof ar , ers .the. services availa °le in the different programs of CANFARM. The meeting will be July 3 at 8:30 p.m. at the Seaforth Public School. Ther meeting will be hosted by the, Tucker- smith Township Federation of Agriculture. All interested farmers are invited to attend. provides--informat oix ypw control methods Currently known, and be in a position to pass along new methods as they are developed, Research, personnel (government and industry) will be ,,alerted, so they can assess, their priorities for weed control. research, The. information will also serve as a basis for developi<,ng provincial weed control programs: Modern weed control methods `require 'ac- curate identifi'+ation or each weed problem. Lack of proper identification of, new weeds or the lack of early control measures in the past have allowed many previous isolated {`weed problems to become major infestations. The Ontario Weed Alert July 18-20 FAIT' 1Pinicaro,. Pl c millet,; velvet leaf, ore ,if you wish any weed identiied, ► lease --contact the Agricultural. office,. Clinton. at 4824 428 'or . Zenith ,7 800, HOT HAY HAZARD BY RONr 'LEMING. AG,E,NGINEER Ever heard of spout- taneous combustion? Et is a fascinating but very destructive .phenomerlon that could occur in your' bay ,mow, This year isn't turning mit to be the best for putting, in dry hay. It 0. is "tough , hay" that causes the problem, Heating can occur and if conditions are right, this could continue, .until fire pockets develop, • You can measure the temperature if you suspect heating in your mow. Use a. ten foot length of conduit with % inch holes drilled near the end. Fix a point to the end and shove this into the hay. 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