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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-11-13, Page 52LINTOR. N w$MR.'T"!.CQRi A RSD1� N VEM R 20,.1980 urou borne & farm news ANNI AL MEETINGBY DON PULLEN, AG. REP. If you're interested in impr:oving crop• production with up-to- date information on new hybrids,. seed. • ger. urination, weed control and conservation, plan to attend the Huron Soil and Crop improvement ,Association. annual meeting. • This year's annual will be held. on Thursday evening, November 27 at the Seaforth Legion. A social hour will begin at 6 and the meeting to follow. Highlights will include reports from the project, conservation and education committees; a report from Centralia College on new weeds;^ and the area Soil and Crop Specialist, Pat Lynch presenting the annual Perth and Huron County report. Tickets are $7 each and are available from township directors and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Office, Clinton. BREED IMPROVEMENT MEETING BY DENNIS MARTIN, ASSOC. AG. REP. dairymen are invited to attend a one -day barn meeting that will focus mainly on breed im- prbvement through careful management of cow and sire selection. This session is sponsored by Huron County Holstein Club and will be held at the farm of Ken Ramsay, RR3 Blyth on Tuesday, November 25 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., . Topics for the day' will include growth management of dairy heifers; cow evaluation; worming ° dairy cattle; and judging one class of cows, For further in- formation regarding this program, contact the local agricultural office in Clinton at 482.3428 or Zenith 7-3040. WHAT'S FAR1VIING BY STAN PAQUETTE, ASSOC. AG. REP, Revenue Canada has. ruled some unusual types of activities "as- `arm: g Raising earthworms, tree farming, raising fish, operating a wildlife preserve and the rental of the farmer's marketing quota are classified as farming. Through the growth of some activities on the farm, they may have excluded them- selves from farming. Gravel pits, roadside stands, share cropping, custom work, feedlot operation' and drying grain could be questioned if they appear to be large enough to be extra to the farming operation. For the feedlot, the animals are to be owned mainly by the operator and kept for a period of at least three • months. Agents and brokers who buy and sell livestock in a speculative manner - would have the greatest limitation in being classified as farming. The rental of farm land to someone other than a spouse, child or family partnership is considered income from property, and not income from farming. This could have serious implication on the To talk hog prices.. Market fluctuations in the hog industry are levelling and prices continue to strengthen, but producers should heed the lessons they learned in the past year and prepare for future uncertainties. That's the warning speakers will present at the third an- nual Swine Symposium in the Stratford Coliseum December 10. "Producers have just come through a period of uncertainty," says Art Lawson of the Ontario Y Ship your livestock with FRANK VOOGEL DASHWOOD Shipper To United Co-operatives Of Ontario Livestock Department, Toronto Monday is shipping day from Varna Stockyards CALL DASHWOOD 238-2707 OR BAYFIELD 565-2636 by 7:30 A.M. For Prompt Service Also Western Stockers & Feeders Available 1/4, Ir 'Ministry of Agriculture and Food. "This con= ference hopes to present some ways producers can reduce their risks". The one -day program brings top speakers from Indiana, Illinois, North Carolina and Ontario to discuss such topics as marketing options, im- proving sow performance and reducing production costs. "This conference is designed for the intensive producer' who is looking for new ideas," says Mr. Lawson. "In past years, the program has at- tracted more than 1,000 Ontario pork producers." The symposium is supported by county pork producers' associations in Perth, Huron and Oxford, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and pork - related industries. In addition to the education program, the conference helps. producers share ideas and discuss common problems. They can also taik with representatives of ---more than 75 Pork -__ related industries at literature display tables. Conference registration fee is $12 per person in advance, $15 at the door. The price in- cludes a luncheon. To pre -register write: Swine Symposium, c -o Richard Smelski, 413 Hibernia St., Stratford, Ontario ° N5A 5W2. FARMERS: This Is Your invitation To Attend FARM PREVIEW,"81" RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL CORN PRODUCTION IN 1981 PROGRAM: 930 a.m. — 3:00 p.m. (HOT LUNCH PROVIDED) "—OIJEST SPEAKER: RONALD Q. CLARK, Manager ZYMAIZE COMPANY, LONDON, ONTARIO ONTARIO.1 N!WE$T MAJOR MR or OUALn'Y CORN . . .1 SPONSORED BY ALLIS CHALMERS EQUIPMENT DUALS CANADA SEHLEN DRYERS & STORAGE SINS CHIPMAN INC. ROYAL SANK OF CANADA PLAN NOW TO ATTEND THE FOLLOWING MEETING Thurs., November 27, 1980 EXETER SOUTH HURON RECREATION CENTRE, VICTORIA ST. E. , death of . a farmer. Sharecropping is con- sidered a rental arrangement. The leasing of a hull to a company tor the pur- pose of extracting semen is not considered far- ming, rather an ad- venture in the nature of trade or an investment. Custom work, which is often part of farming may become of such scale, that it is'more than the normal part of a farming operation. The final judgment is based on the farmer's time, investment, effort and his whole way of life. _Mart rft rnmt ow -can be obtained by asking for interpretation bulletins from Revenue Canada, 166 Frederick Street, Kitchener, Ontario N2G 4N1. ONTARIO BEEF BULL SALE The Ontario Show and Sale of Beef Bulls will be held at the Markham Fairgrounds, March 31 and April 1, 1981, Many bulls will be Performance Tested and Indexed, and all entries will be checked by the Bull Sale Com mittee. All bulls will have to meet the health\ requirements for tuberculosis, brucellosis, mange, ringworm and pink eye and be checked by the official veterinarian. All entries must be accompanied by a signed transfer certificate and the certificate of registration or recor- dation. The deadline for entry forms is January 5, 1981. They can be ob- tained by writing to G. W. Hedley, Ontario Cat- tlemen's Association, 590 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M6N 3E3. The Show and Sale is being- held under the auspices of the Ontario Cattlemen's Association. 4 r'1 r0 '4r- Hensall seniors to party B -y Bertha,MacGregor The Hensall Three Links Senior Citizens met on Tuesday evening with Mrs, Ruby Bell presiding and Mrs, Alf Ross at the piano. Tie' treasurer's report was given by Mrs, Dorothy Brintnell and it was announced a workshop will be held in Clinton on November 2dth for the Executive. Secretary .Mrs, Irene Davis gave an interesting report on the rally held at Dashwood and thank yous were received from Mrs. Elizabeth Riley and Edith Bell. The Christ- mas party to be held on Dec. 9 was discussed. Mrs. Clarence Volland with Mrs. Ross at the piano and Mrs. Edith Bell gave . ' a reading. Progressive euchre was played with nine tables in play and winners were Mrs. Pere Campbell, ladies' high; Mrs. Edith Bell, ladies' consolation; Bert. Horton, high man winner; Stewart Black- well men's consolation and Mrs. S. Blackwell, lone hands: The en- tertainment -committee included Clarence . and Aldeen Volland and Edith Bell, while on social were Alex nd Evelyn McBe th\ and Annie Noakes, Tickets were sold on a doilie donated by Rosa Harris; visit f to decorate .Mrs. Evelyn Fuss presided for the November.* meeting of Unit I of Hensall United Church. Mrs. Audrey Joynt gave the following business item � Unit I is to. decorate the church for Christmas, to be done Thursday, November 27 at 1• p.m. and the unit also has devotional for the general meeting Dec. I. Members were reminded to bring homemade candy, cookies for the Christmas boxes to be �a__cked. A the on dile project of sending seeds to Africa ensued to which all agreed. Under the leadership of Audrey Joynt, the dif- ferent viewpoints on the sexuality report which was one of the reports initiated at the General Council were discussed. Rev. S. McDonald presented a very in- fluential film "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep". Mrs. Janet Blanchette of Clinton shows Doreen Flowers the winning ring given to her by Anstett Jewellers during their official opening last Tuesday. Janet designed the $2,000 ring as part of a well -entered design contest sponsored by the store. Doreen was picking up her daughter Michelle's second place prize. Doreen Nogalo of Clinton was third. (James Fitzgerald photo) news farm news. Great Lakes still being polluted Programs' to control toxic substances and phosphorus in the Great Lakes ecosystem have produced positive but limited results. Much remains to be done if the United States and Canada are to fulfill com- mitments made in the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978. The Great Lakes Water Quality Board reached that conclusion in its first report to the International Joint Commission under the Light helps gilv As the nights grow longer, more artificial light could solve some breeding problems swine often develop. Research conducted by Dr. Roger Hacker of the University of Guelph shows- that light intensity and duration play an important role in the onset of estrus (heat) in gilts. In a series of ex- periments funded by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the Pork Producers Marketing Board, - 4Dr. Hacker found that gilts receiving 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness daily average 183 days to first heat. Gilts housed in complete darkness took 222 days to reach first estrus. However, experiment continuous detrimental the same found that light was to normal heat cycles. Using Dr. Hacker's research, the ministry recommends moving replacement gilts from the finishing barn to the dry sow barn when selected at about .90 kilograms (200 ,pounds). Normally, more light will speed the onset of first heat. "Ndtrmally weaned sows and gilts should be exposed to about 18 hours of light daily" says swine specialist Andy Bunn. "Recommended light intensity is 150 .to }200 lux. For example, one row of fluorescent lights directly above the pigs' heads provides about 150 lux in an area 4.5 metres wide (15 feet) by 2.4 metres (8 feet) high. One clean 100 watt bulb supplies enough ligit for 10.8 square metres (130 square feet) of floor space." 1978 Agreement, last week. The Board noted that there were decreased loads of certain con- taminants throughout the system during 1979, but cautioned that these declines should not be interpreted to mean that all necessary controls have been implemented. Pollutants which enter the system through the atmosphere are a par- ticular concern of the Board. Recent studies indicate that the ,at- mosphere is a significant source of pollutants in Lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron. The Board is equally con- cerned about the hazardous waste disposal issue and the lack of public acceptance for the sitting of such facilities. Programs to limit the discharge of phosphorus from municipal plants in the Great Lakes Basin have caused significant reductions, according to the Board, but a number of municipal plants on Lakes Erie and Ontario are not yet achieving the agreed upon limit ana have the potential to exceed the compliance deadlines of the 1978 Agreement. The Board strongly recommended that the IJC urge the Govern- ments to increase their efforts *to insure that all municipal sewage treatment plants meet the phosphorus loading targets specified in the Agreement. The Board reiterated its recom- mendation that Ohio and Pennsylvania adopt a phosphate detergent limitation for the portions of those states that are within 'the Great Lakes' Basin to assist in reducing, phosphorus loads. The Board concluded that objectives of the 1972 and 1978 Ac-reements have had a decided im- pact on the water quality standards and -objectives adopted by both Canadian and United States ' jurisdictions. It further concluded that surveillance activities are "necessary and essential to evaluate the effectiveness of control measures" implemented to meet the Agreement objectives. Finally, the Board recommended that all jurisdictions assign additional resources to quality assurance programs in laboratories which analyze sur- veillance samples and compile data for Agreement evaluation. Institute hears lawyer Ralph Smith, a lawyer from Seaforth gave an interesting talk on "making a will", at the November meeting of the Hensall Women's Institute. He spoke on what you should know about wills; what a will is and when it should be made. Judging by the questions asked af- terwards, _the members found this ail engrossing subject. Mr: Smith was in- troduced by Isobel Rogerson and thanked and presented with a cheque by her af- terwards. This was family and consumer affairs evening. Twelve members answered the roll call by ALLAN R. MILLER R. R. 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