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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1969-07-24, Page 2Wingharn Advance -Times, Thursday, July 24, 1969 Highly dangerous gases may be present in silage The baCkward spring and growing season this year has led to a dangerous problem re- lating to silage gases. particu- larly in haylage. Nitrous oxide, and nitric oxide are colorless, odorless, and highly toxic gases th a t come from silage and form nitrogen dioxide when they mix with the air. Nitrogen dioxide is yellowish brown in color, has a sickly sweet odor and is also extremely toxic. the gas remains at the top of the silage.. There should aiways besome- one on hand to help when the silo is first opened. It should also be remembered that the gases may form as soon as en- siling starts and may go on for 2-3 weeks after the silo is fill- ed. They may then remain at the top of the silage until the • silo is reopened. Farmers ex- ' posed to the gas at all without oxygen supplies should see a doctor immediately even though no effects are felt. Compressed air equipment is available at the School of Agricultural Engineering, •Uni- versity of Guelph, and is on loan to anyone in the area.. Lo- cal fire departments mighthave such equipment, and it is worth paying the fire department to neutralise any problems that might occur. These gases create a choking and coughing sensation when in- haled, and a sufficient concen- tration will cause partial paral- ysis to develop, and eventually death. Hal Wright, Farm Safety Specialist, Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food warns that it is of the utmost import- ance that farmers who recog - nize these gases leave the in- fected area immediately. An oxygen supply such as those used by scuba divers should be ob- tained, and the doors should then be taken out to the level of the silage. The gases are heavier than air, and opening the doors should ensure that gravity will force the gas down in a few hours, or in about one- haff hour when a blower is used. Using a blower without open- ing the doors will be ineffec- tive as this will merely disturb the air above the gas, while (4) DEDICATE GIDEON BIBLES AS A CONTINUING MEMORIAL May be donated through your local funeral director w! Analysis service, advisory program Put your rnoney into • our guaranteed investment certificates .now paying 81/4% . - L31°/� U on our special savings account VG RM.] GREY TRUST COMPANY SINGS MSS USTOWEL ONT. to assist farmers BY T. W. CLAPP Assoc. Ag. Rep., Huron A policy has been developed for the continuing operation of a feed analysis service in con- junction with a Feed Advisory Program. Harold Clapp, dairy cattle specialist in the Live - stock Branch will be co-ordin- ating and directing the program, All samples will be analyzed in the feed analysis laboratory, Department of Animal Science, University of 'Guelph. There will be a charge of $5.00 for each individual sample of feed submitted. Samples must be submitted in kits provided for the purposes which will be available only through county and district offices of the On- tario Department of Agriculture and Food. .It will consist of a plastic lined container with envelope attached and the ne- • cessary information sheets: An- • alysit for moisture and crude -protein only will be maile at the present time. Once you have received the information from Guelph, and you wish more information about formulating rations, please contact Tom .Clapp, associate Agricultural representative in the Clinton Agricultural office. • The feeds which canbe sub- mitted are: roughage or grain, • farm mixed feeds including those containing a registered supplement, custom formula feeds. . The results of the feed anal- ysis can be expected in about a week to ten days from the time that they receive your sample. It is expected that the cost of shipment of samples be borne by the individual farmer. Jack: I didn't sleep well last night. Ben: Why,, what happened? Jack I plugged the electric blanket into the toaster and kept popping out of bed! FUN ON WHEELS—When kids get together on the farm they find all kinds of things to do. At the William A. Coultes farm in Morris Saturday these youngsters dragged out a wagon and they "all took a ride." They are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Coultes, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cook of Stratford Mr. ancl‘. Mrs. Jim Davis of -Brantford and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Mac- Donald of Wingham. And this was only some of the crowd. There are several who were either too timid or tooyoung to_participate. The family gathering was held to celebrate the. birthday of Mrs. Coultes' father, Ken Davis of Stratford. Temp 175 degrees, call fire deportment • Check hay temperature to guard against fire Did your hay go into the barn a little tough this year? If so, it would be wise to check it at least twice a week for the next month to ensure that it is not heating. Fire from spon- taneous combustion usually oc- curs the first two months after storage. Hal Wright, farm safety specialist, Ontario Department of Agriculture, says that an easy way to check the tempera- tlgej to I1*4e 4.114Y.FOl?P from a ten .foot length of half inch electrical_ conduit or tub- ing. You can then' rivet a ESTABLISHED IN 1936 We specialize in a complete line of FARM EQUIPMENT McGAVIN'S FARM ,EOUIPMENT Sales and Service 'Phone 365-W-6 ,Brussels WALTON, ONT. or • 527-0245 Seaford) Slgrrb Twilight crops program at Kippen A "come as you are" twi- light crops program will take place at Jack Pecks farm, miles.west of Kippen on Thurs- day evening, July 31st at 7:00 o'clock. .The directors of the Huron County Soil and Crop Irriprove- ment Association invite anyone who has an interest in field crops to attend. There will be an opportunity to see and dis- cuss the Merits of various oat • and barley varieties and fertil- ity in these crbps. As well, it will be possible to preview the progress of the . white bean varieties; herbicide and fertility, trials in advance of the Sunrise White Bean pro-, gram to be held at the Peck farm on Thursday. August 28th. Soils and Crops specialists will be on hand to answer ques- tions.. FRASER'S FARM SERVICE IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS -- OFFERING COMPLETE FARM MACHINERY REPAIRS For All Makes of TRACTORS and FARM MACHINERY For Free Estimates and in -the -field Repairs drop in • or Phone FRASER'S FARM SERVICE,— 357,3282 OPEN 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. MONDAY Thru SATURDAY 4. As%+0e Frosaes 0 Farm Sorvico Lino 24-31b A sharpened hardwood point to the bottom end of this tube and drill six holes of three -eights inch diameter within the bot- tom six inches. Now lower a veterinarian's rectal thermom- eter on a twelve foot cord to the bottom of the completed hay probe, and you are ready , to take the temperature of youi hay.. A piece of sponge rubber should be used at the bottom of the tube to act as a cushion and prevent the thermometer front breaking,. * Lt Push ,the probe, welt dowriunt into the hay and leave minutes. Pull out the thermo- meter and note the temperature. Watch for the following temp- erature sign posts: 150 degrees F. entering the danger zone. Make tempera- ture observations daily. 160 degrees F. Danger! InL- spect every four 'hours to see if temperature is rising. • * Belmore Miss Sandra Moffatt of,Byron spent last week with her grand- parents, "Mr. and Mrs. Fred Doubledee and attended Vaca- tion .Bible School in Belmore. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Moffatt and sister Shelley were week -end v is i to rs with the Doubledees. • Our boys ball team has now entered the 'playoffs in their league and we wish them luck, in their seriet. Our girls' team played in Mildmay last Wed- nesday evening. They were on the low end of the score, but the fun is in playing, not in winning! Right, gals? Mr. and Mrs. William Mul- IJ 175 degrees F. Fire pockets . may be anticipated. Call the fue department pumper andwet down hay. ' • 185 degrees F. Remove the hay. The pumper should be available since ftarnes will de- velop when air comes in con- tact with the hay. , 210 degrees F. Critical! Hay is almost sure to ignite. CAUTION: Workmen should not enter alone, or without PPestrACUPAcir .waists, since fire eptAets. may have develop - pa aifktfot04s, danger of the men '61Thrginto them. • Long planks may be placed across the top of the hay for , workmen to stand on while making observations or remov- ing the hay. Play it safe! Make a hay probe thermometer and know the condition of your haymows. Personals Crop report CAUTIOUS WHEN • 171.0 Guisc *viten itto., 100elatiOn of 00440 &WM PAM to tr another car if th the slight est. dcubt in your mind that you have room enough to succeed. If you are attempting t� ovet. take and pass a Cat travelling 45 miles per hour and you are travelling 60 miles per hour it is like passing 40 Standing cars parked bumper to bumper. .Unless you are Oerralb tat your car is in Awl shape bear in mind the possibility of an engine:malfunction at a critical period in passing that could ty. 14 the •en with, et out of OVetheat(1. 'in a ClaSt00111 at Wren discussed telt ,prolect on the -belted kingfisher: I wonder if he has a brown belt or a black wish ru, wo44n'tcai me Pig Bill, 11411; W. not? Bill; 130044$0 t4t900 names stick, and I'm going to be a doctor. BY T. W. CLAPP Assoc. Ag. Rep.. Huron Flaying is proceeding nor- mally. Quite a few,of the farm- ers have completed haying while ' a few are still at it.. All the crops could use a good shower as growth is slowing down. The " corn crop is looking goOd with good growth. The white beans need some moisture as their growth has slowed down. On the average there are some very good stands. A few root rot problems.are still occurring, especially on the heavier soils. There has also been some incidents of the corn seed maggot attaeldng the roots. If these'problems have occurred, the farmer should hill his beans up higher to encourage roots higher up on the stem. The spring grains areiook Ing good and agairood waFrn, rain would help. ,‘, vey were guests at the Friday evening wedding. of a friend in Palmerston. Misses Anita, Joan and Dor- othy O'Malley of Toronto were week -end visitors at their home on the 2nd. Mr, John Newans and Mr. Clayton Baird left last 'Week- end on a trip through Western Canada. That was the best we in Belmore could do, since we weren't invited to go to the moon!, tut let me tell you, we were ail tuned in with interest to the flight of Apollo 11, and • we all agree it was the most ex- citing thing we have witnessed In a long time, even coming ahead of our Syrup Festival! St. Helens Attending Camp Menesettmg near Goderich this week are Dayle McDonald, Lori Miller and Nancy Grewar. Mrs. David Gilmour, Jeffrey and Steven of Winnipeg, and Nancy Grewar of Montreal, are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Har- vey Webb. , • Several from this commun- ity attended the Gaunt picnic at Londesboro on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Rice attended the Webb-Bryans re= union at Centennial Park in Grand Valley on Sunday. ASTRONAUTS ARMSTRONG and Aldrin are seen here as dark -'faced figures near the leg of the moon -landing module Eagle soon after they set foot on the lunar surface. () White helmet Covers and dark face visors add to the sofrieWhit ghostly appearance. Millions of people ail over .the world watched ' their history -making visit. DRUG FACTS Taft 44 tjte n. go and gteoe% iptio tt (e/LQiCC 11 DIAL 357-2170 Emergency: • 357-2992 WHEN IlAtrt COMES WE'LLIIE-READY WITH ALL THESE FIRE THINGS FROM BABY -POWDER . JOHNSON & JOHNSON, 14 -oz. SAVE 22c 100s REXALL BRAND SAVE 50c SAVE. 20c QUICK BANDS LADY PATRICIA HAIR SPRAY, 10 -oz. LAVO RIS MOUTHWASH 14 -oz. SIZE SAVE 22c DIAPER RASH CREAM 11/2 -oz. SIZE SAVE 42c HAIR SPRAY ADRIENNE'BRAND;-'1441. , 4 044 87' 99c 79' 97' 85' COOL ROLL-ON, 1 -oz. SIZE SAVE 28c RESDAN 6 -oz. 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