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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-06-26, Page 21FOR 7 YRAF441. OUARAJnUD WEL.O$ AT THR I OWIITO".. is Os% PSIS $001440, Proml•cisl IMlil>Mf11:iM I 1MIrwi Ioiiirsokosoissisi : cap V ID N WELL vol DIMLING LTD 4. STHMOT'S LARGE A" ` tu'ing'boasr fiairir cam, covoscls "EVE YTUESPAY Ail P.M. 'GL AVER "plitg.-141111f "-11"6-RQW CORN•}HEAD• AND GRAIN HEAD WITH PICKUP -*0WATONNA 29 ig-FOOT .GRAIN SWATHE'R ALLI$ 780 HARVESTE t ,2-ROW•ICORN :HEAD, ,GLEANER "E" WIT 10 -FT., GRAIN, HEAD. ANp . PICKUPS 24ROW CORN -14EAD -JOHN DEERE NO. 4 FORAGE, HAVEHARVESTER WITH PICKUP AND ONE -ROW' HE D Also Dealer for, Hesston, Lincoln Welders and Golden Arrow Sprayers w�tt� a�� avxER �» �t� MEET RYER is Sell your tat cattle, • Buy. your !eplace ment stack. ' 0!f Stockers *wallah , every day. +, BRUSSELS STOCKYAR# Repairs to all makes. —Check your hatwesting equipment now for trouble-free operation at this critica thole. HAYING MACHINERY NOW IN STOCK "URAL HOST FAMILY—Mr. and Mrs. Ken Chambers, R 5 Wingham, have hosted urban students,for two sum,M'ers, ever since theprogram was initiated. Their daughter, Bar bara, has •visited Toronto as part of the exchange, : The family will host another nisi# from urban students this sum- mer. All three members of ithe Chambers family feel that the program is extremely educational and enjoyable. (Staff Photo) .14141r r As you've probably no- ticed by now,.AllisChalmers incoming on strong in the -farm rnery field this year. Little wonder with new equip- ment like the 7030and7050 tractors, Gleaner Model M combine, two-way plows, balers, forage choppers, disc her rows; cotton strippers, field cultivators, roll- ing cultivators and much more, TAKE A WIDE LOOK ... i heye are just some of the new Big Orange ideas WE'RE MAKING OUR MOVE coming your way from AllisChelmets ...'reasons that are changing minds and changing farm ma- chinery colors on many farms. Noticed how much. Orange equipment you've seen in your area lately? Come in and see why. We're gonna open your eyes! SEE THE AIALLIS-CHALMERS Agricultural Equipment Aur-CHAuwltaa Dealer Nearest You. which .thinks the urban rural ex- fodd''and milk really comes from," change program is a good opera- Mr. Chambers says, •"We went"' tion and one to look forward to across the road: there and saw the when the summer months come cows getting milked. The girt oozing ,out of the springtime • never saw it before. They didn t'• atmosphere. ° have a clue where milk comes;, Mr. Chambers was very much for the exvh nge,pr` em, eiee for` `adults. There Ouid Mr. and Mrs. Ken Chambers and their daughter Barbara, 15, are two-year veterans of the pro- gram; haying been host families ainceitbegan. They are~lo ingm " ffo K -ii t'.vi ,more visitors again this year. ambers family resides on a; farm just a mile south of Blue - vale. Last year` . they enjoyed the company theyreceived from the city and Barbara Chambers ex- perienced the city life of Toronto for a week in return. She says of her visit, "The first night I was there we had swivel at the Red Barn, which I had never been to before` .I: always thought the city was expensive for food all over, but, it didn't cost very much. We also went roller skating that night." The city girls who visited the Chambers' farm learned from re Some people in ` the city fin'( have any ideaabout how: their pork gets into that showcase in the supermarket. They don't know how long you have to raise that livestock or how long you have to keep it before you can sell it." Mrs. Chambers is quite en- thusiastic about the program. She says, "We really have en- joyed it and I think it is a really good program. It is very good for the kids." Barbara adds, "It is very edu- cational. 'learned a lot in the city when I was there. However, I wouldn't want to live in Toronto." The Chambers family has had very good luck with the program and have made good'friends with the four urban'students they have had on theirfarm during the ex- change. Mrs. Chambers said the young girls who have visited them have not been able to get back to the farm once the ex- change had ended •but.they write quite often, reminiscing about the goc • dimes they hard•, o • %6aL'Jyi.'. x is1ne,,: anxious to, meet newpeople and especially to learn more about urban life amil, have the life of the farm seen by city dwellers. Ilowever, , as Mr., Chambers pointed out, many "'People have had to be strict with some young vis tors who got a little restless. .go said they should be "put in their place" or they would not en- ' ;joy the visit as much from a learning point of view. He cited' one mstance,when .a woman who. ;hosted .a young urban boy for a week during the exchange had to discipline the lad, perhaps for the first: time in his life. Mr. Chambers laughingly recalls that the boy wanted to stay, an extra week after he had seen how. dis- c .o :,o o d. .. � �i l��lE;�i��r If -the Chambers 'family is in- dicative of the majority of rural host families, the exchange pro- gram is and will continue to be a roaring success. The enthusiasm is evident and the friendliness is awaiting the arrival for this year's urban visitor to the Chambers' farm. [)RAYTON ALVA CHERREY GARAGE Phone 62877 MIN= CALDWELL FARM EQUIPMENT Phone369-2684 open your eyes! Continued from Page 2 three years at His uncle's farm we don't think the program is for him. Healready has a contact with agriculture and there are enough -kids that haven't had any contact at all with rural life. We want them." In the interview with th0 fami- lies they are given an orientation to the fact that an urban or rural student will be visiting a totally different world when he comes to the family's home and it is immi- nent that the family knows how to handle sticky situations such as homesickness. There is a definite difference in the urban child's reaction to the exchange from the rural stu- dent's reaction. Says Dianne, "Farm kids seem to be more re- luctant to go back than city kids are to come out." There may be at least one reason for this differ- ence. Dianne s ulates, "Maybe it's because thejthink they don't have anything to learn. 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Last year she{, was program co-ordinator for Huron -Middlesex and Elgin Counties. Aside from aiding many children to see what's on the "other side of the fence',', the exchange program has also been of great benefit to those who have worked with it. Dianne believes it has helped. her in many areas. "Being on the program has help- ed me to develop skills in or- ganization and in public rela- tions, in waiting and speaking to people atm it the program. You have to be flexible and be able to handle given situations when they come up and be responsible for what happens." The urban rural exchange pro- gram may prove to be one of the best youth oriented programs ever put into practice. It has the power to relax young people in various situations and teach them responsibility, aside from instilling in them the comfortable feeling that more than their own little piece of acreage can be their "home sweet home". This unique learning ex- perience unfolds for young stu- dents the beauty of knowing that the world is their' home and not just their living rooms. They can also learn that where you come from makes rib difference. If the people are right; t; their rewarding company can -be a home away from home forte the children of both urban and rural communi- ties, Tuberous vetchling, one a for- age plant in its native Europe, but now considered a weed, has been identified in scattered loca- tions across Ontario. Positive identification of the weed has been made in Victoria and Lamb - ton Counties and there is bound to be more of it around. The weed is a perennial vine of the vetch family, similar in habit and appearance to the sweet pea. , Its long stems and thread-like tendrils wrap themselves around other plants for support and climb quickly: Flowers, appear- ing June to 4ugust, range from pink to violet with , a sweet fragrance. The plant reproduces itself by means of tubers that form on the rootstocks. These tubers, about 1/2 inch wide and 3✓4 to one inch in length, are black and shaped somewhat like a stubby carrot. Tuberous vetchling can be a damaging weed in field crops and is very difficult to control with present cultural ,practices. In corn crops, tuberous vetchling competes seriously, resulting in reduced plant vigor and lower yields. The weed can also be damaging in weak-strawed cereal crops such as barley. It not only competes for the nutrients and water in the soil, but also, be- cause of its growing habit, pulls down the grain stalks. The crop lodges badly and the grain does not form. Control is extremely difficult since the chemical herbicides available will not work at normal eencentrations and have to be used at such high levels that the crop is also heavily damaged. I%wever, even the use of these herbicides does not kill all of the tubers. Cultivation of fields wife the tubers are present tads to spread them even fur- ther. Research is continuing in field tests and laboratories to come up with Some means of control. Specialists from the Ontario Aicultulral College and the Soils and Crops Branch of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food are conducting experimental control programs on farms where tuberous vetchling is a serious problem. D. W. Gallagher asks that anyone who thinks there might be tuberous vetchling present on his farm, contact the nearest agricultural office or the Soils and Crops Branch. Adm, -$240. Children under 12 Preis with Parents 'COMPETITION.CLASSES Stock - 5,000 lb..; 7,000 Ib,, 9,00.01b.. Modified -.7,,000 ib* and 9,000 Ib �' Open- 12,000 lb. and 15000 14. Send-. /ries to: Listowel Agrrcultur`,ai society, [dowel, or call Listowel`'291451 for further information.' Canadian hog marketings for the summer -quarter, July to Sep- tember, are expected to average 170,700 head per week, up 2 per cent from a year ago, according to the recent quarterly forecast by Agriculture Canada. Eastern output is expected to gain 3 per cent, with increases in all areas. In the West a moderate gain of one per cent is forecast with Manitoba up 6 per cent, Sas- katchewan up one per cent and Alberta down 3 per cent. For the six months October '73 - March '74 a 7 per cent gain in out- put is forecast. This would plate marketings at 1 ,400 head week- ly. Eastern production is expect- ed to rise 7 per cent over a year earlier, with the West 8 per cent. All provinces are e ted to record an upswing. The hog production increases forecast for coming months ap- pear modest in light of present strong prices. This is no doubt a reflection of the current higher feed cost situation. 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