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Mo power without unity"
states OFA kader
In one of his first statements
as, president of the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture,
Gordon. L Hill •of _Varna said
that "for farmers there is no
power without unity." The
statement was mailed to farmers
this week.
Mr. Hill stressed that the
OFA„ "must assume the
offensive, deckle what policies
farmers want, then stand firm
for them and. work diligently to
have them implemented."
He went on to point -out that
"meetings will be set up with
county groups and
representatives of service
members."
TV series for
livestock producers
Livestock producers will be
interested in a TV series titled
"Feeding $$$ and Sense" which
will be shown on CKNX —
Channel 8 — Dec. '7 to 10.
The first program on Sunday,
„Dec. 7, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
will deal with basic information
about kinds of feeds and their
uses. Doug Jamieson, Centralia
College of Agricultural
Technology, and Tom Clapp,
associate agricultural
representative for Huron
County.
Programs Monday and
Tuesday of that week will be on
pig feeding and beef cattle
feeding.
The IMO program will feature
cattle acting - with Harold
Clapp, dairy specialist, Ontario
Dept. of Agriculture and Food,
University of Guelph. Emphasis
will be on using home-groivn
feeds to build livestock rations
for maximum profitability.
The series is co-sponsored by
the Dept. of Agriculture and
Food which will hold follow-up
information sessions on livestock
feeding in this area.
Correspondence
courses for farmers ,9
"There are serious
agricultural --problems that
require help -from outside the'
farm," says Professor Gary
Hutchison, Office of Continuing
Education, University of
Guelph. „"But many farm people
could improve their pcisition
substantially with a few hours of
correspondence study to find
out what this science of
agriculture is all about,'.
A correspondence course will
not provide• a recipe for feeding
a 125 -pound hog under every
farmer's conditions. However, a
course such as Animal Nutrition
explains feed nutrients and the
common livestock diseases due
to unbalanced rations.-
, The material in the corn and
financial management courses is
of a type that can be used in
day-to-day operations.
Various other courses are
offered by the University
through correspondence, in the
fields of soil science, crop
science, animal nutritia, animal
breeding, food science, livestock
management, horticulture, and
weed science.
Further information on
correspondence courses may be
obtained from Correspondence
Study, -Office of Continuing
E -du c a Hon; University of
Guelph, Guelph, Ontario.
"We must ensure that we are
working to help them in the way
they feel they need help," he
emphasized. _
The new federation leader
called for: the service member
program to be "improved,
changed and expanded to tit the
varied needs of farmers" and for
the existing relationships
"between direct members,
county, or township
organizations and the OFA" to
be improved.
Mr. Hill said that if the
federation is "to provide the
services that the commodity
groups, counties and individual
members need they must offer
ideas and proposals."
"They must explain what
service they require and how we
can best provide• them," he
added.
The OFA president closed off
his statement by saying that the
federation must: provide the
necessary services as
professionally and economically
as possible; help to co-ordinate
the activities of marketing
boards where they have common
needs and help thropgh service
m e m berships and county
organizations to improve the
communications to both farmers
and their marketing boards.
Hybrid test
results
available soon
etrciining for
farmers •
In the modern industrial
world, mobility is often the
name of the game. Rarely does a
young man starting in business
stay with the company he begins
with. Instead he moves around
from industry tO industry,
Always on the lookout for. a
better position.
This mobillty may mean that,
a person is retrained five or six
times during his busiriesslife, to
suit the needs of the various
companies he joins.
For a• farmer who remains on
the same farm 'all His life,
retraining at various times is also
essential. While he may not be
moving, the. industry he deals
with is moving quickly, all the
time. New developments in
on -the -farm management,
machinery, feeding techniques,
and marketing practices are
constantly taking place. Because
of the nature of his profession, a
farmer can rarely, if ever, devote
a great deal of time to retraining
himself to keep pace with
modern agriculture.
To fill a need for a farmer
retraining service, the Kemptville
College of Agricultural
Technology now makes it
possible for a farmer to enroll on
a rtart-time 1 -,is. Because of the
Farmers considering - the
purchase of their hybrid seed
corn for next year's. crop are
reminded that the Corn Hybrid
Performance Tests for Ontario
are presently being conducted
and the re sults will be available
soon.
Archie McLaren, Farm Crops
Division, Ridgetown College of -
Agricultural Technology, said
that 139 hybrids are being tested
in 15 centres across Ontario.
Many of the tests are pow
complete, and after of
the Ontktib Field Crops
Recommendation Committee
and the Ontario Corn
Committee,_the results wilrhe
made available. The results will
probably be available by the end
of December.
The hybrids under test have
already been proven worthy 'of
being licensed for 'Sale, and are
now being examined further for
their relative performance in
Ontario's corn belt: Comparisons.
are made .of grain moisture at
harvest, . stalk breakage, and
yield.
semester system at Kemptvillep a
farmer may select the course or
courses of t. his choice, and
register in the semester that suits
him, possibly during the less
busy winter months. •
John Gardiner, a member of
the college's Chemistry and Soils
Division, says that "under the
mature student clause of the
registration procedures, farmers
may enroll even if they lack the
equivalent of today's grade- 12
standard. Farmers with
experience and know-how can
not only learn much that is of
value to •them, but can also
contribute greatly to othei'
students' understanding of •
on -the -farm problems, said Mr.
Gardiner.
Among the courses offered
that Mr. Gardiner feels might be
of value to the farmers are
Fertilizer Ilse, Corn PrOduction,
Crop Protection, Income Tax
Management, Engineering
Management and Animal
Breeding.
Farmers who are interested in
enrolling in part-time courses
during their off-season should
contact the principal, Kemptville
College of Agricultural
Technology, Kemptville.
It's Farm Record Book
analysis time
It will soon be Farm Record
Book analysis time again,
according to Don S. Pullen,
agricultural representative for
Huron County. Anyone who
wishes to have his 1969 book
summarized should forward it to
the Clinton office of the,Dept..
of Agriculture and Food during
January. -
As before, the completed
book will not leave the local
office. The book will be checked
by the staff here and a summary
card forwarded for, analysis by
computer at the University of
Guelph.
The books .may be brought to
the Clinton office or mailed.
Assistance in completion of
books is available by
appointment. Every farmer in
the county who has completed
• the 1969 -book—is-welcome to
• make use of the no -fee analysis
service. - '
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hunting accidents in Ontario in
1968; these accidentS" were due
to the unintentional discharge of
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A clinic for. those who want
to learn how to keep the record
book will be held at the board
rooms of the agricultural office
in Clinton early in January. For
further informatioo, call the
office at 482-3428.
4-H Achievement
Night
The twenty-second 'Annual
Huron County 4-H Achievement
Night will • be held in the
Sedforth District High School,
Seaforth, on Friday, December
5, commencing at 8 p.m.
All Huron County 4-H
Agricultural Club members who
completed a project in 1969 will
receive their awards on this
occasion.
Everyone who has an interest
in the 4-1-1 program is invited to
attend the Achievement Night.
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