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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1981-05-14, Page 15A seminar on recreation for senior citizens held last week in Clinton attracted several dozen people to the Clinton town hall from across the county. Sponsored by the Huron Day Care Centre for the Homebound, the problems of keeping the elderly mobile and providing leisure activities for them were discussed. (James Fitzgerald photo) 1uron home and farm news PROTECT YOURSELF FROM PESTICIDES There is no sure way to • prevent getting any pesticide into your system. However, you can greatly reduce the quantity of pesticide that you do take in. Respirators should be worn while you are handling root - worm .insecticides. They should have an organic vapor canister. This canister contains activated charcoal. As you breathe any in- secticide that would normal- ly enter your system, it is trapped by the charcoal. These canisters should be changed after every 8 or 10 hours of use. When not in use, don't store them near pesticides. Tie them in a plastic bag and store them away from chemicals. Last year, it was difficult to buy respirators. This year more outlets are selling them. If you have trouble buying one, call us and we will tell you where they can be purchased. To keep the pesticides' drift away from your skin you should use some combination of rubber gloves and coveralls. Put these on before you fill up the planter and then take them off before you get back on the tractor. If the chemical is on your clothes and your skin starts to sweat, the chemical enters more freely. Finally, make sure you wash all chemical, especially D and L, from face and hands before eating. RESULTS OF CHOLINESTERASE CLINIC Earlier this year, we advertised this clinic to see how safely you were handl- ing pesticides. The results came back that all of the 110 people tested had normal levels of cholinesterase. This test just measured your base line. The real test is the next one. It will now measure how safely you are handling pesticides. The dates for these clinics are May 12 and 26 at the Perth County Health Unit in Stratford and also on May 19th at the Huron O.M.A.F. office. To the 110 par- ticipants, who took the initial test, we . hope to see you back. You now have some time invested in this project. I sure hope you will come back for the retest. By Pat Lynch, soils and crops specialist Open Front Heifer Barns Local Agricultural Engineers visited Peter- borough County and toured three dairy farms using a relatively new concept in dairy heifer housing. The new concept involves the use of single slope, open front shed with adjacent feeding area. The shed is 20 feet deep and built in multiples of 12 feet in length, the most common length be- ing 60 feet. Along the front of the shed is a 20 -foot yard bordered by the feed bunk. The shed and yard are divid- Walton man9 s boar is top in indexing Robert Robinson R.R. 4, Walton had one of the two highest indexing boar among the large group of 114 boars which completed test recent- . ly at the R.O.P. Swine test station, New Hamburg. • This top test station "graduate" was a Hamp- shire boar which achieved a station index of 136 and com- bined low backfat thickness of 12.8 min (.50 inches) fast gain on test of .94 Kg (2.07 lbs) per day and excellent feed conversion of 2.22. Tied with the Robinson Hampshire was a Yorkshire from the herd of Jim Taylor, Woodstock, also with a sta- tion index of 136. All four breeds were represented in the ten Allighest indexing boars in the lay group. ' A total of 27 boars, all with indexes of 100 or higher ' (above the group average on overall performance), were approved for physical and structural soundness. These boars will be offered for sale at the test station on May 2Lst, 7:30 p.m. This station tested boar sale is sponsored by the Ontario Swine Breeders' Association and is an excellent opportunity for pork producers to purchase a boar which has proven to be genetically superior when station tested under uniform feeding and management. Boars which are genetical- ly superior for backfat thickness, rate of gain and feed conversion can make considerable improvement in these important economic traits when used in commer- cial sow herds. Best Interest 1 7 /0 ONEEA YR ANNUAL We represent many Trust Companies. We are often able to arrange for the highest interest being offered on Guaranteed \investment Certificates. 'Soiject to change EXETER 235-2420 Geiser-Kneale Insurance Agency Inc. insurance Agency Inc. CLINTON U2-9747 1 ed into pens measuring 12 feet by 40 feet. Each of these pens houses a small number of heifers grouped according to size. The shed is located such that the open front faces south. The southern ex- posure allows the sun to warm the bedded area dur- ing the day. The relatively shallow depth of the shed allows the sun to reach the back of the bedded area dur- ing the winter months. Dur- ing the summer, when the sun appears to be higher in the sky, the bedded area is largely shaded. This concept in heifer housing appears to be the logical follow-up to raising calves in hutches since the heifers are being housed in a cold environment. The cold environment is not detrimental to the growth of the heifers. Winter wheat yellows Has your wheat yellowed? A soil born virus, could be causing spindle streak mosaic, those brownish - yellow patches or large yellowing areas in your wheat. The disease is first evident in April or early May as light green to yellowish spindle streaks in the leaves. As the discoloration progresses, spots and patches of leaf tissue die. Severity lessens with warm weather. If cool temperatures per- sist on into May and June, more leaves become yellow streaked and may die prematurely. This causes fewer tillers with heads and fewer kernels per head. If you have grown wheat on the same field three or more times, in ten years spindle streak can develop. A top dressing of 80 - 90 kg. per hectare (72-81 lbs. per acre) of actual nitrogen in April should have helped. Best control is to use a long term rotation. Don't grow wheat in the same field more than once in four or five years. Factsheets on cereal diseases are available at On- tario Ministry of Agriculture and Food offices. New ag. rep. here John Heard has been appointed Assistant Agricultural Representative for Huron County. John's emphasis will be on soils and crops, with some future work on swine. John graduated in April of 1981 from the University of Guelph with an honours degree in crop science. He is from a cash crop farm in Middlesex County. John's father, R.F. Heard, is also Area Co-ordinator and Farm Management Specialist in Middlesex and area. John's interests include sports, fishing and farming. He is looking forward to working with the farmers of Huron County. KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION attho CLINTON PUBLIC SCHOOL on WED., MAY 20/'81 Please call the school at 482-9424 to arrange .a time if you have not already done so. APPLIANCE REPAIR Large or small, we'll fix them a11... Our repair experts will have your appliance In tip top shape fast. Coll us today. PECK APPLIANCES "IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN VARNA" VARNA 4$2-7103 V -IQ silage distributor®tunloader by BUTLER® Install any time Another reason why all ring -drive silo unloaders are not alike: Whether your silo is empty, partly empty adult, we can install a V-ffi silage distributor- unloader. Wide -stance hexapod 3 -point suspension installation system lets you replace your present unloader with the ring -drive distributor-unloader others can't match in features or performance. So, why wart? See us for systems and service that help make the good lite better. GLENDINNING FARM EQUIPMENT LTD. FIJI. 1 taken, Om. 519.227-4S42 (Con GrandInning Phone: S49.194-6574 C..earge Orandinning 549-3'45-3173 Jim Young Huron Federation says Marketing boar A report released recently by the Economic Council of Canada condemned marketing boards. It ac- cused farmers of making excess profits. Gerry Fortune, president of Huron County Federation of Agriculture, says she does not believe there are excess CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1981—PAGE 13 s not price gou profits. She says, "I would like to know where the ex- cess profits are. They're not hereon this dary farm." Gisele Ireland of R.R. 2 Teeswater, is on the Public Relations Committee for the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and is an OFA representative for the Canadian Association of Consumers of Ontario. Ireland echoes Glenn Agnew, OFA, when she says that, "Farmers shouldn't deny that marketing boards increase the price of milk. However, 15 cents a litre is O ,Tudor Aggies seek fauns The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food is again sponsoring the Junior Agriculturalist Program which is now in its ninth year. The program has been very successful in providing a practical learning ex- perience for young people from non-farm homes who have a serious interest in, agriculture, and no ex- perience working on a farm. As a result, there are now a group of young people in- terested in and capable of pursuing agricultural related careers or farm labour positions. As well, the Junior Agriculturalists, their families and friends have developed a greater awareness and appreciation of rural life and the farming industry. Host farmers are to operate a commercial farm and to be engaged full time in farming. Selection of host farmers will be based on their interest in helping an inexperienced young person develop skills required on a farm and on their ability to work well with and supervise young people. It is an ideal opportunity for farmers to share their knowledge of agriculture with urban youth. Junior Agriculturalists are 16 or 17 years of age and must have had no previous farm experience. Par- ticipants are selected on their reasons for being in- terested in farming and future education and career plans. The program gives these students an opportuni- ty to develop an appreciation for rural life through living with a farm family and through participating in local 4-H, JiilillbP Farmer and other community ac- tivities. The on-farm assignments last from June 22 to August 22. Each Junior Agriculturalist will receive a Pig art is sought The Stratford Festival may be the centre of dramatic culture each sum- mer, but the Ontario Pork Congress will add the ar- tistic renown of the area with its third annual Pig Art Ex- hibit. This unique competi- tion attracts a variety of endeavours, from sketches, oils and ceramics to photographs and stitchery. There are three age groups and contestants who may depict any of the various aspects of the pork industry in any manner that their imagination carries them. Besides the prize awards, the winners have the thrill of seeing (and hearing) their entries sold by public auc- tion on June 23 at 7 p.m. in a highly entertaining and spirited session. Further information is available from Mrs. Jean Smeiski, Box 61, Stratford (519)625-8811. Howick to celebrate 125th WINGHAM - Plans are nearly complete for the five day celebration beginning September 2 of Howick Township's 125th an- niversary celebrations. Cameron Edgar, en- tertainment chairman, said the five day celebration will feature parades, school reunions, bingos, dances. Reunion chairman Paul Statia and his committee have been busy as well, contacting former residents training allowance of $18 per day. The Host Farmer will pay $8 in cash and supply room and board worth $6 per day. The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food sup- plies the remaining $6. If you think you and your family would like to host a Junior Agriculturalist on your farts for the &ginner, contact your local Agricultural Office for an application or the Area Co- ordinator, Sharon Salm at Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 279 Weber Street North, Waterloo. N2J 3H8 or phone 519-884.6390. g very debatable. What is their criteria that suggests excess profits?" Fortune sees a place for marketing boards. She says, "It benefits the farmer and consumer. It gives the farmer stability of supplying a part of the market place and gives the consumer a steady supply of a product". Fortune asks if there was no cost to quota, how would quotas be dispensed? The simplest way is to pita price on it fi a person buys a uusutess, me purchaser pays for area and goodwill. Doctors and dentists have a type of quota, she says. They have a suggested fee schedule. Only so many doctors or dentists can come on the market A lot of things have quota, some more vbylaias - _ than.. oilcoo Newspaper companies only produce as many newspapers as they can sell. Fortune concludes, "I don't tell unions, plumbers, or electricians how to run their businesses. Why should someone tell us how to run ours?" ENTER THE CLINTON SPRING FAIR QUEEN OF THE FAIR CONTEST Contestants must be single between 1$ and 23 at time of the C.N.E. In 111$1 to be eligible. PRIZES AS FOLLOWS: Queen $100. 1 st Runner Up 2 nd Runner Up ta60• s40. All other contestants will receive 'MM. 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