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100 ACRES, 75 workable, 4 acre lake, Kinloss Township, 159,500.
200 ACRES, farrow to finish, mostly systematically drained, 2 silos, 4 bedroom home,
paved road, Ripley area, 1230,000.
GRAVEL PIT, 100 acres, 35 workable, Lucknow area.
100 ACRES, 65 workable, sow baron, beef barn with trench silo, 3 bedroom house,
Kinloss Township, $70,000.00.
131 ACRES, beef farm, 2 silos, loose housing, 3 bedroom home, combination furnace,
near Ludmow.
36 SEAT TRUCK STOP, newly renovated, good volume, tvffi trade for duplex or apart-
ment.
We have good retirement homes in Indnrow and Kincardine as welt.
For information on these listings and others call:
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528-2031
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395-2483
Hearing prote1in for farmers
A simple, five minute test Makes Ontario
fans aware of the importance of wearing
hearing protection.
The Foam Safety Association has been
conducting the tests because of a generally
higher incidence of hearing loss found
among farmers, says Larry Swinn, the assoc-
iation's public relations co-ordinator.
We're urging farmers h wear aocoustical
earmuffs, availabe from safety supply stores
for about 140, to conserve their hearing."
The association is also developing a
questionnaire to assess mote accurately the
extent of hearing loss among farmers.
"We're questioning about one-third of the
tested farmers for information on the history
of hearing loss in their family, on the type of
farm they work and the type of equipment
they use."
Swinn says the early results show hearing
loss is less evident among specialized farmers
than those in general fanning.
"General farming requires larger, faster
equipment and a longer exposure to loud
noise which seems to increase the incidence
of hearing loss."
An interesting pnelimioary result shows
that of the nearly 1,000 farmers tested so far,
the majority have the greatest hearing loss in
the left ear. `
"My personal theory is that farmers
usually turn one way to watch their trailing
equipment behind the tractor. And when
they're driving a car or truck with the window
down, they experience a lot of noise in the left
ear."
Swine says many tractor companies are.
engineering their equipment to reduce noise
levels and are redesigning tractor cabins to
protect farmers' hearing.
But despite these changes, Swinn says
farmers should still be wearing hearing
protection.
"There's a reluctance among farmers to
wear protection because they fear they won't
be able to hear their equipment running. But
this is unfounded because acooustical ear-
muffs only art out the dangerous noise
levels."
Swinn says the association plans to conduct
tests at several agricultural functions this
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Reap benefits of ag research
Investment in research has helped keep
Canada's agriculture in the forefront of
technological development. In particular our
plant breeders are recognized world wide for
their contribution towards improvement of
crop yields, disease resistance and quality.
The canola story provides a classic
example. By the time that erucic acid started
making the headlines as a potential hazard in
rape seed oil, Agriculture Canada plant
breeders had a 'Iow erucic' variety available
for farmers. Next, minimization of gluoasin-
olates meant that meal is more suitable for
livestock rations.
The new 'double zero' rape seed varieties
were called canola to designate the unique
properties of their oil and meaL Credit gows
to the agricultural scientists at Saskatoon and
Winnipeg who so rapidly provided Prairie
growers with world leading canola varieties.
Wheat, Canada's number one crop, has
also benefitted greatly from the painstaking
urger
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work of plant breeders. Varieties are
available to match different growing condi-
tions and market requirements, and to ensure.
resistance against potentially devastating
diseases.
The soybean crop has moved out of its
traditional three county corner of extreme
southwestern Ontario to cover all of the
province's south. Interest in the crop is strong
in many other parts of the country. All of this
has taken place in less than a decade, and is
strictly the result of both public and private
plant breeders developing high yielding,
early varieties.
In most of our major crop species,
improved varieties are coming onto the scene
at a nhome,rapid pace than ever. Growers must
look to the new entries for greater product-
ivity and improved profit potential.
Of course, the top new varieties are only
available as Certified seed. The advantages
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Weeper Beds
Septic Tanks
CALL: 529-7571
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