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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-06-10, Page 31F Beavers are posing problems During- the past eight 'years , the beaver population has been increasing, in Southwestern Ontario and, in many cases, the beaver has been making a nuisance of himself by flooding farmland and woodlots. To illustrate how the population has been expan- ding, one can look at the fur harvest statistics and see that during the 1973-74 trapp- ing season, trappers harvested 28 beaver in the Wingham District which en- compasses Huron and Perth Counties, four townships in Bruce County, and Minto Township in Wellington CAW; during the 1979-80 'season 250 beaver were trap- Ped- • Thetlithitter • ha- a -hateable • furbearer and is the mainstay of Ontario's trapp- hig industry; however, when he moves into streams in an agricultural area he causes problems. It should -be pointed out Imre than the Huron -Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell, left; Ron Jones second vice president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture; and Murray Elston, MPP for Huron -Bruce, chat during a stormy session in Toronto last week between farmers and federal and provincial politicians. (photo by Shelia Gunby ) Ministry of Natural Resources did not introduce the beaver to this area; the beaver simply found this area with his favourite food species the aspen (poplar) in abundance and settled in. The Ministry encourages lan&am.re tocontact its of - flee at RR5 Wingham if they are experiencing problems with beaver. The season dur- ing which- beaver -may be trapped runs from OctOber 25 to March 31. This is •the time when the pelts are prime and of some value to trappers However, if the . beaver are nuisance animals and ere causing datina0e,, a person. may destroy thern "by any means that do not cause -unnecessary suffering and at any time on his own land". A Landowner may also destroy a beaver dam at any time in preservation of his property. Over the past few years there have been problems with inexperienced people setting leg -hold and conibear traps for nuisance animals and, -consequently; it has been necessary to.legislate against this practice. Therefore, only farmers and licensed trappers may set leg -hold and body -gripping traps for nuisance animals. If a landowner has a beaver problem that he feels cannot wait to be remedied in the fall and winter trapp- ing season,then the ministry will contact a licensed trap- per who will have the respon- sibility of working out an ar- rangement with the lan- downer to remove the beaver denim the dosed season. . Landowners should realize that it is not that easy to remove every -Deaver -from an area since they sometimes, become trap - shy; however, the licensed trappers in this district are becoming more. efficient as they gain experience in beavertrapping. • NFU supports the right to organize The National Farmers' Union Executive has reaf- firmed its policy supporting the right of Canadian farm workers to organize: At a meeting, of the ex- ecutive held in Saskatoon, May 27 - 29, concern was ex- pressed over reports of ac- tive farmer opposition in some parts of Canada to .ef- - forts by farm workers to seek organization status. , • NFU Region 3 Coma dinette, Marie Bright, said it timTtiiiiin • and support the right of other workers in society and fanners to organize but deny the same right to farm workers. • Bright said that minimum wages, whether they apply to contract work, or man hourirbatiS and conditions andt standards of employ- ment, such as hours of work and. housing were basic • areas of abuse in some sec- tors of the farming industry that need to be righted to erase the bad public image farm employment has earn- • ed over the years. The NFU Coordinator Stated that organization among farm workers also could mean that skills of workers might in future be classified and upgraded by their union and assist in pro- viding the kind and quality of farm labour .farmers re- quire. - 1':N1eti. executive said it recognized thatsome farmer opposition to organization is based on their inability to recover higher costs through the prices they receive for their products, however, the means of doing so through organization and, orderly Maiitteling exists inmost in- stances and must be accom- modated. Scholarship offered to 4-H • --- Citaeigay eisepleased-- announce that the $500 Scholarship Award for On- tario 4-H Club members will be offered again in 4981. The award, previously known as "Stewart Seeds Scholarship Award" will be presented by Ciba-Geigy Seeds lAd. for the fir# time this year. Applications are accepted from any 4-H Club Member who meets the following guidelines: Isenterhig-thefirstyeas of the Agricultural Degree Program at the University of Guelph; 2) Is a member of an On- tario 4-H Club; 3) Has achieved a minimum of 66 percent in Grade XIII studies. Applicants will be judged on their leadership qualities, as demonstrated by their participation in 4-11, Junior Farmer and community ac- tivitiese Ontario 4-H Club Members may obtain applications from the office of their Coun- ty of District Agricultural Representative. Applica- pons are also avaliable from Oba-Geigy Seeds Ude Box 40, Ailsa- Craig, Ontario, NOM 1AO. To be considered, applica- tions must be received by September 11, 1981. "Ferment; nowadays are tecluiologists, 9 hear them discussing such thing§ as cost efficiency, weightgalp ritions, nutrient values, fettliizer formulae and genetiniavitlrobvions knowledge and understanding. And in their daily work they use mechanical equipment of astonishing cost and complexity." Theseare words quoted from -a delightful little booklet which arrival at ma homelast week. It's called Down On The Fermi and is written by H. B. Disbrowe, a former teacher who has been retired for a nuniber of yeas. I term it delightful because it is a nostalgic glimpse of farm life in Western Ontario during the years from 1901 to 1925. It is published by Phelps Publishing Company, 87 Bruce Street, London, Ontario. • • IL B. Disbrowe is an old friend of mine. He taught in Minim' and was principal of the high school here for 20 years before retiring. The 16 chapters' in the book are vignettes, really, gib' npses of what it was like down on the farm in the early daySof the 20th century. A'chapter on those everlasting pesky chores is a delight to read and will, I'm sure, be read with a chuckle made grin by anyone who has ever had anything to do with a farm. Although my *nifty years were Spent on the Lane I do not go back as far as Harold Disbrowe. But those pesky chores were a dreadful part of life even for eight -year-olds, in the Dirty Thirties. aE 'do SUMMER -LONG, WITH NEW LIFE PASTURE CONTROL RATIONS 11111 GRAZE MORE BEEF PER ACRE 1111 KEEP UP 'LUSH PASTURE' WEIGHT 'GAINS RIGHT THROUGH THE SUMMER New Life Pasture Control Ration is a high energy grain feed which supplements the essential Energy, Vitamins and Minerals lacking from late -season pasture. l s blown directly into the self -feeder in your pasture. \\ Overconsumption is prevented by salt in the ration: EARLY IN THE SEASON when your pasture is still high on energy USE 15% RATION to firnrt corisurnpfron to 4 or 5 pounds per day. IN LATE SUMMER when your pasture is low on energy USE 10% RATION to beef up the daily maximum intake to around 7 or 8 pounds BEEF UP YOUR BEEF ALL SUMMER LONG AND GRAZE THEM AT MORE• HEAD PER ACRE. TOC! NEW LIFE PASTURE CONTROL RATIONS MEAN PROFIT IN YOUR POCKET! Call your New Life representative today: new -life mins limited p.o. box 219, hanover, ontario N4N 3C5 519-364-3260 WALKi0TON poem/tom NEIMAN • DURHAM He recalls an era of which I have no recolleehon but many WATER WELL of municipal taxation. Farmers were required to contribute a oldsters certainly can remember it: road work. It was a form designated ammult of work each year to keep country roads DRILLING in recreation. He and his Wife were the chief officers ofthe local recreation committee. I have fond memories of this couple who went out of their way to help me. I Was an- ex- perienced edithr-reporter -hut a stranger then in a small town. He had an imposing exterior, almost aloof. When y�u knew him, you knew a warm, Main= dsvelthehind-the e in his eyes. The book speaks of sugaring off, haying time and harvest, of threshing bees and cheese -making, of little one -room schoolhouses, of the rural itinerants who used to ply up and down country roads, of death and dying and of life and vigor at theturn of the century in rural Werke • For anyone with an interest in Canadiana these 16 essays provide an interesting look at life when farming was a lot .simplerand perhaps more wholesome than it is today. I wish, though, that he had included a chapter in the book on the remittance man. I recall helping him to edit such a story a long time ago. The remittance men were a brge part of rural Canada years ago and his story was yet another glimpse of life when it was simpler endless complicated than it is today. And if youlave to ask what a remittance man was, you are not familiar with rural Canada from 1901 to 1925. • in reasonable condition. The amount of work was determined by the size of the farm and the frontage involved. wonder how many city people contributed to the building of roads hi their &roughs? it suggests to me that Many of country roads still being used were probably kept recognizable as roads by the farmers in the township. H. B. Disbrowe is a native of Elgin County in Ontario. His education included a stint at the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege, now part of the University of Guelph. He taught, would you believe, at a 'college in Izmir, Turkey, for a couple of years before coming back to Canada. By 1932, he was a teacher in the town of Stirling in Eastern Ontario and then at Simcoe in Norfolk County before coming to Elmira. "I could hear the sound of crosscut saws, inilksplashing in- to pais, smell Model T exhausts and feel winter winds and ef elexeir_Ag how utntm when read Down On the Fanne7,said Derek Wing of the University of Guelph. 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