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Six girls received their County Honours at the
Dungannon Area Achievement Night held at
Brookside School on May 1. From the left are Barb
Clark, Tiger Dunlop 1 club; Jackie Van Osch,
Kingsbridge club; Betty Jane Foran, Donnybrook
club; Diane Miltenburg, Kingsbridge club; Diane
Van Osch, Kingslllridge and Rhonda Bean, Tiger
Dunlop 1 club. (Photo by Sharon Dietz)
One f
furrow'
NOTES FROM NEAR AND FAR:- The federal cabinet
is giving a cold shoulder to any requests for as'tstance
from farmers in the current economic crisis.
Eugene Whelan, the farmers' favorite for a decade,
appears to have lost any clout he might have had in the
federal cabinet.
As this is written, farmers are looking more and
more to the provinces for help. It seems their pleas
have fallen on more sympathetic ears at the provin-
cial level.
THE 'LATEST REPORT from the international joint
commission on pollution in `the Great Lakes blames
agriculture for a great percentage of pollutants get-
ting into the water, especially phosphorous. Between
one-third and one-half of the total phosphorous load in
the waters is attributed to farmers, in' areas where
high-density crops are grown such as corn, soybeans
and vegetables.
Central -southern Ontario and southern Wisconsin
were fingeredin ,,tha_ report, particularly where
feedlots and.`, 'Other livestock operations' create
significant manure problems. A major recom-
mendation in the report would prohibit spreading
manure on snow or frozen land.
GETTING BACK TO Eugene 'Whelan, he told a
meeting of the Canadian Food Processors Association
that it was "wrong, wrong, wrong" for financial in-
stitutior,e to be t-hrow-ingg yeun.g- a ers off the -land.
"Before the '80s are over, we're going--to•need every
experienced food producer in the world," he said and
.raised the spectre of global famine. Population trends
and predictions are scary, he added.
All well and good but the federal government has, so
far, turned its back on aiding this troubled industry.
IF FARM INCOMES are rising faster than other
sectors of the economy, as the controversial report by
R. M. Loyns for the Economic Council of Canada
reports, then why„are so many young farmers going
broke?
For proof, just read• the pages :of your favorite
provincial daily newspaper every Saturday. Farm
auction sales are multiplying like flies on a dead skunk
in July. Who needs more proof than that?
I almost cry when I see them'advertised': The hopes
and dreams of dozens of people are behind those cold
words in the auction sale advertisements.
TO HELP RETARD cropland shrinkage and shore
up the beleaguered family farm in Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Maryland and New Hampshire, these
states are buying farmland to help farmers stay in
business and reserve acreage for farm production.
The farmer actualy__-still_nAns._the _ land_b.ut_cai sellit
only for agricultural use.
Other ideas being tried in other parts of the U.S.
include the transfer of development rights. Builders
buy the development rights to prime farmland and use
them in areas more suitable for construction, thereby
preserving the farmland.
An estimated four square miles of cropland is lost to
development every day in the U.S.'Three million acres
were lost each year between 1967 and 1977, according
to the National Agricultural Land Study.
.A TORONTO DOMINION Bank study has projected
a=$1.5 billion deficit in food trade by 1990. Robert
Hurlbut, president of General Foods Limited, one of
Canada's biggest food companies, does not think this
should -be allowed to happen: "It would be a tragedy
for Canada and for our industry.”
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Letters are app'ec'ared by BOO Troner Eidate Rd Etrn,ra Ont N38 2C 7
A great statement to make but I wonder how many
foods are' imported by his company. Is he prepared --
along with his company -- to give Canadian farmers
enough in the marketplace to keep those same far-
mers on the land?
A FEW MONTHS ago, this writer suggested that
Prince Edward Island's law to control land purchases
by non-residents was a good idea. The Globe and
Mail reports that the law has enough loopholes to
satisfy all interested buyers anywhere.
Maybe Ontario has the right idea. In the throne
speech, a system to monitor all land purchases by non-
residents was proposed. Until the purchases become a
problem, maybe it is enough simply to know who is
buying.
Milk quota
exchanges
The Ontario Milk
Marketing Board an-
nounced the results of its
second qut5ta-eCC'1T trges.
Mabel Jacklin, Wingham 1, 4-H Club, left and Cathy Foran, Donnybrook 4-H
Club received their Canadian 4-H Council Leadership Awards at the
Dungannon Area Achievement Night held at Brookside School last Thur-
sday. Mabel has led 37 clubs during her 10 years as 4-H leader and Cathy has
led 11 clubs in five years. (Photo by Sharon Dietz)
FARM CLASSIFIED
SECTION
A. For sale
EVANS certified soybean
seed. Keith Lovell,
Kippen, Ont. Phone 262-
5618.-19-20-21
150 TONS corn silage; 500
bales of hay. Phone 529-
7191.-18-19
D. Livestock
`REGISTEI3,ED Polled
Hereford -bulls, ready for
service. Good, rate of
_ gain. Halter broken. Sire
gained 3.5 lb. per day. Ed
Powell, RR1 Wingham.
Phone 335-3893.-19,20
--FORSALE -Service age,
boars, Hamp, York,
Hamp x Duroc and Hamp
x York. Also York x
Landrace bred gilts, due
in 4 to 6 weeks. Bob
Robinson, RR4 Walton,
345-2317.-19-21
SEED CORN
M. W. DURST
PHONE 482-7309
D. Livestock
SIMMENTAL SALE,
May 31, 5 p.m., Double M,
Airport Road at
Cashtown, 56 lots of
fullblood, percentage
females, 3 bulls.
Catalogue: Milton
McArthur, RR1 Stayner,
Ontario. 705-466-
3048.-19 be
TOP QUALITY
BRED GILTS
Closed herd conditions, open
gilts come 'from one herd
which is constantly being
R.O.P. tested by Q.S. CO-OP.
Those gilts have a
reputation for Round legs &
excellent mother ability.
Open gilts 'also available.
Gilts all vaccinated for
Erysipelas, Leptospirosis &
B. B. P. A.C.
Shipping can be arranged.
HERD BACKGROUND
1978 Ontario Pork Congress
reserve champion Re: Car-
cass & feeder pig class,;,
1978 Ontario Pork Congress
reserve champion Re: Car-
cass class.
Own ROP testing program
starting Spring.
LAURENCE
VANDEN HEUVEL
R.R. 2, Goderich, Ont.
(519) 524-4350
ATTENTION
CORN GROWERS
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BLAZINE
CAN NOW BE
PRE -PLANT INCORPORATED
Save Time & Money
For recommended Rates & Prices
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EDWARD FUELS
Provincial Honors were presented to Doreen Jefferson, Donnybrook 4-H
Club, left, and Donna Drennan, Kingsbridge at the Dungannon Area
Achievement Night at Brookside School May I. (Photo by Sharon Dietz)
•
A quota exchange is a
means by which milk
•producers in Ontario can
buy and sell milk quota
for the fluid market,
known as Group I Pool
quota, and quota. for the
industrial products
market known as marilet-
sharing quota (both
unused and used).'
In the first of three
exchanges, 91 producers
purchased 7,305 litres of
Group I Pool quota and 34
producers sold 7,228 litres
at a market clearing
,.price of $65.50 per litre.
In the second ex-
change, 210 producers
purchased 3,188,800 litres
of unused market -sharing
quota and 106 producers
I'tl"-3, 244;260 -11t-res -at a
market clearing price of
22.1c per litre.
In the 'final exchange,
30 producers purchased
775,000 litres of used
market -sharing quota
and 27 producers sold
777,120 litres at a market
clearing price of 18.3c per
litre.
CLAY -
Silo Unloaders
Feeders
Cleaners
Stabling
Leg Elevators
Liquid Manure
Equipment
Hog Equipment
BUTLER —
Silo Unloaders
Feeders
Conveyors
FARMATIC -
Mills
Augers, etc.
ACORN --.
Cleaner;
Heated Waterer*
WESTEEL•ROSCO
Granaries
B & L - Hog Panelling
LOWRY FARM SYSTEMS
RR 1, Kincardine, Ont.
Phone 395-5286
GEORGE NESBITT
FARM DRAINAGE
Reduced prices for
installation over 30,000 ft.
All work _guaranteed, _}
PiEttINiN4Fg 2.9r4 7
ANNUAL
STOCKER SALE
Robertson Farms
460 Choke Western Calves
600 - 750 LBS.
Sold by weight in graded lots of 15-30 head
with an overnight stand _and pencil shrink.
Hereford -Hereford Cross, Shar-Cross over
wintered in our feed lots. Selling
May 14 - 6:30 p.m. at our Sales
Corral
Six miles east of Goderich on county rd..25
Ontario
Ministry of Housing
THE PLANNING ACT`
Notice of Application for
Amendment to Minister's
Restricted Area Order -750/73
Township of Colborne
Take notice that application to amend the restricted
area order filed as Ontario Regulation 750 73 has
been received by the Minister of Housing The appli-
cation is
(I) AppI'cant' Pelta Siotegraaf
File No 40Z 042 80
Proposal to erecta mohlie home on ,in r•v,s! r,r7 r, acre
farm urt t located n LA18 25 & 26 Mani' ,{rtrf r,r,. .,ga,on
All submissions in support of or in opposition to. the
application described above and received by the
Ministry of Housing 8th floor 56,Wellesley S+ West
Toronto M7,A 2K4 Ontario on or before the 22nd day
of May. 1980 wilt he fully considered before a final
decision is made thereon Please refer to the file
number indicated above
In addition under section 32(9) of The Planning
Act. any interested person may request a hearing by
the Ontario Municipal Board on an -tppl catign for
amendment to a restricted area order
Claude F Bennett
Minister of Housing
ANGLESFA ST •GODERICH 524 8386
Shell helps
Surface application . 7
Lasso" herbicide by Monsanto is
usually surface applied before the crop
emerges. Some farmers, however, prefer
to incorporate their herbicides,, and. Lasso
fits the bill.
•
"Shallow" is the key word.
Lasso should be shallowly incorpo-
rated, prior to planting corn or soybeans:
First, broadcast Lasso; then thoroughly
incorporate it into the top two inches of
soil. To make sure the incorporation is
shallow, set your disc or harrow to work the
soil to, a maximum depth of four inches.
Shallow incorporation of Lasso plus
atrazine suppresses yellow nutsedge'
in corn.
To suppress yellow nutsedge for six
to eight weeks, shallowly incorporate
Lasso plus atrazine (mixed at new labelled
rates) before planting. Suppressing yellow
nutsedge with Lasso plus atrazine gives
your corn the chance to become established,
without fittsedge competitiob that can ,
hurt your yield. -
Whether you surface apply or shallowly
incorporate, you get outstanding grass
control with Lasso.
Lasso consistently controls annual ,
grasses in corn and soybeans. With ' ..d
excellent crop safety. And no carryover.
And you can surface apply Lasso or
shallowly incorporate it. Because it's your
choice, with Lasso.
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Always read and follow the label directfdns for Lasso.
Lasso ° i.s a registered trade'rrirfltof Monsanto
Company.
(c)Monsanto Company, 1980. LN -IN -4/80