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New strain of winter barley
A new strain of winter barley is
being grown for the first time by
three Ontario farmers, one from
the Kippen area.
Bill Coleman who resides at the
westerly edge of Kippen and
farms 200 acres is one of the three
growing Huron winter barley,
The Huron variety was
developed in 1974 by Dr. Ernie
Reinberg of the University of
Guelph.
In the fall of 1974, Coleman
along with Jim Jubenville of
Tilbury and J. Rickert of
I3owmanville received 25 pounds
of Huron winter barley seed each.
On the Coleman farm, the 25
pounds produced 65 bushels in the
summer of 1975 and this in turn
was planted on about 40 acres last
fall,
Coleman told the T -A Monday,
"I expect to get about 70 bushels
per acre, although the inspector
suggested yields maybe over 80
bushels.
The Kippen farmer said he first
became interested in the Huron
variety at a Seed Crop Day in
Elora, a few years ago.He con-
tinued, "It looked like .a good
possibility. ' Itis greatest ad-
vantage is the possibility of
double cropping and it doesn't
appear to suffer from winter -kill
like other winter barley varieties
tried before."
Coleman said if the Huron
barley is planted during the first
few days of September it may be
harvested to allow planting ' of
sorghum, white beans and silage
corn by June 20.
The Huron barley will be used
strictly for grain and not for
malting and provides an early
grain when other feeds are
scarce.
In addition to the 40 acre field
of Huron barley this year,
Coleman has grown another acre
with 25 pounds of breeder seed in
a test plot. "This type of
operation of growing seed in test
plots creates a lot more work and
close scrutiny in culling out
anything but the best of plants,"
added Coleman.
It takes four years of
development before certified
seed is produced. The steps from
breeder seed to certified include
select and founder seed.
In addition to his barley test
plot this year, Coleman has one
acre of Frederick wheat and two
acres of Seafarer white beans.
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NEW WINTER BARLEY—A new variety of winter barley named
Huron is being grown as breeder seed by Kippen area farmer
Bill Coleman. Above, Coleman is shown with the winter barley
ready to be combined. T -A Photo
Water meters
in Vanastra
Tuckersmith Township Council
will go ahead with the installation
of water meters in Vanastra this
fail in spite of complaints from 2
or 3 residents.
Reeve Elgin Thompson at a
council session in Brucefield
Tuesday night, said one of those
against the meters suggested
that it would be better for each
householder to contribute his
installation cost of the meter
toward paying off the debt in-
curred by the Vanastra
Recreation Board.
The debt is reported to be about
$46,000 and is to be paid by tax-
payers in Vanastra.
The meters are estimated to
cost about $80 each for the 216
homes in the hamlet.
One of the decisions made
among several to install meters
is that 60 percent more water is
used at Vanastra than should be.
A committee named to study
the water system and meters and
the Ministry of the Environment,
which owns the water and sewage
system both recommended the
installation of meters.
Councillor Robert Bell seemed
to voice the opinion of council
when he said "The biggest ad-
vantage for meters is that those
pedple who use water will pay for
it.
Rev. Carl Boersma and Alfred
Dykstra of the fledgling Christian
Reformed!Church tat Vanastra
attended the council meeting to
protest the huge water and
sewage bill for the church
received recently amountiingi to
over $600 for the year.
Stating the church is used only
for one service Sunday morning
and a couple of evenings for
Church activities Mr. Boersma
suggested his church should get a
preferred rate as do churches in
Clinton. He said his church
membership is only beginning
with about 25 persons receiving
membership in the fall.
Council asked Mr. Boersma for
time to study the problem before
coming to a decision.
George Radford Construction
of Blyth was awarded the tender
for construction of the O'Brien
Drain amounting to $2,475. Work
is to be started immediately. The
Radford tender was the lowest of
two.
Building permits were
granted to: Robert Van Den
Neucker of RR 4 Seaforth, move
grain bin on to his, property;
James McIntosh, RR 4, Seaforth,
a garage; and Harry 'Sidney,
Vanastra, a carport with the
provision that it would be built
four feet away from the property
line and that Mr. Sidney secure
an entry permit from the road
superintendent.
Road superintendent Allan
Nicholson reported Neil Hopper
had checked out the Egmondville
water system. He stated Mr.
Hopper had said a different pump
on well would be able to produce
double the amount of water now
pumped.
Council decided to order the
pump at a cost of $700. The
members considered building a
well in addition to the pump to
meet the demands of new home
builders in the hamlet.
Passed for payment were
accounts totalling $81,165.78,
including Day Care, $3,849.52;
general, $30,802.32; Vanastra
recreation, $20,354.11; and roads,
$26,159.83.
Road ! Superintendent
Nicholson was presented by
Reeve Thomipson E with a seal
from the Ontario Good Roads
Association for his attendance at
the three-day roads school held at
the University of Guelph in the
spring.
Council endorsed the resolution
from the Town of Trenton noting
the increase in crime and acts of
vandalism and expressing
dissatisfaction with the punish-
ment handed down by the courts.
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they journey along are the losers
every day they live,
ENOUGH SAID
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