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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1984-07-25, Page 31e FARM THE HURON EXPOSITOR, AUGUST 1, 1984 — Al? Soil and BY P.J. LYNCH SOILS AND CROPS SPECIALIST Are you interested in conservation tillage? Do you presently use a chisel plow, soil saver or ,some other similar piece of equipment instead of a plough? Have you ever wondered what type of "job" these newer primary tillage tools do? If you said 'yes' to any of the above, you will be interested in the Perth County Soil and Crop Improvement's latest venture. They are planning on holding their first Conservation Tillage Competition. This competition will be held at the site of the annual Perth County Plowmen's Association Plowing Match. The Plowing' Match this year will be held at the farm of Glynn Coghlin, one-half miles north of Atwood on Highway 23. The competition will be judged by three crop improvement makes new corn criteria. The criteria involved are per cent residue left after tilling, depth of tillage and roughness of the soil. The score sheet is modified from a score sheet used in the 11.S, for conservation tillage classes. NEW WHEAT VARIETIES The wheat harvest is being watched with a lot of interest. fast fall three new varieties, Augusta, Frankenmuth and Houser were planted on a large acreage. These three varieties are taking ever from the once very popular Fredrick. The main concern about these varieties is how they yield. The Ontario research indicates that for Perth and Huron counties Augusta and Houser are the highest yielding with Frankenmuth the next and Fredrick the lowest. This is in research plots. Last year the Perth and Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Associations collected on-farm yields comparing these varieties. Although there were only eight farms where these varieties were compared last year, the on-farm yields tended to agree with the research trials. This year these two Soil and Crop Associations intend to again summarize on-farm yields of different wheat varieties. If you have any weighed yield comparisons of wheat varieties harvested from the sante field, please forward these yields to your township director or to the O.M.A.F. office. One of the new wheat varieties, Houser, has awns. This characteristic may cause it to sprout easier. However, some recent research from Canada Department of Agriculture at Harrow indicates that all three of these new varieties may sprout easier than Fredrick. This is just a reminder that there is a $30. /tonne discount on wheat that is delivered to the elevator if it has more than 12 per cent sprouts. Most, of these varieties tend to sprout easier the longer they stay in the field after they are ripe. WHITE MOLD • With the exception of the variety Ex Rico, all present white bean varieties are susceptible to white mold, Farmers are faced with ideal mold conditions. These conditions are wet and cool. If these conditions continue into late July and early Aug., some good white bean fields could have yield losses due to white mold, If you plan to spray for mold the first spray should no on at 5-10% bloom. To determine if your field is 5 to 10 per cent bloom, count 100 consecutive plants. If five tb 10 of these 100 plants have one flower opened, then these plants are at 5 co 10 per cent bloom. Repeat this procedure in a number of areas in the field. There has been very little research comparing ground equipment vs. airplane. However, it is well documented that you must get thorough coverage of the plants to get mold protection. In this regard there is a concensus among researchers that ground equipment can do a more effective job of spraying. With ground equipment you need high volumes of water and high pressure to get thorough coverage. 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Ralston Purina Red meat program BY ALAN SCOTT Perth Ag. Rep. Last May Ontario Minister of Agriculture Dennis Timbrell announced details of a Red Meat Program to assist beef and sheep producers. Separate programs were an- nounced for Cow -Calf, Stocker and Slaughter Cattle and Sheep. A Red Meat Coordinator has been hired by OMAF to help implement the program in this area. He'll • be serving Huron and Perth Counties from his location in our OMAF office at Stratford. This new staff member will be at the office from Aug. 7 until the 10th and then back on a full time basis starting Aug. 20: A weigh scale will be assigned to our office to use with producers who do not have one. There are two' main requirements for obtaining grants under this new program. You have to weigh animals and be a member, of a producer club, Cow -calf producers will receive $25 for each weaning weight and $20 for each yearling weight on heifers. Additional„ assistance includes 50 per cent of the cost of materials (up to 51500) for the purpose of constructing capital facilities, This assistance includes fences, scales, watering equipment and other capital items. There are further grants to assist with the cost of herd health, calf preconditioning, forage analysis and enterprise analysis. Producers of stocker and slaughter cattle will receive $2. per weight up to a maximum of $750 per year for weighing animals at one or two month intervals. They will also be eligible for the aforementioned $1500, grant on capital facilities. Further grants are available for forage testing, herd health and enterprise analysis, Sheep producers will receive a 51. grant for each 50 day weight and each 100 day weight. Additional grants are available to assist with etition yen though the piece of equipment you use is important, timing is more Important, It is better to spray with an airplane on time than use ground equipment two weeks after the optimum time, The present fungicides are protectants. This means they will not destroy the disease. that has already started, Furthermore, the sprays only last about 10 days. If you spray at first bloom and it turns wet for the next week to 10 days, a second spray will be required to stop mold, There is no value in spraying beans at full bloom for the first time, or spraying fields that have a high percentage of plants showing infection. beef the cost of estrus control, pregnancy examination, forage testing, herd health and enterprise analysis, Sheep producers are also eligible for a grant on capital facilities, The grant in this case is 50 per cent of the cost of materials up to $5000 Cow -calf producers should identify their cows and the calves born this spring. It will still be possible to obtain weight assistance on these calves if they are weighed this fall. Birth dates will be required, Herds on R.O.P. will have this information readily available, Assistance will also be paid on spring born lambs weighed on the current R.O,P, program. Application forms are available at our office. An information brochure will be available in the very near future. We anticipate information meetings in late August to early September. Preventing and relieving stress BY ART LAWSON Farm Management Specialist Here are a few points taken from recent articles on stress and burnout. Dr. Christina Maslach of U.C.L,A, (Berkley) says the symptoms of burnout include fatigue, impatience, irritability. alientation from family and friends and discontentment with one's livelihood, Warning signals Dr. Masloch looks for are: depersonalization • a tendency to see persons as things, objects or categories; lack of any sense of worthwhile accomplish• ments: emotional exhaustion • being at the end of your psychological rope. Burnout is a sign that mental, physical and emotional circuits are overloaded. Isaiah Zimmerman is a psychologist from Washington D.C. Hc has worked out the following four part plan to prevent work pressures from marring the quality of life. "Ryan Drying subsidiary farm Effective Aug. 1, Ryan DryingLtd., Walton will become a subsidiary of Cook's and be known as Ryan Drying Division of Cook's. William Harvey, executive officer of Coons, Division of Crerbro Inc., Hensall. made the announcement. The company has elevator operations in Centralia, Kirkton and at the main centre in Hensall. During the past four years. Ryan Dryin$ operated as 'a satellite of the Cook's organization to provide additional services to their customers. "This new venture will provide area growers with the complete services now offered by Cook's. These include seed. fertilizer and chemical inputs, custom appli- cation, agronomic assessment and crop production marketing," said Mr. Harvey. tuivimoco PROFESSIONAL TRACK Discuss your thoughts and feelings about work with your closest friend and your spouse. Resign from one committee or board, Read one book on a totally unfamiliar field or topic. - Ask a respected farmer who is a friend to help you evaluate your farm and manage- ment practices. Tell close friends you're going through a personal reassessment. Don't apologize, defend or joke about it. PERSONAL TRACK Mediate. pray or relax with closed eyes each day. Finish one house repair job or gardening project, Call three friends whom you haven't seen for some time. Go through family photo albums. Think about the course of your life and discuss it with your fiidtil PHYSICAL TRACK Alternate tensing and relaxing exercises for three minutes twice each day, After consulting your doctor. begin jogging, rapid walking or swimming laps at least four times weekly. Take a short daily nap. Cut out all sugar and salt in your diet and limit coffee and tea and liquor to one dei• per day. MANAGEMENT TRACK Avoid overtime work and skipping meals. Take time each week to visit with family members and farm employees about their work and concerns Take 15 minutes at the end of each da' to discuss the day with your family and make plans for the next day. Instructions Select one action from cath track. then undertake all four steps sunultaneoesix during two weeks Repeat at six month internals. ,Irrry Robinson. Universiti of Illinois Rural Sociologist, author of Stress and How PURINA CHOWS INI ® I® IIII1111 I n ■ ■ ■ ■ RYAN DRYING LTD. Walton Ontario Seaforth 527-0527 Brussels 887-9261 We are ready to receive your 1984 Wheat & Barley crop Trucking Available RYAN DRYING LTD. WALTON, ONTARIO 887-9261 887-6130 527-0527 to Live With It, tr,;,ks burnout on the farm may be on the rise toda•r "Farmers are reared to he self-sufficient productive and hardworking,- he saes. "First they're told to produce enough to feed the world, and then advised to cut back and paid not to farm Some farmers at my stress workshops see PIK and government subsidies as welfare, which is against their beliefs." he says. "These conflicting messages could produce philosophic burn- out, " he believes. "Some farmers with financial stress feel guilty and blame themselves," Robinson says. "Others feel like victims. I advise farmers who feel their work is totally beyond control to concentrate on things in their personal lises whith the can handle." Mr. Robinson says studies show a link between job satisfaction and burnout. "Over a period of time. a large gap between an individual's needs and (tow well cork meets these needs may lead to burnout." No farmer can perform at full capacity if personal health management is completely disregarded. "I can't oteremphasize how maintaining good physical and mental health can help an individual to avoid the problems which lead to burnout." Jim Schmidt. a Wells. Minnesota farmer. agrees that nersonal management is vital. "Magazines -eel more articles about the human s'de ' farming." he sass. "Mans things aucct the farm aside from setting goals for raising corn nields or marketing Farmers need to ren aluatr and reset personal goals " !fi• ', 1, l l c) i ,)till n I,Nnif • nanrmnarrinn "What can save your time - and money, too?" t.Huron .E54xposltor 527-0240 ADVERTISING ADVISORY BOARD