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FARM
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DECEMBER
24, 27, 28, 29
MON.. WED. THURS. & FRI.
Canada Grade) A
Crops average to better in 1984
The year 1984 now closes on its many
successes and failures. Again in the Huron -
Perth, area crops were average to better than
average.
Forage yields were average. White beans
yielded less than the five year average, but
the price looks promising. Corn yields were
average or down a bit. Certainly one will
not forget the root worm problems of 1984.
Soybean yields may have been a little
below average. They were certainly below the
yields of 1983. However, the soybean yields
of 1983 were not deserved. The growing
conditions of 1983 gave many growers four to
eight bushels above and beyond their.
management ability. Others say the Good
Lord gave them those extra bushels in 1983.
Just as 1983 was a soybean year and 1982
was a corn year, 1984 in Huron and Perth
Counties was a wheat year. Farmers had
some exceptional yields. Some measured
fields yielded around the 100 bushel per acre.
However, some of these yields are above the
management ability of the growers who
received them, •
Spring grain yields in •'84 were certainly
above the disastrous 1983 yields, but they are
still ho-hum. All in all, for most growers who
had a number of crops, things in 1984 were
not too bad.
There were certainly some personal
highlights in these two counties in 1984.
The Huron Soil and Crop Improvement
Association, under Gerrit Van Keulen's
direction and the Perth Association under Vic
Roland's direction both look back on a very
successful year. Laurence Taylor of Londes-
boro and current president of the Ontario Soil
and Crop Improvement deserves a pat on the
back from everyone for his efforts.
This year the Hogan Brothers from the
Goderich area hosted a farm tour of tillage
plots, conservation techniques and equip-
ment. Their individual efforts in rounding up
their local elected representatives, area
farmers, media people and others -was a treat
to see.
The fact that they paid for the barbecue out
of their own pockets underlines their concern
for soil conservation.
At the same time, the Perth Soil and Crop
Association was not asleep. Their conserva-
tion committee, under Bill Arthur, did a
fantastic job in organizing and promoting the
first ever in Ontario, (maybe in Canada), Soil
Conservation Tillage class at a ploughing
match. Again the effort of Bill and his group
are gratifying to see.
There is one other individual who typifies
so many other farmers who do go unnoticed
for their individual efforts. He's Bill Denham
of the Kirkton area.
The fact that Bill is alive is a iracle. About
three years alio at corn harve time, Bill was
in a truck that was being to d.. The tow
broke and the hook came speeding like a
bullet straight through the windshield and
into his skull.
Bill fought back and is now a strong farmer
and Soil and Crop director and now that's in
the past for Bill. This year he looked at solid
seeded white beans. versus growing beans in
wide rows.
It is a simple thing, but he did a fantastic
job in setting his plots out. He has two
varieties, both solid seeded and in wide rows..
Farmers are often talking about a.compari-
son of two thins on their farm. Too often the
comparison is not valid because of variates
such as different fields, different rotations,
etc. However, Bill did an excellent job in
eliminating all these Variables. These are the
type of plots fanners need to make valuable
comparisons. •
Happy
New year
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