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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1983-04-06, Page 12Al2 — THE HURON EXPOSITOR, APRIL 6, 1983 Leadership qualities researched at seminar BY JACK HAGARTY MANAGER, FIELD SERVICES What is your leadership style? That's a question asked of leaders attending a recent R.S.V.P. "Rural Seminar for Vital People". They were asked 'to read a series of expressions from different people who were. in some difficulty. These people were looking for leadership --someone to guide and assist them. Following each expression was a series of five possible leader responses. Each person attending the seminar had to choose the response which seemed to be the most apt...the one they would use in such a situation. An example of an expression from a 27 year-old man: "I've come to the conclusion that if I'm not happy in the work I'm doing, then I'll get another job. And that's what it adds up to. i've hung on because 1 spent four years in college getting ready to do it. Now 1 think I'd be a lot happier if 1 chucked the whole thing and entered this other field --even if it does mean starting at the bottom and working my way up." 1. You feel that you'd be a lot happier if you could Just escape your work and start out in a field where you are more adequate. 2. Whether this is the field in which you'll end up no one can say, but it seems to me quite sound that you are counting more on yourself. 3. Have you thought of the possibility of working out a combination line? It stems a _Ikon Quackgrass problem increasing shame to just toss out all you've lined up so far. 4, You've decided that you'd do better to change. Is that how you feel? 5. How much study have you given this new field? Which response would you have checked? Let's identify the different leader- ship styles. The first response indicates -the leader's intent is to teach, to impart meaning, to show this young man something. The leader has implied.what this young man ought to think. This is an interpretive styles. In the Second response the leader's intent is to reassure, to reduce the intensity of eeling, to pacify. The leader implies that the young man need not feel as he does. This is an evaluative style. The fourth response is one showing the leader trying to see if he understands correctly what the young man is saying, how he feels, how it strikes him, how he sees it. This is an understanding style. The fifth response shows the leader seeking further information, prompting further discussion along a certain line. He has implied what this young man might profitably develop or discuss a point further. This is a probing style. Which style is best? At the R.S.V.P. seminar rural leaders were encouraged to use supportive, probing and understanding styles. These styles tend to keep the channels, of communication open. Rural leaders who seek further information and show understanding and support of indi- viduals within their community are, as the seminar indicates. "vital people". Your Quackgrass has be- come more of a problem than when I came to this area. 1 don't think my arrival has caused this problem. Numer- ous incidenc2s have com- bined to make quackgrass a bigger problem now than in the early seventies. In the early seventies, discs were quite common. A disc does a good job of cutting twitch rhizomes. Continuous cash cropping leads to soil deterioration. TheP oor soil structure, coupled with larger acres and larger discs, made the disc a soil compaction culprit. While large discs do compact soil, we have lost some twitch grass control by going away from discs. A cultivator does very little to control twitch grass. it merely spreads it all around the field. The idea of culti- vating to control twitch is valid. However, the twitch grass must be cultivated often, a few days apart. The principle is to cultivate the twitch ang when it starts to grow yo disturb the roots again. This cultivating, grow- ing, cultivating sequence eventually starves the plant to death. Each time you disturb the plant it initiates new growth buds and uses some of its root reserves to do this. If you do this often enough; eventually the plant has no reserves left. This program works best in hot dry weather. This method of cultivating is no longer done. The cultivators that You use in the 80's do very little to control twitch grass. They merely spread quackgrass around the field. The . second situation that existed in the late 70s was deep ploughing When you ploughed 8" or 10" deep, you buried some of those rhi- zomes pretty deep. Some of them would not come up until July. Of course herbicides you applied before that time were ineffective. 1 think this last situation isnot as bad as 3 or 4 years ago since now' many of you are ploughing shallower. CHEMICAL CONTROL • OF QUACKGRASS There is a new generation of herbicides available now for twitch control. One of these is Round -up. Most of you have tried it. In a recent article. Carol Thompson of Monsanto made some com- ments about farm calls she had made. Carol is a field representative for Mbnsanto, who manufacture Round -up. Part of her job is to make farm calls to growers who are not satisfied with her company's products. Carol said that most of her dissatisfied Round -up cus- tomers have violated one of the three important factors affecting Round-up's control of quackgrass. Carol stated that "Round- up performance depends on the herbicide being moved throughout the plant. The more actively a plant is growing, the better the Round -up works. Quack - grass, a cool temperature plant, grows most actively under the cool, moist condi- tions of spring and fall. These times ofyearare ideal for using Round -up to control quackgrass. Proper stage of growth is also important. At this stage the plant will have enough leaf surface area so that ,Round -up can be absorbed into the leaves and translo- r• at4 •d o the roots. By killing, t the root of a perennial, suc as quackgrass, regrowth is prevented. For quackgrass the proper stage of growth is 3.4 leaves and 6-8 inches high. The more plants at the four-leaf stage the better. (Not all ants will be at the same stage development at the same time)." The next most f equent reason for Round -up failure is connected to tillage. Carol said that "Fall plowing or spring tillage prior to applica- tion is not recommended. Tillage breaks up the under- ground root system or rhi- zomes. The result will be delayed and uneven shoot emergence. By spraying with Round -up in this situation you will not likely have all the quackgrass emerged and at the proper -stage of growth by application time. Fall plowing will also make the field very rough for an accurate spray application. Spring tillage to smooth out a fall -plowed field, followed by a Round -up' application will only compound the situation. As well as spreading the quackgrass Infestation, It will delay and cause uneven emergency of the quackgrass shoots." The solution is to spray late summer or early fall or on unplowed land in the spring. Another reason for unsatis- factory twitch control with Round -up is related to tillage after spraying. Carol sug- gests you should "Wait 5 to 7 days after application. This allows time forthe Round -u P to translocate to roots. After one week you should begin to see Round -up symptoms. Quackgrass will turn yellow- ish -brown. A good place to look and compare for results is along a fencerow. You should see a definite line between the Round -up treat- ed field and the untreated weeds along the fence. Com- plete browning of quackgrass will take 10-14 days; but it is not necessary to wait this long before working the field. Remember --weather may de- lay the visible effects of Round -up, but weed control is not affected. After five to seven days the Round -up will be in the root system and doing its job. You can work the field and plant your crop." Round -up is just one of the herbicides registered for use to control twitch grass. Other products include Cytrol and atrazine. For more informa- tion on all these products, check the 1983 Guide to Chemical Weed Control. -Pat Lynch Soils andCrons Sneeialist Financial management "Careful decisions" .`-Security for the family" "Fewer worries" "Overcoming tough times" "Choosing the right options" Talk to your • '11) Manager today about financial services -designed to help you achieve your goals. TD Farm Pac 1D BANK BRUCE SMITH Sales Representative Mitchell Co-op Store 130 Georgina Street Mitchell, Ont. NOK INO Bus: 348-9975 Res: 348-9975 ati the co-ope INSURANCE AND EINANCIAt SERVICES L1FE•HOME•A UTO•BUSINESS• FARM SHIP YOUR CATTLE THE CO-OP WAY UNITED CO-OPERATIVES OF ONTARIO 4 ONTARIO STOCK YARDS 14161 767-1143 YOUR U.C.O. SHIPPER IS O'ROURKE TRANSPORT DAVID OR BRYAN 345-2913 RESIDENCE - 348-9009 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Shipping Day - Every Tuesday Morning 1 Huron Poultry Club expands The Huron 4-H Poultry Club has expanded. The 4-H member can now choose from three projects. As in past years, a Fancy Poultry Project will be offer- ed. Also. in the commercial poultry section, the following will be available: laying pro- ject - 25 layers bought by May 1. Broiler project -' 25 birds bought eight weeks before Achievement Day. If you are between 12 and 19 years old as of Jan. I. and are interested in joining the Huron 4-1-I Poultry Club. contact Barry Cleave at Clin- ton or the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food at 482- 3428 or Zenith 7-3040 (for' long distance). -Don Pullen Agr. Rep. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Do you need extra help on your farm this summer? Are you a student, at least 16 years old as of May 1, looking for summer work? if the answer to either of these questions is "yes", please read on. Two summer work pro- grams are available through the Ontario Ministry of Agri- culture and Food. Agricrew - provides stu- dents with a chance to further their work experience and allows farmers to get extra help with work on the farm. Students between the ages of 16-24 will be considered for Agricrew. Crews of four young people assist several area farmers during peak work periods. Jobs include harvesting. a variety of gen- ral'4'arm labour. and special clean-up projects. Farmers, do you have diffi- culty during the summer keeping up with the extra tasks? Then Agricrew is your solution The Junior Agriculturalist program is an opportunity for 16 and 17 year olds from urban centres with no farm experience to spend nine weeks on a farm. The youth lives and works with a host farm family and through participation in 4-1-1, Junior Farmer and other rural pro- grams he/she can get a wide view of the aspects of "farm living". Host farmers must be able to supply suitable room and board for the junior agricul- turalist. Workmen's Compensation and Unemployment Insur- ance are the responsibility of the Ontario rvj9istry of Agri- culture and,.Fbboil.i The Ontarth Ministry of Agriculture and Food will pay the training allowance. At the conclusion of the program the farmer reimbruses half of this cost. If you are a farmer needing help on the farm or a student ',looking for work. please con- tact the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Clin- ton, phone 482-3428 or Zenith 7-3040 (for long distance). Deadline for applications is April 29. For youth there are many more Summer Experience '83 programs available through the Ontario Government. For information on these employ- ment programs, contact any Ontario Government office. Application deadlines are April 1 for post -secondary and April 15 for secondary students. -Don Pullen Agr. Rep. Auctions can cause many problems A farmer in Chatham thought he'd made a good deal, Last December, he bought a combine for $20,000 at an auction. Saved a bundle, so he thought. Two months after the purchase. the bank is one combine richer and the farmer is $20,000 poorer and minus a valuable piece of farm equipment. Unfortunately. this is an example of what is happening all too frequently. The rea- son? The farmer never thought to ask for a certified starch of clear title. Ontario Consumer Mini- ster, Dr. Robert Elgie, warns people purchasing anything at auctions to be aware that the, item could be subject to a Tien. "A bank, a finance company, a dealer, in effect any lender, may have loaned money on the security of things being offered for sale at the auction. If the loan has not been paid back in full, the lender may he paying you, the new owner, a visit and claiming his collateral, that is, your new property.' The next time you're at an auction. before you pay tor the item you've successfully bid on, ask the auctioneer to produce a "certified search" to prove there is no lien on the property. 'Though the auc- tioneer tis under no legal obligation to conduct such a search with the Ministry's Personal Property Security Registration Branch, it is to his advantage to allay the fears of prospective buyers. One search serves the needs of all the people present at the auction. It also saves money for those individuals contem- Precision seeding plus doubled capacity I - Iternational 5100 Drill i with Hydr'atrlic Two -Drill Hitch plating a sale but failing to niakc a purchase. An individual wishing to search the title himself and willing to pay the $10 fee can do so in any Land Registry office where personal proper- ty security registration is offered. All that is needed is the name of the individual who currently owns the prop- erty. Auctions can be fun. No one need get stung if the buyer follows a few "con- sumer sense" rules. FARM EQUIPMENT LIMITED Timetochoosecalf 4-H Beef Club Members - now is the time you are choosing your calf for your club project. If you intend to take part in the 1983 Queen's Guineas Comptition, you will be interested in the following: 1. The steer weight must he not more than 800 lbs. at weigh on (May 1-15). 2. A new class for the Chianina breed has been See Us For Your MALTING BARLEY CONTRACTS and Soybean Seed KEN R. CAMPBELL • FARMS LTD. 527-0249 R.R. 1 Dublin PIONEER . SEED CORN PERFORMANCE YOU CAN COUNT ON added In this year's competi- tion. 3 A showmanship class will be held on Thursday night, Nov. 17. The top beef showman in each county will he eligible to enter this. Entrants do not have to be participants in the Queen's Guineas Competition. Calves will be provided. -Don Pullen Agr. Rep. FARM DRAINAGE Installation of CLAY OR PLASTIC TILE Open Trench — or — Trenchless [ALL WORKMANSHIP & MATERIALS GUARANTEED' Call for a quote! H. SEBBEN & SONS LTD. R.R. 4 STRATFORD Ph. 273-1943 Family Poultry Flock CHICK DAY ORDER CHICKS PIONEER ALFALFA AS GOOD AS ALFALFA GETS Mixed Meat Type Birds Y,urr Pioneer Sd)Pb Representative r5 HAROLD PRYCE Seaforth 527-1637 OI5/' /'innr'lg 'blit'•• r7r•n'r'si',i,,4r's, .. BILL COLEMAN Kip pen 262-5031 PIONEER. (C1' PIONEER Drainage pays off in cropping flexibility G oOd lssnoge promotes better rro, rotation and more flexible Trooping ing programs kx instan( e 0 mcry be passible 10 plant higher revenue cash crops than before In every case drainage odds rhrnr.e yKAI ore able 10 chcx-ise from 0 larger selection of crops and vanptws SOMETHING EXTRA ON THE PURINA PROGRAM at .35 Each Order by April 16 for May 28 pick-up MINIMUM ORDER 25 BIRDS NO MAXIMUM HAVE ROASTERS READY FOR THE OVEN BY THANKSGIVING The Ralston Purina representative will be on hand on the pick up dates to outline feeding programs Refreshments provided on pick up date FOR SALE Mingo Barley grown from Certified Seed Harold Pryce Seaforth 527-1637 R R 1 OAOSHILL. ONTARIO NOK 1J0 51.856-2618 Sponsored By RALSTON PURINA • MILTON 1. DIETZ LIMITED Purina Chows—Sanitation Products —Seed Corn Ventilation [Wholesale & Retail]—Pesticides — Spraying Equipment Seaforth, Ontario Ph -one 519-527-0608 , 104 pt�trA6 �l •We plow in plastic or cloy tile •Loser controlled grade . •No back filling •No stones to pick •No sub -soil on top , For more Information, please write '271-4777 RR 4 Stratford, Ont. N5A 6S5 or con 7 Financial management "Careful decisions" .`-Security for the family" "Fewer worries" "Overcoming tough times" "Choosing the right options" Talk to your • '11) Manager today about financial services -designed to help you achieve your goals. TD Farm Pac 1D BANK BRUCE SMITH Sales Representative Mitchell Co-op Store 130 Georgina Street Mitchell, Ont. NOK INO Bus: 348-9975 Res: 348-9975 ati the co-ope INSURANCE AND EINANCIAt SERVICES L1FE•HOME•A UTO•BUSINESS• FARM SHIP YOUR CATTLE THE CO-OP WAY UNITED CO-OPERATIVES OF ONTARIO 4 ONTARIO STOCK YARDS 14161 767-1143 YOUR U.C.O. SHIPPER IS O'ROURKE TRANSPORT DAVID OR BRYAN 345-2913 RESIDENCE - 348-9009 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Shipping Day - Every Tuesday Morning 1 Huron Poultry Club expands The Huron 4-H Poultry Club has expanded. The 4-H member can now choose from three projects. As in past years, a Fancy Poultry Project will be offer- ed. Also. in the commercial poultry section, the following will be available: laying pro- ject - 25 layers bought by May 1. Broiler project -' 25 birds bought eight weeks before Achievement Day. If you are between 12 and 19 years old as of Jan. I. and are interested in joining the Huron 4-1-I Poultry Club. contact Barry Cleave at Clin- ton or the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food at 482- 3428 or Zenith 7-3040 (for' long distance). -Don Pullen Agr. Rep. YOUTH EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Do you need extra help on your farm this summer? Are you a student, at least 16 years old as of May 1, looking for summer work? if the answer to either of these questions is "yes", please read on. Two summer work pro- grams are available through the Ontario Ministry of Agri- culture and Food. Agricrew - provides stu- dents with a chance to further their work experience and allows farmers to get extra help with work on the farm. Students between the ages of 16-24 will be considered for Agricrew. Crews of four young people assist several area farmers during peak work periods. Jobs include harvesting. a variety of gen- ral'4'arm labour. and special clean-up projects. Farmers, do you have diffi- culty during the summer keeping up with the extra tasks? Then Agricrew is your solution The Junior Agriculturalist program is an opportunity for 16 and 17 year olds from urban centres with no farm experience to spend nine weeks on a farm. The youth lives and works with a host farm family and through participation in 4-1-1, Junior Farmer and other rural pro- grams he/she can get a wide view of the aspects of "farm living". Host farmers must be able to supply suitable room and board for the junior agricul- turalist. Workmen's Compensation and Unemployment Insur- ance are the responsibility of the Ontario rvj9istry of Agri- culture and,.Fbboil.i The Ontarth Ministry of Agriculture and Food will pay the training allowance. At the conclusion of the program the farmer reimbruses half of this cost. If you are a farmer needing help on the farm or a student ',looking for work. please con- tact the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Clin- ton, phone 482-3428 or Zenith 7-3040 (for long distance). Deadline for applications is April 29. For youth there are many more Summer Experience '83 programs available through the Ontario Government. For information on these employ- ment programs, contact any Ontario Government office. Application deadlines are April 1 for post -secondary and April 15 for secondary students. -Don Pullen Agr. Rep. Auctions can cause many problems A farmer in Chatham thought he'd made a good deal, Last December, he bought a combine for $20,000 at an auction. Saved a bundle, so he thought. Two months after the purchase. the bank is one combine richer and the farmer is $20,000 poorer and minus a valuable piece of farm equipment. Unfortunately. this is an example of what is happening all too frequently. The rea- son? The farmer never thought to ask for a certified starch of clear title. Ontario Consumer Mini- ster, Dr. Robert Elgie, warns people purchasing anything at auctions to be aware that the, item could be subject to a Tien. "A bank, a finance company, a dealer, in effect any lender, may have loaned money on the security of things being offered for sale at the auction. If the loan has not been paid back in full, the lender may he paying you, the new owner, a visit and claiming his collateral, that is, your new property.' The next time you're at an auction. before you pay tor the item you've successfully bid on, ask the auctioneer to produce a "certified search" to prove there is no lien on the property. 'Though the auc- tioneer tis under no legal obligation to conduct such a search with the Ministry's Personal Property Security Registration Branch, it is to his advantage to allay the fears of prospective buyers. One search serves the needs of all the people present at the auction. It also saves money for those individuals contem- Precision seeding plus doubled capacity I - Iternational 5100 Drill i with Hydr'atrlic Two -Drill Hitch plating a sale but failing to niakc a purchase. An individual wishing to search the title himself and willing to pay the $10 fee can do so in any Land Registry office where personal proper- ty security registration is offered. All that is needed is the name of the individual who currently owns the prop- erty. Auctions can be fun. No one need get stung if the buyer follows a few "con- sumer sense" rules. FARM EQUIPMENT LIMITED Timetochoosecalf 4-H Beef Club Members - now is the time you are choosing your calf for your club project. If you intend to take part in the 1983 Queen's Guineas Comptition, you will be interested in the following: 1. The steer weight must he not more than 800 lbs. at weigh on (May 1-15). 2. A new class for the Chianina breed has been See Us For Your MALTING BARLEY CONTRACTS and Soybean Seed KEN R. CAMPBELL • FARMS LTD. 527-0249 R.R. 1 Dublin PIONEER . SEED CORN PERFORMANCE YOU CAN COUNT ON added In this year's competi- tion. 3 A showmanship class will be held on Thursday night, Nov. 17. The top beef showman in each county will he eligible to enter this. Entrants do not have to be participants in the Queen's Guineas Competition. Calves will be provided. -Don Pullen Agr. Rep. FARM DRAINAGE Installation of CLAY OR PLASTIC TILE Open Trench — or — Trenchless [ALL WORKMANSHIP & MATERIALS GUARANTEED' Call for a quote! H. SEBBEN & SONS LTD. R.R. 4 STRATFORD Ph. 273-1943 Family Poultry Flock CHICK DAY ORDER CHICKS PIONEER ALFALFA AS GOOD AS ALFALFA GETS Mixed Meat Type Birds Y,urr Pioneer Sd)Pb Representative r5 HAROLD PRYCE Seaforth 527-1637 OI5/' /'innr'lg 'blit'•• r7r•n'r'si',i,,4r's, .. BILL COLEMAN Kip pen 262-5031 PIONEER. (C1' PIONEER Drainage pays off in cropping flexibility G oOd lssnoge promotes better rro, rotation and more flexible Trooping ing programs kx instan( e 0 mcry be passible 10 plant higher revenue cash crops than before In every case drainage odds rhrnr.e yKAI ore able 10 chcx-ise from 0 larger selection of crops and vanptws SOMETHING EXTRA ON THE PURINA PROGRAM at .35 Each Order by April 16 for May 28 pick-up MINIMUM ORDER 25 BIRDS NO MAXIMUM HAVE ROASTERS READY FOR THE OVEN BY THANKSGIVING The Ralston Purina representative will be on hand on the pick up dates to outline feeding programs Refreshments provided on pick up date FOR SALE Mingo Barley grown from Certified Seed Harold Pryce Seaforth 527-1637 R R 1 OAOSHILL. ONTARIO NOK 1J0 51.856-2618 Sponsored By RALSTON PURINA • MILTON 1. DIETZ LIMITED Purina Chows—Sanitation Products —Seed Corn Ventilation [Wholesale & Retail]—Pesticides — Spraying Equipment Seaforth, Ontario Ph -one 519-527-0608