The Huron Expositor, 1979-04-05, Page 14What
BY3,t 1GART
AREA.
COORDINATOR AND
FARM MANAGEMENT
SPECIALIST
It, is very common to hear
"I got started in farming
with my first 4-fi: calf at age
12. And things just seemed
to. grow ficin there.'" The
word grow is sigtlificant• The
physical growth: of a calf
through stages taf ;earl?ng,.
two year old and mature cow'
is aetompanied by growth of,
her owner;
Not only physical
growth. But also growth itt
the skills and art of livestgcit,
management occur. Motiva"
tion comes easy when Ws.
your "'ver) own animal""
We don't have the same
growth experience in the
area of WM. hUsiness man-
ageinent;'. The no side of
farming is usually left to,
Dari. Often, young people
.lust ask whenevet they need
funds. "Pad, I'm going out
tonight .and 111 need ten
bucks," doesn't teach much
event those skills associated
With begging. Some received'
an allowance or wage. And:
you budget it or go without.
That's . training for the real
' world:
At a 'recent *41 farm
Management Club meeting
we played a game. The idea
was to. see what happens
with money around a farm.
The members p1740,"differ't,.
exit roles. tti e had a""nna:rklit-'
big board man. .a farm: -
supplier. a hanker, a tax'
man, an aec'outttant, a fanner
and his son, The farmer
received a monthly .cheque
for S9-,000 And he looked, so,
pleased'. But he started to
frown . when the farm sup -
tiller took $4,000, the banker
took $2,000 :for interest,, the
tax man took •$700, it cost
5500 for family living and he
paid his son $500 He was.
left with. only $1,000. It was
explained that income for
labour, management and; risk
is necessary to acquire cap --
tat'. Since he cawed $200,000
to the bank, this SI 000
would need to be paid to the
banker.. This reduced ; his
borrowed capital to 5199,000.
He grinned and said, "I,gecss
that's what Dad means, about
Huron dairy ,farmers
win gold'.
For dairy producersthe
highest for recognition: they
can lay claim to is to qualify
for the Gold Seal of Merit.
The gold seal is part of a: milk
quality recognition program
sponsored by the Depart-
Ment of Agriculture
To quality the . producer
musthave a bacteria count sof:._
a test average of 5,060 or less;,
for a year, and a .premise
score ,of -.88 out of a hundred. `.
Out
of• the 550 producers in.
the county 14 will recieve•the.
Gold seal.
They are. John Boon, #2,
Bayfield;; Goff W. Brand, #3,
Clinton;: George E Case,; #4
Walton; H. Ray & Claire
Cox, "#2, Bayfield; John
Feagan; :#4, Goderich; -tern:
Farms;, #1,_ Granton; Percy
Huth, #2, Clifford; Richard
Kufske, #5, .Brussels John
A. Langendoen, •Ill, Ford -
seat merit
wich; Wayne N. 'Licht!, #4, Auburn; W Bruce Pewtress,
Atwood; James N. Lobb, #2', #3, Wingham and Martin
Clinton; Robert 13, Peel, #1, Van Ninhuys, #2, Bayfield.
Pet being aide .to pail nw a
bigger salary..`" They could;
ttderstund why k was se rrsi.
ble to gradually transfer
own ership of some livestock
e.g. calves. for a portion of
wages earned,
Many a city businesSinan
gets. started as a small'
business boy delivering pa-
pers. He grows up with:
terms profit, loss, cash flow,
and.a; sens . for the dollar. I -k
knows 00,000 invested;
for.30 yearsthat51ar 8v compound.
-interest will grow to over a•
million, dollars. And he'll not
be, tee Sttrpris*nd •to hear that.
by changing the interest rate
to - 10°'a, the growth of
$100,00Q over 30 years, will
be
over eight million dollars"
bf ;WO
Odd jobs to do
Use : Agricrew
�
Last...stAnees—trial.- run -
K as so .poputar.:that ' Oper-
ation Agrtcrew will expand
this• year to. provide 320
students for farm clean-up
chores.
University students will
recruit yotinger students
through 'local Offices,. of the
Ministry of Agriculture, and
Food. Then crews of five Will
travelfrom:. farm to farm,
•helping` with jobs such as
painting; fence -mending and
haying..
From mid-June until Sept.'.
ember '1 farmers may rent a
The ,Central Huron Branch
of the Christian Farmers
Federation ,held, its first
annual meeting In, Clinton
last week. About 100 guests
attended the banquet and:
meeting in: the Christian:
Reformed Church. Among
the guests . was John
Jansens. an .erg. producer
.retie the Watford .area, 1A -h00
ts, president of the Christian
farmers Federlition of
Ontario. The nteguest speaker
the etin wa Rev. John
kt
Hellinga, p_. af of the
pastor
Guelph; Christian Reformed:
Church, who spoke on the
topic ""Justice 'for agri-
culture,'"
11111; Jongejan, a hog and
e:ash crop farineit from R.R.
2.; Goderich, and: the -pre-
sident 'of
pre-sident'of the local t. FF. said
the group has been meeting
on and. off in the Clinton area
since 1975, The former
Clinton branch now has 40
members, from as far away
as the, Exeter area, and Mr.
Jongejan interprets the first.
annual meeting as, a i&n th et,
r—
the .local branch tS :fie eoriling:
more .oreanized.
"Hopefully the ef#'eet we.
eon have on this country.
through our organization,
that. farmers will sen it'IF
important we recognize QtJt't.
Christian •re$O011$14ilitteS.,"
Mr. Jongejan .said.
The provincial CCF
organization matted its 2,5ih
ntlnitersarl in Ontario. on:
Tuesday with: a day long
program, held at the: Univer
sit; of Guelph. The theme for
the event was "Hope for the
family farm in the 19$04s,"
Among the speakers were
,lin McHale, former
secretary of agriculture in.
Pennsylvania; and Professor
S.H 't ane of the School of
Agricultural! Economic and
xtension Education, OAC,
In the past, the CCF: has
been, vocal itt, •'airing its
concerns a¢:glJit a number of
issues from Incites. to the
treed to protect prime .agri
(cutlural land,
crew tor a .maximum of five_
days. They will pay the crews
590, a day, At the end of the
program, the Government of
Ontario will reimburse. them
S35. for each day.
",Last summer, students
who needed summer jobs
gained. a ., lot of valuable
experience in agricultural
practices," said Bill Newman.
Minister of Agriculture and
Food* "The reaction by stu-
dents and: farmers was so
enthusiastic that we . are,
extending the programs to
cover. 22 regions."
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One on the ice, keeping pressure on the opponent,
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The same applies to corn rootworm insecticides.
University researchers say the best way to keep •
rootworms from building. up resistance to insecticides
is to alternate organophosphate and carbamate
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