The Huron Expositor, 1979-04-19, Page 15Hydro
The big blow ;across. southern. Ontario 111 days ago left
people p
manyeo Ie,seraRchin. their heads about de endsit:e on
hydro power,
Settle rural Sections in our area were without power for
as long as 20 hours. Urban peoplesuffer, too, when hydro
is put, They are forced to sit wrapped in blankets until they
get heat although most modern (eines, today have a
fireplace. At least one room. can. In, kept reasonably
comfortable,•
In most cases, too, urban people at least have a water
Supply because emergency generators take over,
in the country, it is a different story. Not even water is
available because individual pumps are used; 10 supply
water to homes and barns.
Most farmers, of course, have an emergency generator
available, Those that do not can be left in a terrible mess,.
On the Saturday after the storm, I went into town for rolled
oats. At the co-op, one farmer was talking about a
farrow -to -finish hog eperation housing more than 50 sows,
"We build these modern. barns and never really think
about being without electric power," he said, shaking' his
head, "I went to the barn after the hydro had been off for
five hours and the temperature in that barn had worked its
way up to 105 degrees! The ventilating fans weren't
working, of course, and the heat inside wasgetting
unbearable. If we couldn't have arranged for a couple of
portable units to keep_ those fans going, we would have lost
about $20,000. Those pigs would have died from the
Now, that is jug -the opposite of what city dwellers went
through. The hog barn: had too much 'heat. The homes
didn't have enough.
Out on the street, a dairy farmer laughingly told his
story,
"Sure, I used to milk a dozen cows. by .hand twicea day.
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But 1 never tried. milking 40 cows! My p m
even taught the two older children: how to milk. It took us.
all morning, By the time the afternoon milking was,
underway, I had the portable generator hooked up."
Imagine that Milking 40 cows by hand. At least they'd •
power
get stripped properly, !Milking parlors .sever have •done'
that,
The next day 1 met a breiler.grower. He came very close
to losing 338,900. he said. Another hour without power
i
and he would have had pneumonia thrtaughout his four
barns,. Fortunately, he too, got a portable generator
operating In time to prevent such a misfortune.
lie was also ordering his own stand-by unit to have
ready for the next disaster,
1 didn;'t get talking to any beef producers. 1 imagine they
didn't suffer too much, although a longer period of time
without water epuld have caused them serious problems as.
well,
Can you Brag ne melting or even carrying water to•
quench the thirst of a couple of hundred beef cattle?
My neighbour owns a chick hatchery in town, When the
power cut-off came, his son hosed the hatchery down with,
water and then tried to get the auxiliary power unit
working.
"We hadn't used the thing for two years!" he said.
"We start it up every six or eight monthsjust to see if it is
still working, Unfortunately, this time just when we
needed it - it wasn't working. It took us two hours to get it
going but no damage was done: We're just a day -late- in
our shipment .of chicks, that's all,"
Whichoes to illustrate how dependent we all: are on this
one commodity.
Remember, though, you city dwellers. You. might be
cold and uncomfortable wrapped in your blankets waiting
for heat but areat many farmers - food! producers - have a
lot more to worry about than you do.
Ip addition, this writer has chastised Ontario 'Hydro
many ' times for its ' high-handedness in. dealing with,
farmers. But I said a lot of prayers for those poor guys
working, for hydro who had to brave that storm. They had
v fine
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s iceandthey he a
to workin it to restore env n
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job in our area.
L only had to go outside twiceto feed our horses. Those
Work o hours in: that rain storm,.
brave souls had to k lng raging .
Thanks, guys. You did a u service.:
great
----REP RESEN-T-A-I URO ;N-COUNT-Y-----Junior-Farmers. from*Huron- Cou
attended the Junior Farmers' Association provincial conference at
Toronto recently. Kneeling is Jim Phelan, newly elected association
president. Front row, from left are - Lucy Van Esbroech, R. R.1, Hensal l
Patti Down, R,R.1, Hensall; Ruth Alton, Lucknow Debbie Armstrong,
,R.R 4, Wingham; Dixie Cameron,; Joan Pym, Exeter; and Sharon
Colclough, R,R.1, Clinton, Back -row, from left, are Alex Irvin, R:R.7,
P e, p. R. 2, Cen"tr" li ;.Rick Fines R R 1 Bluevale•
and Douglas Cameron:
Lotteries to help
ag. research
Agriculture and Food' Min-
ister Bill'` Newman has ;an-
nounced that SS million from
Provincial Lottery funds have
been . allocated to special
research and deveiopemtn
projects in thebroad areas of
food supply. food safety,
nutrition and health.
In making the announce-
ment, . 'Mr; Newman said,
"The development of new
technologyy is essential to
sustain a viable agricultural.
and. food Industry arid: to
provide consumers with a
plentiful supply of high-quali
ty domestic: food products."
Ontario's current agricul- `.
auralresentc1i budget is
approximately 522 millions •
annually; funding research
projects in areas including'
livestock and poultry; . field.
and horticultural crops, and
plant and animal disease.
The special 55 million fund is
in addition to the regular.
Junior Agriculturalists aKailable for
This year . the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food will ' once again :' be
sponsoring the Junior Agri-
culturalist Program during
the summer of ':1979. The
program is designed to pro-
vide a• •practical 'learning;
experience for young people
from non-farm homes who
have a serious interest in
agriculture, • and . who have
had' no experience working
on .a farm,
As a Junior Agriculturist,
a personwill be placed on a
selected commercial farm,
where he/she will perform
regular activities relative to
that farm operation. In
addition, an appreciation of
rural life through living with
a ;.farm family, and through
participating in the local 4-11
and Junior, Farmer programs
and in other rural activities.
The prospective 3unior
Agriculturalists will be either
boys • or. girls 16 or 17 years
of age and must be in good
physical; 'and mental • con-
dition in- order to withstand'
the vigorous physical effort,.
• Selectionwill be based in
part of their 'reasons • for
being 'Interested in agricul-
ture, and their plans for
further education •
The interested host farm-
ers are to be commercial
farms, ` with the operator
engaged in farming full time..
They must he interested in
helping inexperienced young
people to' develop the skills
required on a farm and are
expected to have the ability
to work well with and super
it
Beekeepers fromi 7 uron, Perth and North:
Wellington Gtlunties. heard about new
beekeeping methods and news about their
industry when, they held their annual
meeting in Belgrave 'Tuesday night,
Speaking at the meeting were President
Murray Watkins of St. Marys, Phil Burke,.
(the provincial apiarist and David Boyer, from.
the Unof Guelph.
Ptofessoriversity Bttrke spoke shoot changes in
the .industry and on things that can be
hartnful.to bee colonies, He said that in: 1978
there were a tptal of 32,800 'colonies
i.
inspected in Ontario, Of those 566 were
infected with American, Foul Brood disease,
In Huron there were some 1900 colonies,
inspected but; only eight of those hall, the
disease,
"'We're fortunate we've been able to
maintain them this close for several years,"
Professor Burke said.
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He told the beekeepers that "the 1978 sop,
,of honey was pretty well committeed, with.
really only about fot4r mere months, to thls
selling' year, He said that the price of honey
had gone up .and that, 197$ had been the
biggest crop ever at 67 .trillion pounds«
Professor Burke told the meeting that; as:
of January l next year containers for honey
will be in metric sizes. The new sires will.
include any net weight up to and including:
150 grams, 250 grants. 375 grams, 500
grams: and 750 grams, 1 kilogram, 1.5.
;.kilograms, 2 'kilograms. 3 kilograms, and 5
kilograms.
All bilk honey eontainers will be 7
kilograms, 15 kilograms and 31) kilograms,
and any larger eontainers the net weight of
which is to be. measured' inmultiples of i1
kilogram., -
David Boyer spoke to the group on spring
management and on the two queen system,.
Hullett council's time. last Monday
evening was eaten up by drainage reports
and plans.
The councillors met. in the new township
building east of Londesboro with the
affected owners on the Murray -Lamb drain
age report works, Council agreed to request
Mr. Understadt to prepare a report cleaning
out the portion from part lot 5, concession 12.
to lot 10, concession 12 Hullett Tonwship'
with special consideration to giving an outlet.
only to a pirvate ditch on lot 5.
Council also instructed the drainage
inspector to repair the Veenstra dram A and.
to contact the owners involved as to time
and whether by, hour or tender.
Council read a bylaw twice' in preparation
for .passing once approved by the Ontario
MuniciP al' Board. The bylaw is to raise
5500,000„ to ; aid inthe construetion of
drainage works, under the the drainage act,
The act when approvedby the OMB will be
passed by council. '
A bylaw was passed to set special annual
drainage rates, on lands where money has
been borrowed under the tile drainage act.
The Auburn Lions club received permis-
sion to install lights On the ball diamond at
Auburn and to install a pad for various other
games:;
Council also gave a $150 grant.. to the
Seaforth Agricultural Society for 1979: The.
Hullett •Federation of'Agriculture. also .re-
Barley ;p,ro.g ra m ,
•. (Continued from Page. 14)
market period August • 1,
1977 to July 31, 1978
Each claimant must cot=
plus an p icatiori form as
well as a record of purchased
feed, Feed purchases will be
takeninto account when
arriving at the marketed
production eligible for sub-
sidy. No 'deduction will be
made for feed purchases
already deducted under the
corn plan.
work
vise young people . :Host -
fanners must. 'also provide
suitable accommodation for
the Junior Agriculturalist
during his/her stay on the
farm:
Each Junior Agricul-
turalist will receive a training
allowance of $18' per day on a
six day week. 56 of this will
be `provided; 'by the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture
Your dollars. cover• more
,
..Forage,. Seeds
Reasonably priced and processed to high
standard of purity and germination,
Special! Mixtures
AS tri the:pelst. We prepare mlxttirett to Meet;
your own individual requirementtt. based on
recommendations of the Moreatry Of
Agriculture at No extra!, caste
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with High 'Quality
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• Barley •Mixed Grain
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We are taking, orders for
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Custom cleaning by appointment.
RaabettShadd ck
523-4399 •
ceived a grant of SLOW equal 't0 last year's
grant.
A building permit was refused to Mr, John.
Benjamuns. Council wanted to see the plans'
of the former building permit • carried out
before any consideration is given to issuing a
new permit:
The following building permits were
approved; T. DeBoer, Residence,. eon, 14,
lot. 17; H. Boonstoppel, Reapirs, ,MB.; T.
Council also approved the following.
severences; Lot 1 concession; 5, parts lots
22, 23 and 24 eoncession 9, concession 't3, lot
26, :Council ,didn't attach any .conditions but
suggested that written agreements for line
fences be drawn up,
Council endorsed a resolution from the
Town of Tecumseh concerning the
legislating of a 48 hour cooling off period for
contracts. The resolution was drawn up to
help :protect senior . homeowners pressured.
into signing the sale of their homes.
Council agreed to purchase a 'h page ad in;
the special edition being published for.
Aeburns 125th; celebrations:
Council agreed to send the 'reeve to the
court of revision on the Daer Drain,' Council
accepted the drain inspectors inspection and
completion of certificate and the clerk was
told to draw up the ;necessary bylaw..
The job of counting dogs was given to Mr.
H. Stewart. Council'. instructed the road
supertendant:'to purchase a .Massey Fergu
son industrial mower.
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more people discover what -
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