Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-08-16, Page 15agi THE.HURON EXI 11, !SITOR AUf3 1111,7101 A "moderate to major" spillof liquid pig manure into the South Maitland River in McKillop and Huller townships that recently caused the death of 1,000fish has tong term effectsas well, said Stue Thornley. The spill affected three .kilometre$ of the; river, said the spokesman for the Ministry of. the Environment in London. The numbers of fish killed and, .the length of river infected: makes the recent incident a "fairly significant spill," said Mr, Thornley In addition to the ammonia, which is toxic to fish, the manure is high in nitrogen and phosphorus, nutrients which stimulateriants, which produce and consume oxygen, cause oxygen levels to fluctuate, being high during the day, and low during the night. Thisvariation is "hard on fish, said Mr. Thornley, At night, oxygen levels may drop so low that fish ,are unable to. breathe, The manure also encourages bacteria, which feed on it and take additional oxygen. The spills have beena problem through all the counties that have livestock operations.— Bruce, Oxford, 'Perth,.'Huron, Middlesex and Lambton, said a ministry official earlier, • The source of the pollution is maim iquid pig manure, but some cattle ma .0 is. gaining access to waterways as we 1. There has been an increase f spill incidents in the last two years, aid, Mr,; Thornley, which is a reflection of the hog market. Because more farinears have set up hog operations,and because it, is an intensive kind of operation,tnereased; opportunities for spills are available, This spring was also wet, he said; so that hog farmers kept their manure in tanks. longer: The area farmer charged in the spill incident .found ,his corn had begun to grow before ,he was:, able to empty his manure Accepted with regret taak, Mr; Thornley said, so the mattut'e lovas: spread' on the flood plain and later entered the river, The Ministry, of Bnvirenment has two acts; under Which it can, prosecute. They have issueda violation notice, and it is now "up to the industrialabatement section (of the ministry) to determine Whether it will go to court, The Ministry is presently waiting for the results from ,chemical, samples taken to tell them how strong the waste was, said Mr Thornley. These results, and the attitude of the industrial abatement department Will determine the outcome of the incident, "The objective is not to take someone to court," he said, "the objective is for tectifyca problem." ENDORSE CONTROLS. At Monday night's meeting of S'eaforth. council, councillors passed a notion en dorsing. the action of Tuckersmith Town• ship council and surrounding municipal! ities in their efforts to control the storage of liquid. manure. Tuckersmith council recently passed a bylaw which regulates the erection and use:, of liquid 'manure pits; in the township and prohibits runoff and seepage into munici- pal drains: The storage capacity in the tanks must be sufficient to carry a six month supply of manure. Councillor Jim Sills made the `motion ,at: Seaforth's council meeting to lend`. moray support to ,rural councils. Mayor John Sinnamon said liquid man- ure an ure spillage in neighbouring townships could', certainly affect Seaforth if leakage flowed into the Silver:Creek dram, Deputy -reeve Bill; Dale mentioned the • recent . spill in McKillop and Huhett townships and said of the livestock further downstream drank infected water, there was a risk of brucellosis or spontaneous abortion. Hullett clerk resigns. The resignation of Hullett's .clerk was accepted with regrets at council's. meeting Tuesday evening,: Mr. Vincent :agreed to stay on until a replacement is. hired, The Drain Loan• applications were ap- proved: for J. Whyte,Bill: Whyte, Wilfred'. Whyte and H. . Ramaker, subject to the availability of funds 'and Township con- ditions, Council approved severence applications B145/79, B146/79, B143/79 and 8151/79 and attach no conditions but suggest there be a written' agree,nent in regards; to IiRe;' fences! Court of Revision opened' for the Murray T.amb: Repair & Improvement and :namedArt Anderson, Thomas Miller, Roy Williamson, Joseph flunking and Thorrias Cunningham', as , members with Joseph flunking as Chairman. Tenders were received for the Murray - :Lamb Drainage Works: The tender of $6,400.00 of George Radford Cons; for the Murray -Lamb Drainage Works was accepted: Council passed a' by-law to provide for a Drainage Works m the Township of Bullett and for borrowing on the credit . of the Municipality the sum of S38,500,00 for completion. Council gave a grant. of S975.00 to the Blyth Cemetery Board. Carried, E.H. laderstadt was appointed to bring in: a report for repair and improvement on Branch `B' of the Veenstra Drainage Works. Date to consider the Report on Branch of the. Veenstra Drain was set for August 27, 1919 at 9:00 p.m. . Council recommended application #24 for O,H,R,P, Loan, The reading of the Report on the lellinga Drain was set for September 3, 1979 at 9:00 p.m: . • • Building permits were issued to: D. Pullen - shed; J Boven - house repairs & siding; J. Van Beers silo;. R. Anderson -> grain storage, G; Sholdice - garage; D. MeNall - addition to barn & siding P: Nolan - House repairs & siding;. R. Buffinga - residence, poultry ,barn; S. Wood - work. shop; E. flunking = implement shed; J. Hunking, implement shed; J. Burrs: -mobile home; W. Cunningham addition to: house; H. Ramaker - barn addition, All are subject to Township By -Laws and 'Hdron County Health 'Unit where applicable. Council requested the Huron County Road Dept. to investigate the removal of a maple tree overhanging the garage at the- United Church Manse and trimming some of the, rest Coopedagreed• to advertisefor auction of Old Township Garage. Sale to be held in September. Council also', approved the Inspection & ;. Completion .Certificates submitted by the Tile Drain Inspector and instructed the Clerk to prepare the necessary by-law. A By -Law to impose special annual: drainage ratesupon land in respect of which' money`is borrowed under the Tile Drainage`. Act 1971 was read a third time and passed. The Road .Superintendent is, to send in the specifications on the new grader .as discussed at the meeting. '. ean. Day Aug. 22 Modern agriculture is a rapidly changing industry. To remainsuccessful, farmers must continually work to keep up to date with the latest " production in- formation. On Wednesday, :August 22. growers of white beans and soybeans will have. An opportunity to see some of the newest developments m beau production . at the Ontario Bean Day at the Centralia College of Agricultural Technology.' Tours throughout the day will feature many of the research plots at Centralia College, Among the topics to be discussed are new varieties,disease control, weed control ` and crop' ,.rotation. • ' Representatives FARM DRAINAGE NOW IS YOUR IhISURANCE FOR YOUR FARMIt G FUTURE from Centralia College, Ridgetown College, University of Guelph and Agriculture Canada will :be. present to discuss their research and to help answer any other questions about bean .production. The tours will run continuously throughout the day beginning at 10 mat and again at 1:30 p.m. In addition to the tours. there will be a large area of commercial exhibits. Many dealers and manufacturers of bean equipment and supplies will be present todisplay and discuss their products. Of special interest, will be de- monstrations of new develop- ments in'equipment. for con- trolling problem weeds in —.bean crops. KMt`AER' Drainage A.R. Mi „ Qttidtihlli NOK 140 X2618 6666.2181 BY RHEA7i'4t!t` rel ted q of 'related Quotass, , . transfer* and Problem* were diseased ,at the Central ;Huron Christian Farmers meeting Wed :nesday evening. There was no guest Speaker but members talked a!t Hiatt• commodities. This is part of a scheme to get n7!9re membership involvement at the :meeting*. commented; Bill Jongejan,,president of the local, The common problem, among the speakers was the dissatisfaction of the members concerning quota transfers. The quota on broilers has been frozen, since 1976 said Mike Dykstra in his brief summary, of the history of the broiler quota. system. Mr. Dykstra. pointed out that their board is unable to control imports and that'. the high value placed on quotas are; problems to be dealt with. "There is a tendency towards a free system because who knows his own business best but the 'producer himself," Mr. Dykstra said. John Boven felt that the egg marketing board was working well for the egg! producers. Mr, Boven pointed out that the marketing boards were there with quota rstaestrictionsbilityin ; ithe mar n order kto achieve greater. et place.• The, Canadian Egg Marketing Agency (CEMA) was formed in 1964 andestab fished a 100% quota per farmer and then scaled the whole system to the provinces. At present. in :Ontario producers are producing at 66% of their basic quota. That means 8.1 million eggs,. Milk is. another .matter all together and as Bill Dkystra put it, '"k's' full of problems," But the milk marketing board has been ;doing something about the problems. The board has changed the milkyear to run ,from August 1 -to July 31, from April1, to March 31. Hopefully this .will: encourage, more winter production said Mr, Dykstra, The hoard has also allowed producers to sell up to 10% of their quota without the board. claiming their 50% of the sale. Mr: Dykstra, outlined'the quota transfer system for milk producers: The board claims 15% ofthe quota off the top and puts it into a 'kitty:' The board then buys ,50% of the quota at 9c per litre and the remainder is sold . on the open market. • .,where it can be purchased for as much as 35 - 40e per litre.. Producers are allowed to apply to the board to get board held quota 'back at 9c per litre. The dairy industry is in the process of creating a new quota transfer,, policy, hopefully in time for 1980 Mr,.. Dykstra said. 'We need a 5 year program to depend on'': said Mr. Dykstra.. "'There are tocr manychanges in' the industry every year:"' Bill Rooseboom listened to all the.. • problems before speaking to the members: aniStkillerdlet. business. PUller ;growers: at present are only an association and are an'tliated with tile, Egg Marketing board. Mr, Rooseboom, ; putted out that they have met with the egg marketing: board to trf and establish a separate board for the pullet grouters. The problem, SAM* :from: the: fact that when the eggs are cut hack so: are the pullets and the pullet growers Would like to be able to go into eggs or breeding when this: happens, Mr. Rooseboom pointed out that some egg producers fill' their empty barns with Pullets, therefore making business hard for the pullet grouters. Pullet producers have to be licenced and the Pullet Processors Association has put a halt to new producers after January 1, 1979 .Pullet growers have dropped, in; number. In the past five years the number of producers has dropped, from 300 to 150.. Mr, Rooseboarn seemed hopeful about the future of the producers. "In January When the egg board has its elections, a committee will be formed of 13 pullet growers," Mr. Rooseboom said. "From this committee 2 members , will be appointed; to sit on the egg marketing board," There has been an expansion in the pullet business. At present there are :100,000. pulled in 1-(uron: County, Mr, Rooseboomdiscussed' the con- version right that producers want accepted by the egg board. This right would allow a pullet producer a once in a lifetime chance to change his operation over to an egg producing operation and be under the egg. marketing board. But the flaw comes when the egg marketing board requires these producers to buy their egg, quota. Pullet producers feel, that would' be unfair, The new federal stabilization program carne under discusssion,: Members have been asked by their provincial, board to discuss .supporting this program and consider the limits on the products covered. Mr, Jongejan went over the program. generally but members wanted to know . More, The plan is proposed by the federal government and offers a leveling, out of the market for the farmers. The program will take out the low in the market and, put the 1 711•0 food nom* to grow. by A number of our growers have wanted to establish a fall plow -down forage crop to follow harvestedspring grains. Therefore, we have just made a special purchase from Bishop Farm Seeds of Belleville. I*: Developed by Jirn Bearss of Kirkton is the: Bearss Plow -Down. Mixture; 60% Single Cut Red Clover 20% Yellow Sweet Clover 20% Annual Rye Grass Seeding rate 18 Ib. per acre:: We also have pure Annual Rye Grass; which is very inexpensive and very fast growing: A topgrowth of 12-18" plus a thick mass of roots is attainable by Nov, Seeding rate is 25 lb. per acre. • • You can have, these forage seeds blended into any fertilizer grader for bulk spreading. Due to price increases froth the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan and increased freight rates, we can expect Potash to be up $25.00' per ton next spring. Fallfer'tilizaton makes good sense, especiall economical Sense— t p Y e fust ask h$ growing rgwho outfitdawn last fano, at A good name to grow by Brucef4ld!, Ont 4$29. 'brakes oa a downward, trend, Among other comments members wouldn't consider endorsing it if the face ;of their Jana was not taken into consider- ation, Other mem ers wondered if the plan, allowed; for profit. The ;forumla, for' the:: plan its sash ,costs sand cost of.rgductroo would be subtracted, from e. Of u. th.. once A . he product ct !°4r a five year PeaPea94 a4 tompai too : Oar ottlie plan. Joining would be Xpluata73e :aed;, 'farmers would enter Plates aloe: tlw Pain- modities: they produce:. The program bas :been omparod; to insurancepool' ' prices. Futher discussir of the program will be, discussed attire next .`eetin Where more iifo rrltioAwi.l.. avIe. invite you to the opening oftheir "NEW FRROW.ISG COMt.FX" Located 1.17* mile }west and lAt mile north of Zurich watch'forstns) Th's new building complex contains 1 50commercial sow her of crossbreds producing 3000 wiener pigs per year -which wit;,. be available, for sale: Perth Builders. Ltd. Millbank Ont. 595-8404. The :entiree building complex was built by Perth Builders Ltd, The outer walls are built us .ing, i n g theNP New Concrete' Sandwich Wall' concept. FristamatLt d . Kitchener, Ont. 744-1157; Fristamat 'Ltd. supplied the totally modern 'ventilation and stabling system, Manure handling is done through a partially slatted deep gutter q g gravity flow system,: The building will only be opened toPthe public free of charge from 1 p.,;m, to 5 p.m, August 30th, 1979. if quackgrass is showing up in your harvest, use Roundup® before you fallplow. You didn't plant it. But. that quackgrass came up anyhow, choking your crop and taking a bite out of your potential yield. Jamming up the `. works at harvest time. Don't let it happen again next year. Get the jump on quackgrass, right after harvest. But not by plow- ing. Plowing low-ing.`Plowing just breaks up theweeds, leaving under- ground root networks ready up new shoots in the / spring. This year, before you fall plow, let quackgrass regrow until most of the weeds are at least eight inches high (the three or four leaf stage of growth). Then, anytime before the first weed killing frost, apply Roundup .' herbicide by Monsanto. Roundup quickly translocates throughout the treated weeds, destroying them- root networks and all. Just five days after using, Roundup, you can plow as usual. (Note: If you prefer to apply Roundup in the spring, don't plow the fields this fall.) Stop quackgrass before it attacks next year's crop. post-harvest applications before you plow. There's never been a herbicide like this before. ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW THE LABEL DIRECTIONS FOR ROUNDUP, Rouodue is a registered trademark of Monsanto Co. RCN 4019 ©Monsanto Company 1979 Monsanto rands Inc.. Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver For further inforimation, c ontact your .+occitdealr N■ L1111.11-1.- Purina 1M1T Purina Chow — Sanitation Products — Seed Corry ' Provimi :Feeds. Ventilation (Wholesale & Retail) Pesticides — Sprayina equipment SEAFORTH, ONTARIO NOiE, I'Phone 519M527«d6O