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Rene Levesque may be an ogre in the eyes of many, ,
people outside Quebec. f ie stay,, also be a saviourpf French;
Canada,
Signs of discontent. are appearing in his cabinet and
there are people who predict that, he will lose his
long-awaited referendum. Some of the legislation passed
Quebec would not be considered democratic in ether
parts of Canada.
However, his government has passed a bill on land use
'that.is one of the toughest in Canada and could be a: model.
for the .Ontario legislature. It is important legislation, if
Canadians want to continue to eat in the generations to
come. t
Land is like petroleum: it is a non-renewable resource',
When the best land in the country is lost to urban sprawls,
power corridors,recreation, paved plazasand super-
highways, that land cannot be reclaimed. It is gone fors
ever. -
A new law freezing development ,of most Quebec
farmland and dramatically restricting urban sprawl is
being hailed by most farmers in that province as the best
thing the Parti Quebecois has done since coming into
power.
The new law sets aside some four million acres of land in
the Ottawa and St. Lawrence river valleys and prohibits
non-agricultural uses unless special permission is obtained
from a commission --a land use commission--createdto
enforce the legislation.
Dave. Barrett, the former premier of British Columbia.
whose, government brought in Canada's first agricultural
zoning law, has praised the toughness of the Quebec law.
The legislation was not passed, without a fight, mind
you, The. Union des Producteurs Agricoles fought to beat
hell to get the law passed. This - organization, as 1
understand it, has 80 per cent of the 48,000 farmers in
Quebec as members. Those members were frightened that
Farmers .. .
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the demand for rural land through speculators would soon,
drive the price of farmland.so..high that farmers would sell
out in droves rather than continue to try to makes living, 44,
the land,
The Quebec real estate association fought against Ilthe
bill. Cutting off the possibility of suburban expansion, they
said, has already made city land more expensive, up by 20
per cent, This same escalation has been a fight farmers
have been living with fpr the last 20 years.
The union. of Quebec municipalities fears the law will
heighten land speculation in urban areas, Doesn't this
hnpossibility,of stab -dividing for residential use translate
into- a. monopolization of land? they ask.
Maybe it does. If so, it's worth it. Good, farmland .in
Canada keeps dwindling. If a monopoly .is needed to
preserve it, then sobe it.
At least this province has shown some leadership and
foresight in preserving farmland, The ideas have been
etched into ;legislation.
When, then, is. Ontario going to enact similar laws?
At this time;. about the only thing this province has done
in a weak, milksop effort to placate those who would
preserve land is an innocuous piece of paper known as
Food Land Guidelines. And that's all they are, just
guidelines. No legislation to give some teethto those who
get sick to the stomach when thousands of acres of the best
farmland in the country disappears every year to the
developers' 'hammers..
Anyone over 40 in thiscountry is well aware of how huge
tracts' of land have ,disappeared into urban sprawl. It
cannot go on forever. Perhaps there is enough land left to
fill the bellies of Canadians,. But the rate of growth does
not diminish and more and more acres arc being engulfed.
How long can Ontario people wait for the province to
take. definite steps, legislative steps, to preserve
farmland?
Perth Form News ,
At the dinner dance
Meeting of the Huron .Plow-
man's Association, Friday
night at, the l'ineridge Chalet
trophies and, award were
handed out to the winners of
the Huron plowing; ;match
held this fall.
The • winners from. the
'event held at the farm of
Warden John Tinney.
Exeter: Queen of the furrow.
Janet Shapton of :Exeter
senior champion plossnan.,
Ken Innes of ftrussels‘, best
Viewed land.. in any class with
;Kongskilde plow,'" Jim
Pentland of Goderich: round
the 'field class: with a
Kongskilde plow, James
i'apple, Seaforth: reserve
champion/ plowman. John
Becker, Dashwood.
The oldest horse plots man,
EdgeUowatt of Belgravt*«
and winner of the horse
class. Tota ;Leeming of A «�triata�pm
Seaforth. 'The iunior
Champion plowtatan was
Brian McOavin of Walton
and ,tho reSertre junior
champion was Bevan
Shapton of Exeter.
President Allan Campbell
of B R -I, Seaforth, presided.
Speakers i-neluded Jim
Armstrong of Wingham.
president of +Ontario Plow:-
n►an"S- ASspeiation, Huron
t»ottnty Warden, John
Tinncy. Donald Pullen.
Clinton ,•Agricultura! repre-
sentative for Huron; Ontario
Queen of the Furrow. Peggy
Kniest of R'.R-l. Brunnrzr
and Huron Quetr ot the'
Furrow, Janet Shap,un Ja4k.
Riddell, Htartrn-Middlesex
p'
whieh went Wig
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We the 1918i Interrtatronai larger attt n4*n
►.rk ,plow+ing: Match held in year i
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These past few days we
have received numerous calls
'about harvesting •corn. We
think that now you should,
start harvesting corn : as fast.
as possible.. It is true it will.
probably dry down mode if
you - wait. However, as of
':•October 25th we estimate
that the grain cornharvest is
only 5,10% complete well
behind normal. The wet
weatheraconditions. that exist
011• alreatdy . 1 w tio?vif'µthis
late harvest. This in turn may
turn into some ground' not.
being fall ploughed. If this.
ground is not fall ploughed git
will hurt our yields next year.
This problem is further
complicated by the moulds
that are present in the corn.
The longer' the corn sta ys in
the field the more the moulds
will grow. These moulds, and
resulting 'toxins will lower
the value. -of this corn when
fed..
There are numerous prob-
lems and.. some possible sol-
utions to handling this wet
corn. It is hard to make 112
yellow. corn (standard for
most corn sales) out of corn
testing more than 32-33%.
However, this fall thecom-
petition for buying dry corn
is aggressive. Normally,
there is only . about 3c/bu.
deduction for 113. This is •a .
Neil McGavinpresents his son Brian with the
McGavin trophy for his plowing skills at the
Huron plowing match held at Warden John
TinneY's farm at RR 1 Exeter this fall.
Huron:.Counf,. ��rttcitQueen of the Furrow Janet Shapton of
r !PeggyK
shown with riQ Queen of the Furrow, .rueSz o
at the ginner... '
Ri Exeter, is
RP1. Brunner
sample of corn. There may
be toxins in other parts of the
CATTLEMEN
small deduction compared to
the loss if this corn remains
in the field over winter. This
yearsome elevators may
waive this deduction just to
get your corn.
• ON FARM STORAGE. .
if the corn is being put into
silos on the farm the %
moisture again is important.
Ideally, the moisture should
be between:.: 28 and; "32%
moisture. ' If 'the - corn is
w eiter.than this it will not
flow adequately. This 'can
make unloading slow or im-
possible. Even after unload-
ing, wetter corn tends to
bridge in automated feeding
equipment. You can reduce
the moisture of corn by
'adding dry grain to the wet
corn. You must add 100 lbs.
of dry grain to each ton of
wet corn to reduce the total
% moisture by one point.
That means if your corn
tested 37% and you want to
reduce it to 32% you would .'
have to add 500 lbs. of dry
corn to •each : ton of wet corn.
This dry ' corn should be
cracked to get maximum'
benefit from it.
You could also dry all the
corn from say 37% moisture
to 32%. This would not be
real expensive since the first
few _moisture points are the
easiest to remove. This corn.
should be cooled down to at
least 65°F. before it is put
into the silo.
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MOULDS IN CORN •
AS we mentioned earlier
there are numerous moulds
in the corn this year. These,
moulds produce toxins which
are harmful, especially to
pregnant sows. You can take'
a sample of the corn and
have it analyzed for moulds.'
However, this sample Wilt
only be accurate for that,
silo. The best thing to do is
not'to become overly worried
but be aware of the symp-
toms. Once these symptoms
start to appear the sows must
be taken off this corn,
If•you are putting 3$% to.
40% moisture corn: inthe silo
there are some precautions.
The high %.moisture will not
adversely; affect ferrnent-
ation, The corn will be higher
in . acetic acid. 'Phiswill
change the smell, but should .:.
not change the feed value, If
yoi have a bottomunloading'.
silo be sure to put a few loads
of dry Corn in the bottom, By
a few we mean about 10 tons
of dry corn. This will help
establish a flow pattern.
Art auger type bottom
unloader probably will not
handle corn at more than,
34=35% moisture. A chain
type unloader should be able
tohandle corn up to ,40%
moisture.
LAST'MINUTE'
REMINDERS
n problem
Silo as ca be a t
g P
in high moisture corn. Most
moisture testers -lose their
accuracy above 35% mois-
ture.: Microwave ovens or•.
electric stoves are accurate at
the >high moisture range, .-
Machine harvested corn is
generally about 5%' wetter
than the same corn hand
shelled and moisture tested.
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