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The Huron Expositor, 1973-01-25, Page 3Usborne & Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Company HEAD OFFICE — EXETER 235-0350 Insures: • Town Dwellings •All Classes of Fenn Property • Summer Cottages • Churches, Halls , Extended Coverage (wind, smoke, water damage, falling objects, liability, eta.) is also avallabl - DIRECTORS AND President, Ray McCurdy Vice-President, Timothy Toohey Clayton Colquhoun Martin Feeney Robert Gardiner William Chaffe AGENTS Exeter Dublin Mitchell ADJUSTERS' FIR 1, Kirkton . RR 3, Lucan RR 1, St. Marys RR 2, Dublin RR 2, Staffa RR 4, Mitchell Harry Coates Hugh Benninger . Clayton Harris 235-0265 345-2001 348.9051 Shake and catch apple harvester Qol tomimOications festival The rPglatratiOnp for the Or!:1 CommunicationS retail* , are starting to flow in from Ithe Elementary Schools in El!ron CPUnty Each school Is allowed Ione entry for the preliminaries which will take place intbree locations: At Our Lady of Mount Carmel School on January 30; t Clinton Public BchooLon Januafy 31; and at Winghdm Public School' on February 1., All begin at l;30 p.m. The three top speakers from each division will then compete at Clinton Public School on February 6. Prizes of created book ends and wall plaques are being donated this year as they were by the Maple Leaf Chapter, I.O.D.E. of Gocierich to the three who are judged.bestinthe.county. The. first place winner, will the n go to the Zone finals at Glencoe on February 17\ These contests have bean sponbored since 1927 by the Ontario public School Trus- tees'. Association and co-spon- sored since 1958 by Ontario Hydro., The provincial finals take place in Toronto during the convention of the Ontario Education Association in the week of winter break. In recognition of the current emphasis on communication in our society the format of these contests has been changing to put more emphasis on communi- cations skills rather than on Oratory. Last year for. the first time the contestants were sub- jected to questioning by the judges .on the subjects of. the prepared talks so that they are being judged on their ability to inform, explain and instruct. This year in addition, each contestant will be expected to read for two minutes from a book which he has enjoyed. Reading aloud has been an art neglected for many years..1t will be interesting to see how our young people handle this challenge. • , The Huron County Convener, ,Elementary Schools,Mrs. J. W. Wallace and the principals of each of the host schools welcome the attendance and in- terest of the public at these con- tests. '1 i (Colatin from ',age I) weeks pilot txt-Oae OeIr ggf the elections 146. that ' cPFnplailita can be 4100$0 cegiAtila9tOrAym The fourth reSPlutIOP Ois01$ that the revision ..period. be ar4 ,• ended to be the date WhieljlOPUr weeks prior to the date of ele0-• tions in the year in whichalec- tions are held and the 10th day of NoVember ln tile year electiOns are not held, Trees are one of Natu e's few renewable, n resources. Through wipe replantingand good management, there are More trees growing in many forests than anytime in the past thirty Years, .In many forests, for every tree harvested, four seed- lings are planted to 'grow to- morrow's forest. The result: more trees to serve the needs c.f more people each Some apple trees are all shook up these days. • It's the way they're being harvested. . And, as hand labor becomes harder to find, the gentle touch may soon vanish• entirely at pick- ing time. "Some mechanical apple har- vesters are already on the market," says Jack Kemp, an engineer at the Agriculture Canada Research Station at Frederiction N, B. which has its own model in, the orchards. "We've designed our model to suit Atlantic province orchards in response to a request from the Nova Scotia Fruit Growers' Association. The project in- volves growers, provincial people rind, Agriculture Canada's research stations." The new machine harvests apples by grasping a tree limb and shaking it furiously Until the fruit falls off. Mr. Kemp calls his model an interim unit. "One of the problems • in the shake-and-catch method' is tree size and orchard design," he says. . "In the future, dwarf and semi-dwarf trees may be grown to suit harvesting machines, but you can't grow a new orchard overnight. Most orchards in our area are of older, larger.trees. Our model is designed for them." Some of the ideas were bor- rowed, but most of them came from the engineering section of the Research Station and the growers involved. The results- are several improvements over other models, as Mr. Kemp sees it.. The self-propelled 26-foot harvester is powered by a 20 horsepower air-cooled gas motor that runs the hydraulic system of two ptimps, 15 valves, six motors and 10 cylinders. • Everything that moves on the machine, except the control levers, is driven by hydraulics. A telescoping arm on a moveable boom can reach' 24 feet to clamp onto a limb for 1 the shake up. When the shaking starts, it seems to go in all directions O at once. ',Actually, the limb is shaken in a vertical pattern," says Mr. Kemp. "we believe ' this is an improvement 'on other machines which shake horizontally. Our system uses gravity to help-de- tach the fruit. The unique action comes from a double crankshaft design in the shaker which he says "is hard to explain." At any. rate, it does the job effectively. Apples fall .into a collector on the machine, passing throUgh decellerator strips which slow down the tumble. Then it's over counter rotating rollers which take, out leaf and stem debris, up a conveyer to the' sf bin filler and into 1,000-pound capacity bins where the apple's are spread evenly by a rotating platform and.scoop_,„,„ _ As far as• as'clevelOpers afe concerned, the machine is ready for commercial production. '"Industry can take over as soon as growers create' the demand," says Mr. Kemp. "The growers who saw the need for this sort of harvesting realize that labor costs are in- creasing. We've tried to come up with a practical machine that can be manufactured by small / industr in the area. "Ou first model was built in a far er's yard. we've added refinements 'at our machine shop here, but the facilities needed to manufacture these harvesters ..: are about the same as those in any small industrial shop." Ili Although he expects that early production will be for local de- mands, he sees Quebec's increasing apple orchards as something to watch, "If Quebec becomes involved In, mechanical harvesting, it could mean a larger market for the manufacturers." ' What about the prices? "This could vary according to what you build into the machine. "We're aiming at a self-pro- pelled model that could sell at about $15,000." The economics seem to fit for large growers in areas such as Nova Scotia where most of the fruit goes for processing. Until dwarf trees are widely grown for custom harveSters, avoiding long drops to? the apples, the shake-and-catch method will not likely be used O to supply fresh markets.,•says Mr. Kemp. a year. umuuniumumwmunololooluirniOuniiiii010 INCOME TAX PREPARED' In scanning. the Goderich Signal-Star we note that police in the town are urging parents to warn their children of the dangers of grabbing car and truck bumpers and sliding behind the,m. • - - - A history of the lumbering industry in the Auburn district was interestingly told at the January meeting of the Auburn Horticultural Society by William L. Craig, owner and operator, along with his son, Allan, of the James T. Craig sawmill at Auburn. - - - Mrs. Margaret Jane Taylor, a former Auburn district resident, now of Huron- I view, marked her 90th -birthday last Sunday. - - - - New officers were named recently at the Huron Presbyterial 1 of the WMS when it held its, annual meeting in Goderich. I Those on the executive from Seaforth are: Mrs: R. Kers- lake , recording-secretary; afternoon and evening groups, Mrs. Dale Nixon and Miss Jean Scott, supply. ,- -,- The • Legion Ladies Auxiliary to Branch 109 added two new members at their regular meeting. Total membership now is over 100. The MitChell Advocate reports that one of the main projects to be undertaken by Fullerton Township council as stated by Reeve Lloyd Morrison would be the Kraemer bridge construction during this council's term of office. - - - 'The Kirkton-Woodham areacommunity committee were informed, Tuesday by Robert area, M.P. for Huron, that apfroval of a federal grant of $23,517 for the construction' of a community centre building. This will replace the present fair building at the community_ grounds.- - - Earl Oppenhauser, Monktori,i7as elected chairman of the Perth County Board of Education. - - - While helping to dis- mantle the interior of the Collison House, Gary Clarke found an old one cent-piece near the staircase. Dark with age, one could, nevertheless, see the date - 1881 - so its vintage is 82 years. Mr. and Mrs. Mansell Mason cif Grand Bend, according to the Zurich Citizens News, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary recently. • The Blyth Standard relates that it will be full speed ahead for Blyth Little Theatre for the production of at least one play this year. Meeting Monday night; the group agreed to ,go ahead with production of their'first play. The group also decided to continue to plish for completion of necessary repairs to Blyth Memorial hall which would once again put the 500-seat theatre into operation. - - - Mr. and Mrs. Alfred MaChan, Blyth,' marked their 61st ' wedding anni- versary recently, when nieces and nephews held a surprise party for the couple. It was held. at the home of their daughter and Son-in-law, Mr.,. and Mrs.BarryGibbons. - - - A memorial amplifying chime system has been installed in Londesbpgough United . Church, will be dedicated Sunday morning at the 10:30 a.m. service. The Li stgwel Banner reports that Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Treitz marked 'their diamond wedding anniversary, January 14th at a family dinner. Mr. Treitz is a native of Crediton,, moving with his pr moving with his parents to the Listowel district at the age' of 16. - - - An investigation by Listowel police is continuing after cut telephone wires leading to the AboutTown Cab Co. Were discovered on the week end. This is the third time in two months telephone wires leading to the cab company have been reported tampered with, said Chief William Sachs. • , Three other other properties in the area were affected by the cut wires. • The Wingham Advance-Times reports that for the past i • six month's the Town of Wingham has been giving a practical trial to the idea. of retaining a municipal supervisor to co- } ordinate the work of the various town departments. List week, in a special meeting called by council to consider . this and other personnel matters, the position was abolished„ with effect from' January 31. ' According to the Teeswater News a large crowd turned put Saturday night .to a benefit dance for. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Schiestel who lost their home by fire recently. ,Over $500 was realized. Other donations included $125 from the Roman Catholic Churdh; $125 from the Teeswater 'Creamery and $20. from neighbors . ,- - 7 Frank Field, Teeswater, was recently named "Lion of the Mobth" for District 9. He was • instrumental in forming the new club at Tiverton and District. The Teeswater Lions have sponsored two dew Lions Clubs, Ripley and Tiverton, in the space of one year which is a' real achievement in Lionism..- :- - One-hundred and forty- one skaters took part in the Teeswater. Figure Skating Club Skateathon and raised $1,137. . • After more than two years of hearings and delayS, according to the Exeter Times-Advocate , residents in the westerly end pf Stephen Township are close to getting a water system. A hearing held by the Ontario Municipal Board in Crediton Tuesday morning was optimistic of the system becoming a reality this simmer. The overall estimated cost 'of the project to supply water from Lake Huron pipeline to summer property owners' on the west side of No. 21 highway, north of Grand Bend and immediate owners on the east side is $252,000. - - - Councils of Bay, Stephen, Usborne and Exeter,. will be a consideration towards the purchase o the Exeter area fire board. 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