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Ghana farm capital
?$1 0, Soil and Crop hear
By Ross Haugh
Dr. Bruce Hueter, a specialist from the
University of Guelph told of his recent two
year stay in Ghana at Thursday's annual
banquet of the -'Huron- Soil and Crop -
Improvement Association at the new
Lucknow-Community Centre.
• He listed the comparisons of farming in
Canada and Ghana and described them as .
"almost unbelievable",
The largest farm is about five acres and
are obtained from the chief of the village
and are kept for a term at the discretion of
the head of government.
Dr. Hunter said the total capitalization
on a Ghana farm would be from $3 to $10
and all work was done by hand.
He added, "Their methods are very,
labour intensive and a cutlass to be used by
hand for cutting and thrashing grain was
the only implement used."
The average yearly family income in
Ghana was estimated at about $300.
Soils and crop specialist Pat Lynch gave
a summary of the field trials held during
the 1978 growing season along with the
amount of rainfall at 10 locations through-
Out Huron and Perth counties.
Forage Seeding
One of the most interesting reports was
on a forage seeding rate taken on by four
co-operator farmers. The comment was
that high seeding rates do not guarantee a
high number of plants per square foot.
'Ode farmer tried three different amounts
of alfalfa• seed per acre and saw very little t'•
difference in the plant count. A planting of
5.5 pounds per acre produced eight plants
per square foot while plantings of 9.8 and
11 'pounds brought out 10 plant-s each. 0,
The highest production came from one
co-operator reporting 19 plants per square
foot from a planting of 10 pounds'while half
the amount of seed produced '14 plants.
Huron Ag Rep. Don Pullen told the
gatherine each farmer should make a New
Year's resolutidn and try to stick to it.
In —this regard Pat Lynch suggested
farmers keep track of corn yields as a new
resolution.
He added-, "corn hybrid selections are, so
important. I know of one operation of 800
acres of corn where $25,000 was lost
because of corn selection.
A report on cereal trials showed two new
hybreeds. They are Sentinel oats and
• Summits barley with yields comparable to
existing brands.
In referring to soil testing on the farm of
Bev Hill, ' Lvnch said, "between the row vs
within the row has been carried on for
three years on the Hill farm. While there is
some year to year variablility, the soil test
level within the row is tii-dh higher than
between the row. This is just another
reason to soil test while the croft is
growing. This way you are not sampling
. residue fertilizer."
Driest
In the rainfall 'report the driest spot
turned our to bothe farm Of Ewart. CragO in
Blanshard township where it was only
14,55 inches during the growing season
from April to October inclusive. The 1977
amount was 33.4 inches.
While rainfall was down in most checks,
two did show an increase from' the previouS
year. They were F. Kreis in Fullarton from.
24.81 to 26.01 and R. 'Seimon in Logan
Township up, to 32.4 from 27.5 inches.
At Centralia College of 'Agricultural
Tephnology the rain gauge showed 20.74
inches of rain the past . summer as
compared to 23.54 inches .during .1977.
Chairman of the meeting was Hilton. Soil
and Crop , President Don Martin. The •
Vice-President is Hay Township repre-
sentative pop Rader who is expected to be.
named '1979 president at a . directors
Meeting to be held within the next couple
of weeks. Mike Miller,. Huron's Associate
Ag Rep, is secretary of the group.
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Jack's Jottings
ax breaks may not help other provinces
y Jack Riddell, M.P.P.
The Treasurer of Ontario,
Frank Miller, has conceded
that the effect of, Alberta's
action in Pravidiing. tax
breaks to oil companies may
not be in the best interests of
all the Provinces, but said
On federal goverriment was
mostly to blame. He main-
tained that Alberta's move is
the result of its fight with
Ottawa over the allowance of
royalties charged against
operating costs. The Federal
Government has refused to
permit companies to deduct
from federal taxes royalties
paid to Alberta, and that
province has responded by
allowing companies based in
Alberta to deduct royalty
payments on oil and gas
productions from the income
of which they pay provittcial
taxes. The Treasurer has
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incentive.
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Imperial Oil Ltd. of Toronto
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'hronto head office. Gulf Oil
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fog whether it will consoli-
date some of its.operations in
Calgary to take advantage of
the incentives.
When . Liberal Leader
Stuart Smith asked the
Treasurer to protect Ontario
against what he called
Alberta's somewhat un-
'Canadian attitude" in
enticing away Toronto based
dl companies, the Treasurer
said he should look to
_Ottawa. "I would • suggest
that the Federal Government
is trying, perhaps unsuccess-
fully, ,to interfere with the
resource ownership the
provinces currently have."
lie told the Legislature the
by-product of Alberta's
action is that it become
profitable for oil companies
to move (sometimes mostly
at paper) their operation
from Ontario. The Treasurer
indicated that he is sympa,
thetic to the oil companies,
and "if I was a president I'd
do .the same thing." How •
ever, estimates of revenue
lest in corporation taxes
because of the move range
from $25 million to $50
Government and
opposition members of the
Ontario Legislature's justice
=mitt= disagreed sharply
ai whether former Ombuds-
man Arthur Maloney-should
be allowed to cross-examine
witnesses during an investi-
gation into the controversial
phone call made by former
Solicitor-General George'
Kerr to a Crown prosecutor.
The committee has
adjourned until next week
without making a decision.
Mr. Maloney is representing
Mr. Kerr. the former Soliei•
•
tor-General, in the commit-
tee's inquiry in the propriety
d the call to an assistant
Crown Attorney about a
court case involving a
constituent.
The Attorney General, Roy
McMurtry, told tlie Commit-
tee that to grant Mr. Kerr the
right to counsel without
allowing the counsel to cross-
examine witnesses is unfair.
"This is a very serious
matter and to suggest that
this is tuft in the nature of a
trial is absolutely ludicrous",
he said. However, Liberal
Margaret Campbell and
NDP's Patrick Lawlor argued
that giving a lawyer the right
to cross-examination in
committee would in- effect
turn the oroceedines into a
trial. "When it comes to the
operation of a committee of
the Legislature, we should
not be trying to bring this
into a trial atmosphere ...To
suggest, in any way, we're
trying a member of the
Legislature is completely
fallstroirplc " ?vire Corny-Awn
the Liberal Justice Critic,
said she is concerned primar-
ily with whether justice is
applied equally to all people
and with whethiltheaffiliii--
siration of justice ' was
properly protected in the
—'Kerr case. Alf Stang (L. York'
Centre) said Mr. Maloney
should, have the right to
advise and assist his client,
-tut should not be permitted
to cross-examine witnesses
before the committee,
The Provincial Treasurer
has attempted "to, outline
our basic fiscal position and
to provide early notice to the
municipalities and school-
boards of our spending plans
for 1979-80." He indicated
that "In the year prior to
Ontario's initiation of fiscal
restraints in 1974-75, year
over year spending increases
were running at almost 15%.
In this current year they will
be only about 6.9%" Mr.
Miler asserted that recent
federal budgetary moves will
mean a reduction of some
5400 million in our revenue
next year. He stressed that
the Governmept is still
committed to a ,balanced
budget and determined to
reach that goal as soon as. it
is fiscally possible
"assuming an annual growth
rate in the range of nine per
cent in revenues Ontario wifl
be able to balance its budget
by 1984".
The Treasurer stated that
members of the municipal
liaison , committee have
recommended that immedi-
ate abandonment of the
"revenue-sharing formula
known as the Edmonton
Commitment and that
transfers of provincial funds
to municipalities in 1979.80
'be `commensurate with the
rate of growth of provincial
expenditures.' " He advised
the Legisalture that the
government is prepared' to
accept both these recommen-
dations. Spending by
ministrie's for existing pro-
grams will be limited to an
lnereasearf about 5% in the
year 1'975-80; increases in
transfers to local govern-
merits and schoolboards will
average 5% also.
Earlier in the week,
Tivasury officials indicate
that the• gover- at
intended to place tight limits
an grant increases, These
grants' are for uses ranging
from roads and public transit
to social assistance and,
health. Officials said the
be iniposed in'
exible" areas,.:such as
taasnortatio ttittPre and
=region an envitennten-
' tal protection.
Traditionally, the
municipalities have been
notified in September about
the size of their grantor,
which until last year were
equal to the province's
growth in revenue.
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