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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-09-30, Page 15Gabian Stone Calcium Chloride in 100 pound bags Sand & Stone Gravel Stone for Weepino Beds L ' EARL LIPPERT TRUCKING LTD: Ctediton 234-6382 TOP ENTRIES — The winners from the left: calf; Fred Hen, second competition in the Exeter 4-H beef calf club was keen at Exeter's fair, Saturday. The Dwight Kinsman, top showman; Elaine Pym, reserve champion calf; Brian Pym, top place showman. Staff pi-oh) STOCK YOUR ANTI-FREEZE NOW Guaranteed for 30,000 miles or two years. Ethylene glycol base. Maximum winter protec, lion. Will not evaporate or boil away. Stops corrosion and rust. — especially effective in the new aluminum engines. Will not foam. Mixes with all other types of permanent anti-freeze. Imperial Gallons. BRUCEFIELD 482-9823 HENSALL 262-3002 ZURICH 236-4393 ATTENTION FARMERS RIGHT NO Is The Best Time To Buy A 50-70 HP z UTILITY TRACTOR SAVE ON OIL Hydraulic Oil LowAsAs $ 7" Per 5 Gallon Pail * Engine Oil EXETER FORD Equipment Sales Tractors EquIpmeM r Ltd. Thames Road East Phone 235-2200 PUBLIC FORUM ON FARM INCOME STABILIZATION MON., OCT. 4, at 8:30 pm The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food will hold meetings across the province on Monday, October ,re,pelye _vjews stabiltzatioli, Interested individuals are invited to participate in any one of the following meetings: RIDGETOWN Ridgetown College, of Agricultural Technology, Livestock Pavilion STRATFORD Market Annex Fairgrounds ANCASTER Merritt Hall Fairgrounds FLESHERTON Grey Highlands Secondary School, Auditorium MARKHAM Markham Arena Hall Highways 48 and 7 CAMPBELLFORD District High School Ranney Street CARLETON PLACE Zion Memorial United Church Hall, 37 Franklin Street KEMPTVILLE Kemptville College of Agricultural Technology, Engineering Building `NEW LISKEARD New Liskeard College of Agricultural Technology, Auditorium THUNDER BAY Airlane Motor Hotel Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Hon. William G. Newman Minister R. G. Bennett Deputy Minister Ontario Complete Clearance DISCONTINUED LINE OF Cotton Work Clothes PANTS & SHIRTS Clearing At 1 % Off Exeter District Telephone 235-2081 Darling's Food Markets purchased the grand champion calf shown by Wayne Shapton (in the left picture) of the Exeter feeder calf club show for 70 cents a pound at Saturday's fall fair. Boyfield Meats purchased the reserve champion exhibited by Janet Shaptort (right photo) for 62 1/2 cents a pound. A COMPLETE LIST OF BUYERS IS AS FOLLOWS: Darling's Food Markets Bayfield Meats ....... . . J. M. Schneider Bev Morgan & Sons ..4 64 ..... . 0* 0 i4 6 • .. 4166.. 2 Exeter District Co-Op ,.,...., 1 The committee in charge wishes to thank all the buyers and prize donors for their cooperation and support of the boys and girls in the Feeder Club. Thanks also to Henson Sales Barn, Centralia Farmers' Supply and Larry Gardiner, auctioneer, ... 3 64464 .. 66 .. 1 .6 Dalton finkbeirter ......... . . ....... „ 1 A841-1 food Market 1 Garnet Hicks ... 1 Canada Packers Shur Gain Division s.... 1 Huron Tractor has an excellent selection of John Deere utility tractors that all offer excellent value. Choose from a variety of tractors that have a wide range of options to make your lob easier. INTEREST FREE TO MARCH 1, 1971 WE'RE SHORT IN OUR USED INVENTORY. DEAL NOW AND GET TOP PRICE FOR YOUR TRADE-IN. THESE UTILITY TRACTORS ARE ON OUR LOT NOW AND ARE READY FOR ALMOST ANY JOB. TRACTOR Lit . BLYTH T 519.623,4244 HURON EXETER 519-235-1115 Farming is the third .highest risk occupation of any vocation covered by the Ontario Work- men's Compensation Board. There are those who say that today's modern farm equipment is the cause of all the accidents which unfortunately continue year after year. Butt remember all too well the accidents with horse-drawn equipment. With runaway horses, with kicking horses — there were accidents in those days too! Modern farm machinery is here to stay and will likely get bigger and more complex to operate. Modern farm equipment has taken much of the drudgery out of farming, Yes modern machinery is useful and essential if farmers are to continue to produce food in abundance for an ever-increasing population. But it is imperative that farm machinery be operated safely, whether in the field, the yard or on the road. The preservation of life and limbs are far more important than the few extra minutes that it takes to do a job safely. Stewarts win oat tender Stewart Seeds Limited of Ailsa Craig announced this week that its tender to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture & Food for the new oat cultivar OA 183-3 (Oxford) has been successful. This new oat variety was developed by Dr. Ernie Rein- bergs of the Crop Science Dept., University of Guelph, and shows exceptionally high yielding ability and excellent straw strength — two factors that Ontario farmers need in an oat variety. Seed stocks have been obtained from the Crop Science Dept. of the University of Guelph, and at this time, they are on their way to New Zealand for multiplication. The seed will be returned from New Zealand in April and after an additional multiplication by Canadian seed growers in the spring of 1977, a large quantity of seed will be available for farm :'ruse in 1978." , This is another example of how quickly Stewart Seeds have moved new technology from the research bench to the farmer. Last year, the barley variety, Laurier, also exclusive with Stewart Seeds, was multiplied in New Zealand and the seed returned in time for planting in 1976. "Stewart Seeds Limited is pleased to make this an- nouncementand toIndicate that it has a major concern in getting improved varieties to the market place as quickly as possible — a feat Stewart Seeds has ac- complished many times in the past," stated Byron Beeler. Wheat payment is coming soon The final payment on 1975 crop Ontario wheat will be made to producers by the end of Sep- tember' according to a release issued by the Ontario Wheat Producers' Marketing Board. Mr. Irving Kleiman, RR 1 Simcoe, chairman of the marketing board, said the final payment on last year's crop will be seventy-eight and a half cents per bushel (781/2 c). He emphasized that the payment applies only to wheat sold by producers from July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1976. The announcement was made following completion of the board's audit for the 1975 crop year and which was presented to a meeting of .the board on Mon- day, September 20th. Take snack break Corn harvesting time is too often the time of serious farm accidents. Perhaps more ac- cidents occur in corn harvesting because equipment operators get in too much of a hurry to get the crop off before winter. But there is really no job so important that it precludes the safe operation of farm equipment, Corn pickers seem to be the worst culprits. The snapping rolls can jerk a hand or an arm into the machine so quickly that the operator hasn't a chance. It's always easy to say after the accident, "I wish I had stopped the machine before trying to unplug it," But the loss of a hand or an arm seems too high a price to pay for not using that little extra caution in stopping the machine before going near the moving parts. Forage harvestors have taken their toll of farmers. Some terribly gruesome accidents have occurred in the field with the chopper, as well as at the silo blower or ensilage cutter. Sometimes farmers take un- necessary risks believing that they're saving time, or perhaps showing how supposedly clever they are in taking unnecessary risks. Silo gases have taken several lives. When ensiling corn don't go into the silo the next morning unless the blower has been running at full speed for a recommended 15 minutes. The deadly gas, which forms from new silage after the blower has been shut down for a few hours, is odorless and invisible. Quality corn silage makes excellent livestock feed, but caution • must be taken when storing, particularly in tower silos. Tragedies have occurred when someone went into a par- tially filled silo after the blower had been shut down for a few hotirs without making certain the extremely poisonous, yet odourless, gas was not blown out of the silo by opening a chute door and then running the blower to force fresh air in and the gas filled air out. The tractor power take-off shaft has claimed far too many victims, some fatally, others maimed for life. There is no excuse for any farmer operating a tractor power take-off without appropriate and proper safety shields. One accident involving an uncovered power shaft can ruin the hopes, dreams and livelihood of the person un- fortunate enough to get caught. The bit of time saved by not fastening the power shaft safety shields just isn't worth it. Some farmers are wisely .taking a snack break in the forenoon and the afternoon, Fatigue can be the cause of ac- cidents, but a cup of tea or coffee and a snack seems to give one the needed lift to carry on refreshed, The Ontario Farm Safety Council, which now is associated with the Ontario Workmen's Compensation Board, has done an excellent job in trying to make farm people more safety con- scious, Since all hired farm labour must be covered by Work- men's Compensation, which is also available to the farmer owner or tenant, one might be inclined to not feel the need for the same degree of common sense safety. But compensation for the rest of a person's life is a poor alternative to avoiding accidents in the first place.