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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-12-02, Page 30In McGillivray Town- ship for experienced and conscientious decisions Vote Benjamin Thompson For Reeve on Dec. 6th Your support and in- fluence will be ap- preciated. A large number of Huron County farmers attended .7 the annual meeting Thursday night of the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association and heard about crop methods in European Countries. The guest speaker was Terry Daynard of the Crop Science Department of the University of Guelph. During the summer of 1975, Daynard visited the agricultural areas of France, Italy, Yugoslavia and Hungary. The farms he visited ranged from a low of 10 acres in Yugoslavia to 80,000 acre com- mune farms in Hungary. At the present time, Terry Daynard is doing research at Guelph to develop a system for handling corn stalks. In Yugoslavia he discovered small pockets of corn scattered along the hill side where farmers picked their corn by hand and then went back to harvest the stalks. The management practice has been in use in Yugoslavia for 400 years. et;qrhe' 'Guelph researcher was amazed that Europeans harvest corn much wetter than Canadians do. He brought some seed back and grew it at Guelph. Last fall they were able to combine it quite successfully at 50 per cent moisture. Many of the Europe corn hybrids appear to thresh much easier than Ontario hybrids. In France fuel costs are about 50 per cent higher than Ontario and consequently they are also trying to make their corn dryers more efficient. Much of the corn in France is stored in cribs but they are never more than two feet wide. Daynard believes the Europeans have done a great deal more experimentation with tillage equipment than the Canadian or American farmer and research personnel in these countries have studied the effects of various tillage implements on the soil structure. In France farmers literally hate dead furrows and almost all TALKING ABOUT CROPS—The annual meeting of the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Associa- tion was held Thursday night at the Pineridge Chalet. From the left are past president Ian McAllis- ter, Hay township; past president Anson McKinley, Stanley township; Ross McBeath, Stanley and Gordon Jones, Stephen. T-A Photo Annual Soil and Crop banquet Discuss European methods IRAN Your Trojan Seed Corn Dealer has a hybrid for you. See him today. Exeter Produce & Storage Exeter 235-0141 Lloyd blathers RR 2, Ailsa Craig 228-6210 Ken & Jim Bearss RR 1, St. Marys 229-6222 TROJAN CUSTOM CORN PFIZER COMPANY LTD. LONDON, ONTARIO Plan To Blow It, Push It, Or Shovel It . . . You'll Want To Take Advantage Of Our Specials- \/ On Snow Blowers Shovels Scrapers and Sleigh Snow 'Shovel's HURRY . . . SPECIALS IN EFFECT ONE WEEK ONLY EXETER (coon DISTRICT 235-2081 owner in the remember to vehicle renewal province would January, we could virtually purchase their eliminate the lineups at issuing in December or offices in late February," ruwv. Lovcrotwer 4, i 9 agricultural land to develop. He said Brazil is now North America's chief competitor for world soya bean markets with the enormous amount of land now being opened up for agricultural food production. He also said Brazil has 300 million acres of highly productive agricultural land yet to be cleared and put into production. By comparison the U.S.A, has 320 million acres of agricultural land in total. Don went on to tell his audience that Brazil had reported iron ore reserves to supply all the iron ore re- quirements of the entire world for some time to come. There are very few who suggest the abandonment of prime agricultural land to un- planned development. But if the price is sufficiently attractive, as was the case with beef, milk, eggs, pork, wheat, corn, white beans, and soya beans in recent years there will be abundant production. The World Food Crisis 471, You'll Find A Great Selection of Farm Machinery Toys Here! CATTLE SPRAYING SERVICES For Warble and Louse Control on Your Beef or Dairy Herd Fair always provides the oppor- The Royal Agricultural Winter tunity to learn more about Cana- Call Us Today dian and International Agriculture. This year's Royal was no exception. We hear, see and read much in the news media concerning SPRATEK Rhodesia these days. Last year the World's Championship entry Enterprises, Mitchell of ear corn came from Rhodesia, This year the World's Cham- ONTARIO MUSTARD GROWERS LTD. are now contracting YELLOW MUSTARD For further information please contact your local representative. 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He's a seedsman and can tell you everything about Thor alfalfa ,and Perth barley and Harcor soybeans and PF 70 forage sorghum. Be right the first time and everytime by asking about Pride seed corn and the King Brand range of seeds. King Grain Limited P.O. Box 1088 Chatham, Ontario, Canada N7M 5L6 HAROLD KERSLAKE ROSS BALLANTYNE RR 3, Exeter, Ontario 229-6403 RR 1, Kirkton, Ontario 229-6503 TED OUD DOUG LIGHTFOOT RR 3, Kippen, Ontario RR 1, Crediton, Ontario 262-5900 234.6287 DONALD G. MAGUIRE RR 1,,Lucart, Ontario 227-4896 2274723 JIM ROWE 74 Richmond Street, Hensall, Ontario 262.2937 235.2840 pionship entry of ear corn was won for the sixth time by Mr. and Mrs. John Harbison, of Indiana, U.S.A. However Rhodesian corn growers brought a display of corn from their country that was well worth seeing. As many readers may already know Rhodesian corn is ivory white in colour. The cobs were somewhat longer and larger than North American varieties which are, of course, usually yellow in colour. The Rhodesian kernels are also deeper and larger. Because the growing season for corn averages about 30 to 40 days longer in Rhodesia than in the U.S.A. or Canadian corn growing areas, their corn just has that many more heat units to aid in properly filling the kernels and maturing. Those who were with the ex- hibit from Rhodesia were most articulate and pleasant in ex- plaining their corn production technology and industry. I had the good fortune to see their exhibit in the company of Prof. Jack Tanner, head of the Crop Science Department of the O.A.C., who spent several years in Africa assisting in crop production development. Prof. Tanner is an outstanding crop scientist and research specialist. His comments were so in- teresting and revealing that I thought others might be in- terested. He said that Rhodesia and Zambia are larger in area than France and all of Germany com- bined. The combined population is about 4 million people. Only 4% of that enormous area is be- ing used to efficiently produce food. In his opinion because of the excellent climate and the high quality of the soil those two countries alone could produce more than enough food for all of Africa. Yields of 150 to 200 bus. per acre (or the equivalent in hectares) Of corn are not yncom- mom Yet native farmer yields in many cases are the equivalent of 15 to 20 bus. per acre. One wonders why? Compare the overall food productivity of France and Germany with their enormous food surpluses and millions of people with that of Zambia and Rhodesia! I recall that during the terrible famine in Ethiopia reported so dramatically by the news media, learning to my surprise that several thousand metric tonnes of white pea beans had been ex- ported from Ethiopia to Australia that very year. At the same time the Ontario Govern- ment had purchased over $800,- 000 worth of split beans from the Ontario Bean Producers' Marketing Board which were turned over to the Red Cross for distribution to provide food for African and Middle East people suffering from hunger. Again this year in 1976, the Ontario Government has again purchas- ed a substantial quantity of white beans, one of nature's most perfect food products, for delivery to hungry people through the Canadian Red Cross. The paranoic attitude of some news media supporters of the N.D.P. as they try to generate undue alarm and concern among urban consumers about Ontario, and indeed Canada, supposedly running out of land to grow food, should give equal time to trying to find markets at remunerative prices to the producer for the enormous grain, beef, milk, etc., surpluses already built up on the North American continent, to say nothing of the millions of metric tonnes of skim milk powder and butter accumulating within the European Economic Community. Anyone who had the good for- tune to hear Don Waters, of Parkhill, tell of his trip through Brazil during our winter of early 1976, at the Annual Meeting of the Middlesex Soil and Crop Im- provement Association, Nov. 25, would gain the impression that Brazil has much prime Conference organized by the London Chamber of Commerce last winter heard many knowledgeable world renowned speakers refer to world food shortages and requirements. But few, if any, felt Canada or the U.S.A. should try to meet those requirements. There seemed to be general agreement that North America could and should, wherever possible, provide the technical know-how to help native people in the developing countries help themselves to produce food. Many of them have the natural resources to vastly increase food production as India and Pakistan have now demonstrated. From what I've had the good fortune to learn this past week or two it would seem others should do the same. After all Canada, according to the Federal Minister of Agriculture speaking at the recent Royal Winter Fair, gives more in food aid per capita than any other country in the world. No increase for licences James Snow, Minister of Transportation and Communi- cations announced today that there will be no increase in passenger car registration fees for the coming year. Licence renewal stickers go on sale at 299 licence issuing offices throughout the province on December 1, 1976 and should be attached to the multi- year licence plate by February 28, 1977. The red sticker must be plac- ed on the rear licence plate over the blue 1976 validation. The annual fees for automo- biles will remain at $40 for eight cylinders; $32 for six cylinders and $23 for four cylin- ders or less. Trailer licence fees will remain at $5. At the same time, the $10 historic vehicle renewal; the $15 motorcycle licence plates and $5 moped plates will go on sale, Uninsured motorists will be required to pay an extra $100 into the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund this year. Proof of insurance forms, required as part of the renewal procedure, will be available at all MTC offices, licence renewal offices and liquor store outlets throughout Ontario. In making the announcement, Mr. Snow said, "If each car of the plows were reversible moldboard on reversible disc plows. Slides were shown to the Huron farmers of the various chisel plows, reciprocating harrows, rotators and deep tillage instruments in action. Corn planters used in many of the European countries also had interesting features which Daynard would like to see adapted to work on Canadian corn planters if they can-be made to work under North American planting conditions. Many of the European concepts are presently incorporated into the research program at Guelph as growing conditions in the corn areas of Europe and Canada are similar. GONE THE HIGH 0 PRICE of REPLACEMENT]. Reupholster your old furniture, // to Better then New We can expertly recondition and reupholster your furniture in the latest fabrics and patterns to give you years of service. Before You Replace, Call Us Canadian Furniture Restorers Hwy. 83 across from Acme Signs EXETEg 235.0131 or 262.2648 OWNE AND OPERATED BY EUROPEAN TRA CRAFTSM WITH 2 D 4 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN FURNITURE INED RESTORING AN N. ON,N1.4.N.N.N.NA.N.N.NN.N. 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