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CO-OPERATIVE
Three locations
SEAFORTH 345-2007
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THE BRUSSELS POST, SEPTEMBER 6, 1.978
Silo gas bses serious hazard
Silo gas could be a
problem in 1978; Drought
conditions have likely pro-
duced' a smaller corn plant
with a greater concentration
of nitrates in the leaves.
These nitrates produce silo
gases. Gas production starts
with the ensiling process and
continues for at least two
weeks.
Grants from the Young
Canada Works Program for
projects in Huron Middlesex
riding have been approved
by the Department of
Employment .and
Immigration according to
R.E. McKinley M.P.
The Huron Information
and Multi-SerVice Center 'of
Clinton has received a grant
for $28,392 to organize an
inforamtion directory of
community services and to
provide a debt Lounselling
service which will provide for
three jobs.
A grant to the Recreation
for Special Needs Groups Of
$19,110 will enable the
group's to start a program of
aquatics and fitness for
special needs, and other
children. The project will
provide three jobs.
The Huron Park
Neighbourhood Resource
Center has been funded with
a grant of $28,392 to provide
three jobs.
In Bayfield, the Ever
Guides
to register
Registration for
Brussels Girl Guides will •
take place at Brussels United
Church on Monday
September 11th between 4
and 5:30 p.m. Leaders will be
Betty Graber and Joan Miller
with. Bessie Blinkhorn as
their new District Deputy
Commissioner.
Now
Annual Interest
for three years
Guaranteed
Investment Certificates
VICTORIA and GREY
'must Cdrimuoint
D. "I. Lefebvre, manager
Listowel, Ont.
Over fertilization is another
factor that contributes to the
Production 'of these gases.
Special care should be taken
with corn fields that have
received a heavy coating of
manure as well as 100 lbs,
per acre or more (90, kgms
per hectare) a actual
nitrogen;
Silage gases usually have=
Young Senior Citizens Club
was awarded a grant of
$6,279 to renovate the
Bayfield Town Hall to
provide a year round facility
forthe use of the Senior Club'
and other organizations in
Bayfield. The project will
employ three people.
The Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority has
received a grant of $10,465
sickly sweet odour and a
colourless or yellowish brown
colour, Since' they are
heavier than, air, they will
form just above the silage
surface or spill down the
chute and injure humans or
livestock in contained areas
at the bottom. Sometimes
there is no evidence that gas
is present.
The gases cause problems
in a number of ways. Ladder
for the technical watershed
planning phase 2, whia will
expand on its Maple Syrup
Project and construct park
equipment and birdhouses.
It will provide funding for
five jobs.
In Grand Bend the Huron
Country Playhouse will
receive $6,279 for
dismantling and relocating of
an historic chapel to serve as
a museum and small gift
climbers have been rendered
unconscious while climbing
the silo with resulting injury
from falling down the chute.
Last year in EasterriOntario,
two brothers and their farm
employee were killed,
instantly, one after the other,
when they entered a silo that
had been partly filled two
days earlier. In other cases,
' there has been an initial
dizziness and then real mob-
shop. This project will
provide three jobs.
The final grant approved
was for the South Huron and
District Association for the
Mentally Retarded of
Dashwoocl who receives
$5,620 for the development
and expansion of services
offered in the area for the
mentally retarded,. The
project will employ three
people.
lems 6'to 8 hours later when
the individual has experi-
enced coughing, high
temperature, shortness of
breath arid paralysis.
Safety is only insured if
one stays away from the silo
for at least two weeks after
filling. Self contained breath-
ing units provide protection
but they are difficult to
obtain and cumbersome to
use in a silo, Other units
provide no protection.
Running the blower for 30
minutes MAY expel the gas
but this action may not
displace gas if the corn is
below the level of the open
door. Climbing and/or enter-
ing the silo is risky at the
best, If someone insists
on going in the silo, then he
should Operate with a partner
who is holding a lifeline tied
to his waist,
Work is presently being
done on a device to test for.
silo gas. In addition, one
company has developed a
self contained breathing unit
with tanks that remain on the
ground and are attached by a
hose to a mask that pan be
used in the silo. This equip-
merit sells for $800 to $1,000
and might be considered as a
cooperative purchase by a
group of farmers.
BERG
'Sales — Service!'
Installation
FREE ESTIMATES
o Barn Cleaners
° Bunk Feeders
o Stabling
Donald G. Ives
R.R.#2, Blyth
Phone: '
Brussels 887-9024
Works grants approved