The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-03-20, Page 6012a - The Farm Mace, Week of March 20, 1985
MEL RITCHIE
"GROWER AND mocESSOR
OF PEDIGREED SEEDS"
Barley - Leger 6 Row - Herta 2 Row
Oats - Donald, Elgin, Reg. , Cert.
Mixes of Your Choice and Percentage
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of Lucknow
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100 ACRES, 75 workable, 4 acre lake, Kinloss Township, $59,500.
200 ACRES, farrow to finish, mostly systematically drained, 2 silos, 4 -bedroom home,
paved road, Ripley area, $230,000.
GRAVES. PIT, 100 acres, 35 workable, Iudmow area.
100 ACRE, 65 workable, sow ban, beef ban with trench silo, 3 bedroom house,
Kinloss Township, $70,000.00.
131 ACRES, beef farm, 2 sibs, loose housing, 3 bedroom home, combination furnace,
near Lucknow.
36 SEAT TRUCK/STOP, newly renovated, good volume, will trade for duplex or apart-
ment.
We have good retirement homes in Incimow and Kincardine as well.
For information on these listings and others call:
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Hearing protection for farmers
A simple, five minute test makes Ontario
fanners aware of the importance of wearing
hearing protection. q
The Farm Safety Association has been
conducting the tests because of a generally
higher incidence of hearing loss found
among farmers, says Larry Swinn, the assoc-
iation's public relations co-ordinator.
"We're urging fanners to wear a000ustical
earmuffs,, availabe from safety supply stores
for about $40, to conserve their hearing."
The association is . also developing a
questionnaire to assess more accurately the
extent of hearing loss among fanners.
"We're questioning about one-third of the
tested fanners for information on the history
of hearing loss in their family, on the type of
farm they work and the type of equipment
they use."
Swinn says the early results. show hearing
loss is less evident among specialized fanners
than those in general farming. '
"General fanning requires larger, faster
equipment and a longer exposure to loud
noise which seems to increase the incidence
of hearing loss."
An interesting preliminary result shows
that of the nearly 1,000 farmers tested so far,
the majority have the greatest hearing loss in
the left ear. .
"My personal theory Is that fanners
usually tum one way to watch their trailing
equipment behind the tractor. And when
they're driving acar or truck with the window
down, they experience a lot of noise in the left
�Swinn says many tractor companies are
engineering their equipment to reduce noise
levels and are redesigning tractor cabins to
protect fanners' hearing.
But despite these changes, Swinn says
farmers should still be wearing hearing
protection.
"There's a reluctance among fanners to
wear protection because they fear they won't
be able to hear their equipment running. But
this is unfounded because aeooustical ear-
muffs only art out the dangerous noise
levels."
Swinn says the association plans to conduct
tests at several agricultural functionsthis
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Reap benefits of ag research
Investment in research has helped keep
Canada's agriculture in the forefront of
technological development. In particular our
plant breeders are recognized world wide for
their contribution towards improvement of
crop yields, disease resistance and .quality.
The canola • story provides a classic
example. By the time that erucic acid started
making the headlines as a potentialhazardin
rape seed oil, Agriculture Cauda plant
breeders had a 'low erucic' variety available
for fanners. Next, minimization of glucosin-
olates meant that meal is more suitable for
livestock rations.
The new 'double zea' rape seed varieties
were called canola to designate the unique
properties of their oil and meal. Credit gows
to the agricultural scientists at Saskatoon and
Winnipeg who so rapidly provided Prairie
growers with world leading canola varieties.
Wheat, Canada's number one crop, has
also, benefitted greatly from the painstaking
ater
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work of plant breeders. Varieties are
!available to match different growing condi
tions and market requirements, andto ensure
resistance against potentially devastating
diseases.
The soybean cop has moved out of its
traditional three county comer of extreme
southwestern Ontario to cover all of the
province's south.interest in the crap is strong
iri marry other parts of the country. All of this
has taken place in less than a decade, and is
strictly the result of both public and private
plant breeders developing high yielding,
early varieties.
In most of our . major cop species,
improved varieties are coming onto the scene
at a more rapid pace than ever. Growers must
look to the new entries for greater product-
ivity and improved pmfit potential.
Of course, the top new varieties are only
available as Certified seed. The advantages
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Open Ditch
Weeper Beds
Septic Tanks
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