The Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-03-21, Page 7!bourse will allow farmers
to inerease knowledge
Soil: C,oa ervatien Cearse •
A Soil Conservation Course will be held
at the OMAF office in Walkerton on
.March 22, from 9;00 a.m. to 4:00 pin.
The Six bout course will be an o porluni-
ty for farmers to increase their
knowledge of soil conservation and is
practical application to farmland, There
. : is. a; $1t) charge: for the day; lunch is not
provided.
The introduction to the course will in-
form participants of the need for post con-
servation and the methods that can be
used to protect soil and water reeources.
Further sections of the course will ex -
pod on this information with practical,
hands-on labe and demonstrations to
lustrate the possible sources of informa—
tion that can be utilized at the farm level
to develop, a , conservation farm plan.
Participants will . be able to analyze
their soil samples,. (winchthey should
being), for soil texture to determine the
amount of sand, silt and clay and thereby •
determine -the soil texture, comparisons
Will also, be made to determine the soil
structure- and water stability. Ultimately:
the soil erodibility factor Will be arrived...
at and thus -determine the first variable
in the soil loss equation. Instruction will
also be given in the equipment that is
available to measure slopes in the field
and participants will be aided to deter-
mine their field slopes; •
The Universal Soil Loss' Equation will
be used to deteranine 'the, Potential soil
loss that may he experienced on a:par-.
titular field. Erosion, control options will
be evaluated from an effectiveness and '
economics standpoint to aid participants
in determining the most acceptable op-.
tions for their operation. Conservation
tillage and cropping options will. be look-
ed at in ual detail. with actequipment to
allow participants to view the Modifica-
tions firsthand. Videos will also be Used
to demonstrate the field operations re-
quired to implement conservation prac-
tises such° as laying out strips for strip.'
Logtenbergs
A sincere thank you to Heather McC1in-
chey for her dedication to our Post Office
rn Dungannon. Her last day will. be
March 31. Good luck Heather. We will
miss you.
Dungannon's new Post Office will be .
located in Dawson's Store. There will be
a mail box outside the store.
Welcome to Larry and Ann Johnston
and four month old son, Samuel, from
Nile, who purchased the home of
Charlotte Pollock. The, Johnstons moved
into the 'village on Saturday. '
Linda McNee, Margaret and • Jinn Err-
ington attended the croklnole tournament •
at the Goderich Museum this week. Lin-
da McNee's sister Pat Thomson won first
prize, a beautiful crokinole board. W5
was fibbing the tournament which will be
aired on March 25.
Derk Logtenberg and daughter Melissa
have returned from a two week visit with -.
relatives in Holland. •
Helping Derk celebrate his birthday on
March 14 and grandson, Joshua's sixth on
the 21st were family members, daughter
Fran and Jim Farrell -and children
Christina, Carmen, Jamie and Glen\ of
Pine River; daughter Irene an Joe West
• and children Joshua, Katrina and Nathan
'of Stratford; son Simon and. Jan and
daughters, Jocelyn, Jessica and Jennifer;
son Jerry and wife Kay: Missing was
another son Ken whit 'attends Waterloo
University and is currently On a co. -op
program in Toronto.
Randy and torte Turner enjoyed com-
pany from Mississauga over the Marche,
break. Visiting were Cheryl Steip • and
daughter Candice.
Helping the Bridges family enjoy the
March break were Nancy McCauley and
daughters Rachel Keeling, Jessica Smith
and son Jordan Smith and Stephanie
Kellar, all from Mississauga.
Get well wishes. to Deloria Culbert who
is a patient in Wingham and District
Hospital.
Correction - Gwen Caesar and daughter
Janice returned from 'a two week holiday
REPORT
fARM
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cropping or contour strafp•c. It's
easy to do once you've seen howl
At the conclusion of the day, par-
ticipants will have an understanding of
the soil propertios that have an effect on
erodlbiUty, bow erosion occurs and how
it can be reduced by conservation prac-
ticea. Anyone who has taken a soil con-
servation comae in the past will find this
information very useful. If you have any
questions or wash to register, contact the
office..,
1980 Junior Agriculturalist
Through the Juni
Fromm
Pro-
gram. more than 180 young people from
urban centres will have the opportunity
to gain job experience and learn
agricultural skills: from selected hoot.
farmers.
Hest farmers Will be required to
com-
plete a training plan for their Junior
Agriculturalist, with the help of student
programrvisors. Orientation training
i n safety=kills, human relations and •
basic jbob skills will also be provided in
the. progrmn:-
Participating farmers are expected to.
supply room and board for the Junior
Agriculturalist and to complete biweekly
attendance reports. The host farmer is
• responsible for contributlng $17 per day
of the Junior Agriculturalist training
allowance.
Youth participating • as Junior
Agriculturalists are between 15 and 24
years of age and have not had farm ex: „.
perience. They will bring interest and en-
thusiasm to your Earns. Past. participants
have, found it to be rewarding for all
involved. .
Applications are•ayailable from the On-
tario Ministryof Agriculture and Food:
office.
get together
iUNGANNON
►by Karen. Bridges
in Barbados.
' Eleven tables 'enjoyed the weekly
euchre game at the Dungannon Senior
Citizens Centre on March 14. High lady
wags' Bernice Henry 78, low lady, Dorothy
Williams 43, high gentleman,Harold
Elliott 67, low gentleman John arris, 43.
Church News •
Rev Peebles delivered the service on
Sunday, march 18 on Two Kingdoms.
As of April l the time changes for Nile
and Trinity—Church arkas follows: Nile
at 9:45 and Trinity at 11:45. These times
remain in effect until the end of June. • .
Please call Karen Bridges 529-3219
anytime with your news or information
for. the Dungannon Doings., •
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