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The Huron Expositor, 1995-03-15, Page 68rJ '•>{¢, 4" Commercial - Residential - Agricu tural SPRAY -ON URETHANE FOAM & BLOWN FIBERGLAS 512-� 33-7272, Page 10A -Farm Progress '86' rte....[. CHNITRAL HUR6N NSNirro Chris Middleton BNR l EQUIPMENT 1 • RENTALS • SALES • SERVICE CONTRACTORS EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES WALKERTON 2 Industrial Park P.O. Box 816 Walkerton, Ont NOG 2V0 (519) 881-2921 Fax: (519) 881-2954 WALKERTON 881-2921 MT. FOREST & SURROUNDING AREAS CALL TOLL FREE (519) 323-3723 KINCARDINE & SURROUNDING AREAS CALL TOLL FREE (519) 396-9000 Service is Our Business—Anytime —Anywhere Is Quackgrass Eating Your Fertilizer, too? Larry Bartram 519-425-0671 Another way quack grass takes money out of your pocket is by taking up the fertil- izer you just put in the ground for your crop: FERTILIZER ABSORPTION BY QUACKGRASS 55' 45' 68' Nitrogen Phosphorous Potassium It only takes 4 or 5 quackgrass shoots per square foot to reduce corn yields by 10%** or more. So even in fields where you only have a little bit of quackgrass, you stand to lose a lot of yield. That's why it makes sense to treat all your quackgrass - not just heavy or moderate infestations. Before it cuts into your yield. Before it cuts into your investment in fertilizer and other cash inputs. Before it becomes a bigger - and more costly problem. Don't turn your back on quack. Reach for the Roundup® herbicide. NOW ONLY Iu.agine the possibilities ALWAYS READ AND FOLLOW LABEL DIRECTIONS FOR ROUNDUP® HERBICIDE. *Suggested retail price based on 10 litre agricultural container. Retail price may vary. "Yield loss exam- ples based on Monsanto yield Toss data. Your yield recoveries using Roundup® may vary depending upon factors such as soil, weather conditions, degree of infes- tation, etc. Roundup® is a registered trademark of Monsanto Company. Monsanto Canada Inc. licensee. © Monsanto Company 1995. Roundup® is manufactured in Canada. RDP-034-E2-95 ic 11) 114 • 1$ 1:%Alli 11-+ 4i Lib.: , w.. mA.-'1.. (,P1, w.. 11..v.vhvi✓�% ei • ei eau•i4 •o -,,i iPi,4 i i •i •i a4:04.a6!I..6 e i . -,6414 / i�i,ii, Foodgrains bank is expanding by Gregor Campbell "It is an idea whose time has come." That's how Robert King of Rod- ney, a volunteer for the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, describes current expansion efforts of the charity in Elgin, Kent and Essex counties. There are 36 Foodgrains Bank community growing projects in Ontario, the largest centered around Seaforth in Huron County. The food produced is directed to the starving overseas in places such as Rwanda, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya and Angola. On an unseasonably" warm late - October day last fall, after farmers had attended most of their own crops, about 50 volunteers showed up at the 110 -acre site just outside of Seaforth, and in less than four hours harvested 3,707.80 bushels of soybeans for the Foodgrains bank then planted this season's crop of winter wheat. Sixteen combines were on the fields that day, followed by eight no -till drills. The total value of all of 1994's donations from the Seaforth project was $21,163, against expenses paid of $6,152.34. Inputs donated by farm suppliers exceeded $5,000. The value of farm services donated to the project was more than $8,000. A dozen churches in Ontario are involved with the Canadian Foodgrains Bank, and whatever the various projects across the province and country produce ends up mul- tiplied by four. The Canadian Inter- national Development Agency matches each Foodgrains Bank dollar, four to one. "This project grows out of our identity as an agricultural com- munity. That is who we are," says Rev. Cheryl -Ann Stadelbauer-Sam- pa of the Egmondville United Church. "Much of what happens within the larger community of the Seaforth area is agriculturally based. "This is the way for us to be our truest selves in response to the world. Ana that's what all of us have to do if we hope to change the world. "We have to find how our lives are connected with the people throughout the globe. This project lets us do that in a very concrete way." The driving force behind last year's Seaforth harvest was project chair Steve Carruthers, who described October's far heavier than expected harvest turnout as "a pic- ture of a community in action". "It demonstrates it is well worth the time to take some time and work on a group project and shows that a lot can be accomplished when we work together." He adds actually producing corn, •see Foodgrains, page 13A HURONIA 282 Suncoast Drive - Box 245, Goderich Phone 524-5363 or 1-800-363-5363 FIRE 8z SAFETY Sales 8z Service • Carbon Monoxide Alert • Fire -Smoke --Heat Alarms • Fire Hoses • Blankets • Safety Cans • Signs • Carbon Dioxide Extinguishers • Dry Chemical A.B.C. & D.C. Call for your annual farm inspection Air -511i. Customer Owned CYL 8209 GAS Lvi PACKAGE DEAL VICTOR TORCHES CONTRACT & 2 GAS CYLINDERS ONLY... 5450