Times-Advocate, 1983-06-29, Page 14Page 14
Times -Advocate, June 29, 1983
BoUevsrs in pollen power
keep area apiarist busy
If all the extraordinary
powers attributed to pollen
were true, this world would
now be one gigantic bee hive,
with super bees in control. Or
perhaps the claims are true,
but the bees are too busy run-
ning their own lives to be
bothered running everyone
else's too.
In any case, enough
believers exist to create a
steady demand for the pollen
apiarist Bill Ferguson collects
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each day from the pollen
traps at the bottom of each
hive in his bee yard on
Highway 84 between Hensall
and Zurich
The bees collect the
powdery pollen while working
in the flowers. They mix it
with some of the nectar they
are collecting, scrape it off
their bodies and onto their
back legs to be carried back
to the hive and fed to the lar-
vae who double in size each
day until the pupa stage.
The bees are robbed of their
load of sweet, mealy granules
by a screen they must pass
through when entering the
hive. Ferguson collects up to
four pounds of pollen grains
on a good day, and sells it for
$9 per pound wholesale.
Demand has risen
dramatically since a man ap-
peared on area TV and radio
stations this spring touting the
miraculous results of daily
pollen intake. Users endorse
its beneficial effects for colds,
hay fever, allergies, prostate
troubles, arthritis,
rheumatism, acne and
impotence.
Many athletes swear that
taking pollen has improved
their performance, and a
group of body building en-
thusiasts from London are
among Ferguson's regular
customers.
Apparently the body
builders are excellent per-
sonal advertisements for the
power of pollen. After a re-
cent purchase, a young
female employee who waited
on two of the men described
them as "gorgeous hunks."
Chemical analysis has
shown that pollen is 26 per-
cent protein, and contains
vitamins A, C, D, E, many of
the B vitamins, as well as a
host of minerals including
calcium, phospherous,
nitrogen, sulphur,
magnesium, potassium, cop-
per and sodium.
When asked if he uses his
product himself, Ferguson
just smiled enigmatically.
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POLLEN BY THE POUND — Apiarist Bill Ferguson
displays four one -pound bags of pollen, a good day's
collection.
Ontario
Ministry of
Agriculture
and Food
Myron farm
and
home news
In order to stay within
budgetary restraints, our of-
fice of the Ontario Ministry of
. Agriculture and Food has
been asked to reduce costs
substantially.
We made suggestions that
would help reduce our overall
budget. One suggestion was to
cut out the Zenith Toll Free
call-in line. This cost in fiscal
1982-83 was approximately
$13,000.00.
Our concern is, does this
service get abused? Do we get
too much visiting and not
enough actual business con-
ducted during the call''
Another concern is, are you
ready for a phone call? By
this I simply mean if you are
making a call, do you have
your thoughts together and a
pad of paper and pencil han-
dy to take down the
information?
I think Bell Telephone
makes more money on
wasted time that it takes for
"Wait till 1 get a paper and
pencil" time, than they do on
productive conversation time.
This waiting time is also
wasted for the party at the
other end.
Think about it. We can all
likely improve our telephone
habits.
- Stan Paquette
Farm Management
Specialist
Iluron Crops
Some winter wheat fields
have been affected by Spindle
Streak Mosaic. a soil born
virus. Spindle Streaks to
severe yellowing of the leaves
can occur. This will reduce
yield as a result of shrunken
kernels having lower bushel
weight.
A good rotation program,
growing wheat only one year
in four or five years is recom-
mended to avoid Spindle
Streak Mosaic. It also ap-
pears more prevalent in
earlier seeded crops. Spring
barley is showing severe
yellowing in many fields. This
is likely due to the cold wet
backward season which
resulted in soil compaction by
rains and in some cases by•
farmers working the soil too
wet.
The result is poor soil aera-
tion and possible root rotting
resulting in yellowing and
poor growth and patchiness.
Adequate nitrogen and a good
rain would help barley
recover.
Corn crop?; are growing
well. but need rain both to
stimulate growth and fer-
tilizer uptake, but also to help
activate preemergent and
post -emergent applied her-
bicides. There could be some
signs of phosphorus deficien-
cy appear. This is evident by
purplish leaf borders. With
rain and good growing condi-
tions and proper fertilization,
corn will outgrow this condi-
tion in a few days.
-Stan Paquette
Farm Management
Specialist
"Rural Youth Connection"
Thursday, July 28, will see
the rise of the "Rural Youth
Connection" in Stratford at
the Coliseum. Rural Youth
between the ages of 12 and 29,
as of January 1,1983, from the
counties of Bruce, Elgin,
Essex, Huron, Kent, Lamb -
ton, Middlesex, Oxford' and
Perth. are invited to take part
in an action -packed day full of
fun and challenges.
The day will start with a
Judging Competition of eight
classes of livestock and farm
produce plus two exercises in
general agricult,rral
knowledge. Following the
Judging Competition, an
Educational Demonstration
Competition and a Rural
Reach for the Top Competi-
tion will take place.
The day will conclude with
a banquet and awards pro-
gram. The feature speaker at
the banquet will be Ms.
CONESTOGA GRAD
Jean Towers of Hensall
graduated June 17, 1983
from Conestoga College
of Applied Arts and
Technology in Kitchener.
She Is the mother of Deb-
bie Timmermans, Kippen;
Sandra, Hensall and Brian
of Saskatoon, Saskat-
chewan.
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Power Trowelling
House foundations
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- Barns • Driving Sheds
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- Gable Vents
- Steel Siding • sales
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It is called the feathers in-
dustry and includes the Cana-
dian egg, chicken and turkey
marketing agencies.
The industry has been
fraught with problems for
decades. When the national
agencies were formed,
farmers heralded the plans
with cautious optimisim.
They hoped fdr the best but it
seems they forgot to prepare
for the worst.
The Canadian Egg
Marketing Agency was in
deep trouble from the start.,
Millions of dozens of eggs rot-
ted in storage while the egg
agency got its act together.
Now, there is a big fooferaw
about market -sharing quotas
between the provinces and
some producers who are
bootlegging across provincial
boundaries in direct con-
tradiction of the marketing
board's rules.
The turkey agency is in
trouble because it can't -- or
producers won't -- grow birds
to the proper weights . to
please retailers. Therefore,
'import permits are allowed
so the supermarkets can pro-
vide the market with the right
product.
These agencies are in deep
trouble with the one man who
has done more to support
them than any other single
politician in Canada,
Agminister Eugene Whe!an.
He has been the chief propo-
nent of marketing boards for
all of his years in the House of
Commons. But his patience is
wearing thin these days. He is
putting extreme pressure on
marketing boards to come up
with a plan to divide provin-
cial market shares equitably.
He has openly threatened to
terminate the powers of these
agencies if they cannot come
up with a solution.
This from Eugene Whelan,
the farmers' friend, the man
who has shouted across
Canada that farmers need
marketing boards if they
want to stay in business?
What is even more
frustrating is that a couple of
these national agencies are
Amber Gibbons, Rural
Organizations Co-ordinator,
Guelph.
The day is sponsored by
Pioneer Hi -Bred Limited and
the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food. •
For more information and
to pre -register, contact the
Rural Organizations
Specialist at the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food Office, Clinton, 482-3428
or for long distance ask for
Zenith 7-3040, by July 5.
- John Bancroft
Rural Organizations
& Services Specialist
(Agriculture)
patently ignoring some of the
regulations imposed on them
when they were formed. All
three national agencies in the
feathers industry have con-
sultative committees. These
committees are supposed to
meet on a regular basis and
advise the agencies ,on
everything except production
basis and prices.
In the case of the Canadian
Chicken Marketing Agency
(CCMA1, the consultative
committee has never met, not
even once. The other commit-
tees have, for the most part,
rarely been consulted by the
agencies.
This blatant disregard for
the checks and balances set
up under the National Farm
Products Marketing Agency
Act is unconscionable. A re-
cent report prepared by S.B.
Williams and C.R. Phillips for
the National Farm Products
Marketing Council points an
accusing finger at the
feathers agencies.
The two men bluntly state
there is too much destructive
provincialism and not enough
constructive nationalism.
They say there is generally
poor administrative pro-
cedure. There is distrust of all
bureaucrats and public ser-
vants, even distrust of agen-
cy staff members.
Co-operation and co-
ordination is needed among
all parties . involved in the
chicken agency, the report
•
says.
The two men do not suggest
a solution except to say the
problems must be resolved if
the agency is going to do the
job it was designed to do.
What has been suggested
by a number of people, in-
cluding Jim Romahn, one of
the best informed farm
writers in Canada, is a term
of trusteeship. It would be
much the same idea used
when labour unions get out of
control of the members. The
trustees get it back on its feet.
Then and only then should
it be handed back to the
farmers to run. The rampant
distrust has gone too far for
farmers and staff members to
clean up the act.
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