Times-Advocate, 1978-11-30, Page 21 (2)•
A CROPS TOPIC — Edwin Miller of Usborne and Jim McIn-
tosh of Tuckersmith talk about crops at Thursday's 'annual
banquet of the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement
Association. T -A photo
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Soil and Crop banquet crowd learns of Ghana farming
Dr. Bruce Hunter, a
specialist from the
University of Guelph told of
his recent two year stay in
Ghana at Thursday's annual
banquet of the Huron Soil
and Crop Improvement
Association at the new
Lucknow Community
Centre.
He listed the comparisons
of farming in Canada and
Ghana and described them
as "almost unbelievable."
Ttelargest farmsare'aboyt
five acres and are obtained
from the chief of the village
and are kept for a term at
the ,liscretion of the head of
government.
Qr. Hunter said the total
capitalization' on a Ghana
farm would be from 53 to $10
and all work was done by
hand.
He added, "Their methods
are very labour intensive
and a cutlass to be used by
hand for cutting and
threshing grain was the only
implement used."
The average yearly family
income in Ghana was
estimated at about 5300.
Soils and crop specialist
Pat Lynch gave a summary
of the field trials held during
the 1978 growing season
along with the amount of
rainfall at '10 locations
throughout Huron and Perth
counties.
One of the most interesting
reports was on a forage.
seeding rate taken on by four
co-operator farmers. The
comment was that high
seeding rates ,-do not
guarantee a high number of
plants per square foot.'
One farmer tried three
different amounts of alfalfa
seed per acre and saw very
little difference in the plant
count. A planting of 5.5
pounds per acre produced
eight plants per square foot
while plantings of 9.8 and 11
pounds brought out 10 plants
each.
The highest production
came from one co-operator
reporting 19 plants .per
square foot from a planting
of 10 pounds while half the
amount of seed produced 14
plants.
Hydro rates
to increase
Hates charged to
customers served by Ontario
Hydro's rural retail system
will increase an average of
seven per cent in 1979.
Ontario Hydro said that
the increase is necessary to
recover the higher wholesale
cost of power as well as
slight increases in retail
distribution costs. Increases
in wholesale power costs for
municipal utilities and direct
industrial customers were
announced last month. .
it was also announced that
as in 1978, bills based on
metered energy will con-
tinue to be reduced by an
anti-inflation Ziiscount
during 1979. It_ now seems
certain that the high sales of
energy to the U.S. and better
than predicted performance
by the nuclear plants will
result in excess 1978- ear-
nings as measured by the
ALB guidelines. The discount
as adjusted from time to
time will ensure that the
rural retail system's share of
this excess is returned to its
customers during 1979.
The effect of the increase
on individual customers will
vary depending on their
consumption and
classification. For example,
a typical rural residential
customer's monthly bill of
$38.25 will increase by ap-
proximately 53.
Details of the new rates
will be mailed to all rural
retail customers.
Hurpn Agriculture Rep.,
Don Pullen told the
gathering each farmer
should make a New Year's
resolution and try to stick to
it..
In this regard Pat Lynch
suggested farmers keep
track of corn yields as a new
resolution.
"U added, "corn hybrid
selections are so important. 1
know of one operation of 800
acres of corn where 525,000
was lost because of corn
selection.
A report of cereal grain
trials showed two new
hybrids. They are Sentinel
oats and Summitt barley
with yields comparable to
existing brands,
In referring to soil testing
on the farm of Bev Hill,
Lynch said "between the row
vs within the row has been
carried on for three years on
the Hill farm. While there is
some year to year
variability, the soil test Jevel'
within the row is much
higher than between the raw.
This is justanother reason to
soil test while the crop is
growing. This way you are
not sampling residue fer-
tilizer."
In the rainfall report the
driest spot turned out to be
the farm of Ewart Crago in
Blanshard townshipwhere it
was only 14.55 inches during
the growing season from
April to October inclusive.
The 1977 amount was 33.4
inches.
•While rainfall was down in
most checks, two did show
an increase from •the
previous year. They were F.
Weis in Fullarton from 24.81
to .26.01 and R. Seimon in
Logan township up to 32.4
from 27.5 inches.
At Centfalia College of
Agricultural Technology /the -
rain gauge showed 20.74
inches of rain this past
summer as compared to
23.54 inches during 1977.
Chairman of the meeting
was Huron Soil and cro
president Don Martin. The dire tors meeting to be held
vice-president is Hay within the next cauda of
township representative Don weeks. Mike Miller Huron',?
Rader who is expected to be Associate Agriculture Rep.
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TALK ABOUT CROPS — The annual meeting of the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement
Association was held Thursday in Lucknow. Above, president-elect Don Roder of Hay township
chats with guesrifieaker Dr. Bruce Hunter of the University of Guleph, current president Don
Martin and secretory Mike Miller. Staff photo
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Credit union which now Hunter were re-elected
encompasses half of Huron the credit committee.
County, had anothezbonanza
year in the fiscal year just
ended September 30, the
annual' meeting learned
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Assets jumped nearly 40
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5100,000.
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