Loading...
Times-Advocate, 1981-12-02, Page 15Huron annual is quiet affair Times -Advocate, December 2, 1981 Page 15 Best year to date for bean growers says Hill at Hensall meeting Fifty-five thousand hec- Zurich was unanimously tares of beans are grown acclaimed meeting chair - along the shores of Lake man. and guided the agenda Huron. where an ancient glacier left some of the deepest. richest soil on earth. The annual meeting for Huron county of the On- tario Bean Producers' Marketing Board was held in the Hensall arena on November 27. Between 160- 175 bean -growing farmers attended. Anson McKinley. RR 1 0 through from adoption to adjournment with his usual competence. A film produced and spon- sored by the Board, "The Baked 33ean Story", was shown. This well -made little movie. intended for showing in Canadian schools, gives the history of the bean from Babylonian times when it was the soldiers' staple diet, through the Roman era when that ancient people not only ate the humble legume but used it for casting votes and gambling (which may or may not have been syn- onymous) to the present time. The careful handling, grading. sorting and sifting that puts only top quality beans into the cans is stress- ed. as well as the perfect blend of sun and rain needed to grow this capricious but rewarding crop. A film for export promo- tion. with emphasis on British canneries, and a French translation, have been made to promote the versatile bean in other coun- tries. Reporting on the past year. chairman Gordon Hill, RR 1 Varna. said the export pattern of buying changed substantially in 1980 with major sales made to coun- tries like Cuba. Bulgaria, HURON BEAN COMMITTEEMEN — At Friday's annual meeting of the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board for Huron producers, a slate of 12 committee men was named. Back, left, Bill Dowsen, Bill Armstrong, tarry Wheatley, Ray Huether and Murray Dennis. Front, Victor Hartman, Bob Fotheringham, Clarence Rau, Jim love, Bill McGregor and Jack Coleman. Missing was Don Brodie. Staff photo Huron farm and home news Prevent cow injuries A popular area of interest in dairy housing, and this may be of greater interest to the free stall operation, is the use of the "Scabbler," to help roughen slippery concrete. Hundreds of dollars are lost every year by dairymen who have been faced with the problem of slippery concrete flooring causing permanent injury to milking cows and heifers. One alternative is to roughen the surface using a wheel -mounted device called a scabbier, which has a series of air -driven ham- mers or bits with hardened steel points. U.S. reports indicate heat detection has been easier because . cows are more sure on their feet and less afraid of falling. The "Scabbier" is distributed in banada by: Allan Fyfe Equipment, 281 Bowes Road, Thornhill (Highway 7 near Keele) Phone: 416.689-1313, and sells for $2878 complete (5 head L5 unit). The distributor was aware of the following rental outlets which have the "Scabbier" available:Newmarket Rentals, 180 Davis Drive, Newmarket, Ontario, 895- 2345. Charges $80. per day plus $40 per day for com- pressor (if desired), will demonstrate for groups anywhere if the interest would make it worth their while (5 head unit). Ray Gordon Ltd., 21 Mllvam Drive, Weston, Ontario. (1 mile west of Hwy. 400 north of Finch) 742-3190. Charges *75 per day plus $40 per day for the compressor. There is an additional charge of $105 for sharpening the bits each time the machine is returned (7 head unit). Retizel Rentals, 85 Bridgeport East, Waterloo, Ontario. 885-5000. Charges $45 per day plus $30 per day for the compressor. The person renting must supply his own bits, which they have for sale for $250 per set (5 head unit). Also available through other Reitzel outlets (London). All rental charges are for a 24 hour period. Dennis Martin, Associate Agricultural Representative Drainage law In a previous article I discussed the law pertaining to surface and subsurface water. If someone has collected water by any means and is dumping it on you land, (not in a natural watercourse) there are a few ways to deal with it. (1) If the water is coming from a small watershed i.e. 50 acres or less, you might consider an agreement drain. You and your neigh- bour would share the cost of the outlet and future maintenance. An agreement should be drawn up and filed in the registry office. Your local Agricultural Engineer may help with the agreement. (2) If there are three or more properties Involved or if the watershed is large i.e. over 50 acres, a municipal drain should be considered. This type of outlet is paid for by all the owners in the watershed but the municipality administers the paperwork and a consulting engineering firm t draws up report.the Thelowing Rats the procedure for Municipal Drains: The owner desiring drainage circulates a petition and obtains a majority of names of other owners in the area requiring drainage or the names of owners holding 60 percent of the acreage in the area requiring drainage. A road superintendent can also initiate a drain. The owner then presents the signed petition to council. A municipal drain is eligible for a 33 1)3 percent grant on the total costa of the drain. There are two other alternatives and I will discuss these in a future article. For further in- formation contact Sam Bradshaw, O.M.A.F., Clinton. Sam Bradshaw, Engineering Assistant. Saudi Arabia and Iraq, with much lower volume to the UK and Europe. which had been considered our major markets. Hill said this year the Board was able to negotiate that the bonus formula would be based on the cost of production developed by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food; this year the bonus will be 6`i0 over the OMAF formula of $505 per tonne. Storage costs moved from .116 to .125 per day: there was a change in the shrink allowance from 1/4 to 1/2 of 1%: handling charges on No. Is increased from 79.37 to 83.75 per tonne, No. 2s and 3s from 73.85 to 77.90. and others from 60.63 to 63.95. Regarding the litigation that arose from the sale of the 1977 crop. the mills of the gods are still grinding very slowly. impeded by court postponements. backlogs and appeals. Two new satellite dealers. Maple Leaf Mills. new owners of the Master Feeds Greenway plant at Parkhill. and Top- notch Feeds in Milverton were approved to handle the 1981 crop. A new comprehen- sive dealer, Northumberland Seeds Inc. of RR 2 Baltimore. was ap- pointed. "All in all. this has been the best year to date for white bean growers", Hill concluded. Charles Broadwell. manager of the Ontario Bean Producers' Marketing Board. stated that before harvest began this year the Board knew the yield would be down. Seventy-four per- cent of the total expected in- ventory of 1.300.000-1,400,000 bags has been sold. "To put this inperspective. last year we had 1,500.000 bags and only sold less than 30.000 at over $37", Broadwell said. "This year the total crop has gone over $37.50." The current price is $43 ex- port. $44 domestic, but the market is, softening, he warned. This year only the UK is interested in Canadian beans: no beans have gone to Cuba. and Bulgaria likes neither the quality nor the price. Some former foreign buyers will not can beans this year. Huron director Bob Allan said research is paying dividends: with continual cash cropping. better plants must be developed. He ad- vised growers to order seed early. especially foundation Kenwood. Joe Miller. standards com- mittee. informed the producers of a new program of sample markcertification of shippers' guaranteed representative samples of white beans. made man- datory August 1. 1981; sub- mitted samples will be cer- tified based on lot identifica- tion only and each bag will be identified by tag and sten- cil markings. A change in standard quality grade specification will reduce the Captures judge test Steven Willis, RR 1, Kirkton was the winner of the C.D. Graham Memorial trophy at the recent Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. He was awarded the highest score in livestock judging competitions open to university and college students. The team from Centralia College coached by Brian Miller placed fifth overall. Other members of the team in addition to Steven Willis were Jim Sparing, Alan Carruthers and Keith Furmston. colour standard of the extra No. 1 Canada and the No. 1 ('anada grades. making the colour of No 1 and No. 2 grades the same, eliminating the cumbersome previous description and simplifying the- grades. The colour change will probably be implemented by August 1982 Research committeeman Bill Whittington reported an increase in financial support t om $27.000 to $32.000 to -Guelph to cover the in- creased costs of research into timing of spraying of while mold Guest speaker Pat Lynch, soil and crop specialist with the Perth OMAF office, is trying to set up an alfalfa ex- change to bring together those who 'want to grow alfalfa. and those who want 10 buy seed. Ile showed slides of bean rust in local fields. and commented that this year Was the worst he's seen. especially in fields where beans were grown last year. "Dont grow beans after beans". he said. "Coining a phrase. a good crop rotation does not me?tn growing Pioneer corn after Cargill corn. Likewise. white beans after kidney beans is not crop rotation either." Nightshade is becoming a problem. according to Lynch: during combining the ripe berries leave a sticky orange residue on the beans. He told of one area grower whose sample was refused at the elevator: the farmer came home and plowed under 30 acres of beans - and nightshade. Lasso is a satisfactory con- trol for nightshade. He add- ed that Sevin is "darn hard on honey bees... During question time the litigation question was brought up again. One farmer made the point that some who plowed their crop under in 1977 got more money through crop in- surance than others who harvested their beans that year '$425.I100 from the 1977 pool is sitting In the hank. and the interest is being used to pay the solrc•Iturs handling the litigation ('ser fees tor satellites. number of satellites. and elevator drying charges were also discussed Phil Durand. R)t 2 Zurich. wanted to know what the Board was going to do about voicing an • opinion on the proposed hydro route at en- vironmental hearings begin- ning in Stratford in .January. Durand maintained that beans are particularly susceptible to air pollution: if the count is 14 parts in 100 million. yield could he cut by as much as 50', "Huron county is one of the hest agricultural coun- ties in the world". Durand said. "and beans are impor- tant... At the close of the meeting the colour discount question was raised. Hill was delighted. He confessed he had come prepared. and had been afraid he would have no opportunity to use the documents he had brought. "1'd hate to have the staff go to all this work and then have no uselorit". he joked, and proceeded to read out a history of the colour dis- count. culled from many meeting minutes beginning In February 1978. and a 1978 producers' newsletter. Gordon Hill Bob Allan, Cecil Desjardine and Joe Miller were all returned as Huron directors by acclama- tien Don Brodie. Jack Coleman. Bob Fotheringham. Victor Hartman. Clarence Rau. Bill Armstrong, Larry Wheatley. Murray Dennis, Bill Dowson. Ray Heuther, Jim Love and Bill McGregor were elected as com- mitteemen. The annual meeting of delegates will be held on Tuesday. January 5 at Audrey's Steakhouse after deelgates have first been given an informal tour of the Board's office. and a cup of coffee. RHOSP Deadline for contributions: December 31, 1981 111 Rate submo co dint Omni: GIC VG VICTORIA AND GREY TRUST Since 1844 Exeter. 425 Main St. 235-0530 .Memtxr Canada lknnn Ineuranca Corrursr,un BEAN DIRECTORS RE-ELECTED — The four Huron directors of the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board were re-elected in Hensall, Friday. From the left are chairman Gordon Hill, Bob Allan, Joe Miller and Cecil Desjardine. T -A photo Atartici atin r p p g oke retail dealers. TRADE MARK REG. Both Coca-Cola and Coke are registered trade marks which identify only the product of CocaCola Ltd. Plus Deposit r )B3MOrtal 00 )DvDcke 12 • ACCOUNTANT -PUBLIC ( WARD MALLETTE Chartered Accountants 476 Main Street, S., Exeter, Ontario 235-0120 Resident Partner: John S. McNeilly, C.A. SURVEYORS ARCHIBALD, GRAY & McKAY LTD. ONTARIO LAND SURVEYORS 592 Hwy # 4 S. Exeter: 235-0995 (if no answer call) London: 1.800.265.7988 Mailing Address: 301 Wellington Rd. S. London, Ont. N6C-4P1 AUCTIONEERS Hugh Tom FILSON and ROBSON AUCTIONEERS 20 years' of experience of complete sole service Provinciolly I,censed Conduce toles of any kind any place We guarantee you more. To ,nti,rP tuccecC of your tole or appra,tiol Phone Collect 666.0833 666.1967 NORM WHITING LICENSED AUCTIONEER d APPRAISER P,ompr ( our Ieous 111,0p0 ANY TYPE ANY Si1E ANYWHERE We y.ve complete sole serv,ce PROrI1 BY EXPERIENCE Phone Collect 235.1964 EXETER ACCOUNTANT -PUBLIC r GERALD L. MERNER Chartered Accountant BUS. 257 Churchill Dr. EXETER 735 0281 CHIROPRACTORS CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANT JOSEPH F. DARLING CERTIFIED OENERAL ACCOUNTANT TP.1 , 619-295-2208 THE OLD TOWN HAI.I. 922 MAIN STREET EXETER, ONTARIO NOM 1110 a. INSURANCE DAVID C. HANN, D.C. Doctor of Chrroprochc 105 Mao Street Exeter 235-1535 Ay Appo.nrment nosy f ven,ng CHIROPRACTORS People do rend small ads. You are. Gerald A. Webb D.C. Doctor Of Chiropractic 438 MAIN ST. EXETER By Appointment Phone 235-1680 rev Be v. M organ Insurance Agency Ltd. 238 Main Street. Exeter NOM ISO Ontario 235-2544 Complete Insurance Coverage OFFICE SUPPLIES � _ 1 SEE US FORA FULL LINE OF Office Supplies Furniture 8 Equipment LIVINGSTONE'S Downtown Exeter J MUSIC _ • ----� ACCORDIAN LESSOAdNS AND THEORY Beginners do vanced Private dr Group Instruction By DIANA VERUNDE member of the C.A.T.A. Phone: 262-5608 BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS CAREY & OTTEWELL BARRISTERS & SOLICITORS Main St. Zurich, P.O. Box 208 Office Hours Mon. - Fri. 1-5 p.m. RESIDENT PARTNER J. RICHARD OTTEWELL Ph. 236-4312 Res. 524-4653 INSURANCE •` tel . 147 Main Street. S . P.0 Box 1600, Exeter. Ontario. NOM 1S0 Telephone (519) 235-2211 INSURANCE "S.C. PEARSON Insurance Agency Inc. 33 Huron St. East Exeter, Ontario GENERAL INSURANCE Buy 235.1455 R., 235.0357 Box 1769 NOM 1S0 t r el Realty Insurance Inc. EXETER 235 2420 GRANS) BE NI) 238 8484 e (INION 48? 9747 C.OPERIC 11 524 7118 Appraisals Mortgages Life Insurance Trust Certificates J I