Times-Advocate, 1985-01-16, Page 23Close *0 50,000 acres involved
in Nuron's conservation program
The annual awards night of the Ilurun Londesboru and Wayne Woods. The project award lar,excellence in
Soil and ('rop Improvement Assoe►a- Dashwood, crop production, a manure study and
tion was held Friday night at the Booster awards were presented to a (arrow to finish sw ine operation was
Seatorth Legion hall. Mervyn Erb. Hensall (' -Operative. presented to 'Irony Iran Bakel by
The Norm Alexander Conservation Sheila Gunby. Rural Voice and ('on- Walter Mcltwain.
award was won by the Hogan servation Agronomist, Bob 'Traub. In a printed report presented at the
brothers ol Ashtield township. The These presentations were made in in- meeting. Bruce Shillinglaw. chair-
hrothers Bay. Lawrence and Francis coaling president Jim Ross. elan of the Huron Soil and Water ('on -
featured crop rotation. no -till cont. Bruce Shillinglaw, past president uI servation District said the group has
ridging and windbreaks. the Huron Soil and %Cater committee accomplished a lot in a few years with
The other nominees were Bob presented Ontario Farm ('unser}' some 60 ('o -operators and 40,000 to
Caldwell. Hensall : Jack McGregor. tion signs to previous winners 01 the -iu,txxl Huron County acres which have
RR 5, Clinton. Fred and Ken Phillips. Norm Alexander award. They went to been altec•ted by the program.
RR 7 Luc•know: Bochnin Farms. John Hazlitt. Dun Lobb. the Whyte Ile continued. "The future holds
Brussels: Bruce Shillinglaw. RR 1. brothers and Bert 1'isscher. even greater promise of ad -
GET BOOSTER AWARDS At Friday's banquet of the Huron Soil and Crop Association president Jim
Ross presents booster awards to Dawne and Mervyn Erb of the Hensall Co -Op and Nancy and Robert
Trout. He is o conservation agronomist. T•A photo
Farmers are a disappearing breed:
They may not he on the road to extinc-
tion burl their ranks have been
decimated in the Iasi hall -century.
1 rural lxissiblility exists that as
many as 241 Ix•r cent ++ III t)(e lotre(l out.
01 gaming in the next Iwo or three
year: certainly, it bankruptcies are
any barometer. the 1 igure of 20 per
cent could make llurphy Iex►k like an
optimist
Why.. then- does anybody +rant to
slay on the tarm and why would
an+"tine ++ant to get 10141 it'' A good
quest 14 n► .ind this -soul-searching is be-
ing (lone by a log of fanners these
e foot in the
crow' braia
L. ism ar..pprte,ated br Bob Trotter Ewan, Na EtmuaQA NJL2C1
ago that they were in agriculture for
the money.. Lyell._ perhaps some ol
theca would give that answer. But
even five years ago when the picture
was much brighter than it is now. few
-would consider farming a money -
inaking endeavor.
Frew tanners can jusli1v their in-
vestments and hard work on a
business -like basis. They money
simply- is not there any more if it ever
was.
Some farriers will say they like the
independence. ( )r the fresh air and the
+ride open spaces. They will usually
mention the difference between
expression Christian farmers are
called to be stewards of their farms.
the land the their animals. the ('hris-
tian Farmers Federation of Ontario
says.
Not long ago. some of the finest
tanners in the world met in Penn-
sylvania to discuss the sante thing:
Farming and Christianity.
Mennonites from across North
:1111erica met in Mount Pleasant. I'a.,
and agreed that many have lost touch
with their purpose when they pursue
success instead being stewards of the
land. Success can be a soul-destroying
exper'ienc'e.
vancements in conservation in the
serviced areas providing the proper
approach is taken. Because changes
in cropping practices bring new types
of risks. farmers must have the
chance to evaluate the proper techni-
ques and equipment on their own
farms.
"Locally' run projects have shown
to be the best way to advance the
development of a conservation
system, particularly where the pro-
per equipment. expertly set up is us-
ed under the guidance of
knowledgeable extension personnel.-
Shillinglaw added.
He concluded. "It is important to
develop confidence in the farmers
with successfully completed projects
This information must be developed
locally and not be undertaken as
research. but as mahy local projects
variable in their set up. This ++•ill
allow the most knowledge to be gain-
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CONSERVATION NOMINEES At Friday's annual awards banquet
of the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association, Bob Caldwell
of Hensall received a nominee's certificate for the conservation
award. Making the presentation to Caldwell and his wife Eudora is
Norm Alexander. T -A
photo
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