Times-Advocate, 1985-05-01, Page 12Page 12
Times -Advocate, May 1 , 1985
RENEWING' ACQUAINTANCE, - Hilda and MeineBr-
Eizenga are greeted by PC candidate-yan-Smit
at a get-together at the South Huron rec centre. Eizenga, a former Lucan resident, recalled -that years
ago he gave Smith a ride on his Massey Harris tractor.
Corn growers advised
to slow planting speed
Corn growers may find benefits in planter's wheels. so they're likely to planting one year's crop takes that
much lime.
"Planting is a one-shot proposi-
tion." Sagriff concludes. -If you (1011'1
do it right the first time you may end
up with p(or stands and poor yields.
or even replanting. It costs less. in
time and money. it your planter is
properly maintained and operated at
the recommended speed "
their favour if they dont break the
speed limit in their fields at planting
time, a spokesman for a leading seed
company says.
Morris Sagriff, agronomist for
Pioneer Hi -Bred Limited in Chatham,
Ontario, says there are several ad-
vantages to keeping planting speeds
within reasonable limits. Inaccurate
placement of insecticides and
starter fertilizer and uneven stands
can arise from planting at high
speeds, resulting in potential yield
loss at harvest time.
"Corn growers are anxious to get
their seed in the ground in a timely
manner, as they should be," Sagriff
says. "In some cases, farmers have
increased the number of acres they
plant, but not the capacity of the
machinery they use to get the seed in
the ground. Before you know it,
they're traveling too fast to plant as
accurately as they'd like."
Modern corn planters are no dif-
ferent than any other piece of
machinery, the Pioneer agronomist
h says=-There's-a--definite-range-gtptan
ting speeds where optimum perfor-
mance can be found.
"We've been on service calls and
observed people ,planting at 7 to 8
miles per . hour," Sagriff notes.
' "Planters can't handle that kind of
speed. With any amount of wear on
the brushes of plateless planters,
the chance for doubles and triples in-
creases markedly.
-"When planting at higher rates with
speeds of over 5 mph, up to 10 percent
more seeds per acre may be drop-
ped," he adds. "This causes poor
spacing of seeds and uneven depth
control."
Plate -type planters won't drop
enough seed when driven too fast. he
notes, resulting in final populations
far below the target level.
A combination of the correct plan-
ting speed, proper planter
maintenance, tire inflation and seed
population setting offers the best
chance for excellent economic
returns. Sagriff suggests this formula
for determining optimum planting
speed:
"Determine the kernel spacing for
your planting population and row
width, then multiply that by 0.6 for
maximum speed," he says. "For ex-
ample. if you are planting at a rate of
28,000 kernels per acre in 30 -inch
rows, kernels should be spaced 7.5 in-
ches apart. Multiply 7.5 by 0.6. and
you come up with a speed of 414 miles
per hour."
Information on kernel spacings can
be found in planter manuals or
literature from Pioneer and other
seed companies, he adds.
Seed drop isn't the only planting
function affected by excessive speed.
Most starter fertilizer and insecticide
applicators are driven by the
Most farmers love animals. They
would not be farmers if they did not
love animals.
Even cash crop fariners -- those
who grow corn. tobacco. wheat,
barley. oats or hay -- have an affinity
for animals. Most of them. at one time
or another in their careers. had
animals on their farms. •
It is difficult to understand. then,
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why people involved in the Animal
Liberation Front (ALF) or the
Animal Rights Militia (ARM) are
making things rough for some
farmers. They claim they have been
"forced to turn to violence" to make
their case in front of the public.
As mentioned, concern for animal
welfare is admirable and almost
every farmer in the land -- in the
world -- would agree with the prin-
ciples espoused by these groups.
But the means does not justify the
end.
These people have broken into
research laboratories in Canada, the
V.S. and Britain. By forcefully enter-
ing these labs. they have destroyed
property, More serious even is the
fact that these break -ills have stopped
or delayed important research.
I grew up in a time when polio was
a serious disease among children
Every year, one or two kids in our
community were struck with this
dread crippler. We were taught the
tests -- Can you drop your head to
your chest without feeling any pain?
-- whenever we had the slightest sum-
mer cold or headache. One of my best
childhood friends is still on crutches
with one leg in a brace because of
polio.
But few people today get polio.
Why? Because of a vaccine developed
as a result of research with animals.
-These animal liberation groups are
dedicated to stop all medical research
involving animals. They have
threatened to kill children in England
with poisoned chocolate bars because
a candy company was using monkeys
to study tooth decay in children.
These fanatics out to save the
monkeys said they would poison the
chocolate bars and they scared hell
out of thousands of parents in
England.
These animal lovers exploded a
bomb in Prime Minister Thatcher's
office. injuring an aide.
Recently. they have announced that
raising animals for human consump-
tion and then slaughtering them is the
"ultimate cruelty".
Such a lot of balderdash.
E have no objection to people
becoming vegetarians. My daughter
and her daughter never eat meat. But
they do not try to force an ail -
vegetable diel down my throat as
these kooky animal welfare people
are quite willing to poison children to
save a fevk :nonkeys. They eagerly
resort to illegal and destructive tac-
tics to make a point.
Shades of the KM: or !filler's storm
troopers.
They cannot succeed in the lo,tg
run. but they can make things ex-
teremely difficult. I suggest they
should be prepared to accept the con-
sequences of their actions. If they are
going to act -like criminals. they
should be treated like criminals
If farmers send a Toad of buckshot
up a few posteriors. the farnwrs
should be lauded by the courts
It hasn't come to that yet but if
these nuts continue in their clan
crusades. it will happen.
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Sagriff notes.
"Many people forget about what 's
inside the planter," he says. "On
plateless planters, for example. the
tension on the finger mechanism
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