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.ft Conservation Comment
In a moment of reflection, I felt 1
really must comment on Canada's
First National Soil Conservation
Week declared for last week. May
12-19, 1985.
The phrase, "You've come a long
way, baby!" keeps running through
my mind. Why? Because, for years.
many of us close to the problems of
soil erosion, sedimentation and
degradation have realized that we are
dealing with a silent crisis.
Recently, though, the ,silence has
been broken - the declaration of a Na-
tional Soil Conservation Week. along
with the earlier release of several
studies and position papers. is
evidence of this. Yes. the movement
toward a greater public awareness of
the problem and a social and politi-
cal commitment to controlling it. ap-
pears to be underway.
In Ontario, the Ministry of
No aid for
Tuckersmith
Tuckersmith township council
learned Tuesday night there will be
no money available from the ministry
of transportation for a new bridge on
the 10th concession I Kinsman Bridge)
this year. Guide rails have been
replaced- there is a five -ton load limit
on this bridge.
The preliminary plans for the new
St rykker Bridge are completed, road
superintendent Allan Nicholson
reported.
-.He reported that there is a serious
problem of 14 road signs being stolen.
especially at the bridge sites repor-.
ting road closed and in other areas.
Betty McGregor. board member.
and Jean Young executive director of
T9wn and Counry Homemakers at-
tcrfded the council meeting to request
a donation to help make up a shortage
of $28,000 in expected donations dur-
ing the cavass for funds in their last
campaign.
Council accepted the tender of John
Miner of Bayfield to buy the
township's garden tractor for $:3.6:35
council has bought a new tractor.
the Miner tender was one of seven
-tenders.
Council met with Huron County
engineers on the Mill road resurfac-
ing being started this summer and
w ill have provisions made for future
ederision of its water systems. Al
Brucefield four pipes will he put
under (he road. four on County Road
three in Egmondville and three on
County Road 12 at Egmondvilte.
Through the governments Ex-
perience '85 program Tuckersmith
will gel two summer employees for
rine weeks for its summer
playground program. Council's re-
quest for grant from Ontario
Neighbourhood Improvement Pro-
gram t ON IP for $150,000 approved.
A grant of $1.500 was approved by
Town of Sea forth i up $500.00 over last
year) for Vanastra Recreation Cen-
tre. and a supplementary road gran(
of $170.000 has been approved by
Ministry of Transportation.
Hurondale
club meets
' The third meeting of the Hurondale
number 4 division of the 4-11 leader
ship club was held on May 15 at the
home of leader Mary Definer. with six
members present.
President Murray Rundle opened
the meeting After the business was
conducted the members read and
discussed pages 15-19 on Public
Speaking. Exercises in voice projec-
tion. eye contact. gestures and body
language. along with presentation
styles and topics were performed by
all the members How 10 use a
microphone was discussed.
Bonnie Ilotson reported that
everyone enjoyed participating in a
social recreation activity of Charades
led by Todd DeVries.
Over
80 club
%Irs. Vera Bullock. Crediton. wilt
celebrate her Roth birthday on Max 23
Claybert Farm
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Agriculture and Food is getting
together with many of the Conserva-
tion Authorities in a Joint
Agricultural Soil and Water Conser-
vation Program. Both have hired or
allocated staff to work together in
teams to address problems on a
watershed basis. With such an injec-
tion of new effort, the awareness and
participation level in soil conserva-
tion is bound to increase.
Locally. we have a serious soil ero-
sion problem. We also have many '
farmers and members of the rural
community who recognize the gravi-
ty of the situation and are more than
willing to do something about it.
We've come a long way - the words
are being spoken - the actions will
determine success.
Jane Sadler Richards
Senior Soil Conservation Advisor
Ilarve'st Time Soon Dere
Many dairy producers will soon be
starting to harvest their first cut
hay/haylage crop. Thanks to a warm
spring, the hay crop is looking good
and harvest dates will .likely be a lit-
tle earlier than normal.
Producers • who are putting up
haylage in an open top silo should aim
for a moisture content of 50-55 percent
with an average length of cut of 2 -2.5
cm. Moisture levels at harvest can be
5 - 10 percent lower for sealed silos
and 5 - 10 percent higher for horizon-
tal silos. Haylage which is harvested
and stored too dry can result in heal
damage.
Heating of the silage mass to
temperatures in excess of 40 -45
degrees C. can cause the protein por-
tion of the feedstuff to become
caramelized and undigestible. This
same reaction also reduces the TDN
content of the feed slightly It has been
demonstrated that moderate heating
increases the protein by-pass value of
ensiled feeds, however. since heating
cannot be controlled in the silo. it
should be considered undesirable.
In view of the high cost of protein
supplements, quality forages can -
sharply reduce the purchase feed bill
and are necessary for maximum
digestion and milk production. Ear-
ly cut hay and haylage is high in
quality but • can decline rapidly.
Within a month, the dry matter of
spring grass can drop trofn 68 percent
TDN and 15 percent protein to 50 per-
cent TDN and '7 percent protein.
The feeding program of a dairy cow
is one of the most important manage-
ment practices a dairy producer can
consider to influence high production.
Growing .and harvesting quality
roughages is just one more way to
help ensure maximum profit. .
Dennis Martin
Farm Management Specialist
for Huron County
Times -Advocate May 22, 1985
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The crop is force-fed through a wide Open -Throat into -an
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immediate. Model 5545 has a capacity of 4' x up to 6' dia. bales,
and up to 1200 lbs. Model 5585's builds 5' x up to ,6' dia. bales,
weighing up to 1500 lbs.
In addition, Windrow -Gathering Wheels increase the effective
pickup width by 16 inches and are now a standard feature on both
models. Standard pickup declutcher sounds Audio Alert when the
bale reaches its preselected size.
Axle extensions, on both balers, increase tread width for better
center of gravity in hilly conditions. New pickup tines with a 15-20
tine angle produce improved performance in dry conditions. High -
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