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Times Advocate, 1994-02-16, Page 18Page 18 Times -Advocate, February 16, 1994 ARM IIPDATF. Gerald Groesnestege, visiting from the Stratford area the Hu- ron Tractor equipment show from in Exeter Monday, gives his daughters Dana and Tina (left) a closer look at one of the trac- tors on display. A farm industry show held at Huron Tractor Monday and Tues- day featured displays of everything from lawn tractors to com heads on combines and drew hundreds of people to the event. Swine ventilation workshop CLINTON Ventilation of a hog barn plays a very important role in the performance achieved within the barn. Monitoring the barn environment and using the proper equipment is vital for ventilation. In order to update swine producers and exchange ideas on swine ventilation. a workshop is being held in Clinton. On Wednesday. March 2. from 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m., at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food office in Clinton, a Swine Ventilation Workshop will be conducted. The program will be devoted to discussion of some of the newer ideas and equipment used in swine hams and also specific ventilation problems. The workshop leaders will he Harry Huffman and Franklin Kains. OMAN Engineers. Topics will include monitoring the environment. air inlets. thermostats. recirculation, heating and case studies. To pre -register. send a cheque for S15.. payable to the "Farm Management Extension Fund" to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food office in Clinton. Pesticide safety course CLINTON - For producers who need to obtain their Grower Pesticide Safety Certificate, but have difficulty finding time to take one of the day courses being offered, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food office in Clinton is offering an evening course. The course will be on two evenings; Tuesday, March 22 and Wednesday Mardi 23 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. in Clinton. The cost for the course is S40.00. and participants may obtain a course manual when they register. To register, call the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food office in Clinton at 482-3428 or 1- 800-265-5170. New milk size / Compete with soft drinks BRANTFORD - The Ontario Farm Produce Marketing Commission has agreed with a southern Ontario day Pial for a 375 ml packaging sine 'kit milk. Bract Dairy, in Brantford, proposed the new milk packaging in 250 mi and 500 ml cartons. The Ontario Milk Marketing Board supported Brant Dairy's request to the Commission. The 375 ml size is available to all dairies, hut is not mandatory. One Foot in the Furrow By Bob Trotter Names in agricultural history disappearing Only four big farm machinery companies are left in North America now that White -New Idea has been purchased by AGCO Corp. of Atlanta, Georgia. . Some of the greatest names in agricultural history are disappearing. I think the four big guys are the aforementioned AGCO Corp., John Deere, Case IH and Ford New Holland. AGCO Corp. has taken over Allis-Chalmers, Massey tractors and Hesson hay -making equipment as well as White - New Idea Those of us who have been around the farm scene for too many years to recall can remember when Massey -Harris farm equipment ruled the Canadian roost. The two families were pioneers in Canada and the Massey name rebounded in cultural circles for many years. Vincent Massey became Canada's first native-born governor general, I think, and Raymond Massey was one of Hollywood's best known character actors after the Second World War. Back in the '40s, Denton Massey had a Sunday School of the air -- on radio -- and became a great ambassador for Christianity. In later years, Grain storage CLINTON - If you are planning a new grain drying and handling system, if you are expanding or modifying a system, or would like to understand better grain drying and handling principles. a workshop in Clinton is being held. On Friday, March 18 and Tuesdays March 29, from 9 p.m. to 4 p.m.. this two day seminar will be held on grain storage. handling and drying. Day one of the course will focus on grain aeration and drying principals and types of storage. Day two will share information on energy efficiency in drying, grain conditioning and fines, plus costs and benefits of on farm drying and storage. Cost of the course is $74. Registration is limited to 20 producers. To register contact the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food office in Clinton at 482- 3428 or 1-800-265-5170. he was ordained as an Anglican Inahis book, What's Past is Prologue, Vincent Massey wrote: "Nothing touched me quite so much as this comment in a Canadian newspaper. 'He made the Crown Canadian'. It was too generous a tribute; but that was what t had tried to do." Until I read that confession in his book, 1 had always seen him as an austere, unapproachable monarchist. The statement warmed his persona for me. As a kid growing up in small- town Ontario, 1 remember the big Massey -Harris threshers. They were huge machines, half a block long, it seemed to a skinny little boy. First would come the big steam rollers, as we called them. Quite often they were the product of Waterloo Manufacturing with huge rear wheels of metal that chugged along the highways and byways. Often, behind the threshing machine was the water wagon, also on metal wheels. Setting. the steam machine up in a barnyard was quite an operation. The long belt from the flywheel of the steam machine to the thresher was a delight to behold. Seeing the steamroller, the thresher and the water wagon moving slowly and majestically along the road was a great thrill to youngsters of the day. It meant, of course, huge meals in farmhouses as the host farmer and his wife fed the threshing crew. It also meant the end of summer and the drudgery of a winter in school.. Too bad, isn't it. that these Kirkton-Woodham 1 Farmers Club � Annual Meeting 1 Thurs . Feb. 24 1:30 p.m. Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre All members welcome. Bring your neighbor along. Refreshments provided names that once were part of our heritage are disappearing. The first tractor my granddad owned was an International Harvester. He maintained it was the best machine he had ever owned because it never failed to start even on the coldest -- or hottest -- days. When he lost the farm at the height of the Great Depression, he had tears in his eyes when the tractor went under the auctioneer's hammer. Like most Brits, though, he bounced back as a grower of flowers and soon had a thriving business although his wife, my grandmother, was the brains behind the business. Without her, he would have gone broke again, I'm sure. She kept the books in her head and knew far more about his business than he did. 1 think this happened often in those days, another thing that women do not get enough credit for. Along the same road that the floral business thrived, equipment dealerships sprung up after the war. There were more of them then than car dealership today because mechanization on the farm was at its height. They no longer hand -operated their cream - separators, their grindstones, their milking. Nowadays, the farmer with the biggest and most powerful tractor is the envy of them all, often when the tractor is too big and too powerful for the work to be done. It's a status symbol instead of a tool. PIONEER DAYS. IT'S A BUSINESS TRIP. 0`' From February 21-26, farmers across the country will be going on a business trip. A trip that saves them 6% on all Pioneers brand products, with purchases counting toward Pioneer Quantity Savings as well. We call this business trip Pioneer Days. Come harvest time, you'll call it a smart business investment. Your Pioneer Sales Representative is: Sereda Farms RR 1 Centralia 229-8102 229-6383 ice, PIONEER. Pioneer• brand products are sold subiect to the terms and conditions of sale which are pad of the labelling and sale documents. • Registered trademark licensed to Pioneer Hi -Bred Limited, Qsatham, Ontario N7M 5L1 SAVE 6% FEBRUARY 21.26 "Planting for Profit" • Planting for Accuracy • Planting in Residue • Planting for ROI (return on investment) Attachment 1Itions Forlillithedue Levele gloa'4c welcome 10 Pat 41.~43#1, cti new dead. While you'ne Ilene examine the new we I:aye io/s. X994 WIN a id mktrell afbdNaMtb allow you to adapt rota► planner to your tillage practices. ■ Pour oolmi•-dl maker Maden nese how rimed to rippled b bubbled. 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