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Times-Advocate, 1999-04-28, Page 1616 Exeter Times–Advocate Farm news Dixon r - eceives national stewardship award By Kate Monk TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF AILSA CRAIG — Andy Dixon of Ailsa Craig 2s recognized on April for his dedication to for- est management in southern Ont? when he receis the Canadian l• orest Stewardship Recognition kward. Dixon received the award because of hisf excellent' example f dedication that can be shown over a lifetime. After graduating from the Ontario Agriculture College in Guelph in 1929, Dixon taught high school in a number of .southern Ontario high schools for 33 years including South Huron District High School in Exeter. i n He farmed McGillivray Twp. for a number of years, grow- ing hybrids for Stewart Seed Co. in 1969, he started to grow walnut trees. "All my life, I've been convinced we're missing the boat by not treating trees like an agricultural crop," Dixon said. Always a teacher. Dixop gave theaudience of more than ly0 well- wishers an excellent presentation in -his forest management techniques. Dixon's philosophy of widely spacing walnuts was revolutionary when he adopted the practice. "If you give a tree room to grow. it'll 'grow raster.- Dixon expla'n 1 you rut ,t;; ',:nbs off, yoi "I 1,, .3r quali- Wednesday, • April 28. 1999 Sat. May 8, 1999 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Hyde Bros. in Beautiful Downtown Rannoch for the Hottest Deals! Andy Dixon, left, receives a Canadian Forest Stewardship Recognition Award mMiddlesex Stewardship Coordinator Dan Shaefer for his ongoing eo pro- mote forest management. Dixon said. "I've been watching it with a good deal of satisfaction and pride " "If you give a tree room to grow, it'll grow faster. If you cut the bottom limbs off, you'll get a better quality log" Dixon is the first to admit he looks at his trees strict- ly from- a financial perspective although he admits his efforts are --ANDY DIXON helping the environ- ment. A walnut log from Dixon's front lawn fetched $1,500 in 1991 and estimates indicate the log p $20,000 in veneer for the .contras tor. Vii ith 1,200 walnut trees. Dixon will betworth ates 'he crop $ 1.8 million in 70 years. ` In the meantime, he will ty lot;." receive revenue for the Dixon said walnut nuts and hay crops har- trees that are not Vested from the planta - crowded can t each 30 tion; inches in diameter in Dixon says he is "try - only 50 years, compared ing to get a big return to 80 years if it was for a very small effort." competing for sunlight Even though growing with other trees in a trees appears easy. woodlot. Dixon advo- Dixon says it "doesn't sates a 40 -foot spacing appeal to the common between trees. mob because it takes But that doesn't mean time" but Dixon main - walnut trees will grow tains time doesn't cost well in an open environ- anything. ment. Dixon has experi- "Trees, all summer mented with several long from dawn to dusk, companion crops includ- they're making wood ing corn, crown vetch, fibre. . . and I'm taking poplar and oak to give a lot of pleasure watch - the walnuts the neces- ing them grow," Dixon sary buffer from wind said. and other environmen- Being modest in tal stresses while allow- receiving the national ing ample sunlight. award, Dixon said it In 1993, Dixon bought never crossed his mind another 50 acres near he'd get an award for Rodney which he has what he was doing. planted in hardwood The timeliness of trees. receiving ahord with the award "i like the way every- struck thing is working out, Dixon who said aging is a very humbling experi- ence "but today I've been praised to the point of embarrass- ment." The audience gave Dixon a standing ovation following the award pre- ,:ntation which was nt limited edition New Morning by .Don Li- -ANDY it Leger, commissioned for the Forest Stewardship Recognition Program. Dixon was nominated by the Middlesex Woodlot Owners Association and the Middlesex Stewardship Committee and selected by Habitat Canada and its program partners. Township of Tuckersmith PUBLIC MEETth G CONCERNING A PROPOSED ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT TAKE NOTICE that the Council, of the Corporation of the TOWNSHIP OF TUCKERSMITH will hold e���uncil Ch nber_s on Tuesday, May 18, 1999 at 8:00 p. own •f S rth uni -i al tTc M : r More Power, More Features. More Performance • Powerful 20 -hp • Power Steering, Tilt & 25 -hp air cooled Wheel, Crui:.a Control. and 20 -hp liquid • Foot -Controlled cooled engines. Acceleration and Hydraulic Lift. • Automatic Controlled Traction ` .rid Differential ck. t ,jr S €o to consider a proposed Zoning By-law Amendment under Section 34 of the Planning Act. R.S.O. 1990. as.amended. ANY PERSON may attend the public meeting andfor make written or verbal representation either in support of or in zoning by-law. opposition to the proposed l of a decision of the that tiles an appeal If a person or public body Corporation of the Township of Tuckersmith in respe c.`t of the proposed zoning by-law does not make oral submissions ata public meeting or make written submissions to the Corporation of the Township of Tuckersmith before the proposed zoning by- law is adopted, the.Ontario Municipal Board may dismiss all or part of the appeal. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION rlelat atg to the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment of the. Office during normalbp o�ationess ours. A copy n.DATED AT THE draft by-law is attached for your TOWNSHIP OF TUCKERSMITH THIS 28TH DAY OF April. 1999. J.R. McLachlan Clic. Township of Tuckersmith 42 First Avenue Vanastra. Ontario NOM ILO (519)327-1997 Great Door Pri._e -� Enter our draw YOU COULD WIN the use of a riding mower for 30 days or 30 hours of use PURPOSE AND EFFECT The proposed Zoning By-law Amendment would add a policy to Section 1.19.8 of By-law 37-1985. The proposed amendment would address the situation where a property zoned Agricultural Small Holdings AG4) severs part to an abutting General Agricultural (AG 1) or Restricted Agriculture ( AG2) property through a lot reduction of the AG4 lot. In this case. if this amendment were approved. the AG 1 or AG2 zoning would then extend to incorporate the lands being added to the AG 1 or AG2 property by severance for a minor lot enlargement.