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Clinton News-Record, 1980-09-18, Page 14PAGE 1 --C MON NEWS -RE ORD, THURSDAY, SEPTEM ER 1.8;1080 Whether you are from the country or the city, there's something to interest you at the Inter- national Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show. Get a glimpse of our rural heritage by watching horse plowing competitions or the antique tractor plowing demonstrations. Visit Tented City to see more than 500 industrial and commercial displays Including the latest in farm machinery, farm supplies, automobiles, recreational vehicles and home appliances. Highlighting theactivities in Tented City are the parades, held twice during the five-day show, which feature exhibitors' floats, steam -driven farm equipment and marching Huron FOA bands. The 1980 match, September 30 to October 4, is being held on a . 405 -hectare (1000 -acre) site, 3 kilometres (1 mile) north of Woodstock off Highway 59. (Photographs -by Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food.) news farm news Want Henderson's resignation By Rhea Hamilton Huron County Federation of Agriculture members have called for the resignation of Ontario's Minister of Agriculture, Lorne Henderson. • Federation members passed the resolution at their meeting Thursday after expressing concern about the growing of foreign ownership of farmland in the county. Land sales indicate the foreign ownership problem isn't solved, and members warned the minister isn't concerned enough with the problem to do anything about it. John Van Beers presented a motion demanding the resignation of the minister unless he stops the callous and disastrous use of the land. The motion net with little opposition. One Federation member cited eight examples of foreign ownership in McKillop Township alone. Doug Fortune, com- menting on the timing of the resolution, said the local membership should accumulate the land sales figures necessary to support submitting the same resolution at the Ontario Federation Agriculture board meeting later,. is fall. Tony Mat, 1 said the foreign ownership problem is accelerating and the federation should act now. John Van Beers offered one final statment before the overwhelming vote was taken. "We shouldn't destroy _what we have. built_over del gates to the OFA con ention Nov. 24 to 27 were elected. The delegates are Jim McIntosh, director and delegates Harry Swinkels, Jack Tebbutt and Walter McIlwain` from West Central; director John Nesbitt and delegates Mery Smith, John Van Beers- and the last 100 years for the sake of the almighty dollar," he said. The Huron Federation Of Agriculture has been working closely with the ` Rural Development Outreach Project (RDOP) in studying foreign ownership. The RDOP is presently in- volved in the second phase of the study, looking at the effect of foreign ownership on com munities. The first phase was presented to federation members last June when it was disclosed that .95 per cent of the county's land was owned by people living outside the country. • The federation members also passed a resolution asking that the OFA and county groups form a liaison committee to gather information concerning membership drives and ideas for interesting meeting topics. The committee • would evaluate topics and make information for meetings available to county organizations through the OFA. In other business, regional dieectars and Maurice Bean from East Central Huron; Andre Durand, director and delegates Albert Erb, Paul Klopp and Andy Wykoski from South Huron; Gerry Fortune, director and delegates Deanne , Dickson, ., Brian Jeffrey and Max Derneray from North East Huron and Merle Gunby director and delegates Walter Elliott, Jim Hunter and Tony McQuarl from Northwest Huron. Members were also advised at the meeting that Tony McQuail is organizing a seminar on energy and anyone in- terested nterested in participating is asked to contact him. Last payment for wheat A final payment to Ontario wheat producers on 1979 crop wheat in the amount of $5.90 per tonne will be made by the Ontario Wheat Producers' Marketing Board. Board chairman Robert Butler of RR 1, Croton, said the payment - will be made by mid'September to about 16,000 producers who sold wheat between July 1st, 1979 and June 30, 1980.. Producers received an initial payment of $83 per tonne on the 1979 crop, and in addition to the final payment, the board made an interim payment of $40.42 per tonne in February 1980 and another one in the amount of $18.37 per tonne in June. The total of all payments for the 1979 crop is $147.69 per tonne or $4.02 per bushel. Total 1979 crop producer sales to the board amounted to 655,155 tonne. All stocks were sold by the board with approximately 36 per Making major d by Don Pullen, Agricultural Representative A young farmer said "escalating costs and static farm 'product prices have made me try to do a 'better job with what I have. I really think a lot of us who are trying to get our feet on the ground need to get better before we_ get bigger: We're just not financially prepared to buy more land at today's prices -- even if it is the farm across the road!" His neighbour iden- tified two major decisions for young , farmers -- "first, decisions about how to maximize production at least cost and second,. what and how much to produce. We have to consider where we can find the resour- ces. This requires decisions about renting compared with buying land and machinery, or further expanding crop acreage compared with setting up a livestock enterprise." An established pork producer tells me that his original selectit3n of a farrow -to -finish operation in the late 60's and attention to effective use 'of limited capital have contributed to his success. He concedes that inexpensive land helped to create his strong economic base. A good dairy farmer remarked, "We've always asked ourselves, what's the real purpose of each major capital in - cent of the wheat going to the domestic market and 64 per cent to epxort markets overseas. 'The marketing board also advised that producer sales of 1980 crop wheat to the end of August totalled about 504,000 tonne, of which the board had completed sales for domestic and export of about ` 83,000 tonne, Thi 19-80 crop was earlier projected to be at least 760,000 tonne, about 10 per cent larger than. the 1979 crop. visions vestment. If it , like our net income wi in- crease after figuring -out the income and expense estimates -- then, we do it." A beef producer said, "Before we expanded our beef feedlot, we questioned whether we had the management skills and labour to cope. We looked;-11te e -d, planned and considered different alternatives until it seemed like it might work. Sometimes it's hard to tell -- but at lea§t by budgeting using modest returns and carefully -calculated costs -- you get a better picture. It worked on paper and now it seems to be working in practice." One lady who manages her family's farm production and financial records and pays the accounts told me, "There are several record items that we look at often. We think net return on in- vestment n- vestment is important -- we're happy with ours, which usually runs between Tand I0 percent. We were 'spending too much per acre on machinery investment. We either needed to sell some of our equipment or spread that investment over more acres. We didn't know how we could get our work done with Turn to page'i5 Sold the farm? Buying an annuity? Starting an R.R.S.P. pension? Allow me to show you how to obtain the highest possible return on your money QUOTATIONS FOR ALL * Income Averaging Annuities * Pension Annuities * Registered Retirement Pensions Contact JAMES FROM INSURANCE AND FINANCIAL SERVICES P.O, BOX 627 tIllntton 482-7612 • Colborne Farmers utilize waste for fe by Rhea Hamilton The simple concept of farmers working together to solve the energy problem is being practised in Colborne. The result is an economical fertilizer that enriches, the soil and utilizes waste material, avoiding expensive petroleum products. The project is not something restricted to the Colborne area but the beginning -of a much target- project farmers across the country could be working on. Les Emery, chairman of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture's energy committee and regional director from Nor- t�tambeiand-- couirty- offered energy saving ideas to Huron county farmers at the Huron Federation meeting Thursday night. Mr. Emery is involved in developing economical systems of producing alcohol from agricultural products utilizing waste material, The project he outlined is, called Agpro and was initiated by 30 farmers in the Colborne area, Mr. , Etnery stressed the power behind farmers who act as a group as opposedto those who fight alone. After many studies the group in- vested ..$10,000 each (less than they spend in tier-. tilizer every year) and built a specially designed recycling plant for municipal wastes. The garbage is sorted and metals and glass are sorted and sold to recycling depots. The rest of the waste is beaten with water until the organics are emulsified; The plant takes in waste • from food processing plants, farm wastes (eggs, manure) and sewage sludge. The emulsified organics are composted and the end result is a noo smell, organic, balanced fer- tilizer that can not only feed your crops but enrich your land. Mr. Emery pointed out that recent studies in Manitoba have shown the land to be sterile in some. localities due to the chemical fertilizers that have been used. The groups, studying the land have been unable to locate any earthworms or organics.. The hard land takes up to three times 'real horsepower to wor'i up. The waste fuels and money is enormous. In Ontario the same problem is being discovered in Kent county and the Ottawa Valley. The nitrogen that is applied at 100 pounds per acre is all but washed away. The plants. get 25 percent said Mr. Emery. 12 :feet, Mr. Emery r reported. The group is working,. closely with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food monitoring the crops and soil conditions. The Ministry of the Environment is keeping tabs on the studies as well. "There will be no need for landdfill sites said Mr, Emery. "It will be worthwhile to dig up the old dump sites and reprocess the garbage." At present the municipality dumping waste at the plant pays a tipping fee which pay for operating the plant and still costs the municipality less than a disposal site. Farmers 1 r,. zer doesn't contain enough sugar (stared base). -,Products like sugar beets or artichokes and wastes from food processing plants could pe used," Some farmers now are gearing up for alcohol plants. In Manitoba a firm has already .started up its own fuel alcohol plant and expects to have 15 to 20 outlets open this fall for gasohol reported Mr. Emery. "If farmers .work and, share the burden of the job they can make a better job of it," en- couraged Mr. Emery. The nitrogen in the composted fertilizer is in an organic form which the plants have processed themselves. To this new product 1,000 ton was sent to the Hamilton and Niagara districts. In the Colborne area where the fertilizer was used the corn grew to a record of Huron -Match in Usborne The 53rd annual Huron County Plowing Match will be held at Warden William Morley's farm in Usborne Township on September 26 and 27, Activities begin with the annual coaching day on Friday, September 26, 1980 at 9:00 a.m. Ray Montague of -Jarvis and Lorne James of Hagersviille, both judges at the International Plowing Match, will he on hand to offer coaching advice. The Junior Match follows at 2p.m. The Queen of Furrow Competition and all the regular plowing classes and demonstrations will be held on the main day, Saturday, September 27 Other features include horse shoe pitching, log sawing and ladies' and men's nail driving con- tests as welt'4 4"pony pull. i. This year, antique plowing will be featured The winner oft the Queen of the Furrow Competition will compete at the 1981 International Plowing Match. The 1979-80 Queen of the Furrow for Huron, Miss Janet Shapton of Exeter will compete this year at the 1980 Inter- national Plowing ,Match in Oxford County near Woodstock, September 30, October 1-4. Nobiim steer EXETER - Pym Farms of RR 1, Centralia aren't complaining about the prices paid for their goods. • Unlike other farmers, Pym Farms have had little complaints recently after the price they received for their championship steet at the Western Fair in London. A&P stores paid a record $11 a pound, $3.50 higher than the price which they- paid" for last;; year's championship animal. The 1980 winner, which was shown by the brother an sister team of Brian and Elaine Pym topped 28 0 other entries and according to judge Bill Scott of Drumbo was the finest animal on which he ever had the privilege to place a blue ribbon. The 1,265 pound Angus was worth $13,915 to the Elimville area farm and if dressed would cost the 'con ullrnex-"' $25' R`, podd at the meat counter. have ownership of the fertilizer plant and can fertilize their land for a fraction of the usual cost. Mr. Emery stressed the advantage of compost fertilizer over manure application. Compost application has no weed seeds, spreads evenly and has no restriction on what time of year it should be applied. When questioned about heavy metals, Mr. Emery said that there is no problem unless the plant starts dealing with industrial wastes. Ethyl for fuel "After looking at all the data there is no fuel that can compete with ethyl alcohol," said Mr. Emery. Right now we are not paying the full price for gas, Mr. Emery said. Despite the government subsidies . the debt over fuels. is getting greater every day. Mr. Emery believes that the solution lies with the farming community which can produce enough goods to use for fuel. Crops high in sugar content would be utilized in 'a distilling plant to manufacture ethyl alcohol. "It is not necessary to divert foodstuffs," said Mr. Emery. "Corn is too expensive to grow and Fallisthebest Le to control quackgrass with Roundup° . After harvest, you know just where to find your worst quackgrass infestations. So when you see . them, plan to destroy them, With a fall application of Roundup© herbicide by Monsanto. Here's how Roundup fits into your fall schedule. tietukd **Vale ^ • "• :4'‘talh., • . trta oft 3.14 A11.11.4 Inn Womplikat Tft Isom sitaiims.. aont,,,ism 400 Oleg Colifiltu7arsietrall. Always read'and follow label directions for Roundup Roundup* is a registered trademark of Monsanto Company CMonsanto Company, 1980. RCN -IOW Monsanto Canada Inc. Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary. Vancouver. Delay plowing to let quackgrass regrow. Roundup works on actively growing quackgrass that's at least 8" high. Plowing just breaks up the weeds. Roundup destroys treated quackgrass, rhizomes and all, and stops it from spreading or regrowing. That's why it pays to delay your fall plowing until the weeds are ready for Roundup. Roundup can deliver 95-99% control of quackgrass. For excellent quackgrass control apply Roundup before the first weed -killing frost, and give the herbi- . cide five days to work on the weed before plowing. Follow good agronomic practices. Roundup stops where the treated weeds stop. Roundup goes wherever the treated weeds go. Then it stops. Because Roundup works in the weeds, not in the soil. Next spring, you can plant any labeled crop: com, soybeans, wheat, oats, barley or potatoes. Hit quackgrass wherever you see it. Because fall is the best time to control quackgrass with Roundup. See your dealer today and ask about the new trial -size. Monsanto There'sfever been a herbicide like this before. BOLT & .NUT =-a E Zinc Plated Grades Buy what you want by the Ib. no mini mum package sizes to purchase. Moisture Tester Take the guesswork out of your grain hOrvesting, drying,and marketing decisions with the John ,Deere Moisture Tester. This unit is portable. dependable, simple to use. End of Season CLEARANCE New Compact Tiller. New 216 Compact has a 2 -hp engine, 16 - inch tilling width, and 7Y2 -inch tilling depth. Unique rear -wheel/ depth bar assembly. Loop handle with full -width control bar. 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