The Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-05-15, Page 15Protect crops;
insurance deadlinei
Corn •cribblngs
The manure spreader was
half -full, the team was getting its
wind back, when our publisher
called: "We're not hearing
enough, from farmers -= excuse
me, I . mean `food -producers' of
Huron County. We receive
excellent copy from our
religious, 'military and
educati'bnal writers. Good Old
Martha is a joy and breath of
,fresh air. But from the back
fields and fence rows we
hear nothing. Please send us
some.. news and views, possibly
even a bit of controversy."
And so• this column was
conceived. In busy season; it
may appear monthly, A possibly
every -second week. If enough
* readers write in -and blast me
with printable letters, it may
appear every week. The depth of
manure in loafing pens (right
' now the cattle must get down on
knees to crawl under door) and
the condition of fences will be
influencing factors. Except
0 under extreme conditions I
promise not to write about n'iy
wife, dog or cat.
As an .opener, I've chosen
draft -dodgers. We have
somewhere between 15•,000 and
n ° 20,000 now in Canada. Are they
Krebels with a .cause or simply
'cowards and traitors — "kooks
who won't kill gooks?" Should_
we shrug our shoulders, maintain
the U.S. government has the
right to enforce its own laws -and
keep its home-grown
u cannon -fodder within its
borders, and shut oursto them?
•
I maintain that a young man
who listens to his conscience and
refuses to killindiscrimihately in
an evil and • undeclared war,
thereby risking up to five years
a' in prison or being forced to leave
his country and - family for life,
shows more real' courage than a
whole battalion of marines.
Someday he ,may even rate the
distinction of a comic book
cover, or a plastic toy marching
+P. under a� Christmas tree.
I can" see a country under
direct attack drafting everyone
• to defend - it. But - the
Vietnamese, heathens and
horrible types though they may
be, can scarecely be said to be
attacking the U.S. or ever- likely
to be. With most of these
.draft -dodgers their objections
are philosophical, rather. than
military. One question raised i
just how much power the state
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— the U.S. government in this
case has over the bodies and •
minds of its youth? Does it have
the right to force them into
Military service to kill foreigners,
or, as in the case of the
American CivilWir,.. to kill each
other?
It was .the American
Constitution that started out so
strongly oh . the side of the
individtral against the state — his
rights to "life,, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness." Where's
the poor kid's life and liberty
when you force him into a
uniform and ship .him 10000
miles to fight on one side of a
What does it,cost to produce„
a crop of grain corn? It's a
question ° surprisingly few
farmers can answer accurately.
The Farm Economics Branch
of the Ontario Department of
Agriculture and Food has some
interesting figures on this.
Twenty-five top management
farmers in a nine -county area of
southwestern anc�- � central
Ontario kept .accurate records
during. a 1967. This was
considered an average year for
production. The average yield on
these 25 top farms was 111
bi steels of grain corn per acre. ,
%Vat did it cost to prodttee? The
lowest figure was168.96 and the
highest $90.19 per acre. The
average amount was $78.52 perms',
acre. Thus, tinder average
' conditions a man growing 100
acres of grain corn has invested
$7,852.
•
What happens tf this crop
bloody and disgraceful civil war? °:.wiped out or° badly damaged
I do 'not think even, -George: II,.. before harvest? The farmer who
'would have tried that one. his his farm and machinery clear
To me the sickest aspect of it and has paid his seed and
fertloses
y
all is that so few, flat so many, t '1' not " bill simply
$7,852.. That's bad enough, but
are objecting._Meekly they do as ° .
the state tells them, and many, I it's the farmer who has promised
don't doubt, call it patriotism, to settle with the fertilizer
At Nuremberg we did not call it dealer, and make payMents on
that -.--There our attitude was that his farm,. tractor, combine,
planter, etc., who is in real
the state can be terribly wrong, . trouble. Suppose; for example,
and persons obeying that state he is making payments on a
can be terribly wrong. It seems
to me that U.S. draft resistors -$6,000 tractor ' and a $12,000
are doing exactly what the combine at an interest rate of
G f '1 121/2 percent', If the dealer agrees
ermans at ed to do • to carry the farmer because of -
It also seems that politicians tie bad' year,. the interest„_on::.
and generals have got themselves' these two.' items' alone will
'all 'mixed cup with God these., amount to $2,250. The other
days. The late Senator. Robert possibility is that the 'machines
Kennedy" summed it up well,just will be reclaimed, with the
before his death when he asked; . farmer losing the money he has
regarding the Vietnam war: "Are invested in them up to that
we the God of the Old point. The . tractor and the
Testament — to rule who shall eombine are, of course, only two
vie and who s all die?"
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While I have the greatest
admiration for young American's
, who :`stand up and be counted"
i.e. stay in their own country,
refuse to be drafted and go to
jail, I fear I would be one of the
lesser heroes and hie for Canada,
as did my U.E.L. ancestors. By
helping these boys • we are
• keeping alive the •honorable
traditions of underground slave
•railwayand United Empire
Loyalists: In many cases, about
all we can do is provide a
friendly face,,. , pup of coffee
and an introduction to others in
same boat. Anyone who is
sympathetic and 'wants"more
information can contact Box
2382, Station -D, Ottawa -- if
our Editor will allow me to
include a plug for a worthwhile
cause. And I think next week
s , we'd better talk about wild
flowers or gathering morels.
examp es o y
complications a farmer with
definite financial commitments
has to ttneet in the' event of a�
orop loss.
Are there any other
alternatives open to him? If he,
were to take advantage of
insurance offered- at$subsidized '
rates through the Crop Insurance
Commission of Ontario, he
could protect his, investment on
the 100 acres of grain corn for
approximately $850 • (this.
amount would vary. somewhat
depending upon the location.
The bank would' probably`fenci
this additional amount at the
minimum interest rate. The cost
of this loan for the period of the
crop year would be around $14.
• So for a cost of $14, the farmer
either has a crop to pay off his
commitments or he is covered
by crop insurance.
The example used, here is
grain corn but the same principle
afiplies for any crop.
The deadlines forinsuring the
,1969 crop are, fast approaching,
Applications for insuring oats
and barley must be made by
May 15, grain corti between May
21 and June 1, depending upon
the area, white beans by June
25, and soybeans by June 20..
. Regardless of .the deadline,
.applications must be made no
later than 10 days after the crop'
is seeded. Farmers who do' not
know their local Crop 'Insurance
agent should Contact' their local
Ontario a Department of
Agriculture and Food office.
'Trend : to
The lawyer was readin4 .the
will' of a wealthy exeeutive,
recently `'deeeaseed: `And to my
nephew 'whom 1 promised to
. rei'ilember `Hi (here, 'Charlie!'
,)
pE fI flI $ZON L'.,ST. RI THLIRSDA.Yt MAY 1 ! + 9 5A,
haylage
"The trend to haylage is
boasting the quality of stored
forage .on many- Ontario farms.
We know some dairy and beef
farmers . who are using high
quality haylage to provide all the
protein requirements of their
cattle,. but this doesn't mean
that every farmer should change
to haylage." This comment
comes from a University' of
Guelph Crop Specialist, Dr. V.
- S. Young. -
"There are , two basie
situations where farmers should
look at a 'haylage program for
their farm;" explains Dr, Young.
"If a farmer -finds he is forced to
make - a change or is building a
system from scratch, he should
definitely investigate the
possibility of , setting up •t
`haylage system." ".
{{ In addition, a farmer should
cdnvert 'to haylage if he can
prove to himself that a haylage
,system will achieve a dramatic
increase, in either quality or
James Boak of• Dungannon was
one of 103 graduates of the
Agricultural Science course,
R i dgetown College of
'Agricultural Technology who
received ,diplomas Wednesday,
May 14. The diplomas were
presented by the Hon. W. A.
Stewart, Ontario Minister of
Agriculture,; and Food and
Deputy Minister Everet Biggs.
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quantity of forage saved, or .a
substantial.saving in •. °labor
Another imortant point is that
he must be able to secure , the
-capital to 'finance the change.
"If a farmer can satisfy
himself that it would be.
economically desirable for him
to move to a haylage system,"
says Dr. Young, "then this
method of storing . forage can
offer some attractive features.
The correct stage for harvesting
haylage is the late bud or early
flowering stage for alfalfa, and
heads emergin stage for grasses,
At theseges of' harvest,
haylage may test as high as 18 to
20 percent protein. Heat -dried
hay may also reach this range,
but seldom can field- or
barn -dried hay approach this
level."
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