Clinton News-Record, 1983-02-16, Page 20PAGE 2u -CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1983
.Successful farming
needs stewardship
Continued stewardship of
the family farm is one of the
challenges facing the Chris-
tian Fanners' Federation of
Ontario f CFFO) in 1983.
CFFO president Tom
Oegerna of Talbotville said
stewardship or the care of
animals and land is as m -
portant today as it was in the
time the Bible was written.
Mr. Oegerna was speaking in
Stratford on January 27 to a
group of CFFO irnembers.
Quoting from various
books of the Bible, Mr.
Oegema said man in his posi-
tion as steward of the land is
accountable for his treat-
ment of the land.
Various methods of con-
trolling wind and soil erosion
are part of taking care of the
land said Mr. Oegema as
well as land use planning.
The CFFO president said
"good farmhand" gs often too
easily used for development.
"Development should be
shifted to poorer quality
soils," said Mr. Oegema.
Other challenges facing
the CFFO in the corning year
include stabilization, com-
modity quotas and farm
transfers and applying a
Christian life to agriculture.
Mr. Oegema said the
CFFO is assessing a national
farm stabilization program.
He acknowledged there is
not much enthusiasm for the
program unless the market
is stabilized at the same
Berne. The president asked
which benefits from the
government's stabilization
programs - the family farm
or the large operations,
which don't always need
assistance.
He noted how increasingly
difficult it is for young
fanners to buy farms unless
they receive help from their
farrulies.
"What kind of farms will
we see in the future?" asked
Mr. Oegema adding the
CI -TO is developing a policy
on the transfer of farms.
"The benefit of supply
management has been lost to
the second generation", said
the Talbotville pian noting
new farmers have to pur-
chase quotas.
He suggested that it is a
task of the CFFO to develop
a policy for quota transfers.
"One that is fair and
workable," said Mr.
Oegema.
Another challenge facing
the CFFO is dealing with the
concept of a national
agricultural food strategy.
He said the idea that Cana-
dian farmers are capable of
increasing their food exports
by two-thirds by the year
2000 is -'highly optimistic".
"Those are some of the
major challenges for the
CFFO as l see them," con-
cluded Mr. Oegema.
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WMS Meet At Manse
By Bertha MacGregor
Mrs. Kenneth Knight was
hostess at the Presbyterian
Manse in Exeter on Monday
for the WMS and Ladies'
meeting of Carmel Church,
Hensall.
Mrs. Dorothy 'Taylor gave
out maps of the South Pacific
Islands and in a dialogue
with Mrs. Florence Hyde
spoke about the lifestyle of
the people and the climate.
The Synodical and spring
rally will be held at Owen
Sound, April 19 and 20. The
Presbyterial and Spring
rally will be held at Seaforth
March 30.
The Ladies' meeting
followed and arrangements
were for banquets in the
future. The next meeting will
be held at the home of Mrs.
Kathy Bell, March 7.
Three Links
Hensall Three Links
Seniors met on Tuesday with
Mrs. Aldeen Volland
presi'ng in the absence of
President Mrs. Eileen
Rannie.
Hostesses for the March
meeting will be Mrs. Eileen
Rannie, Mrs. Elizabeth
Riley, Mrs. Vera Lemrnon
and Mrs. Annie Reid.
An invitation was received
from Dashwood Good
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guests April 18.
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Rev. Kenneth Knight
conducted service in Carmel
Presbyterian Church on
Sunday when an interesting
filen A Stranger in China was
presented. Mrs. Dorothy
Taylor presided at the piano.
You are invited to Hensall
United Church Fellowship
Hall on February 18 at 8 p.m.
to organize the Hensall
Horticultural Society.
Everyone is welcome. Mr.
Lange of Chesley will be the
speaker.
The Humanitarian Service
committee of Hensall
1.O.O.F. and Rebekah
Lodges held a euchre party
on Thursday evening with 10
tables. Prize winners were:
ladies' high, Mrs. Mary
Broadfoot; ladies; con-
solation, Mrs. Ruby Bell;
lone hands, Vera Smale;
men's high, Roy Baynham;
men's consolation, Jack
Brintnell. Winners of the
draw prizes were Mrs. Pearl
Koehler; and Mrs. Vera
Smale.
The next euchre will be
held March 10.
Unit One of Hensall United
Church Women met on
Thursday. Mrs. Lorna
Spencer told of some in-
teresting myths concerning
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Mrs. Kay Elder presented
the study and spoke about
the people, the vegetation,
the resources and life on the
South Sea Islands. Jet travel
has brought many changes
and the people are struggling
to retain the best features of
their traditional ways of life
without being handicapped
by clinging too closely to the
past.
Mrs. Fuss, social convener
reported on plans for the
beef barbecue on April 13.
First Hensall Scouts en-
joyed a weekend Camp -Out
when they sought shelter in a
woods near Hully Gully.
Nine Scouts and two leaders
Tom Bailey and Larry Moir.
They cooked their meals and
orienteering work was done
towards scouting badges.
The UCW of Kippen United
Church entertained
Queensway residents to
bingo and treats on Monday
afternoon. The Arnold Circle
Evening Auxiliary of Carmel
Church entertained
residents on Monday
evening.
Mr. Les Mitchell, Crediton
visited his mother Mrs.
Louise Mitchell on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Triebner
and Ken visited their mother
Mrs. Muriel Triebner. Mrs.
Mabel Kyle visited with Mrs.
Middleton and Mrs. Vergie
Williams.
Mrs. Ross Sararas is a
patient in St. Joseph's
Hospital, London.
Mrs. Blanche Chapman of
London visited on Sunday
with her sister and brother-
in-law Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Corbett.
The Central Huron
Secondary School Choir
directed by Rob Parr and
organist Louise McGregor
were guests at the Youth
service at Hensall United
Church on Sunday.
The flowers in the front of
the church were placed in
memory of Mrs. John
1 Nancy 1 Shaddick, Goderich
a cousin of Judy Parker and
friend of Janet Moir. Rev.
McDonald conducted the
funeral service
The Official Board of the
Congregation have an-
nounced they have engaged
an organist in the person of
Mr. Merlin Nedgegaal of
London. Next Sunday will be
Conimunion Service.
Rev. Stanley McDonald
spent several days at Five
Oaks at Paris interviewing
Ordinands for Ordination.
Out of town guests with
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Consitt
attending the funeral of
Donald Shepherd, brother of
Mrs. Consitt were her
brother Jack Shepherd,
Florida and son Steve,
London; Mr. and Mrs. A.I,.
Birosh, l sister I North Bay,
and Miss Dorothy Farquhar,
London.
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Workshop
The Swine Breeding
workshop for gilt producers
has been changed from
February 9 to March 3.
Feature speakers are Dr.
Gordon Bowman, University
of Guelph; Carl Clayton, Hay
Bay Farms; Jim Donaldson,
G.I.P. Farms; John Howell,
O.P.P.M.B.; Cameron
Reeds, Quality Swine; and
John Woodhouse, Swine A.I.
Registration is limited to 40.
Sessions will start at 10 in the
O.M.A.F. Boardroom. Call
O.M.A.F. office to pre -
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Soils and
Fertilizer Course
This two day course is held
March 10 and 11. It will cover
soil basics, nitrogen,
phosphorus, potash, manure,
soil testing, micronutrients
and fertilizer impregnation.
The enrolment is limited to
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Quackgrass
getting worse
Your quackgrass has
become more of a problem
than when I came to this
area. I don't think my
arrival has caused this
problem. Numerous in-
cidences have combined to
make quackgrass a bigger
problem now than in the
early seventies.
In the early seventies,
discs were quite common. A
disc does a good job of
cutting twitch rhizomes.
Continuous cash cropping
leads to soil deterioration.
This poor soil structure,
coupled with larger acres
and larger discs, made the
disc a soil compaction
culprit. While large discs do
compact soil, we have lost
some twitch grass control by
going away from discs.
A cultivator does very
little to control twitch grass.
It merely spreads it all
around the field. The idea of
cultivating to control twitch
is valid. However, the twitch
grass must be cultivated
often, a few days apart. The
principle is to cultivate the
twitch and when it starts to
grow you .sturb the roots
again. This- cultivating,
growing, cultivating
sequence eventually starves
the plant to death. Each time
you disturb the plant it
initiates new growth buds
and uses some of its root
reserves to do this. If you do
this often enough, eventually
the plant has no reserves
left. This program works
best in hot dry weather. This
method of cultivating is no
longer done. The cultivators
that you use in the 80s do
very little to control twitch
grass. They merely spread
quackgrass around the field.
The second situation that
existed in the late 70s was
deep ploughing. When you
ploughed eight inch or ten
inch deep, you buried some
of those rhizomes pretty
deep. Some of them would
not come up until July. Of
course herbicides you ap-
plied before that time were
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situation is not as bad as
three or four years ago since
now many of you are
ploughing shallower.
Chemical Control
of Quackgrass
There is a new generation
of herbicides available now
for twitch control. One of
these is Round -up. Most of
you have tried it. In a recent
article, Carol Thompson of
Monsanto made some
comments about farm calls
she had made. Carol is a
field representative for
Monsanto, who manufacture
Round -up. Part of her job is
to make farni calls to
growers who are not
satisfied with her company's
products.
Carol said the most of her
disatisfied Round -up
customers have violated one
of the three important
factors affecting Hound-up's
control of quackgrass.
Carol stated that, "Round-
up performance depends on
the herbicide being moved
throughout the plant. The
more actively a plant is
growing, the better the
Round -up works.
Quackgrass, a cool tem-
perature plant, grows most
actively under the cool,
moist conditions of spring
and fall. These times of year
are ideal for using Round -up
to control quackgrass.
Proper stage of growth is
also important. At this stage
the plant will have enough
leaf surface area so that
Round -up can be absorbed
into the leaves and tran-
slocated to the roots. By
killing the root of a peren-
nial, such as quackgrass,
regrowth is prevented. For
quackgrass the proper stage
of growth is three to four
leaves and six to eight inches
high. The more plants at the
four-leaf stage the better.
( Not all plants will be at the
same stage of development
at the same time)."
The next most frequent
reason for Round -up failure
is connected to tillage. Carol
said that, "Fall plowing or
spring tillage prior to ap-
plication is not recom-
mended. Tillage breaks up
the underground root system
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or rhizomes. The result will
delayed and uneven shoot
emergence. By spraying
with Round -up in this
situation you will not likely
have all the quackgrass
emerged and at the proper
stage of growth by ap-
plication time.
Fall plowing will also
make the field very rough for
an accurate spray ap-
plication. Spring tillage to
smooth out a fall -plowed
field, followed by a Round -up
application will only com-
pound the situation. As well
as spreading the quackgrass
infestation, it will delay and
cause uneven emergence of
the quackgrass shoots."
The solution is to spray
late summer or early fall or
on unplowed land in the
spring.
Another reason for un-
satisfactory twitch control
with Round -up is related to
tillage after spraying. Carol
suggests you should "Wait
five to seven days after
application. This allows time
for the Round -up to tran-
slocate to roots. After one
week you should begin to see
Round -up symptoms.
Quackgrass will turn
yellowish -brown. A good
place to look and compare
for results is along a fen-
cerow. You should see a
definite line between the
Round -up treated field and
the untreated weeds along
the fence. Complete
browning of quackgrass will
take 10-14 days; but it is not•
necessary to wait this long
before working the field.
Remember — weather may
delay the visible effects of
Round -up, but weed control
is not affected. After five to
seven days the Round -up will
be in the root system and
doing its job. You can work
the field and plant your
crop."
Round -up is just one of the
herbicides registered for use
to control twitch grass.
Other products include
C'ytrol and atrazine. For
more information on ,:11
these products, check the
1983 Guide To Chemical
Weed Control.
- Pat Lynch, Soils and
Crops Specialist
French Lesson time
may be increased
y Stephanie Levesque
Approval in principle has
been given by the Huron
County Board of Education
to increase Core French
lessons from 20 to 40 minutes
in grades seven and eight.
The approval was given at
the board's Feb. 7 meeting.
The board also approved a
study on the staffing im-
plications of this proposal to
be completed by the person-
nel committee.
Trustee Art Clark asked
what effect the changes
would have on the grades
seven and eight program as
20 minutes a day would be
lost from other programs.
Superintendent of program
Robert McCall stressed the
proposed change in Core
French would not extend the
school day.
He added the time would
come from language arts
time and would not affect
such programs as history,
science and math. The
superintendent also noted
the increase in Core French
is being recommended
because, as of September
1484, the subject becomes
compulsary for a high school
diploma. The Ministry of
Education announced last
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"The trend in Ontario is to
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Trustee Tony McQuail
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