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Huron County Plowing Match held near Dungannon. The Sept. 15 competition saw many
contestants from across the county pitting their skills for a $2,500 scholarship at Cen-
tralia College of Technology. (James Friel photo )
Alfalfa is one of new
high yielding crops
New, better -yielding varieties of Ontario
alfalfa, winter barley and winter triticale
were announced by Agriculture and Food
Minister Dennis Timbrell at the Interna-
tional Plowing Match media preview
September 6.
The three varieties are known as OAC
Minto (alfalfa), OAC Acton (winter barley)
and OAC Decade (winter triticale). They
were all produced by the crop science
department at the University of Guelph for
the ministry which financially supports the
university's plant breeding program.
"These new cultivars," said .Timbrell,
"are he latest triumphs in a very comrnen-
'dab1E''.recoid`'at the 'University of Guelph,
which has produced some 75 new varieties
of field crops over the years."
OAC Minto is a medium -maturing alfalfa,
with good resistance to disease. It proved to
be more winterhardy than the most widely -
used sirriilar variety, 'Iroquois. In trials
where there was no winter -killing, OFC Min-
: to yielded four to five per cent more forage
than Iroquois, but 10 = 20 per cent more,
where there was some winter damage.
OAC Acton has outpaced any other On-
tario variety of winter barley including its
nearest rival, OAC Halton. It had a good
winter survival record. Its yield was 11.4 per
cent better . than OAC Halton's with good
lodging resistance or standability and better
disease resistance than other varieties.
OAC Decade, the new winter triticale has
a higher yield and earlier maturity than
OAC Wintri, the only other winter triticale
licensed in Canada. This new cultivar yield-
ed eight per cent more than OAC Wintri and
six to len per cent more than .any wheat
varieties. A main feature, however, is its ex-
cellent lodging resistance, making it easier
to harvest than other varieties. • •
According to annual tradition at the Inter-
national Plowing Match, the minister is re-
quired to plow a furrow; this year, Timbrell
will plow a demonstration plot of OAC Minto
grown for this purpose. •
Wheat Producers win eight
year legal suit against Bank
An eight year legal suit against the Royal
Bank of Canada has been won by The On-
tario Wheat Producers' Marketing Board.
The case, 'which dates back to 1976,
awards damages, interest and costs to the
marketing board amounting to more than
$412,000 which has been received by the
board.
Wheat board chairman Robert Holmes of
R.R. 2, St. Pauls, said the money will 'he
distributed by the board to those producers
who sold wheat through the 1976 crop pool
and who therefore sustained the original
loss involving nearly $249,000.
Holmes said the hoard is setting up the
mechanics for making the payment, which
will be nearly two cents per bushel on
22,695,000 bushels sold by producers during
the 1976 crop year, July 1, 1976 through June
30, 1977. The 1976 crop was recorded in
bushels as opposed to metric tonnes in suc-
ceeding years.
He also said the board's computerized
records will make it possible to make the
payment directly to a large number of the
16,500 known producers while it may be
necessary to obtain the status of others by
means of written contact in order to com-
plete the payout to eligible producers.
Holmes said the board members are ex-
tremely pleased the case is now closed and
while it has taken time to resolve, justice
has been served.
The suit arose when Wellandport Feed
�V1111, tnen in receivership but unknown to
the board, made an unauthorized sale of
wheat owned by the board, to a processor.
The sale proceeds were deposited in a col-
lateral account maintained by the Royal
Bank on behalf of Wellandport Feed Mill, to
control its cash flow.
The proceeds were eventually transferred
to •other current accounts operated by
Wellandport Feed Mill from which the bank
loan repayments were eventually taken.
The procedure left the Ontario Wheat
Board without payment in the amount of
$248,793.68 and litigation therefore . com-
menced against the Royal Bank of Canada
for payment plus interest.
The case was heard in the Supreme Court
of Ontario in November, 1982, with award to
the marketing board filed in March, 1983.
However, the judgment was appealed by the
bank and the case then went before the
Supreme Court of Ontario, Court of Appeal
in May, 1984. The judgment released June
21, 1984, upheld the trial judge decision in"
favour of The Ontario Wheat Producers'
Marketing Board.
On August 15, 1984, the Royal Bank of
Canada transferred over $412,000 to the On-
tario Wheat Board. That amount plus some
additional costs yet to be received by the
board, therefore brings the case to a close.
The marketing board estimates payments
will be going out to the 1976 crop producers
during the latter part of September.
October is
Agri -food mon'
"IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN VARNA"
October has been named Agri -0004 1klonth
nd will be the focus of a number of,food*.
related celebrations in Ontario, Agriieulture
and Food Minister Dennis Timbrell an-
nounced at the International Plowing Match
media preview September 6.
The October celebrations are co-
sponsored by the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture and several producer boards in
co-operation with the ministry.
As part of the province's Bicentennial,
Agri -Food Month will "underline the key
role that agriculture plays in the economic
life of this province — as it has done for over
200 years," Timbrell said.
The month will feature winery and farm
tours, a harvest festival at Toronto's Har-
bourfront October 7 and 8, and a Harvest
Home celebration at the Ontario
Agricultural Museum in Milton, October 7,
as well as the observance of World Food
Day, October 16.
The month will be launched at a special
ceremony, at noon on October 1 at Toronto's
College Park shopping complex.
"It's a month-long celebration with a
serious message — that the agriculture and
food industry puts food on the table in more
ways than one," Timbrell added. "It means
$12.6 billion a year to Ontario's economy. It
directly influences the livelihood of one in
five workers in the province. It's ,Dumber
two in export sales — second onlyto cars and
car parts."
Other features of Agri -Food Month will be
the launch of a picturebook, The Farre,
featuring photos by the pioneer farm
photographer Reuben Sallows contrasted
with modern photos by John de Visser, and
screenings of the ministry's Bicentennial
film, "Proud Beginnings" which tells the
story of Ontario's 200 -year-old farms.
For the past two.years, the ministry and
the Ontario Federation of Agriculture have
co-sponsored Agri -Food Week.
"This year, Agri -Food Month wil have the
same objective — to heighten awareness of
the key role agriculture and the food in-
dustry plays in our social and economic
life," Timbrell said.
Plantbulbs now
Bulb -forming plants are among the most
attractive of all garden flowers. They.
dominate the garden in spring when there
are few other plants in bloom.
Plant bulbs this fall before the first frost,
in an area where the late winter sun will be
strong, says Tony Hogervorst, rural
organizations contact (Ontario Hor-
ticultural Association) of the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and Food'srural
organizations and services branch.
Work the ground, then place the bulb, root
end down, in a 10 . centimetre (four inch)
hole. Cover with soil and water. with cold
water.
Some bulb -forming plants to try include
tulips, hyacinth, daffodils, crocuses, nar-
cissus, anemone and chionodoxa.
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