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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-02-16, Page 13ifs GDDEHICR 0 STAR,.WEDNSD.AkY*FEBRUItRY10,..1 -1 WWE _ searuture, That anything Miter in the i + �utions. f Later the Legislature, *onsur ier and Commercial Relations Minister Robert Elgie confirmed press reports that discussions were proceeding regarding the future of Greymac and Seaway, but he would not reveal whether sales of the companies were imminent. The Minister told Mr. Peter- son that they were discus- sions rather than negotia- tions. No , price had been discussed. De. Elgie also confirrned that an accounts' report on the health of Seaway was recently received, but he would not disclose its con- tents; He said the findings of Touche Ross were being analyzed and would later be relayed to the House. A similar report on Greymac was expected to follow within days. Colborne Central School held its winter- carnival last week. Students participated in pyramid building, broomball, and other various activities. (Photos by_ Dave Sykes) -xfr+At 4,3 LI 4s .,, ; : :-fit\A• 0417•.°'L?!°,•.4.)i"Ytir4YA rd 'U:'.µ14.•1.) i.7.. .. ., • Huron farm and home news Swine Breeding and uses some of its root Weilishop . -r-eserves•to-do-this:: I -f you -do -- The . Swine Breeding this often enough, eventually workshop for gilt producers the •. plant . has no reserves has been changed from left. This program works February 9 la March 3- best in hot dry weather. This Feature speakers are Dr. method of cultivating is no Gordon Bowman, University longer done. The cultivators of Guelph; Carl Clayton, Hay that you use in the 80s do Bay Farms; Jim Donaldson, very little to control twitch G.I.P. Farms; John Howell, grass: They merely spread O.P. P. M.B.; Cameron quackgrass around the field. Reeds, Quality Swine; and The second situation that John Woodhouse, Swine A.I. existed in the late 70s was Registration is limited to 40. deep ploughing. When you Sessions will start at 10 in the ploughed eight inch or ten O.M.A.F. Boardroom. Call inch deep, you buried some OJM.A.F. office to pre- of those rhizomes pretty register. deep. Some of them would Soils and not come 'up until July. Of Fertilizer Course course herbicides you ap- This two day course is held plied before that time were March 10 and 11. It will cover ineffective. I think this last soil basics, nitrogen, situation is not as bad as phosphorus, potash, manure, three or four years ago since soil testing, micronutrients now many of you are and fertilizer impregnation. ploughing shallower. The enrolment is limited to 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 farm 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 Round-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 grow you disturb the roots Round -up can be absorbed again. This cultivating, n into the leaves and trait- growing, cultivating .sig the rootto eof roots. By eventually starves kills such oaquackgrass, fapere- the plant u beach. Epia tifn it regrowth is prevented. For you disturb the plants quackgrass the proper stage initiates new growth buds 35 - first -timers only. Call O.M.A.F. office to pre - register. -John Heard, Assist. Ag. Rep. 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 miist be cultivated often, a few days apart. The principle is to cultivate the twitch and when it starts to 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 tame 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 or rhizomes. The result will be 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 current session of o Legislature mov d toward an end, pressure remained the,goverument to launch a "Royal Commis= sion of NAM' into the "trust companies afair". Opposition Leader David. Peterson told Premier 1►illialn Davis a public in - PITY was,*, onlyr.way to un- • cover regulatory deficien- cies which . have allowed a number of financial in, sttitutionsto approach and reach collapse over the last 10 or 15 years The „most re- cent *pisode- involves the government • takeover in January of Crown " Trust, Greymac Trust and Seaway Trust, and the sale of Crown's fixed assets to Cen- tral Trust of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Liberal- Leader argued that the govern- ment's failure to properly monitor questionable prac- tices by some companies within the trust industry has allowed a series of near collapses and collapses to oc- cur. He said better legisla- tion is needed, and a regulatory system must be created to prevent a recur- rence of ,the Crown- Greymac-Seaway fiasco. Premier Davis said legislation would be brought forward within the next six, months or so. The Opposition will have ,pits chance to review it at that time, he said. An internal review is alsobeing conducted of the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, the Premier said, but he refused to make comment on the Ministry's past perfor- mance. "I am not going to defend lack of action on the part of any civil servant," he said, "If they should have moved, then they will hear about it But they should not be pre- judged and ; condemned in advance." Mr. Peterson replied: "I have absolutely no faith in his internal; review... If (the Premier) is concerned about the integrity of the financial institutions, then he will commit himself to a full, in- dependent ' Royal Commis- sion of .Judi ill"Inquiry into , this w"1"io1e al some me in 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 Cytrol and atrazine. For more information on all these products, check the 1983 Guide To Chemical Weed Control. - Pat Lynch, Soils and Crops Specialist Cost will decline For the first time the membership cost of the Christian Farmers Federa- tion of Ontario will decline. The fee for 1983 has been set at $243.83, down from the 1982 high of $255.08. 1982 Federation income covered all 1982 expenses plus most of a $13,000 outstanding deficit. The Federation's budget for 1983 is about $143,000. Holmesville4=H Club elects new officers The first meeting of the Holmesville II 4-H homemaking club was held at the home of leader, Beverly Van Ninhuys on cal. 5. We all tasted different kinds of soynuts, some were salted,barbecued, and some were covered in yogurt. We opened the meeting with the 4-14 pledge and then we prepared our food and put it into the oven. We discussed our "Ontario Heritage" books and had, the election of officers. The results were: President, Julia Ritchie; Vice President, Janet Ducharme; Secretary, Kim DePutter; Treasurer, Rosita Brand; Press Reporter, Barb Brand. We took our fold from the - oven when it was done and tasted it. We were to make a list of herbs and spices from home and other work from our books. The extent of the troubles within the trustcompanies was revealed to the Finan- cial Post by an unnamed government advisor, who said: "I think what people have yet to realize is that what they have seen in the press about Crown relates to perhaps five or six com- plicated issues, whereas at Greymac and Seaway there are many, many more." He said: "We have in excess of 100 such deals to unravel" at Seaway alone. Meanwhile the govern- ment was under attack for its failure to prevent unemployment in Ontario from climbing toward the 600,000 mark. The latest crisis was the planned closure of Jarvis Clark Co., a mining machinery manufac- turer employing 205 workers in North Bay. Deputy Liberal Leader Sean Conway said the government . must move vigorously to shield the north against the worsening reces- sion. He said an $800,000 interest-free government loan was supposed to create 150 new jobs "and the North Bay plant would not be in jeopardy." Industry Minister Gordon Walker said the company will Have to "pay back the Hare tcp boar -John-ands Wilma Ressels of RR 2, Goderich have the highest indexing Landrace boar at the R.O.P. 'Test 'Station, New Hamburg, which was selected. for the station tested sale. This. top test station graduate had .a ri high station index of 151 and - combined • low backfat thickness of 10.2 mm (.29 inches) and excellent average daily gain on test of .90 Kg (1.98 pounds). The highest indexing boar in the entire group of 111 boars from across Ontario which completed .test was a Yorkshire from Small Creek Farms Ltd.,, Kincardine, with a recorhigh station index of 180. The Duroc boars were led by a pair of littermates' •• from John Ryskamp, Wyoming, with indexes of 140. Also among the top in- dexing 10 boars among the 111 boars from across Ontario which completed test were Yorkshires from Heinz Hinz, Mitchell; G.I.P. Farms, St. Marys; Paul Moser, Wellesley; and Thames Bend Farm, Tavistock as well as Durocs from William Weaver, Dresden, and G.I.P. Farms, St. Marys. As all boars at the R.O.P. Swine Test Station, New Hamburg are tested under uniform feeding and management, those which have the genetic potential to grow quickly and remain lean can be identified. Those which are superior for these traits have the ability to sire market pigs, which will grow rapidly and efficiently and have high market indexes. Home evacuated SEAFORTH - On Feb. 4 the Kilbarchan Nurs ing Home in Seaforth was evacuated when a minor fire broke out. The Seaforth area fire department responded to a call at' the nursing home, after a radio located on top of a clothes dryer in the basement caught fire. Residents were forced to evacuate the building because of heavy smoke. There was minor smoke and water damage done to the basement of the building. No estimates of damage were available. This..means more profit to the producer and also leaner pork for the consumer. A total of 29 boars, all with indexes of 100 or higher (above the group average on overall performance), were approved for physical and structural soundness. These boars will be offered for sale at ° the Test Station on Thursday, February 24 at 1:30 p.m. money cl of the NoBaa! Plant,, on another front, divisions aPPAIIP44 in the Government Caucus over a public disclosure by Revenue Minister George Ashe that he. proposed to allow Metro Toronto Council~ to, imposee higher tat, assessments downtown Toronto homeowners: City centre Conservatives Susan Fish, ° Roy McMurtry aid Yuri Shymko criticized the Minister for not taking the matter to .cabinet before publicly- expressing his opt nion that market. value assessment should be impos- ed on downtown homeowners. Staff Needed The Ministry of Tourism and Recreation is recruiting staff fortheir 40 Travel In- formation Centres, for their summer student program. Applications must be sub- mitted by February 28. Staffing requirements are - Applicants must be:. return- ing to a full-time education program in the fall; be i available to, work evening and ho ableto work alone; hilt in designated aroma Successful candidates must attend a training pro- gram and sign an employ- ment agreement prior to the commencement of work. . The Ministry isnot respon- sible for any transportation or accommodation costs in- curred by a summer student. The Travel Information. Centres are open seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 8 pm), The locations are: May 15 to September 15 Ramie, 70 Dy- ment Road {bilingual, area); Co `wall, 903 Brookdale 'Avenue, (bilingual area); Fort Frances, 400 Central Avenue; Hawkesbury, Highway 417 (bilingual area); Niagara Falls, 5355 Stanley Avenue (bilingual); Sarnia, foot of Blue Water Bridge; Sault Ste Marie,.120 Huron Street; Toronto', (three locations (bilingual area); Windsor (two loca- tions bilingual area) Hill Island, 1000 Island Bridge; n days abletoworkan 1idg Tart&Country PEAL. ESTATE W.J. HUGHES REALTY LIMITED 30 Kingston St. Goderich 524-7373 • 524-8100 JUST LISTED B rick 2 storey. main floor family room plus den, beautiful beamed ceilings. For the family that requires space. Call Rita Alien 524-8480. ENJOY THE SUNSET Just listed. Custom built. spacious 3 bedroom brick ranch with a panoramic view of Lake - Huron. Large lakefront lot. well landscaped. Features two fireplaces. air conditioning. closed sunroom, double garage- 8-12.0 Call Ebb Ross 524-8786. DUPLEX - 11% MTGE. TIL '84 Brick, 2 8, 3 bedrooms, electric heat, insulated. fully rented. Have help with your mortgage payment. In 30's. Call Norma Taylor 524-8192 R-132. GRACIOUS BACKSPLIT 4 bedrooms, family room, 2 baths, large game room, professionally finished. tip ' top condition, well landscaped. many extras. Priced to 60's. Cali Rita Allen 524-8480. - RURAL RARITY! `: 4 Come see, come save, 1 1/2 storey, close to town and mall. One half acre lot, bright cheery rooms, full base- ment with family room, detached garage. tarmac drive. low taxes. Call Ebb Ross 524-8786 R-222: 31/s ,ACRES Modern bungalow, 3 bedrooms, faintly room, 2 baths, electric heat. drilled well, 9 stolfhorse barn. Call Nor- ma Taylor 524-8192. Building lot, 90'x110', good ' residential area, $12.000.00 B uilding lot. close to all amenities. 75'x90`. Owner anxious to sell. Try $7,500.00 Call Ebb Ross 524-8786 Rita Allen 524.3480 Ebb Ross 524-0786 Norma Taylor 524-8192 B arb Shewfolt 524-9581 Don McCauley 524.4226 • 1 Kenora, Hi Willy 17 west; Lancaster, Hghway401(bil- ingnal aro); •Maple, Canada's Wonderland Pigeon River, Highway 61/Misineso a i Border Prescott, Highway 16,. (bil- ingual area) Rainy River; St. Catharines, qarden City Expressway; and June 15 - September 1B - 18 - 401 Ser- vice Centre locations - (bil ingual area). BM[F Roan Estate, Ltd. Clinton. Phonon 4$24371. Residence: 523-9338 NEW LISTING - Blyth • 1 acre. `with. 1'// floor brick home, in- sulated shop, financing arrang- ed. INVESTMENT PROPERTY 4 unit apartment building, central location in Clinton. Vendor vtill finance. 300 ACRES NEAR BRUCEFIELD - cash crop. and hog farm, paved road. 12 ACRES NEAR BLYTH'• large frame home and good hog barn. HOLMESVILLE = 13 acres with farrowing barn - 1 floor brick bungalow, paved drive. 15 ACRES - wooded. - near Auburn - large brick home - combination furnace • 2 small barns. 69 ACRES - Hwy. No. 8 - farrow- ing barn - raised ranch home - several ponds - OWNER SAYS SELL! 46 ACRE HIGHWAY FARM - near Varna - 23 workable - hardwood bush - large double horne - large barn suitable for hogs or poultry - large drive shed with workshop. 2 MILES FROM CLINTON - 100 acres - 97 workable - no buildings. 5 ACRES with very -comfortable home near Dungannon - price reduced - owner will finance. 2'/2 ACRES - on hi• way at Kip - pen - good z om home under $30,001. 8 ACRES. IN _•BLYTH - no buildings. 68 ACRES - 62 workable 6th Line - Hullett Twp. 50 ACRES NEAR BENMILLER - no buildings - 6 acres apple or- chard - REDUCED. BA1'FIELD AREA - Hwy. No. 21 - 5 acres with ranch home - many extras - nicely wooled. • 5 ACRES NEAR AUBURN - good house and born : river frontage. PRICED FOR QUICK SALE. 91 ACRES AT BELGRAVE'- good house and barn - realistic price. MAURICE GARDINER REAL ESTATE LTD. 34 STANLEY STREET GODERICH 524-2966 524-2966 CALL US -TO WELCOME YOU HOME 43 ST. PATRICK ST. - Solid brick home close to shopping; very nice condition. Priced in 40's. 31 CAMBRIA RD. N - Low down payment, owner will assist qualified purchaser with attractive financing. 4 br., gas heating. tan.. ,•- :rsm;-, 162 RICH ST. . Well maintained bungalow with inground pool, formal dining room plus finished ret room with bar and fireplace. 182 ELGIN AVE.. W. - 2 bedroom bungalow, good lot. gas heating, roof 3 years old. Asking in the mid 30's. 167 BROCK ST. - 3 bedroom, 2 storey with lots of room, re -insulated, plus gas heating. Competitively priced in 30's. ,187 BENNETT ST. W. - Top quality, all brick bungalow, , near lake, • 4 bedrooms, finished family room, Immaculate condition, RI . t "'" ;i,s 1 RK - 4 "•°"°" room modular home with hill Basement lend 23°44' family ream. Asking mid 40's. Maurice Gardiner Peter Bettger Bruce Ryan Steve Gardiner ken Thompson Jim Thompson les Whims 524-6031 524-2865 524.7762 524=9985 524.7514 524.0672 524-8451 53 -. ITANN1A . '6. 3 bi bungalow with now . addition, completely letseeloteid, Oar heat. approximately $365/year, MEMBER OF THE HURON REAL' ESTATE BOARD MULTIPLE LISTING SYSTEM. WHEN BUYING . _YIN!ti OR SELLING •7,11,111.16.4 REAL ESTATE� IS YS'iilJlt BEST RST. ' _ .