The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-05-03, Page 33.9
GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 3 , 1979—PAGE 11A
Farmers turn dreams FARM CLASSI
into working projects
Innovative farmers
don't have to keep their
inventions locked in their
imaginations. A number
of Ontario farmers have
dreams into
working projects through
the Innovator Incentive
Program.
This federal program,
administered provin-
cially, provides up to 50
percent of the cost for
innovative technological
development related to
the feed and grain sec-
tors.
"The program was
established because we
realized the need for this
type of practical on-farm
study," says Howard
Nodwell, project coor-
dinator for the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture
and Food.
In the two years of the
program, about 20
farmers have 'received
grants ranging from
$4,000 to the allowable
$10,000 maximum toward
innovative projects.
"Farmers par-
ticipating in the program
must present a detailed
proposal for the intended
project," says Mr.
Nodwell. "These projects
must be innovative and
that means you can't buy
the idea off a shelf."
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food
engineers and extension
specialists provide
technical assistance and
guidance to the farmers.
Projects are evaluated,
and measurements are
taken regularly to
determine the economic
feasibility of each
project.
"Because of increasing
concerns about' energy,
and dissatisfaction with
the equipment available,
many of the projects are
looking into alternate
energy sources," says
Mr. Nodwell. .
One farmer near
Brussels constructed a
solar collector on the roof
of his farrowing barn to
heat, the barn.
There are also a
number of projects ex-
perimenting with solar
energy to reduce the
costs of grain drying. One
imaginative farmer is
using a'heat exchanger to
warm the one million
ducks his farm produces
each year.
More information
about the Innovator
Incentive Program can
be obtained from
agricultural represen-
tatives at local offices of
the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food.
COAT
grads
Doug Jamieson, administrator of the new swine farm
workers training program at Centralia College of
Agricultural Technology presents James Johnston of
Auburn with his graduation diploma while Howard
Malcolm, chairman of the Ontario Pork Producers
Marketing Board presents Robert Vanderpryt of
Dublin with his diploma. The I5 -week coursewas
offered at Centralia to meet the demand for ex-
perienced workers for area swine operations.
Conserve tionAu thori ty
will plant124,497 trees
The Ausable-Bayfield
Conservation Authority
will plant 124,497 trees
this year in its
Reforestation Assistance
Program.
This number is down
from 135,658 last year
because of a shortage of
available stock, ac-
cording to an authority
press release.
The release. said the
purpose of the program is
to promote reforestation
on marginal lands, such
ds wet, poor soil, steep
slopes or other land
unsuitable for
agriculture.
It is available to lan-
downers within the
Ausable and Bayfield
River watersheds, but the
release cautions due to
financial limitations and
• a limited -tree stock, trees
will be available to
landowners on a first -
Better yields?
We never miss the loss
that we can't see and yet
it's as real as the visible
one. As a general rule,
the highest yields come
from crops, which have
been planted early.
Researchers claim that
there is a yield reduction
of one .bushel for every
day that the planting of
spring grain• is delayed
beyond May 1. In a
similar fa, bion, corn
yields are depressed one
bushel for every day that
planting is, delayed
beyond May 15.
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The program is divided
into three components.
The mechanical tree
planting assistance
program assists lan-
downers in planting large
amounts of seedling
stock, such as 1,000 to
5,000 seedlings. There is a
charge of "$35 per 1,000
seedling,'to cover the cost
of supplying a
mechanical tree planter
and authority labor.
The second section, the
hand -planting subsidy,
assists • landowners in
areas where mechanical
tree planting cannot be
done because of fences,
slopes, corners or wet
areas. The subsidy is paid.
one year after planting,
,.provided there is a 75 per
cent or better success
rate.
And the farm tree
replacement progranm
supplies landowners with
a larger stock for the
purpose of establishing or
replacing windbreaks or
shelterbelts.
In addition to supplying
trees to private lan-
downers, fhe authorfty
plants trees on its 'own
lands.
This program has been
going on each spring for
the past several years.
Better yields start
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