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The Huron Expositor, 1979-05-03, Page 1574,16,,,,ar,KgrP,;;;Pr.r MAP IrfltrIti,ftrAtri osuittasaabtfattif EIda,lid I oa,Ont its312C7 Boardroom battles effect farmers It's hard not to think of The Bey when it comes to CorPOritte boardroom. battles, •• Some people in, this society believe mankind is finally too wise to engage in another great war and that the battles for control' of the world, are being fought in • boardrooms. Wars are fought today on Bay Street or Wall Street instead of on muddy battlefields. I'm not convinced, of this. I think Man has a long way tog° before war will be outlawed. .• I cannot help but agree though that some of the greatest news steries' n. medern histery, are found on the business pages. The big get bigger. • I have beep gently chastized by businessmen, over the years • for writing in a derogatory manner about the coneentration, of power in the hands of a few, • Feter Newman has made a livingby writing abut it. The bigger the corporation, the more power that • r a GieenCross herbicideforwhite bean& Green Cross Patoran controls weeds from,: the start of the growing season...And it maintains that effective weed control right up to harvest. You get clean fields and better yields. •When applied pp -emergently, as directed, Patoran is safe for beans—white, lima, snap, kidney and -others. •, Green Cross Patoran. The quality herbicide more and more bean growers depend on. For more information, GREEN write to Green Cross •CROSS, Products, 1 Westside Drive, Etobicoke, Ontario.,M9C 1B2. GREEN CROSS PRODUCTS 1, Westside Drive, Etobicoke, Ontario • Division of CIBA-GEIGY CANADA LTD. MONCTON • MONTREAL • TORONTO • ININNIREO• tAt.bAoty • vAncovvt• *Registered trademark .corporation has in the market place. The tentacles of say, the Argus Corporation or George Weston Ltd., stretch all • along the food e'lain front the time the product leaves the Win gate until it gets tp the coonsitmer. Various probes over the years seem to indicate that little manipulation is done in the food chain. What does happen is that the corporate peckets get a piece of any increase, • But the farmer gets only one kick at the can. He gets his, slice only once. The corporations get a kick in shipping, Packaging, Processing, wholesaling and retailing. 1 am in no position, to say whether manipulation is done but the fact still remains it can be done and I don't care how many Royal Commission S are set up, to continue to prove the Chains are clean. Even if the present investigation into kickbacks and discounts means chain stores are cleanthe idea of the commission and that, another One could come along any time - is enough to help keep the corporations clean. If vertical integration in this province 'continues to flourish to the point where family farms dilappear and the. Multi -national Corporations take over growing the products then we are really in trpuble. Power tends to corrupt, Absolute power corrupts obsolutely, as Lord Acton said so many years ago. • When the entire food chain is ht the hands of a few, the consumer will be -nothing but a.pawn, We will pay, exactly what the corporate boardrooms tell us to pay for our food. • Canadians, whether they believe it, or not, pay less for food than any other nation in the entire world with the • possible exception of the U,S.A._ And recent statistics. indicate that food is cheaper here than acrossthe border. I know. Urnow! It doesn't seem that way when you come benne from your weekly shopping trip. Everything in the place seems to cost rrtore this week than it did last week. A family of four or five cannot remain healthy on a food budget of 550 or 560 a week. It takes $90 or $100 . perhaps more, if you. . don't want to dispense with some of the luxuries to keep a family eating today. I like to remind people, too, that a'good check on your food basket will give some indication that not everything spent in the supermarket should be classified as food. Kleenex, napkins, dog food, toilet paper, houseplants• ; hardvvare, magaiines, soap, shainpod;soft drinks and any. • one of hundreds more •items picked -up on the weekly shcipping trip, cannot:be classified as food for the table. • Pull the non-essential items and the non-food items out and you. will get a better idea of how much you. spend on . •. . - •Which is not to indicate that the. price'of food has not gone up. It has gone up and will, continue to go up. I may • . . be crazy but I'm eat that crazy. But it hasn't gone ,O13 s • much as most of us think. Another queer quirk; toe: When the price of beef orpork: goes up, everybody screams like a wounded 'warthog. But 1 didn'thear too many consumers organizing great , protests when the. price 'of a bottle of whisky soared a couple of weeks ago. T. • Somehow, many of us have our priorities a littletnessed up; I think. . ' OPNOTCH TOPNOTCH FEEDS LIMITED • SeafOrth 527-1910 MILTON J DIETZ Ltde RSL4Seaforth 027-0608 Hensall 262 2527 • BYti*TIANCIt MIKEMIMR The most •common • tem with early planted corn is that it is, planted too deep. Cern planted in early May should he 1 inch deep or less. ust year in mid-May, 1 stpped at a corn field in Logan Township. Ti e farmer was Riling a -corn Planter into a field that Was, already Planted to coq. f asked what • he WAS doing, 'He said, "rePlanting NA cern fickt.„ I continued my- questioning and he said, "I heard you on • the radip the first week of • May and you said to plant •corn shallow and let the moisture come to the corn. figured that was my clue to do the opposite, so 1 planted deep. Now 1 am replanting, because my population is too loW.. The corn did not emerge." early planted corn is planted too deep; One of two things happens: The soil crusts and. the COM cannot push, through. Or else the seed is in the cold •soil too long and the seed rots before it Merges. When you, are planting corn this year, be sure and get off the tractor and dig up seeds. Make, sure your plant- er is doing what it should, Check the depth of seed, see if fertilizer is 2 inches to the •side and 2 inches below the seed, also check the popu- lation. Early plaited corn should have 1,000 to 2,000 more plants. per acre than • later planted corn. This will • give a higher yielc1„as well, there is a lower emergence rate with earlier planted corn. TREAT ALFALFA SEED??? Yee may have noticed an . extra •tag attached to your • bag of alfalfa seed this year.. • The tag is .referring to a* disease called • verticillium wilt. This disease may be carried on the outside sur- face of some alfalfa seed this year. The disease itself af- fects the plant by causing it to wilt and eventualli kills the plant. • , _ At present, we have no idea how serious this disease V'N is or evenv ' big a threat it truitte.`We 4ruoteven sure if the 'disease is.on the seed Ian ;being planted. We do, know that it is a main dksr„aw !Europe. We know. 4tiso that last year's secd crop Was harvested tinder conditions that wererideal for the spread of thiStfisease. We also know there is a seed dressing that ;prevents the disease - The product Is Thiram. Uniroyal has the only regis- tered Thiram on the Market. There are Other ThiraMS en the market but they are not registered for this; use. The product is available in Ounce and 3 pound packages. The 11 POW package treats 240113S- of seed. The et* will be lest than 2St), per acre. • The product will be distrib- uted by W.G. Thompson Sons Ltd., and King Grain. INCREASE Cow NITROGEN RATES IF IS EARLY Research information for fine textured soils (clay and day looms) in South Western Ontario indicates that more nitrogen is required •when applied before planting than when side -dressed, It isrecommended that if nitrogen is applied as a pre -plant treatment early in the spring, the rate of total nitrogen should be increased by 40 kg/ha compared to. a side -dress treatment. This would raise the amount of total nitrogen from 130 to 170 kg/ha-on these soils. For the remainder of the 'Medium and coarse textured soils in the Huron area, there appears icrhe ho measurable difference between preplant and side -dressed nitrogen. The rate recommended on these --soils is 100 kg/ha. • , • BE PREPARED FOR SPRING CALVING Have. you :checked your 1970 breeding records? Have you. obserVed your pregnant females fleshing condition the past few Weeks? Your breeding records will • tell you when your cows and heifers should be calving, If -.„4„ you haven't checked them, why not do it now and be ready? Thin cows require 'Mara energy in the form Of 2 to 5 lbs. of grain per head per day • for the 4 to 6 weeks prior to calving. First calf heifers require it more, as they are If SUL operate a business or &nu and create new jobs • • between April 30 and October 211, 1979, you snayapply to) the Ontario Youth Employment Program fair AL grant Of SL25 an hour (uP to a maximum of $50.00 a week) toseinis the wsages of each eligible youth youhire for those jobs. Apply early. Grant funds are limited. ' If you wish to employ ayoung person any cline during the program's dura tion submit your application as soon as possible. Applications are processed as they arc received. 'Deadline date for - application is July 3, 1979 or earlier; should all funds be allocated. • Eligible Employers arc those who have been actively engaged in business or farming for at least one year prior to April 30, 1979 at each Ontario business location for Which grant application is made. Elie* Employees mist bent least 15 hitt not yet 25 ye a es; Old on April 30, 1970. They must reside and be eligible to work in ' Ontario. They must not be related to the employer as defined in the Ontario Youth Employment Act, Program Duration: The program is in effect for 25 weeks from April 30 through October 21, 1979. An employer is not required to hire a youth ,for the full 25 -Week period. Ternts of Employment: To be eligible for funding, a position created must be in addition to regular and seasonal employment normally provided during the program period. It, must provide a minimum Of 25'hours of supetvised employment per week for at least six Weeks,• Grants: Employers may qualify for grants for up to, 150 manwecks of employinentfit, cach eligible business location, For ' example, if you wished to make use of 'the maximum grant available you could hire 10 young people for 15 weeks each, Or 6' for 25 weeks each, or 15 for 10 weeks each. Approved eniployers will receive a grant of SI.2,5 an hour up to a 'maximum of S50 a Week (40 hours) for each young person hired under the program, MEP worts I:wall oft's. WM tern bolsi, Prim*. Province of Ontario lilting of Einployees: Befcire you hire an,employee under the program you must first receive written approval from the Province. Last year the program approved , 40;000 new jobs for young ?People throughout the province. If you think yOu would be eligible for funding 'under the program we invite you to apply. • For further information on the . Ontario Youth Employment Program • and, application forms, please contact: • Ministry of Intergovernmental Affairs, Subsidies Branch, Queen's Park, Toronto M7A 2R8. Telephone 1-800- .268-7592 (toll.free), In Metro Toronto, telephone 9650570. In IslOrthern 'Ontario (Arca Code 807) callToronto collect at 965-0576 Please call between 8 a.m, and 5 p.m. Monday to Friday. If you participated in a previous OYEP •program an application form and guidelinesbOoklet,have been mailed to you. • F sisin devgipping. eareful not RI ,get them •over fat. Being overfleshed can cause calving difficulty. Vitamins. A.D.E. are very important at this time, your hay is of poor qualityor yon are feeding ,cortt stover or straw as part of te ration. infect Remember, kith proper nutrition, your heifers and cows wilt drop. stronger, healthier calves, With calf Prices at an all time high, it is very important that you Save every calf possible. •Suppose YOU Manage a 100 • cow herd. What difference does it make whether you, Wean 80% or 90%? At ‘St,25 Per pound, o 450' pound calf worth $562.50, Ten more •calves means 55,625,00 extra • income for you. Dramatie, isn't it? But you. must Save and wean them to Fishing (Continued from Page 14) streamer tags were used, The fish are decked for lamprey scars or wounds, sexed, Weighed, measured, and relieved of a few scales that enable qualified person- nel to age the fish. The fish is • then released to continue its upstream migration to the spawning grounds. To date about 25% of the fish return- ing are bearing a 1978 tag. • The public may view the .operations with daily lifts at approximately 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Additional lifts may occur if conditions war- rant them and group tours may be arranged by contact- • ing the Ministry of Natural. Resources, RR 5, Wingham, Ontario NOG 2WQ, telephone 357-3131' or toll free -Zenith • 92000. , THEHURN OPOSITQR, MAY 3 , • p • collect. Prepare your calving area. it need not be elabOrate. A •dean, !bedded, dry, well - ventilated maternity pen with proper lighting is adequate for inside calving. Outside calvinw may be done in a dry lot that is close to the bUildingS. Ton need to observe then as they calve. Your dry lot should not be a, mud hole IS many barnyards are. Pick WO sodded, dry area. holding area, squeeze dilute and head gate Will help you, handl n and treat your cattle. This Avoids stresS. Now you ask, what else is. there? Keep these few things in mind: •rio you have .colostrum on hand? 1f not, check, with your local Veterinarian- fie May have some frozen and avail- able if needed; Save some at our 144 oppotuDitY_ Reinemher, Dozer! Coloatallan should be thawed slowly (le no heat). *Kaye you tioctttre Of iodine or 11 teat dip sunk -az bibitane on hand* trent navais? •How about naval 011MPI and ear tags?' •A disinfectant, clean pail and a lubricant in case You need to assist. •A dean rope, and a 'calf potter. *Vitamins, antibiotics, scour boluses, etc. on hand but not outdated, 'Clean storage for the antibiotics and rnedicants (ie) a cupboard and/or refriger- ator or both, *properly sized and steril- ized needles. Syringes, bolus guns, etc. (Continuel on Page 14) 1-N'..FORMATIONk MEETING for the Huron County PORK PRODUCERS e: Haemophilus • Pneumonia panel discussion Dr. Ernest Sanford, llairtist Park; Dr. Soren Rosenthal, University of Guelph; Dr. Mike Weber, University of Guelph; Dr. •Priendishigit Seafortf; • Veterinary Clinic. • ' at the Londesboro Community Hall •' • THURSDAY, MAY 10 8:00 p.m. Sponsored by your local 14.C.P.P. and H,X.A. 1971 FORD F-700 • 361 V8 engine • 5 and 2 speed transmission c•a7,Oorityolbr.caarapo.leoo city.frlonox frontaxle irte7s.000 Ib. p 1971 FORD W-1000 • Diesel power •,5 and 2 speed transmission 12,000 Ib. capacity front axle* 23,000 lb. capacity rear axle *1000 x 20 tires • 2i2 ft. rack and hoist • - ° 1969 CHEVROLET. C-60 • 427 V8 engine • 12,000 Ib. capacity front mile • 23,000 Ib. 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