The Huron Expositor, 1979-07-26, Page 15Sae ' CO n ress
Farmers warned of
immure
Harold Nodwell, chairman of the 4gri-
k dturid Code of ;Practises committee and`.
tin extension, engineer With UMAF, tol..
t
cattlemen attending the, Ontario Beer
Congress Thursday that this, spring's
manure runoff problems occurred at 'a
time when it seemed we had environmental
:gsanagentent under control,"
At least 12 southwestern Ontario farm!
ers have either spilled, er pumped liquid
manure into streams recently, killing,
several thousand fish according to a
provincial environment ministry spolce4:
Blatt,
Mr, Nodwell said spills often occur when.
manure storage tanks are full bast fields are
still wet andspreading the fertilizer is diffr
cult. .
The engineer told the audience there ate
two kinds of spills - those which are
difficult to predict and prevent and; spille.
due to human error or poor judgement. He
said, "there are toogreat a number (of
spiila):. where it is ;a Matter of polar
judgement•,".
' Mr. Nodwell said with a beef :feedlot..
operators must ask themselves when they
"flush" the toilet, they "have to wonder
where it's going lo go," He 'said problems.
cases of runoffs must be dealt with if
environmental regulations are to be
meaningful.
Mr. Nodwell said he would 'encourage
beef producers' to consider the total
consequences of spills, both to agriculture
and to the rest of the community.
He paid' the recently increasing costs of
energy has placed a whole new value on
manure and now it has become an
runoff
Important resource. He .sato tt .new
;educationalP rogram, is needed, .on the.
xaluie of this resource.
Mr, Nodwell: said {Q,MAE staff will be
diScP ssin $ - m n a..0 .:re maria meet with farm-
ers....
going • into a. beef operation before
issuing a certificate' of compliance.
He said a manure management design
should include all the manure on the site,
;includin the lip uid effluent.
od ell els isc ss the robs
N w . o di , its �ed
P
le,ms. of soil runoff andsaid topsoil is a
a
non-renewable resource, He said: as little
e .
as a, two-inch topsoil loss on a field can
result in a 15 per cent crop yield reduction
on that land.
The speaker told cattlemen: nutrients.
added to the soil are also getting into water
courses. He said up to S16, worth; of
nutrients on a, corn field can be lost in one
heavy rainfall.
A third erosion problem is the sediment-
ation found in open ditches and drains: He
said farmers must fence to keep animals
out of streams and new designs must be
found to prevent further sedimentation in
ditches.
Mr. Nodwell advised the cattlemen to,
review their own operations to see if
control measures toprevent both runoff'
and erosion are needed. Also, he said.
livestock operators should have a safety
device to keep people'outof liquid'manure
tanks.
Mr. 'Nodwell said OM AFhas developed a
new program; onrunoff and erosion which
will be offered in co-operation with county
soil and' crop. improvement associations,
Perth Farm News "
Soil test boxes here
C0 PAT
BY. ALAN S TP,
LYNCH & TOMPSN NAL H O
This past spring ' and.
winter we have made a lot of
fertilizer recommendations.
Too, many of them are with-
out the benefit of a soil 'test.
You know the reason for and
value of soil testing. But you
said you did not soil test, you.
just never got "a round
tuit"We are proud • to;
annouce that we have a big;
supply`of round tuits at the
e
Ag., office, You can pick one •
up when you are picking up
your soil test boxes and,
sheets. .
You will need one box; for
every 15-20 acres. Sample at
least 1 core per acre. We will
try to make one fertilizer
recommendation : per crop.•
However, the more samples
you take, the better our
recommendation will be..
Right now is ' a good time to'
soil test because you can
walk most fields easily. If you
soil) test now,, take samples
between the rows. If you
sample in the row, you can
pick up some of the unused
fertilizer and throw . the
analysis off. If some areas of
a field appear .poorer. send
•
asa se
them in separate
.p t
sample, A soil test is good for
at. least 2 years' recommend-
ations.
Oh, by the way, we must
limit you to `. one round' tuit
per farmer. We' will need
the rest for all the jobs that
we. have been putting off.
"ONION -LEAVED" CORN
PLANTS
We have had numerous.
calls concerning corn plants
with yellow leaves, • These
leaves turned yellow because
the leaves were curled: up or
"onion -leaved. . Most of
these were onion -leaved due
to the extreme dry weather
conditions during June. This
onion -leaving is the plant's
natural reaction to drought
stress. During normal
growth, the corn plant takes
moisture; from the soil
through its roots. This moist-
ure then travels through the,
plant and eventually to the.
leaves. When it reaches' the
leaves, it then exits through
cells ' on; the leaves. Under
drought conditions, these
cells become less rigid: Con-
tinued drought, eventually
makes the leaves curl. When
the leaves curl,;'. thesun no
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longershines on these leaves
If the sun does not get to
these leaves., they remain
yellow.. Once . we get rain to ,
end the drought, these
leaves uncurl. When 'they
uncurl, they are yellowish.
Theappear
next leaves:. wall
a normal' green,
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BY JACK RlTilE44,p ',
Now that summer is here,
and school is out, more and:
.more of our young people are
;encountering, wild birds and,
animals —• especially when
on vacation in the country.,
side, or by the lakes, away
from the urban environment.
Ministry of Natural: Re-
sources offices throughput
provincee
t frequently
h� y
reeeive telephone calls or
visits .,from people ea! w le 11.o want
advice about ;dealing with
animals or birds which have
been hurt or captured ins
some; way.
Typical of the type of calls
received are the following,
reported by a Conservation
Officer in the Niagara area:,
"My kitty caughx a little-
bird. I took it away from her
and it's all right. What can I
do with it now?" "Iey child,
.ren found a baby rabbit and'
brought le home. 'What do` 1;
feed it?" "l put • the fawn
back where l found 'it "and
watched for the mother, but
she didn't come back, Will. '
you come and get it?
aniOf course, most P
mals and birds, specially
the young "cute" ones, With
the best intentions, they
rescue birds and small ani-
necesssrular two l► �'!� ho r
u..
feeding on a.. 4,hour a day -
basis,
Realizing:' that the Ministry
of Natural 'Resources ;pro-
tectswi dlife and :has an
interest in the welfare of
animals and birds. they place
a call to the nearest Ministry
office, in the hope that
the problem 'will be solved
for them.
Often the :response which:
they receive from the Mine
istry officialis disappointing.
Most members of the lube.
istr joined the staff because
y
of an abiding interest in true
conservation and a love of all
the things of nature. How-
ever, they know that what
people are sometimes moti-
vated to do. by sentiment or
emotion is not necessarily
the: wisest course. This is
particularly _true in the case
THE ,HU%4ONi t SITORp i '! i t z .$7$. 1e
,forthmotherreturn, or
e to
until the little creature seems
able to take care of .itself,
There are, needless to say, a
number of valid reasons for
the attitude taken by the
Ministry people,
The primary reason for
leaving the area is to allow
the mother time and privacy
to return. For example, if a
fawn is returned to: the
hayfield where it :had been
disturbed by the mower, the
doe will probably be in the
vicinity and not too far away.
.However, she will• not return
to her young one if people or
machines are in the area. In
fact some hours may go by, it
may ' even be after dark,.
before she ventures forth.
There are, of course, cases'.
where the mothers is killed or
simply • abandons her
baby.," What happens in
beingfedof
and r t is
dprotected. l
ep
not, and almost cerrairsiy will
never become agalne self-
sufficient and able to, survive
in a wild habtt_at, What
happens when Winter Comes
pp.,t
and it is. necessary,. stat„protect
the creature against the voids
g
weather? Few • people are•
prepared: to bring these wild
ets” into the 14ouse- on a..
'pets"
or .Less .permanent
basis.
The best advice given; to
people b :those whoare
�.. p y
tect
concerned with the protect-
ion of wildlife is that if you
find animals or birds. -
especially young ones
abandoned or apparently lost
you should leave them alone~,
Almost invariably, they
become reunited with, their
"families"if given time and
privacy to do so. Creatures
who appear injured or sick.
Jest
mals- which may or may not
really be lost or strayed, or
have been injured by an
accident by a car, or by
another animal. Often after a
few enjoyable and interest-
ing hours of admiring their
new pet, theyrealize that
they don't have the proper
food Or facilities, or they
don't have the time for the
of""foundling" wild animals..
Almost invariably, a caller is
told to place the fawn, the
baby., rabbit or the little bird.•
as close to its original nest or
hiding place as possible,
then go away and leave it
alone. They are advised not
tostay in the vicinity, waiting
Scre.
p
�� s• tops
•�injuries
t :, �rf he
Entanglement • in•. the was killed as the result
working parts " of farm falling into a combine.
e uipment usually results in' ere were severe
of
q
„Th . ., l
serious injury or death. The . People around at the time
severity of such • a mishap but nobody knew how to
1t
John' Vander'' Eyk's stand amme machine
could be cut saSuch a safe v device would
IN PERTH would be reduced
immediately Most farmers t
GROWING ALFALFA
power to switch the engine' . off," he.
. if
of Thor alfalfa was the centre
of attention at last' week's
alfalfa. meeting ' in Elma.
township. -A' year ago John
seeded ' 9-10 lb of Thor
alfalfa along. with 2' lbs: of
' timothy. He used 55 lbs. of
barley as a nurse crop and
150 lbs: of 8,32-16. The
barley was harvested as
grain. The, first cut hay was
taken about June 9thand the
Stand was nearly ready for a
second cutting on July' 16th.
A third cut will be taken,: later
in the season. John applies a
0-40-60: fertilizer annually:
Next week:we'll `mention
some of the management
points that were mentioned
at the meeting.
.• ..
work alone,:: in anycase, a
bystander probably.. would
not be able to switch the
equipment off in time .to ,
prevent injury.
A, Japanese engineer has' components continue to
invented ' a :'safety' device • move for some time• after
which turns off engines in engine power is cut (for
response to human distress , example, a baler's •flywheel'
cries, reports the Torento: or the cutting reel of a forage
Globe and Mail. • The unit harvestor)
cuts anengine's. fuel supply By keeping all guards and
scream. for help, reports the , switching off the power
inventor, Makato Ueda. b.efpre ' working• on a..
Ueda began.his research: machine, you can avoid. that :.
after hearing that a `farmer "cry" for:help'.
certainly have merit:
However, an operator could
already be seriously maimed
by the time. the scream
registers. ' Further, some
within one second' of a shields in place and always
these circumstances? What
can be done? Frankly, .not a
'great deal, There are really
no hospitals or treatment
centres for creatures of the
wild. A veterinarian is
trained to treat : domestic
animals, although he or she
may. offer . some : feeding
advice- where a wild animal
or bird is concerned. A zoo is
essentially for captive ani
mals, rather than injured or
abandoned wild ones:
Another fact which must
always be born in 'Mind is:
that if a babybird or animal.
does' survive . the :irreguiar,
feeding and. unusual food of
its human .foster parents,.
then it: becomes "imprinted"
by'hutnans. This means that
rather .than; being a wild
creature able to ::feed- itself
and fend for itself, it is partly
domestic, accustomed to
DANGEROUS GAS SIGNS
The' Perth County Junior
Farmers, 4-H ' Farm Safety
Clubs and Perth County,
Farm Association are
co-operating in. erecting
dangerous gas signs, on silos
and manure tanks this month
throughout Perth county. We
congratulate them' on this
very worthwhile projeet and`'
hope that all Perth county
farmers will give them a
warm reception. There is no
Cost to the farmer for these
signs, . .
We ore now ready to receive your
• •Wheat Oats • Ba.rley
•
•Mixed' Grainl
WE WILL ALSO BE TAKING IN RAPE SEED &
FLAX.
Extended hours for receiving grain will be In
effect when harvest'etarts.
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JACK LAVENDER
A few years ago, $25,000,.,
bought a lot of house. Today it,
buys a lot:
Maybe high food arities.'wiit do
what a lot of , reducing plans
• have felled at.
• A friend's description 'ot foot-
ball is that it reminds him of a
bunch of pigs running after a
cob of corn. •
the, boss is the man •who de-
cides, cider, Sometimes ha's x gh ,
butalways he decides.
f ,p self-made man did such a
good' job that he canreonceai it.
Therels no concealing
the factthat service is
number one at •
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Small Engine
Repair. Service,
107 Queen St ,
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will; usually; either improve
On 'their. own, or death wilt
•come, If this happens, it in
probable that it would have
been inevitable even with the
best of treatment'.
Ministry of Natural
Resources* staff advise part,
icelar caution in dealing; with
an apparently sick or injured
creature, Although not every
"sick" animal is rabid, the
possibility cannot be over•
looked, and rabies is a sen
our disease which, is carried
by tttammals, Ilan animals is
unusually tame, or acts sickly
or aggressively, leave it
e
.alonefox your own sake.
The Health. e1i
people do not with to Cask
lee it for rabies unlese, there
has been actual contact
between it and a domestic,
animal or hman. If this has
not occurred the Ammo can
simply be disPosed' of or
buried,
The advice offered by
Ministry officials is neither
callous or unfeeling. It is
based on the experience and
knowledge of the people
whose:g i job is the
main Pro".
tection of our wildlife, :tserl
tage,
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