The Huron Expositor, 1979-12-06, Page 28c�
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The. ,individual has little say when dealing with big.
governirnent and big, energy companies ..says; Peter
I eWiington, a chap who ought to know,
• He has stubbornly -fought an always -exasperating battle
with I rater -provincial Pipe Line Ltd, of Alberta along with a
couple of his neighbors in the Ilderton, oine Ont. ar .
They
won a landmark decision 11 Months ago in the ;courts with:.
ani' average of $0,000 an acre in the settlement,.
The conflicting interests of farmers with urban people,
utilities and the petroleum industry are increasingly
oaring into focus, especially: now that the pressure is
growing; to explore more arable 'land, Farmers are being
harassed and aggravated by urban people living in rural
areas and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture prepared
a position paper: for discussion at the annual meeting last
week,
The problems "have risen to the point of alarm anda
dramatic change is needed "if we are going to avoid
serious conflicts between agriculture and nen-farm
interests," the paper said,
•Mpnicipal councils in many parts of this country are no
longer rural oriented. Lot severances: for country homes.
have increased dramatically 'in the last decade,
Agricultural IandS then, is now being controlled in many
areas by those who know very tittle about farming.
In Alberta, the pastoral settingaround the solitary
raIrie homestead is broken in hundreds of places by a
a farmer i And: n to popular belief, f rm r
in'. .cot u r e, r
pg in
racy p p
rancher in Alberta cannot prevent an .oil drilling: operator
from entering his property to drill, build'storage facilities
and processing facilities. Or even• to drive pipelines
through fields and meadows.
The farmer has, to yield, a rightof entry to any company
which has bought provincial mineral leases to explore and,
if successful, todevelop crude oil, natural gas or coal!,
reserves beneath the surface,
In other words, the. actual owner of the landcan do
nothing to prevent encroachment if the mineral rights have
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already been leased', few Owners own; the mineral rights,
Only descendants of a few early homesteaders in Northern
,Albertahave retauteri :these .rigtlts-
Most.deeds reserve exc1lisive1y tQ the "Crown ell rights
to minerals and to work the :sante, The CROWn Matta the
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have
Alberta, Saskatchewan and Dntari4� farmers r be
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questioning the s6 -called. "fair dear" practices of the
petroleum industry and the utility eontpanies,
As many as 7,000 wells will be drilled in the prairies. this
year. More than 10,000 miles of pipe of MI sizes will be laid
in those three provinces aline. Hundreds of millions of
dollarsworth of natural gas processing plants and crude oil
production batteries will be installed and hundreds of
miles: of power lines will be strung.
A group of mere militant farmers and cane ,hers in the
Hussar and Drumheller vicinity are insisting on collective
bargaining with the intruders. About 103 families are
involved,
It is my firm belief that most farmers want a clear
indication from senior governments that agriculture is an
important industry in this count ryThe want assurance
that they are considered to .be an integral part of this
nation, needed and wanted by the people of Canada.
They have been subjected to much high-handedness by
big government, big businessand big utilities. They have
been, played against each other for too long by the
better -organized elements trying to negotiate better deals
for those companies,those utilities,
Untie farmers canP
resent a united front in this battle to-
protect'
oProtect• their own land, individual farmers. will end up
fighting long, protracted and costly battles against almost
insurmountable odds just as Peter Lewington has had to do,
in the little village of Ilderton, Ont.
He tilted at windmills .and up to now, be beat the
windmill. It remains to be seen whether an appeal will
overthrow the original ruling. Until Peter has the money in
' his hot little hands, the war is not over.
Huron farm: and home news
A proper dry cow program
means More profitsfor you
by reducingthe incidence of
milk fever, • retained placenta
and mastitis.
The nutrient requirements
of dry cows are very different
from thoseof their milking
herd mates, :therefore, dry
cows should. 'be separated
from the milking string and
fed .an entirely different
ration if you hope to ' maxi-
mize on profits.
I Most dry cows tend to be
too fat: Prevention of the
"fat: cow syndrome" can be
accomplished by proper con-
ditioning before drying off
and feeding low '-:energy
rations composed mainly of
hay or haylage.. If corn silage
is fed, it should be restricted.
AYISITOLIGH
CouMnetymbeSoXhCderoonfH'f
tpodemetibn#l� ,h*scored
,concerns they, beg l4 .the{
1980'5 at Thursday's l<!4.04
:mee lig in Brussels .
District ,director Latrrence,
Taylor listed the tap .Prior-
ities. These 'included', soil
conservation, and erosion
control mere agricultural re-
scarce;, preservation of facie::
land and' .guardFng: against
the invasion of foreign mere
ership.
He said the 1980 conven-
tion of the Ontario Soil and
Crop group would be held in.
Ottawa January 29 and; 30..
Taylor said the provincial
association esablid
newsoslettiatier had which the hoped
would be published six times
a year. The editor is a former.
Ag Rep Pon Taylor.
In a second ; capacity as. a
member of the project. com-
mittee, Laurence 'Taylor re-
• ported on corn hybrid pro-
grams-
liesaid hybrid selection
was the most important fac-
tor determining yields and
suggested farmers do their
own field trials, He contin-
ued, "Do your own field tests
under the same conditions as
when you grow your own.
corn,',
Taylor added, "There is no
absolute as far as hybrids are
concerned. Nothing is best
for alt of us. U.se'what is best
dor your land.:
Bruce Schillinglaw -of' the
conservation committee told.
of new Farm Incentive Pro-
gram grants which are now
available fromrovincial
P
authorities.
#'rojeels eligible would item;ItesOS,, With the good white;
Elude various: rnethvds. Of
stopping eroaiatt and pollu-
tion such asRratrg waterways
energy dissipatpirs, wind-
breaks, settling ponds, etc.
Sctttliinglavt concluded,
"Ite ►ware c, tl a grant
And what You
fn this regard, Bill. Mun
gall of 'the Ausable•Bayffeld
Conservation Authority and
lan Des Laurier of the Mait-
land shgtved slides and de-
scribed various erosion and.
pollution control projects
which have been completed.
Mungsli said his Authority,
had a maximum of $2,000 for
projects ts for any individual
farmro ect while the Mait,
P J
land limit was 510,000,
Jim O'Toole of Centralia
College talked about Proso.
Millet which is grown cam-
metcially in the United.
States: for bird seed, but is
causing problems in Huron
as a weed, especially irl corn
fields.
O'Toole said the Millet is
an annual and this year was.
found mainly in the Seaforth
Clinton. areas and possibly as.
far south as Hensell and is
resistant to most chemicals
used for corn.
Huron's. Ag, Rep Don Pull:
len told the, audience on the
subject of the 1979.crop year,
"Youshould be thankful. It
could have been a lot
worse."
Pullen suggested: there'
could be a considerable re-
verse in acreage of soybeans
'and white beans for 1980. He
said, "Soybean acreage this
year doubled. to 16,000 acres
in Huron and white beans
dropped to about 30,0.00.
bean yield and the prehlema
encountered in soybe har-
'Mating and reducett ;Y.ii.4.14x
► th
Why' bid: yield
difference
B,Y.ALAN W. Sco'rr
A ;corn survey in. 197$ of
150.,growers in the Mitchell
area revealed big yield dif-
ferences, The difference ie
farm yields between the
highest and lowest was
greater than 100 bushels/
acre, However, these were
extremes. s. Butwhen
we co
-
pared the top 25% of the
farms to the bottom 25%,
there wasa: difference of 46
bushels per acre. That's:.
over $120.00/acre difference
- after drying charges, This
survey .was, done in a small
area so we can safely assume
similar weather • and almost
similar sod conditions, The
big difference is Manage-
ment, And I suggest that one
half of thin difference isin
hybrid se ctinn:
This ' selection involves
picking the right hybrid and
picking a hybrid that will
mature in a given • time.,
Yield of a hybrid is only
part of the story. Maturity is
the other part. Thie year,
many farmers got caught
again with very Wet corn at
harvest. Remember, it costs,
to dry that extra wet corn,
you can get it dry enough.
About '/x of your .corn acre-
age should, be hybrids, that
require 100 to 200 Heat Units
less than a full season hybrid
• for your farm.
Dry cows, the Christmas turkey
to limit ',energy intake, since
dry cows will fatten if offered
free Choice cont silage. It is
generally advisable to have
at least half of the dry matter
intake from a . long, dry
roughage such as hay, to
stimulate the digestive tract
and avoid displaced. abo-
rnasum. Provided • the cows
are in good condition when
• dried off, no grain is required •
during' roost of the dry
period, :if roughages are of
reasonable quality. With
poor quality, latecut hay, 2-4
lbs. per head. per day of a
14% protein grain mixture is
recommended.. The type of
mineral used depends on the
roughage feeding 'program:
Generally speaking, a high
phosphorus mineral would.
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Match the 5 -digit winning number and wilt $1,000.
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be required,,'if thedry' cow is
consuming legume hay
however, if corn silage and
dry hay were being fed, a fa
mineral would most likely be
required. As with the: milking;
herd, the ideal way to ensure
thatthe dry cow ration is
balanced for all-important:
nutrients is to request an
analysis of the feeds and
ration .formulation 'based on
the results; 'This service is
available . through our • local
Agricultural'• Offte,:• Clinton,
phone 482-3428 or Zenith
7-2800. .
—Dennis Martin,
Assocl Ag. Rep.
COOKING YOUR
CHRISTMAS TURKEY
Dere are a few very basic
guidelines to use. When buy-
ing, cooking and storing your
turkey this holiday season:
•How much to buy? Allow
/ito. 3/a lb. per•person.
•How long to thaw a frozen
bird? in the ',fridge (the.
preferable method if prac-
tical) 5 hours per pound; in
cold • water one hour per
pound; at room temperature
1'/: hours per pound.. Re-,
member, once thawed', the,
turkey must be cooked within
-24 hoursto prevent ;bacterial
growth and; possible 'food
poisoning.
•How icing to cook a whole
turkey (stuffed or unStuffed)
at 325°F (16(1°C)?' 8 pounds
(3.6 kg) - 33/r - 41/2 hours; 12
pounds (5.4 kg) - 4% - 51/2
hours; 16 pounds (7.2 kg)'
5'/4: - 6•hours; 20 pounds (9.1
kg)�.Sa/4 - 61/2 hours: A meat
therm'oineter. -registering an
internal temperature of
165°F ' (74°C) willindicate
the ,bird ik "done."
*How to store after cook-
ing? - in the fridge if to be
usedwithin two days; or, in
the freezer for use within one
to three months. Important:
Leftover, stuffing must be
, removed from the turkey
immediately after cooking.
and can be . stored in ..the:
fridge for Op to three days.
For mote specific inform-
ation, write or phone for the
excellentpanmphlet. "Talking
Turkey." Play it safe this
Christm! • '
4-asH LEADEKS'
WORKSHOPS
Leaders" workshops for the
brand new project for spring
"Your Corner of the World"
will be held January .11th; to
February 1st, 1980. ' Colour;
furniture arrangement, door
plans and Ways to personal-
rze a teenager's bedroom are
the main topics covered.
Macrame, the art of knot -
tying, will be the craft
learned by the members,.
Interested adults'who enjoy
Winking With youth • and
would like to participate' lir
the 4-11 Homemaking Club
proshould contact
Biome Economists by .Januthe-.
ary 4thgram, 1980,
Ctintoti Area "Needle,
point" 44 Achievement
Program - Thursday, ' Dec-
ember 6th, 7:00 p.m., Cen-
tral Huron Secondary School,.
Blyth Area "Needlepoint"
4H Achievement Program =
Thursday, :'December 6th,
7:00 p.m, Hullett Central
Seaforth ' Area "Needle-
point" 4-H Achievement:
Program - Wednesday, Dec-
ember 12th; 7:00 p.m., Sea -
forth Public School.
white bean flereage. Wit Yen
.can. be espeOed to Ro bark
tt,Qi,.
During his remarks, Pullen
congrat'ulatett Se area
fernier Ruasell Bolton on
winning the world bay champ
ionship for, the eighth eon
secutive year. f 1uron farmer's
have. taken the hay crown 1$
out: of tate let 20 years.
Don Rader of Hay town-
ship, current president of the
Soil and Crop Asspciation
was chairtnan for 'the even-
ing's program. Be is being
replaced as the Hay township;
representative by Ray Hart=
man,
TO
i�u MQILE
HCL
irtewl
y eleeted,dlosetors
were Odin (Meier', Novick,
townsntp, Bim' ."i
W'estt Wawanesh, Art
Vet 'fulntberrY and Jo
ake� tlsborne.
Completing the list of ,Or -
Actors are 'Gerritt "Van Kehl-
en, Grey; Bruce Si hillinglaw,
Hugett; Wayne Rata, Step-
hen; Walter Mcliwaif,
rich,, Roger Biernan, gest
Wawanosh; Rgss McReaths
:Stanley, Bob McNaughton,
Tuckersmith; Boogies Cam-
eron, Ashfield; Jim Alin -
strong, Morris;, Larry Wheat-
ley-, McKillop and Don 'Me-
;reit, Colborne,.
ROM s a sample of our auto•
mobile rates for persons between
age 25.60 ;years Compare them
web yourpresent rate,.
$.50O,000 --Bodily injury and.
property damage
5.25,000 --Accident benefits
$ 250—Collision deductible
s. 25 --Comprehensive
deductible.
6 month premium
00
No Application; Fee ,Rtaquired
ABOVE PREMIUM. BASED ON
1. No accidents or convictions in:t year$.
2, Driving towork ymiles or less,
3. On. a 1979 Pontiac
t:. • Married person between 25 a nd'.60.
rdiscounts2 cars and
5. K e also apply further for
farmers receive reductions of another $14.00
every 6 months.
MAmRS ANSYRNNCE
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Stratford Head Office
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