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Village welldrys up (From page 2) Beaverton, and his crew has been drawing their water and driving that distance to get the first of four loads needed to fill a pool. Dowson's has an-arte- sian well of high quality water to draw from as well, but Randy says that he prefers to reserve that for drinking water only. "There are a lot of wells go- ing dry, even deep wells. A lot of people really need drinking water, that is more important than pools," said Randy. Randy doesn't want to lose any customers, so he refuses to raise his prices, but instead asks people to be understand- ing when delivery takes a little Hot, dry spell effects crops by Rob Streich July hasbeen a hot, thirsty month. Shallow wells have been going dry and many farms are feeling the effects. Bill Lamb, a farmer west of - Manchester, has a rain collec- tion station with which he sup- plies information to the Minis- try of Agriculture. At the end of July, he had received only 2 millimeters of rain for the month - last July the total was 75 millimeters "and that was considered unsea- sonably dry. Compare those figures to the wet 112.5 millimeters of precipitation we received in June, which slowed the harvest of early crops of hay, berries and other produce. Joel Bagg, a Farm Manage- ment Specialist with the Dur- ham West Office of the Minis- try of Agriculture and Food, NEED PHOTOCOPIES? We can do them for you! Letter, Legal & Ledger. 'Reduced & Enlarged. PORT PERRY STAR 235 Queen Street 985-7383 explained how the weather is affecting local farms. "Even an inch of rain would help," said Mr. Bagg. The heat is likely to affect the corn crop which is just 'tas- sling' and a little damage to the soybeans. "The subsoil moisture is very down," explained Bagg, this is causing some wells to run low or dry, and is making things difficult for irrigation or livestock watering on some farms. "A heavy rainstorm would be a problem," said Bagg. "It can knock the grain flat and damage the heads and there can be hail damage to fruit crops." While Mr. Bagg does not want to speculate on whether these conditions may result in extensive impacts upon area crops, those interpretations are only to be made when the har- vest comesin. Mr. Bagg explained that the unpredictability of the weather is the major reason why the government continues to promote crop insurance. While it looks like it may remain hot and dry alittle long- er, Mr. Bagg remains optimis- tic that conditions can change quickly and,"It will rain, even- tually." 4 PICK-YOUR-OWN RASPBERRIES PICK YOUR OWN FRESHLY PICKED Phone Orders Accepted. WHITAKERS SHIRLEY RD., R.R. 2, PORT PERRY -- For Crop Report Call -- A 2) 3 & oO 3 ai Be) S « o HR o Shirley Road w 3 3 on v 985-3110 EST. 1973 + PAINTED 4% MAgELS OF: ED Hp REPRODUCTIONS and OAK FURNITURE REMINISCENT OF YEARS GONE BY CUSTOM WORK WELCOMED: Come in soon, browse through our showrooms; see and feel the warmth of COUNTRY PINE R.R. 2, UXBRIDGE - SANDY HOOK RD. (416) 852-3617 1 1/2 km. north of corners of Brock St. & Main St. Tues.-Sat. 9:30 - 5:30 longer than before. While Randy is confident that this situation is only short term, "I'm one of the Region's best water customers." he has been examining several expen- sive alternatives to prevent this situation from occurring again. These include the develop- ment of several more wells and the purchase of several holding tanks. He understands that these are very expensive under- takings, but not likely to be more costly then driving back and forth to Beaverton for eve- ry load of water. Randy is concerned about the combined effect the weath- er is having on the water table, and hoping that the predic- tions of a dry winter do not come true. He joked briefly about the 'Greenhouse Effect' - the gradual global warming trend climatologists have pre- dicted. Behind every dark cloud, there is a little sunshine. For Randy, the warm, dry condi- tions have nearly tripled his sales from last year, "and the summer isn't over yet," he said. PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, August 1, 1989 -- 25 | A pa AE go dt | Randy Dowson's water hauling business Is going great guns. But last week Durham Works put a crimp In his oper- ation by shutting him out of the Port Perry water supply, forcing him to go to Beaverton to fill his trucks. For a day last week the Reglon gave him temporary access to be able to supply Greenbank with water. Coleman. \/ Coleman, You've seen the light. Now feel the comfort. Coleman means quality. Always has. Always will. 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