Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), July 29, 1970, B8

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Fret July Farm Page Sheep management must be improved 4H Clubs travels to Science Centre By Coo and six leaders In The Klwanls Club of the tendance The trip was enjoyed again the by everyone but everyone had 4 bus trip lo Toronto one regret they didnt have The trip consisted of a full day at enough time to see It all Tp remove dirt and dust from felt hat rub the entire surface with extra line sandpaper The result la a clean new look fly 11 JStanley The future of the sheep In dustry was discussed In detail at he Ontario Sheep Breeders and Producers Annual Field Day held on Wednesday July at the Gain Research Farm Mnple Ontario Members of the 4 Sheep Club and several sheep have a goal to produce the maximum number of pounds of lamb per ewe on a year round profitable basis Ho slated that management must be improved If sheep are to become profitable Less emphasis should be placed on breed characteristics shape and there must Take steps now for next years strawberry crop By If you are considering holding more emphasis on how the lambs hat patch over for breeders from the county were are going to gain amount of lean take a good look at DELEGATES F ROM Wellington county to the 4H Homemaklng Club conference at the U of chatting with Dr John Powell are front row left to right Betty RR Fergus Lois Bosomworth R 1 Elora Betty Law R 1 Moffat back row Ann Seifrled R R 3 Harrlston Fay Smith Grand Valley and Janice About heard Dr Powell director of the School of Physical Education speak on work and play In modern society More gain meat in the carcass etc the health of the roots and check Lambs should be sent to the field for amount of weeds market by the time reach if decision Is to hold over Farm accident toll rising Fewer farmers work foster to produce more food than ever before Many of Ihcm ore hurrying themselves to death because they sacrifice safety In Ihe name of speed Farm accidents have risen on a per capital basis parallel with the of mechanization In 1951 a Canadian farm population of 2892000 operated 399600 tractors Dominion Bureau of Siatistlcs projections show that the farm population had decreased to 1852 In 1969 but tractors had Increased to The trader is the heart of the farm production operation The operator Is the brain A Royal Commission on Agriculture study The protection of Canadas future farmers Is a worthy goal for Farm Safety Week running from July to In Us campaign the Canada Safety Council In cooperation with the Conadion Farm and Industrial Equipment Institute urges farmers to help reduce these tragedies by refusing to take children along for rides on tractors They will be shrill and insistent but the answer should be a firm no This is a safety must on rural highways Firstly tractors arc not designed for highway travel In the second place rural highways ore extremely dangerous One tractor deaths take place on public roads Beck of Michigan stated four months of age rather than strawberry planting that all sheep breeders should keeping them around for eight or renovmc right away to allow more months Beck stated res row I plants that million dollars Is lost by sheep raisers In the US each year through mortality This Is the number one problem in the sheep Industry not parasites or as some may suggest The successful sheep raiser must cut down losses at lambing time cent of farm machinery faulfties involved tractors The In 1969 per cent of total accidents took place in rural areas operator often fatigd and under stress because of But they for weamer accounts for some per cent of farm machinery accidents per cent traffic deaths and per cent of njurlcs A third of Studies show of tractor accidents take place in mid higher death and accident rate than urban residents afternoon or late afternoon Children victims But the victims arc often children Youngsters under the age of five most of them run over account for per cent of farm machinery deaths Those under 10 account for per cent of these fatalities Enroll herds on high performances By II JStanley A total of 94 dairy herds in County were enrolled on Record of Performance during 1969 The breed ac counted for of these records Fred Nurse of Georgetown had the high herd average for with records of lbs of milk lbs of fat 3 79 per cent test This gives a breed class average of per cent for milk and 133 per cent for fat Runner- up was the winner for the previous two years Claude F Picket of 2 Georgetown His records averaged 15264 lbs of milk lbs of fat for B C A s of and 150 Both the above herds have outstanding type as well as production as indicated by their show ring winnings In post years In third position was the herd of Howard 2 Georgetown with B C A s of 144 and Fourth was J C Georgetown of 139 and Fifth R R Norval and For the Jersey breed with 15 herds Fred Nurse also had the top average with six records averaging 146 B C A for milk and for butter fat Ken Ella and Sons Hornby had records averaging 140 and 130 C A s Next was Mrs S L Harper Georgetown with records 136 and BCAs attend beef meet Cook The Beef Producers held their Twilight Meeting on Thursday July at the farm of Allan Cook in Burlington Mr Cook gave a tour of his and then the group guessed the weights of a pen of steers and a pen of heifers The main part of the program con sulted of a lively panel discussion on new marketing trends The panel was made up of a representative from the in dependent grocery stores a representative from the chain tores a representative from the meat packers council and a representative from the Canadian Cattlemens Association Henry Stanley Agricultural Representative acted as moderator Following the discussion there was entertainment and a lunch of There were about 150 people In attendance Gunby Burlington records with of and were J McNabb Georgetown with recordsB C A s of 134 and 135 and Mel McCullough Acton with records of 134 and Allan Patterson Milton was top in the Dual Purpose Shorthorn section with records averaging 1M and 144 B C A s Ires are pinpointed Another major cause of form deaths is fires Of the more than annual farm fire fatalities more than half of the victims arc children Ways to reduce these deaths are Identifying the main and fixing faulty equipment The main causes of farm fire deaths ore defective chimneys chimney sparks on inflammable roofs unsafe stoves furnace installations Inadequate lightening protection proper use of electricity and misuse of gasoline and keronsene Children should be protected from exposure to chemicals by keeping them away from mixing dusting or pesticide spraying areas Form children live in a dangerous environment The death rate of farm residents is per cent higher than for the nation as a whole More than 1300 farm residents will die accidentally this year too many of them children It sup to Canadas farmers to plan safely the way they plan crops in order to reduce the heavy toll taken by farm accidents especially accidental child deaths and injuries Jr Farmer Field Day Larry Campbell of II Milton finished first in the 100 yard dash held at recent Junior Farmer zone field day George Henderson of It Georgetown finished third in the event boys finished third in the relay and the girls finished second in the tug or war York Duffcrin Wellington Peel North and South and County took part at the Cooksvllle event Winners go to the provincial finals at Guelph in August To control germinating weeds apply dlphenamid or after renovation Tenorancanbe applied to kill small established weeds and grass Fertilizer should bo applied according lo soil sample or about lbs per acre of Leaves should be mowed one to Where weeds are wo Inches above the crowns present an effective and After mowing the rows should be relatively inexpensive herbicide narrowed to about to Inches to use to clean up this weed If the rows are thick with problem is D amine Allow plants then cultivate out some of three or four days before these plants If no rain falls mowing Two D should not be shortly after renovation then the used beyond early August due to Plants should be watered to en adverse effects of the that the plants moke early plants POLLOCK AND CAMPBELL NUFFIELD Diesal Tractor SALES SERVICE FARM EQUIPMENT R R 3 ROCKWOOD Your most useful servant can cripple or kill you Tractors combines balers corn pickers and other machines have made farmers much more efficient But the increasing use of machinery has been paralleled by a frightening increase in farm accidents More Canadians are killed in farming than in any other single industry The accident rate oh farms is above the national average Accidental deaths involving farm machines have doubled over the last 10 years of all persons killed in farm accidents are under the age of 10 But machines do not cause accidents Farmers do Less than of farm accidents are caused by mechanical failure More than 93 are caused by carelessness A thoughtless act refusal to use safety features like tractor roll bars and power takeoff shields and allowing children to operate ride on or play near machinery are among the principal causes of farm accidents July to 31st is Farm Safety Week and your Workmens Compensation Board urges you to farm safely this week and every week FarmersCoveredbytheWorkmensCompensationAct Farmers desiring information about the Act should mail this coupon j I Plrue mo for employer I j in Schedule 1 j I I All farm employees have been compulsonly covered by Workmens Compensation since and more than 7000000 has been paid in compensa- j j tion and j J medical aid benefits J The Workmens Compensation Board Ontario 90 Harbour Street Toronto Dining Delight Make dining out special union fry treating to truly fine food and Enjoy the lirM CHARLES HOTEL MILTON Home Fumlthwi RADIO PHONO COMBINATION in SPA Walnut Cabinet Reg SPECIAL COLOR TV CONSOLS in Walnut Cabinet Reg SPECIAL With One Year fM Ser On Your Choice Of Of Three Rooms Of Furniture SPECIAL CLEARANCE Price On All Lawn Furniture Lawn Bicycle 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