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6 Section 2 of The Canadian Statesman, Newcastle Independent, Wednesday, April 6,1983 President Explains Role of Jr, Farmers As Satisfying a Need The Durham County Junior Farmers Association plays a dual role in the lives of young rural people. It provides access to social events and it serves the community. community. The president of the association, association, David Buttery, explains that rural people have a difficult difficult time travelling into small communities* for entertainment. entertainment. The association has sports and recreational events to satisfy that need. "We have sports events and we compete against other junior farmer groups in the province," says David. "We're hosting the Zone Two summer games in July this year." There are seven different zones in the province, he explains, explains, and Durham County is a part of Zone Two. In the winter, competitions are held in January and curling curling is the popular sport. But David says that summer summer is the busy time of year for the association. They have major involvement in local fairs and events. "We put up booths at fairs and we cook for barbeques. We have a lot more sporting events in the summer, too," he says. The association uses the money it earns at fairs and special events to help out the community any way it can. Members make suggestions about what to do with proceeds proceeds from events, the membership membership has a vote and the money is used according to the vote. "This year, we took $500 of proceeds from the Orono Fair and we're in the process of buying some equipment for Bowmanville Hospital. Some people at the hospital are looking looking at the possibilities," he says. The association has also worked in conjunction with the Farm Safety Association putting up warning signs on silos. David explains that when a silo is full, a gas forms and it is deadly. The Association Association purchased signs and posted posted them in the Darlington area. David says that this year, they may host a fun day for the Big Brothers Association. "We'll bring the kids out to a farm and we'll have a barbe- que and maybe a hayride," he says. "We're thinking about that right now." In order to be recognized by the provincial junior farmers' association, the Durham County association must perform perform at least one community service each year. There are 84 members in Durham County and the new year for the association begins in May. Anyone between the ages of 15 and 30 is eligible, but most of the members are 17 to 25 years of age. "We have lots of kids who don't live on farms, but they do live in rural communities, who are members," he says. "After the meetings, we go swimming or for hayrides. We have a lot of fun, too." Membership costs $10 for the year and information may be obtained at the Agricultural Agricultural Office. Students Learn That Heifers are Teenagers On Monday, March 7, we went to Browview Farm. My mom drove. We took: Karren, Paul and Steve. When we got there we went into the milkhouse. We saw the milk tank. It can hold 1,500 quarts of milk. Then we went to the stable where they keep the cows. They have Holstein cows, calves, heifers, and steers. We found out that hiefers are teenagers. Whèn hiefers have babies then they are called cows. Steers go to the slaughter house. We were glad Jim the bull was in a cage. In the summer the cows are kept in the pasture. They even stay out in the rain. In the winter they stay in the barn but they go oiitside for an hour. They are milked in the stable. They are fed: corn, hay, grain and salt and minerals, soyabeans and oats. The calves are fed with a 3 le pail. The calves like to your finger. The cows are fed two times a day at 5:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Before you milk them you have to wash the udder. Would you like to know how to milk a cow? I will tell you how Mr. Brown does it. Mr. Brown attaches the milking machine to the cows udder. He turns it on. It sucks the milk out of the cow. To keep the milk clean you have to clean the cow and clean the machine, clean the pipes and clean the tank. The milk is taken to the store by a truck. Dairy farmers have to keep a record of names for each cow. They have to have a vet book and a record of the milk the cow gives and any sickness, pills or needles they get. They write down if it is male or female and how much it weighs and where its markings markings are. It must be a lot of hard work being a farmer. Andrea Ferguson On Monday my class went to Browview Farm. I went with Mrs. Knapp, Jason, Jennifer and Craig. First we went in the milk house. Mrs. Brown gave everybody some chocolate chocolate milk. In the milk house we saw a big tank. It can hold 1,500 quarts of milk. Then we went into the stable where the cattle are kept. We saw a cow get milked. Before Mr. Brown can begin milking, he has to wash the cow. Then he attached the machine to the cow's udder and turns it on. It sucks the milk right out of the cow. Then we went to see the heifers. In a cage in a corner was a bull. Heifers are girl teenager cattle. When teenagers teenagers are old enough, they have babies and start to give milk. Then we call them cows. The cows eat grain, corn, haylage, soyabeans, oats, salt and minerals. Boy they sure eat alot! There were big bins of all kinds of cattle food. When we went upstairs we saw some calves. I was excited. They were cute. There was one calf that would suck your fingers. I just wished that one of the calves could be my very own. I tried to pet one, but it always moved its head. The younger calves drink out of nipple pail and later they learn to drink from a regular pail. At the very end of our visit we could jump, in the hay. It was fun. When I got my foot caught in a hole I thought I would fall through to the downstairs of the barn. I also wished that the hay was our classroom. Before Before we left, Mrs. Brown showed us the records that they keep for all their cattle. We saw the vets binder that tells how many times a cow gets sick. Then we went home. Before I left I said thank you. It was very fun! Tanya Hyland Junior Farmers 9 President David Buttery It's Too Bad the Trip to Browview Was So Short On Monday we went to Browview Farm. I went with Mr. Tennant, Coralie, Marc, Dena and Mrs. Ralfe. When we got there we were so excited. Then we went into the milkhouse and we tried to guess how many quarts of milk the milk tank could hold. The answer was 1500 quarts. Can you believe that? When we were talking about how much milk was in the tank, Scott hit a switch by mistake and a machine that cleaned the milk tank went on for a few seconds. It scared him and he quickly turned the machine off. Then we had a drink of chocolate milk. Then we went into the barn to see a cow get milked. It was smelly in the barn but that how barns are. Then Mr. Brown asked us if we wanted to stick our thumbs in the milking machine. The machine sucked our thumbs. Mr. Brown has to wash the cows udder before she can be milked. Then he attaches the machine to her and flips on the switch. And that's all he has to do. It sure is better than in the old days. The machine automatically automatically sends the milk to the tank in the milkhouse. This is done two times a day. Mr. Brown told us what kind of cows he has. He said they have Holsteins. Some of them are steers, some are heifers and there was a bull named Jim. He said in the summer the cattle are kept outside, even if it's raining. In the winter they are inside most of the time but they go out for one hour while Mr. Brown cleans out their stalls. All of the cattle are fed in the barn two times a day. They eat hay, corn, oats, haylage, timothy, grain, soybeans, soybeans, salt and minerals. After they eat, the cows are milked. I asked how much a cow would weigh when it's pregnant. Mr. Brown said about 1800 pounds. That sure is heavy! Mr. Brown or Mrs. Brown have to write a pedigree form every time a calf gets born. They also keep a record of any cows that get sick and how many pills they need and what kind of pills they are. Sometimes cows have to get needles and Mr. Brown writes this down too. Then we went up to see all the calves. They had an upstairs in the bam. Just before we went back to school, we went into the hayloft and played in the hay for a little while. When you fall in a hole it feels like you're going to sink down to the bottom of the barn. Then we went back to school. Too bad the trip to Browview Farm was so short! Eric Evers Grade 3 ONE-STOP FARM FINANCE XT THE COMMERCE. G etting the right loan for the right job maybe one of the most important aspects of your farm business. Which is why the Commerce offers "One-Stop" Farm Finance. Through our Commerce Farm Services Program, your local Commerce Manager can provide: OPERATING LOANS To assist in meeting production expenses expenses sucli as seed, fertilizer, chemicals and other farm supplies. Repayment should normally be made within the production cycle of the farm from the proceeds of the sale of farm produce. INTERMEDIATE TERM LOANS For the purchase of items such as machinery, equipment or breeding stock. The repayment period will normally be based upon the "productive life" of the purchased asset and may range up to 10 years. LONG TERM LOANS To finance major improvements, large scale farm re-organization or expansion projects. Repayment terms can stretch to 25 years with a choice of a floating interest rate or a rate fixed for a selected period of time. For more details, talk to your Commerce Manager. He'll be pleased to discuss your credit requirements requirements any time. And, if they need special attention, he'll call upon the services of one of our bank's agricultural specialists. Between them, they'll put together the right credit package to help you with the business of farming. You can count on it. q> Alfred Merrill MANAGER ORONO 983-5304 CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE Del Moore MANAGER NEWCASTLE 987-4850 Art McVItty MANAGER King & Temperance BOWMANVILLE 623-3375 To help you with the business of farming.