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FIRE PREVENTION A proclamation! It is hereby proclaimed that the week of OCTOBER 3rd to the will be observed as PREVENTION WEEK Town df Newcastle GARNET B. RICKARD MÂYOR Kendal News Last week was equinoctial "■eek 'with rain and cold ith,er, large flocks of wild geese hâve been flying south but we have had.no frost yet. . Farmers have begun cutting their huge acreage of corn and filling their big silos. Apple picking has begun buta frost is needed to give the apples colour. ' . There was a fine attendance attendance at Sunday School on 1 Sunday morning. The. picnic to the dell had to be put off till next Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. because of the rain. Bring your supper with you and cook it over the camp fire at the fire places. The ride will cost 50 cents behind the tractor. Rev. A. Tizzard told us the story of the brave and corageous Elijah the prophet with his many mountain top experiences. We too must face the challenges of Jesus the Christ and "Get Going". , The men have begun practicing practicing for a men's choir at our Anniversary October 24th Visitors last week end with Mrs. M. Stevens were Mr. and Mrs. John Hellebust, Rolf, Steven, and Andrew and his mother Mrs. Hellebust of Norway. Dr. John Stevens of Ottawa was there also. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Morton Morton are the proud parents of another baby boy Dwayne Morton, a brother for Kevin, born , in Bowmanville Hospital. Hospital. Increase Milk Quotas Urged by Newman Orono Weekly Times. Wednesday, September 29, 1976-7 Durham Agri-News Each year at this time when corn silage and grain corn harvest is taking place, we i hear of a number of serious farm accidents. These involve, involve, not only farm machinery, machinery, but also poisonous gases in tower silos. As the year winds down and farmers become more rushed to get crops in, they become a little careless when carrying out farm operatios. This is especially especially true in the case of corn crops, because of the volume that is involved in the late season, especially, this year. Jse of equipment such as -- forage harvesters, forage wagons, forage blowers and combines are some of the most dangerous pieces of equipment around the farm. They need to be respected when being used by farmers. It only takes a split second to have a piece of loose clothing, or a dangling glove wrap up in a power takeoff shaft or in the-, beater bars of a forage wagon. All we can do is Urge farmers to be especially careful when working around this powered equipment at ' v his time of year. Keep alert. If you feel yourself getting* tired, get away from the equipment so that you-do not Have a lapse in your concentration, concentration, and if you respect the equipment that you are using, you probably won't have any . problems. Another area of concern each year at this time is with regards to poisonous gases given off by silage in tower silos. When silage goes into a tower silo, the fermentation process takes place. The first step in this process is the giving off of poisonous, nitrous nitrous gases. These gases, which in most cases, are colourless and odourless, are very lethal and anyone going up into the silo can be overcome by them, and before he realizes the problem, problem, can not get out of the silo. If your silo has a roof on it, the gases can also come down the chute of the silo and if you were climbing the silo, you can be overcome in the chute. The best recommendation recommendation is that once you comp- . lete filling the silo, seal it off, i and stay out of it for three or four days. This is the most "dahgerous time period and no one shoud go up into the silo ' .Agriculture and Food Minister Minister William G. Newman has urged the federal government to increase milk quotas under the national dairy plan in order to stop growing unemployment unemployment and heavy financial losses in the dairy industry. In a telex to federal Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan, Mr, Newman asked that dairy farmers be permitted permitted to produce 400 million pounds of milk above the national quota in the current, dairy year. Cutbacks in milk quotas to correct a surplus situation have resulted in shortages in some areas of Canada. Mr. Newman said Ontario dairy farmers have complied with federal cutbacks by reducing their milk production production about 15 per cent in the last five months. "The result of these cutbacks has been that some processors who ptoduce powedered milk ana butter are considering closing their plants because they can't get enough industrial milk," Mr. Newman said. If milk production declines further, he said, there is a danger that Ontario will not be able to produce enough cheese to satisfy domestic requirements, which would result in increased cheese imports. during this time. Last year we had a number of cases where farmers went into the silo after they completed filling. In one instance the same day to put in the unloader; the farmers were nearly overcome overcome by the gases and were just able to get out of the silo in time. So,- try to plan your feeding program, so that you do not end up in the silo after filling and let these gases dissipate before going up into the silo. "One thing we don't need is more cheese imports," Mr. Newman said. "In fact, we need fewer imports. I've already asked the federal minister of agriculture to take steps to reduce the importation of cheese from other countries." Mr. Newman said that adding 400 million pounds of industrial milk to the system would entitle Ontario dairy farmers on a pro rated basis to produce 127 million pounds more milk in the current dairy year. "I feel that this would restore confidence in our Orono ! •Electric ; * ' > Herb and Gerry Duvall 983-5188 ELECTRICAL' CONTRACTING. ELECTRIC HEATING Electrical Appliances T V - COLOUR T.V~ RADIO HI-FI WESTINGHOUSE RCA ' ELECTROHOME Guaranteed Service Metric Conversion of Grain and Feed Here '^0tfé£^ s; A HUSBAND AND WIFEAgf TWO ) ■ PBmemo stick m-eerm wimsui : Aii m tvomfs, rmv wmmtmve f aw/frmm/n'T m e.mormj{ \ Orono Towing GENERAL REPAIRS Phone 983-5249 Orono l ■ -, On September 1, 1976, it become legal to buy, sell and price all grains and feeds in metric units. By February 1, 1977, it will be compulsory to do so, and by June 30, 1977, these products cannot be sold in non-metric units. The standard price for grain and feed 1 ' will be in dollars per kilogram, or dollars per tonne. A kilogram is a unit of mass equivalent to 2.20 pounds. A tonne is 1,000 kilograms or 2,205 pounds. Concentrate feeds will be available in the following sizes of bags : 40 kilograms, 25 (cilograms, 10 kilograms and 5 kilograms. Generally prices will be adjusted so that the same number of dollars buys the same amount of feed as at present. Charts to convert feed weigh scales are available available from the Ontario Grain and Feed Dealers Assoc., 67 Yonge Street, Toronto, In addition, a Factsheet providing providing additional details should be available on or around November 1, frpm the Agri cultural office and any farmers farmers wishing this, can get in touch with our office. 1 ' ■ ' EXPANDING CORN FRONTIERS Until a few years ago, the 2,500-heat unit line was considered considered the limit for successful grain corn production in Canada. But thanks to research, research, cracks have appeared in that barrier. Plant breed . erg. are developing hybrids that could push grain corn . production near the 2,100-heat unit line. In 1975-76, Agriculture Canada Canada licensed 56 new corn hybrids. Walk it to me! dairy industry and alleviate some of the .hardships our producers hâve been experiencing experiencing over the last few months," Mr. Newman said. "It appears now that the quota Cutbacks have bèen tod severe and recent projections would indicate that this additional amount of industrial industrial milk will be needed to meet domestic demands " Because of quota cutbacks, many Ontario milk producers have suffered severe losses ol income and have had to reduce their herd size. Others have gone out of business. "You can't turn a cow offand and like a tap,!' Mr. Newman said. "By bringing more quota into the system our farmers can phase down their production so they are better able to cope with the over-supply situation. The extra industrial milk quota, will give producers an additional period of time to make , the necessary adjustments adjustments in their farm operations, operations, Mr. Newman said. VIRUS-RESISTANT OATS An aphid-transmitted virus disease of oats, called red leaf, reached epidemic proportions proportions in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes this year. But plant breeder Vernon Burrows of Agriculture Canada's Canada's Ottawa Research Station Station has developed a resistant variety of oats that has good straw strength and good seed and yield qualities. The . variety could be available to .farmers by 1978. OFFICIAL OPENING Newcastle Firestation No. 2 vc c° ,6 ' a AW The Village of Newcastle Sat., Oct. 2,1976 There will be a Fire Prevention Parade commencing at 2:15 which will leave the Public School and arrive at the Néw Fire Station No. 2. Official opening cereiYionies will be conducted by Mayor Garnet B.. Rickard at 3:00 p.m. Public inspection of the building and refreshments. pùRmipainan ^ -, Walk a htovk.Tmlay. .