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44)rdh«>' Weekly Times. Wednesday. September 19th, 1979 Supplied by Plydesign o£ Orono Y>eoV xc . Ç?* 1-#' Boat People ?» Help to lift them out.' * . ; 1 Sponsored by: 10 a.m. to5 p.m. September 22 dlld ,23 ' Cash and Carry Orono Town Hall. Support our Sale. Just a passing glance irom' p armK this steer at Ceresmore Orono Nursery School Register Now for September 1979 * WE OFFER A HALF-DAY ENRICHMENT PROGRAM FOR 3-5 YEAR OLD CHILDREN Qualified Staff - Licensed Premises For Information Call 987-4012 It was. a nëw venture for .Durham Farmers on Sept- 1 emhcr 13th when the tiurham Farnjers Public Relations Committee hosted a bus farm, tour.'for forty-five bankers, politicians and the news media. The afternoon tour, concluding with a luncheon at the Newcastle United Church in the evening, visited four prominent area farms specializing specializing in various farming operations. The purpose of thé tour was to acquaint the financial community in the area with the magnitude of capital investment in farming and as, well to stress to politicians the need to protect the farming community. The news media was also invited to . make them aware of the agricult- ural industry in the' area. It was stressed many times during the, afternoon that farmng was in fact a business - and in many cases big business. It was pointed out that the four farms being visited would be within the twenty percent of Ontario farms that produce eighty percent of Ontario's food. A progressive farm neecs capital investment for improvements improvements and expansion and this was noted on most farms during the tour. There is also a need to protect the farmer from the encroachment of residential development which all too often bring cn complaints of noise and odor resulting in many cases the passing of restraining bylaws bylaws for farming operations. The tour zeroed in on the farming operations of Ceres- more Farms Ltd., Bowman- ville, Martin Gerrit's Farm, Bowmanville, Don Welsh Farm, Bowmanville and tfie Don Staples farm, Orono. Ceresmore Farms is À mixed farm operation by the Rickard family" consisting-ofy 500 acr es along with a further' 450 acres under rental agree men. From the farm .300 ;o' 500 steers and 600 to 650 hogs are marketed 'annually. Both operations except with the maintenance of 75 cows is that of finishing. 225 acres are used for the growing of corn, 75 acres for hay, an amount for pasture, 100 acres for contract sweet corn, 50 acres for contract peas and 20 acres for pumpkins and squash. Another prime interest at the farm are the orchards as well as seed grain production and cleaning. GERRIT FARM The 150 acre farm of Martin Gerrit is chiefly used for an orchard operation as well as cash crops. Fifty acres produce produce apples with 35 acres now in white beans, 27 acres in processing corn and 23 acres for peas. The Gerrit farm is under a program of replacing the orchards and with the new plantings are practicing tree training diking limb spreaders) spreaders) and spring and summer pruning. Last, year a new. apple storage and packing building was constructed, there are three controlled atmosphere storage rooms which hold some 250 bins along with a cold room holding 550 bins. In total there is a capacity for storage of 27,000 bushels of apples. Other recent investments investments include a new water dump and waxing unit and under construction a new bin drencher for treating apples. <Continued page 5 > Prize winning ribbons proudly displayed at the Don Welsh farm. Photos by Sherri Yeo An interesting visit at the dairy farm of Don Welsh. 1 , Photos by Sherri Yeo Corporatiorrpf the Town of Newcastle Department of Community Services Indoor Soccer Men s Registration Dates : Oct.lStt0 5tïl 8:30a.m. to4:00p.m. , Former Bell Building ' ■> Fee: $8.00 Count 1 . Clarke toasts' the camera with a glass of eider at theGerritt farm. Sale of New Furniture