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PORT PERRY STAR - THURSDAY, SEPT. 15, 1966 youngsters by allowing them time to cross tl ~ Ty TRAFFIC MUST STOP IN BOTH DIRECTIONS NOW! Red signal lights have replaced the amber ones on the front of school buses in Ontario . . _ bus from the front must STOP when the red signal lights (The only exception is when you are approaching drivers have been required to stop BEHIND, a se new amendment to the Highway Traflic Act . and now motozists approaching the ate flashing and must remain stopped until the signal lights-are- off. the bus on a highway divided into separate roadways.) I'or some time now hool bus which was stopped with red signal lights flashing on the back. The » requiring traffic to stop in BOTH directions, will give further protection to 1e road. (Ontario Department of Transport photo). Junior Farmers Enjoy Overseas Tour By H. L. FAIR (Article No. 3) On June 1st our Junior Far- mer group left Belfast by air and landed at the new Abbot- sinch Airport, Glasgow. We were met by two Scottish Young Farmers who had been in Ontario on an exchange visit in 1964 and 1965. Our first stop was in Edinburgh where we met Mr. R. F. Gregor, Sec- retary, Scottish Association of Young Farmers' Clubs, Dur ing the next two days we visit- ed a number of places of his- -- torical "interest in and arounn Edinburgh. We will have more to say about these in the next article. On June 4th the Ontario Jr. Farmers went out to the farm homes where they were to stay during the first half of their visit. They each stayed in two different farm homes while in Scotland. With the Juniors safely taken care of it gave us a chances to visit the Con: tinent. Our first stop was at Copen- hagen. We registered in the Alexandra Hotel on H. C. An- dersens Boulevard. We later realized that the H. C. stood for Hans Christian when we saw a statue to his memory on the City Hall Square. Being so close to Sweden we felt we would like to go there even if it was only for a few hours. We went by bus. The ferry crossing from Dragor, Denmark, to Molmo, Sweden, took 45 minutes, then by bus for about 4 hours around the south of - Sweden. We went through some excellent farm land. The main crops were winter wheat, winter -barley, spring barley, and a small acreage of Rape, which was in full bloom. There were very few fences and what livestock we saw were tethered and they were mosty Holsteins. .The following day we visited the Agricultural and Domestic Science School at Haslev. The Town of Haslev is about fifty miles from Copenhagen. Tra- velling time was about an hour and a quarter by train. Our trip had been arranged in ad- vance by Mr. K. Nyenhuis, Commercial Counsellor, Cana- dian Embassy, Copenhagen: Mr. Jens Moeslund, Principal of the School, was our host for the day. We met some in- teresting people at the College, a boy student who in the past year had spent. six months on a farm near Edmonton. An American girl from New York City who was enrolled as a student in the Domestic Seci- ence course, and we also talked to one of the Teachers, a Dan- ish girl married to an American sailor who is doing his two years military service with the 6th fleet in the Mediterranian. They met at a College in Flori- da where both were doing Post Graduate work. Nearly every- one that we met could speak English well enough that we had no language problem. Many of the Danes spoke-ex- cellent English. We visited a farm near Has- lev with a show herd of Red Danish Cattle. This is a gen- eral purpose breed. They were big cattle with Ostrong tops, deep bodies, good bone; and | udders that indicated good milk prouction, While we were on UXBRIDGE SEPT. 15 MANY EXHIBITS THE THIRD EDITION OF THE Trade Fair | 'UXBRIDGE ARENA STAGE SHOW NIGHTLY FREE ADMISSION \ -. 216-17 the farm, they were spraying spring barley for weeds, and were getting their forage har- vesting equipment ready to start on grass silage the next day. You will realize from this that the season is very much the same as ours. In early June these are jobs that are. carried out on many farms in Ontario. We also visited an Artificial Insemination Station. There were around 25 bulls in service, mostly Red Danish with a few Holsteins. They have a Bull testing program very similar to ours; only--the--highest testing Bulls are put into regular ser- vice. We also visited a pig testing station, one of 44 in Denmark. Only 4 stations are operated by the Government, the rest are operated by Packing Plants and the Landrace Breeders' As- sociation. Our itinerary in the Nether- ands was arranged by Mr. Bruce Marshall, Commercial Counsellor, Canadian Embassy, The Hague. We made our headquarters at Arnhem. Mr. G. Veenstra, Inspector of Ag- ricultural Education of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, arranged our visits. He spent one day with us as our guide. : The Netherands has about 6.6 million acres of land, this makes it about twice the size of Northern Ireland. With the exception of around 3% million acres of forest, all the rest is worked with about % of this or 3 million acres 'in hay and pasture. Fifty percent of all farms are less than 25 acres in size. There are a few large farms but the average size of farm in the Netherlands is 30 acres. As far as farm prices are concerned, the Duteh Govern- ment pursues a policy which aims more and more at the prevention of surpluses and to make farmers face the actual marketing possibilities. For milk, sugar beets and potatoes, the Government guarantees the -prices only- for- specific quan- tities. ..The production in ex- cess of this quantity must be sold at world market prices, which means that farmers gen- erally receive, for their total production, from 5 to 10% be- low the guaranteed price. We were too late arriving in the Netherlands to see the tu- lips: at their best," but there were still plenty of other flow- ers. Bulb farming is big busi- ness. Over 25,000 acres are de- voted to this crop each year. Most of the bulbs are exported. We spent considerable time in the North Eastern Polder. This is a relatively new farm- ing area; the enclosing dike was built in 1944. It was pump- ed dry in 10 months and con- tains approximately ' 120,000 acres. The soil is neutral in reaction, high in Potash, but needs fairly heavy applications of Nitrogen and Phosphorus. The main crops grown in the Polder are grass and hay 50%, sugar beets, winter wheat, winter barley, spring barley, some oats, potatoes and some market garden crops. There is very little fruit at the ,present time but this acreage, accord- ing to Mr. Veenstra, is likely to inerease, The farms in the North East- ern Polder vary in size from 80 acres to 120 acres. It is not easy to rent a farm in one of the new Polders. * There is a waiting list of from 15 to 20 farmers for each new farm when it becomes available," The new farmers must possess ade- quate working capital, be mar ried, and prove that they have the ability to work efficiently and are up to date in the use of modern agricutural methods. We visited a Co-operative Milk Plant at Heino. They were processing 300,000 lbs. of milk a day. They made butter, skim milk powder, and whole milk powder. Much of the pro- duct from this particular fac- tory is exported. -At the pre- sent time they are . using "oil for their furnaces, but they ex- pect soon to use natural gas because of large supplies found recently in the Province of Friesland. Another point of interest at this plant was the pilot project that had recently been set up with the co-opera- tion of 7 farmers, who live within 2 miles of the plant, to transport their milk by under- ground pipe line. The line is a 1% inch plastic pipe. Sponge rubber balls of different col- ours separate each farmer's milk in the line. The plant provides vacuum for moving the milk along. Each farmer's milk is weighed at the plant as it arrives. We arrived back in Edin- burgh on June 20th in time for the Royal Highland Show. Our next and final article will out- line some of our observations in Scotand and England. A is Check The Label On Yeur Paper Dept. of Agriculture Field Enlargement Programme The Agricultural Rehabilita- tion and Development Branch has announced a mew policy in connection with field enlarge- ment by the removal of fences. This new policy will be in force for a period of four years, ter- minating March 31st, 1971. The purpose of this new po- licy is to provide assistance to farmers for enlarging fields by fencerow removal, The applicant must be the owner of the property on which the fence removal occurs, The A.R.D.A. Branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food will pay 40% of the cost of approved fencerow removal for field enlargement up to a maximum of $500.00 subsidy on a farm of 100 acres or fraction thereof. This includes the cost of heavy equipment required to remove ; stones, trees, and brush, Assistance is exclusive » of 'the owner's own labour or machinery, After the fence removal is completed, the farmer may apply for subsidy on forms which may be secured from the Ontario Department of Agri- culture Office in Uxbridge. A detailed statement of expendi- tures, accompanied by the ori- ginal receipts marked "paid in full", must be sent with the application for subsidy. receipt of the application for subsidy, an inspection will be made of the work done by the Agricultural Representative or . the Agricultural Engineering Specialist for Ontario County. For further information on this field enlargement poliiy, please get in touch with the Ontario Department of Agri- culture and Food, Uxbridge, Ontario. RED CROSS IS ALWAYS THERE WITH YOUR HELP PAUL | JULIE NEWMAN | ANDREWS ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S ~ 'TORN CURTAIN! A universal picture / TECHNICOLOR® IT TEARS You APART WITH SUSPENSE! ADULT ENTERTAINMENT. PLAZA pew SHOW . TIMES -- 2:10-4:35 - 7:00-9:15. bus are no longer CLEAR VIEW UNNECESSARY NOISE make an unnecessary EFFECTIVE NOW. " STOP BOTH WAYS FOR SGHOOL BUSES When a school bus is stopped and its red lights are flashing, a motorist approaching the school bus from the front or overtaking it from the rear, must stop and 'must remain stopped until the red signal lights on the lashing. EFFECTIVE NOW. - The windshield and the windows on either side of the front seat must afford a clear view of the roadway and vehicles ahead and to the sides. The rear window must afford a clear view of the roadway and vehicles behind, unless there is an outside rear-view mirror which does afford this clear view. EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 1966. A person who drives a motor vehicle and causes It to nolse commits an offence. INTERNATIONAL DRIVING PERMIT Any non-resident of Ontario, who is the holder of an International Driving Permit, may operate a vehicle in Ontario. EFFECTIVE NOW. " REMINDER TO MOTORISTS | IMPORTANT CHANGES IN THE ONTARIO HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT SIGNAL LANE CHANGES When changing lanes, EFFECTIVE NOW. COMMERCIAL VEHICLE LOADS The gross weight of a trailer, other than a semi or pole trailer shall not exceed 32,000 pounds; and the weight on one axle shall not exceed 18,000 pounds; and if the ~ axles are less than.8 feet a exceed 14,000 pounds. EFFE: dislodged. EFFECTIVE NO PEDESTRIANS A pedestrian walking along a highway must walk faci the traffic and as close to the left ed edge of the og as possible. EFFECTIVE NOW. you must signal such change. art, the weight shall not TIVE NOW. 8 All loads on trucks must be secured, covered or loaded in such a manner that-no Bert of the load may become ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT Hon. Irwin Haskett, Minister On