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Home My WebLink About1969-12-01 Council Minutes1. 2 3. C---, 4 5 R I.- M �7n :U FORM 149-P SPECIAL U ict u AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BOARD December December 1, 1969 Approval of minutes of combined meeting of Sept.29 /69 A S Conference Report - G L. Park N.C. .0 Weed Essays: M.D. of Kneehill No 48 1 Brian Megli, Linden 2 Arlene Ward, Acme 3 Vera Dick, Drumheller Mol ion to pay awards Mere t ry Contamination of Game Birds Outline of courses offerred this winter D. Peters and Tom Seaborn Suggested ideas by Board Members for next year Report on 1080 Baits Brucellosis Letter Regional A S.Bd. Conference - Calgary, Jan 20, 1970 i1V-1 E, 14 FORM 149-P SPECIAL MUNICIY L VLI AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BOARD M.D OF KNEEHILL # 48 Dec 1, 1969 Page 1 A regu ar meeting of the Agricultural Service Board of the M D Kneehill #48 was held in the Municipal Office on M �of nday, December 1, 1969 commencing at 9 30 A.M. The minutes of the combined meeting of Council and the A. S. Board held Sept 29th 69 were referred to as per copy mailed to each member. Mr. G. King advised that Council had made a correction in respect to the amount of money t be paid to Lorne Boese -- page 2 of minutes. The amount ad been corrected from $152.50 to $242.50 so as to b app. 2 of 3 weeks salary and 2 of tuition. Mr. Bates oved that the said minutes of Sept. 29, 1969 be approve as corrected Carried MINUTES Mr. Gordon Park gave each person present a copy ^f his AG. FIELDMAN report as g Fieldman and of the Provincial Conference REPORT which he h d attended at Peace River. (Copy with these minutes). He also stated that four resolutions had been passed at he conference dealing with 1. Pa en to farmers for storage of grain 2. That t e next annual A S Board conference should be held ir late winter or early spring with March preferred, 3 Box cai doors should be kept shut on all moving trains so as to avoid the spreading of weed seeds or other nuisance materiel 4 Point Out to Federal Minister of Agriculture that financ'al assistance is required for farmers Mr G rdon Park also advised that he was appointed Secretary- reasurer of the Ag. Fieldmen's Association Mr. P ole moved that the reports of Mr Gordon Park as referre to above be adopted. Carried. The meeting was advised that three Weed Essays had WEED been received and judges had placed them in the following ESSAYS order 1 Brian egli, Linden Prize 15.00 2 Arlene Ward, Acme 10 00 3. Vera ick, Drumheller 1 5.00 Mr Bites moved that the above report be approved and referr d to Council for payment of prizes Carried Circuiar of November 7th from the Department of MERCURY Agriculture was read in regards to Mercury Contamination CONTAMINATION of Game Birds This stressed that more care should be taken so that game birds, etc., could not obtain grain treated with mercury. 1` See page 2 Those present for the meeting were Mr Duncan 3eters Council Member (Chairman) Mr. Cliff P ole Council Member Mr. Arthur 3ates Ratepayer Member Mr Dan Pet rs District Agriculturist Mr. Tom Sea orn Asst D A Mr. Gordon ark Agricultural Fieldman Mr Lorne B ese Asst. Ag. Fieldman Mr Gordon ing Secretary to the Board The minutes of the combined meeting of Council and the A. S. Board held Sept 29th 69 were referred to as per copy mailed to each member. Mr. G. King advised that Council had made a correction in respect to the amount of money t be paid to Lorne Boese -- page 2 of minutes. The amount ad been corrected from $152.50 to $242.50 so as to b app. 2 of 3 weeks salary and 2 of tuition. Mr. Bates oved that the said minutes of Sept. 29, 1969 be approve as corrected Carried MINUTES Mr. Gordon Park gave each person present a copy ^f his AG. FIELDMAN report as g Fieldman and of the Provincial Conference REPORT which he h d attended at Peace River. (Copy with these minutes). He also stated that four resolutions had been passed at he conference dealing with 1. Pa en to farmers for storage of grain 2. That t e next annual A S Board conference should be held ir late winter or early spring with March preferred, 3 Box cai doors should be kept shut on all moving trains so as to avoid the spreading of weed seeds or other nuisance materiel 4 Point Out to Federal Minister of Agriculture that financ'al assistance is required for farmers Mr G rdon Park also advised that he was appointed Secretary- reasurer of the Ag. Fieldmen's Association Mr. P ole moved that the reports of Mr Gordon Park as referre to above be adopted. Carried. The meeting was advised that three Weed Essays had WEED been received and judges had placed them in the following ESSAYS order 1 Brian egli, Linden Prize 15.00 2 Arlene Ward, Acme 10 00 3. Vera ick, Drumheller 1 5.00 Mr Bites moved that the above report be approved and referr d to Council for payment of prizes Carried Circuiar of November 7th from the Department of MERCURY Agriculture was read in regards to Mercury Contamination CONTAMINATION of Game Birds This stressed that more care should be taken so that game birds, etc., could not obtain grain treated with mercury. 1` See page 2 .3 me FORM 149-P SPECIAL U ICI. AL SUPPLIES Mr Da this winter particular Planning an, good intere meeting re December 9t: of meetings that Board ] AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BOARD M D OF KNEEHILL # 48 Dec. 1, 1969 Page 2 Peters, D. A., reported that meetings held had been very well attended. He made 'eference to the one dealing with Estate Wills- -over 80 attended. There is also t in Farm Business and Accounting and a his will be held at Three Hills, Tuesday, at 1 30 P M Mr. Peters reviewed a list which will be held at Strathmore and urged embers attend Mr Pe ers also advised that plans are being made for meeting as follows In Feb -- asture Management Late Feb.- ncome Tax Consultants Mar. -- orticultural Series at Torrington (3sessions) Mar -- oils & Weeds (series of 3) Mar. -- i-H Public speaking, Bonspiel Some d situation a There is no noted 1 Mr. T. year is abc up to 40 mi 2 Buckwhe to clean gr 3. Soy bea and there i stated that 4. Mustard together, i worthless scussion took place about the general market d which grains should be seeded next year definite information but the following was eaborn stated that the rapeseed crdp this t 19 million, forecast is that this can gr lion next year t can only be grown on clean land - -very hard in out of it .s -- information is limited -- requires processing no plant for this in the West. Mr Bates he is interested in a test plot seed and rapeseed should not be grown close mixed, they cannot be separated and are No contracts are expected for mustard Board Members were urged to come up with new ideas for 1970 a suggestions as to what should be cut out of the prograo or added to it. Corre in regard be provide the decisi based on a Mr. Seabor General di in regard Circu 1969 was r heifer cal should try the 3 mont arranaemen Ipondance from and to Mr. Philip Rock was read o 1080 Baits. Mr Rock had urged that baits for sheep men but he had been advised that n not to use 1080 baits this winter had been recommendation from the last Annual Meeting stated that further requests may be received. cussion followed but no change was suggested o the previous d6cision AGRIC. MEETINGS 1970 GRAIN SITUATION IDEAS 1080 BAITS P ROCK ar from the Department of Agriculture of October 21, ad in regard to Brucellosis. Official age for es is now 3 to 9 months of age and purebred breeders BRUCELLOSIS to have their heifers vaccinated as close to date as possible It was noted that all local s are voluntary. The R gional Agricultural Service Board conference will be he d at Room "B" Agriculture Building on the CONFERENCE Exhibition Grounds January 20, 1970 commencing at 9 30 A M Mr. Poole oved that the M.D. of Rocky View be notified that 6 to may attend from this area Carried Some discussion took place as to whether or not all A S Boar meetings should be held jointly with Council vitt1-LNG and whethe or not there is too much overlap of matters DATES dealt with One suggestion was that the Board meet separately on the thitd Monday of alternate months and that it meet together with Council on the fourth Monday of the other Months. See page 3 C9 No 0 PCMM 149-0 SPECIAL MUNICIP LI Mr Po with Counci decision be to meeting Mr. Bat Carried. �I Chairman AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BOARD M D OF KNEEHILL # 48 Dec. 1, 1969 Page 3 e moved that the A.S. Board meet jointly on Monday, Jan 26th, 70 and that a hen made as to future policy in regards tes Carried. as moved that this meeting be now adjourned MEET JAN ADJOURN REPORT OF AG. FIELD1.��N TO A 6 B 1ti , TINu DECEMBER 1, 1969 Roadside seeding completed up to last 1- miles of spraying Have sprayed about 745 head of cattle this fall for Louse and Marble control This makes a total of 2562 sprayed during the year I attended the t1 3 3 Conference in Peace River The conference was quite well attended from nearly all parts of the province. hr ..V.C. Gordon, Commissioner of the Livestock Branch brought us up to date on the progress of the warble Control Policies in the Protiince The detaskawin group are proceeding .good to date A panel on the handling of selective herbicides in a municipality - the general consensus of opinion was that private business is doing a good job and municipalities have no place in this business except for a few specialized chemicals There was a panel discussion on harnessing the team for Effective Agricultural Programming Charlie Cheshire, Head Branch Council - R. Zander, Reeve County of Parkland Dept. of Municipal Affairs - A It Isbister Fieldman - Norman .3tanley A good discussion on surface drainage and water control policies by Doug Harringto and Adolph Goettel J Pankratz spent some tilde on the new Can Farm accounting and the Farm Purchase Bd. Joe Gurba talked on the Agricultural Chemicals Act which will come into force later in the year. On Thursday, the Ag. Fieldman association held their meeting and the (,ouncilors, Board Members, and :secretaries met to discuss a variety of problems �' F