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Home My WebLink About1973-07-17 Council MinutesAGENDA FOR AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BOARD MEETING Tuesday, July 17, 1973 1. Minutes of combined Council and Agricultural Service Board Meeting of May 28, 1973 2. Ag. F eldmants report 3 J.E. frere and Sons - Bill for spraying 4 Training course at Pigeon Lake 5 Weed Control Act and regulations 6 Corre pondence and details for spraying rape seed 7 Generdl Agricultural Service Board policies a gully filling b. roadside seeding c r adside spraying d c stom work charges e. wed control f bt rningBy-law g. e uipment h s raying in towns & on farms for mosquitoes & flies i w igh scales j. e pense accounts k projects FORM 149-P SPECIAL Agricultural Fieldman's Report Agricultural Service Board imleeting, Tuesday July 17, 1973 Work has progressed quite that have had to be made on account are doing a very good job favorably with the exception of minor changes of weather and breaks. I feel that the boys The crops throughout the area may be classed as good to excellent. It would appear that the majority of the crops have been sprayed for weeds Generally, weeds appear to be under control We have worked on a few patches of Toad Flax with some reports of ot. We have found a few patches of Field Bindweed in the area. There have been a number of reports on Black Henbane. tide sprayed one patch but we have not seen the results We have had very little livestock spraying to do recently, and tree spraying has fallen off The boys did spray a considerable number of shelter - belts with apparently good results Two of the boys have been doing roadside spraying when the weather and wind permits They appear to be getting good control We ordered more Acutrol for foam spraying as it appears to help con- siderably when spraying roadsides Barry Dau has started cultivating trees and mowing parks. We hope to have all of the school yards mowed by the time school starts Elton Kober has started seeding roadsides. We plan to try to get on road as soon as possible after it has been graded This will keep the new glades up to date and we will attempt to catch up on the other roads between times I have discussed this with Ted Paquette and we plan on working together on this as much as possible Reg Campbell arranged a work -bee out at the Tolman Bridge Park and we were able to fix the pump and shingle the roof on the camp kitchen Die had a wet day two weeks ago and we were able to get the camp kitchen at Keiver's Lake shingled It is costing in the neighborhood of $130.00 for each camp kitchen We were also able to get some more painting done out at Keiver's Lake. We have had a few problen.7 with some of the equipment. We took the rear end out of the one -ton truck This tied us up a little. We are continu- ously breaking shackle bolts in the trailer that we use for transporting equipment Our latest episode was to wreck one wheel and axle It appears that this trailer is too light for transporting the big tractor. I ordered a spray boom that we use on one of the sprayers for placing demonstrations and it appears to be working well I also ordered a Cyclone Grass Seeder for broadcasting seed on the spots that are hard to get at with the tractor vle have not mounted this yet but we plan to shortly after this meeting It scares me to see the shoulders of the roads seeded where in some cases they are quite steep I feel that we should have one dual wheel on this tractor to give more protection from tipping over. I took two of the boys to Strathmore one rainy day to see some work done in the County of Wheatland One thing impressed them, and that was that there can be more one-man operation work done here We plan to convert as much as possible to one-man operations, with the consent of the Board We have placed a number of demonstrations out in the area I have not been able to follow these up as closely as I should but will attempt to do some more work on these in the future We have done a survey on the rape acreage. I am sure that we do not have all the farmer's reports but we have received a good number which will make a basis for our work. It is expected that the Bertha will be working about the same time as last year. I am enjoying the work and find it to be quite a challenge I feel that the boys are doing a good fob and that by the end of the year we will feel that we have accomplished something IN FORM 149-P SPECIAL AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BOARD MEETING JULY 179 1973 Page 1 The mee ing of the Agricultural Service Board was held in he Council Chambers on July 17, 1973 beginni g at 9 00 A.M. The following persons were in attendance - Council Members - Mr R.G. Campbell Div 7 Mr A W. Bauer is 4 PRESENT Ratepay r Members - Mr Finlay Code Mr Gordon Ward Others x#resent Mr. Norman Soder Agricultural fieldman Mr J.C.Jeffery Recording Secretary Mr. G G, King, Secretary—treasurer+ was present throughqut parts of this meeting G,G. KING Mr Ralf meeting the new control a few b: chemica: 1 5 01 for 2 $23 $1 the 3 24 4 Hav hav Aug 5 No 6 Con bet, fie 7. Che: wea $ Has 9 If Che to and. 10 Can f re 11 Min out 12. Che. be h Gough from Dow Chemicals entered the Mr Gough gave a presentation about Dow Chemical . for the DOW CHEMICALS of Bertha Army Worms The following are ief points of the advantages of the nce rat.- e — 97% cc sitrol, 6 — 7 ounce rate large infestatior.:,, 50 a gallon whicl works out to about 4 fog- the 5 ounce rate and $2 21 for 6 ounce rate per acre. ours for 90r/- kill, 48 hours for 97% kill supplies for 1O0,000 acres on hand, will supplies for over 300,000 acres by st 1 2-p5 day r elivery ,roblems with to}.Le poisoning to date; rol lasts 2-3 days If a rain storm ,een $ — 10 hour3 after spraying, the d should. be checked and possibly resprayed Tical can be left mixed in sprayer if her conditions do not allow spraying not yet been registered for Beet Web Worm — 52 ounce rate does not work, Dow tical will ad-ju.t the price on the chemical ie comparable w th other chemical companies these prices would be retroactive return up to a maximum of our last order, .ght prepaid .mum shelf life of 2 years; after the 2 year .od has expired, Dow Chemical will check the chemical for you. heals good to 50 degrees below 0 and can ;hawed out if frozen ADVANTAGES r. N N N FORM 149-P SPECIAL Brief di moved th Carried. agreed t are f ina AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BOARD JULY 179 1973 P 2 ,cussion followed and Nor G.C. Ward it we order 250 gallons of Lannate CHEMICALS CONT. Further discussion: was held and it was > order some Lorsben when the tests Lized Mr R G. Campbell moved the approval of the minutes Pf May 2$, 1973 Carried MINUTES APPROVED Brief di contract the spra is anexc 1973 °° 1 That orRa acc 2 Tha pri Air 3 Tha to The fol minutes 'khat t to Hig for Ch for M cussion was held concerning the with Highwood Air Services regarding -ing of Bertha Army Worms Following HIGHWOOD AIR SERV. :rpt from the Council minutes of June 25, CONTRACT the Municipal District will help aize the work and will do all billing collection and be responsible for all ants the other companies have similar ileges as those granted to Highwood Services Highwood Air Services be authorized o work in other areas if time permits °1 owing is an-xcerpt from the Council of July 9, 1973, page 3 e rates be set as follows wood Air Service: - $1 75 mical - 2 00 expenses - 25 TOTAL $4 00 per acre Also fr m those minutes Authority to arrange for use of mobile phones and walkey-talkeys, if requ red a °° Mr Soder reported that damage control course at Septemb r 24 - 2$, 1973 to educate Ag Fieldmen methods and techniques that Mr Norman Soder be time qe its Carried HIGHWOOD AIR CONTRACT CONT. there will be a pest Pigeon Lake from PEST DAMAGE CONTROL This course is designed COURSE regarding pest control Mr Finlay Code moved able to attend if Mr. Noan Soder read a copy of his report (copy latached) Mr G C Ward moved the accep- tance Mr Soder°s report Carried Discuss Frere,ki 52 hour for $66 $14 � 00 as muc Mr R. only i Soder in fac _on was held concerning account of Mark ihich Mr Soder stated in 1972 it took to do his spraying at $9.00 an hour 35 and in 1973 it took 102 hours at m hour to do his spraying Mr Soder explained that they used almost twice chemical in 1973 as they did in 1972 Campbell moved to adjust the invoice the time is inaccurate Carried. Mr s to report back to the secretary whether the time is inaccurate N.SODER REPORT MARK FRERE ACCOUNT Pq .4-�' FORM 149-0 SPECIAL AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BOARD JULY 179 1973 P.3 Discussion was then held concerning our charging for spraying and Mr G.0 . Ward moved that a SPRAYING CHARGES minimum of 1 hour be charged for all spraying except cattle. Carried Mr G.G King reviewed several sections of the Wee Control Act and regulations as follows. He stat(d basically in Section 28 that the local authority is now in charge of all weeds on Municipal roads Section 27 states that every occupant of land must destroy weeds Section 9 states that Council may by by-law make the farmer responsible for weeds to the middle of the road He further stated that this had been taken care of at t e last Council meeting Mr King further reported that Section 33 of the Weed Control Act states that no person shall deposit weed seeds anywhere where weeds may spread Section 12 states that every local authority shall make available i'isposal sites for all weed seeds. He further suggested that the secretary order copies of the Weed Control Act and regiLlations for each member of the Service Board Mr G C. Ward moved we designate Torrington -Allingham, and Swalwell nuisance grounds for dumping weed seeds which are to be checked by the Ag Fieldman and sprayed when necessary Carried Policies of the Municipal District Agricultural Service Board were then briefly discussed 1 Gully filling projects - Moved by Mr. Gordon Ward that the farmer should pay 1/3 of the cosb, the Department pay 60% of the cost and the M.D. pays the balance of all larger projects, and on small projects, the M.D wilL supply the grass seed Carried 2 Roadside seeding - Generally agreed that thi3 should be done as much as possible wit the tractor with the balance to be done wita the broadcastor, including Borrow pits 3. Roa side spraying - Should be concentrated on brush and new growth of trees along roads and patches of persistent perennials 4 Roadside Mowing - It was decided that the Service Board should mow all secondary roads in the Municipal District Rough calculations were, that this would take approximately 1 month averaging 4 miles an hour for roughly 425 miles of secondary roads Mr R G Campbell moved we price out a new mower to mow our secondary road system Carried Mr Soder than a$ked about a few of his problems He stated Mr Elton Xo er had offered his truck to have the se der mounted on his truck if the Municipal District would pay him mileage Mr Soder stted that his truck is not available most ti es and figures that once he catches up hi truck should become freer He also stated WEED CONTROL ACT WEED CONTROL ACT CONT. MEED SEED DISPOSAL ASB POLICIES GULLY FILLING RQADSIDE SEEDING ROADSIDE SnAYI,NG ROADSIDE MOWING E. KOBER TRUCK AGRICULTURAL SERVICE BOARD JULY 17, 1973 P 4 he thou ht they needed a new trailer for this year He further stated that the roadside Sprayer should be converted to a 1 man unit Mr Soder was told that Council would advise him of this when they review these minutes on Monday Mr. Finlay Code moved that no spraying be allowed in town and villages for bugs on trees and no p srayin be allowed on farms for mosquitoes and fli s Carried Mr Soder reported he was a bit concerned about expense accounts and was advised that this would be discussed by Council on Monday and reported back to him In summing up, Mr Soder asked if Councillors would give him ideas for different projects in different areas to make to make a more broad variety of people in this Municipal District aware o what the Service Board is doing and what it , can do ACCOUNTS IDEAS FOR A.S.B PROJ EGTS Mr G C. Ward moved the meeting do adjourno 4.00 P.M, ADJOURNDIENT Carried. /ZK - Cha rman Secretary to th oard H P1 FORM 149-P SPECIAL C�