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page 18 FARM FINDINGS (drawn from Leeds Agri-News) Agricrew Program: Agricrew provides an opportunity for enthusiastic students 15 -24 years of age, to gain valuable and Challenging summer work experience. Additionally it provides area farmers with extra help at peak work periods. Each Agricrew is composed of 4 crew members (one foreperson and 3 crew members) with some agricultural experience. The crews will provide their own transportation and lunches.. At a cost of only $90. for an 8 hour day, a farmer may hire Agricrew for haying, painting, fencing, general clean-up and many other jobs. Agricrew can be hired for up to a maximum of five days during the summer and will be available starting June 23/86 The foreperson of the crew receives a salary of $4.50/hr with crew members receiving $4/hr if over 18 yrs and $3.15 for younger members. Farmers wishing to hire agricrew should do so as soon as possible as bookings are made on a first come first served basis. Do it now and avoid the rush! **** FRUIT GROWERS On Mondays, Wed. & Fridays, information will be available for fruit growers. For special sprays such as scab or insect NRTH LEEDS LANTERN control, messages will be updated on Tuedays 8: Thursdays. Call 1-800-267-7913 *** STRESS IN AGRICULTURE Many producers are experiencing a great deal of stress or worry during this period of difficult economic conditions. This may be due to several things: 1) financial concerns; 2) poor health; 3) family problems. Quite often an empathetic ear is all that is required to ease some of the stress or tension that is bothering you. A mutual selfâ€"help group has been started by 3 farm couples. They are Mr. 8: Mrs. Steve O’Meara - 382-2434; Mr. & mrs. Gordon French 928â€"2784 and Mr. 8: Mrs. Bob Smith - 283-0381. They meet on a regular basis. If you are interested in their group, please contact any one of them regarding meeting dates or additional information. *** FARM FUEL TAX RELIEF Agriculture Minister John Wise has announced that as of May 1, 1986 all federal sales and excise taxes on deisel and gasoline fuel for farm use will be effectively removed. The current rebate of federal fuel taxes for farmers' off highâ€"way use will increase from 3¢ to 5.5¢*per litre. ** RURAL ORGANIZATION TIPS What Organzations Should Be Aware Of: 1) Organizations may be held responsible for the actions of their volunteers and for injuries sustained by volunteers. 2) General Liability Insurance Policies should include specific endorsements covering volunteers. 3) Cross-liability coverage would protect the volunteers and the organization from lawsuits against each other. 4) Waivers may not be sufficient to protect the organization from a lawsuit brought forward by an injured volunteer. 5) Job descriptions, training and supervision of volunteers are valuable prevention measures which could reduce the chance of accidents and non-professional conduct from occurring. What Volunteers Be Aware Of: 1) Volunteers can be held responsible for actions that lead to injury of others. 2) A volunteer's General Liability policy included in many homeâ€"owner policies may not protect the volunteer in case of such actions. 3) The General Liability policy of the organization may not be specifically endorsed to cover volunteers. 4) Signing a waiver could leave the volunteer with no protection in case of Should injury. 5) A proper job description, knowledge of procedures, emergency training and supervision could decrease the likelihood of negligent action. (Source: Voluteer Bureau's Insurance f or Volunteers and Voluntary Organizations.) 15 23 26 30 30 *** DATES TO REMEMBER JUNE, 1986 Agriâ€"Food Week Flaming Meeting - Brockville Census of Agriculture Day Application Deadline for enrolment of sheep 8: pork producers in N.T.S. plan Agricrews start work Farm Safety meeting, Oakleaf Hall, Athens Application deadline of slaughter cattle & cowâ€"calf operators in N.T.S. plan. Deadline for receiving comments re proposed Foodland Preservation Policy Statement. **** P I CK YOUR OWN MONDAY TO SATURDAY 8:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. STRAWBERRIES SHEFFIELD’S MARKET GARDEN THOUSAND ACRE ROAD RR #3 PORTLAND 272-2067 *ALSO MON. 8 NED. EVENINGS TIL 8:00 P.M. STARTING AROUND JUNE 1A, 1985