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mm mmm c14 tribune february 22 1989 were open featuring 140 item menu state of the art audiovisual late night dj dancing pete martys the place where good friends enjoy the finest in casual dining hwy 1 east beaver creek rd richmond hill hitech farmer ushers in 90s by bruce stapley entered the era of hydroponic after nine years of cash- farming cropping 1200 acres steve steve recently bought into a grove 18th ave markham has franchise thought to be the first the greens ofstouffville saturday night is variety night this week greens presents full count blues band saturday february 25th 900 pm come and join us 220 main st east success square plaza stouffville telephone 416 6407211 of its kind in north america hell grow three types of lettuce using only water and nutrients theres no soil explains steve the nutrients are carried in water no pesticides are used so the product is pure the sprayfree aspect of the hydroponic method is something steve believes will appeal to to days environmentally conscious consumer with some of the sprays used in farming today it can rain three days and they wont wash off he notes adding so how will they wash off when the con sumer runs them under the tap for only a few seconds the operations known as greens alive steve hopes to line up 14 franchiseholders across canada steve and his partner on whose omemee property the operation has been established has ac quired the rights to an area that extends from yonge street on the west to peterborough on the east and from lake ontario on the south to as far north as we want to go we purchase a complete package explains steve they train us the lettuce is grown in a unique greenhouse that is both labor and energy efficient seeds are planted at one end in a plastic tray four weeks later theyre transferred onto a con- plus everyday good values guardsman ultra save 12 on all 13 tires 7 sizes to choose from 48997299 with tradein 60998499 without tradein save 15 on all 14 tires 7 sizes to 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will be planted each week with an an- ucipated harvest of 6500 heads weekly seedtoharvest will be eight weeks in the summer and twelve weeks in winter the greenhouse is solarheated with a propane furnace available when required i it will be a 52 weekayear operation says steve once we get it rolling well never shut down this way we can guarantee deliveries every week steve admits the cost to the consumer will be more than that charged for regular imported let- tuce but the product will be superior he claims it will arrive at stores only a day out of the greenhouse the product will be marketed as salad minute each airtight bag sold will contain a mix of boston romaine and leaf lettuce the lettuce will be fed on a diet of nitrogen potash and phosphorous along with the many micronutrients found in well water an 80000 litre water feed tank is located under the greenhouse as the water runs past roots soak up the nutrients required its a hitech operation but it all comes down to the basics of farming says steve i think it could be the future of farming especially with so much good farm land becoming residential subdivisions the soilless method of growing vegetables is the result of 17 years of testing explains steve j its pure he stresses acid j rain will never touch the product insects will never infect it either were controlling our environment steve sees the hydroponic method as revolutionizing farm- ing from a labor standpoint as well its a fivedayweek venture rather than seven like most farm operations says steve we know our receipts and expen- ditures and this beats regular farming steve anticipates the first harvest in april when the opera- 1 tion gets rolling they plan to hire six people to look after the seeding harvesting meanwhile hell willcontinue to nurture his lettuce crop as it makes its way along the conveyor farm tax legislation j is difficult j by ralph winslade farm business advisor there are many gray areas in j the tax rules an amendment made a year ago may clarify to some extent in which year a business must in- elude a cheque issued near years end strangely enough it depends on the post office an expense deduction is allow- ed if payment for a purchase is made by the end of the year pay- ment can mean you dropped into a supplier and handed him a che- que or cash payment is made on the day you handed it to him it can also mean you sent a cheque to him by first class mail lets assume you wrote a che- que on dec 31 1988 to the mill for 5000 for feed supplied in i dec 1988 if you put it in the mail i on dec 31 1988 it is an expense for 1988 if you put it in the mail on jan 2 1989 it is an expense for 1989 a receipt of income is just the opposite of an expense lets assume you shipped 10000 worth of cattle to market on dec 28 1988 the treatment of income for the cash basis farmer will depend on both the date on the cheque and the date on the envelope a cheque dated dec 30 1988 j will be 1988 income for the farmer if the envelope indicates j it was mailed by the packer on dec 30 or 31 1988 however if the envelope indicates it was mailed on jan 2 one can argue it is 1989 income if the cheque is dated jan 2 then it is 1989 income the net result of this approach is that both the buyer and seller must put the cheque in the same years business because a packer or a mill operator is on the accrual basis it makes little difference in which year it is included the planning should be done by the tax basis farmer if the buyer and seller are both j cash basis farmers they should be consistent in the year of treat- ment this is particularly true for family transactions