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A number of rural councillors .at' was pushing a deer b
6h4rt Off &09;f6Ck8W bV'Bob Trotter, Eldolle PC lilmirs, Ont.M 8 2C7
the all 'day meeting disagreed season on local resideis'If4ert., plerk freiisii '0
'Wills"'004 `Ylqe av who,
with Ministry Of Natural didn't w4nit it.tarles.rlefill
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Few people seem to be working in the fariners' comer Facilities are available at Thunder Bay to. have the ani Resources area manager Dan f Of 111, # 9
Kle new goun . resident . � I � ;%'
the ty� presiftli 0'� A000, t 0
mals fe-0,,. w.@.terpd,:and.Tested., But the truckjpg firms n Whiteford .elected Otte
these0ays. Mansell who said the deer 401A"Apo *401 it:� piictie"�, lu
planner ili�ho started work Ap
Practice c'e,
As suggested last week, both han-Luc Pepin and Beryl possibly-bayidle all the -beef being shipped to Ontario. About hunting in the. county planner t enioli#cps, Br4c�--, A
value 35.01,00,0 hea.4,.Will Monday.' told memb
Plumptre he' moved into Ontario this fall. Trucks can ers that hip
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are, making huge noises in Ottawa about the v reeve ;Of Down, ie Township,40 S
handle about 110, per cent pf that total, perb;ips,35,000,head. .resident,lelected,`p
of farm- marketing 'boards, especially national market n
boards with a'utho- Cattlemen, then, are �mderstand0bly upset about the re -71
rity to set pr9duction quotas. Alice Green Aim MpOrid�:an.d b , oup i,00
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are Alsq making disquieting noises quest for another freight -rate increase: And here's a Spot _0$q
Jean Scott fro�, the Pertb �D
Consumers associations
where Mr. Pepin and Ms. Plumptre can help farmers a'lit-
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Collags,tglcl:tiie otGlBle that ,tine r.
about marketijbg boards as well as government subsidies. Health Unit told assocl i tit Sh
'that few tle. They can intervene with the .clout of thq anti-inflation
members about the Pon t
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It appears, to carry the simile review, board 'and, discourage this new request for an in-' _,,n
Program, Home -Care Pro in, whi ha
en c NOV .25 — DFC. I,especially
people in the growd are pv . heering for farmers let alone itrease. -They can even suggest a rollback of one or two of the
supporUhg them in the comer of the ring. 1-d by the Qanadian Transport 6m-
recent,inckeases allowL By Joe SmuleviU
Even Canada's two major railways are asking for freight mission earlier this year. One increase o be two. But week's weather surged .r may The w r was high- s ged into Southern Ontario late
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rate increases for cattle moving from western Canada to three or even four in one year, seems a bit thick to me. lighted by a rapid temperature Sunday., The -cold air plunged
the east. Perhaps even by the time this epistle gets into The recent request for f reight-rate increases by the Cana -
or qian Pacific and the Canadian National amounts to'15 per change and the frequent passage temperatures to below freezing '00 L"
tet, those increases may be granted. It is the third
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of low pres�iire systems. Distur- on Monday.
ifit-the fourth? — increase this year. centlor single -deck cars and 25 per cent for double-deckers.
barites resulted in overcast skies Snowflurries were - reported
If the newest request is granted, ,it will mean an increase What makes me think the railways aren't too interested,
and precipation.. The low pressure throughout the area as the colder
of 64 per cent in shipping costs for farmers bringing cattle in farmers is because facilities for feeding, watering and
systems formed east A of the air moved over the previously
for resting cattle at Midhurst have still not been completed OWN" 4
in from the west. It will mean an 84 per cent increase Rockies as cool Pacific air was warmed ground surface. The -
Amikle-deck cars. as promised by the railroads -earlier this year. The last re,
that workmen started
on by its forced rise over the extended outlook indicates temp -
port I heard was Dn the project in late
mountain ranges of
This comer suggested recefitly that it must be dreadful October or early November. The way laborers work these Western eratures to be slightly- below
to be a beef farmer these,Oays with prices to the farmer low.
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America.. This cool Pacific air normal with a moderating trend JOIN-, W-11
er than they were 20 years ago yet production costs 20 times days what Ovith unions, strikes, work stoppages and general encountered 'Warmer, moister air by the weekend., Light snowfall
This addedcostof shipping could be enough to higher. break laziness on the job, I doubt if the facilities will be finished flooding up from the Gulf of accumulations are expected dur.
this time next November..
Mexieo forming the disturbances. in the week. Rain is likely by the WHO_
the steer's back. W11-
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Not to. be outsmarted by the big rail companies, many In other words, the railways are not out to co-operate- They produced our first snowfalls weekend.
beef farmers are turning to truckers to help solve the prob- 'whole -hearted' be farmers.
Lem: Beef men are, working together with trucking firrits Agriculture iyswg'�%' the
little help from the anti-inflation of the season;, h6wever, accumu-
to have western truckers bring the beef east to Th6der b6ard, none 'from su , mers associations, less andless lation was slight.. Temperatures
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Bay and have Ontario truckers pick the animals the now, the Big Two rail companies changed very little during the
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Lakehead. I seem to be working a them. week, remaining near freezing
through Friday. A change in the FARW SUPPLY LT
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weekend.
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rance o cor the region. The rain and mild
temperaturs and rain spread into
Increase d roughttole n/////
weather was caused by a warm, �F
A small, device enclosed in a resulting data will enable resuJtcd in readings that weren't may soon see the development of moist air' moving northward from
fdain, pla7stic, case may provide rese rch7e!, to determine as accurate as they really need to corn varieties with. improved the Gulf of Mexico. t h i nk of
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crop researchers in the not -too f the plant is suffering be," Prof. Stevenson says. drought tolerance. In".co-oper- Record high tempeiatures Were
distant future with improved corn I f Water stress and to, w4at One of the
from applications of the ation with the Mexican govern- reached in numerous localities,
degree. Prof. Stevenson says that, new device will be in research to
varieties that , have greater I across Southern Ontario. 9
drought tolerance. Ptdfes9ors K. they feel these devices are now do with flooding or poor drainage. n ent. a number of varieties have Our region reached 15 degrees Auy Bags for Uyr Bulk for Spein
been tested th�t appear to have celcius. The warm spell was of
R. Stevenson of the Crop Science going to become the reference
As a 'result, 6t?,tario producers improved drought tolerance. Pic
Department,,atid G. W. Thurtel -1 standard for all other techniques short duration. Cold Arctic air Delivery Now, k Up or Deli.very
in this research -'area.
of the Department. 9,f Land A,
Science, Tge technique differs sig`iiff.'
Resource Ontario q
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Agricultural College, have cantly with present scientific
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,developed an instrument called a approaches: Previously, scientists
0 rO ucers sThermocouple De,po nt had to take so many leaves from a Pd Cty SEE spring delivery
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Hygrometer, which they believe plant'for sampling purposes that
• will overcome some of the it was sometimes destroyed With TROJAN
this new device,, the plant can b( NORT HRVP KING,
.problems . of present research
methods. sampled in the field withou. UNITED
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"The. * device' has unpr' 0,
research project, ;t art'� vet hard
dented accuracy and flexibility as Tht- r e
a . rescarch'tool in s0dying plant about 1970 under grants provided Getting a veterinarian who systems, have it harder Wan between the Ontario Pork
water status I and drought , by the Ontario 'Ministry of knows much about hogs seems to medical students who' have only Producers Association and the,.
be a big problem for many Huron one body to study. In the past the meatpackers had not resolved the rn Washing and disinfecting'
tolerance," says Prof. Stevensop. Agriculture and Food and the
I,'. Research County pork4roducers. teacfiing idea was if 'students 1111atteT.,The pork producers had Cqttl'e Sprayin g-flice and Warbl-e..Control
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it Were Huron County Federation of they could' then apply the docking . for overweight pigs
status as the plant stands in -the Stevenson and Thurtell knowledge to other animals. rather than the present set up
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field." aware of shortcomings in the Agriculture meeting in;�Clinton on- pvailable for fall purchasin
origina4, techniques. Thursday night complained about,, Students only worked' with pigs where a pig one pound over the 9
ices are delicate and how hard it is to -get a veterinarian for a few days in their final year. limit can cost a farmer a lot of
The devices The old techniques, while who knows much about hogs. Vet students regularly visit her money.
require considerable electronic�C�, in experimental H O EGY 'FARM SUPPLY LTD •
accurate
measuring attachments to take solutions. had inherent errors Beverley Brown a Winghain area farm, Miss Brown said and are Another present argued that
the readings. Interpretation of the when using' leaf samples., This operator said that a graduating 'surprised at how interesting it is the7 packers would still sell thatBrodh345-2941
vet often knows less than. the to work with pigs. Last year the hog one,pound overweight at the ogen
ororduatinc, class- -at- Guelph same rate the would for a 180
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She said she and her partner
recommended doubli ng the time
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pound hog yet were playing $15
haat talked to the dean of the
spent on the study of pigs from'
less for it.
Ontario' Agriculture College
five daA.
ys to 10.
Mr. Vos agreed and, said the'
veterinary school about the
Another hog farmer at the
only solution for the present
problem and had been well
received and -that changes are
meeting complained about a'
London vet 'who, seemed more
seems to be for the pork
producers to weigh their' hogs
NOTI E,
being niade. In the meantime,
interesting in selling drugs than
ebirefullyland ship them before
though, vet students are still
in treating animals. Miss Brown
they go overweight.
"• getting little education in the
problems of pigs.
agreed saying the,man in
question has'a reputation for this
'of
Dairy producers were also
ups et at the meeting. Alice Burt,
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The schools have great
sort practice of docking all hogs
who said she had only recently
problems, she points out. In many
over 180 lbs. -$ IS. Adrian Vos, of
'entered the dairy industry
ways a vet student, who has only
Blyth, -President of the Huron
complained about a 25 per cent
rive years to learn about several Federation commented that he reduction in the subsidy on
different 'animals and their was sorry to see that negotiations (Continued on Page 8A)' I>. f'"s:>: - �A RM E.R
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