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The Huron Expositor, 1981-06-24, Page 15An estimate may be made only, and it could be costly to you as a producer. Samples of hay or haylage should be submitted to the University of Guelph for analysis in' determining the preetio con- tent as well as the ether eittriints, ' itthe'pretein requirenient for COW§ in R4xlyt4iztatiop °Ant met thoir mints poteittpf . is never re4hOtt. Als% these,. 091! are '•iaigre Time to health and fertility problems. 0111 the other hand. if excessive quantities of pro- tein are fed, this extra pro- tein is used rather Meffici- ently for energy. This is rather an expensive was to feed energy. Dry cows have a low protein requirement as com- pared to the recently fresh- ened cow. On the one hand. approxmately 2 pounds are required for the dry cow. while approximately 7 pounds are required for the cow producing 70 pounds of milk. There is strong evidence from Ohio also suggesting the excessive feeding of protein to dry cows in over- conditioned states could in- crease abortion, milk fever. displaced abomasums and downer cow syndrome. While more research is in- dicated, the feeding of- ex- cess amounts of pree. in and unlimited feeding of corn silage certainly an predis- pose to metabolic ,4i4orilem rtorePiPmit for f411,or winter —so** yotW samples now. will e.g1.441i help: Imo to f a balaq04ration. 03010;$01 01).KS.R$ • Tinm it Money en the farm and ytur time has to be. used most efficiently in this day and age, For.. this reason.. records - simple records are important on the swine farm today. You don't need any elaborate records: only sim- ple records that you can make use of. You start by identifying the sows with' ear tags. After that you simply want to know when the sow gets bred and the number of pigs born and weaned from that sow. These simple re- cords then tell you much more. You know when to. move the sow in the farrow- ing crate and when the sow should be rebred. During the busy seasons. this be- comes most helpful to organ- ize—your time. Don't leave record keeping chores as the last thing in the day: Records should help you decide what to do for the day . Do them as early in the day as you can. There are free record cards availahle from• the Agricultural. office: that can help you Awap the record keeping time m.11. raiiiiraikin-, `. The next step s• to imalpe -these records bnt yo4 can do his',sale 111oell:or a pithleto 4,11.44. or lo r• to 'deterroine your - sticeeSS. For; .example how bqkm*•!1Y .'soyvs, did ant get rebted within ten -days after weaning? If 9 omit of IQ; did net. you •have a problem. Charge an }inbred sow S2. a day for toom and bum ti that you never get back. The productive sows have to pay for the free loader. If you are not weaning eight pigs. per litter, you have a problem. And don't forget to count the sow in the corner that had three and lav qn one. Roughly calculate the OP pier sow iott, proottiO last , YFAr l dividing the PO,Ovr , WO 3.04'43Y The. tilif number of saws arid gilts itt your herd, • Therp7S a 0.04 ' ' atbievingA Pigs per*Wmer year,-08 this is PiVig Po$' Ole through a record •40P' ing method that makeS the ,best use of his time for repreductive efficiency. Know your productive sows, eliminate freeloading sows and boars, and determine the best breeding methods through records. .n e zn furrow' bYaa Letters are appreciated by Bob Troller EkliNRd. Elmo& Ont N39 2C7 Corrupting our language U. $1 6S I lb. Each year we have barn fires resulting from hay that has been stored with too much moisture. Quite fre- quently it seems that cut hay is the culprit. Cut hay doesn't have to be handled manually. hence it's easy to put it in a little on the wet Side. Handle your hay to get an ..icieti_of moisture. Better.. still... make a moisture test. Check the hay in storage. If the mow gets to 71©C (160 F). it should be watched careful- ly for any increase in temp- erature. At 77-80@C (170- 175©F), the mow should be checked every four hours. At 80© (176© F), fire pockets may be expected.. The fire tanker should be available to wet down the hay as it removed, as it may break into flames as the air reaches it. What to do for pesticide • • poisoning The Occupational• Health & Safety -Division. Ministry of Labour, has physicians available for consultation on first aid information and advice. They can be contact- ed Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.. telephone 416-965-36 I 0, During weekends, public hol- idays and non-office hours, you should phone 416-965- 121i and ask for the "on call" physician. Pesticide poisoning can oc- cur by swallowing, inhalation or contact with skin or eyes. The label on the eentainer has first aid suggestions. Contaminated clothing should be removed and washed. Wash the skin thor- oughly with soap and warm water. If a pesticide has come in contact with the eyes, rinse them with plenty of water for IS minutes, Remember, it take but a moment to place an Ex- ixisitor Want Ad. Dial 527-0240. For further information; contact your local dealer MILTON J. DIETZ LIMITED Purina Chow Sanitation Products -- Seed Corn — Provimi Feeds . L Ventilation (Wholesale & Retail). Pesticides — Spraying Equipment SEAFORTH, ONTARIO NOK 1WO Phone 519-52,, -0608 SEAFORTH ( FARMERS' CO-OP Fertilizers, Agricultural Chemicals, Feeds, Farm Supplies, Hardware 527-0770 Seafo'rth . . . and-control them before they spread into a serious problem. *More than one treatment may be necessary because all milkweed plants do not reach the proper stage of growth at the same time. Also, crop in the treated area will be destroyed. 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Mr OTOcile specidat-' ed, there be „ relation .betweee the spread of thegrasi in Ontario 'at the Same time as. in the States. "There's an 'want. lot of weed ants equipment that moves hack and. forth between here and Wisconsin," he said. Mr. O'Toole said farmers should have little trouble identifying the annual grass in their fields. He said if the tiny plants are pulled put and examined, there will be a shiny seed attached to the root system. The seed, about threemillimetres long and two to three times the size of an alfallit seed, stays with the root system through to the plant's maturity. WORKING ON IT The Centralia researcher remains optimi- stic. "We don't have answers," he said, "that's for sure. But we're working on it. There are some promising chemicals on the horizon." Mr. O'Toole recommended farmers consult OMAF publication 75, Guide To Chemical Weed Control, 1981, for further information. Earlier this month, several enthusiastic young urbanites with a keen interest in agri- culture applied to participate in the 1981 Junior Agricul- turalist Program. They will soon be in our rural commun- ity doing things that they never though they would have an opportunity to do - haying, milking, driving tractor, picking stones - all the things that are part of a ..ay's work on a farm. The Junior Aggies are out on• the farms to learn about producive agriculture and rural farm life. By the end of the summer each participant should have a better appre- ciation of this business of farming. Farmers as well as students harvest benefits • from the program. It provid- es help for the host farmer during the busy summer months and gives them a chance to work with young enthusiastic people. So look around ! If you see a new face in the community, it just might be a Junior Agriculturalist. Invite them out to your. next 4-H. Junior Farmer or other comtnifinity events so that they can go with a well-rounded taste of rural life and a warm feeling • for country people. Ministry of Agriculture and Food Ontario Kenneth Lantz Hon Lorne C Henderson Deputy Minister Minister This country is called Canada. Not Canadar. We live -- or try to live -- within the law. Not the host. Thoseare just a couple of examples of.what irritates. me about some Britiihers who , come to this country and corrupt the language. Easy now. Don't get all steamed up and write me a dozen snarky letters. I am still proud of my British ancestry. My mother was born in Yorkshire. My maternal grandfather had some Welsh blood in him. My paternal grandparents came from Scotland and Ireland. But when an announcer on either television or radio adds that extra "r" to word's which end with- a vowel spend, I get irritated: Canadians can corrupt the mother tongue enough without any more help. • I suggested'thii to an English friend of mine the other day and he bristled like 'a badger.'He said Canadians can't sspp~eeak the laeguage properly and we should admire those can. lie is probably right but I still live in Canada, 'not Canada`: Being brought up in a background such as mine, I have some understanding of why the American colonies wanted indepehdence. It was the pigTheadedness of George Ill that drove..them...ta..it— • Which brings me to the main topic of this column: nuclear energy. I have been a proponent of nuclear hydro power in Canada for a decade. I believe it to be a sensible way to solve many energy problems. This statement, too, will bring a flood of letters calling me everything but a sensible man. However, I stand by the statement. A-British physicist, Lord Bowden, recently wrote a letter to the Times of London in, which he said that electricity in Britain went up by 30 per cent last year and will 'likely'rise another 14 per cent this year. The Brits propose to build two advanced gat-cooled reactors which they have been working on for 20 years, but which no one else will buy. They will cost L1,000 million each and, says Lord Bowden,, "we hope they.will work better than the last lot." The nuclear industries of the world, says the lord, publish tables to show what the world's great power plants ate doing, Last Year. the best was Canadian, the second-best was • German, the next half-dozen were Canadian and the next was American. The best from Britain was rated 92nd on the list. The Centsal Electricity Generating Board in Britain sold power at 2.14 pence per kilowatt-hour. But in Ontario, the Pickerink power plant generated_ power for _0443 English.... pence per kilowatt-hour. ' Canadian nuclear power, said Lord Bowden, is the cheapest in -the world and for a decade or more, their power stations have been the most reliable in the world. Why can't we collaborate with the Canadians and use the best design in the world? Why must we Ift so perverse? asks Lord Bowden. It is probably the same reason the American colonies revolted.; It is probably the same reason my grandfather -thought that.everything done "over 'erne" was done a heck of a let better than anything ever done in this country. He pooh-poohed anything and everything that was Canadian yet he lived here from the time he was 25 until he died at 88. He went ”over 'ome" two or three times during his life but •he always tame back, even when he had enough -time and money to stay over 'nine. The Irishmen on the other side of the family loved their homeland but they did -riot dream of going back. They took a more realistic view. They did not want to go back and starve. Itwas sentimental attachment for them, not real or attainable. The next time I hear banana pronounced bananar. I'm going to throw ue'. When 'I' feel Canada pronounced Canadar, I feel like telling the, speaker to take his bowling• balls and go back aver 'otne. SCHOLCS ABATTOIR' and Freezer Meats CUSTORISIALIGNTERING & PROCESSING Monday - Beef • Tuesday . Pork CALL 262-2041 (After Hours 262-732) CHOICE LOCAL SIDES OF BEEF (Fully-precool/44u., wrapped. fresen) ItieggaIcir 49 SEEP PATTIES uric • i i. MILL ST. Int NULL. Otrie 262 2641 GUIDE TO CHEMICAL WEED CONTROL By E.L. ROTHMEL, Awe- A4. ReP• MIME) MISR!, Swine Specialist SHARON SALM, Jr, AlITWOralts1 WAN A4, step- It• is area. viIIIPosObithr't look-0 ,tt. sample of hay Jr, ioylage .ana tell (.math. any Iteeilraoy) the Protein value. That'' face ,irnay be a junior agriculturalist Watch that cut hay Use Roundup® control small patches of milkweed and Canada thistle before they become big problems. Once milkweed and Canada thistle enter your beans or grain crops, they can develop into a serious problem in almost no time at all. But you can control these tough weeds - right in the crop -' with a spot treatment of Roundup herbicide by Monsanto. Just spray Roundup in the infested areas when the weeds have reached the proper stage of growth.* Roundup knocks out the weeds right down to the roots - so they won't-grow back. And with Roundup, there's 'no carryover to next year's crop. So when milkweed and Canada thistle invade your crops, reach for Roundup Nothing works like Roundup. •