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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-08-05, Page 12• ing records very important SE FORTH FARMERS' CO-OP Fertilizers, Agricultural Chemicals, Feeds', Farm Supplies, Hardware 527-0 70 Seaforth ipmomen•-, Lelywy are sow., iced by Sop rvatrer 64411111 Oni M130 2t Confu$ed, business of agriculture No other industry: tin the world ts as Messed '14):,4fs- ' ; .-More titan 1400. miiiin9 .pcivp to btu htingri eve6' alght. Konines. stjil" occur with astonntlitig te$ularitii Pepoiti W111syttrveto4ot in Aftiea'and, sOothea0 Asia this., 'ear- IOW popolgionopgrii' tiny tnore than 7`..1 tteppx will Starve in Afriea alone4tarve to death. Russia and K'Hitie Seoul. the world tti bov,,, grain, Thes: have money to buy itan-d•they get it. trldld. Off& one of • the world's greatest grainygrowing nations, a countr, that -exported wheat, can no longer grow enough grain to till the milliont of hungry bellies in that beleaguered part 01 the globe. Yet, farmers in this country are held to quotas in producing milk. chicken, turkeys and eggs. If farmers as wanted to do so could grow all those commodities, the country would be sw amped with food Not long ago. the U.S. government actually paid farmers not to grow gain. The stories were rampant about the inanities that cropped up. Comedians told jokes about farmers sitting around, getting paid millions not to grow corn. The farmers sat and listened attentively to the corn they weren't growing. You know the stories. Even Canada got into the act with legislation paying farmers not to grow grain but to diversify in the West . Yet, today, world grain stocks are lower than they have been in 10-years. Until the new crop comes in any time now . grain stocks are enough to Jam the world about 10 days to two weeks. Canadian agriculture is setting out on a program to sell, sell, sell as many products as possible around the world, Guessperts in Ottawa have just released a,report indicating that. Canadian fanners can increase exports and decrease imports so the industry will become more than self- aticttu' Oeskperwi.:4) 'Warn that it .wilt .1:iced to be a 41'dzs0 1Fogram, 0sPeciali-"s' in' ktiroPeno onnuttes. heeatise those countries. have a -proteetiOniSt tatlx). the. that tali difeetivoy •.i.top'tt,A.e-: rest of the :omit prOdpet.S. rive thOsf,' .0. 'where 'will Canadian Ogrietiltore Os prod.uets . to the' More'affittent .eiiatitrAOS cif; o: mg** Third. World. snch, .as M.040." Yeneitteta, Nigeria. Algeria. and to the richer .countries such as Saudi' Arabia.. Japan and $noth Korea. That is, if they can persuade those countries tIty trade. • All this Information is contained in an opttimistk outlook for farming and agriculture in Canada. a paper produced by the high-priced help in Ottawa to be tabled for cabinet. The bureaucrats make everything sound rosy in the report, as easy as, w ell, getting paid for not growing grain. They say food prices are going to increase between 21 and b2 per cent because of population increases. higher incomes and constraints on food procution. I'm getting a little tired of white papers, green papers, red papers, toilet papers, Royal commissions, special committees, standing committees, sitting committees, parliamentary committees and all the other paraphernalia that goes with our bureaucratic jungle called government. If they would just let farmers alone. they could solve most of their own problems without interference. They need help in the way of a few subsidies at this time; they need some surcease from these crushing high interest rates, usury. really. They know the direction they want to go. They know where they should be going, Now. if we can get governments to give a little and then get farmers together to go the way they know they should. maybe, a few more people in the country would catch the faith and we would all help the world get, back on an even keel, Maybe fill a fev.is:Million empty bellies, too. • sufficient; OM MIMEO IMO MINI IIIIIIIII ran am IN • Al2 -..T. HURON EXPOSITOR, AUGUST 5, 1941 Perth farm news_ Knowing where you are it WILL MAKE YOUR MANURE HANDLING I MUCH EASIER NVORO.MAN MANUUS-AttLaP Fbr more information contact: *EITH SIEMON FARM SYSTEMS A.R. 4, %WALTON 345-2734 ' NM MN MIN Custom Spraying for WHITE MOLD in BEANS LET HENSALL CO-OP TAKE CARE OF ALL YOUR SPRAYING NEEDS ANURE PUMP.. • Stores manure away from the, barn HENSALL DISTRICT COOP 'Neonate Zu,kh Notion 442-9123 2364393 2624002 HYDRO•MAN arming I produce ALWAYS FOLLOW THE LABEL DIRECTIONS FOR R(X1r:IOUR' Ltryyr,dy,$) iv, a vegisti.tyvti t t ddivvv,,4, v f Mn, 1.40n...111tr, r vrvdddi Inv r evqrst tvd user PAVOIStirttf, I VVVIIPLIVv., I Oil Everything tastes so fresh and great this time 'of year and we all like to preserve thai.goodness for later on in the year as Well. Many consumers have been asking about using the steam canners that are on the market now. Steaming : is certainly not recommended .for low acid foods (i.e. vegetables). Steam takes,a longer time than a boiling water bath to process the food since steam does not conduct heat well. To date, the steam canners on the market are using the same processing times as recommended for the' boiling water .balh,Method. Because of this, and until there is testing of reliable processing limes for steam canners. Food Advisory Division, Agricujture..Cariatla,, secOmr, . mends that consumers con- tinue to use the boiling water bath for canning high- acid foods rather than steam canners. For information about pre- servation, call your Agricul- ture Office for booklets - Home Canning; Freezing Foods; Jams. Jellies and Pickles. Jane Muegge Home Economist. USE EXPOSITOR WANT - ADS Phone 527-0240 Five Inch ay man -scot Prices have improved. la- terest rates are as harmful as ever. It's still a tight situat- ion • particularly for the people who get behind with their debt repayMent sche- Me. Ygu cant do touch art0,4t pit s; input CLIgS . or int$rest Tates. satrfoc44 your • of -c S15. r um* what.,.they. are, In a faxisivg-tii-fiai.0 Operation4sitt peed a certain • By Richard Smelskl Everyone accepts that re- cords" are important in this day and age. Good sow people know the import-- . ance of records for efficiency of time, emphasizing strong agrees of reproduction and working on the weak area. Anyone keeping records on sows realizes how important it is to spend time breeding sows. But what have the feeder men been doing? Most of .them are sash croppers, looking for a hedge on their corn by selling it through ,--hogs. They are sloppy feed- ers not caring about feed efficiencies, only how much' cash is left at the end of the year. They blame hog prices first and second. The true pig man knows what corn is costing him for his pigs and watches the feed conversions. After all, feed is more than 50 per cent of his direct-cost, More-feeder Men- are going to have to keep track-of how mucir-S4 corn 1., going through their pigs. Grade index has been a good indication of how long it takes the pigs to go to market but feed conversion, gives the best-indication of profits. • Improving feed conversion of 10 per cent on a regular farin could mean 1 ,a.' $7,500 saving. Do you think it hard to do? 'No, not if your feed conversion is over 3.6. Some things to check are densities, source of pigs, ventilation, self feeders, mill calibration, feeding t program and health. There's no easy 'vas to Water Well W.D. Hopper I end Sons I 4--MODERN-ROTARY RIGS Neil 527-1737 1 Dud 527-0828 1 Jim 527.0775 number of pigs per sow and a certain price to cover your cash outflow. Cash flows out to three ways: principal and interest. personal living and the other operating expenses shown on your income tax. Suppose you need $3130)0 in 'principal and interest payments. • $1h 0Q(? Per- 0Aal iivino and -57400 .for. other operating-costs: ff you are strictly to 'hfas, .they nOt3 bring ib ROA(10. determine feed efficiency of a finishing operation other than spending one hour a year to take inventories, then total up your purchases and sales through the year. This one hour of analysis can tell you what price your corn sold to your operation. If you charge $60 of feed to each finishing pig, a feed conver- sion of 4.1 paid you $3.32 per bushel of your corn. A feed conversion of 3.1 paid you $5.16 per bushel. each year-just to stay even. If your 60 sows put up 900 pigs then that's S125.55 that each pig must bring in. Thus, you need a cash break even price of 73 8 cents for a 170 lb. carcass. If you have an .indAz of 103, then a basic market ce of- /LS, is the. bottom` "4.-eit.Sh 'bleak even fetslott .10K4v %Ogg Y4it stand. If its 10.000 SO, .Ynn .nnOci toliquidate our least nen4e4.4,0e14, in nr4nit- to tzelrig'it.back n gap.' If it's well. sirtic la .- Market POO, it gives you enconragement. it's right at market price then you have an incentive to improve it. Your cash break even is 'your survival figure. If you can m t it during hard times, y ' o ahead quick- ly when g ' 6'4 markets return. The cash break even only takes in the money that you pay out. Your crop goes in, at the cash you've.• paid for inputs, gas, repairs • • etc. After you know your cash break even, you can do another calculation to .show whether or not it's better to feed hogs or sell, the grain. Do your cash break even first because, with facilities in- place, you are likely going to keep feeding -.those hogs during bad tunes in hopes of catching a market upturn. Cost calculation is tougher if you have two enterprises. However, it can still be done co 'a special worksheet design for that purpose. 1.11E PIFFIRENCE QF ONE ' • • PIG. Q.ne -60010r, • worked for hisdebt rogyinint c*NicitY, On.. bow.n.wntliffclotAtc ,ttwpg10:. gPakg,ff he 0044g,e4-an.ektra Pik Or. **. per year. We' *140 out returns fur A IV lb. carcass and - then deatteted,ihe cnsir of Matter, corn. soyhead, pre'oxia, vet-. crinatian. etc'. There was still ahout SO left. Multiplied - over a 60 sow herd, the total came to $3,600. This man would have this money to pay debt,for personal living or as a buffer against increasing costs. On the other hand. he'd be short $3,600 if he produced one pig per sow less than his projection. The extra - pig per sow would laWer the previous *Ph break even to,.71.4 cents, or to a basic price of.69.3 if. we 'had 4 P14.104. N.wnrk shot to project Vie effect ,Of r4tOOr fnctni.s, • whi4k. .(tati nigikey available tar;''' debt tipaY.**; the effect olf market 4110„ effect Market ;:itides: the effect of feed eft-Wiener. • Working through this Sheet lets you see the opportunities available for producing quality rather than quantity without quality. • Pumps iquids solids and bedding • Reduces ado( and by problem\ • Retains nitrogen and potassium • Easy to install—easy to operate • :its any barn cleaning operation • Ample manure storage at iow cost Manure is ready when you want it Marl the coupon for full details c- , I DRYWALL KNOWN FOR HIGH QUALITY Peter. 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