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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1970-02-12, Page 901118111188111111111111180111 sssssssssssssss.WssaSssaSsssSssssss4'''' SaSSaSassaSs`Sissaassssss ss" SSISSISSssSssssssksSsass,s Tv/.o federal government scientists haVe cleveleped A Method. to turn wood into a feed similar .to hay. in recent experiments, the scientists` tested steam-treated POplat wood against meditan cltralitY hay as roughage for sheet). The results show that, as a Waree of energy, the two roughages are ecsisal; the. trials. Year,/ laboratory (in vitro) tests. contineted*arlier. The: two Iselentists are Dr. David Beaoey, an animal nutrition expert with the Canada Insurance Coverage important to farmers TRUST COMPANY SINCE 1889 Kingston St., Goderich ST •V PIP Specializing Weddings ,PhIldrqn Single. or.Grpup -Pciorpiu .000 PASSPPrtS $24.8787 116 St, _Davit! Petlerich Retire rich! I Get your tax,free fully guaranteed pension plan now cumulating at 83/4% with no annual fee. 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Let's get together this week on one of these specials GORD MUNROE Manager Luxury car at a medium car price —1968 Cadillac DeVille, 4 door hardtop. Fully equipped with all the standard Cadillac appointments plus * Factory vinyl top * Comfortron air conditioning * AM/FM stereo sound system * Six-way power seats * Automatic headlight dimmers * Plus a host of other options too numerous to mention. Executive driven — history supplied. (Warranty books with car), Selling at less than 50% of its original value. Lie. H56-876. P.S. — Serious enquiries only please. Offered once only — 1969 Chevrolet Impala 2 door hardtop, fully equipped, 327-V8, automatic, power brakes, power steering, etc. Lic, H48927. Only $2995. A BEAUTY — T s ipe% ttriritenth 1966 Top-of-the-line Dodge Pi:Aare 8801, glraftirgitiolvagon Lie, X3095. 1966 13UICK 2-door hardtop, 27,000 miles, power equipped, vinyl top. Lic. H54755. Only $1,750. equipped plus yap clean, Lic. 188585. Only 1966 PLYS11,04H_FLS6 2-door hardtop, power $1,495. 1966 ,LAURENTri1.47,190044ginal 'miles, many options, priced to sell, t basalartoslaa appreciated, Lic, J36992. Arriving this week —1964 Chevrolet r/2 ton longbox pickup Completely retonditioned , including new paint. Approximately $895. OTHERS ARRIVING DAILY 524-8411 GRAF S AMX • Javelin Hornet - Ambassador - ktbet IlAYFIELt) ROAD, HWY. 21 GODSFSICS-i, ONT. s .521-89 I, SERVICE nited ree Breeders reports 00,000 first services '0111:t911 .N.00$71.4PPOC.0, 19 n a series of anneal meetings d during January, United eclers, Inc. reported to its merapernbers a successful r. The animal breeding co-op initiated 200,692 ow and One ancl'a half million dollars th„ of business, shoWing an rating profit Of $3.7,517. Dr. C, R, Reeds, presenting general manager's report, ted that — "1969 has been a of consolidation, with algamation and construction blemi. I look forward to the r ahead with optimism, anges within the A.T. industry occurring very rapidly. I ieve that the member will nest and receive more and re specialized services as time s by." He reviewed development ce the 1968 merger which ought Central Ontario, adaton and Waterloo A.T. its together to form United reeders Inc. The new adquarters at Guelph was misled in stages, the office in ne, freezing laboratories in ugust, barns in November (by 6 bulls). • "Approximately 50,000 mpules of semen can now be rozen each month at United" e said.• Cost of the new buildings, when complete was estimated at just over a half million dollars, United's president, Craig Reid of Milton, expressed his satisfaction with the work, particularly in the office and laboratory section which is fully completed. "The, cost on a square foot basis works out to $12,64, which I feel comPares very favorably with other buildings of similar quality of construction." The report of ball Purchases during 1969 showed additions in almost all breeds. It was notable that, though there are only a handful of "Excellent" classified cows in each dairy breed, the unit was able to buy sons of five Excellent Holstein cows, three Jersey, three Guernsey, one Ayrshire and one Brown Swiss. Beef bulls added to the stud included, Angus and Hereford champions from the 1969 Regina bull sale •and a performance tested Shorthorn. Two French Cliarolais were brought in' through the Grosse Ile quarantine,section. Two bulls of the new "exotic" breeds are still in quarantine, a Simmental and a Limousin. They are expected to be in service by mid summer. United Breeders serves fifteen counties in southern Ontario, and northern areas to the Bell, and noted that farmers were often far from medical aid when trouble struck, Thus home accidents have to be eliminated and nearly , always can be by careful thought. Falls, can be avoided by stressing their danger to children. Children, in fact, must be taught to be concerned about safety. 'Parents and farmers should concern themselves with teaching their children all the dangers, and how to combat -them. Ontario swine testing increases Performance testing of swine expanded in Ontario during 1969. A total of 4,341 boars, nearly double the year earlier figure, were weighed and probed last year. In addition, over 1,700 gilts were also tested. Results of the boar testing showed improvement over 1968 as all boars tested averaged 158 days of age and .90 inches average backfat at 200 pounds. For gilts, the 1969 average is 165 days and .95 inches average backfat at 200 pounds. Yorkshires comprised over 50% of all boars tested. Their average performance was 158 days and .88 inches backfat as only the Hampshire had a superior average backfat thickness of .82 inches but took 5 more days to 'make 200 pounds. Every swine breeder should avail himself of the opportunity to test his stock and all swine producers should be using superior tested stock to improve their production. Seed stock with above average performance have the potential for improving perforrhance in either purebred or cominertial swine herds. It seems like common sense for a producer to know what he has, where he's going, and what he needs to get there in the swine industry. lakehead, The executive chosen from the fifteen directors for 1970 is as follows; preaident, Jack Gilchrist, Guelph; vice president, Art IgeKane, Georgetown; past president, Craig Reid, Milton; executive committee, Lloyd I3rown, Chesley; Russel Thompson, Orangeville; Jack Gillespie, Galt. Highlights of the individual county meetings include: • At Huron meeting held at Clinton, Gordon Bell, district fieldman for the Holstein Eriesian Association, reported that 73 percent of Holstein calves registered now come artificial insemination, He stressed the importance of herd testing in providing information needed to evaluate A.T. bulls. TGE' cases reported use control measures Several cases of the virulent swine disease, transmissible gastro-enteritis (TGE), have recently been reported to Dr. P. G. Oliver, Swine Disease Consultant, Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food. ' Dr. Oliver reports that this disease, which causes almost one hundred percent mortality in pigs under three weeks old and may seriously weaken and impair the condition of older swine, at present responds to no drug or treatment. Symptoms of the virus are a severe scour condition, vomiting, weight loss and ultimate collapse of the animal, The most noted characteristic of TGE is its explosive spread, The incubation period for the disease is only a few days and the entire litter can be affected in an incredibly short time. Dr. Oliver noted that while TGE was still very difficult to control, there were some things that could be done to prevent an outbreak. The farrowing area should be kept completely isolated. Because,the diseasescan be spread by birds or 'humans that have been in contact with manure from the infected animals, no one should be allowed into the farrowing zone, There should be no introduction of sows and gilts into the herd during the farrowing period because they may be carriers of TGE and thus introduce the infection into a herd. Because sows that have had the disease will be immune to it, they should be kept for breeding. Ground-up intestinal contents of animals killed by TGE can be fed to sows and gilts, but this must be done at least four to six weeks before farrowing. The theory behind this crude vaccination is that the females will contract a mild form of the disease and develop antibodies which will be given to their litter in colostrum milk, and thus prevent the disease in piglets. Dr. Oliver stressed, however, that there. is no known cure for TGE, that its transmission speed is phenomenally high, and that a veternary diagnosis should be sought immediately an outbreak occurs. He said that research was 'being conducted at the University of Guelph to find a vaccine to prevent the disease, but that none had yet been perfected, Wedding Pictures JERVIS STUDIO Phone .482-7006 ;7 717s7r7m. SUPER GREAT Mb WILL SAVE YOUIROM THAT FREEZING ATE Fuels Ltd. 482.6638 CLINTON Distributor for all Shell Oil Prodticts Farming, like any other business, is filled with risks. Many of the hazards faced by the farmer are beyond his control, created by his dependence upon the climate and biological processes. In addition, a farmer faces all the financial and economic problems confronting the industrial businessman. Thus, for those in agriculture, insurance against risk of all sorts is vital. Insurance' should play a big part in a farmer's businessp arrangements, but often many aspects of it are overlooked. These are the observations of Mr. Douglas Baker, Farm Management and Agricultural Economics Division, Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technology, who is primarily concerned with property and s liability insurance coverage. Mr. Baker says that farmers should consider several basic questions when insuring their property. Are buildings that, are fully used being insured to the amount it would cost to replace them? Many farmers have houses or large buildings insured for perhaps $5,000. Yet the cost of replacing that building, would be far more than the insured value. On the other hand, many farmers insure buildings they no longer use; this is wasted money. Insuring a building is not enough. All the articles of value' it contains should be insured as well. All articles valued at $250 or more should be itemized. This means electrical household appliances, furs, jewels, rugs, drapes, cameras, "sports and hobby items. It means farm machinery (insured to its replacement value), equipment, tools, supplies, feeds, pesticides, and all livestock. They should not simply be covered for loass` inside the building, but: for outside hazards as well, The question of what to insure against must also be answered, says Mr. Baker. Fire, storms, floods and all manner of natural causes can now be allowed, but, as with property insurance, a farmer must consider his priorities. It probably' is not economically sound to insure against floods if there has,been no flood for sixty years. The cost of one year's losses through a freak flood will probably be less than flood premiums paid to no benefit over 20 years. Wind damage, on the other hand, might be an annual hazard.af Insurance should be placed where it is most necessary. Liability insurance is also a must for every farmer, says Mr. Baker, Liability insurance protects farmers from miscellaneous hazards for which , they might otherwise be held liable, Suits and losses are often due to machinery and wagon collisions with cars and trucks on the road. Livestock may be involved in a collision with motor vehicles, or may, break fences, damaging someone else's land. Personal liability policies protect the farmer, his family, and his employees. They can insure against a variety of risks, such as a dog biting a neighbor or injury or death in an accident with farm machinery, the family snowmobile or saddle horse. Mr. Baker recommends that every farmer carry a minimum of $100,000 in liability insurance. For full details about insurance coverage, farmers should contact their local insurance agents, or obtain insurance booklets either from the Canada Department of Agriculture or the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food. The display also includes photographs of other models, including a 300-horsepower four-wheel-drive giant, one of the largest tractors made anywhere. The Financial Post writer says the company displaying the machines, Twin, Lake Tractors Ltd. of Orillia, plans to import a modest number of Russian tractors for sale this spring ih 'Ontario. The initial order will also include two of the big units ror field tests. Department of Agriculture's Animal Research Institute, and , far. : Fred Bender, bead of the chemistry section of the Forest -Products Laboratory operated by the Department of Fisheries and Forestry, They have converted poplar into A feed equal in digestibility to medium. quality hay by steaming .4 under pressure for 30 minutes te An boor At temperatures. ranging from 32Q to 390:degrees (Fahrenheit), After laboratory tests indicated that the processed wood has a digestibility rating of between 50 to 55 per cent, they treated enough poplar , to run trials with Sheep, The sheep were fed, between 40 to 45 per cent wood as roughage and 55 to 60 per cent concentrates for eight weeks. A control group was fed the same ratio of alfalfa hay in place of the wood. At the end of the experiment, comparisons, showed that the. average . aily gains were essentially the same for both groups, The gains were also comparable to those reported by commercial farming operations in Canada, The comparisons were carried through to slaughter and showed both groups were equal in carcass grades, dressing percentages and shrink. Besides this experiment, the scientists also conducted digestibility trials with sheep fed only roughages and no concentrates. The trials indicated that treated wood has about 50 percent dry matter digestibility—similar to medium quality hay. The experiments verified the digestibility data the scientist obtained earlier in the laboratory. Sheep apparently found the treated wood tasty enough because they ate it readily, says Dr. Heaney. ' "When we offered the sheep only treated wood and alfalfa hay, the treated wood could comprise up to 70 per cent of their daily feed." Treated wood has essentially o nitrogen content, but approximately one per cent ammonia can be injected at the end of the steaming process, says Dr. Bender. "This would be sufficient to neutralize the organic acids formed from the wood," he "The resulting -ammonium salts are a suitable source of nitrogen for ruminants and would be the equivalent of six per cent protein," Dr. Heaney adds. Ammonia is inexpensive. - The scientist say their processed wood will be economically competitive with medium quality hay. "It should be of particular interest to large pulp and paper or plywood companies," says Dr. Bender, "Some of these plants are producing up to 200 tons of waste poplar a day." In addition, Dr. Bender points to the "hundreds of -thousands of acres of over-regure poplar in the northern prairlea n which .could be used as. ruminant feed. "It's poor :forest management, to Allow these old: poplar trees to, interfere with. new growth," he says. Pr, Bender ,also thinks the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nat iQl15 should become. interested in the new process 44 a tool tp ..aid developing nations,. "There is .4 protein shortage in some of these developing countries situated, in tropical. regions, I think We could be using this process to turn tropical vegetation into cattle and sheep feed, That would convert the vegetation—which. humans can't eat—into the high quality protein they so desperately need." Dr. Bender also thinks bagasse, a waste product left after sugar is extracted from sugar cane, could be processed in the same -manner and turned into an excellent roughage for ruminant animals. The two 'scientists are also experimenting in attempts . to solve the problems involved in , turning evergreen trees into cheap, acceptable ruminant feed, So far their success is limited to d eciduous broad-leafed) trees, and the greatest success has been achieved with poplar, Dr. Heaney says the processed wood will probably be most practical at this stage as part of a finishing ration for beef produced under large feedlot conditions. The idea may go into actual production in the near future because Dr. Bender says at least two large companies have expressed interst. •Scientists turn .wood .mto ,feed • • . •••._ Farm accidents in Ontario have reached epidemic proportions, but too many farmers disregard the need for farm safety if it means taking time and effort to keep farms danger-free. With this two-fisted attack on the urgent need for adequate safety measures in agriculture today, Mr. Norman. Bell, President of the Canada Safety Council and of the White Motor arm accidents epidemic safety measures needed them," said Mr. Bell. He added that the extra ,cost of safety equipment installation should not be allowed to discourage ownership of such equipment. Children should be taught the commonsense basics: no smoking while refuelling; no refuelling of a very hot or running engine; the proper support and use of hydraulic equipment; the value of a shield for the Power Take-off. Company, gained the full Over 40% of all accidents att'en' tion wif • delegates to,t,heassstale.place in the home, said Mr. 12th Ahaals-TartirAafety' C4nference held recently at the University of Guelph. Mr. Bell delivered the keynote address of the Conference with the theme: "Protect Our Farmers Of TomorroW — Today." Quoting statistics for 1969, Mr. Bell noted that out of the 11,500 accidental deaths across the country, 200 were caused by dangerous farm machinery alone, while the accidental death rate on the farm is 20% higher than the national average. Four fifths of all farm accidents involve tractors or overturning machinery. The loss of life, the permanent and crippling disabilities, and the economic setbacks caused through farm accidents continue to increase, yet public apathy takes little notice of the problem. Because increased mechanization brings with it the increased possibility of danger, it is vitatstlat the farm public start concentrating on protecting their children, who will be the farmers of tomorrow. "Safety as a way of life must begin with the child," said Mr. Bell. Mr. Bell stressed that children should be kept away from the farm work area and the equipment at all times. Countering arguments that this would prevent a child from learning how the machines worked, Mr, Bell said that prOper driving and mechanics courses Would do the job far better, and with safety ensured. Children should not be allowed to sit on moving farm vehicles, especially when these are on the highway, Do not allow children to' run under wheels when the tractons or machine is idling in the yard, added. Mr. Bell. Parents should set their children a safety example. Where possible, protective frames, roll bars and seat belts should be installed on equipment — and used. At the moment "The sad truth is that public apathy toWards safety means that only about one quarter of people having seat belts actually wear Russian tractors a possibility Russian tractors on Canadian wheat fields: it could happen, according to John Schreiner writing in 'The Financial Post. -sFOur Russian-bitiltstractors, all of which have been :through field tests hi, Ontario, are on display at this week's Canada Farm & Industrial Equipment Show in. Toronto.