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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-11-04, Page 19Two heads are better than one There is still confusion among growers about the association of Pride and King Grain. It is simple, we're one and the same. For 25 years, Pride corn has been grown, processed and distributed to Canadian growers, but last fall we dropped the name Pride Hybrid in favor of King Grain — it simplified things. Growers already know us for King Brand seed which are available through your local seed dealer so it made sense to join everything together. And this year it's business as usual. You can make a one-stop shopping call for all your seed needs and at the same time find out about Perth barley, a brand new six-row spring barley which has everything going for it — high yields, disease resistance, standability and soon. Remember now, when you hear someone talk about King Grain or mention Pride corn you'll know you're at the right place, Two heads are better than one. King Grain Limited P.O. Box 1088 Chatham, Ontario, Canada N7M 5L6 HAROLD KERSLAKE RR 3, Exeter, Ontario 229-6403 DOUG LIGHTFOOT RR 1, Crediton; Ontario 234-6287 ROSS BALLANTYNE .RR 1, Kirkton, Ontario 229-6503 TED OUD RR 3, Kippen, Ontario 262-5900 DONALD G. MAGUIRE RR 1, Lucan, Ontario 227-4896 227-4723 JIM ROWE 74 Richmond Street, Hensall, Ontario 262-2937 235-2840 Titnes*AdVaccttO, November 4, 1976 Page19 De Laval does it W) again Update your equipment now! Get all the brand new De Laval equipment you need for just a small down payment. Pay nothing more until February 1977! Temperatures Are Falling . . . Winterize Your Car, Truck and Farm Vehicles Now Anti-Freeze GALLON 1.95 PER OF 4 GALLONS 11025 Now In Stock . . . Full Selection TOY FARM IMPLEMENTS EXETER FORD Equipment Sales tPi floe, f 'I Ltd. thomes Rood East Phone 285-2200 Shriners told of Al J.N. Wilkins, manager of the Ontario Swine Artificial Insemination Association, told the regular meeting of the Bltiewater ShrineClub at Brussels on October 27 that for a program to become successful in agricultural circles, it must have a glaring economic potential, "I think the two areas where the most has been accomplished, affecting not only the farmer but to a great extent the consumer, is greater use of proven genetically superior sires and disease con- trol," he said. For the first, he explained, the proving techniques might be considered matter of fact, A sire that is identified as superior should be used on a greater percentage of the national breeding herd. Thus A.I. gives the ability to distribute the semen, from this animal not only across the nation but internationally. By example he pointed out that a mature bull is producing on the average, about 25,000 services per year. One bull in stud has a lifetime production record of 468,000 doses of •semen. "With those facts in mind," Mr. Wilkins suggested, "it is easier to understand the tremendous impact that a sire that has been identified as a plus sire for a particular trait or group of traits can have on the improvement of a species." Referring to Swine A.I., he said a mature boar is capable of producing approximately 1,500 inseminations per year or about 12,000 progeny per year, as compared to a natural mating potential of 300 progeny per year. "We have testing programs being carried out in commercial herds," he explained, "at the present time, where we ale • breeding one half of the he're 0 randomly selected A.I, boars an the other half to boars of' their own selection. The recipient sows are not pre-selected as to breed or performance, and we have found three important factors." "The conception rate is the same, the number of piglets born and weaned is the same, but the market index averages 105 for the AI progeny and 102 for the home-bred progeny. Now the fact that their own averageis 102 is a pretty good indication that these herds are not bad operations and the numbers of pigs on each side of the test exceeds 1,000 so its statisticaly significant." Mr, Wilkins also said that the fact that superior genetic material can be made available to breeders irregardless of where the sire is standing, has helped those breeders develop a National herd that is world renowned and made their own operations more economical and profitable, both dollar wise and satisfaction wise. The consumer is also benefited from these factors, he told the meeting, in that the pound of beef or pork or quart of milk, pound of butter or cheese that is required for the family costs less than it would have, had the average production remained at the same level as 16 years ago. Disease control, he said, is a factor that may be more im- portant in the development of the Swine AI program than the cattle program but, nevertheless, quite significant to both. "Herd health again, is a very large factor for breeders, especially when one considers the dollar value that can be attached to eradicating a disease, "Everything that is used as a management tool by the farmer producer affects, not only his pocket book, but ours as con- sumers and I, for one, am pretty darned proud of the productivity of people on Canadian farms," he said. Mr, Wilkins also pointed out that in 1974 there were over 10,000 inseminations in Toronto on humans. He said the technique was being used in the human field in the cases of couples wishing to have families and find that the husband is sterile, They can resort to a human semen bank and through artificial in- semination produce a child that is somewhat closer to their own than other options which are open, "Since there is reason to believe that prolonged exposure to the pill could be detritnental to the female's health, and that the alternative to family planning could be a vasectomy of the male partner, he said, it is not at all uncoMMon for a young couple to have a semen bank Of the husband's Sperm frozen and then a simple vasectomy and sometime in the future still pp produce a rattily between the two f od them," , Buy Bulk And Save EXETER DISTRICT •IMIMIN•11111111110110110•0111•01.1I 235-2081 Hwy. 2 Thornesford LONDON Tho al R Mruss P.O. BOX 69, THORNDALE PHONE THORNDALE 461-0130 LONDON 455-5610 PETER DAVIS 455-8235 ROOF STRUCTURES - OF ALL TYPES FARM • RESIDENTIAL Elginfield Hwy. 7 ST. MARYS 0) Bryanston I Weilburn THoRNEMIE_ ROOFS DOOR Thorndole Middlesex County Rd. 21 Kintore ARVA Ballymote is COMMERCIAL Farmers need guns Stephen farmer heads Federation With the new opening of the Federal Parliament on October 12 no mention was made of the re-introduction of the Federal Government's so-called Peace and Security legislation. Several Federal M.P.'s, both in the Government and the Opposition, were of the opinion that Trudeau, having gotten his own way in the abolition of the "rope" as he described it, would not likely re- introduce the highly controver- .sial gun control legislation. It was therefore with renewed con- cern that we heard the Minister of Justice in a newscast on Oc- tober 27 advise the Canadian peo- ple that he intended to again br- ing the gun control legislation forward. When I was asked to write this column by the Publishers of one of Ontario's foremost weeklies it was with the intent of using some of the long experience I had gain- ed in government to advise week- ly newspaper readers of every- day concerns, In this connection there have been few if any government bills that so totally ignore and offend the farm community, and indeed law abiding citizens of any area, as does the iniquitous gun control legislation introduced by the Federal Liberal Government who seem more interested in detracting from their own in- adequacies of law enforcement through too genteel handling of Breaks are pretty scarce in the dairy industry at the moment, right? Right. So the De Laval 'update your equip- ment plan' is something to move on Dairymen have discovered the down to earth logic of installing brand new, efficient, De Laval milking and cooling equipment at the time they need it. All it takes is a small down payment. You pay off the balance in February 1977. So the De Laval 1976-77 'update your equipment plan' is on. We can show you a complete line of efficient, cost- cutting, labor-saving dairy equipment. the criminal element in our society. I took the trouble to obtain a copy of the amendments to the Criminal Code as proposed by the Government, having to do with control of purchasing and ownership of all guns, ammuni- tion and components thereof, not already covered by the Federal Criminal Code. I also received through the good offices of Wm, Jarvis, M.P., Perth-Wilmott, the 43 amendments proposed when the bill was going through the committee stage. If the bill is again introduced into the House of Commons as the Hoe, Mr,. Basford indicates I sincerely hope every Opposition Member, and every Liberal Member with sufficient intestinal fortitude, will vote against the clauses of the Bill which deny livestock and poultry owners the right to own a rifle or shotgun for predator con- trol, The Bill, as it is presently drawn, only provides for big game hunters and target shooters (for recreational ac- tivities) the right to obtain a licence to buy and own a gun or ammunition therefor, I suppose it's understandable that the Minister who introduced the Bill in the first place and now plans to bring it back to the House of Commons, as well as the bureaucrats who drafted it in his Department, had, no knowledge whatever of the damage that wolves, bears, marauding dogs and even domestic dogs can cause to livestock and poultry. Several years ago on our farm we were advised by neighbours and the O.P.P. that our cattle The De Laval 'update your equipment plan' could be one of the best breaks you'll get this year. Take advantage of it today Call or visit us. MIKE PICKERING Sales & Service, Crediton 234-6468 CK DE LAVAL AuA.LANALGRoup were out on No. 7 Highway. The farm manager and his helpers got them back into the pasture but discovered the cattle had been chased over two 8-wiri page fences with a barb on top. To say the least the cattle were terrified. It is fourtunate that no serious automobile accidents were caused. Within just a few days some of Our neighbours advised us that dogs were chasing' these same cattle in the pasture in broad daylight. Whenever the farm men appeared the dogs took off. The O.P.P. were contacted but told us that the London Humane Society had been engaged by London Township to control rov- ing dogs. The London Humane Society were advised of the situation but simply stated that if we caught the dogs they would be pleased to come to the farm and pick them up for a fee. Hardly much use to the farmer whose livestock was being harrassed! Within a week a thoughtful neighbour again advised my farm manager that 4 dogs were chasing these same cattle. This time he took his automatic .22 ri- fle and managed to shoot 3 of the 4 dogs, none of which carried tags. That ended the trouble, The point that I'm making is that under the proposed legisla- tion, as it is currently written, no farmer could own a rifle or shotgun to protect his livestock or poultry against predators. There are many rural people who opposed the withdrawal of the bounty on wolves. Anybody who thinks that wolves or coyotes only exist in Northern Ontario mustn't be aware of the number seen (and some destroyed) in the counties of Southwestern and Eastern Ontario. Are farmers just supposed to allow their livestock and poultry to be harrassed and destroyed just because some Ottawa Cabinet Minister or bureaucrat doesn't know or care about the damage such predators can create? Maybe they never saw a flock of sheep with their throats ripped open or their mid-sections torn open with their entrails lying about, This happens regularly to the deer herds of Northern and Eastern `Ontarib but. then the wolf 'lovers want their beloved wolves to be well fed. According to the proposed gun control legislation anyone who owns a rifle, shotgun or ammuni- tion, whom the Court decides has kept it in a careless manner will be held liable for any offence committed by any person who steals the guns or ammunition. Several M.P.'s have assured me this is the correct interpretation of the legislation. One of the possible redeeming features of the Bill is that it will no longer be possible to purchase a long gun or ammunition without someone vouching for the physical, mental or drug use or abuse of the applicant. I see nothing wrong with having to register a rifle or shotgun, or to sign a voucher when purchasing ammunition just as one has to do now to purchase dynamite for stump or stone removal on farms or construction sites. But for the absolute apparent lack of concern of our Federal Government and others to the in- equities in the proposed legisla- tion there is no excuse. Even the United Church of Canada's hierarchy which appears to have no interest any longer in rural Canada is quoted in a news release from the Department of Church in Society, United Church of Canada, 85 St. Clair Ave. E., Toronto, as follows: — "There is simply no justification for the average Canadian to own any form of weapon and most of us would not miss this alleged in- fringement on our rights, as the gun lobby asserts, "The government, be it provin- cial or federal, that has the guts to ban ownership and control manufacture would, we suggest, have the support of the majority of Canadians." Well so much for the opinion of the United Church bureaucrats! Let it be clearly understood that I am not a gun lobbyist, I have never hunted deer or big game of any kind and ,never intend to, but as a farmer, an average Cana- dian and a reluctant adherent of the United Church whose head office staff apparently no longer considers rural interests worth bothering about I urge all in- terested rural people to use all the influence they command, and it's greater than many may believe, to force amendments to legislation that may well have been drafted to thwart honest law abiding citizens while doing little or nothing to stop the criminal element within our , society from obtaining all the weapons they want. If ever there was a need to contact every Federal Member of Parliament surely it is now before the Liberal steam-roller majority puts the livestock -oviiner in an even more invidious position, Sometimes, the television hero is the one who sits thru the Program. ALLAN WALPER Farmers have lost their political clout and most govern- ments are aware of it, John Wise, Federal Conservative agriculture critic said Thursday night, Speaking to the annual dinner meeting of the Huron Federation ,of Agriculture, Mr, Wise lashed out at the federal government's agriculture policy and the low priority the government gave it. "The high level of cheese imports as a time of domestic over supply is an indication of the dominance of the department of industry, trade and commerce over the department of agriculture," he said. Mr. Wise said that the Minister of Agriculture, Eugene Whalen was losing his influence in the Trudeau cabinet which has been obsessed with the idea that food prices are too high. "I think it is accurate to say that Mrs. Plumptre has had a greater influence on the federal cabinet since coming on the scene in Ottawa than the minister of agriculture himself who is a member of it," he said. Mr. Wise said that he saw the role of the government in society as a "partner," not a "dictator", "If partnership is to be sue- eessful, there must exist a feeling of confidence and certainty among the partners, We live in a world of uncertainties and none of us, government included, can say for sure today what may be demanded of us tomorrow, But surely the role of government is to diminish the number of un- certainties and not to add to them," he said, Mr, Wise emphasized that farmers and consumers are partners also. "In my opinion our main challenges and objectives are to bring producers and consumers closer together, to narrow the gap and promote a better un- derstanding and appreciation between these two segments of our society," he said, "One group simply cannot exist without the other," he said In the latter part of the meeting a new executive for the Huron Federation was voted in, Allan Walper replaced Adrian Vos as president. Morris Bean was named first vice-president and Bev. Brown second vice- president. Mervin Smith, Gerry Fortune, and Lyle Pettapiece were acclaimed as directors at large. 1 il! Stewart's