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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1976-05-06, Page 20GIVE BLOOD SAVE LIFE ficnita for There are some very good reasons why the Fa rmsted 1 outsells all other steel farm buildings in North America. Choice of colours. Ease of erection. But basically it comes down to space. Fact is, Farmsted 1 provides more usable space than any culvert or arch type building in its size range. Its huge doors can handle all farm machinery, And its sturdy frame can withstand grain piled 5 feet high against the wall. As a Butler Agri Builder we can give you all the details, suri-e9t. PERTH AGRI BUILDERS ApRI•BUILDER1 Ft, R, 2 Staffa, Ontario 3452284 Case welcomes in spring with on explosion of values in our low profile line-up! We're bursting with Spring values on 43-80 hp tractors Choose from five models, each with standard 12 speed synchromesh transmission, hydrostatic power steering, differential lock, power take off and a three point hitch. Rugged box section main frame construction. 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Wettable powder herbicide PLANTERS III. 1—John Deere 124C SOLO._ss (like new) 1—Ford - six row (30") 1—Ford - four row adjustable 1—IHC No. 58 eight row (30") 1—IHC No. 455 four row adjustable %—IHC No. 56 fou . soLD :ustable, fibreglas fert. 1—Oliver four row adjustable 1—IHC No. 400 four row cyclo (one year old) GRAIN DRILLS 1—Ontario 15x7 single disc 1—Massey Harris 15x7 single disc 1—Cockshutt 15x7 single disc N. T. MONTEITH EXETER LTD. 235.2121 "The best in service when you need it most!" Times-Advocate, May 6, 1976 Predict downward trend for hog prices Calf stabilization program could ensure production The current disenchantment with comparatively low beef feeder calf prices that have prevailed the last two years has resulted in thousands of beef cows being slaughtered for beef in both Canada and the United States, The beef cow herd in both countries is down from this time last year by about 4 percent, but still above the comparable time in 1974. Beef heifer slaughter is up 17 percent in Canada and 19 percent in the United States. Such statistics lead one to the conclusion that beef calf and yearling prices could be stronger in the forseeable future. One can- not escape the biological fact The 2nd Shore Super Select Calf Sale was held Saturday, April 10, 1976 at Shore Sale Arena, Glanworth, Ontario. 80 Holstein- Friesian calves averaged $724.00. $2,200.00 was the top price paid for a 29 November 1975 heifer calf. She was consigned by J. Houde of St. Cesaire, Quebec and bought by Vaughn Logan of Woodstock, Ontario. This senior calf is sired by Paclamar Astronaut (Very Good & Gold Medal). Her dam is classified Very Good with lifetime totals to date of 165,000 lbs. of milk,. The second high price of $2,000.00 was paid for two heifer calves. The first is a Roybrook Starlite (Excellent & Superior Produc- tion) daughter. This Feruary 1976 calf is from an Excellent dam who completed in a 4-year lac- tation in 335 days, 23,479 lbs. of milk and 755 lbs. of fat. She was consigned by the Estate of John H. Franken, Aubury, Ontario and was purchased by Ron Brown of Yale, Michigan. A A Windy-Mont Marquis Roland (Very Good in USA) 22 July 1975 heifer calf also sold for $2,000.00. She wa bought by Romandale Farms of Unionville, Ontario from Laurie Stanton, Hyde Park, Ontario. The darn of this senior calf is a Good Plus Glenvue Bonanza (Good Plus & Superior Production) daughter who has 5 lactations of milk which average 133 percent for milk and 135 percent for fat Breed Class Average. The best record of the 3 nearest dams averaged for milk, 19,204 lbs, of milk, 746 lbs, of fat with a 3.88 percent test. Kuenen Bros. of Caistor Centre, Ontario consigned a 02 July 1975 Fairlea Royal Mark (Very Good & Class Extra) daughter. Her darn is classified Very Good with a 6-year lactation in 325 days of 16,910 lbs. of milk, 677 lbs. of fat with a 4.00 percent test. She was bought for $1,800.00 by John Shore of RR 6, St. Thomas, Ontario. Another A Windy-Mont Marquis Roland senior calf brought another high price of $1,600,00. She was con- signed by Medway Farms Ltd. of Ilderton, Ontario and purchased by Joseph Weeden of Oakville. Her Downalane Reflection Emperor (Excellent & Extra) dam is classified Good Plus with that every piece of veal, steak, roast or beef hamburg patty starts off with one cow producing one calf a year. In many eases it's the dairy cow's calf, not rais- ed for dairy herd replacement, that eventually ends up on the consumer's plate. It's little wonder, then, that genuine concern is being ex- pressed by many who are aware of the end result of this enormous reduction in potential beef production in North America. This was one of the reasons that the Ontario Government in- troduced the beef calf stabiliza- tion price of 50C lb. in 1975. and why the new Minister of a 2-year lactation in 305 days of 14.120 lbs. of milk, 452 lbs. of fat with a 3.20 percent test. As a humanitarian gesture, an 08 October 1975 heifer calf was donated by Shore Holsteins of Glanworth, Ontario. The buyer of this senior calf was a syndicate of area Holstein breeders and en- thusiasts who raised $1,500.00 among them to pay for the calf which was to go to Bill Brady's Bunny Bundle (CFPL Radio's fund raising campaign for the London and district crippled children's treatment centre, ) Bill Brady who was in attendance accepted the cheque for $1,500.00. Members of the Bunny Syndicate are as follows: Herb Dickenson, Livstock Exporter, Mt. H Hope, Ontario; Doverholm Holsteins - owner R. Lee Montgomery, Dover Centre, Ontario; Robert Fisher, Livestock Insurance, Glanworth, Ontario; Hanover Hill Holsteins, - owners R. Peter Ileffering and Ken Travena, Port Perry, Ontario; Howes Holsteins - owners Mervin & Bruce Howe, Aylmer, Ontario; Meadow Bridge Holsteins - owner Cecil Deslippe, Kintore, Ontario; Medway Farms - owners Calvin & Courtney Carmichael, Ilderton, Ontario; Newlands Farms - owners John & William Griel,'T, Dorchester, Ontario; Shore Farms - owners Hardy & Jim Shore, Glanworth, Ontario; Shorelea Farms - owner Don Shore, St. Thomas, Ontario; Gregorio Solis, agent for Shore Holsteins Ltd., Madrid, Spain; Stonet own Farms - owners David & Don Stevens, St. Marys, Ontario and Supersweet Feeds - Rep. by Ron Wright, St. Thomas, Ontario. BE A + BLOOD DONOR Agriculture and Food, the Hon. Wm, Newman, is bringing in legislation to more formally es- tablish a Price Stabilization Program for Ontario, in which beef calves are to be one of the commodities under the program. The 1975 calf stabilization program undoubtedly saved thousands of cows from being disposed of in Ontario. No one, who understands beef production, doubts the high cost and risk involved in maintaining a beef cow herd. The capital in- vested, whether borrowed money or not. with current in- terest rates, represents a sub- stantial cost itself. The cost of carrying a cow over winter - feed, housing, and vet. care, possibly involving calving, scours, pneumonia, white mus- cle disease - all are factors to consider, and are not fully enough understood or ap- preciated by consumers, critical of the higher beef prices prevalent these last few years. In an effort to reduce feed costs by using what is considered by many to be a waste product - corn stover (corn stalks left in the field after the grain has been harvested) - A Corn Stover Conference was held at the Holi- day Inn, Cambridge, on April 7, 1976. The Conference was spon- sored by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the University of Guelph, O.A.C. The morning session covered harvesting, handling, storage and feeding of corn stover. Mr. Terry Daynard, an outstanding research scientist with the O.A.C., reminded those in atten- dance that corn stover has been used for at least three centuries in some European countries, where the corn cobs are pulled from the stalk by hand, then the corn stalk is cut by sickle or hoe, again by hand, and the stover stooked or stacked for winter feeding. It was an interesting opening to an excellent factual presentation on the feed value of a product normally just plowed down, sometimes with great frustration, much loss of patience and sometimes more than a little profanity. Mr. Daynard and R.E. McCartney, beef cattle specialist, O.M.A.F., advised that every 2 acres of a 90-bus. corn crop should yield enough material which could reasonably be expected to be harvested to carry a cow for tthe winter. By all means the best way to harvest is by grazing - and indeed this is done, particularly in some areas of Ontario where soil structure lends itself to winter grazing and spring plowing. For years, driving back and forth to Toronto every week from our farm. I passed through an area on Highway No. 97, east of Plattsville, where beef cows are wintered outside on corn stalks. That area never seemed to get so much snow to prevent the cows foraging over the corn fields. However, because of heavy snow or clay soil, requiring fall plowing, in many other parts of Ontario, new methods of harvesting and storing corn stover have been developed. Some farmers are using the new flail-type harvesters that chop the forage and blow it into a compressor-type wagon, which then unloads the material in lit- tle stacks for future feeding. Others are either using flail-type forage harvesters or have adapted regular forage harvesters with belt-type gatherers on the nose of the machine. This methods avoids picking up as many field stones, or dirt, which can be very hard on forage harvester knives. It was emphasized that the material must be cut as fine as possible for better storage and palatability. Either bunker silos or upright silos could be used, but packing was essential to avoid spoilage. Research has in- dicated it actually costs about $10 - $15' a ton, regardless of the methods studied, to harvest, store and feed corn stover. Recognizing that it takes about 4 tons of this material to winter a beef cow, the cost could be $40 - $60 per cow, But it is comparable in feeding value to medium quality hay, So it becomes a matter of comparing corn stover costs with the cost of 4 tons of such hay. However, it is now really a waste product, although some farmers feel it has value in maintaining soil structure humus when plowed in. However, if it is put through cat- tle first, it would still have value as manure for crop production. Mr. McCartney advised that feed tests indicate that corn stover has about 5.6% protein content, less than the minimum requirement to even maintain livestock, This point was well made by several practical farmers, who are now using corn stover to carry beef cows over winter. Every one of them strongly advised using either haylage, good quality hay, a little grain fortified with soybean meal, or kale as a mix with the corn stover during ensiling - in other words an additional protein source was essential. As most farmers know it is possible for a cow to die of malnutrition on a full stomach. There just has to be sufficient energy obtained in the feed for the animal to proper- ly digest the great bulk of low quality roughage consumed. Farmers, contemplating using corn stover as silage or chopped into stacks with these new type compressor wagons, were ad- vised not to use synthetic proteins, like urea or ammonia, unless the moisture content of the material was appropriate and some grain was being fed, which could generate the energy required in the animals digestive system to utilize the synthetic protein supplement. Most of the farmers par- ticipating in the panel discussion recommended treating cows be- ing wintered on stover with vitamin A. Most commercial vitamin A products have added vitamins D and E, so all can be included. The use of corn stover as bed- ding, either in open yards or in loose housing pens was suggested. With more and more spring grain acres now being planted to corn, straw for bed- ding is not always readily ob- tainable. While some livestock feeders don't place much emphasis on bedding for livestock, I have always felt comfort of livestock was essen- tial to them making the best use of the feed most farmers take the trouble, and experience the expense, to properly harvest and store. With pork supplies growing as the year progresses, Agriculture Canada forecasts hog prices will gradually trend lower. At this time federal agriculture economists predict Canadian hog marketings in the third quarter will be close to 1975 marketings, followed by an increase of 7.10 percent in the fourth quarter, The report indicates that allowing for the relationship of hog prices between Canada and the U.S. and the fact that Canadian prices. through much of 1976 will average close to an 'import basis', hog prices at Toronto during the spring quarter are expected to average in the $65-$70 range. Through the summer, price levels at Toronto may average in the mid-sixties and during the fall, drop back into the $55-$57 range, Developments in the 1976 feed grain crop will condition the degree to which hog slaughter will increase in 1977. A large North American grain crop resulting in weakening of feed grain prices would stimulate a large increase in 1977 pork output and correspondingly lower hog prices. In early April outlook report, U.S,D.A. forecast that even though substantial year-to- year increases in fed beef output appear to be in prospect for the rest of 1976, several signs point to continued price strength through much of the spring and early summer. The bulk of the ex- pected price strength is based on the strong probability of significant seasonal reductions in cattle slaughter and total beef output later this year from record first quarter levels, The report speculates that beef production during the January-March quarter quay have been the highest for any quarter this year as the surge in fed marketings overlapped with continued high cow slaughter. Several other factors now appear to be exerting a buoyant effect on U.S. cattle markets according to the U.S.D.A. These include a stronger overall con- sumer demand as the economy continues to recover from the pressures of inflation and unemployment, along with the normal stronger seasonal demand for beef during spring and summer, Also noted as a factor is the shift in meat ex- penditures from non fed to fed beef and the longer term impact of the U.S. grade changes where discounts on overfinished cattle will tend to produce an incentive to keep current on fed cattle markets, thus holding down average weights of fed cattle, UP to $500 on a Case 43-80 hp tractor! From now until May 31st we're having a special pre- spring sale on certain Case 43-80 hp tractors, If you buy today you can take home savings on any of five models. Each has standard 12-speed synchromesh transmission, multi-speed PTO and hydrostatic power steering. But this sale is for a limited time. So stop over today for pre-spring savings at Case. A. G. Farm Equipment (formerly Shamblaw & Gartenburg) Woodham, Ont. We also rent tractors. Offer subject to availability. Why spray for weeds you don't have? If you don't have velvetleaf, cocklebur, thistle, yellow nutsedge or bindweed, but you do have troublesome grass problems like crabgrass, green foxtail, witchgrass, and weeds like Iamb's- quarters, black nightshade, pigweed or ragweed, then Patoran Is your most efficient and most economical weapon against weeds. AGRO-CHEMICALS OF OUR TIME. BASF Canada Limited 10 Constellation Court, Rexdale, Ontario 416-677-1280 BASF Calves average $724 at Super Select Sale The report finally notes the late- Canada as a price strengthening winter movement of U.S. cattle to factor.