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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-10-20, Page 14JUNIOR GIRLS WIN — At Thursday's annual cross country meet for area public schools, teams from Usborne Central were victorious in the junior girls and intermediate boys division. The junior girls are shown above. Back, left, Melissa Wonnacott, individual champion Karen Heather and Susan Tiernan. Front, Diane Willis, Lisa Rundle and Kim Conlon, T-A photo Record enrolments at agriculture school TWO McCURDY WINNERS — The senior boys and junior boys teams from JAD McCurdy School won championships in Thursday's area elementary schools cross country meet. Back, left, senior boys Richard Lather, Mike Mills, Gary Spurn, Randy Insley, Ron Snelgrove and Bill Moffatt. Front, juniors Doug Smith, Meloin Dennis, Rick Sneigrove, Daryl Greb, Mike Moffatt and Kirk White. T-A photo Field Demonstration Enjoy a great day of great equipment from Allis Chalmers. Hyde Bros. of Hensall will demonstrate their orange power at Bob Caldwell's farm, (first farm north of Hensall on Hwy. 4) from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Refreshments will be served. See you there. Wednesday, Oct. 26 KRAFTS including Macrame and paint yourself Krafts. BUTLER'S e sDte or pt. 397 Main St., Exeter ) TROJAN HYBRID CORN SEED Not always better, but better overall. This Fall, more Canadian farmers will see the figures that show Trojan, does a better job for them. With corn that yields, stands, dries down—is in some way—better. 'Trojan won't come out on top every time, of course. But Trojan will win overall, Simply because Trojan has a better chance of developihg the best hybrids. One reason: all those Pfizer research farms. In Ontario. In the US corn belt. In Florida. They even have some in Hawaii where they get 31/2 generations of corn a year! Ask us if Trojan has a hybrid that will do better on your farm. We'll tell you if we don't. We're that kind of company, "Let me put it this way—if you were a KEN BEARSS cornfield I'd put you in the soil bank." R.R. 1, St. Marys EXETER PRODUCE & STORAGE Exeter DAVID TAYLOR R.R. 1, Zurich 11 IR 10 LI MIMI 110~1 101 bNI\ 1011101M1 I MN MAI WI 1\4 6.1 WI 01 OWIKIllgiehlIk• 111 IMIkkr FA C OA HURON GRAIN -Nis Newest in the y area is OFFERING YOU the LATEST in; This Harvest Season • Quick and Efficient Grain Handling IA Facilities Two 5,000 bu. per hour receiving lines • 1500 bu. per hour drying capacity • Custom drying and storage g g - g g • g HYDRAULIC DUMPER dispenses / with the hassle of hoisting the truck 0 to unload grain. This improved method enables the raising of the C whole platform with the truck held P at the back by a stopping gate. TOTAL STORAGE CAPAC 350,000 by. Greed Bead You're only a stones throw away from Ihry 81 11. BETTER SERVICE Middlesex Greowery Parkhill Rd. 15 FA HURON GRAIN LTD. 238-8423 Grand Bend Ken Eagleson 411) Or 294-0014 - Parkhill Manager - 238-8262 ik•.:Romo....Ihm•z•mwb.‘moomioixwg•kwbzrhww•o•m•ahoeo•ah.wwoam•owwwmhil 4 Dump scales and platform scales Easy accessibility We're open for Business and are eager to help you get through your harvest on time. E 0 it (open 24 hours (in season) at farmer's convenience) i Refining the best forage harvester The Clare Paton family of Lucan won their share of prizes at Saturday's annual Middlesex plowing match held on the farm of Frank Baker near Lambeth, Clare Paton, who is a director of the Middlesex Plowmen's association won the tractor utility class for county residents and the best plowed land special. Darlene Paton was the winner in the tractor class for entrants under the age of 18 and her brother Jim was second. Darlene also won the under 20 years of age special and the special junior class. Taking the Queen of the Furrow .crown was Mrs. M. O'Neill, Thorndale with Carol McLean, Glencoe second. In the plowing match for politicians, Colin MacPherson of Westminster township was the winner with Wilson Hodgins of Biddulph second and Middlesex MPP Bob Eaton third. Other winners in the plowing events were Ruth Wills, Ron Wakeling, Doug Duffin, Vern Wakeling, Brian McLean, Tom McLean, Bev Hann and Alfred Ovens. For The Best In * PARTS * ACCESSORIES * SERVICE * RENTALS its LL G .UL VARNA 262-5809 Gabian Stone Calcium Chloride in 100 pound bags Sand & Stone Gravel Stone for Weeping Beds EARL LIPPERT (, TRUCKING LTD. Crediton 234-6382 Winners of the home plowing competition were Doug Duffin, Jim Paton, Darlene Paton and Wayne Hodgins. Ovens, who is a Lucan area farmer plowed with a 1928 International Harvester tractor with steel wheels. By MRS. STAN PRESZCATOR Mrs. Harold McCallum, RR 1 Walton, spent Monday with Mrs. Stan Preszcator, Friends, neighbors and relatives held a bridal shower for Darlene Wein at Crediton Community Centre, Wednesday. Her sister Sharon McLeod assisted by Ann Fydenchuck helped open the gifts, Darlene thanked everyone after which an enjoyable lunch was served. Wm, Pfaff returned home Monday evening from a hunting expedition up north. Mr. & Mrs. Stan Preszcator and Mrs. Joe Thornton attended the wedding Friday evening at St. Peter's Lutheran Church Brodhagen of Ronald McCallum and Betty Beuermann, RR 4, Walton and later attended the reception at Brodhagen Com- munity Centre. Ron is the nephew of Mrs. Preszcator and great grandson of Mrs. Thornton. Mr. & Mrs. Don Dinney and Gary attended the Taylor-Smith wedding in Georgetown Friday evening. Friends and neighbors at- tended a shower for Lyndia Creighton of Exeter at the home of Mrs. Wm. Wilds. Lyndia is the bride-elect of Brian Wilds. Mr. & Mrs. Stan Preszcator, Lorna and Barbara Glanville and Mrs. Joe Thornton were Sunday supper guests with Mr. & Mrs. Lloyd Regele and girls Princeton. Miss Brenda Glanville spent the weekend with Mr. & Mrs. Robert England and Robert Jr., Huron Park. A research scientist at Agriculture Canada's Fredericton, N,I3, ,Research Station is conducting studies on the most efficient forage har- vester in the world. Consuming little energy in the harvesting operation, travelling easily over the roughest terrain and needing almost no main- tenance, this harvester is already available to farmers across the country. "People laugh when we tell them we're talking about a cow," says the scientist, Ralph McQueen, a rumen microbiologist at the station, The scientist is studying possible ways to make better use of the digestive system of cattle, part of which is a type of fer- mentation chamber called the rumen. The rumen permits cattle to use a high-fibre diet -- grasses and forage -- which are of little nutritive benefit to humans. "We're aiming at finding ways of making more efficient use of forages to feed cattle," Dr. McQueen says. "This, would lessen the use of grains the production of milk and meat and make more grain available for human consumption." In addition, using cattle as harvesters would put more marginal land into production. Thousands of acres in Canada are not suited for crop production, but support good forage stands which cattle are capable of harvesting for themselves. Dr. McQueen's work has centered on how bacteria in the cattle rumen break down fibre in forage to provide energy. Actual chemical composition of the rumen bacteria had to be examined to better understand the process. "We think the bacteria already present in the cow's rumen are the most efficient at digesting fibre but we can make their job easier," Dr. McQueen says. Recently, Dr. McQueen has been studying the enzymes that digest fibre. Bacteria have been removed from the rumens of test heifers, analyzed in the laboratory and enzymes ex- tracted from them for further study. "This research will allow us to exploit the digestion of forage by ruminants to better advantage," Dr. McQueen says. See our selection of Page 14 Times-Advocate, October 20, 1977 Paton entries win in plowing contest A record enrolment in On- tario's five colleges of agricultural technology has been reported by Dr. J. C. Rennie, ex- ecutive director of the Educa- tion, Research and Special Ser- vices Division. Enrolments are 11 per cent higher than last year, with a total of 1,318 full time and 25 part time students. Greatest increases were recorded at the Kemptville and Ridgetown colleges where student numbers are up 12 per cent. Total full time students at colleges are as follows: Kempt- ville 311; New Liskeard, 75; Ridgetown, 276; Centralia, 320; and Guelph, 336. Dr. Rennie said that he is en- couraged by the interest and con- fidence in the future of agriculture shown by the in- creasing numbers of young peo- ple who are enrolling for post- secondary education in agriculture and food-related courses. The educational programs in agriculture offered at the colleges cover such topics as production and management, bitsiness and commerce, engineering and mechanics. Course programs in other areas include horticulture, food ser- vice management, home economics, animal health technology, agricultural laboratory technology and equine technology.