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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1980-04-23, Page 7„.. STIRRING THINGS UP -- Cheryl Bridge was one of Mrs. ldella . Grade 3 students who learned about the boiling of maple sap on Wednesday. • i(Phofo by Langlois) Survey resUlts show ertitril sing genetics can up farm profits, ONIAF says H & N DAIRY SYSTEMS LTD.. Sales, Service 8 Installation of pipelines' & milking parlours R.114 WALTON ; 887-6063 YOUNG'S Variety • Party Needs • Baked Goods •Tobacco • Groceries • Stationery Weekdays 9-9, -Holidays & Sundays 12 - Briftsel 887-6224 Wingham Memorial Shop QUALITY SERVICE CRAFTSMANSHIP • Open Every Weekday Your Guarantee for Over 35 Years of CEMETERY LETTERING Box 158, WINGHAM JOHN MALLICK rre,erkr.'sIrr,rucre-lrikr,r, '‘„,irrorts.,--"r • • • • • THE BRUSSELS POST, APRIL 23, 1980 -- 7 WATCHING THE. WATCHPOT BOIL? — Actually these students were busy boiling maple sap at -the Brussels Public School. They recently learned the method at the Maple Keys Sugar Bull near Molesworth. The students here are. Grade 3 pupils of Mrs. !della Wilson. (Photo by Langiois) Obituaries • grandchildren, Robert, Peter HUGH L. KENNEDY and Andrew; two sisters, Death claimed the life of Kate (Mrs. George) Dawson Hugh L Kennedy of 129 and Carrie (Mrs. John) Lynn Cheltenham Ave., Toronto,. of Windsor and one brother M4H 1R1, on Monday, April Harry (Mike) of Sioux Look- 14th, after a prolonged ilf- oirt. ' ness. Funeral service was held He was the son of the late from the McAuley Funeral Grace and Arthur Kennedy. Home, Palmerston on For' a time he was, in the Monday, April 7th, at 2:00 early thirties, assocaited with p.m. Burial in Palmerston his brother, the late Roy W. cemetery. Kennedy in the publishing of The Post was indebted to , the Brussels Post. Mrs. Hobson for an in-. Prior to his retirement, teresting account of her early several years ago due to years in Brussels, as a failing health, he was an member of the Ament family executive with the Grand and who did, much to encourage Toy Stationery Company in industrial growth in Brussels Toronto. and community. That article He is survived by his wife, was published in the the former Mauna Hamilton „Centennial Issue of the of Brussels, two daughters, Brussels Post. Making money doesn't necessarily mean working longer hours or keeping more beef cows. Cattlemen, can do it by using genetically sup- erior bulls to get the most from their herds. These bulls can pass on extra weight to their offspring. "The. National Sire Mon- itoring Program records the performance of bulls that have been tested in many herds," says Ralph Macai-t- ney, Ontario Ministry of .Agriculture and. Food beef specialist. This catalogue of top performance bulls is pub- lished annually by the fed- eral government, 'in co- operation with provincial governments and artificial insemination (AI) units across Canada. This survey summarizes all of the AI bulls from all breeds. It provides cattlemen with in- formation about all of the economically important traits including calving ease, weaning weights and year17 log weights. Cattlemen can choose a bull to increase returns by comparing one , trait, for example weaning weight. A bull that shows a weaning weight of 21 pounds above average means an extra $26 per carat a price of $1.25 per pound. a"If you have 30 calves, that difference in weaning weight could mean a $780 increase in returns," says , Mr. Macartney. "And any ; heifers you keep as replace- ment will be genetically 1 1 .sunerior." The National Sire Monitor- ; ing Program is not only useful to cattlemen on com- plete AI-breeding programs.' Some producers may want to use an AI program for only six weeks, and it is beneficial for that purpose as well. "AI is an alternative to keeping a bull for the herd," says Mr. Macartney. "It allows cattlemen to'use gen- etically superior bulls that can make money for them." Copies of the 1979 Nation- al Sire Monitoring Prograrn survey are available from 1Ralph Macartney, Live Stock Branch, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Department of Animal and Poultry Science, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1..' MRS.. STAN HOBSON Mrs. Stan (Laura) Hobson died in Palmerston General Hospital April 4th following a brief illness. She Was in her 82nd year. Mrs. Hobson, formerly Laura Ament, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Ament, was born in Brussels. She was 'a teacher by profession ,and taught in Palmerston for one year and in' Sioux Look-. out for 50 years. She was pre- deceased by her first husband, Captain Kidd. She married Stan Hobson in May 1973 and resided in Palmerston since that time. Her husband, Stan Hobson of Palmerston, survives also one daughter Sharon (Mrs. Bert Johnston) and. three Local insurance men attend seminar Ethel Correspondent MRS. CLIFF BRAY 887-6086 The last euchre party was .held in the Ethel Community Centre on Monday evening, April 14. Ten tables were played and winners were: High lady Elsie Evans of Brussels, Mrs. Eva Harrison' played high man. Low - Jean Dunn and Sim Cooper. Lucky Chairs - Bill Beirmes and Priscilla Bray. The Ethel U.C.W. meeting was held on Wednesday afternoon at 'the home of Mrs. Wm. Dobson. If you think fitness is a distant goal, consider this: - you can walk all the way. Jim Cardiff of Brussels and' Keith Mulvey of Belmore were among '34 representatives of indepen- dent insurance agents who heard last week at a Walker- ton seminar, how insurance coverage on farms can be improved. "Are farmers under- insured? You'd better believe it!" Dave Poland, Farm Insurance Manager of Cathy (Mrs. George Doig) and Ann (Mrs. Ann Kedwell) both Of. Toronto; one son • Frank Kennedy of London l England; three grandsons and one brother, Donald Kennedy of Elora. Predeceasing him were two brothers, Captain Frank Kennedy in World War II and Roy • W. Kennedy in March 1978: Funeral serivce was' held at the Trull Funeral Chapel, Toronto, on Wednesday, April 16th. Gore Mutual Insurance Company, told agents. The price of new farm machinery has skyrocketed in recent years, with ,the purchase price of large 'implements ' like tractors and combines, soaring into the ten• .s of thousands of dollars. CONTRACTING Sheds, Roofing, House .and Barn "Eavestroughing,Rointing„ Genefal Cement Work. Ward Bros. . 521-1034 WEEKLY SALE. BRUSSELS STOCKYARDS LTD. EVERY FRIDAY • At ,12 Noon