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TIE BRUSSELS POST, MARCH
TODAY'S CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
HE NEEDS A FAMILY
Eric, 8, is a handsome youngster with light brown hair, fait
skin and blue-grey eyes. He is sturdily built with broad shoulders
and in good health. His ancestors include one Indian and three
white grandparents.
A boy who doesn't give many smiles away, Eric is quiet, shy
and sensitive. he loves attention but doesn't demand it. He is
imaginative and inclined to daydream.
Because of a poor st art, Eric is behind in school where he is
now in Grade 2. He feels comfortable among his younger
classmates, however, because he prefers children younger than
himself.
Eric loves.the outdoors, especially any activity involving wat
er — swimming, fishing, boating. He likes to ride his bike. Eric
is not competitive but enjoys baseball. A major interest is his
collection of miniature cars.
Eric should have loving, understanding parents who will help
him build self-confidence, will be patient while he learns to trust
them — and will not pressure him for academic achievement.
Their reward will be a son with affection and trust in his heart —
and eyes that do not fear to smile.
To inquire about adopting Eric, please write to Today's
Child, Ministry of Community and Social Services, Box 888,
Station K, Toronto M4P 2H2. For general adoption information,
please contact your local Children's Aid Society.
How to improve
sow productivity
Huron Federation of Agriculture signed its 2000th member when officials
visited the Hay Township farm of Clayton Steckle. Shown as the membership was
entered are (left) Ted Steinback, R.R.3, Zurich, Mr. Steckle and Vince Austin,
R.R.1, Dungannon.
Huron has large OFA membership
Clayton Steckle, a Hay
Township dairy farmer recently
became the 2000th member of the
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
in Huron County.
Mr. Steckle's signing
culminates an intensive drive by
members of the FederatiOn in
Huron in recent months to put the
county over the 2000 mark in
memberships. The landmark
membership was sold by Ted
Steinback, R.R.3, Zurich and
Vince Austin, R.R.1, Dungannon.
For Mr. Reckle, it was the first
time he had belonged to a farm
organization and the first time he
had been approached about
membership in the Federation.
"I think a farmer should belong
to some farm organization,' he
said. He noted that the OFA's
work in gaining a tax rebate for
farmers for education taxes was
one of the achievements of
organization by farmers. He said
he had been thinking of joining
the organization for some time.
Mr, Steckle and his wife Shirley
operate a 100:acre dairy farm on
Lot 28, Concession 9 Flay
Township which he purchased in
1953. He grows corn and hay as
well as keeping about 100 head of
cattle including a milking herd of
45.
OFA membership in Huron has
been growing at a rate of more
than 100 a month in the last few
months as Huron tried to top the
quota for the county set at the
OFA convention in Oshawa in
Noveinber. Huron has the largest
membership of any county in.
Ontario in the Federation.
• •
Don't be chicken
There are a number of ways of
nproving sow productivity. Pork
roducers should keep crossbred
)vs. They will farrow and wean
rger litters. Keep at least 50%
more of the Canadian breeds
r orkshire, Landrace, or
icombe) in the females retained
sows.
Gilts should be bred when they
ach a weight of 250 pounds and
e approximately 7 months of
This means that gilts will
Ye produced their first litter
fore they are one year old.
Gilts and sows should be kept
, not fat, during the gestation
rind. Overfat or thin sows will
)duce smaller and weaker
ors.
Higher farrowing temperatures
laces baby pig mortality. A
wborn pig comes from a womb
nperature of 102 degrees F and
can chill readily. Recent research
indicates farrowing houses should
be 80 degrees F and piglets'
should have access to warmer
temperatures, approximately 86
degrees F.
The most practical weaning age
on most farms is 4 to 5 weeks.
This results in 2.25 litters' per
sow, per year. Some producers
are successfully weaning at
earlier ages.
Approximately one-third of the
sow herd should be culled each
year (3% per month).
Accurate breeding records and
physical defects of sows will
dictate which sows should be
culled,
A pork producer should strive
for 10 pigs weaned per litter, 2.25
litters per sow per year, 140 days
to market, and a grading index of
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