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(By Adrian Vos)
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That hullabaloo raised by
uninformed city news editors and
radio commentators sometimes
makes me think that the farmer
will never be able to get a fair
hearing unless maybe he is
willing to spend a few million
dollars each year on a public
relations program. Since that
oey would have to come from
he products sold to the
warner, it most likely would
aise a new cry of being the cause
f high food costs. •
I refer to the cry about 9 million
ggs having rotted in Quebec.
he curious fact is that always the
lee is quoted per dozen or per
ase of 30 dozen. Now it is not
,P00 cases.That doesn't sound
ensational enough. Then they
laim that die taxpayer came to
lie rescue of the egg board to the
use of ten million dollars. Not
e red cent has been paid by the
overmnent.
As has been the custom for
ears, the Canadian government
sr he past they have bought
hickens and white beans and
uys food for hungry countries. In
heat etc. Now they bought eggs.
a what, nothing new here. The
reaking eggs for the baking
dustry are over-quota eggs and
the producer who over produces
can only sell those extra eggs at a
loss. So in effect it is he who
subsidizes the bakeries and
through the bakeries the
consumer,
But I b et that the bakeries take
a profit on those below cost eggs.
But then, there's nothing wrong
with making a profit. That's the
whole idea of quotas, to give the
producer a profit. If the quota
system was used to rip off the
consumer it would be a different
story, but every business has a
right to a profit, provided that
business is run efficiently.
* * *
I just read in the daily paper
that some turkey producers are
killing their young turks, because
it costs more to feed them than
they will return. A 'while ago an
Alberta pork producer shot .his
weaner pigs for the same reason.
Two Japanese pork producers
went a step further than that.
They killed themselves because of
low prices by lying down on the
railroad tracks when the train was
due. Apparently the Japanese
government didn't like the mess
and gave the surviving pork men
more assistance.
Obituary
MRS. MARY 1VIeDOWRLL
Mrs. Mary (Clark) McDowell
of R.R.1, Belgrave (Westfield)
died Monday in Wingham and
District Hospital, in her 91st year.
Born in St. Helen's, she was
married in 1910 to Marvin
McDowell, who predeceased her
in 1961, Her par ents were the
late Peter and Annie McKenzie
Clark.
Three children, Harvey of
Blyth, Graeme and Anna of
Westfield survive. One- son,
Ronald, died in infancy.
One brother, Donald of Ottawa
and two sisters, Mrs. Margaret
MacLennan, Chicago and Miss
Calina Clark of Toronto also
survive. Three sisters and two
brothers predeceased her.
The late Mrs.McDowell had 12
grandchildren and 6 great
grandchildren.
She was educated at St.
Helen's Public • School and
Goderich Collegiate and taught
school at Fordyce andWestfield.
For many years she taught
Sunday School at' Westfield
United Church where she was a
member of the UCW. In lat er
years, she was a' member of
Auburn United Church.
Funeral services were
conducted by Rev. Garnet Potter,
assisted by Pastor Fry and
interment followed in Greenhill
Cemetery, Lucknow. Pallbearers
were John and Don McDowell,
Ronald and Marvin Snell, Don
Cowan and Doug Macintosh.
Colin Clark and Bill Snell were
flower bearers.
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• Today's fast-growing pigs,
raised indoors, are more likely to
have aching feet than did their
range-reared, slow-growing
ancestors, according to a Ridge-
town College of Agricultural
Technology - livestock specialist.
"Selection for the meat-type pig
may be producing pigs that
become too heavy for their
immature skeletons to support, "
J. R. Morris explains. Careful
selection, feeding and
management by swine producers
can alleviate this problem.
When replacing stock, farmers
should consider good bone quality
as well as rapid gains. In
addition, because
disproportionate claw size
contributes to more injuries to the
outside claw, farmers should
avoid gilts and boars with small
inside toes. Experts believe the
degree of difference in claw size
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is inherited.
"Lower feed: gain ratios in
today's pigs have resulted in less
net calcium and phosphorus
intake for a given amount of
weight gain," Mr. Morris says.
The reduced intake of calcium
and phosphorus may be the
greatest factor in producing leg
and feet abnormalties. For
growing pigs, he recommends
diets containing ,75 percent
calcium, ,.65 percent phosphorus
and 300 IU vitamin D per pound
of feed.
Claw injuries can be reduced if
careful attentin is given to the
sloping and finish of concrete
floors. Totally slotted floors
cause more wear and tear to feet
than 25 percent slotted floors.
Exposed aggregate and chipped
floor -edges should be avoided
because they increase the hazard
of foot damage,
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