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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1975-01-22, Page 16McCutcheon Grocery New from Schneider's — Pkg. of 6 All-Beef MEAT PIES - • • • • VileStOres — Reg, 65c CHOCOIATE SWISS ROLLS — • . 550 Size 138 SLINIUST ORANGES — ••• doz. 690 TIDE (ICing Site) • • 990 2i9 STEPHENSON S Bakery Grocery POT BARLEY, 12-oz. EXTRA SPECIAL — Limit 2 to a Customer TIDE SOAP (King Size) Orange, Raspberry* Cherry, Strawberry ROYAL JELLO POWDERS • Valley Farm FRENCH FRIES for 450 2.09 2 f or 450 2"1 .390 Free Delivery Phone 887-9226 CLASSIFIED With horizontal silos Good weather for harvest may not be 24. Cards of Thanks Many thanks for the flowers and cards while I was in Wingham Hospital. Special thanks for the kindness from the girls of the Nursing Home and Willis Knight. —DawnWhite, 24-60.1 The relatives of the late Jean. MacDonald wish to thank friends and relatives for their acts of kindness, expressions of sympathy, flowers and memorial donations. Also the M,L.Watts Funeral Home. Your thoughtfulness was most appreciated. 24-60x1 Jack and Isabel Alcock wish to thank everyone for making our 40th Wedding Anniversary .such an enjoyable Occasion. Also for all the lovely gifts and cards. It will long be remembered by us and our faihily. 24-60x.1 Thank You. The family of the late Ellen Craig wish to express their sincere thanks to friends and ne. Qhbours for their floral •rilvites- and donations in our cc at bereavement. Many 1,-s5 to the Nursing Staff of the on Public Hospital also Drs. Floe ors and Baker for isindness. Special thanks to .Wittich and to the many t,-ends and neighbours who brought baking and helped at Iltc house. 24-60x I ...Oo USE POST WANT-ADS DIAL 887-6641 rt A. I,1 I The days of farmers. gazing skyward every morning during the annual haying season may be numbered. If initial expectations of a. research project being conducted. by Agriculture Canada's. Animal Research Institute hold. out, the sound of tractors droning around fields under cloudy, moisture- laden skies will become common. Dr, Raymond Lessard; ,a nutri- tionist and forage conservation specialist, foresees the day when haying, as a means of providing livestock with winter feed, will be little used on large farms. Silage, in its many forms, will supersede the hay .crop as research continues, he saYs. Technology is not yet suffi- ciently advanced to have mastered the matter. But the aim of the research project led by Dr. Lessard is to provide low-cost feed with high protein content and little regard for weather conditions. 'rower silos are commonly used for storing forage, but they have had their shortcomings, The main one is that the forage must be wilted -- containing not more than 70 per cent moisture -- when it is stored. Higher water content causes not only an evil-smelling and less notrilitms feed, but also corrodes the concrete walls of the silo. The Agriculture Canada project involves studying horizontal -- or hunker -- silos. "They- aren't particularly new," Dr. Lessard says. "But no one has really studied them to determine their value to the Farmer." In additon to the six existing tower silos each of which. measures 30 feet in diameter and 80 feet in height at Agriculture Canada's Greenbelt Farm, two concrete bunker silos have recently been constructed. Each measures 130 feet long, • 35 feet wide and 16 feet high, and. is_ built entirely of concrete with easily replaceable sections in the event of corrosion. Each has a capacity for 500 tons of dry matter the equivalent of the yield from. two harvests from 125 acres of pure-stand alfalfa. The bunker silos are being filled with corn silage, at 70 per cent moisture, and tests will continue through the winter to determine the condition of the silage and the extent of nutrient losses, The corn silage in one bunker silo is being compacted with a tractor, while that in the second is being left to settle and compact naturally. Tests have already revealed that 20 per cent more silage will be contained in the packed silo. A third silo, a tower, has been filed with corn silage, and similar stndies will be conducted on that feed for comparison purposes. "The main advantage of the bunker silos, in addition to lower construction costs, is that the moisture content of the forage can be quite high -- as much as 80 to 85 per cent," says Dr. Lessard. Huron (Continued from Page 8) attended a director's meeting and had been appointed to the executive committee from zone 4 to fill the vacancy on the council when Terry Ferris, London, retired as a trustee in December. Commenting on the final 1974 billing from. Harvey Dale of Clinton for pumping and removing services resulting from the de-activation of Blyth Public School septic system for a total cost of $5,125, Trustee Alex Corrigan said, "I don't think we should be paying out this kind of money.'' Asked when he thought Blyth might have a sewage system, John Elliott of Blyth said the word is still 1976 but added "I am doubtful, 1 predict another two years. I know they arc trying." He said a suitable site had not been found as y et that met government approval. Mr. Elliott said memberts of Blyth council had been down in Toronto several times and Murray Gaunt, MPP had been working on getting the sewage project underway but no progress has been made. Mr Elliott suggested that the problem at the school should be a matter for study by a cornmittee. R. E Smith, Superintendent of Education, reported the late school bus from Central Huron Secondary School at Clinton to Seaforth and Winthrop was working satisfactorily after being started on January 13: He said students requesting the service on each of the four days was as follows: Monday -33: Tuesday -26 Wednesday —24k and Thursday-,2I: R, ' L. Cliinifigharn,- tratiSportation Manager, said that while many had signed up only 7 to 8 students Were taking advantage of the service each day. The following secretaries have been appointed to permanent staff: Mrs. Betty Ross at Huron Central' Secondary Sehool effective December Mrs. Joan finder, Clinton Public SOW': and Mrs. drill Meihnish, tketdt Public School, "This means that forage can be harvested and blown straight into the silo," says the researcher, "There's no delay. The farmer doesn't have to wait for the wilting process to reduce the moisture content, The protein content will also be higher. "In addition, the farmer will need less manpower during har- vest time,- which is itself greatly reduced. The weather doesn't affect the operation either, As long as it isn't raining too hard, the forage can be cut and immediately stored," The problem with haying and conventional forage harvesting is the delay caused by the need for a lower moisture content. in addition, valuable nutrients can be lost from a forage crop -- including hay -- by leaching during rainfall when it's laying in the field. in future tests at the Greenbelt Farm, pure alfalfa will be stored in t 'he bunker silos, with formic acid being added as a preserval tive. Corn silage without additives will be stored in the tower silos. The acid is applied to alfalfa as it is bloWn into the silo. "This assures the lowering of the pH level in the alfalfa silage, making it more acid. This circumvents the need for fermen- tation to effect the lowering by the action of bacteria. The production of acid by bacteria is always an unknown quantity." Dr. Lessard says protein con- tent will average about eight per cent for the corn silage during feeding time and he hopes for as high as 20 per cent for alfalfa in future tests. The nutritionist says a com- bination of corn silage and alfalfa silage would be a near-ideal complementary feed for dairy cows. A mechanical gathering and loading system is used in the bunker silos for Moving feed to livestock areas. Tower silos have a push-button emptying and distribution system. "We will undoubetedly encounter, unexpected problems with the bunker silos, but we think that these silos 'should be used more for feed storage. Our research means that the farmer doesn't have to do experimental work himself," says the Agricul- ture Canada scientist. Shorts Shots (Continued from Page lj by those interested, to form a Snowmobile Club here. All snowmobilers are urged to attend the meeting and join the club. They are planning to establish snowmobile trails and get the utmost pleasure out of the sport and avoid the troubles that have arisen by the unacceptable, and improper, operation of snowmobiles, Read the ad elsewhere in this issue and attend the meeting. ****** .. It is great to see that some of our local figure skaters are making such an excellent showing in competition, bringing home gold and silver medals. These young ladies put a great: deal of time and effort, which is a necessity if one wants to excel in this field, into perfecting their performance. Congratulations Girls! Keep up the good work! * * * * * * Motorists will find parking easier on our main street these days. The street was cleared of snowbanks on Monday. * * * * * * Ladies! Reserve February 10th for a Dessert Euchre being planned by Morning Star Rebekah Lodge, It 'is always a pleasant event and those desserts are oh-so-delicious, ****** USE POST WANT-ADS DIAL 887-6641 iam ommor imomo imam ...am amil moan roam oll... ammo DEADLINE For CLASSIFIED ADS is 4 p.m. EACH MONDAY we cannot ensure publication in the current week if ads are received at the Brussels Post after 4 P.M. on Monday. is,„mminimmommuloyill."1".111.. ESTABLISHED 1872 • gBrussels Post BRUSSELS ONTARIO Phone your Classifieds to 887-6641 Read each week by nearly 3,000 area people 4, Based _ _ on an average of 8 people per fattily. ,BRUttELS. POST, JANUARY 2Z 19761 r