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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1976-01-28, Page 12At Brussels Stockyards Friday averaging 905 lbs. sold for 40.9 there were 652 cattle and•930 •pigs Ten heifers consigned on offer. Due to the continuing George Blake of Bruss decline of the American cattle • averaging 1016 lbs. sold prices, steers •and heifers traded 40.25. from $1.00 to $2. 00 lower. Cows Two heifers consigned by L. and pig prices were strong. B Farms of Wallenst in Good Steers - 42.00 to 44.00. averaging 1005 lbs. sold 'of Good Steers - 40.00 to 42.00.. 40.85: Two steers consigned by Seventeen heifers consigned Y-, Howard Martin of Brussels Ross Hurst of, Atwood averagi ng averaging-1140 lbs. sold for 43.85 930 lbs. sold for 40.50. with his lot of 11 steers averaging A heifer consigned by Rob 1109 lbs. selling •for 43.15. Blake of Brussels weighing 8 Six steers consigned by Ross lbs. sold. for 40.00. Cunningham .of Brussels Choice cows - 25.00 .'to 27. averaging 1228 lbs. sold for 43.60 with sales to 28.75. with his 11 steers averaging 1222 Good • Cows - 23.00 to 25.00 lbs. selling for 43.40. • Bulls.• -traded from 27.00 Two steers Consigned by Mac • 28.00 with sales to 29.25. Cardiff of Ethel • averaging 1150 A bull 'weighing 1900 lb lbs. sold for 43.40. • consigned by Robert Bridge Three steers consigned by John Wroxeter sold for 28.75. Thornton of Gorrie averaging 983 ' 30-40 lbs. pigs traded to a high lbs. sold for 43.00. 54.75. Four steers consigned by Wm. 40 - 50 lbs. pigs traded to a hi Adams of Brussels averaging • of 61.60. 1152 lbs. sold for 42.90. 50-60 lb.,pigs to a high of 73.5 Choice Heifers - 39.00 to 41.00. 60-70 lb. pigs to a high of 74.7 Good Heifers - 37.00 to 39.00. The top lot of 11 pigs weighi Two heifers consigned by Gary • 32 pounds each sold for $1.61 Rintoul of R.R.3, Wingham, per lb. WEEKLY SALE. BRUSSELS -STOCKYARDS • LTD. EVERY FRIDAY At 12 Noon Phone 887-6461 — Brussels, Ont. THOMPSON an STE HENSON MEAT MARKET FREE DELIVER 0 els for ert 80 •• ial arc ne: far in ttu tilt tha $44 or me nc to Th es :el 0 ag ne 1: mi 2 SHNEIDER°S WIENERS SLICED LARGE BOLOGNA MAPLE LEAF SWEET PICKLED COTTAGE ROLL FRESH BEEF LIVER 75! 79! 1.49 a. Sit ;:s 12 briefs heard at d milk in nutritive value, except for a minor reduction in thiamine (Vitamin - B) and ascorbic acit (Vitamin C). Most the fluid milk sold in Ontario is alSo homogenized. Homogenized milk is pasteurized milk in which the milk fat globules have been divided into tiny droplets.4 Homogenization stabilizes" the milk • so that no cream line forms over a reasonable time period, and the milk remains fairly uniform throughout the container. Few natural foods are good sources of Vitamin D — essential in our body for metabilizing minerals. To assure a reliable source of this vitamin, whole milk as of March 1, 1976, must be fortified with vitamin D, and so marked on the label. Two percent milk and skim milk are both becoming"'more and attended meeting in Wingham in December. About 100 people attended, the meeting, in spite of stormy driving weather. Bruce County south planning department pointed` to the benefits resulting from the Douglas Point development and said few area municipal councillors wish it hadn't occurred. However, it asked that before any other large-scale Hydro development is started a rural study be made. Included in the study would be an independent environmental survey, The brief says housing should be planned ahead and the necessary finances and services should be established before construction is approved. The brief said that as result of the 'Douglas Point development, the main burden of housing the workers and . • .4. meeting in Listowe The Bruce brief suggest "additional nuclear plants a Douglas Point, although poss compounding certain envir mental effects, could be bett absorbed in terms of municip impact since constructi employment levels would mainly sustained rather th increased." Commission chairman D Arthur Porter said the m inquiry of the commission wou run until late July and wou include sessions outside Toron as well. He explained that the ma enquiry will call -representativ of Ontario Hydro and Ontai government 'agencies to respo to the concerns raised in t preliminary briefs. He specified the healt planning and energy ministrie Dr. Porter said the commissi needed to know the situation wi other energy •sources in t province — gas, oil and coal. a ib o employees fell on the county's small municipalities, whose facilities and services were not adequate to cope with the sudden influx. Planning problems occurred as well as financial and other problems. 'A lthough - grants were provided to municipalities in lieu of taxes, these were grossly inadequate to cope with the costs incurred. It was not until 1973, five years after development commenced in 1968, that an impact study was undertaken (by Ontario Hydro), and changes in the grant system were not made until 1975. South BruCe is now traversed: by three major Hydro trans- mission corridors and 'these have caused innumerable problems, the brief •said. The brief urges that other sources of power be developed as soon as possible and that the per' capita use of electrical energy be reduced to lessen the demands ,on farm lands in their area. ed Pal be:' Oe Ti Exotic Cattle Canadian, cattlemen have brought 22 different breeds, of exotic cattle from Europe in the last 10 years. Beef producers are left With a puzzle. Which breed makes the best herd sire? Agriculture Canada has been evaluating the performances of exOtic-domestic hybrid heifers at its research stations. "We know that cross-bred heifers have the advantage of hybrid vigor," says Dr. H.T.Fredeen of the Agriculture Canada Research Station here. "With this study, we hope to provide a basis for cattlemen to choose sire breeds." Nine hybrid combinations - -- produced by mating Charolais, Limousin and. Simmental bulls with Angus, Hereford and Shorthorn cows -- are being compared with each other and with the commercially popular Hereford-Angus cross. All of the 1,000 hybrid heifers hi the study were bred as yearlings by artificial insemination to either Beefmaster or Red Angus bulls. Final conclusions can't be drawn until each hybrid cow has completed six years of repro- ductive life, but sortie preliminary observations have been made from first calf production'. "The traditiOnal Hereford- Angus cross appears to have an advantage two respects — survival rate of calves;- and number of calves, weaned per 100 cows entering the breeding JANUARY 2S, 1976 Treat pigs for mange Intense itching and rubbinghair program, whether it's spraying or loss and thickening and redness dusting, shotild be carried out on of a pig's skin are signs that a total herd basis, he states. producers should be aware of. While the mites cannot survive These symptoms, as well as very long in the environment, rough, dry skin and loss of bloom, producers should also treat walls are sure indications of mange, . and floors of the pens to prevent one of the most common skin reinfestation froth that source. diseases in Ontario pigs. 41 V ifratvIA/ /AV! $ 1 4.044 t4.14194w1.-L,.•.."1 V' Oh The lack of government planning for the impact that large scale Hydro development will have on its host community caused a lot of problems when the big nuclear plant was built at Douglas Point, a brieflrom Bruce County told the Porter Commission on electric power planning Thursday. The Commission heard 12 briefs in its Listowel meeting, a continuation of a largely Do you know about For years, milk has been referred to as man's most perfect food. Across the country, almost every Canadian uses milk in one form or another each day. Yet few Canadians know what processes go into getting that perfect carton of milk on the breakfast table each morning, or how they should care for the milk they consume each day. In Ont ario, all fluid milk 'sold commercially is pasteurized. Pasteurization of milk, say food Specialists at the Ontario Food Council, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, destroys all the disease-producing organisms and usually over 99 percent of the bacteria found in milk. In the pasteurization process, milk is heated to a particular temperature and held there until the bacteria are destroyed. Pasteurized milk is equal to raw "Mange is caused by a , parasitic mite not visible to the assured by the pigs' natural habit of huddling together to sleep," states Veterinary Services Branch veterinarian, Dr. P.G.Oliver.' The main symptom of mange is the intense itching caused by the mite burrowing through the skin. the burrowing and constant scratching makes the skin thick and reddened. Eventually a thick brown scab may form on parts of the body. Although mange can be diagnosed on the basis of these signs, the veterinarian recommends that a skin scraping he forwarded to one of the eterinary Diagnostic Laboratories of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food for a microscopic examination and confirmation of mange infection. Chemicals are available •for the treatment of mange, but they must be used carefully according to the manufacturer's instructions. Some also require a withdrawal period before slaughter. Lindane (no less than 30 days before slaughter), Korlan, and /vIalathion (no less than 2 •days before slaughter) have been effective in treating mange. However, in both farrowing and fatteningbarns, the key to mange control is prevention, says Dr. Oliver. All new additions should be treated for mange prior to' introduction into the herd. Breeding stock should be sprayed twice a year. If there is an Outbreak Of Mange, the control 11,-.1HE BRUSSELS PAST • herd," Dr. Fredeen says. Survival-to-weaning of calves from Hereford-Angus dams was 94.3 per cent, compared to an average or9r pe'f 'tent for the exotic-domestic crosses. For every 100 heifers entering the breeding herd, the Herefor Hereford-angus dams weaned 80.5 calves. Simmental-Angus dams were a close second with 80.1 calves per 100 heifers. Limousin-Hereford dams had the poorest record, with 65.4 calves weaned per 100 heifers. Calves of the exotic-hybrid heifers were heavier at birth and weaning than those of the Hereford-Angus heifers. Simmental-sired heifers weaned heavier calves than the Charolais and Limousin-sired heifers. Heifers with Shorthorn dams weaned heavier calves than those from. Hereford and Angus dams. Red Angus and Beefmaster bulls were also compared in the breeding program. Hybrid heifers bred to Red Angus bulls had less calving difficulty than those bred to I3eeftriasters. The Red Angus progeny had a higher early survivial rate but weighed about four per cent less than the Beefinastet calves at' birth and weaning. More details of the exotic hybrid study are available in a publication, First calf Perfor- mance of Foreign X Domestic Hybrid Heifers. It May be obtained by Wilting to Itiforniation i John Carling Building, 030 Carling Ave. Ottawa; Ont., K1A 007. The care and processing of milk? more popular, probably_ because of the emphasis on low-calorie and low-fat diets in recent years. The only difference between these milk products and whole milk is the amount of milk fat content. With• a decreased milk fat content, there is a slight decrease in Vitamin A. Two percent milk and skim milk, as of March 1, 1976 are required to be fortified with Vitamins A and D. The type of milk you purchase depends on personal preference, what is available, and price. Milk is usually less expensive when packaged in large rather than small containers. Fresh milk products retain their flavor and nutritive value best when they are kept clean, cold and tightly covered. Refrigerate your milk as soon as possible after purchasing and remove from the fridge' only long enough to pour the amount needed for immediate use. Don't mix new milk with Old unless the Mixture Will be used immediately, and don't pour milk back into the original container once it has been removed. Homogenized milk can be frozen and held up to 15 days, although there May be some flavor change as well 'as settling-out of.; the 'protein.' Raw milk will not keep satisfactorily in a home freeier. naked eye. The mite spend its Which breed makes lifetime in the burrow that it digs in the pig's skin. Infection is best herd sire'? spread by direct contact, which is Brussels Stockyard. Repor 1E 1 ld Id fl effil cost incc Cou C than Mr, bee cor1 buS cou fan effi con Mr F hay effi ,,fe the thie I lab tec onl wit inc far inc in