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Phone 887-6461
Brussels, Ont.
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THE -BRUSSELS POS`tt, ,AUGUST. lei, 1976
Beigrove brothers -have top boars
average daily gain of 1,97 pounds,
• and extremely good feed conver-
sion of only 2.16 pounds feed per
pound gain. Also among the top
indexing boars with an index of
128, was a Landrace x Yorkshire
crossbred from the herd of
Donald Henry, Bluevale.
Top indexing Landrace which
was approved for the sale by the
selection committee was from the
herd of Martin Van Bilsen,
Glencoe ' while .the highest
indexing Duroc approved for' the
sale was from 'the herd of Andy'
Schertzer, Tecumseh.
The Performance Index now_
being used at the Test Station
evaluates the overall performance
of each boar while on test and
combines the important economic
traits of backfat thickness,
average' daily gain and feeci
mission
Jeffrey and Bradley Cook,
fourteen and eleven year old sons
of Arnold Cook, Belgrave, and
the top indexing boar in the
August group of 83 boars which
completed test at the Ontario
Swine Test Station, R.R.#2, New
Hamburg.
The top indexing boar was an
outstanding Yorkshire with a high
P - erforrance index of 13.4 which
combined low backfat thickness of
.48", high average daily gain on
test of 2.15 pounds and very= low
feed conversion of only 2.24
pounds feed per pound gain.
Second highest indexing boar
was a Hampshire from the herd •of
Glen Kehoe and. Dick Cheswick,
Windsor. This top Himpshire,
with a performance index of 132,
combined extremely low backfat
thickness of on.y .44", good
: • .
Canadian Dairy Corn
Agriculture Minister Eugene
Whelan today announced that
Kenneth G. Savage, director of
Agriculture Canada's Dairy
Division, has b een appointed
interim chairman of the Canadian
Dairy Commission.
Ellard Powers, chairman of the
Commission since 1973, is taking
a temporary leave from his duties
for medical reasons.. •
Mr. Savage has been director
of the agriculture department's
dairy section since 1968. Prior to
that, he was a dairy commissioner
with the British Columbia
Department of Agriculture. From
1951 to 1961, Mr. Savage was a
dairy inspector in Vancouver.
A native of Winnipeg, he
received his l3.S.A„ degree (in
dairy science and bacteriology)
from' the University of Manitoba
in 1948. After graduation he
worked for dairy firms in Tillson-
burg and London, Ont., and then
returned to the University of
Manitoba where he received his
M.Sc. degree in 1951.
"Mr. Savage ' has wide
experience in the formulation and
administration of dairy programs
and policies. His knowledge of
the Canadian dairy industry and
his contacts with producers,
manufacturers and government
conversion into one composite -
index.
The average performance index
of each group is always 100 and
indices of individual boars can
range from voer 140 down to
below 50. Only those boars with a
Satisfactory performance index
and which are approved by a
culling committee for physical
soundness are -offered for sale at
the monthly station tested boar
sales held at the Test Station,
R.R.#2, New Hamburg (4 miles
west of New Dundee).
Twenty-seven of the top boars
in the August group including the
top indexing ones mentioned
above will be sold at the Test
Station on August 26 at 7:30 p.m.
The August group of 83 boars
from which the 27 for the sale
were selected had the best overall
officials will be valuable in his
interim duties at the Canadian
Dairy Commission", Mr. Whelan
said.
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Dial Brussels 887-6641.
performance of any group ever
tested with average backfat
thickness of .56", average daily
gain of 1.95 pounds and feed
conversion of 2.46 pounds feed
per pound gain.
As all boars at the Test' Station
The market at Brussels
Stockyards Friday was active and
steady with 1034 cattle and 1088
pigs on offer.
Choice Steers - 40.00 to 42.00
Good Steers - 38.00 to 40.00.
Twelve steers consigned by
Alvin Granger. of Wroxeter
averaging 1120 lbs. sold, for
42.00.
Fourteen steers consigned by
Lloyd Ball of Embro averaging
1129 lbs. sold for 41.80.
Twenty-two steers consigned
by Oscar Kieffer of Wroxeter
averaging 1154 lbs. sold for
41.75.
Twelve steers consigned by
Stuart Strong of Gorrie averaging
1137 lbs. sold for 41.60.
Six steers consigned by Lorne
Forester of Lucknow averaging
1135 lbs. sold for 41.75.
Twelve steers consigned by
Robert Kreiller of Fordwich
averaging 1200 lbs. sold for
are fed and handled under
uniform conditions, buyers can be
sure that superior performance is
due to true genetic superiority for
low backfat, fast gains and good
feed conversion which will be
passed on to the pigs they sire.
41.40.
- Choice Heifers - 37.00 to 39.00
with sales to 39. 25.
Good Heifers - 35.00 to 37.00. -
Three heifers consigned by
George Blake of Brussels
averaging 1067 lbs. sold for 39.10
With his package of 13 Herford
heifers averaging 881 lbs. selling
for 38.00.
Two heifers consigned by Earl
Kelly of R.R.2, Blyth averaging
108511,s. sold for 39.10.
Choice Cows - 28.00 to 30.00
with sales to 31.75.
G9od Cows - 26.00 to 28.00.
Bulls traded to. 33.25.
30 to - 40-lbs. pigs traded to a
high of 40.50.
40 to 50-16. pigs traded to a
high of 45.25.
50 to 60-1b. pigs to a high of
51.75.
60 to 70-1b. pigs to a high of
54.50.
Appoints K. Savage .
Brussels Stockyard Report