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Pride
didn't get
-at"4 to the top
by running
with the pack
Times change.
Today, you can select
your seed corn requirements
from any of 18 sources
and from more than 200 different varieties.
A few years ago, your choice
could be counted on
the fingers of one hand.
So why Pride? The answer is simple.
Pride has been around for 25 years.
Pride has an intensive research
and development program in Canada.
' And Pride's Canada Certified No. 1 seed
is produced in Canada
and is available in
15 recommended and proven varieties
through 355 specially-seledted dealers.
Pride is backed by a
full management and educational program
and comes from a reliable company
that markets all kinds of farm seeds.
Pride didn't get to the top
by doing what everyone else does.
Stay ahead of the pack — with Pride.
King Grain Limited
P.O. Box 1088
Chatham, Ontario, Canada
N7M 5L6
Call one of these dealers:
GEO. L. BLAKE R.R. #2, Brussels, Ontario
877-6819
Brussels, Ontario CLARE VANCAMP 18;%114
Bor TAYLOR:•
R.R. #3, Walton, 'Ontario
• 623.9279
Ho JOHNSTON 1814R7:9474 Wingham,Ontario
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Brussels Stockyard .Rep ort
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Report from Queen's Park
Legislature is busy.
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[By Murray Gaunt, M.P.P. for
Huron Bruce]
The Legislature reconvened
this week in what was one of the
busiest days ever in the Ontario
Legislature. The Government
kicked the whole thing off by
introducing a dozen pieces of neW
legislation.
After it was over, the
Government had promised new
deals for partners whose
marriages fail, for miners
involved in dangerous work, and
for farmers through the revised
Farm Income Protection Bill.
Under the Farm Bill there are a
number of significant changes
over the bill which was defeated
last June. The plan is now
voluntary; it will cover all farm
products and will be financed by a
1/3 contribution from farmers
and a 2/3 contribution from the
Government. It is expected to cost
the Government between 60 and
70 million. For the most part the
payout will be made to those who
join the plan if the average price
of a product drops below the
average price over the last five
years, and the payment will be
based on 95% of that average
five-year price. This applies to
products named under the
Federal. Stabilization Bill. For
those products n of so named the
payment will be less.
The family law proposals
legalilze marriage contracts to
define property rights and the
care of children. Further, there
are guarantees that in case of
marriage breakdown the family
assets, such as house and car, be
shared equally by both partners.
It is now proposed that workers
can refuse to work in unsafe
conditions - a right demanded for
some time by organized labour.
A single, centralized
occupational health and safety
division will be created within the
Labour Ministry, which will allow
for the formation of labour-
management safety committees
on work sites.
Solicitor General John
MacBeth plans to establish a
province-wide tribunal to hear
citizen complaints against
policemen. The tribunal would b e
independent of the police. Mr.
MacBeth expects the tribunal to
be functioning in early 1977.
The rate of disqualification for
recipients of Ontario first-time
home buyer grants is running as
high as 10.7%, according to
Revenue Minister Arthur Meen.
To October 22, a total of 1,016
grants were disallowed.
Mr.' Meen confirmed that the
audit of grants will terminate at
the end of this year when only
15,000 , or about 17%investigated.
(By Bill Broadworth,
Associate Agr. Rep. for
Huron County)
The production potential of a
dairy herd is equal to the genes
comprising the genetic level of
the herd. Simply, the better the
genetic level - the better the
production potential.
Successful athletic teams have
top notch scouts, owners, mana-
gers and coaches. Scouts, mana-
gers and owners recruit and sign
talented players.' The coaches
'must create a system to have the
players ekpress their -talent. It's
no different on the dairy, farm
except the dairyman, is often the
scout, manager, owner and coach
when it comes to breeding
management. He must recruit
superior genes and manage his
genetic ..potential to realize the
production potential of his herd.
The secret is how to use the
available information in sire
The market at Brussels
Stockyards was higher on choice
steers on Friday and steady on
heifers. Pigs sold higher. There
were 1310 cattle and 982 pigs on
offer,
Choice Steers - 41.50 to 43.50
with sales to 44.00.
Good. Steers - 39.00 to 41.00.
Ten steers consigned by Ronald
Wolfe of Dot)bington averaging
1136 lbs. sold for 44.00 with his 25
steers averaging 1141 lbs. selling
for 43.65.
Four steers consigned by Alex
Nivens of R.R.3, Auburn
averaging 1170 lbs. sold for
43.75.
Four steers consigned by
Hilray Farms of Holyrood
averaging 1170 lbs. sold for 43.40
with their 14 steers averaging
1211 lbs. selling for close to
43.00.
Seven steers consigned by
Gordon Schweitzer of Elmira
averaging 1207 lbs. sold for 43.00
selection. Individual A.I. sire
catalogues, dairy cattle special-
ists, Ministry of Agriculture and
Food personnel can provide help
in sire selection. Breed Associa-
tions have fieldmen who are quite
familiar with available sires. Do
not neglect farm magazines,
particularly Hoard's Dairymen.
HoWever, it seems the big
problem is not how to use A.I. but
rather whether or not to use A.I.
sires. The proven sires are
available through A.I. units. It's
amazing just.how many unproven
bulls occupy space in many dairy
barns. Reasons given for not
using A.I. generally reveal such
dairymen are having breeding
problems, haven't really thought
of using A.I. or this year = are
trying to cut costs. These may
seem very. legitimate reasons for
the individual dairymen. How-
ever, the simple fact is that most
.very successful dairymen use A.I.
with his top steer selling for
43.75.
Nine steers consigned by john n M. Perrie of Brussels averaging
1101 lbs sold for 43.25 with his71.
steers averaging 1131 lbs. selling
for 42.18.
Ten steers consigned by Dr,
Howard Kleiman of Wroxeter
averaging 1137 lbs. sold for
42.80.
There were no fancy heifers on
offer. '
Good „heifers traded for 36.00
to 38.00.
Choice Cows - 21.00 to 23.00.
Good 'Cows - 18.00 to 21.00.
Bulls traded to 27,75 with feed
lot bulls bringing 39.00,
30 to 40-lb pigs traded to a
high of 31.25.
40 to 50-lb. pigs to a high of
38.00.
50 to 60 - lb. pigs to a high of
41.50.
60 - 70 lb. pigs to a high of
43.75.
with quite good success. In most
cases the above reasons indicate
the problem is management not
A.I.
This year, some dairymen have
quit using A.I. as a way of cutting
.costs. Such a management
decision is questionable. The
simple chore of telephoning the
A.I. office to request a proven
bull for use in the herd is easy.
It's the surest way of improving
the genetic level in the dairy
herd. To replace A.I. with an
unproven bull is questionable
management and could be
disastrous.
Good dairymen continually
strive to improve the genetic level
in their herds. Intelligent sire
selection is essential for genetic
improvement. The best sire
selection involves using sires
available through A.I. units.
Don't neglect sound breeding
management.
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