The Brussels Post, 1977-12-21, Page 29THE BRUSSELS POST, DECEMBER 21., 1977 r-29
THE CHRISTMAS STORY — Members of the Grade one class at Grey Central
School acted out the Christmas story during the school's Christmas concert last
week. Here Mary, played by Kim Subject, and Joseph, played by Michael
Galutzen, confront the Innkeeper, Gerald Knight. (Photo by Langlois)
Learn about machinery
What does the farmer want ?
Record number of pigs
sold at • stockyard
The market at Brussels Stock-
yards on Friday was active on all
classes'of livestock, with a record
n umber of pigs selling at strong
prices' There were 1309 cattle
and 2232 pigs on offer.
Choice Steers - 48.00 to 49.50
with sales. to 49.70.
Good Steers - 46.00 to 48.00.
Five steers consigned by Henry
Farms of Blyth averaging 1190
lbs. sold for 49.70 with their 90
steers averaging 1045 lbs. selling
for 48.10.
Eleven steers consigned by
Bruce Richmond of Blyth
averaging 1114 lbs. sold for 49.50
with his 102 steers averaging
1075 lbs. selling for an overall
price of 48.50.
Eight steers consigned by K..&
L, Beef Farms of Ethel averaging
1188 lbs. sold for 49.10.
Three steers consigned by
Maple Emblem Farms of
Dungannon averaging 1280 lbs.
sold for 49.00 with their 24 steers
averaging 1142 lbs. selling for
48.60.
Seventeen steers consigned by
Douglas Eadie of Holyrood
averaging 1199 lbs. sold for
48.20.
Five steers consigned by Lloyd
Wheeler of Bluevale averaging
1120 lbs. sold for 48.30.
Choice Heifers - 44.00 to 46.00
with sales to 47.05.
Good, Heifers - 42,00 to
44,00.
Two heifers consigned by
Bruce Blake of Brussels
averaging 970 lbs. topped the
heifer market at 47.05.
Eleven heifers consigned by
Since '1968, more than 1000
individual farmers have attended
short courses at Centralia College
of Agricultural Technology,
according to Doug Jamieson,
short , course 'coordinator at the
College.
Again- this winter, short
courses will be offered on a
variety of topics of interestto the
agricultural community, Over the
last ten years total short course
enrolment is close to 2400 with
many farmers taking in more than
one course each year.
The courses are designed to
provide an opportunity for the
exchange',Of practical information
between agricultural specialists
and farmers. Many farmers view
the courses as "ProfesSional
Development Days" where they
can update their production and
managettient skills:
Keep these dates in mind: Sow
Herd Management, Wednesday,
January 11th; Feeder Pig
Management, Thursday,
anuary 12th; Standby Generators
for the Farm, Tuesday, January
17; Beef 'Cow-Calf Herd
Managcnient, Thursday, January
19; Beef Feedlot Management,
George Blake of Brussels
averaging 998 lbs. sold for 47.00.
Seven heifers consigned' by
George Blake of Brussels
averaging 998 lbs. sold for 47.00.
Seven Hereford heifers
consigned by Bob McDonald of
Brussels avera, ging 1018 lbs.
sold for 46.75.
Eleven heifers consigned by
Robert M. Scott of Seaforth
averaging 1020 lbs. sold for
46,50.
Four heifers consigned by
Robert Blake of Brussels
averaging 1042 lbs. sold for
46.80.
Two heifers consigned by John
Nixon of R.R.2, Brussels
averaging 1080 lbs. sold for
46.85.
Choice Cows 26..00 .to 28.00
with sales to 30.60,
Good Cows - 24.00 to 26.00.
Bulls traded to ahigh of 33,75.
Good stockers and feeders sold
strong with medium and plain
ones under pressure.
Nineteen steer calves
consigned by Grant Crispin of
Harriston averaging 544 lbs. sold
for 51,10.
Twelve feeder steers consigned
by Ian Inglis of Belmore
averaging 761 lbs. sold for 47.50
with his 24 steers averaging 797
lbs, selling for 47.10.
30 to 40 lb. pigs traded to ahigh of
46.00.
40 to 50 lb. pigs to a high of 50.50.
50 to 60 lb. pigs to a high of 57.00.
60 to 70 lb. pigs to a high of 59.50. r.
Tuesday, .lanuary 24; Stretching
the Farm Energy Dollar,
Wednesday, January 25; Farm
Income Tax, Thursday, January
26; Financial Assistance for the,
Young Farmer, Tuesday,
February 7; Justifying Capital
Expenditures, Wednesday,
February 8; Soil ,Erosion Control,
Thursday, February 9; Dairy
Herd Management, "Wednesday,
March 8; Pleasure Forrse Care
and Management, 'A 'series of
four evening sessions to be held
in March.
Course fees are $4.00 per
person per day. Lunch will be
available, in the College Cafeteria.
For further information, or to
enroll, contact your county
agricultural. extension office or
Centralia College, Huron Park,
Ontario (228-6691).
the story of Chriatrnas
hires. WEW, inspiring
eril with peace. OM jai,
Mr*.many blessings
yours on tilt* ChriStma;;.
Centralia, College
Courses offered
"Replacement of I‘fachine
Systems, " by Jim Arnold,
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
, and Food engineer.
The one-day machinery session
I is part of the three-day Ontario
lAgricultural College Agricultural
Conference January 3 to 5. There
I is no charge for the session.
Agriculture concerns
all of us , OAC's topic
Centre.
Farm Business Arrangements,
and Making Money from Milk
(are the topics scheduled for
January 4. The 'Ontario Food
Processors' Fieldmen's
Conference will begin January 4
(at the Arboretum Centre.,
Programs scheduled for '
January 5, the final day of the
Conference, include Aids to
Efficient Beef Production, and
Erosion -; One of Ontario's
I; Challenges.
There is no registration fee for
the Conference. However, there
' is a $2 charge for the Ontario
:Food Processors' Fieldmen's
1 Conference.All program sessions,
!unless otherwise noted, will be
held at the University Centie..
For more information contact
Dr. W.S.Young, Ontario Agri
cultural College, University kit
Guelph, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Season's
Greetings
All Brussels
Resider) S
Btuttels. Council;
The P .U.C.
and Stuff
Nine programs covering a
variety of agricultural topics will
be featured at the Ontario
Agricultural College (OAC )Agri-
cultural Conference January 3, 4
ands at the University of Guelph.
The Conference, called 'If It
Concerns Agriculture It Concerns
All of Us', is sponsored jointly by
'OAC and the Ontario Ministry of
, Agriculture and Food.
W.S.Young, coordinator of
E.B.Pridham, Ontario Ministry of iagricultural extension at OAC,
Agriculture and Food, Simcoe. says thousands of people
Farm equipment dealers' and ,including producers, consumers,
representatives of the Canadian !and agribusiness representa-
Farm and' Industrial Equipments !fives are expected to attend.
Institute will discuss the Programs on the first day of the
machines that are available and . Conference, J anuary 3, include
the ones dealers can. supply. ' ;.Machinery on the Farm,
Bev Hill; a farmer from R.R.1, 'Trimming Corn Production Costs,
VArria, will prese at the farnier's. andAlternate Cash Crops for
case in his talk "What Does the : Central Ontario. The Poultry
Farmer Want". Industry School will ' be held
The afternoon session includes 'January 3 at the ARboretum
a discussion of the fmancial
aspects of owning machinery, by
Gary Hutchison, University of
Guelph, a talk on "Off-Shore
Equpment", by Stan Snyder of
Eastern FArm Machinery and
Farmers may have as much as
20 percent of their capital tied up
irk farm machinery, but they may
not have the machines they need,
says Professor Ross Irwin, School
of Engineering, Ontario
Agricultural College.
Professor Irwin says there is a
lack of information
about machinery. Dealers and
manufacturers sometimes
assume farmers know more about
machinery than they really do.
To help farmers become
more aware of the functions of
various types of farm equip-
ment, a one-day information
session is scheduled for January 3
at the University Centre,
University of Guelph. .
The session will begin with a
lecture called "The Jobs
Machines Are To Do", by
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