HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-07-27, Page 15THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 1988. PAGE 15.
Long-term productivity aim of Conservation Tour
Farmers interested in maintain
ing the long-term productivity of
their soil should plan to attend
Conservation Day, Thursday, Au
gust 11, on the farm of Murray and
Roba Lobb, near Holmesville.
This annual event, sponsored by
the Huron Soil and Water Conser
vation District, is an ideal oppor
Farm
tunity to gain information from
farmers who successfully use
conservation practices.
The theme of this year’s event is
‘The Systems Approach to Farm
land Stewardship’. Guided tours of
the Lobb farm will allow visitors to
see a wide range of conservation
farm practices and to learn how
these work together as a complete
‘system’.
During lunch hour, two guest
speakers will address the ‘sys
tems’ approach to stewards hip;
Karen Switzer-Howse, a Soil and
Water Conservation Specialist
with Agriculture Canada, and
President of the Ontario Chapter of
the Soil and Water Conservation
Society and Clinton Potruff, a cash
crop farmer from the Paris area.
Reduced tillage practices have
been in use on the Lobb farm for the
last 10 years. Murray began using
no-till planting techniques five
years ago as a time saving
measure. Since that time he has
noted many other benefits with the
no-till approach including energy
savings, a smaller inventory of
equipment, and most importantly
a reduction in soil erosion. All 130
acres of the Lobb farm are now
planted using no-till.
Other practices are also used to
reduce soil erosion. Grassed
waterways and broad based terr
aces with drop inlets have been
installed to reduce erosion caused
by surface water runoff. A wind
break has also been planted along
the entire south side of the farm.
A number of trials can also be
viewed on the farm including
soybean varieties, herbicide re
duction and crop residue trials and
a tillage 2000 site. Tours of the
Lobb farm will be run throughout
the day beginning at 10 a.m.
Admission to the site is free.
Lunch is being provided by
Ciba-Giegy. The Lobb farm is
located two miles north of Holmes
ville. Watch for the ‘Conservation
Day’ signs.
Brent Kennedy [left] soil and crop specialist with the UMAF in Clinton shows the stunted root
development of a corn plant due to drought during a conservation tour at the West Wawanosh
Conservation Area at Donnybrook July 19. The tour showed the result of field trials for no-till and
minimum tillage plots. Watching are Robert Trout, Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority and
Belgrave-area farmer John Gaunt.
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Brussels Stockyards
Pressure on steers, heifers SEAFORTH 345-2545
All classes of steers and heifers
sold under pressure at Brussels
Stockyards on Friday. Cows traded
steady and pigs sold stronger.
There were 535 cattle and 414 pigs
on offer.
Choice steers sold for $81 to $1 5;
good steers brought $78 to $81.
A limousin steer consigned by
Rudolph Droefke of RR 4, Walker
ton, weighing 1080 lbs., sold for
$93, with his total offering of six
steers, averaging 1202 lbs., selling
for an overall price of $83.61.
A red steer consigned by
Leonard Robinson of Belgrave,
weighing 1010 lbs., sold for $87. A
black steer consigned by John F.
Bowman of RR 5, Brussels,
weighing 1060 lbs., sold for $84.
Twenty-eight steers consigned by
Maple Emblem Farms of RR 1,
Dungannon, averaging 1217 lbs.,
sold for an overall price of $82.28,
with sales to $83.75.
One Simmental steer consigned
by Murray Johnston of RR 2,
Bluevale, weighing 1210lbs., sold
for $83.50. One Charolais steer
consigned by Gordon Daer of RR 1,
Auburn, weighing 1200 lbs., sold
for $82.25, with his total offering of
four steers, averaging 1178 lbs.,
selling for an overall price of
$81.07. Twelve steers consigned
by Murray Shiell of RR 3,
Wingham, averaging 1148 lbs.,
sold for an average price of $81.37,
with sales to $82.
Choice exotic heifers brought
$80 to $83; good heifers went at $76
to $79.
Three red white-faced heifers
consigned by George Blake of RR
2, Brussels, averaging 1100 lbs.,
sold for $48, with his total offering
of 20 heifers, averaging 1110 lbs.,
selling for an overall price of
$80.58.
One red heifer consigned by Tim
Prior of RR 3, Brussels, weighing
1070 lbs., sold for $82.25 with his
total lot of four heifers averaging
1048 lbs., selling for an overall
price of $81.08. One red white
faced heifer consigned by Paul
Gowing of RR 2, Bluevale, weigh
ing 1190 lbs., sold for $82 with his
total offering of 27 heifers, averag
ing 1067 lbs., selling for an average
price of $80.54.
Two red heifers consigned by
David Bowles of RR3, Brussels,
averaging 1080 lbs., sold for
$81.25, with his total lot of six
heifers, averaging 1045lbs. selling
for an average price of $79.37.
Choice cows went for $57 to $61;
good cows brought $53 to $56; and
canners and cutters fetched $49 to
$52.
Twenty to 30 lb. pigs traded to a
high of 72 cents per lb.; 30 to 40 lb.
pigs traded to a high of 58 cents per
lb.; 40 to50 lb. pigs traded to a high
of 64 cents per lb.; 50 to 60 lb. pigs
traded to a high of 60 cents per lb.;
60 to 70 lb. pigs traded to a high of
58centsperlb.; 70 to80 lb. pigs
traded to a high of 55 cents per lb.;
and 80 to 90 lb. pigs traded toahigh
of 54 cents per lb.
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The third meeting of the Hallrice
Dairy Calf Club was held at the
farm of Art Bos.
After everyone had been ac
counted for, members started the
meeting with the 4-H pledge and
answered the roll call. The meeting
was entitled “Your Calf - The
Ruminant’’. Members talked
about the different stomachs and
different feed each could break
down. Then they had a quiz on what
they had learned during the
meeting. Theyalsohad a guest,
Mr. Dennis Martin from the
Clinton OMAF Office who demon
strated how to take a feed sample.
That concluded the meeting and
they were all invited into the Bos’s
house for lunch.
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