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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-03-14, Page 40PAGE I* FANO tottOriiMin loo BUILD WITH. CONFIDENCE Agricultural Commercial Industrial and Residential 25 Years of Quality Workmanship 18 industrial Rd., WALKERTON (514 081:14187 • • • HEAT &. COOL YOUR HOME WITH DOWN TO EARTH PFIICES The WaterFurnace SyStem captures the tremendous reserve of underground energy and transfers it into your home. Imagine, an energy pipeline -without a meter on it! WaterFurnace Systems are effective and affordable. Your dealer is a professional. Take time to discuss an Energy Ancdysis with hum and learn the TRUTH •using REAL numbers which PROVE a WaterFUrnace- System will actually PAY YOU to own it! Choose the leader. "The responsible . soluticin" Furnace SYSTEMS DON WALLACE & SONS LTD. PLUMBING & HEATING 338-3823 Box 231 Harriston - • , - • • ' • • ' • ' •-• • • " a!,`,4 „r• Sheep industry faces obstacles WAUCERION—The Comedian sheep Chely likakaloy and wool induatrY is facial oar* abia-,cea• *MAY dne to international coryetition and mill cloehliP Ia Canada. Many wool mills lave been closing .thirc _the ceuatrY, leaving producers no .minve but to export the wool wherever they can. As a resuk, Canadian wool is being manufactured ailewhere and then " beds into the country as wool " Producers are also fighting the inspor- tation of meat all the time, the biggest competitor being New Zealand and Australia. Diotrict 2 sheep producers of Grey and Bruce counties met in Walker- ton in February to get sinie 011 the industry. The half-day w�kahop centered around wool production rather than meat. Mac Bolton, from the Wollaston branch of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food (OMAF), attended the workshop. The main presentation wee by video and desk with the proper handling ef wool and shearing. "It's not that there have- been any ma- jor changes (in the last few years). It's. just .something the Page need to be reminded of every once in a while,, " said. Bolton. , He said producers were encouraged to separate wool into three piles, twobeing poor quality wool, from the stomach and rear area. This should be done before work begins on the wool, the producers :were told. The video, presentation also ex- plained how wool grading was done. On hand at the workshop were Elaine. Grey, of Mildmay, with her fleece wool. spinning demonstration, and Eugene Bourgeois, who rum the Philempher's Wool Company is Inverberon. Be had sweaters on display that he maimafactssvm!, Bolton said more manteachwers like Bourgeois are needed for the Canadian market to compete with other markets. In New Zealand and Australia there are a' lot of Marina sheep which produce high quality wool. By manufacturing the wool in their own countriee, producers can import to Canada, for leas than what Canadian farmers can sell it. Meat was discussed to some point, one suggestion was the production of organic Iamb. It would be a largely new market that would primarily be In large food outlets and in other butcher shops that wished to include it. The new market would appeal to thou who have eaten lit- tle lamb and to, some extent challenge the New Zealand lamb market. Plans are also underway by the District 2 producers to promote. Ontario lamb. A newly formed Promotions Com- Mittee hosted its first meeting last December. It is planning activities to pro- mote their product and are looking for area producers to get invaded in the various promotions. The project in the forefront right now is the annual Sheep and Wool Show in Markdale, set for May 28. The percentage of sheep 'farmers in Bruce County is low, compared to cattle and pig farmers. According to the 1986 calms there are 443 sheep fanners in the - county, the majority being in south Bruce. Brant Township has the highest number of producers with 24, followed by Kincardine Township with 19 and Carrick Township with 18. FREIBURGER WELDING AND MACHINE SHOP CARRIES COMPLETE LINE on •V Belts & Pulleys •Rollerchains & Sprockets •Nuts & Bolts *Driveline Components *Bearings & Shafting *Hydraulic \Hoses & Fittings ALSO: -*Repairs to PTO *Custom Flame & Plazma *Cutting with Automatic Tracer Machine • *Repairs" to Hydraulic Cylinders MR. 2 WALKERTON 881-1932 SELF EMPLOYED? Would an accident or sickness upset your cash flow? If so, call us for information on INCOME REPLACEMENT INSURANCE. Gerald Leudke 363-3622 (Bus.) 8814667 (Res.) ' MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE CO. \ . , . • " • . ri • \ •