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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-01-04, Page 14r WEDNESI,AY, JANUARY 4, • • • LUCKNOW.'SENTINEL, I TCIKNOW, ONTARIO THEO • II by Richard Charles 1 How are ,you doing? You hear a lot nowadays about the need to save energy. So, -what do you think'? Perhaps you are bothered by what yo.t[� ?night get into if you.,.become serious admit saving energy. A few short questions printed below may help you .to sort of t your ideas. But first, we need one .answer before the rest can make sense. What do we mean by energy? It's. the Source of heating and cooling, lighting and motive ,power on which our homes, transportation; industries, faims . and businesses depend in everyday life. We draw it mainly from fossil fuels (oil, gas and ,coal), water power and nuclear reactors: to a lesser extent from wood; and to a small but increasing extent from sunshine,; Wind, tides =and hot springs. -Of, course, almost 'all of this energy originates from the sun. `Now' forsome yes -and -no questions that you might ask yourself. (No 'prizes: we're trying to save,not spend, remember? - Do you think .the talk about an energy shortage is a' lot of nonsense? - Can we go on using more and more energy as long as we can pay- for. it? - If ,we soon use up the world's available stock o,f-fossil fuels, can we just,swit:ch to other sources of .energy and continue as before? To makes a worthwhile saving in ,energy, do we have to r.uin'our standard of living?, - Is the all to save energy aimed, only: at "the little guy", while 'bi 'users like industry and government go free? If you have answered "no" so far; you mustbe on the right track. - Can you save money through saving energy? , - Is it enough if ,you save energy simply by finding ways to stop wasting it? Can you save energy without making your home too cold (or too hot)? ' - Are there ways of driving acar without being considered &waster? - Can labour-saving devices be used in, conjunction with energy-saving ideas? I • You probably won't be surprised -to learn that the best answer,to 'those questions is "yes". - If your home insulated at least to the minimum recom- mended level? - Is your home heating system cleaned and serviced at Y P least once a year? . - Db' you draw ,only the amount of hot water you need, when you do the washing, take a bath or shower, and so on? -� - Do you make a .habit of switching off lights that are not in use? • -- Are . you .prepared to give up your bid° for the local championship in the amount of -garbage. you throw' out? - Doyou try to save energy away from home:: on.th.e job; at school, whereveryou go? Only asaint or.a born liar could give a solid "yes" to this last group of questions, but perhaps you haven't said a flat "no" eithel,' This interrogation may have raised 'still more questions in your mind. Don't worry. You can get answers ty sending for a copy of 100 ways to save energy and money in the. home to Box 3500, Station C, Ottawa, Ontario, K lY 4G1, and by ‘ looking out for this series of newspaper columns called "Energy Savers" : One. question you don't need to ask. is: "Who, me?" This. is for the young, old, married, single, property owners, tenants -_. the lot. AtJV F1\ 'M ,aro 11111111 L►=!1 20% MOW u :: 11111111Vi mu ElstQw YND 00 comm • reit CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 .stimulus to pay' the extra money for' a good ewe, lamb or people don't know where to go to get them, the chance is, if you keep these lambs as breeders until they weigh $0' to 90 lbs., nobody .will •want them or nobody will pay $10 to $15 More for good -breeding stock. The trend has been for the farmer to feed „ for this early market and they will use any kind of sheep they can to do it. Many large''flocks around the Toronto . area that cater to this market have every breed of sheep imaginable; big ones, little ones, speckled faced, black faced; woolly faced and not woolly faced, cross-breds - and pure breds. "Yet, I learned recently," says Woody, "that the most successful people who sell to this market sell from one breed of sheep." ,The farmers who are getting the ,top price are getting it' because. -they have a uniform group of animals. With respect to this 'market Woody would also-' like to : see more°'heavy 1ambeing produc- ed. The ethnic market tends to take them away„ hen they're small, and,, as ai result the vast population of Canadians who are ° of Anglo -Saxton origin never have the opportunityto get fresh lamb, because they just aren't there. This leads to yet another problem the New -Zealand syndrome where people, who ' try New Zealand lamb and do not like the taste, say they do not like lamb. ' "The ethnic market is a saving grace but at the same time it is Na. degenerate thing to the industry as a whole," , says Woody. "Probably the numbers .of the ,industry would be even smaller than they are now if it was not for this Toronto Ethnic Market. But this market draws. away good PAGE PIPTEEN i breeding stockand has injured the heavy lamb trade as well." There;are ' several other prob- lems. roblems. which alsoinfluence the industry. One which has already been mentioned is New 'Zealand Syndrome which is a -term used in the industry to describe, the situation where people, who have tried\ New Zealand lamb and do not like the taste, say they do not like lamb. Because of the New Zealand, - climate, their grass, pasture and the fact that thete is no need to winter house their sheep, the sheep raised. there have a different flabour of meat from Canadian lamb which is grain fed to a certain extent. The flavour is stronger and sometimes has a rather undesirable smell when it is cooking; Soiree people who have tried New Zealand spring lamb do not ' like it -for those reasons. and 'yet, they have never tried fresh Ontario grown: lamb. Jane Lambe, vice president of the Ontario Sheep ° Breeders' Association? explains that the undesirable smell. ,is usually caused by —'cooking. lamb:. at . too higha temperature. ' • "Lamb does not require' as high. - a temperature as beef or pork and it has a simple fat which burns much easier if the temperature is too high." New Zealand lambis killed in a two to three, week period in late. October. If the consumer ° buys New Zealand spring lamb in January or Februaryit' is relative- ly fresh, but in August it willhave been in the freezer for quite some time. "This too will . affect the tenderness ant the flavour of the meat," . says Jane:' . Pushing lamb to people who have never tried the product is another problem, because if you did get a promotion_ going. that , P called for a lot • of lamb,, you probably couldn't produce en- ough to put it into the stores, There are not enough sheep to produce. it. The large majority of sheep in Eastern' Canada; are kept for the show ring and this presents yet another problem. The pure-bred, breeders are breeding for what they think the , show ring judge wants and not what the commerc- ial man needs. This tends to produce commercial sheep which, are. not necessarily desirable for breeding stock. "You can't blame the purebred man fordoing this," says Woody, "because it's what they want to do and it's where they can make the most money. Therein°lies the problems" Another problem for the farmer is that he. is unable to import decent breeding stock. Mature sheep imported fron' ;the United Kingdom have to be seven Years old before they can be Taken off '8the farm to which they are imported. ' Sheep must be four years . -old -before they can —be exported from the U.K. and seven before they or their offspring can be sold from the to ' which they wereimported. This is a long time to waif for a return' on your money. ° Wool care is'one more problem. The farmers house, their sheep in the wiriter.and they get straw and dirt in their wool which depresses the price of the wool. In many instances a stimulation to the industry at the same time creates some of the most serious problems affecting the . sheep, ipdustry in the province. But the cheep; farmerwill contiiue to raise sheep, because he enjoys working ,with them and. perhaps, like Woody, because he is a champion of lost causes. 1 All (Irisimas Decomlims . 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