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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1989-01-04, Page 9v Workshops for three winter projects are being held in January. Are you interested in leading "Working With 'Wool", "Get Growing - Marketing 441" or "Maple Syrup"? Register°now for your workshop session. "Working With Wool" Workshops Registration deadline is Tuesday, January 3. Workshops will be held January 12, 7:00-10:00 pm., Port Elgin; January 17, 7:0110:00 p.m., Walkerton; January 19, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Kincar- dine; January 25, 9:30 aan.2:30 Tara. "GetG'�rowwlng" and "Maple��p"�WorksWhops Registration deadline is Tuesday, January 10. Both project sessions will be held at the same time and place - January 17, 7:00-10:00 pan., Paisley. Be sure to sign up the project you plan to lead. We'll send you more information when we receive your registration. Call the OMAF office to register. 1989 Grey -Bruce Farmers' Week The program schedule for the 1989 Grey - Bruce Farmers' Week is as follows: Dairy - January 5, 9:30 a.m.; Swine - January 6, 9:30 a.m. ; Sheep - January 7, 9:30 a.m.; Management - January 9, 7:30 p.m. ; Crops - January 10, 9:30 a.m.; Horse - January 10, 7:00 p.m. ; Beef - January 11, 9:30 a.m. ; Goat - January 11, 8 p.m. All programs are in the Chesley Com- munity Centre except, for the Goat Pro - g aide in=the •Dundalk -Legion. Eleven Year Olds Can Join 4-11 Starting in 1989, the Ontario 4-11 pro- gram will be open to all youth who are at least 11 years old and no more than 21, before January 1, 1989. A lower entry age is one of the many recommendations m de in the 1988 review of the Ontari€ H program. New members can start by enrolling in one of the three projects offered this winter. Working with Wool - From Fleece to Yarn This worshop explores the processing of fleece to the spinning of yarn. Members can also discover the characteristics, uses and care of wool. With help from ex- perienced knitters, members will learn the basics of hand knitting and will make a knitted article. How do businesses market their pro- ducts? Get Growing - Marketing 4-11 looks Nowrimie L- uek sow Sentinel, Wednesday January 4,1989 -'age 9 ARM .R REPORT Bruce County OMAF at marketing, advertising and publicity ideas. These ideas can be used to promote 441. Members will try the skills they have learned by designing an item or promoting an activity for 4-11. Mapie.Syrup This project gives members a chance to tap trees and produce syrup. They may boil down sap to make a few gallons of Syrup on a large scale. Whatever they -choose, members will learn the basics of syrup production and the maple syrup industry. These clubs will be beginning the end of January. Contact your local 4-11 club leaders or the O.M.A.F. office for more information. Symposium for Large Dairy Herds Dairy farmers and specialists from around the world will be participating in the third Ontario Dairy Symosium for Large Herd Operators. This program • focuses on the specialized needs of the large dairy herd and is developed by a group.o.# free stall operators and Ministry of Agriculture extension staff. With the theme "Dairy Technology 2000", the pro- gram includes updates on automated dairying with speakers such as Wim Ross- ing, Head of the Dutch Research team r- ^ponsible-f0r 1°ebe nillth!gs„fiy l'Jr. Sidney Spahr, leading American resear- cher in electronic health and production monitoring and Shimon Carmi, manager of a fully automated Israeli Kubbutz herd. Other topic areas include feeding manage- went, heifer raising, hoof care, by-product feeds and financial .management and will be, addressed from the perspective :of the 1 bour and capital efficiency demanded by the larger dairy producer. New developments in embryo .manipulation, reproduction, manipulation of rumen bacteria, somatotropin and other aspects of bio -technology will be discussed in the closing session, featuring leading Cana- dian researchers, Dr. Keith Betteridge and Dr.' Brian McBride. The 'symposium will be February 8, 9, 10 - 1989 at the Skyline hotel, Toronto. For more informa- tion contact Bob Berry, Dairy Cattle Specialist, Qntarie Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 181 Toronto Street South, Markdale, Ontario NOC 1110, Phone: 519-+986-2040. Visitors abound in Lucknow West Wawanosh Mutual 1iiurance Company Dungannon 529-7922 Farm Protection For: FARM OWNERS - Fire and Named Perils -Farm machinery - All external Perils, in- cluding Non -owned equipment. -Livestock (named perils), Broad Form in- cluding entrapment, electrical power inter- ruption and fumes. -Earnings Insurance. -Farm Produce - Named Perils -Comprehensive Farm Liability including Limited Pollution Liability and Non - licensed vehicles. -Farm Auto. -Free fire prevention nspections. For a quotation, please contact any of the following agents: FRANK FORAN Ltncknow 528-3824 LYONS Gbdeiie1 524-2664 DONALD R. SIMPSON Goderich 529-7567 JOHN NIXON Brussels' 887-9417 •I` DELMAR SPROUL Auburn 529-7273 KENNETH MACLEAN Paisley 368-7537 ° SLADE INSURANCE BROKERS INC. Kincardine 396-9513 LAURIE CAMPBELL Brussels 887-9051 $3905000O - Country home, 4 bedrooms, new roof and combination furnace. Garage, drilled well, 1 ocre lot with orchard. KINTAIL AREA - 146 acres cash crop level, no buildings. Call for details. STATELY 2 STOREY brick 'home on 98 acre farm, 80 workable, 10 acres bush, barn set up for hags, highway frontage. ASHFIELD - 100 acres, 85 workable, 4 bedroom ho� setup, 2 silos, steel shed. Close u now. KINLOSS - 100 acre grass farm, fenced, spring fed creek, 8 acres hardwood bush. WINGHAM - 8 year old Royal hag, e, family room, woodstove, deck, 3 bedrooms. ASHFIELD - 4 bedroom home with an 80 sow Farrowing operation, new wiener room, barns insulated. .t WHITEcHURCH: 3 bedroom brick home with 1'/2 car garage, hardwood floors, sunporch, 2 baths. KINLOSS - 200 acre farm 2 excellent barns set up for beef, 2 silos, 75 x 40 shed, 4 broom brisk home. AUBURN - 99 acres, 86 workable, balance mixed bush, no buildings, land in excellent shape. LISTINGS WANTED PAUL ZINN ALVIN ROBB WARREN ZINN 528-3710 395-3174 528-3710 On December 12, Mr: and Mrs. K.K Dawson were visitors from Dungannon United Church to four Cresthaven Apart- ments: Frank Glenn and Bud; Harvey Alton, Mrs. Olive Blake and Mr. and Mrs. Dynes Campbell. Mrs. Cora Thompson of Kincardine call- ed onfriendsin Lucknow on the December 21, including Olive Blake. Mrs. Cora Cranston of Ashfield and her sister, Mrs..Pearl ?denary visited Olive on the 23. Family ;home with Olive during the Christmas' holidays were: Jim, Ute and Sean Blake of Alliston, Linda and Grant Sowerby of Cambridge, Bill, Pat, Becky, Kara and Julie Blake of Kitchener. Barb and Damon Webster of Santa Monica, California phoned to extend their Christmas, greetings. On December 30, Joyce (Glenn) Pocock of Bear creek,13ritish Columbia hada nice visit with 'Olive. She and her husband, Herb, are spying two weeks with her father, Mr. Frank Glenn and other family members. Many different places advertise their claim to fame with the Christmas lights that are to be seen at this season of the year. You don't:have to go thatfarto enjoy the different displays for is you walk or drive 'around Lucknow the ,majority of. homes express ;their joy in the Christmas season by being lit yup -with ,many. 'dif- ferent different gars and colours. Special .candlelight .services Cllristmas eve and special services Christmas day were -observed in allthe area churches. Another Otis' is tradition is the Whoring of families as they - all set together to enjoy the;fer Live season. ,At the Levee :hoisebold Stan and Pam. UCKNCW an by Mildred three from Toronto and Brad and Shirley from Moorefield arrived home Friday evening with the other thirteen coming in time for Christmas dinner Saturday at 5:00. Brad and Shirley brought with themthe.pictures they had taken while on vacation in the Dominican Republic the week before. Home with Gordon and Bernice Johnstone this week are their family, John and Janet of Ajax, Bruce, Marianne and girls of Chatham, Bob and Marion Mc- Comb and Matthew of Castleton and Miss Myrtle Johnstone of Goderich. Dani Jane Tollefson of Mississauga and Trent Stanley of Harriatoi had lunch with their grandmother Lulu Stanley on Dec. 21. Congratulations to Mrs. Mark Johnstone of Pinecrest Manor Nursing Home who celebrated .her 96th birthday on Dec. 27. Some of her family were :pint to recognise the occasion. Brian and Donna (Hazelden) Evans have purchased the home af Mrs. Janet Drennan on the south sage .of the ta'illage. Maudie Fisher has returned home after spending, the ChristMas botidays in Florida cath. ,her ,.brother -Jack and Mary Fisher. Visiting with Bob and .Larissa ;Kugler and ;bars on Monday were their friends Pate and Gloria :;Kerr, Steve and Mite and .G lria'a,a pother Mrs*'deans Get a jump on calf weaning. You've got a lot invested in your heifer calf crop. They're the future of your had — the cows you can bank on. But calf management can be a tricky business especially at weaning. In fact, about bO% of all calf deaths occur between birth and --weaning. Poor nutrition and intestinal problems are often to blame. Part of the problem is getting the calf off liquid feed. Too much milk and milk replacer can cause scours in calves. 'Which can add up to lost calves and lost profit. That's why SburGain de'eloped Iump Start. Independent research has shown that early weaning can reduce the incidence of intestinal disordcts suchas scoots: palatable, nutritionally balanced jump Start encourages early accept- ance of dry lard in talv±es. For leas money than milk .replacer. Jump Start lady Wca Calf Premark? supplea.cttt. A smart investment in the future of your herd. Agit for Jump Start at yo.r safest SW -Gala Serske Gesttre. Eariy W. ing 'Cad PsrerSipj*n1er t 4 5204801 Or '3133