The Rural Voice, 1978-02, Page 18adaptations at the plant. Those changes
have been estimated at $1.2 million. The
pipeline to carry the hot water would cost
$1 million per mile.
The hot water is currently being dumped
into Lake Huron and the heat contained in
the water is the equivalent of three million
barrels of oil a year.
Bill Crawford promoted
to O.F.A. area
supervisor
Bill Crawford, Ontario Federation of
Agriculture Fieldman for Huron county has
been appointed supervisor for all field staff
in western Ontario.
The appointment follows a reshuffling of
the OFA field staff. Until recently Gerry
Carey supervised all field staff but the
province has been split into three sections
with Carey supervising in Eastern Ontario,
James Greenslade for the central portion
and Crawford for the west. He will
continue his duties as Huron fieldman but
will also supervise field activities in Elgin,
Kent, Essex, Middlesex, Lampton, Huron,
Perth, Oxford, Bruce and Grey.
Bruce farmers told
to expect new
brucellosis regulations
The Bruce County Cattlemen's Associa-
tion was told Jan. 20 to expect new
regulations soon on the control of
brucellosis.
Dr. R.B. Turnbull of Walkerton, a
federal veterinarian said some part of the
new regulations will be phased in but the
major parts should be in effect by the
middle of the year.
Four years ago, Dr. Turnbull said, it
appeared that the disease had been
eliminated from the country. Then it
turned up in a dairy herd and quickly
spread to infect more than 1000 herds in
Ontario and Quebec. The latest area to be
infected is the maritime provinces.
Part of the problem, Dr. Turnbull said, is
that the milk quota system means farmers
often have to buy more cows which leads to
movement between herds and "the
inevitable happens".
At one time the U.S. was a ready market
for Bruce county cattle but last year only
one animal, a bull, was exported from
Bruce.
Under the new regulations all females
and breeder bulls over 24 months of age in
beef herds or over 18 months in dairy herds
will require negative brucellosis testing 30
days before shipping. All breeding animals
will have to be tested negative within two
months of being shown at a fair, Dr.
Turnbull said.
"Don't allow any animal intended for
reproduction into your herd unless it is
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brucellosis free," Dr. Turnbull warned.
"The scary point is that a calf can be
infected by its mother a few days after
birth. It will show no signs and. if tested,
will show as a negative reactor, but the
disease can show up when that calf is ready
to have an offspring."
He said the disease is usually
transmitted by the reproductive organs but
it can also be spread over a limited distance
by flies or carried on the shoes of a
handler. He recommended cattlemen
install a bootbath at the entrance to their
stable.
One of the best control measures, he
said. is artificial insemination. Dr.
Turnbull said that while vaccination
against the disease can be helpful, it is not
good enough and he predicted it will be
phased out.
In another plague of cattlemen.
association president William Calhoun of
Chesley said the group will have a major
warble fly drive in the spring. He said
cattlemen have lost a lot of ground in fly
control in recent years.
He also called for stationing of a
government veterinarian in Walkerton to
check on the increasing health problems
experienced by stockmen. Wiarton veterin-
arian Dr. Art King said setting up
equipment and technology would be
expensive. He said farmers can get the
required results by using the University of
Guelph facilities.
Problems ahead
for young farmers,
Munro says
With 1977 farm income down and the
promise for 1978 not optomistic young
farmers face real problems, according to
Canadian Federation of Agriculture Presid-
ent Charles Munro of Embro.
Mr. Munro said in year end review that
while established farmers may be able to
hang tight through the present problems,
the young producer who has just entered
the business is in danger because of low
income and high costs.
He said that grain continues to be the
bellweather of the food industry and the
surplus, mainly in the U.S. has caused a
declining market which means Ontario
corn and western grain producers are
getting a return of less than the cost of
production. The question, he said, is how
long they can stay in business.
The grain situation can have an effect on
the hog industry by increasing production,
particularly in the U.S. which will
ultimately affect Canadian industry and
not, experts predict, for the better.
Reduced number in the beef industry could
bring about a recovery from three years of
disastrous prices, he said. Reviewing the
controversial dairy industry he said that
the interesting thing is that despite the
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