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The Rural Voice, 1980-04, Page 12conditions, the alfalfa could not supply the necessary nitrogen. CIRCULAR FELDER Another of Mr. McNaughton's in- ventions is a circular feeder that feeds from the centre. It has a cone shaped centre with an outside casing that holds the feed. The design lets about 39 cattle feed in a small area. The feed comes down the peak of the cone, so it spreads evenly around the circumference of the feeder. Mr. McNaughton is also one of the farmers making use of the CANFARM bookkeeping system which he says has a tremendous future and could be utilized in a tremendous way. Although he thinks the basic principles of the system are good, he also thinks there is too much duplication. He cites as one example that in his accounts, the bank has a statement and he has two statements. He wonders what he needs the extra statement for. There's a sideline to the McNaughton operation – selling freezer beef. Mr. McNaughton who has a background in electronics (which helped in his energy research) had a clientele when he was doing TV repairs and people got to know that he had beef for sale. A local custom slaughterhouse does the beef for him. He said you've got to be able to sell the whole animal at one time and that if someone just wants a half, he can sell the other half to someone else. The beef freezer sales have grown to about 15 animals a year and about 15 to 20 regular customers buy the meat. FREE ENTERPRISE "I'm still a free enterpriser. That's because I'm in beef. I like to have the option of selling beef the way I want to, which could be live, slaughtered or dressed, or at auction sale, any way I want it." He thinks perhaps the biggest problem in the beef industry today is the inter- vention of the federal government in import and export quotas. "'I'm willing to accept fluctuation in beef (price) as long as it isn't manipulated by the government for the public's benefit. That, to me, is very unfair. "As far as the beef industry itself, 1 think it's reasonably healthy. It fluctuates with supply and demand, and that's the way it should be," he said. He's very much against quotas and feels they only help the person who's already in a farming industry, not those who want to get started. Mr. McNaughton thinks it's possible to produce beef cheaper than what is currently being done. He thinks farmers will find they have been feeding more ruminents than necessary. "I think we'll have to genetically develop animals that can use more roughage. I'm making an animal eat food it wasn't meant to eat." PG. 10 THE RURAL VOICE/APRIL 1980 i PLETCH ELECTRIC WINGHAM •Residential •Form •Industrial •Commercial • Motor Rewinding •Complete Motor Sales Phone Collect 357-1583 — CLAY Silo Unloaders Feeders Cleaners Liquid Manure Equipment Hog Equipment — BUTLER Silo Unloaders Feeders Conveyors — FARMATIC Mills Augers. -etc.- — ACORN Manure Pumps Cleaners Heated Waterers — WESTEEL — ROSCO — Granaries — B&L Hog Confinements Systems Ventilation Systems LOWRY FARM SYSTEMS at Amberley [R.R.#1, Kincardine] °hone 395-5286 for cleaner, more economical, trouble-free miles co•oP REGULAR GASOLINE For all your petroleum supplies, come to LUCKNOW • District Co-operative 529-7953