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
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