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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1989. PAGE 15.
Demand strong at Brussels
Livestock sale Friday
Soil and Crop annual
at Brussels Nov. 30
BY BRIAN HALL
FARM MANAGEMENT
SPECIALIST FOR
HURON COUNTY
The Annual Meeting of the
Huron Soil and Crop Improvement
Association will be held Thursday,
November 30, 7 p.m. at the
Brussels, Morris and Grey Com
munity Centre in Brussels.
Included in this year’s program
will be reports on corn, soybean,
barley, oat, white bean and wheat
variety performance trials; a report
Speaker unravels
computer mysteries
BY BRIAN HALL
FARM MANAGEMENT
SPECIALIST FOR
HURON COUNTY
One of the most knowledgeable
and informed experts on the use of
Lotus 1-2-3 will be speaking at the
monthly meeting of the Huron MS
Dos Users Group.
Dick Moffat of Personal Logic in
London, who is highly recommend
ed by Lotus Corp., will be speaking
about features of the new release
2.2 of Lotus and add-in programs
that can be used with Lotus 1-2-3.
The MS Dos Users Group invites all
individuals to the meeting on
Monday, November 20, 7:30 p.m.
at the Ontario Ministry of Agricul
ture and Food office in Clinton.
If you use Lotus now, imagine
CLASSIFIED ■ FAST - DEPENDABLE - HIGHLY VISIBLE
Call Blyth 523-4792 or Brussels 887-9114
by the Land Stewardship Commit
tee; and conservation tillage trials.
Tom Sawyer from the Fertilizer
Institute of Ontario will be the
featured speaker. Awards will be
presented for the Norman Alexan
der Conservation Award, High
Yield Corn Study Group and Boost
er Award.
Tickets may be purchased from
Soil and Crop Directors or the
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and
Food office in Clinton. Ticket
deadline is November 23.
the power of Lotus 1-2-3 by adding
a database manager or file mana
ger. Learn some of the features of
1-2-3 that Lotus never told you
about. Dick Moffat, who has spe
cialized in Lotus, has developed
spreadsheet programs for many
large businesses in Canada.
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just for children
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The market at Brussels Livestock
Inc. Friday met a very strong
demand. There were 313 slaughter
cattle, 212 hogs on offer.
Good to choice steers sold from
$87-$89 with a high of $94.75.
Twenty-four steers consigned by
Howard Kamrath, RR 2, Mildmay
sold for an average of $92.17 with a
lot of 16 bringing a high of $94.75.
Twelve steers consigned by Glen
Johnston, RR 2, Bluevale weighing
an average of 1194 lbs. selling for
an average of $88.55 with one steer
weighing 1140 lbs. selling for
$91.50.
Six steers consigned by Gordon
Dougherty, RR 3, Goderich, aver
aged 1247 lbs., and sold for an
average price of $86.37. Nine
steers consigned by Jim Hayden,
RR 3, Goderich with an average
weight of 1389 lbs., sold for an
average price of $86. A lot of 10
steers consigned by George, Paul
and Mark Pennington, RR 2,
Mildmay with an average weight of
Hensall Livestock
Ltd.
Slaughter Cattle Sale
Every Thursday at 12:30 p.m.
ORDER BUYER FOR STOCKER &
FEEDER CATTLE
FOR YOUR MARKETING NEEDS CALL:
JOE ZEHR
Bus. 262-2831 Bus. 887-9599
1107 lbs., sold for an average of
$85.91 with a high of $88.50. Two
steers consigned by Emerson Mit
chell, RR 3, Walton, averaging
1235 lbs., sold for $85.33.
Six steers consigned by John
Black, RR 6, Goderich, averaging
1075 lbs., and sold for an average
price of $84.40 with one Holstein
steer weighing 1400 lbs. selling for
$74.75. Eleven steers consigned by
Lloyd Weppler of RR 2, Ayton,
averaging 1251 lbs., sold for an
average of $83.48 with a high of
$87.75.
Good to choice heifers sold from
$85 - $89. One heifer consigned by
Cathy Gray of Harriston weighing
1260 lbs., sold for $89. One heifer
consigned by Kim Gray weighing
1170 lbs., sold for $88.75. One
heifer consigned by Kevin Gray
weighing 1060 lbs., sold for $87.75.
Five heifers consigned by Harold
Elliott, RR 6, Goderich, averaging
1092 lbs., sold for an average of
$85.51.
DI and D2 cows sold from $54 to
$56; D3 and D4, $50 to $54; canners
and cutters, $45 to $50.
One Holstein cow consigned by
Glen Schwartzentruber, RR 4, Win
gham, weighing 1250 lbs., sold for
$59.50. One Holstein cow consign
ed by Peter Van Osch of RR 3,
Lucknow weighing 1530 lbs., sold
for $55.
Bulls over 1600 lbs. sold for a
high of $74.75; under 1600 lbs., for
a high of $78.
Pigs under 40 lbs., sold to a high
of $1.02 a pound; 40 to 50 lbs. to a
high of 90.50 cents; 50 to 60 lbs., to
a high of 78.50 cents and over 60
lbs. to a high of 78.00 cents.
JACQUES CANADA LTD.
CORN
2750 - 2500 H.U.
3630 - 2650 H.U.
4170 - 2800 H.U.
SOYBEANS
J-051-2600 H.U.
J-081-2700 H.U.
FORAGE SEED
CALL GLEN WARWICK
357-3001
your local dealer
Part of a stronger
corn program
G4010
2600 H.U.
G4027
2750 H.U.
Magnum
Plus
Keith Black
R.R. #1, Belgrave
357-1092
John A. Van Beers
R.R.#1, Blyth
523-4431