The Rural Voice, 1993-06, Page 28CIRCULAR MANURE TANKS
• Concrete Foundations
• Circular Tanks • Bunker Silos
• Crane Rental • Excavation • Float Service
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GREY -BRUCE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
R. R. 5, MILDMAY, ONTARIO
Phone (519) 367-2372 Fax (519) 367-2172
LARRY HOFFARTH JIM POECHMAN
(519) 364-4523 (519) 367-2910
PLATE
BURNING
WE CAN CUT ANY FLAT SURFACED
SHAPE YOU REQUIRE FROM STEEL.
OUR MODERN CAD PROGRAMME
ASSURES ACCURATE PARTS EVERY
TIME.
We make a drawing of the part on the
computer, then transfer it to the plate
burning machine, which cuts the part
exactly to your requirements.
Small orders, fast turn around is our specialty.
Another service to the farming community.
Available at Stratford store only.
HUNTER
HUNTER STEEL
SALES
500 Lorne Ave., Stratford, Ontario
519-273-3151 1-800-265-8579 FAX 519-273-0350
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24 THE RURAL VOICE
Stewardson worries about the
possible loss of these experts.
Unconfirmed reports say some of the
staff have already been offered jobs
in the United States. "Does Ontario
want to lose these people so
important to our industry?"
D:. Morris suggests part of the
solution to the problem of funding for
the lab is to make the lab's data
available to private industry on a fee
for service basis. There has been a
large data base built up that would be
valuable, for instance, to a
pharmaceutical company looking into
which anitbiotics had the best effect
at combating a specific disease. The
labs also aren't allowed to take
culture samples from private
companies for analysis. "One of the
best ways of cost cutting is cost
recovery. OMAF should be more co-
operative."
But while the government-owned
lab can be of help for private
industry, privately owned labs aren't
the answer for farmers and
veterinarians. In a lab supported by
private industry the sense of
independence is lost, Dr. Morris says.
"We need to maintain the preserve of
an independent third party laboratory
in the most densely populated
livestock area of the province. We
also need to maintain the Veterinary
Laboratory Information System
(VLIS) intact to continue monitoring
the provincial herd."
He suggests increasing fees and
charging for all laboratory supplies
and mailing/courier services;
allowing, for a fee, access to the data
base at the lab and use of resource
materials such as photographs, slides
and specimens by individuals and
companies; research contracting; and
consultation services for a fee. Stake
holders in the industry could also
sponsor the lab through a check -off
system, by donations or by
contracting by individuals,
associations and corporations, Dr.
Morris proposes.
Also lost to the veterinary
profession with the closing of the
college will be the graduates of the
Veterinary Technology course. Mary
Alderson says there are 300
applications for the 40 open positions
in the course. Because of the careful
screening that goes into selecting
students there is virtually no drop out
rate, she says. The course is the only