The Rural Voice, 1987-04, Page 32COMFORT CASTRATOR AND CASTRETTES
CAST'? • Lightweight portable
FTT steel construction
F, One person operation
• 3 models
• Used for every farrowing
• 5 -year guarantee
• Useful for many other
veterinary procedures
D -C Pope
Box 1B8, 447 George St ,W
Durham, Ont. NOG 1R0
519-369-6176
Courier Service Available
We look forward to visiting you
at the Drayton Farm Show, April 8,9,10.
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COOP now oilers two veal call supple-
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whole corn.
Our regular LeanrR-beet tormwYtion—
or new lean-R-8eef without urea — both
provide 3T1k proWln. Bodin are epeoialk
buttered and Walled b promole Stood
hes(th and uniform pales.
Growth rale *Art either Lean -R-800
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In advice to dealer a certain number of
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lit kg per head per day. Thiry vole pis), a major
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*row 100 days. For improved palatability.
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cultivator sweeps rest atop water -
soaked seed bags.
Under a layer of old straw and
baler twine is the spare tire, flat of
course, lying in the box because the
mechanism for storing it underneath
was torn off by a stump a year ago
while chasing a love -crazed bull out
of a heifer pasture.
The only chrome visible is the
shiny spot rubbed clean on the door
handle. The rear bumper has one cor-
ner bent back and up from an attempt
to pull a neighbour's good truck out
of a snowdrift. The front grille was
caved in during an attempt to persuade
a reluctant cow to hurry up after a two-
mile chase through a cornfield one
Sunday afternoon in late May.
All these accessories and unique
dents and scratches blend to create the
personality of the typical farm truck.
Since the farmer is the only one to
drive this vehicle (the only one who
wants to), he soon develops a rapport
with his machine. He can start her
in freezing cold or boiling heat be-
cause he knows just how to pump
the accelerator. He understands that
the rattling sound can be ignored, but
that the clicking noise means the
engine oil is low. He is aware that
quick stops require two pumps of the
brakes, while emergency stops need
four pumps and the engine shut off.
Sure it's a little tricky to drive,
but the farmer knows deep in his heart
that this truck will jump more snow-
drifts, plow through more mud, and
handle more abuse than any new truck
on the dealer's showroom floor.
A good truck — that's what that
old truck was, reliable enough to de-
pend on, temperamental enough to
have a personality. I felt like an un-
faithful friend when I unloaded years
of receipts, bills, tools, and Pepsi
bottles — as well as an amazing
collection of cracked combine belts,
sickle sections from a haybine, and
worn-out plowshares. It was a good
truck, but nothing lasts forever, I
guess.0
Mervyn Erb
Agronomist
The Rural Voice — while sorry to
lose him — congratulates Mervyn
on his new job and wishes him
the best in Alberta.