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IT PAYS TO STAY WITH OIL
CALEY'S GRAIN
A FULL SERVICE ELEVATOR
GRAIN ROASTING
Roasted Soybeans, Corn and other grains give faster
growth, disease resistance and stress relief
Dairymen report
• Increased milk production
• Higher butterfat test
• Lower feed/kg. of milk
• Less mastitis
• Healthier calves
• Less aborting
• Calf scours are reduced
• Calves grow faster
• Herd appearance improves
• Vet bills are lower
Hog Producers
Hog producers find when they feed Roasted Grains they
have fewer problems with scours, feed refusal, rectal pro-
lapse, sows' milk drying up, breeding problems, fighting and
tail biting. A lower level of antibiotics is required; also hogs
gain faster and grade better; sows have bigger, heavier and
healthier litters.
Caley's Grain
A full service elevator including year round buying and selling, grain
roasting and forward and basis contracting
R.R. 3, Port Elgin, Ont. 519-389-9744
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36 THE RURAL VOICE
NEWS
INCOME HIGHER
THAN FORECAST?
Net farm income in 1987 is likely to
be slightly higher than the June forecast
of $5.56 billion, say Agriculture Can-
ada economists.
The expected increase is the result of
a small increase in livestock receipts.
Crop receipts, operating expenses, and
depreciation will remain unchanged.
Cash receipts from grains are ex-
pected to be slighter lower than the June
forecast because of lower than expected
increases in marketings. But this reduc-
tion should be offset by small increases
in oilseeds receipts.
Receipts from the red meat sector
will be significantly higher than those
forecast in June. Chicken receipts aren't
likely to change much, while turkey re-
ceipts may increase marginally. Dairy
receipts will likely be slightly lower.0
TAKING THE ITCH
OUT OF WOOL
Australian scientists believe they
now know exactly why wool itches, and
the discovery may open the way for itch -
free woolens.
The researchers, a team from the
Commonwealth Scientific and Indus-
trial Research Organization and
Monash University, found that the ends
of coarse wool fibres stimulate individ-
ual pain sensors under the skin, causing
what we interpret as general prickliness.
But the effect of the wool fibres
depends on how much pressure a fibre
exerts before bending. If the force is less
than 75 milligrams, the pain sensors will
not be stimulated, so fine, long wool
fibres which bend more easily feel more
comfortable.
There are several ways that wool
might be de -itched. One is to press all
the fibre ends parallel to the fabric sur-
face so that the ends don't touch the skin
at all. The second is to increase the
diameter of the fibre ends, thus increas-
ing the overall area of skin contact but
decreasing the pressure on individual
pain sensors. This could be accom-
plished by sticking a tiny blob of plastic
onto the ends of the fibres.0
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