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• Grill Guards
• Roller Chain
• Gathering Chain
• Cylinder Bars
• Plow Points .
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• Cultivator Points
• Disc Blades
• Hand Tools
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CONTINUING EDUCATION
CENTRALIA COLLEGE
NEW FORAGES PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION
Intended for livestock and cash crop farmers, Centralia is hosting a special forages information seminar.
John Rogers, a representative of the American Forage and Grassland Council, is a top dairy producer with
extensive background in forages production. Hear the views and research findings of this Penn. State
authority.
Instructor: John Rogers, Penn State University
Thursday, January 5 (1-4 p.m.) Huron Hall, Centralia College Fee: $5.00
NEW LAND STEWARDSHIP (4 PARTS)
This four part program covers both basic stewardship practices and more complex aspects of land
conservation and management. The first segment, (i.e. the first two days) is a prerequisite to any of the other
three parts..
Co-ordinator: Robert Traut, Conservation Agronomist, Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority
4 Tuesdays and 4 Thursdays: January 10 - February 2 - Centralia College
February 7 - March 2 - Listowel Fee: $50/part
FARM INCOME TAX DAY
Designed for farm owners and managers, this course is an annual update on income regulations and tax
accounting procedures. Bring your questions and enter freely into the discussion portion of the meeting.
Instructor: John McNeilly, C.A.
Wednesday, January 18 (9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.) Huron Hall, Centralia College Fee: $10.00
BASIC WELDING
Learn how to do basic welding with electric arc and oxy-acetylene welding equipment. This course stresses
welding safety while teaching how the equipment operates, how to run welding beads in all positions, brazing
and more. Fee includes safety glasses and textbook.
Instructor: Herman Wulterkens, CCAT Lecturer
4 Thursdays, January 19 - February 9 (7-10 p.m.)
Ag Engineering Building, Centralia College Fee: $50.00
NEW HOME SURVIVAL MECHANICS
Here's a course for homemakers who need a boost or a tow or live-in fix -it person. Become your own
mechanical wizard. Learn the basics of auto maintenance and repair. Try your hand at simple repairs to
home appliances, electrical and plumbing systems.
Instructors: George Garland, P.Eng. COAT Head of Engineering,
Deb Campbell, B.A. (H.Ec.), CCAT Lecturer
4 Mondays, Jan. 30 -Feb. 20 (7:30-10 p.m.) Ag. Engineering Building, Centralia College Fee: $20.00
NEW TRACTOR INSTRUMENTATION
Farm machinery joined the electronic age with the introduction of seed count monitors and other tractor and
equipment gadgets that check efficiencies and inform the operator of malfunctions. This course provides a
general understanding of the value of electronics to farmers today and illustrates the many tasks performed
by electronic circuits.
Instructor Richard Brunke, P.Eng.
2 Tuesdays, February 7 and 14 (7:30 - 10 p.m.) Ag. Engineering Building, Centralia College Fee: $20.00
Plus:
SWINE RESEARCH UPDATE
Wednesday January 25 (9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.) Huron Hall Lounge, Centralia Fee: $15
BEEF FEEDLOT DAY
Wednesday, February 1 (9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.) Huron Hall Lounge, Centralia College Fee: $15.00
Minis
Agriculture
and Food
ONTARIO
Jack Riddell Minister
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COLLEGE
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34 THE RURAL VOICE
NEWS
UB REPORTS SALES
BREAKTHROUGH
Router Manten, director of sales for
United Breeders in Guelph, was buoy-
ant last month.
The company had just made its first
commercial shipment of frozen sheep
semen to the U.S. — all 6,000 doses of
it — and as far as Manten knew, the
accomplishment was a first for Canada.
"There was a lot of good will on both
sides, and we got the job done," Manten
said. The semen was sold to Western
Breeders International in Bismark,
North Dakota, which is using the prod-
uct laparoscopically.
"The future of sales will hinge on
how successful they will be," Manten
noted. "This is only the beginning of the
story."
The frozen sheep semen is the prod-
uct of six years of research by four
partners, United Breeders, the federal
Department of Agriculture, the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and
the University of Guelph.
Two insemination techniques have
been used in the research: laparoscopic
and transcervical. Both have given
"quite good results," Manten said.
Recent tests with chilled rather than
frozen semen and deep vaginal insemi-
nation ("Not much better than a ram
would do," Manten said) brought a 60 to
70 per cent success rate, with a range
from zero to 90 per cent, Manten re-
ported.
But tests with frozen semen used
laparoscopically, he said, produced a 70
to 80 per cent success rate and less
range. Transcervical implants with
recently developed instruments, Man -
ten added, have shown comparable re-
sults, and transcervical implants may
replace the laparoscopic technique.0
FARMER FINED FOR
MANURE LEAK
A Huron County farmer was fined
$350 recently after charges were laid by
the Ontario Ministry of the Environ-
ment.
The ministry alleged that in May of
1988 hog manure from the farmer's land
polluted a local creek.0