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52 THE RURAL VOICE
NEWS
PERTH BRINGS FARM GROUPS TOGETHER
(from left) George Brinkman, University of Guelph; Paul Verkley, Perth County
Federation of Agriculture president; Brigid Pyke, Ontario Federation of Agriculture
president; Bob Seguin, OMAF Policy Branch, and Elbert van Donkersgoed, policy
director of the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario. (photo by W. Merle Gunby)
Experts in agricultural policy gath-
ered in Atwood last month for a panel
discussion sponsored by the Perth
County Federation of Agriculture.
During the afternoon the panel
shared ideas with the Perth federation
and commodity groups. In the evening
more than 100 farmers and friends
turned out. The theme was "A Positive
Look at Agriculture in the '90s."
In brief: • Elbert van Donkersgoed
maintained that a "made for Toronto"
interest rate policy was injurious to the
rest of Canada, citing Japan as an ex-
ample of a country that has successfully
used a decentralized interest rate policy.
• George Brinkman said that accord-
ing to one scenario quotas might be
negotiated away under GATT discus-
sions in exchange for tariff protection.
• Brigid Pyke remarked that the
administrative and political debacle of
the drought relief payout is almost as big
a disaster as the drought.0
The Hawaiian shirt looked out of
place at a meeting in March, but Lee
Whittington of Shur -Gain was proving
a point: pork producers need to beat the
summer heat in their barns. Whitting -
ton's presentation in Brussels was part
of a series of seminars on "Energy in
Pork Production" offered by Shur -Gain
around Ontario last month.
Some of Whittington's advice on
maximizing sow feed intake in summer
was: 1. Keep room temperature (at sow
level) between 18 and 20 degrees C.
2. Never directly expose a sow to a
heat lamp.
3. Use covered creeps.
4. Use fat in sow feeds to increase the
palatability and energy density of the
ration (note: protein, minerals, and vi-
tamins must also be increased).
5. Ensure adequate water supply.
6. Use drop or mist coolers or a
garden hose to reduce temperature dur-
ing extreme periods (caution: sanita-
tion becomes more critical).
7. Full -feed sows as soon after far-
rowing as possible.