The Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-08-25, Page 10MARGARET KERNICK, R, R. 1, Kirkton, checks soil
samples as she competes in the intermediate class of soil
judging by Huron 4-H Corn Club members, The event
was held last Wednesday on the Hamilton farm, Londes-
boro.—A-T Photo.
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Sawyer at Work
Of Many Things
BY AMBROSE HILLS
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Page 2 *-• Wingham Advance-'Finney, Thursday, Aug. 26, 1966
Cattle and carcass buyers at-
tending the Ontario Beef Im-
provement Association Field
Day on July 13 at the Ontario
Agricultural College, Univer-
sity of Guelph, oftered 150
beef producers a new chal-
lenge, Avoid the cuts and
bruises to hides and carcasses.
"A cowhide Is the packer's
most important by-product",
stated Mr, Peter Stewart, Presi-
dent of Wicket and Craig Ltd.,
Toronto. "In other words, the
hide is second only to the meat
in dollars and cents value to
the packer. At the moment, a
heavy hide of about 70 lbs.
costs the tanner about 5 to
of the total price paid for a 1, -
°au-lb steer."
Unfortunately a clean, un-
blemished carcass is ram.
Brands located in the choice
middle of the carcass, holes
due to mange and warble grub,
and weak points in the hide re-
sulting from bruises, and urine
and manure stains are costing
feedlot operators, packers, and
tanners millions of dollars an-
nually. To have a future large
market for leather, quality
must be improved. Shoe man-
ufacturers are continually com-
paring the cutting yield they
get from leather to the perfect
cutting they get from synthet-
ics,
The head cattle buyer for
J. M. Schneider Limited, Mr.
Gordon C. Newton, also advis-
ed beef producers at the meet-
ing of the profits they were los-
ing due to carcass damage.
"There is nothing worse than
seeing a damaged beef carcass,
perfect in conformation and
finish, but marked with ugly
red welts and gouged out pieces
making it totally unsalable.
When cattle go on feed, they
go into a feedlot and are treat-
ed like kings. They are needl-
ed and pelleted, given oint-
ments, rations, and allowed to
scratch their backs with oilers.
But how many producers, when
shipping out cattle, have ever
thought how these beef car-
casses will look?
"For instance; Mr. Newton
continued, "the following steps
might be taken when cattle are
shipped to an auction sale.Cat-
tie are picked up and loaded by
a trucker in a pick-up truck
and taken to a truckers' assem-
bly yard. They are unloaded
and put in a pen with strange
cattle, sorted at times by in-
oxpeticneed help. They are
put in pens, often much too
small to hold them all, and
sorted again. They are left
there fur a few hours and sorted
by the buyer's trucker, Then
they are loaded unto a trailer
again with strange cattle and
trucked perhaps long distances,
unloaded at the packing plant,
and sorted and yarded fur the
final time, Is it any wonder
bruising takes place?
"It would he stupid of me to
say we can eliminate it all to-
gether, because so long as we
have livestock that have to be
trucked, handled, and market-
ed, we will have these prob-
lems. However, the situation
can be improved if we both
(producers and packers) use the
oldest means of communica-
tion to exert our influence -
word of mouth. Truckers and
commission men can't get
along without you, your live-
stock, and buyers with orders.
Keep telling these people that
bruising costs money and if they
can't handle cattle better, you
will have to make other at-
rangements.''
Crop Report
BY D. H. MILES,
Huron County Ag. Rep.
Parts of the north area of the
county received their first good
rain since June 14th - other
areas are concerned with con-
tinued wet weather.
About 50,;10 of spring crop is
harvested. Corn is progressing
favourably. White bean yields
could he down on early matur-
ing crops. Pastures are reviv-
ing after the July dry spell.
EXCELLENT CROP
Albert Vincent of Belgrave
went our to dig potatoes one
day last week and found 15
good sized potatoes in the first
hill he opened.
The spuds from the one hill
weighed between four and five
poundia
Turnberry Township Council
agreed to accept its portion of
the cost for two ambulances and
a garage at approximately $1,
725,27, for Wingham and Dis-
' trier Hospital at the regular Au-
gust meeting.
A motion was passed to
place fire insurance on the new
township office in the amount
of $12, 000 for fire, extended
coverage and malicious damn-
r age, subject to replacement
'cost conditions.
Insurance on the township
garage was increased by $3, 000,
making a total of $15,000,
with the Frank Cowan Insurance
Company.
The clerk was instructed to
prepare a by-law to control
on-ranee ways and a by-law fur
the Powell Municipal Drain and
a court of revision will he held
September 3 at 9 p.m.
A grant of $75.00 was given
the Bluevale Cemetery Board
and a request was made to the
Department of Highways for
road identification signs.
The general and road ac-
counts were passed and paid as
presented.
Future Branding
Could Be Painless
The Ontario Agricultural
College, University of Guelph,
is giving beef cattle the cold
shoulder -- freeze branding is
being tried.
Freeze branding can be done
by cooling a copper branding
iron down to 320 degrees F.
with liquid nitrogen and apply-
ing it for about ten seconds to
a shaved area on an animal.
This is relatively painless. In-
stead of burning the skin and
producing a badly scarred hide
the hair follicles are effected,
changing hair pigment. When
the hair regrows, then a white-
haired marking should be visi-
ble,
While freeze branding is
likely to become the future
identification trend, farmers
are warned against using it now,
however. This method is so
new that researchers are still
trying to discover whether this
branding technique is perman-
ent and, until this is found, the
only brands which may be regis-
tered will be the fire brand
type.
Before you dive. make very
sure of the depth of the water
and the dangers of the swim-
ming place.
When, after many long
hours of figuring and hank-book
studying; we dec;did to buy a
small farm in B.C., we re-
solved that it would be isolat-
ed, away from the madding
crowd. We thought we'd found
it, too, because Greenhorn
Farm is almost completely sur-
rounded by tall cedars and
hemlocks. In B. 's Fraser
Valley, however, isolation
isn't that simple.
We're on Rural Route 4,
Cloverdale, which sounds re-
mote enough; but we've ac-
tually got an address -- 10893
80th Avenue. You'd be sur-
prised how many relatives and
friends can locate it easily, and
what a fascination a farm has
for them and their children.
And in weak rionients, at Win-
nipeg, we gave our address to
scores and scofts of people, as-
ed, taking his bands and lock ,'
ing them to the handles,
"I don't know how," he said,
but he was beginning to look as
interested as a youngster on a
fire engine.
"Just press the doodad for-
ward," I told him,
Ile was off. I couldn't get
hint stopped, He rototilled un-
til it was dark, and mastered
the machine surprisingly well,
I hope his muscles aren't as
stiff and sore as mine were af-
ter my first adventure with the
gadget. I don't know how it
affected him, lie hasn't been
back,
BOIL WATER
Crystal-clear water from a
running stream is not necessar-
ily pure and fit to drink. Lakes
are even less dependable, so
take no chances. Boil your
drinking water for several min-
utes then aerate the. water by
pouring it back and forth be-
tween two containers several
times,
One unemployed man to an-
other: "What hurts was that
wasn't replaced by a whole
computer -- just a transistor."
How Now.
holey cow! They've put a
porthole in the side of a cow,
The University of New
Hampshire's research nutrition-
ists went to the United States
Navy when they wanted to study
the digestive activity of the
cow's rumen, the first of its
four stomachs,
The Navy designed a tube,
about six inches around and
made of an oil derivative,
polymethyl methacrylate. They
inserted it in the Holstein and
sealed it with a silicone clasto.,
met gasket. A threaded disc
can be painlessly screwed out
of the tube to take samples.
The cow is contented. She.
gives 25 to 30 quarts of milk a
day and is the mother of a per-
fectly healthy heifer. -- Im-
perial Oil Review.
FIRST AID KIT
In camp, as at home, a
first-aid kit is a necessity. You
may buy a kit or make your
own but be sure the kit con-
tains: absorbent cotton, large
bandages, gauze bandages,
band-aids, needles, safety pins,
scissors, tweezers, rubbing al-
cohol, castor oil and aspirin.
suring them we'd be delighted
to have them drop in if they
ever visited British Columbia.
Is there anyone from Winnipeg
who doesn't visit B.C.?They've
come in droves, finding us
without difficulty, although I
have a hard time getting into
Cloverdale and back without
getting lost. I love visitors
and love talking with them --
but that doesn't grow many par-
snips. Finally I learned how to
solve the problem.
Last night one of our rela-
tives from Vancouver, a young
doctor, came out for a visit,
with his family. I took him
strolling down by our garden
site. When we reached the ro-
totiller, I casually starred it,
and over rite wonderfully pow-
erful roar of rise motor I lec-
tured on the virtues of the ma-
chine. "Like to try it?" I ask-
Better Handling Needed
When Marketing Cattle
Tumberry Twp.
Council Meeting
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HURON COUNTY 4-H Corn Club members
competed on August 17th in a soil judg.
ing contest at Londesboro. Members had
to decide whether the soil was suited best
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