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The Citizen, 1996-07-17, Page 17arm MNR opens toll-free line for antlerless deer tags A Look at Agriculture Corn Borer not in 1997 Ralph deVries, Crop Consultant with Howson & Howson Ltd. This is another season in which we are going to hear much about the European Corn Borer (ECB). The population of ECB in some fields in this area is already high. In general research suggests that one ECB per plant can reduce yield up to five per cent. Many plants may have more than one larvae per plant. This reduces yield up to 15 per cent. There is hope; some seed companies will be offering ECB resistant hybrids of corn during the next growing season. This technology works great. The ECB resistant varieties that i have seen have had no ECB feeding on them. At the same time, a non resistant variety in the rows beside them showed several plants with ECB. Most of the companies call the new ECB resistant hybrids BL corn. Bt stands for Bacillus thuringiensis. This naturally- occurring bacteria can be found in soils worldwide, often where insect populations are high. Bt was used in insecticides in Europe as far back as 1928. The first commercial insecticide production began ten years later in France and use became widespread in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Bt gene bacteria produces a crystal protein that controls the ECB. The Bt gene defends corn plants from first and second brood European corn borer. The crystal protein provides specific control of the ECB insects. This lets the plants, themselves, control European corn borer. The process starts when an ECB larvae feeds on a plant and ingests the crystal protein. In the larvae gut, enzymes called proteases break down the protein. This causes the insect to stop feeding and it eventually dies. Bt hybrids can protect their yield potential against ECB. This protection is a major advantage since corn borer damage costs farmers five to 15 per cent yield depending on the infestation on a given year. This may be a cost of $30 to $80 per acre at today's new crop corn prices. In its intended use, Bt hybrids are harmless to humans, animals, birds and beneficial insects. Timely corn borer control with insecticides is difficult. Applications must occur after larvae hatch, but before they burrow into the stalks. Years of field research have suggested protection using the Bt gene lasts season-long and is highly effective against European corn borer. Plant parts that are hard to reach with sprays are protected by the Bt gene. It is unlikely that the ECB will be a problem in future years if a resistant variety is used. BRUSSELS LIVESTOCK Division of Gamble & Rogers Ltd. UPCOMING SALES TUESDAYS 9 a.m. Finished Cattle & Cows THURSDAYS 10:00 a.m. Dropped Calves Veals followed by Goats Sheep & Lambs FRIDAYS 10:00 a.m. Stocker Cattle 1:00 p.m. Pigs BRUSSELS 887-6461 JOHN McKERCHER CONSTRUCTION LTD. backhoeing • bulldozing • loader and truck rental • sand, gravel and topsoil • stone pile and rubble removal R.R. #2 Bluevale 887-9061 if busy 887-9999 Fax: 887-9999 Firewood Hard Maple or Ash SLABWOOD Limited Time Offer - Call now - $130./17 cu. yd. Truck Load Delivered within 20 miles Mileage charge Beyond That Large Quantity Discounts When You Haul!!! Craig Hardwoods Ltd. Auburn, Ont. 519-5264220 THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1996 PAGE 17, Brussels Livestock report 453 stockers average $83 to $88, reach $92.50 • The sales at Brussels Livestock for the week ending July 12 were: fed cattle, 804; cows, 294; veal calves, 321; lambs, 128; stockers, 862. The fed steers and heifers at Brussels Livestock sold $2 higher, with cows selling $1 - $2 lower. Veal and lambs sold steady. Stockers sold on an active trade with prices $2 higher. There were 453 steers on offer selling from $83 to $88 to the high of $92.50. Twelve steers consigned by Jim Howatt, Londesboro, averaging 1,230 lbs. sold for an average of $85.70 with sales to $92. Twenty-four steers consigned by Cunningham Farms, Lucan, averaging 1,311 lbs. sold for an To help improve customer service, hunters can apply for the draw for antlerless deer validation tags by telephone, Natural Resources Minister Chris Hodgson announced June 17. "This new 1-900 telephone application system will make the 1996 antlerless deer validation tag draw more efficient and cost- effective," said Hodgson. "Hunters can still apply by mail, the way they always have, but the telephone system offers many advantages over the mail application system." "Results will be available faster than ever before," Hodgson added. "Starting Sept. 3, hunters can dial a dedicated 1-800 toll-free number to find out if they have received an antlerless deer tag." The telephone numbers are contained in a brochure that has been mailed to all deer hunters who have applied at least once for the draw during the last three years. The brochure explains in detail how to access the telephone application system and includes a worksheet to help applicants prepare all the information they will need when they make the call to the 1-900 line. A $5.10 fee is charged for every call and it will appear on the callers' next telephone bill. The telephone application system opened at 7 a.m. (EDT) on June 17 and closes at midnight (EDT) on July 31. Hunters can apply from home seven days a week, 24 hours a day. The service is available in English and French, at two different numbers. "All you need is your valid hunting-version Outdoors Card number and the numbers of your first and second choice Wildlife Management Units (WMUs)," Hodgson said. "Another feature of the telephone system that hunters In 1991 drivers under 25 make up 14 per cent of the driving populatif n, but, account for nearly 24 per cent of all driver fatalities and 23 per cent of all fatalities. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death in Ontario for the 16-24 age group. I luron/Pertli. Injury Prevention Committee average of $85.11 with sales to $90. Fourteen steers consigned by Jack Culbert, Dungannon, averag- ing 1,369 lbs. sold for an average of $86.47 with sales to $90. Seven steers consigned by Brian Bearss, St. Marys, averaging 1,201 lbs. sold for an average of $87.61 with sales to $89. Eleven steers consigned by David J. Smith, Meaford, averaging 1,373 lbs. sold for an average of $86.09 with sales to $88.50. Nineteen steers consigned by Mike Fife, Shedden, averaging 1,088 lbs. sold for an average of $83.04 with sales to $88.25. Four steers consigned by Harglen Ho1st. Inc., Crediton, averaging 1,341 lbs. sold for an average of $79.44 with sales will like is that they don't need to buy a deer licence before the draw. They will have to buy a licence if they have drawn a tag and wish to hunt an antlerless deer or an antlered deer." Hunters can access this system with a rotary-dial telephone or a touch-tone. Hunters should note that cordless phones, radio phones, cellular phones and pay phones will not work with the system. to $88.25. Seven steers consigned by Ron Pentland, Goderich, averaging 1,324 lbs. sold for an average of $75.68 with sales to $88. Twelve steers consigned by Delton M. Martin, Holstein, averaging 1,307 lbs. sold for an average of $83.18 with sales to $88. Two steers consigned by Ruth McPherson, Teeswater, averaging 1,375 lbs. sold for an average of $85.16 with sales to $87.75. There were 325 heifers on offer selling from $83 to $88 to the high of $95.50. Fourteen- heifers consigned by Mux Lea Farms, Woodstock, averaging 1,225 lbs. sold for an average of $87.30 with sales to $95.50. Fourteen heifers consigned by Johnston Farms, Bluevale, averaging 1,155 lbs. sold for an average of $84.30 with sales to $92. One Limousin heifer consigned by Hammond Bros., Monkton, weighing 1,120 lbs. sold for $91. Twenty-five heifers consigned by Hugh Love, Atwood, averaging 1,090 lbs. sold for an average of $85.04 with sales to $89.50. Nine heifers consigned by De Weerd Farms Inc., Stratford, averaging 1,104 lbs. sold for an average of $86.58 with sales to $88.75. One Limousin heifer consigned by Aaron Fischer, Ayton, weighing 1,165 lbs. sold for $88.50. Three heifers consigned by David Bowles, Brussels, averaging 1,095 lbs. sold for an average of $83.64 with sales to $88. Thirty- three heifers consigned by Vollmerschausen Farms, Innerkip, averaging 1,081 lbs. sold for an average of $82.36 with sales to $85.75. Fifteen heifers consigned by Springglad Farms Ltd., Kirkton, averaging 1,165 lbs. sold for an average of $83.93 with sales to $85.50. Four heifers consigned by Higenell Farms, Mitchell, averaging 1,216 lbs. sold for an average of $83.25 with sales to $85.25. There were 294 cows on offer selling from $35 to $54 to the high of $74. Two RWF cows consigned by K & A Beef Farms, Wroxeter, averaging 1,350 lbs. sold for an average of $63.69 with sales to $74. Two Simmental cows consigned by Charlie Stevenson, Petrolia, averaging 1,333 lbs. sold for an average of $55.90 with sales to $62.50. One Charolais consigned by Harris Farms, Ripley, weighing 1,590 lbs. sold for $61.50. There were 22 bulls on offer selling from $47 to $66.50 to the high of $73. One Limousin bull consigned by Lyle Litt, Gorrie, weighing 1,805 lbs. sold for $73. One Black bull consigned by Donald Alton, Lucknow, weighing 2,005 lbs. sold for $71.50. There were 208 veal on offer selling - Beef, $80 to $111; Holstein, $70 to $85; Plain Holstein, $40 to $60. Thirteen veal consigned by John Verberg, Londesboro, averaging 623 lbs. sold for an average of $83.78 with sales to $111. Five veal consigned by Clayton B. Martin, Listowel, averaging 706 lbs. sold for an average of $80.12 with sales to $98.50. Four veal consigned by Shirley Torrie, Chatsworth, averag- ing 491 lbs. sold for an average of $80.70 to the high of $96. Lambs, 50 - 80 lbs., sold $135 to $162.50; 80 - 95 lbs., $130 to $142; 95 - 110 lbs., $115 to '$138. Sheep sold $30 to $54. Goats sold $35 to $100. Steers, 400 - 499 lbs., sold $70.50 to $113.50; 500 - 599 lbs., $67 to $112; 600 - 699 lbs., $67.50 to $112; 700 - 799 lbs., $67 to $85; 800 - 899 lbs., $74 to $96.50; 900 lbs. and over, $71 to $88.75. Heifers, 300 - 399 lbs., sold $65 to $111; 400 - 499 lbs., $60.50 to $80.50; 500 - 599 lbs., $56 to $110; 600 - 699 lbs., $65 to $90; 700 - 799 lbs., $64 to $80; and 800 lbs. and over, $67.50 to $81.25.