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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1975-09-03, Page 7• THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO. PAGE SEVEN iR 3, 1975 kLE SALE .ivestock Effects iN Huron outh of .y Road )rth of Nest on )wnship MBER 13 Irwin' :Donald 5353 Supplies ZVICE icardine 1BER 6 irp umational boom, 4 ieck, sub- ler Press bats 1010 1 Allen 1 with CO Dec. 74, 1 Ammco urn lathe aptor set ; Snap-on luipment; seat Te- clock; 1 and rack; .Nir;7 never register, 3 years In vendor sale ill not be any cur sale I SALE I Effects late ,LUT Block, south of line ,BER 11 V. stand; parlor radio; ss doors) chairs; love; an- washer; (vacuum ipliances; as lights; ; dress- beds; 24 id'; snow iinum ex- Ider ; saw er tools; er; chain extension )65 Chev is); 1972 )0 mile. nn e with ipboards, lot and a cement 3 P.m., For pro. 529-7129 rro down; f S cash erk 'neer OSS IS E YOU E YOU WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,1975 (NEW) MOBILE HOME PARK "Turnberry Estates" Wingham,Ontario One of Ontario's Fir it Professionally Built Parks. All Services! Commuting Distance To: - Lake Huron Beaches - Douglas Point Hydro Plant — Eight Major Area Centres Beautiful large lots, some treed and home prices start at only $15,500. Be first! Choose your lot.now! FOR COMPLETE DETAILS: QUINTUS REAL ESTATE INC., REALTOR WATERLOO SQUARE WATERLOO, ONTARIO N2J 1P2 ..(EXCLUSIVE AGENTS) -0",•11M1M1111111•111.111111•1111111101 Alcohol- abuse costs taxpayers millions by David Woods . million through Children's Aid Societies, for alcohol-related The facts abdut alcohol-related problems." ifinesS in Ontario are pretty sober- ing in thetriselves. They don't need to be dramatized by any old- costs. It you add to them Physi- cians' fees,' the fact .that alcohol Those are some of .the visible plays a part in half of all traffic 'fashioned hellfire preaching. • accidents- in Ontario, and the enor- To start with, alcohol is ex- mous losses to industry of alcohol- tremely expensive, but relatively related absenteeism, the price we're speaking it is not expensive to. buy. For although some would argue paying for alcohol is truly, astro- that '$7.00 for a bottle of spirits is nomical. pretty steep, the true cost of On the issue of productivity— "booze" has actually declined as a or' the lack of it — alone, 'the percentage of disposable income Addiction Research Foundation es- . over the past couple of decades. timates that 14 million person No, the really staggering costs of hours are' lost each year in Ontario alcohol can be seen in our health becapse of alcohol. Even if you care bill. total that up at the minimum hourly AS Ontario's Minis r of Health, wage, it would add up to a large Frank Miller, put it in a• speech amount. recently: The 0 tario 'taxpayer But behind all those 'dollar, fig- 'forked out $89 ' lion through ures there are some disturbing general public hospitals in 1971 for personal statistics. In Ontario to- illnesses related to alcohol that, day, close to 300,000 people drink plus another $17 million through enough alcohol to endanger their the mental hospital system; about health. Of these, more than 145,000 49 million through the' 'Family have reached a stage of alcoholic 'Benefits Act, and more than $11 ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR HURONVIEW • Applications are invited for the position of Assistant Ad- ministrator of Huronview, a 310 bed Home for the Aged, located near Clinton in Huron County. The successful candidate will assist the administrator 'in directing all the day to day activities of the Home, including res- idents' wellbeing, personal care and nursing, social services, rec- reation & other programs; finance, housekeeping, personnel, etc. will have or be willing to undertake studies in the field, including a sound knowledge of Ontario's Homes for the Aged and' Rest Homes Act. Preference will be given to applicants with exper- ience in supervising maintenance of buildings and in purchasing. Opportunity fo'r advancement due to retirement of pre- sent administrator within five Years. Excellent _working condit- ions, full employee benefits. Salary commensurate with training and experience, Applications in writing giving complete resume of education ' and experience will be received by the undersigned up to 4:30 p.m., Friday, September 19, 1975. C. A. ARCHIBALD, ADMINISTRATOR BOX 219, CLINTON, ONTARIO BRUCE COUNTY FARM REPORT CORN SWEEPSTAKES For only $5.00 you can wager that you have the best corn in Bruce County. If you win, then you will probably be $100 richer and have the personal satisfaction of know- ing your corn 'is the beit. Even if you don't win, you will know what your corn silage actually yielded. The Bruce County Soil and' Crop Improvement Association, have at their disposal, scales that will weigh trucks or forage wagons. In this way we can accurately determine yield and it only takes about two minutes. So if you want to win _money or know what your yields are, send , $5.00 to this office and enter the' CORN SWEEPSTAKES. CORN SILAGE Quite often 65% is quoted as' the ideal moisture percentage 'for storing corn silage. UnfortunatelY it is easier to say than do, becaUse there'is no accurate Way of making this measurement. Research at Guelph indicates that a silage moisture, of 65% corresponds with a grain moisture Of 44%. Using this relationship, one can accurate- ly determine 'silage moisture as follows: (1) Collect about 50 kernels from the middle of 10 ears of corn. (2) Weigh the' kernels and, spread evenly' on a pie plate. , (3) Place the kernels and plate in a kitchen oven set at 200 degrees for at least 8 hours. (4) After drying, reweigh the kernels. (5) Using the following, kernel moisture content can be determin- ed: Moisture content 7-- Dry weight of kernels over wet weight of kernels x 100. To the answer' add an additional i2%, and that is the moisture content of the grain. If you have a large acreage of corn silage,' you should probably start cutting when the kernel moisture is around 47% moisture. In this way your silage shouldn't be too dry when you finish, In the actual storage and making of silage, one of the first requirements is to chop. the material fairly finely. The forage harvester should be set at a theoretical length of cut of 1/4 inch. Finely chopped material results in a denser pack in the silo which in turn will ensure :a proper ferments='' tion process. • If using a tower silo, make sure the structure is sound and the doors seal well. If there is any possibility of cracks, the doorway can be sealed off with a vertical strip of plastic. Next to the physical exclusion of air the next most important requirement is that the chopped material be evenly or uniforinly distributed as the silo is filled. For other than very, small silos this means that some 'mechan- ical device must be used on the end , of the blower delivery pipe. If silage is not distributed properly, there is a good chance a dense core can be developed within the chopped mass, which can be formed on an angle to the silo wall, or if formed vertically, can shift sideways as blocks of dense material, as filling proceeds. The illness. The solution isn't to ban "booze" or to tax it out of reach of the average person; rather it is simply to emphasize that alcohol is a chemical that, if it is not used sen- sibly and in moderation, can very easily become addictive and harm- ful. The step, between regular or heavy social drinking and total dependence really isn't very great. As, the Ministry of Health's re- cently-introduced 'alcohol informa- tion program points out: "Mix a little thinking with your drinking. Ask yourself why you drink, when, how much — and on how many more occasions than you did, say, a year ago." That way, you may be able to head off a very costly problem. result of ,either situation is the development of uneven pressures on the silo wall which can be 'great enough to cause dainage to the silo structure. Even or uniform distri- bution alsp results in a denser silage pack' throughout the silo, resulting in increased holding capacity for the silo and a proper fermentation process due to better exclusion• of the air. In addition the silo unloader will work ' more efficiently, with less problems, on properly distributed silage. , If a horizontal silo ,is being used, the first requirement is that the incoming chopped material be. deposited evenly in thin layers (not over 6 inches thick) and that it be packed with a tractor continuously during the filling period. When possible, it is suggested that filling start at one 'etid and that a wedge-shaped deposit be develop- THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL SUPPORT THE 1976 SUMMER OLYMPICS Three Series For Sale Eich-With A Million Dollar First PriZe 'And Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars In Other Prizes ONTARIO LOTTERY TICKETS On Sale At LUCKNOW SENTINEL. TICKETS $10 EACH September 18 Draw $1.00 each LYMPIC OTTER TICKETS ON SALE AT ed so' that the. chopped material is applied-to an inclined, surface that runs , ftOm the floor to the finished level of the silage. In this way a minimum surface area is develowd and exposed during the filling process and the finished top surface can be progressively cover- ed as filling proceeds. To reduce silage, losses to a minimum, it is , recommended that the silage surface be, sealed off using dark plastic material. This cover should be weighted down so that it is held firmly. in contact on a continuous basis with the surface of the silage - e.g. - if old tires are used there needs to be tire touching tire in all directions. H. E. Bellman, Agricultural Engineer; Rick Upfold, Soils and Crops Specialist.