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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-06-10, Page 22Tom• Page 6A June 10, 1981 Top judge is coming oot in fire The 1981 Ontario Pork Congress has secured the services of one of the top- level judges in America. Al Christian, from Iowa Christian. with his partner. Bobby Granzow, operates a Championship Duroc herd at Roland. Iowa. The C & G Farm have three production sales yearly and they exhibit with much success at all national shows. Judging at the Feeder Pig Competition and the Market Hog Shows is an important feature of the Congress. Having a judge of Al Christian's reputation will certainly add to the prestige of the Congress. Purebred swine will be judged on opening day: feeder pigs on the second day in both open and junior classes: and market pigs on Thursday, June 25, including a -truckload" competition. Showmanship is an in- tegral part of swine judging and in this respect, Al Christian has an enviable reputation. The 1981 Ontario Pork Congress will certainly benefit from his efforts. EXTENSION AND HOME ECONOMICS CONVENTION — The annual convention of the Extension and Home Economic branches of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture was held recently at Centralia College. Above, CCAT principal Doug Jamieson welcomes Indiana county agent Dick Berglund, Ontario director fo Extension branches Art Bennett, Deputy - Minister Kenneth Lantz and associate director (programs) Kenneth Knox of Extension Branches OMAF. T -A photo Huron farm and home news Sample forages for analysis Sampling forages come off the field farmers of accurate analysis. as they ensures nutrient "It is very important for dairy farmers to get a good A pump is only as good as the tightness of its seals. Ford offers two self -priming centrifugal pumps for light, general purpose duty—a 11/2 -inch and 2 -inch model, powered by 3 and 4 -horsepower engines. Both models feature viton ceramic mechanical seals with stainless steel parts and carbon rotary washer. These durable cast iron pumps and ceramic seals are not affected by oils, grease, mild acids or alkalines. The pump head is entirely supported by the engine. This eliminates seal problems caused by stress and misalignment when pump and engine are bolted to a rigid base. Look into these and many other fine features of Ford centrifugal pumps at our store. SP -150 - 3 H.P. Pump - 1 '12 " Outlet Reg. Price $34100 299°° handle on the nutrient content of their forages, particularly protein content and the minor elements such as calcium and phosphorus," says Steve Dotson, co- ordinator of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food feed advisory service. "Getting a representative sample is the key to ob- taining accurate feed analysis. If you wait until the end of the silo filling procedure, you may or may not get a sample that is representative of the field." Keep a plastic garbage bag on hand when unloading the haylage. For every three or four wagon loads, put a handful of hay into the plastic bag, then tie the bag to prevent the material from drying out. At the end of the day, take a sample from the bag, put it in a smaller bag and store it in the freezer. Continue the sampling procedure until all the haying is complete. When you have all the hay in, mix all of the daily samples together and take one sample for analysis. Sam- pling kits are available from local agricultural offices. The ministry's feed ad- visory service offers three types of feed analysis to help farmers formulate balanced dairy rations. Type one, for $7, is a basic test measuring dry matter and crude protein. Type two, includes the basic test and provides greater detail, the amount of calcium, magnesium, potassium and phosphorus, for a cost of $13. Type three combines type one and type two analysis with tests for trace elements -- manganese, copper and zinc, at a cost of $16. Producers can have forages tested for digestible protein for an additional $8 with any of the three types of analysis. "Since minerals are im- portant in dairy cattle nutrition, we recommend type two or type three tests," says Mr. Dotson. "Type three is useful when there is a health problem in the herd and we aren't sure whether or not it is feed oriented." Tests results are returned to the farmer after two to three weeks. A copy of the analysis is also sent to the local agricultural representative so farmers can contact the local office if there are any questions. Mr. Dolson recommends that farmers sample first, second and possibly third cuts of hay. Protein and other nutrients may differ greatly because there are fewer grasses after the first cut. By STEVE DOLSON Feed Advisory Service and DENNIS MARTIN Associate Agricultural Representative. Nip your Alfalfa in the Bud Haying time is nearly here. Harvesting your crops early should increase profits by several hundred dollars. The protein content of alfalfa -grass hay crops drops rapidly as the plants approach full bloom. From bud to first flower, to mid bloom, to late bloom, there is a drop of approximately 4-5 percent crude protein over a 30 day period, after first flower maturity for -alfalfa. A drop of 5 percent in one ton of alfalfa hay means a loss of 100 pounds protein. You, as a producer, would have to add an additional 250 pounds of 44 percent soybean meal to each ton of grain mix at a cost of approximately $37.00 per ton grain mix more (at present prices), when you feed poor quality, late cut hay. Cows too will eat less of the late cut hay and as a result need more grain. Alfalfa weevil numbers are declining, however, in fields where numbers are still high, the best control measure is early cutting of the crop (between late bud and first flower). Cutting the crop close and hay removal from the field as soon as possible, deprives the larva of food and shelter, and exposure to sun and predators is fatal. So, don't delay cutting your alfalfa - cut early and save both ways. By JOHN HEARD Assistant Agricultural Representative This country is called Canada. Not Canadar. We live -or try to live - within the law. Not the lawr. Those are just a couple of examples of what irritates me about some Britishers who come to this country and corrupt the language. Easy now. Don't get all steamed up and write me a dozen snarky letters. I am still proud of my British ancestry. My mother was born in Yorkshire. My maternal grandfather had some Welsh blood in him. My paternal grandparents came from Scotland and Ireland. I'm British which includes all of the four foun- ding British nations. But when an announcer on either television or radio adds that extra "r" to words which end with a vowel sound, I get irritated. Canadians can corrupt the mother tongue enough without any more help. I suggested this to an English friend of mine the other day and he bristled like a badger. He said Canadians can't speak the language properly and we should admire those who can. He is probably right but I still live in Canada, not Canadar. Being brought up in a background such as mine, I have some understanding of why the American colonies wanted independence. It was the pig-headedness of George III that drove them to it. Which brings me to the main topic of this columnn: nuclear energy. I have been a proponent of nuetear hydro power in Canada for a decade. I believe it to be a sensible way to solve many energy problems. This statement, too, will bring a flood of letters call- ing me everything but a sen- sible man. However, I stand by the statement. A British physicist, Lord Bowden, recently wrote a letter to the Times of Lon- don in which he said that electricity in Britain went up by 30 percent last year and will likely rise another 14 percent this year. The Brits propose to build two advanced gas-cooled reac- tors which they have been working on for 20 years but which no one elsewill buy. They will cost 1,000 million pounds each and, says Lord Bowden, "we hope they will work better than the last lot." The nuclear industries of the world, says the lord, publish tables to show what the world's great power plants are doing. Last year, the best was Canadian, the second-best was German, the next half-dozen were Canadian and _the next was American. The best from Britain was rated 92nd on the list. The CentralElectricity Generating Board in Britain sold power at 2.14 pence per kilowatt-hour. But in On- tario, the Pickering power plant generated power for 0.43 English pence per kilowatt-hour. Canadian nuclear power, said Lord Bowden, is the cheapest in the world and for a decade or more, their power stations have been the most reliable in the world. Why can't we collaborate with the Canadians and use the best design in the world? Why must we be so perverse? asks Lord Bowden. It is probably the same reason the American colonies revolted. It is probably the same reason my grandfather thought that everything done "over 'ome' was done a heck of a tir eea Latta,' are appwcratad by Bob Trona( Wale Rd Elmira Om N38 2C7 0, lot better than anything ever done In this country. He pooh-poohed anything and everything that was Cana- dian yet he lived b,ere from the time he was 25 until he died at ' ' . He went "over "ome" two or three times during his life but he always came back, even when he had enough time and money to stay over 'ome. The Irishmen on the other side of the family loved their homeland but they did not dream of going back. They took a more realistic view. They did not want to go back and starve. It was a sen- timental attachment for them, not real or attainable. The next time I hear banana pronounced bananar, I'moing to throw up. When I hear Canada pronounced Canadar, I feel like telling the speaker to take his bowling balls and go back over 'ome. 'V= Most cases of poison- ing in Canada occur at home. Any non-food sub- stance, including medicine, is a potential poison, espe- cially for children. Keep all drugs, including vitamin pills and headache tablets, in child -resistant containers, preferably under lock and '-ey. ?�, FARMERS IN HURON COUNTY "THINKING Of REAL ESTATE, THINK STEVE BUCHANAN" SPECIALIZING IN THE SALE OF FARMS FOR - 26 THE SQUARE GODERICH CALL 524-4700 EVENINGS 524-9097 OFFICE SP -200 - 4 H.P. Pump - 2" Outlet Reg. Price $56900 5475°0 Save Now On Pressure Washers BTC65 - 500 to 550 P.S.I. Reg. Price $57200 $49500SALE BTC 100 - 600 to 650 P.S.I. Reg. Price $ 1020°° 589500 SALE BTC 150 - 700 to 750 P.S.I. Reg. 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