HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-10-27, Page 45Dream about pig feeding
illustrates testing point
)4y David Morris,
Mil and Crop Specialist
1 bad inightmarythe other
right. I dreamt that 1 had
agreed tolook after a friend's
Op while he was away for a
Weekend. It , seemd simple
at first. AIY1 had to do
was feed the pigs twice a day
and check to make sure that
nothing went wrong in the
barn.
In my dream I thought that
I was feeding the pigs exact-
ly as the farmer would havef
but he was quite upset when
he got home. The market hogs
were running around, half-
starved, squealling their
heads off, while the weaners
were wallowing around in six
inches of chon.
When he had calmed down
a bit, myfriendaskedme how
I had fed his pigs. 1 replied
that I had just thrown ten big
scoops of chop into each pen
twice a day. He then asked
me why I had done such a
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stupid thing, and law I got the •
idea that was how heed hid
told t, m that the only
thing I really knew about his
farm was the way be grew his
crops. I knew that hepttt the
same amount of lertillser on
all his fields eo I assented that
he would feed his pigs the
same way.
By now, I hope that you,
realize that this is not a true
story. I didn't have a -
nightnsare, and I haven't
been feeding any pigs. I just
told you this tale to make a
point. The fertilizer re-
quirements for each of your
fields can vary as much as the
feed requirements for dif-
ferent types of livestock.
No one in their right mind
would ever feed pigs the way
I did in the dream, and I am
sure that no one really wants
to treat their crops that way
either. But unless you have
your soil tested regularly, you
could easily be doing
something lust as wasteful.
By MRS. STAN PRESZCATOR
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Glan-
ville and Terry, London spent
the weekend with their
daughter and son-in-law Mr.
and Mrs. Nick Lansbergen
and girls.
Mrs. Stan Preszcator spent
Thursday with her mother,
Mrs. Edward Regele, RR 4
Walton.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Thorn-
ton, London visited Sunday
with Mrs. Stan Preszcator.
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Maximum reproductive
performance is achieved
when a balanced ration is fed
to meet the animal's nutrient
requirements for growth,
maintenance, lactation and
gestation.
The reproductive system
has a low priority for
available nutrients and is
usually the first system to be
affected by malnutrition.
Many, dairymen have ex-
pressed concern for poor
calving intervals along with
getting cows rebred• and
checked safe in calf. Poor fer-
tility has been a major reason
why many cows are culled at
an early age.
A review of the effects of
nutrition on reproduction in
dairy cattle indicates that a
majority of thenutritionally
related reproductive pro-
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the following procedures:
1. Balance Ration for
Energy, Protein, Vitamins,
and Minerals based on results
of laboratory analysis and
feed to meet nutrient
requirements.
2. Give high priority, to the
feeding program used before.
puberty, before and " after
breeding and before and after
calving to maximize fertility.
3. Practi% a challenge
feeding to meet nutrient re-
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lacation.
4. Feed 20 percent and 10
percent above maintenance
during first and second lacta-
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5. Teamwork between
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Agricultural Representative.
Early Corn Yields Good
The early corn yields in
Perth and Huron are looking
quite impressive. Even better
than last year. Perhaps the
early warm weather in May
speeded up the corn root-.
worm larval hatch. Then the
prolonged wet -during June
may have killed a large
number of thelarvae before
they had a chance to do much
damage.
The other phenomenon that
ishard to account for is our
high corn yields in spite of ap-
parent nitrogen deficiencies.
The light colour of corn plants
which is symptomatic of
ditrogen deficiency is
widespread in Perth and
Huron. It appears that during
June we lost a lot of nitrogen.
Not from leaching, but pro-
bably into the air. We may
have lost 30 to 40 lbs. per acre
in a 24 to 4$ !lour peripd
This loss; -' , `due to
ren-
`. wa, of
brenin + n. .reis
a group of ba that work
in the soil if there is no oxygen
in the soil. (If the soil is
waterlogged). They take ox-
ygen from the air as nitrogen
gas. There is nothing you can
do about it. I have never seen
it occur before in the 10 years
I have been here. So it pro-
bably won't happen next
year.
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A month ago, this reporter
was asked to attend the mon-
thly directors meeting of the
Ontario Federation of
Agriculture.
It is not every month one
gets such an invitation'.
Although I had an idea why
my presence was requested,
it was not until the announce-
ment was official that I knew
I had won the coveted media
award presented annually by
the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture.
For once, I was speechless
when Ralph Barrie, president'
of the 25,000 -member
organization, asked me if I
wanted to say a few words.
I really was overwhelmed:
I've always felt likes voice
crying in the wilderness, a
pastor preaching to the con-
verted. We live in the country.
This column is carried by 22
weekly newspapers and only
two daily newspapers in this
province. I try to present
agriculture in a way that will
be understood by both city
and country people. But not
one metropolitan daily paper
has ever offered to accept
One Foot in the Furrow.
To be recognized, then, by
the federation, an organiza-
tion with represeptatives
from all across Ontario, an
organization which constant-
ly lobbies - sometimes suc-
cessfully - in the higher halls
of power, is an honor indeed.
I believe the award was
won last year by a reporter
from the mighty Toronto
Star. Two years ago, I think
it was won by a writer from
the St. Catharines Standard,
neither of which could be con-
sidered "country"
newspapers.
I sincerely thank the direc-
tors, the executive and the
staff at federation head-
quarters for the honor
bestowed upon mer, But at the
in the
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same time, let me zero in on
a great problem faced by me
and the federation.
The rural press is not read
in the cities. But the urban
press is read in the country.
Farmers shake their heads in
disbelief when they read the
Toronto Star and the Globe
and Mail because both those
papers never miss an oppor-
tunity to criticize marketing
boards even when that
criticism is so transparent it
makes them chuckle.
What the federation must
address immediately is how
to get the agricultural story
across to urban people. Up to
now, farm organizations, with
one or two exceptions, have
spent all their time,energyand
money fighting simply to
help farmers get a better deal
with senior levels of govern-
ment. These are worthwhile
goals, without a doubt, but
much, much more must be
done.
City people, of course, have
problems of their own, . but
they learned to eat without
much coaxing. It is a habit
they would find difficult to
break. Farmers must get the
message across to city
dwellers that food must be
produced and that those pro-
ducers must receive a
reasonable return on their
labor and investment.
1 have no easy solution to
the problem because the
mass media is controlled by
city dwellers. Ken Thomson
does not live in the country.
Beland Honderich seems to
have forgotten his rural roots
in Baden, Ont. John Bassett's
only connection with the coun-
try is horse manure.
The only place where the
farmer has been given a fair
shake is within the CBC and
even that has been eroded in
recent years.
That is the challenge: get
the farm message across to
the big shots in Toronto, Ot-
tawa, Windsor, Hamilton,
Winnipeg, Fredericton,
Regina, Edmonton, Van-
couver, Charlottetown and
Halifax. Get those big, metro
dailies and those television
networks to present a fair pic-
ture of farming.
Unfortunately, the voting
clout is in the cities so
farmers will end up being
forced out of business until we
all starve.
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