HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-11-30, Page 30Page 18A Times -Advocate, November 30, 1983
Hill concludes tkere's no disuutisf,cfion with bean board
Almost half the 825,000 -bag to buyers and potential
1983 Ontario white bean crop customers all over the world.
has been sold, Ontario Bean Broadwell attributed the
Producers' Marketing Board seven percent increase in
manager Charles Broadwell bean consumption in Britain,
told the annual Huron and traditionally the world's
district bean growers' largest per capita bean
meeting in Hensall last week. eaters, to the popularity of the
Broadwell was pleased to F -plan diet by British author
report the qualit» is the Audrey Eyton. The diet ad -
highest it has been for several vocates large amounts of
years, besting competitive fibre, and Britons consumed
crops in Michigan and North an additional 140,000 hundred -
Dakota which were grown weight bags of beans in the
and harvested under less past year. Broadwell is hop -
favourable weather ing the diet will catch on and
conditions. prove as popular on this side
Broadwell said the Bean of the Atlantic.
Board is constantly aiming Broadwell said the
for higher quality. Recent ef- marketing board has no con -
forts have included a quality trol over the retail price of
yield publication. a quality beans, and can only stand by
contest, sponsorship of a helplessly and watch Ontario
seminar. meetings with pro- consumers pay twice as much
ducers, and a publication sent as their American or British
Huron farm and home news
counterparts for a can of
beans. The Ontario shelf price
for packages of uncooked
white beans is almost triple
the price at which the beans
are sold by the Board.
Huron director and past
board chairman Gordon Hill
pointed out some of the ad-
vantages and disadvantages
of the marketing board. A
producer may grow as much
or little of any variety as
desired, can deliver to the
elevator of choice, obtain
some money at harvest
without commitment to price,
share in good price spreads,
deliver from the combine at
harvest and have access to
accurate market information
regarding price, demand,
quantities and sales.
On the other hand, the
grower can't sell prior to
Are pie really square?
Have you ever tried to -
calculate the volume of
something on the farm? Do
you remember a formula that
sounds like "pie are square,"
but you think that doesn't
make much sense? Everyone
knows pie are round. cakes
are square.
We often get requests to
help figure out volumes of
manure tanks., grain bins.
silos and many other storage
structures. Ilere are some
simplified calculations that
will help you find out what
you want to know.
If the stucture is rec-
tangular or square, simply
multiply length ties width
times height r or depth.) Alt of
the dimensions must be io the
same units - these will likely
be eitner feet or metres. The
answer will then be in cubic
feet or cubic metres.
If the structure is circular,
you must snow the diameter
(distance across) and the
height (or depth). Multiply
the diameter times the
diameter times the height
times 0.785. This will give the
answer in either cubic feet or
cubic metres. depending on
what units the dimensions
were in.
If you would like to know
the volume in litres, multiply
the volume in cubic metres by
1,000. If you would like the
answer in gallons or in
bushels, you must first know
the volume in cubic feet. To
get bushels. divide volume in
cubic feet by 1.25. To find Im-
. perial gallons. multiply the
volume in cubic feet by 6.24.
Hopefully. this information
will help you when it comes to
figuring out how many
gallons of manure that tank
holds. or how many bushels of
grain are left in that bin.
Ron Fleming
Agricultural Engineer
for Huron County.
Calf Killer
Calf scours are responsible
for more deaths and cause the
most economic loss of any
calf disease.
Scours, calf diarrhea or
enteritis, are well known to
beef and dairy producers.
There are two main types,
viral and bacterial
Two viruses, rota and cor-
ona, and a bacterium, E. coli.
are widely recognized as
causing most scours. Rota or
corona virus' induce diarrhea
through physical destruction
of intestinal cells. Body fluids
then drain into the gut. Diar-
rhea caused by E. coli is the
effect of a toxin or poison pro-
duced by strains of bacteria
which attach to intestinal
cells. The resulting action of
the toxin causes intestinal
cells to excrete fluids. Young
calves dehydrate quickly
through this loss of luids. In-
fected calves may spread the
diseases through infected
feces.
Fecal sampls from infected
calves should be submitted as
soon as possible to your
veterinarian for laboratory
identification. Your
veterinarian can then recom-
mend treatment.
As a preventative measure,
vaccines are now available. It
is recommended that cows be
vaccinated six weeks and
three weeks prior to calving,
if they have not been
previously treated. Once
treated, a single vaccination
each year suffices.
Immunity is transferred to
the calf through the col-
ostrum. It is important that
the new born calf receive col-
ostrum as soon as possible
after birth.
Norden's three-way vac-
cine is effective against viral
and bacterial scours.
Vicogen, a product by Con-
naught Laboratories, is effec-
tive against bacterial scours.
Your veterinarian will have
literature and product
available.
I caution producers•not to
ease up on good management
practices just because they
have vaccinated the cow.
If you haven't treated your
cows, check your breeding
dates. It is time to treat cows
due in January.
Stanley J. Paquette
Farm Management Specialist
for Huron County.
The Huron County
Plowman's Annual Meeting
will be held at the McKillop
Township Municipal Office,
Winthrop on December 8 at
2:00 p.m. Anyone with an in-
terest is invited to attend.
Don Pullen
Agricultural Representative
for Huron County.
harvest at a known price or
get full price at harvest,
growers delivering premium
quality do not receive a
premium price, handling
charges are getting out of
control, overall quality is
declining and board has inef-
fective control of inventory.
BEAN TALK -- Chatting informally after the annual Huron district bean meeting
in Hensoll are meeting chairman Phil Durand, Ontario Bean Marketing Board
manager Charles Broadwell and Huron district directors Bob Allan and Gord Hill.
Hill credits the Board for
market development and pro-
motion, acting as a lobby for
growers, funnelling research
dollars in the right direction,
attracting large volume sales,
public relations, pool returns
to producers, and establishing
a price that is public
knowledge and sets the trend
internationally.
Hill believes weaknesses in-
clude dealer negotiations,
poor quality improvement
and maintenance, reluctance
to discipline rebellious
dealers and limit unessential
satellites, not rewarding good
quality and penalizing poor
quality, and failure to ex-
amine the long-term implica-
tions of pooling.
Hill wondered aloud if the
Board is as effective as it
should be, and added he is as
responsible as anyone for past
decisions. However, his pro-
posal for an independent
evaluation of- the Ontario
Bean Producers' Marketing
Board was met with silence.
He could only conclude
"There is no dissatisfaction.
here today." varieties. Allan is on a com-
Director Bob Allan mittee studying upright
reported on the cooperation in varieties and row widths.
research among the federal Gordon Hill, Bob Allan, Joe
and provincial authorities and Miller and Cecil Desjardine
private breeders. All are were elected as directors, and
working together. and asking committeemen elected were
the producers for their Ken Carnohan, Neil Hem -
priorities Government ingway, Bill Armstrong, Jack
researchers are concer.- Coleman, Murray Dennis,
trating on new disease- Bill Dowson, Bob Fother-
resistant genes, and the ingham, Victor Hartman,
private companies are Ray Huether, Jim Love, Bill
breeding and releasing new McGregor and Clarence Rau.
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during a tour of South Huron Hospital at the institution's open house.
Name board of executives
Horse enthusiasts elect
On the evening of
November 19, members of the
Exeter Horse and Rider Cluh
met at Stephen Central School
for the first annual awards
night People started to arrive
with a variety of dishes for the
potluck supper at around 7
p.m. While everything was
being set up, a few friendly
games of volleyball had
started inkhe gym. Everyone
of all ages joined in.
After a delicious meal. the
business of next year's ac-
tivities was talked about.
Some vital changes were
made It was finally decided
on that they would take a
number of volunteers and
have them form a board of
executives.
Members of the board in -
1
elude: John Gieger, John
Relouw, Pauline DeVries,
('am Darling, Doreen
Preszcator, tray Itasenberg,
Caroline Tickner, Marie
DeBruyn and honourary
president, Adriaan Brand
After the board was
assembled, awards were
given out. however. instead
of trophies. useful items such
as leg wraps and halters were
given out. You were allowed
to pick your own prize as your
name was called according to
points. Everyone received
some sort of award for par-
ticipating. The awards were
finished up and a social time
followed.
The executive met at this
time and elected were presi-
dent Pauline DeVries, vice-
president John Relouw, and
secretary Marie DeBruyn.
The meeting ended with the
decision of the next meeting
to take place at Marie
.DeBruyn's house December 7
at 7:30 p m.
Special recognition should
be given to Adriaan Brand
who worked so hard this past
year to make it such a
success.
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