HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-03-01, Page 2Page 2—The Wtngha}m Advance -Times. Thursday. Mareh 1, 1973
BEEF Belgrave for miles around attended the cow -calf meetingat Bel rave WI Hall
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Saturday. when Bodrnin, Limited's test station was on display and outstanding speakers
cli cussedt'efficient breeding and feeding methods. The Institute Hall was packed to
'lyfor the talks with many prominentarea beef cattle men present. (Staff Photo)
eef men assemble
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Parking space was, at a prem:
jin in'elg a ve for some•hours
Saturday when a special cow;c_alf•
d'aywas'held at the institute Hall,
there morning and afternoon
attended by post 'of r the beef
the Men la, the .area
Principal attraction was ar. totlir
.teSt station, to Views'ie test
'Bodmin Limited, an in
rated family arm at what
�,mm only .knoWit as, "Proc-
r'a Fes" at RR; 5 Brussels.
roup testing of -all homes ,bred
has4 t�eesl cared out here
ves�.
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y were X47 bulls of. 15
bree0 and crosses, an test in the
same lot ,under commercial
Belqrave do
econditions, as well as 97 heifers
on,official performance test. Also
on display was a herd of purebred
Shorthorn cows pastured on corn
stalks up to February ‘8, and
another interesting feature was a
demonstration of fat , measure-
ment on live animals with ultra-
sonic equipment.
Top Speakers •
Speakers at sessionsheld in the
Women'% Institute Hall at Bel -
grave included Dr• Tom Burgess,
beef cattle research specialist at
the. University' of Guelph who.
spoke on: `Ultrasonic readings—
can 'they
eadings-Can''they help us produce higher
yielding meatier cattle?" and
Norman MacLeod, beef
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specialist of the'Ministry of Agri
culture and Food` on beef cattle
testing and what It can mean to
the cow -calf opera
Ross' Procter of Bodmin
Limited was final s eaker,
describing Bodmin's search for
profitable cattle, in which he
gave • extensive data gleaned
from their testing methods.
' Following is •Mr. Procter's
address, in part: ���
Profitable Cattle
"Bodmin Linuted is an Incor-
porated - Family Farm, owned
and operated by . Charles, Ross,
and George Procter. at rfa 5,
Brussels, Ontario. We run a
mixed farming operation and at
present, grow seed barley, gain
corn, .,ha. ,and~ pasture and
�lirkta'=f, pork, chicken
and'turkey-m�. ;w
"Our 70 to. 80 cow, purebred
Shorthorn herd arepractically all
home bred and trace back to
Shorthorns bought by our
grandfather in 1923. Our father,
Stewart Procter, maintained and.
eipanded the herd until he sold it
to Bodwin Limited in 1966. Inr the
early years; milk production was
emphasized and some cows made
quite 'acceptable ROP milk
records in the 1940's. Through the
years only Scottish type beef
bulls have been used, but the
background -of milk production is
still evident in many females.
Tested in Groups
"Ever since bull testing began
in Ontario, individuals have been
tested from this herd, but star-
ting with the 1968 calf crop, all
bulls and all heifers in the herd
have been performance tested in
groups. We try to calve from May
1, to August 1 and wean all calves
at about the same tithe in the late
fall. The bulls and heifers are
placed in separate feed lots,
weighed in on a 140 -day per '
fprmance test to determine which
have the highest gainability. All
bull calves are left uncastrated so.
each cow's calf has an equal
chance to perform under prac-
tical feedlot conditions.
"About June 1, these bulls and
heifers are weighed off the Offi-
cial Ontario Beef Cattle Per-
formance testing program. The
lower indexing bulls are fed on to
be marketed as•beef at about 1000
lbs, iiveweight while the superior ,
gainers are offered as herd sires
for purebred and commercial
cowmen to use in pure or cross-
breeding programs. Herd
replacements for the cow herd
are selected from the higher
indexing heifers and all heifers ,
are bred to calve with the herd .
from May 1 to August 1. ' Since
starting the herd testing program
with the 1968 calf crop, we have
individual records on 601 Bodmin
calves.
"Our testing program has in-
cluded crossing some of our
Shorthorn cows with other
breeds: and comparing these
crossbreds with purebreds as
well as buying calves of most
other breeds and crosses and
comparing them with our home
bred calves in the same feedlot.
"Our home bred 1972 calves are
all purebred Shorthorns sired by
2 of our own bulls by natural
service and by 5 highly ad-
vertised Shorthorn sires by artifi-
cial insemination. The breeding
pl-ogram for the 1973 calves is
similar to 1972.
"The cows are turned to grass
about the middle of May, and are
usually moved from grass to
fields of corn stalks after the corn
has been picked in Octbber. The
cows' usually stay on Corn stalks
•
*re fed hay unt a
March when they are
lick out on corn stalk sod
are moved to grass
May. During the bay
Period of January through
mature females under d
of age and older cows over
years o( age are separated and
fed 341 lbs.. of grain per ;ds de-
lending on body condi.
We vaccinate the .core`hard
each Year for MBR and Pit
calves are vaccinated for
P13, BVD and Blacklegjust
to weaning. We dehorna
calves, and treat all stock w4 a,
systemic insecticide for 1varble 1,
- In 197 from 84 pregnancy
cows we lost 16 calved fel' 111
mortality of 19 per cent, By
purchasing 8 melding to
replace some mortalities Nye
weaned 76 calves or a 90 per ,cent
calf crop. We hada mortality of g,
cows in 1972.
Grain Ration
"Our test ration is a high
energy grain ration fed trae
choice. We have used a- barley*.
based ration for 3 years andare,
currently. 'using a corn bass
program.
"You may wonder how mum
progress we have made through
our selection and testing
program. We wonder too, and in a
order to compare our cattle with
other good cattle we are fn-
terested irr buying bull calves and
heifer ,calves born in the month
of April. May and June of 1973,
Edward
February 21
delegate*
reSult
tall
commodities*,
Seasons or
possible 1974 sites.
Chairman,for the ms's section
was Albt Canon,
for the des,' aelainns,
Robert G 'Genie. Some of
why they :are •wee ed next 11,,
Ifyou have' calvesfor We, Plyco.
ntaet Bothnia Brussels, ted,,
Test lets, x172
38 lbred bis tested, avg.
daily gain ---3 07lb* '.;. 100 C
mercial bulls «�tOste4, avg. daily
gain, 2.70 lbs.. avg. daily gain
top 10 Al red tom, 3.55 hiss4
hit gaining bull (from com-
mercial
omesm cal g ), 4.04, lbs:. day;
highest a shorthorn °tfroin
?► , av , x gam,
3.70 lbs.;, yearling wefght, 1010'
index, 129; 33 purebred heifere
tested, avg. daily Pill 1.41 ibe.,;
top Purebred heifer tested, avg,
daily. gaain� 1.741bs., avg,` ad ted
yearling weight,...' ibe.; top•
yearling weight, '687 index, 120;
mortality in 1972, silt Vials oeut
of 174 started on test 3.4 percent.
Several
'ith the being_ floor � WedneedaY
.
evening* mil -
tan IV and moi ate cast .-
taring . " e '+ hylere'i'Des
, Ralph Smith, Maggie 'Grif-
Gene Paser. appealing
.,were "The King . ,lamei Vim,
of Toronto and Henning &c fir,
A. magicians;
glacial • attraction r in th
beautiful Crystal Ball : was. `
the introduction of : the 197:
Queens of • the' Fair, bY the
popular Gordie Taps.,
Several bus loads of ` His t g
and 10 delegates attendthe
convention and Mrs. 'Gibson and
Mr. Canon were presented with
a beautiful .floral-aetnent
for their hotel hospitality' litysuite
delegates of District S.
• The office for 19734
Men's •Section ' are; Pa t
•
Hamilton,, . A, ,'
Maroon; � ''s of ladies'
work; Handicraft, Mr. 3; P.
,LJ ,:s,y l , {Peterboroughand' Junior
% , , r . Es Baker, Albertan.
At the close of the convention
both Pre dent. meted
vdth past ns on their
retirement
L EUCHRE
Mrs. Annie Miry and George
Grigg won the pima for high
scores At the Monday evening.
eu hre the:
� orange Hall*
lion p er'e Wen
. Mary `Bur ill and :rank
Woods.
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