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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-05-31, Page 18United Breeders another 'bull' stor The utilization by farmers of gen is used as a freezing. agent. small artificial insemination The temperature of liquid nitro - clubs goes back to the 1940, gen remains constantly at minus when groups from Wellington PO degrees F. Semen can be County and other counties bought ' stored in this liquid for an in - a bull collectively, each paying definite length of time. A calf has about $100. By doing this they recently been produced from spread the initial cost of the bull 'Semen that was frozen and stored and the risk among the breeders. The veterinarian then collected • the semen for artificially impreg- nating the fame, s herd. The operation became a. mutes one with the farmers working. together for a common interest. They set up a common headquarters, initially in anold hos tae barn, having the veter- inarian come into take the col- lection. They bought more bulls,; eventually, expanding ands luring, more people, laymen as well es veterinarians. The Waterloo ` and Wellington clubs combined themselves and built a barn at. Waterloo • in the mid -forties, More sopbistcated. equipment was implemented and the operation became more ex- tensive. As the gradifal; co-ep grew. the em'bership ,fee was cut, The only membership fee for the, club became $5;00 and the price of .breeding was placed at the value of a.,buu calf, which was $5,00 at that ;t e.. If a heifer was born in- • stead; the breeder was well ahead. In the 1950's, the process of freezing semen was implemented and found so successful that the', freezing process became the standard practice by 1954, This proved°tobe a giant step, because by using the frozen semen all the bulls could be available every day ratherthan be limited by the collection schedule, which pro- videdthat the bulls be collected from twice a week. A :pedigree analysis became the basis for buying young bulls. Using this Method plus the wider. • Use of computers for assembling the daughter information, a few . good ` 'individuals began to emerge, thei random daughters �ct�tlt g. in . lea or .several. breakib diigb in . 'N' eedinn eventually came about, but breeders, found they needed more ►.T, '(artificial insemination) oven, sires and a wider choice them. United Breeders Inc. stemmed from this -major need. :An immediate, varied group of Proven .bulls has been provided bythe merger. The United Breeders' Merger, combining ,,three bull studs, has made possible the .proving of a dozen new Holstein brills a year, due to a breeding volume of over.100,000 cowsannually in the 'Holstein breed alone. United. Breeders has an even • wider proving program in the Jersey, Guernsey and Ayrshire breeds. In. 1968, the Waterloo, Lambton and Maple cattle breeders merg- ed to form an operation. Due to ick of proper facilities the farm - for 14, years. Of the 180,000 cattle bred •by United Breeders, 100,000 of them are .Holsteins, Beef cattle are be- coming more prominent, how- ever, and the. breed have on stock many of the -newer ewer breeds of beef bulls, such as the Euro- pean breeds. There are also more dairy cows that are cross -bred. United Breeders is a com- pletely non-profit organization, ownedand directed byfarmers. wn Last year; after doing about two ' dollars worth of business, million d the co-op :lost '►74. While ,the rest of the economy soars, the breeding fee for the United .Breeders remains vir- tually the same: as it was in the '40's, When the club first began the fee was $5.00, and now it still remains at only $6.00 for the basic breeding fed. . ers ,pooled their resources and • purchased the present site, con- sisting of 128 acres,, just north of Guelph.. The new headquarters was completed in 1970 and covers an acre of ground. The headquarters was financed from surpluses built up over the year and from sale of property of the units that merged to form United Breeders... Central On- tario, Waterloo and Lambton thttle Breeding Associations. Making up the headquarters are four zones: storage and dis- tribution, offices and accounting, meeting room and related facilities and semen collection and processing. , The semen processing area routinely handles 5,000 ampules of semen a day. Over half a mil- lion ampules are kept in tanks in the storage area. In natural mat- , ing millions of sperm are ejaculated, while only one fer- tilizes the egg. By extending or diluting the semen, a . bull can father literally thousands of calves in one year. In the storage area liquid nitro- 20,000 members • There are about 20,000 lifetime ;members belonging to United Breeders of which around 15,000 :are active Ienibers. The co-op operates on . a loss basin losing' about one dollar per cow. However, this loss is subsi- dized by the numerous outside sales of semen. Where are no operations such as United Breed- ers from .Ontario to Alberta, therefore a lot of semen is ship- ped to the •western provinces, coupled with sales around the world. For outside sales the cost is per ampule or dosage, . whereas members of United Breeders pay by the cow. If the firstattempt at artificial: insemination fails, the cow is'rej _aminated with no cost to the member. About 150 farmers from the Mount Forest area belong to United. Charles Watson of Wat- s M t ct was ' athe headquarters during- the re- search time spent for this article. Mr. Watson is one of the owners of a two-year-old bull which is kept at the centre so that many fellow farmers can artificially in- seminate their cattle and thus strengthen their . herds. Other owners of the bull, along with Wat-cha Farms are Dr. Stewart, M.D. of Mount Forest, Jim Lang -of Corbetton and Lipsett Farms of Owen Sound. Mr. Watson readily endorsed the operation of United Breeders, saying ithas helped his herd and strengthened his farming operation con- siderably. The eventual growing process of United Breeders has made it possible for members to have ac- cess to a group of beef sires with gainability, high weight for age and cutability. These factors, put together, put dollars in beef farmers' pockets. Progress is the backbone of good farming and United Breed= ers has, been providing that pro- gress since its merging,. Service has been the greatest area of pro- gress, providing a vast range of choice of bulls,vusing such guide- lines uidelines as breed, bloodline, bull, pedigree or proof that meets the farmers' requirements. The breeder now has all the informa- tion at his disposal to choose the best, most reliable sire for his herd. The' board of directors of United is made up of representa- tives from all counties in the membership. New members on the board for 1973 are Ken Murray from Halton County, Cecil Maddock from Lambton and representing Grey County is Keith Dennis. The job of the directors is to make integral decisions which shape the direc- tionand future of the United Breeders'. operation. In the general manager's .re- port of 1972, C. R. Reeds states, .:. I pass on the appreciation from myself and staff for the leader- ship given by the board of direc- tors during the , past year. Your Association is growing and be- coming much more complex. The role of interested and forward thinking directors makes the job of management much easier to carry out." • United Breeders has always been and will continue to be a member co-operative with spe- cial emphasis on the member. !!Each . member canfills y jpr ud. of,t corp . l ds ' changed' :the face tft'betli dairy fanning nand beef raising. When the merger of United came about ' the tightly knit groups of farmers had some fear that their friendly, amiable farming operations would lose some of . the cgmmunication that made , them tick. However, the How does your garden grow? Your garden ;soil can be given an added boost before planting flowers, shrubs, or trees. Mix a quart of bone meal and dried sheep manure with a bushel of peat moss. Then spread it on top of the soil and spade under. The mixture will iMprove the soil structure and provide extra nutrients for the plants. Grass should be allowed to grow, to at least four inches long before cutting. A fast -grouting, healthy lawn will do much to eliminate lawn weeds through competition. - Flowering bulbs should stay as long as possible. in their original location. This gives the bulbs a chance to build up nutrients for next year's blooms. Annuals, such as marigolds and petunias, can be planted among the bulbs until they are dug out. However, if you are in a hurry, the bulbs should be transplanted ' into . a semi -shaded area of the garden and allowed to wither. Gladiolus and dahlias can be planted now. Dahlias prefer a sunny location with fertile, well - drained soils and should be pro- tected from strong winds. Gladiolus do well in an open sunny location. Successive plant- ings of gladiolus corms every 10 days should provide cut flowers for several weeks. theme, "Let's not lose touch v�xtlt oikr people" has been foremost mind since the Breeders WAS ,fid suggested. The Central 0t400 Cattle Breeders, the Waterloo Cattle Breeders, and the Lamb - tow Cattle Breeders, who 'eaelk had their own say in their ' 'viii dual groups, found that they still could express opinions and see their ideas materialize in. f the United Breeders arrangement The main difference was that by working together, their hopes and ideas materialized faster and •ou a much larger scale thatl they''` could have wished for. - The United Breeders . is a strong organization w the member uppermost in milli: It has strengthened many herds, a agriculture a modern e-' given�' age" streamlined form of progress;, and made it possible for many breeders to be successful in the cattle business. . 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