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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-07-18, Page 2u ,Winghain AdYMICOMMees Th r day, July 111) Lakelet Personals Mr. and Mrs. Jack Wright tett Tiseday by air for a nine -day vacation in Saskatchewan. DEAD STOCK Removal Serves As a service to you we pick up caws and horses Fres 23•°Svks Power Equipped Trucks . CALL c0UEcT 137-9334 Bnisseis Pet Food Sivplies 3!!-C 73 Mr. and . Derril Hallman and family visited Sunday Mr, and Mrs. Nom' : Listowel. Mrs. Warren Antria and Mrs. Ernie Dinsmore enjoyed a bus trip to District nine Senior Citizens' picnic in HartisOn Park in Owen Sound on Wednesday. Sympathy from Lake let and comniumty is extended to Mrs. Norman Hairper and fly in the foes of a "husband and father, Mrs, Ernie Dinsmore and Mrs. -Warren Zurbarigg spent Friday in Kitchener. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Demoting. andfamily of Ingleside spent several days with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Demerling and Mr. and Mrs. Walter De>lnerling and family. WESTEEL-ROSCO GRAIN BINS Seven sizes in stock Over twenty sizes available Cash Discounts for Payment on Delivery ORDER NOW from DELIVERY IMMEDIATELY Erection Equipment Available - No Charge FOR .THE BEST PRICES ANYWHERE Can Collect Walkerton 881/-0187 ' Demand for the Tobermory ferry continues to grow and the Ontario Northland Transportation Commission wishes to colorise travellers that; lengthy 'delays are ;possible until •, the new M.S. •Chi-Cheemaua enters service in August. Travellers are asked. to check with th_e�Tobeirmory or South. Bay Mouth offices of the Ferry Service as to expec- teddelays. Travellers are also reminded :that .tho presentservice cannot handle vehicles in .excess of • 6'4" - in height. These problems will - be eliminated by the new , Chi-Cheemaun, but in the meantime, ' anyone wishing to use the present service should be mindful of delays that are now being encountered of Tobermoryand South Bay Mouth. 1 11111111111111111111111 MINIM a JUST US AND TBE c:OWS. -- Egyptian and Kuwaiten representatives, along with financiers entrepreneur Gordon Lellever take tothe' fields - to see pure-bred Teriific Summertime' Summ.rPltch,rs TumblersPaper Plates , �► 00Nue, •00.. QrinkingSfrawrs MO*. .. Cold Drink Cups Picnic tlofhs ... Umousins for themselves: There arefour pure».breads on the farrn, iMported from Prance. • SOMETHI.NG TO THINK 'ABOUT -.-Kuwait and Egypfian delegates mull over a bit of information ' before leaving Auld -Croft Farms after viewing advanced breeding techniques. The, farm" specializes in super -ovulation and transplants .of Limousin cows. MO �; K. 4141;) �.,teefr �rpy. Me s�ns.A irj lA-41;) aJE A M �+6:,% uArabs come to local �:farrr see new breeding met Instead of the usual sky -scrap- ing concrete setting, this business meeting had a cornfield and ' a barn as a backdrop. - The meeting; which was really a lunch stop during a- tour of farms just outside 'Ethel, , had' something less than a formal air about it. But the participants made the • event important. There was a lawyer from Flori- da, one from Boston,- a few Toronto businessmen, an agri- culturalist from McGill Univer- sity in Montreal, a U.S. `Army general, an international Euro- pean financier (who retains the Vatican in Rome as one of his "clients and is also the son of a Roumanian prince, a relation of King Wilhelm of Germany), four government and private citizens of Kuwait and Egypt, and last but not least, the man who sent the invitations, successful Canadian " entrepreneur Gordon Leliever. NOM 11111 1 1 1 1 1 111. HODGINS-McDONALD iv NORTH STREET WIN6HAM Phone 35f-3650 isimpin NM NI Stock up Now y Canadian Pittsburgh Paint 15% -OFF ASSOCIATE STORE 1 1 1 1 1 1 MINNA They came to Ontario to view Mr. Leliever's Auld -Croft Farms (taken from the Scottish "old farm"), which is' a • 500 -acre. breeding farm, specializing in super -ovulation . and trans- - planting. Mr. Leliever hopes to assist the • two' Arab countries in establishing similar operations in Egypt and Kuwait. The other tour members would provide the prin- ciple. The 10 -day Arab vi§it, was not publicized for fear of trouble from any radical North Ameri- can group. -One source referring toxon of the Arab visitors said, "One guy was not supposed to be out of his country." - The proposed plans -would have Egyptians and Kuwaitans come to McDonald College (part of Mc- Gill University) to be trained in the modern techniques of breed- ing cattle, both dairy and beef., The operation would then be set up. - in their respective countries with Mr. Leliever's group super- vising. Auld -Croft Farms, which is managed by Grant Williams, RR i, Ethel, breeds fullubred Limou- sins which are originally im- ported from France. They are considered to be excellent beef cattle. There are now four imports on the farm. Through the advanced methods of transplanting and super -ovulation, these four could , produce over 25 calves in a year. Each one is worth about $17,000. Through the use of certain drugs, the Limousin will produce as many as 18 eggs at one time. The eggs are examined under a microscope to determine which one's are suitable for fertilizing. About 12 or 13 eggs usually qual- ify. After five days the eggs are transplanting to heifer carriers. The heifer mother however, must be in heat- at the proper time. So for every donor there are at least •13 candidates, since the transplant must be made within 13 days. Auld -Croft Farms main- tains a herd of over 200 heifers for this reason. At last count there were seven pregnant recipient cattle on the farm, each carrying one pure- bred Limousin. Most of the calves will "hit the ground" during the • fall months. Long-range breeding is also carried out. Limousins are . crossed with Charolais, Hereford and Santa Gertrudis. The Off- spring are crossed with the Lim- ousin pure -breeds again. This process is carried through the • .fourth generation. After that the,. offspring are recognized as fuli- br'ed Limousins. The process was estimated to take 10 years. - Only 500 cattle imports are 'allowed -into Canada a year, making the pure-bred Limousin a valuable animal. At leastone- year neyear is tied up in quarantining • before the import is allowed on any Canadian -farm. Of the four Limousins on Auld - Croft Farms, three have already gone through super -Ovulation and transplantation witty good re- sults. The fourth. just arrived on the farm. • Farm manager Wiiliarri1 ex- plained that the embryos', are taken only during the first year. The next year, the cows , are allowed to carry ' their own c,.alves. But the year following that they return to the super -ovu- lation -transplant method. This technique has been employed Since the farm's inception three fears ago, Mr. Williams said, ``Vi(e've had great success." , But this is not Mr. Leliever's first success. His business card reads, "Gordon Leliever, Exotic Cattle Breeder, Mining Explorations, Streetsviller Ontario." His entry into the cattle -breeding market is relatively recent. He's been in mining for years, however. He was born in northern On- tario, the son of a prospector in the heart of : mining country, Described as having done every job in mining, from prospecting, to developing to promoting he is said to have made his money through a large copper find up north. A few years back Mr. Leliever ' ptit together the first and largest Limousin . herd (30) in North Atherica at Campbellville, On- tario. He ',sold that operation to head up tis new venture. One staff -member referred to his boss as a "real go-getter-." He not only owns Auld -Croft Farms, but he is into mining in Mexico, in addition to other ventures. One observer, leaning back and vietting the participants in Mr. Lellover's latest venture, said, "se guys have money by the barrel." ' a St. ,Jahn 'Ambuiaance says al - Ways rake lawn to remove debris before using your power mower. k" f Bluevale Mr. and Mrs, Keith Moffatt, Sandra and Gregwere at Guelph On Sunday attending' the Jamison reunion.' Mr. and: Mrs-. Bill Rainey oft Akron, Ohio, are spending a week. with Mr, and Mrs, Gordon Hall and family. Mr. ; and Mrs. Jack Scott and family. of Newton spent Sunday. with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon. Hall. ligS I�3 W�uthwOsh *' r ,M.; '.SIZE +* W IN(,r1AM ,..)NTARI0 LIUhIfl shoutd have ateast . a year. In July, Ontario will introduce a Special Benefits program. It wills place extra funds on top of federal Guaranteed Income Supplements -enough to guarantee the -+elderly whoare qualified residents of Ontario an income of $2600 a year. Blind and disabled people who qualify' for Family Benefits will also be entitled to these special benefits. 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