The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-12-05, Page 24•
1974—
aner cattle means lower hosts
+lust wore cleaner
to 'Parket, han-
product losses sin
gam 004 and tanneries
Weald be 110Wer and consumers
rAlgliit get lower priced meat and
goods.
Hover, the 'maybe' in the
Wrings to consumers depends on
Whether it proved profitable for
farmers to adapt their operations
to raise cleaner cattle.
To.examine this whole problem
and suggest possible solutions,
the beef industry asked Agricul-
'ture Canada to establish a com-
mittee for cleaner feedlot cattle.
Quite a few cattle are marketed
in Canada with a large amount of
feedlot dirt and manure clinging
to their hides and this causes a
number of problems for meat
packers, inspecting veterina-
rians and tanners. Meat must be
trimmed from a carcass where it
has been touched by the dirty
hide. It requires extra work to
butcher dirty cattle and to wash
the hide before fleshing and tan-
ning operations. Dirty hides re-
quire more salt in the curing pro-
cess. They are also more apt to be
cut or damaged when beings pro-
cessed through the fleshing ma-
chine, and they will not cure to a
bright, uniform color as clean
hides do. All this adds up to a cost
of at least $3 to $4 per animal and
the accumulated dirt and manure
also add to the problems of waste
disposal at packing plants and
tanneries. From an ecological
and economical point of view, it
would be preferable to have
cleaner cattle marketed in
Canada.
• For the farmer fattening beef
cattle, the advantage is not quite
that apparent
The prices paid for clean cattle
are usually the same as those for
dirty cattle, but the cost of extra
bedding materials to produce a
cleaner animal will add to the
total cost of production.
Only in a time of surplus cattle
do buyers pick and choose to the
extent of paying more for clean
cattle than for dirty ones. There-
fore, there is little incentive for
farmers to go to extra trouble and
expense to keep cattle clean.
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The committee for h cleaner
feedlot cattle, which is combed
of representatives from the
federal government, Ontario and
Alberta governments, the Meat
Packers' Council, beef produc-
ers' associations and the Univer-
sity of Saskatchewan is making
two farm surveys and one survey
at 20 meat packing plants to show
factors affecting the dirt on ani-
mal hides.
They have noted that the prob-
lem exists in both eastern and
western feedlots. The amount of
'tag' or manure and dirt on a beef
animal varies according to how
much and how often bedding is
used, the drainage of tile feedlot
and the amount of space allotted
per animal.
This is where economy comes
into play. There is_ a -general
shortage of bedding materials in
intensive livestock. areas in
Canada. Even in the west where
there is enough straw in grain -
growing areas, bedding can be
expensive by the time cattlemen
pay for baling, transporting and
storing it. In southern Ontario, a
shift to silage corn and cash crops
has reduced the quantity of straw
available. The corn combine has
practically eliminated crib -dried
corn cobs which made the best
feedlot bedding material.
Wood chips, shavings or saw-
dust are good alternatives to
straw, but producers are not al-
ways close to a constant or cheap
supply of these materials and it
may be a problem to get them in
a dry enough condition for stor-
age.
However, research shows that
bedding pays off with additional
gains. Dr. C. M. Williams, a Uni-
versity of Saskatchewan profes-
sor and member of the cleaner
cattle committee, has conducted
experiments which showed that
properly bedded steers reached a
slaughter grade two weeks ahead
of non -bedded steers on the same
feed.
The feedlot cattle surveys have
already showy considerable sea-
sonal variation in the amount of
tag on animal hides. Beef cattle
are dirty at the beginning of the
winter, then cleaner when the
ground is frozen solid. Variable
spring weather with alternating'
thawing and freezing causes tag
build-up again; then the animals
clean tip through the summer
months as they shed their hair
and as • feedlots, Ore easier to
scrape.
The committee is looking at the
variations which occur regionally
and between farms of different
sizes. Various housing 'practices
are also being studied for their
effects on cattle cleanliness.
"Farmers will not be very en -
Switzerland holds
food costs in line
According to U. N. statis-
tics, of 17 countries listed, 12
nations fared worse than the
United States, so far as food
price increases are concerned
— Denmark, Spain, Ireland,
Japan, Sweden, the United
Kingdom, Israel, The Nether-
lands, France, Belgium, Italy
and Australia, all topped us.
Switzerland with an 18 per
cent rise ( compared to 35 per
cent in this country), did the
best in holding the food price
line " while Canada, Greece
and West Germany also had
smaller percentage increases
than the United States.
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dirty cattle," held J. E. �l�MnII'II.•� ,1
of Agriculture Canada's_
eering research ,service4` it
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set up a regulatory system. We
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tive solutions and putting theip
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"This
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I'lalll boar *ewe to the Univerm
and ins has been sly from
the United ates " '
says.
HOW EbillialtiVNIMIT
Recent figures indicate
American 'fes are using
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Research is continuing to improve artificial insemination for swine,
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"Use a word three times and
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and effect."
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tempt; belittle. "A good teacher
does not disparage the efforts '
of students:"
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seen but possible event. "The
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acceptable as hog producers be-
come more conscious of -disease
control and carcass quality,"
says Hans Grieger, head of Agri-
culture Canada's sheep and
swine production.
Semen used for artificial in-
semination is taken only from
Record of Performance -tested
boars. "This makes artificial in-
semination valuable by spread-
ing the effect of top-ranking per-
formance -tested boars over the
national herd," Mr. Grieger says.
To this end, an artificial in-
semination unit for swine was re-
cently opened in Woodstock. Fed-
eral Agriculture Minister, Eu-
gene Whelan . and Ontario's
minister of agriculture, William
Stewart attended the opening.
Owned by the Ontario Swine AI
Association, a swie-breeder or-
ganization, the p'roject is also
backed financially by the federal
and provincial governments and
the Ontario Pork Producers'
Marketing Board. A second unit
is in operation at La Pocatiere,
Que.
Agriculture . Canada's Sire
Loan Program provides top -per-
formance boars for swine AI
units. The new Woodstock unit
has acquired 20 boars under the
program and is aiming for 30.
"Most of the boars this unit
needs for the next three years,
includingreiSiaLienient bars, will
be provided under the program,"
cllllr•. Grieger says.
The demand for AI for swine is
growing. Last year in Canada,
1,154 swine were artificially in-
seminated. "Already, that num-
ber has more than doubled this
year," Mr. Grieger says.
Last year, the average litter for
artificially inseminatedgilts was
9.1 piglets and for sows, 10.2. The
average conception rate was 73
per cent.
However, in spite of encourag-
ing re�ssults. from AI, some hog
producers are unable to use it
since the only two centres are in
Ontario and Quebec.
"Until the technique for freez-
ing semen has been improved, it
must be used fresh within 72
hours — to ensure optimum ferti-
lity. It is difficult to transport
semen within this time limit to
some parts of Canada," Mr.
YOU ARE THE DETECTIVE
The big, muscular -looking, hard -
eyed young man, Howard Feller, has
been brought into your office for
questioning regarding the death of
Keith Rogers. "I'll admit 1 had plenty'
of reason to hate the guy," Feller
growls. "He told some terrible lies
about me to my gel, which caused
me and her to split up ...and then he
started going around with her. But I
didn't kill him. And maybe he wasn't
even murdered at all . .. he could
have slipped on that new tile floor in
the chapel and cracked his head .. .
that floor's plenty slippery, you know."
Also seated in your office is Frank
Selby, the custodian of the church
where young Keith Rogers met his
death. "I saw Keith coming into the
church earlier this afternoon," says
Selby. "He was in the minister's office
for about a half-hour or so ... 1 was
washing some windows out in the
church. Then I saw him come out of
the office and go into the chapel. The
chapel is a new one, you know . .
just finished about a week ago .. , and
1 thought maybe Keith was just inter-
ested in looking at it. Anyway, 1 went
on with my work in another part of
the church and forgot all about him.
Then I happened to look toward the
chapel room and saw a fellow in a
blue sport shirt hurrying out like he
was running away or something. I
walked over to the chapel and looked
in ... and there was poor Keith lying
on the floor ... dead .... that big
ugly wound on his head. That fellow
in the blue sport shirt ... he was built
a lot like ...." and Selby bends a
speculative gaze on Howard Feller.
"Well, it wasn't me!" exclaims
Feller. "1 haven't even been in that
church for over a year."
You now turn to Frank Selby and
ask, ''How about the floor in the
chapel? Do you Mink maybe it's slip-
pery enough to have caused young
Rogers to lose his footing. fall, and
strike his head?"
"Well," replies the custodian; "may-
be the floor was a little on the slippery
side. I did hear a couple of complaints
from two of our older church mem-
bers ... but so far as an active young
man like Keith falling hard enough
to ... ..•
"I have my doubt about that, too,"
you break in, and then you look
sharply at Howard Feller. "I'm hold-
ing you for further intensive question-
ing on this case!"
Why?
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Grieger says.
When the technique has been
improved, breeders now living
further than the distance semen.
can be shipped within 72 hours,
will be able to take advantage of
AI.
Expense is also a considera-
tion.
"Many small producers find it
less costly to breed swine natur-
ally," Mr. Grieger says. "The
best detector of a sow in heat is a
boar. If a producer has to keep a
boar for this purpose, he might as
well use it for breeding too. How-
ever, if the use of Al increased,
costs for the service would
down and smaller producers
would benefit."
Also, there are now no `techni-
cians in Canada) for swine Al
service as there are for cattle.
The producers themselves have
to inseminate the sows and one -
day courses on the procedure are
available to them. Mr. Grieger
says technicians may be provid-
ed when the demand is high
enough.
In the meantime, researchers
are continuing to look for an im-
proved method of freezing boar
semen. The AI centre here is
go
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