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PAK�Cl�—GODERlCH . THURSDAY, OCTOBER M\i875
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A few weeks ago,. 'this cornecsuggested that horses are
wonderful animals but, to be trutx|ui they are also
stupid,� ^
In fact, my eight-year-old daughter was quoted as
agreeing with that statement The column drew con~
sxdw,uble m,mmoot, especially from u /,w. die-hard
horsemen.
150. One was so indignant mS letter that he suggested l
had better get to know my own horses He maintained
they were smarter than most arurnais and one of the most
intelli—��ent of all quadrupeds
.~v^r�ger, Bo/ Rogers s horse,-her,'ed.?hat
animal could doa\m"ot an‘,.thing but talk' np,euuN,ount
He could untie knotted ropes' He nmldmtm^open stable
doors' '
Mos,/ horse -owners .would suggest Chat tt's better to
have a horse incapable of doing many of these things' A
horse able to open. a door or untie a knot can ue -a dreuu-
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[u| nuisance on a farm Just ask m, neighbors.
We had a ,on here once that could not be kept in a field.
The foul thing would work away at a fence post uno|yhe%
had it knocked down
She would back up to the post, get it lodged. in the con-
tourso[x,rrump and work it back and forth until the post
gay.e in Then, she'd walk through
the fenceUnfor-
tunately, |
the rest of the horses would follow her:
u*u"^"a"=, '",~ way to start the day. Get up in the
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morning. look out-\�p window, bleary-eyed, • and see the
rencpduwg,,,._. •.•
Look across at, the neighbour'sfieltl and see three or four
huge rumps swa,•ingcontentedly afriend's 8urden
Ope of the most satisfying feelings.I ever had came when
l hooked up an electric fence -wire and watched that
crazy her haunches two or three
-timesuemesem message
. Cat -lovers and .dog -lovers can become quite vocal in,
defence of their pets, especially eat people Some years
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Letters ;re appreciated
wBob Trotter 'ldale Rd Elmira N3B 2C7 jo
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ago. i suggested in moment of stupidity — l have
a lot of those moments — that | liked cats but they
didn't like me so 1 preferred dogs That column drew
ulh`ost as much mail and as many telephone calls as any
Ive written in the past 10 years . �~
I did not realize ttia/.horme-loverswere almost as vocal
until ) called horses stupid. Dont get me wrong!, With a
name like Trotter. I love horses. ^ '
We spent most of last weekend on horseback and it
was nothing short of glortous,
But this Week` l have a- story about poultr,i Ft ,comes
from 'cho\oQy abstract brought home from' university
by my.Alaughter. The eggheads at the. uniVersity leve)..
studying animal behavibr, quoted the - case of, the con -
f uAed turkey cock,
The sunov'agun was gay! He did_his job, with the hens
butivhenever a human male walked into the yard„ the
cock would start going through the courting demonstra-
tions peculiar only to turkeys.
And then there is the story of the gander whose sexual
responses were fixated on a dog kennel and who, more-
ove,, behaved as though in mourning when his dog ken-
ne|was turned`onits »ido.'
1.thotight horses were stupid!
Can you imsgine copulating with a dog kennel? It takes
all kinds in the animal world, too, '
What happened:to that colt of ours, the one who broke
through fences? She was finally sold to a young lady in a
nearb!./ city. We told her — the new owner — that the
horse was diffictilt to keep fenced. We warned her that
the only way;to keep her in' was with an electric fence. .
Many months later We heard that the horse had opened
a gate in a „cerral and led a whole herd -of horses through
a gate and on tb a set of railway tracks,
Two horses 4ost the argument with an oncoming
train and she was one of thern. '
.��concern......
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retmovu\'is a definite problem
in the county and :recom-
mended immecUam'aodun to
resolve it,
Since the committee started
its work two local dead stock
removal companies instituted a
new policy of free removal of
dead stock. Garnet Smith of
Atwood Pet 5ood Supp lies
annou-nced, the 'decishon on
behalf of both his cany and
Huron Dead StockRemovo|or
Clinton at the September
meeting of the yederodnn.
Federation members
suggested that the action is a
direct rosu\t of the • in-
vestigatory work of the com-
mittee,
The committee n`pmbery,
however, are not content to let
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the matter rest as �y They
offered three recommendations
to the federation members and
•proposed that these be sent to
the O'FA executive for further,
approval. Only 'One uy, the
recommendations was ap-
proved
the OFA to petition the
government to investigate the
general problem of dead stock
removal. • Proposals that a
rendering and pet food
kocoasin8 plant be built in the
ounty or .that an alternative a
central location for dumping
and coveririg dead stock be
youndwere rejected by
federation members. '.
The question of work stop-
pagn§ was more extensive but
less definite. It. was raised by
Merle Gunby,urenreaontadve`
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from Ashfield TowrshlF, who
presented the following
resolution to be presented to the
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"Whereas rk stoppages
within our present day complex
and interdependent economic
system cause widespread and
disastrous effects to the.whole
country; therefore be it
resolved that the Ontario
Federation of &grou\tuco,
request that thie provincial and
national governments enact
legislation banning or cur-
tailing the right to strike or
lockout, replacing these with a
fair system of -labOr courts t6 -
settle disputes."
Mr. Gunby explained that the
resolution was rooted in con-
cern over the increasing losses
Suffered by the agricultural
community arid the economy as
a whole due to strikes and work
stovpaAoy.^^ltprobub\yooundo
like it's anti -labor and to a
certain point it io.''Mr. Gunby
said, but he explained that
'lockouts' were also included ip
the wordin'gtubo fair. ,"It may
not he the final annwor," he
' said, "but certainly somebody
has to get taiking." -
Although federat\on' monn'
bnra.otthomoet|n8agreedthat
work stoaQea are a problem,
many of them said they weren't
sure tbc,reommendation to the
OFA was the solution. They
ugrped, howevor, that the
resolution should be forwarded
to the, OFA executive for
pro,onD8t\onund consideration
at the' convention. Mr, Gunby
also suggested that a copy of
the resolution could bo"oe,nt to
the new public relations firm
for proper interpnotudoh for
the public, "It's a common
sense roub|udon.^ he con-
, eluded. .
One member in agreement
with and support of the
resolution was PQ.144: Hannam,
a member of the OFP'A executive
aed guest Speaker at the Huron
County Federation meeting.
Mr.,Hannam spoke briefly on
his work 'With the OFA, its
policies ^ and future plans.
"Looking back on it, I'm quite
amazed atid`e power the OFA
hoo.^ he said.
Be touched in his talk .on'
^*o|udona to the problem of
farm vehicles on major public
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Federation regional directors e
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Close to 60 persons attended
"-the October meeting 'oy the
Huron County Federation of
Agriculture my,|g,u,otuelect
regional director's and
delegates the annual con7
en -tion of /h, Ontario
|''rd,rum�o[A�n,u|turo.
Elected were: east central
n,g i`n, inc udi 8uUou,
Morris and McKillop Town'
ships, director, Maurice Bean:
roads, Ontario Hydro
problems, taxes and the
Ontario - Farm Income
Protection Plan. "It's a very
complicated situation," he
said: "Food has become . u
political tool to manipulate nd
control the fate of woria trade.
Times have changed. Do we
want to otaU|zo agriculture in
Ontario? [ think it's essential'
that the opportunitybo ''
Mr. Hannam explained that
the OFA was currently working
.m' -solve these and other
prob\en`a, including those" of
the proposed mineral tax and
odor Pollution. "Bt that's the
main purpose of Che Ontario
Fndenitiun of �Agrieu\ture`^^
Mr. Hannam explain,ed,-"It's
an effective lobby fighting for
farmers."
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delegates, John Benjamin, and |>ouu �m, program Fortune. focus of the will be on
Gordon, Blanchard and Bill The -directors
t.forwostc,ntru|' the urban ''.~'ir^an effort to
represent the ,,views of the
agricultural community ro[Lhe
non-agricultural segment
society. The Ontario Editorial .
Bound will 'direct the program-
hxud`memo th trial
President of the Huron
County Federation of
Agriculture, Doug Fortune,
inform.—"
members that the
Northwest region, and 'south Huronregions were
including West and East elected at an earlier —''/""—
vuwunosh. Ashfield and September. They are: west
Colborne
co\bornw Tnwnohivs, director,' central, Jack Van Wonderen;
Vince Austin ; delegates, Mason south, Glen Miller.
Bailey, Ralph Foster and Doug In other business, the
{ahne,on. Northeast region,members were informed by
including 8u*ick. Turnberry Mr, Bailey that..a new public
and Grey pe, di,ector, relations program has been
Jack Stafford; delegates, initiated the Ontario
-8kirtin]Duun. Jim Williamson Federation ofAgriculture. The annual meeting of the
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Since the price of corn hpa
climbed significantly in recent
years, Ontario farmers have to
look seriously at losses which
occur in silo storage of high
moisture corn, Says a , crop
scientist at t'h'e Ontario
Agricultural Collhe. His
suggestion is for ,farmers td
consider the use of organic acid
grain.'
''\�benthe organic acids ��t
Came on the market in the
province around 1970, tb�re
was a lot f bad publicity about
them — mainly because they
deserved it," says Professor K.,
R. Stevenson, of the, Crop
Science Department. "Despite
these initial problems, organic
acids have been improved in
recent years and now are
considered a good alternative
to, drying' grain corn or using a
sealed silo."
Possibly one of the best
reasons for making u�ooy an
*rgani'�� acid-- �uch'' as -
propionic io 'acid -- is tne`Coet
factor. The crop scientist says
that tho:ao|dhuSno increased
greatly its price since its in'
tnjduot�n. in coinparison
other alternatives.
"Over the last few the
�el and silos
have risen significantly, while
price of acid has remained
fairly stable," he points out.
"The Op of acid, therefore, is
now a Mucli more economically
attractive alternative than ever
Applicators,' too, have been
improved to be more accurate,
he . says, making acid ap-
plication a relatively simple
and convenient operation. The
rate of flow, monitored as acid -
is fed through the line, can be-
controlled according to the
moisture content -of, the grain'cdrri. Acid is sprayed onto thecorn as it is augered thencarried immediately intostorage, which can be simply agrain bin lined with 'plastic.Large applicators, Capable of
�nd|�Qa���0tons per hour, been increasing, gradually and
can cut out the ,bottlenecks many of the producers uymg'`t'
con`n`on in a grain -drying ai-e pleased with the results.
systo.'As well as being convenient
Grain corn can be harvested to hand|,, there are feeding
at higher moisture levels benefits to using acid -treated
although, . as Professor high moisture corn." says
Stevenson points out, the higher Professor ' Stevenson, "High
the moisture |ove|, the higher Moist -tire corn generally
the rate of acid application '0provides 5 to 10 percent in -
needed
op,usnr'p|t. ' creased hmdoyYidenoy in beef
While organic acid treat- cattle and, on a dry matter
ments have not really caught buaiu, is equal to dry corn in
on in Ontario, cid sales have clairy and swine rations.
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at the United Church in,Clinton.
Mernhers'were also informed
o new point system operativ,e
within,. the OFA to provide
countyrebates, Under the
p,og,um, county federation.
groups would receive. u certain
number of points for new
momhors, membership
renewals and various internal
activities. The, points would
then ,be translated into rebates
of money: Sir)ce the planhinges
on a membership basis, it
would be self-supporting from
the financial point of view.
Members also approved a, set
.of changes to the constitution
presented at Tin earlier meeting
by the education committee.
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