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,: feeding
c •.p• tel'
troduded hist
leyeloped by the
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e • and Food,
A�Lbeirta Agriculture and
Canfat'm. >..
"The Purpose of the
'prograapa>,.. -,says Rail*
1Viaccartney, ministry
beef cattle specialist,
"` to pr°vide detailed
feeding programs for
finishing cattle that will
bring the highest possible
profit for producers."
Mag' intik. a -.
Costs of ..tee
cilities,'types of feed'
alable, and . deacrip-
tions Of the cattlei the
computer supplies a
castdtrn feeding pregrr0re—
T#is.. program tells Om
farmers what type of feed
to use• and throw much to
feed • for maximum
, profit's, -
Similar to all computer
programs, the in-
formation you receive is
only as good as the in,
formation you provide.
Cattlemen must provide
the computer with ac-
curate information about
the type and quality of
available feed. This part
of the program is most
v
Cattxome also supply
a description of the cattle
including'•. such ,. in-
for nahnn`as sex age and
frame size of the animals;
The ;eon:muter combines
this information .with
growthrate: and fat
deposition.. statistics to
determine how much feed
is required finish cattle
to an A-1 grade.
In addition to the
feeding program, the
computer ,can advise
farmers on selling
weights and dates, and.
can also help farmers
decide whether heifers,.
steers, short keeps or
had that provision. Well
have to wait until after
the next election to see if
this . concept surfaces
again.
Otherwise; it is
necessary, to form a
corporation. or spousal
partnership to achieve
this end. An Income Tax
Bulletin indicates that a
A.
the co;Mputer these
teeters are evaluated
cheaply,, accurately,: and
fast enough to keep:up
with:ipa' � et eh;anges.
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_._;e x1 of t
cif t
The. s ,the beef
finishing program •is.$35
for ..tri ti;il . requests. The
im-praaved•perforuance,of.
Only . one animal ' will
make up this cost, says.
Mr. ;Macartney.• The cost
of subsequent requests
you orris a spouse
partnership, it is wise ti?
" keep a- • file to answer
questions such as: What
were the original and
continuing contributions
of capital by each'
spouse? What is the
registered ownership of -
assets? Who can write
cheques on the farm bank
pwhave vmade. both
o contribute spousethe ar
s p ousia-1-- -rt-n a r* -h -i - -- a eeoun� -. How _-rn-eh
e
ists
each
spousesm.
contribution of capital business?
n ram
ye('Lto
$. 1 • "
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The Beet Finishing
,Program utilizes' tele
co:. pater,; facilities sof
;C. nfarn + •Co=oper,atix.e
Services in Guelph and is
available; to .Ontario
far�mmer ;.:tbrougli. ,coon ,
regional and district
offices --of the Ontario.
Ministry of ' Agriculture
and Food
,ay
C. ed
WANTED - TO RENT:
Crop
land i L Colborne,
Gotierici hand . Ashfield
Townships. Top dollar'
paid for- top, land, •Call
.Steve. Buchanan,
Goderich $2�4-
It4700.-°-3$tfnc
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delves Art prowc
Z�ca�fitalzlo .rations
Itiee .;rtneey says the the oiler
a r y
n•evicomputerpro am:is' `"Ehis
a great inriprovement articular'
p
4t -high,' and mistakes
ecessaril managdmen ,can be.
. potential re
-1* one. -disasti ous. The. computer
"•beef' finishing program
rogram -,p help - farmers con-
. beneficial to• sider al/ •: factors that
over thetradational hand- ca„ttlei eh ' today; ` says_ affect profits -- 'rations,
calculated feeding ones. a' A Mae.
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a��l•ey, performance, fixed and
The traditional programsInve - osts--• r � .
St?�;�[1.t c a � variable costs, and .•
ant to pay your spouse. _-- -
BY recent proposed budget and -or labour and- .
DON PULLEN
management.
AG. REP. h If 1
looks as'though the
officials have .heard the
word .-- that farmers and '
small business operators
should be able to pay
their spouse a wage for
work done for the
business. The most
ane 1
furrow•>rae
in the
The public is aroused. The writing i tett the wall as
far as marketing boards are concerned,
During the last few weeks, I have made it a point to
talk to a number of people about farming in general
and farm marketing boards in particular. I never
copse to, be amazed at the ignorance expressed by the
general public with respect to marketing boards.
Most people really believe that every farm product
in this country is on quota; that is, farmers are told•
exactly how much they canproduce.•As far as I know,
only half a dozen of the more than 100 marketing.
—boards—i`igh°f'ctrota- Canada have quotas: milk,
chickens, turkeys, tobacco and eggs. To some extent,
wheat may fall iflto the same category although
farmers are not told how many bushels to produce.
They know that, no matter how many bushels they
produce, only .a certain amount will be sold at a
reasonable profit.
My son-in-law., God bless him, was born in the city
but was raised on a hobby farm. He now lives – as I do
—on a couple of acres .in:the country and keeps horses.
He should know better but he blames muchpf today's'-
inflation, especially food prices, •on quota-setting:r
_marketing "hoards,_ not realizing.. that the, Only- boards •
affecting him are milk, eggs and chickens. And most
of the chicken. hg and his family eat comes from that,
old southerner, Col, Sanders.
I'm convinced that the price of `chicken paid to the
farmer has little affect on what he pays for Kentucky
fried chicken.
'He and his family love hamburgers. That is where
they go for•most of theirmealseaten out of the home.
Yet, the beef farmers of this country have stubbornly
resisted any type of marketing, board. If the price of
hamburgers goes sky, high in the -next fewmonths,as
the price of beef goes up, he will blame Marketing
boards for the increase.
I am also convinced that, if tele beef producers did
form a marketing board, these terrible ups -and -downs"
in the price of beef at theconsun-ter level wouldeeven
out instead of being extremely low for six or seven
years and then going out of sight for the next five or six
years. Those . boom -and -bust cycles may prove
beneficial to_some:of thesmart farmers — or those
who are not carrying a high debt —: but all it does is
turn off the consumer.
Right now, there is a federal inquiry into the uses
and abuses of farm marketing boards, particularly
those quota -setting boards previously mentioned. If I
had any influence -with farmers and farm marketing.,
boards, I would welcome that inquiry with open arms.
I would encourage everyone, whether from the,
government, from the consumers association, the
processors — whoever — to get into the nitty-gritties
of farming. I would give them all the information I
'could possibly give them.
I would opeii all my books, all my information
charts, all my profit.and-loss figures to everybody
who wanted to see them. I would prove to anyone and.
everyone that farmers in this country want a fair
return on labor and investment, nothing more than
any other businessman or industry asks.
I am supremely confident that, when the dust has
settled, no prices will be rolled back more than a cent
or two a pound or a dozen, if that.
I have dealt with farmers 'and agricultural.
organizations for more than 30 years. I have found
them generally to be honest, straightforwareLan-d_
upright in all their dealings. If you can prove to them
that they are• making -too much money on a product,
they'll be the first to admit it.
' But they must be, they have got to be, more than
willing to allow the public to scrutinize their pricing
systems. They must bend over backwards to prove
themselves. They must be honest enough to dismiss
those who have been living on their backs with inflated
salaries for a dozen years.
Fairness must not only be done; it must be seen to
be done all across Canada.
Unless "agricultural -organizations and all farmers
are willing.to be open about it all, they will deserve the'
fate that a goat -hungry public wants to hang around
their necks.
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Anyone want an old farm -writer to head that
inquiry?
No. On second thought, I have been too much of an
advocate of farm marketing boards to, be completely
objective.
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Corn meeting
is planned
here wi1L :
be . an
' Ontario Grain Corn
Council information
program on Monday,
January 21, ill the
Bru els, Morris and
GirCommuni'ty Centre,
B ssels, from 10:30 a.m.
to 3:00 p.M. Registration
is $2 at the door, and this
includes lunch.
Interim
payments
decided
The ' Ontario .Wheat
Producers' 'Marketing
Board has announced
plans for . an .interim
payment to producers on
their 1979 crop of wheat.
In making . the an-
nouncement,- board
chairman Russell W.
Rogers, °RRI Kingsville,
said that an• interim
payment of at least $36.74
per ton or $1 per bushel
will be made early in
February.
The initial payment is
in addition to the base
initial price• received by
producers. of $83.37 per
ton or, $2.25 per bushel..
The payment will be
made on sales of wheat
by producers from -their
1979 crop commencing in
July.
Producers "have sold
approximately 635,780 ton
'of the 1979 crop to date, of
which the marketing
board has sold 'about
31.0,139 ton in completed
export contracts, and
210,503 ton, in completed
domestic sales for human
consumption, feed and
seed.
The volume sold by the
board for export yet to be
Qorupleted_.._totaLs about__
59,400 ton acid about 5,978
ton for domestic use.
Chairman Rogers said
the volume unsold at the
present time is ap-
proximately 49,756 ton.
The total,crop for 1979
has been estimated at
685,000 ton -
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Silo Unloaders
Feeders
Cleaners
Stabling
Leg Elevators
Liquid Manure
Equipment
Hog Equipment
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Feeders
Conveyors
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Augers, etc.
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Heated Waterers
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LOWRY FARM SYSTEMS
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Livestock & Equipment
Loss of Earnings Income Coverage
• Farm Comprehensive Liability
also
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46 West Street
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Representing: Howick Farmers Mutual Fire Ins. Co.
524-7878
Jay Bee Hereford
Farms
The executors of the Stanley M. Jackson
estate are offering for sale 300 acres of land
in the-ItenslaFF=Sealartfi Areoi
200 acres on lots 7 & 8 concession 9, Tuckersmith, ap-
prox. 175 acres workable, good 11/2 storey, 4 bedroom
• brick home, Targe L-shaped bank barn for cattle, 2 con-
crete,.yards, corrals, and silo. Drilled well, implement
shed and steel granary.
100 acres on lot 9 , concession 7 Tuckersmith, ap-
proximately 90 acres workable. All this property is..
good bean & corn land.
Contact:
Ken Ccrnochan
Clinton 482-3354
or Bob Kinsman
lHensa l l 262-5480
By February 1st, 1980
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0, Livestock
FOR SALE: . -Good
selection of Hampshire,
Yorkshire, Harrap x York
and York x Landrace
boars. • Also vailable
gilts -of these--br ds aril, ...
crosses. Bob • Ro inson,
Walton 345-2317.=2-4
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