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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-02-17, Page 35at , t •, habi get Mar Lye xxiy thet itself some] llows pted who 13 y f•V 3.; "-t-laSs4eU4',0 •••, •I• ;Y. it • expect sUght .„.„Sact:P_4_, • prices during the ,.1*,..f!;595. * of 1977 as 1100 440P11'5" begin. PC,,C,' x44.41 io ra •": ..., , economistt 0 at tit_ 0:4:101.'ili:tti:r:10p.: to dec__111*•', Martin, --.' ag ,. University ofGuelph. Hog prices lot the'.4int belt prices $40 otth$ illy 57i:wet-I- wsoe ,losi Lott:64.; range higherfr 0. !,. • "We, are in the lawperiod of. the price cycle, and. we will 1'2, . soon begierto see a decline in ,,,i., • the breeding nekt in Canada and the United States during the second half of the year," ..,;„Never.141l. NeverUflder undereat1IRStJ„ liniee11%Ok,„ai , been emanaif every farraar: epow 9 never riaeSibilitteS-haVe • from t ari� so at 00 sii0414.0400:6, a Marek.eb, fied with 1.9.,%!!FVP.,11 kr6P9n4n:'''',1-00tt; Tok„ • „ • 0, s They shouldtake thelr..traetOM.' and a imanure spreader full. ' - • s. • „ Why? Because '11 there is any truth in these rumors, 'the National. Farm Products Marketing Beard and its agencies plus the National Dairy Commission - will be-. transferred to the Department er Corporateand Consumer Affairs! Can you imagine such an asinine move? By taking these boards and . commissions from the De- rtnient of Agriculture, the federal Cabinet would be vir- tually destro.M.,014...Wkat has liken -agrieulture 100 years to 'yganze. l'havennideahnW miiChPredeace to put in these rumors. Tilobatli'Wilt';'edithit,,the reports as this is written. And, *this tiMet,have not seenthe transfer mentioned any- iihereexceofin Farm and. Country magazine. a radical Shakeup would be diSastrous for fartn-' is just another example of how short the life of a good lancan be: Four years ago, Vtigene Whelan was a the Cabinet. It was suggested after the jest federal '.;eleetiori„that he, alone, carried 18 rural seats for the Liberal But, from Ingather, his presence at Cabinet ieetings ha*heetortielescsaand less desirable by the top man- 14tgevemment.- these.Y 6 ily ho who actually seem to be running ''I'lp'''.unFitry-Thosiiigestsed the transfer to, enhance the int - .age 01 the party in the eyes of consumers everywhere. The move,it is said, would help to placate vociferous consumer group who have been rapping the government for not national'food policy. OttlY tali time, they shouldn't beiatls- )1`.. d jJj 11. !el',...9.10a• agriculture mhIstt. takes and YMIA -.40*he MitthOt:mistakes.1-,#4:he bas been It!s just tob bad that, from theoutsi he a;'been'relegat�d to a Cabinet' - - • !Ikbackbeqch d there. 15 e • 4. If these true,be considered an tklaitlittkeYer-rtaction tn,theSpote7O(.1.enntinine; senaajo,beenieleping this country like acretiegade.,Raip Nader shadow floatinglicrOss?•the 49th pireiler, • - It is, of course, another example of whir the agricultural eealltlatIlty must stick together : 'After all, what politician, has to take only six per cent of the population into cOnsider- • ; ation? Only six per cent of Canadians are nevi actively,en::.Y. gaged in tarnOng such a ‘minority pan minty' he ignored :••;,: by the politicians. " „ ".` '• '-'• But thesepoliticians and those high-ranking civil SerVents in Ottawa -seem to forget that the strength:of this nation depends on..a.'healthyagricelteral economy. Mere:than 40;:, per cent of the gross national prouct still depends agri-„ • culture even though labor seems 'to believe that Canada is strictly an industrial nation.. Some farm organizations have fought against each other over th over and this, to me, is a sign that farm people are still fiercely independent which endears them to this - big Irish heart. But:if these rumors are true it is time for all farm organi- • zations to stick together in mounting a fiercely vocal cam- paign against it. - It's no time for petty differences of opinion. I hope Ralph Barrie, vice-president of the Ontario Federation of Agri- culture is right. "Should such a thing happen, I know for sure the farm community will react violently," he said. Added OFA executive BiltWolfe: "It won't be tolerated." Go get 'em, boys. great,11,17, ie•al .„„ a PF k'i4•4 g.„ inth clhe. in p�rk *ROY ss„ an increase In.prices for , t 0g,.,4upplies, are expected to increase'* I 2' tso'15 percent during the first hall of 1977. Bt supplies will increase by bni*L5..10! 7 percent tn the secondhalf. According to Dr.'" Martin, the high increase in supply during the first half is the -'result of the expansionary phase a the hog cycle in the second half, of 1976. Farrowings were up sub - Pork. gro*Olitiliejlid • increase .beeediiit herds Despite current low prices, , pork producers should ex- pand their breeding herds in mid -1977, says Dr. L.J. Martin, agricultural economist at the Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph. Traditionally. producers )bb 000*breeder has top boar Cook of : Belgrave, 'eatedfk has 'had top Thoars.attheOntarl�.. %lion, again...hart the . indexing Yorkshire the 76 boars in the ary group. Test Stationgraduate he Cook herd. hada high mance index of 142 Unloaders ers - ners ' ling Elevators Ind- Manure Equipment 11 fl Equipment -1; idi ON. • ORAL ER -- Unloaders ers veyors ATIC - Is ers, etc. N - ners ted Waterers k Tanks eline & Parlour ment TEEL-ROSCO anaries Hog Panelling RY FARM SYSTEMS 1, Kincardine, Ontario Phone 395-5286 • • . - ROIST,..0C,kck THE .0004** •._ 4 „,- A combining' low backfat thickness of 14' Mtn 05 , rapid average gain on 'test of 1.0 lcilogram (2.2 lbs) per day and exceptionally good feed conversion of only 22 lbs feed per pound gain. AIittermate with an index of 129 'Was second high in- dexing Yorkshire. A pair of 'tandrace boars from the herd of Donald , Lowry, Almonte, With perforrnEtnce indices of 152 and 148 were the . - two indexog bars efi troup:-M0t Other 1iT deicing 'boars in the group was • another Landrace froin- Elmer Farms, Woodville, with an index of 126, a Duroc from Dan Lester, Forest, and a Yorkshire from the herd of Blyth Meek, Erin, both with a performance index of 121. Commencing with this - February group, all per- formance information is.„ reported in metric units. „ The ; performance index used at the Test Station evaluates the overall per- formance of each boar and combines the important, economic traits .of backfat thicknegOverage daily gain •and leed-conversiorrintnorie composite index, with the group average always 100. -. Thirty of the top boars in the February group including ,the top indexing ones men- tiioned above- will be sold at the Test Station on February 24th at 1 :311 p.m.; Only those boars - which index above 'average' and are approved by, a committee for physical soundness are offered for sale in these monthly Station Tested boar sales. •• As all boars at the 'Test Station are fed' and handled under uniform conditions, buyers , can •be, suretha. ..superior performance is.due to true genetic superiority for low backfat, fast gains and -good. feed conversion which will be passed on to the pigs they sire. • You know when some- one tells you to take a walk? Maybe they've got the right idea. 4(poli .aannaatooall I . Walk a hlick.Today.. Attention Farmers D - LIVESTOCK PUREBRED serviceable age Hampshire koars. ROP tested and commercial. Two boars 12-14 months; used on gilts. Bob- Robinson, RR 4, Walton, 345-2317.-7,8 kat„,ONE„, PUREBRED, half French Charolais bull. Also one 3/4 Charolais polled bull. For further information call H.O. Jerry at 524-9671 or 524- 9300. -7tfar 19• 77 list, now available Sixty new corn hybrids The 1977 list of recom- Food, and includes cOm- nanicled corn -hybrids for parative data on yields, -Ontario ia. now available. ,moisture and broken stalks. Sixty new hybrids have been -Performance tests 'were added as a result of the 1976 conducted in 15 locations • corn performance trials, says , across 'Ontario. The purpose Dr.L.W. Kannenburg, corn 4 of the publication is to assist breeder .at the Onatio • producers select new corn Agricultural' College, hybrids. According to Dr. University of Guelph.Kannenburg, the format of The recomniendatiezis are • the 1977 list of 215.hybrids has Ordained in the publication been simplified to make the entitled ,Theo' 1977 Report report "easier than ever to • Ontario Hybrid ; Corn -Per- use.” • lornsance Trials: This When considering the publication is updated an- • hybrids, producers should not nually. by the Ontario base a decision solely on. • Ministry of Agriculture and yield, but should also look at the percentage of broken stalks and moisture at har- vest. Producers should try a few new hybrids each year to determine 'whether they are suitable for their needs. The recommendationa are broken down into seven heat unit areas ranging from 2,500 to 3,500 heat units to cover all of the corn -growing areas of th province. Last year, Ontario produced more than 2 million acres (800,000 hec- tares) of corn. In recent years, there has been an increase in com- mercial corn breeding which has been partly responsible for the development of more high-performance hybrids, '§ays Dr. Kannenburg. As new hybrid § are developed, some of the older hybrids are eliminated from the recommendations. Twenty- nine hybrids were deleted from the 1977 recom- Mendations. The list is available from local agricultural or soils and crops representatives of the Ontario • Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 01, 1876 cI . , 1976 ILLOP MUTUAL FIREINStJRANCE com-FANr-7- EAD OFFICE: 10 MAIN ST., SEAFOATH, ONT rg. Margaret Sharp, Sec. Treae., Ph. 527-0400. :•••••S ' It4)Ir.�lors andAdjustlra * „ 11i1P. • • i:;•:a.s s., : • -.- fe•••-. 4 ST Butler V 11 .silage clistrib ,mkeader pours silage out f44, cuts level fromtop tobottom. Ask about the newindepen - dent power rink drive, silage distributor, sand aiiitge Monitoring ., f * and systems. cutback their breeding herds during low -price periods; but Dr. Martin says 'producers who expand during low Periods stand to increase net profits. "The hog cycle in the United States ,shows that producers s consistently cut back breeding herds during low -price periods," says Dr. Martin. "Since • Canada makes up such a small part of the market, producers here should take the opposite course of action." According to Dr. Martin, producers should expand the herds mid -year because prices for replacement gilts will be lower. "If a producer buty gilts this spring or summer, they will start producing pigs that will be ready for market next year," says Dr. Martin. "The combined effe6ts of the hog cycle in the United States and the world beef cycle will result in good market prices for those pigs next year." According to Dr. Martin, his studies shay that producers who expanded breeding herds during low - price periods in 1971 and 1974 had significantly higher net profits than those who ex- panded during the high -price periods in 1969 and 1973. "We found that net returns above gilt and feed costs were just about double for those who expanded during low - price periods," says Dr. Martin. thosef;:-'0, „ ,isv.ke.111„iso thee -elate pa this 'winter, the Pe .• increase in auPPIY ,11;••941, as large a • originally ex- pecLed. Dr. Martin ,expects 49.10-1 Jou) you • OWN If you can sell, ergaelzekand interested in the honte'conafrart . Precision proteded dealership for. yourArtlai,Prsclsloi„.„ Homes Corp.' Inc. Is one Of manufac- turers of homes and vacation barna', wlth a grr14711! • ' ,'• franchised dealers who Sell and- ‘110;:090141.19$ preassembled in one of Canada's MOOmod.rn . building factories. 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