HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1948-11-04, Page 2THE , SEAFORTH NEWS
THURSDAY; NOVEMBER 4, ,1948
PREPARING TURKEYS
FOR CHRISTMAS SALE
Now is the time for turkey pro-
ducers to begin to consider the
Christmas market, generally consid-
ered in Canada as the best time of
the year to market turkeys. Turkeys
which were hatched early in May.
have reached market development
by the fail months and should • be.
finished and sold for the Chistmas
trade. There is usually' a demand
for birds of varying sizes for family
reunions and as the size of turkeys
may vary all the way from eight to
twenty-five pounds, depending on
the breed and sex, the dressed
turkey can accommodate a family
of almost any size, says A. G. Tay-
lor, Poultry' Division, Central Exper-
imental Farm, Ottawa.
The term fattening is apRlied to
the finishing or ` conditioning of
poultry for market and yet the con-
sumer does not buy a dressed bird
because of the fat it contains. The
ideal dressed bird is one with an
abundance of flesh and a little fat,
yet with enough fat to cook the bird
to get the best_ result. Excess fat
simply roats out and is the expensive
part of the turkey. How then can
turkeys be conditioned for the
Christmas trade so that they will
posses a maximum of flesh and a
little fat?
The answer is in the method of
feeding on the modern turkey farm.
The practice of rearing turkeys has
changed considerably during the
last ten years. Turkey growers of
to -day are confining the growing
birds to limited quarters, on wire.
or on range, and keeping proper
feeds constantly before them, so
that the poult of growing turkey is
in good flesh at all times. does not
have to wander far andwide to find
food enough for its daily needs and
uses the food which has been sup-
plied to grow frame and muscle.
Young turkeys are usually started
on turkey starter mash for six to
eight weeks then changed to turkey
growing mash and mixed grain until
market age. The mash and grain
should be fed in separate feed hop-
pers. The feed hoppers should be
self-feeding so that the birds can eat
what they require as they want it.
In this way they are never hungry
and seldom eat a full meal at any
time. As the weather •gets colder in
the fall the birds eat a greater pro-
portion of grain than mash.
Variety always aids in inducing
the turkeys to increase the intake of
feed and about the middle of Octo-
ber, when the supply of green feed
is getting scarce, is a good time to
add any extra feeding which may
be desired. Most mashes are .palata-
ble and if fed in the middle of the
day in limited supply aid in pro-
moting increased .consumption. The
growing mash which is being fed the
turkeys should be moistened with
skim milk if available for each feed-;
ing. Water can also be used if milk
cannot be obtained. So as to keep
the birds with good appetites they
should be fed slightly less than they
will clean up at each feeding.
About three weeks before the
birds are to be killed for market
they should be given a light feed
of whole corn just before theygo to
roost at night,• Make sure the corn
is dry and free from mouldiness.
New corn should be fed sparingly
at first and particularly so unless it
has •been well ripened. As the
weather becomes colder the intake
of food will increase and the amount
of corn can also be increased for
the evening feeding.
Water, grit and shell should be
before the birds at all "times.
Prospects for a ready market for
turkeys this year are good, particu-
larly for well finished birds.
Production of food is dependent
in large measure upon the labour
force which is available to agricul-
ture, and in the more highly devel-
oped countries this implies the
number of workers. In many less
highly developed countries numbers
take second place to the health of
the workers.
Foodshortages are particularly
severe in some areas where malaria
and a variety of preventable diseases
such as tuberculosis infections are
debilitating the working capacity of
the population. For example, there
are over 300 million eases of malaria
throughout the world annually, with
at least three million deaths, sand
DISEASE RETARDS
FOOD PRODUCTION
THE ABLE "SEAMAN"
This man is the back-
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through broad know-
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Naval regulations
permit 30 days leave a
year with pay.
Pay scales have
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life long pension at
the end of your service,
while you are still
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these are mainly in , agricultural
areas. This is one of the many prob-
lems facing the two agencies of the
United Nations, the Food and Ag-
ricultural Organization and the
World Health Organization, in ef-
forts to combine health with greater
food production,and a higher stand-
ard of living generally.
In the case of malaria and several
other diseases which afflict agricul-
tural areas, there are available new
weapons, including insecticides and
drugs. In" the field " of agriculture
there are available advanced tech-
niques. But there remain consider-
able areas of good agricultural land
which are : depopulated or poorly
worked because of disease. 'The •con-
trol of disease in such areas, with
subsequent resettlement and inten-
sive cultivation accompanied by the
possibility of increasing yields by in-
troduction of better methods, im-
proved seeds, use of fertilizer, drain-
age and small irrigation projects,
would raise the level of living for
millions of people.
The first World Health Assembly,
which met recently in Geneva, agreed
WHO "should collaborate in exam-
ining the problem of selecting areas
that the secretaries of FAO and
for demonstrating control projects
on the basis of the feasibility of ef-
fective malaria control and their po-
tentiality as regards increased food
production".
INSPECTION CHECKS
QUALITY, 'OF FEEDS
It may not be sufficiently realized'
by farmers that the Dominion Gov-
ernment provides protection for the
Canadian livestock and poultry feed-
er through the Feeding Stuffs Act
and Regulations. This Act is admin-
istered by the Plant Products Divi-
sion of the Dominion Department of
Agriculture and in brief is designed
to set minimum standards of quality
and chemical composition for all
common feed stuffs offered for sale
in Canada.
The manufacture and sale of the
various feeds has developed into an
industry of considerable size and
importance. For example, during
1946 the manufacture of mixed
feeds alone totalled 1,585,782 tons
with a selling value at the plant of
$80,286,107. This does not include
chopped grain, hill feeds, protein
feeds and all other feed ingredients
which come within the scope of the
Act and which would bring the tot-
al to upwards of 5,000,000 tons.
This volume obviously presents
sampling and testing difficulties, but
all feeds are sampled and tested
periodically. Last year some 4,480
samples were taken across Canada
and tested chemically for protein,
fat, fibre and mineral content and
tested microscopically for physical
composition.
Many feed manufacturers conduct
their own tests and most do •their
utmost to produce high quality feeds,
but all wilt agree that the govern-
ment supervision, through testing
and the Feeding Stuffs Act itself,
Alas tended to have a better type of
feed placed on the market for live-
stock and poultry consumption in
Canada.
CANADIAN POTATO INDUSTRY'
The potato industry of Canada is
one with which the average Cana-
dian is not too familiar: Few are
aware of the real importance of po-
tatoes in. our agricultural economy
or in the adequate nutrition of 'Can-
adiana, says Mr. N. M. Parks, Divi-
sion of Horticulture, Central Exper-
imental Farm, Ottawa.
The potato has a wide adaptation
and succeeds well in most areas in
Canada. Potatoes are cultivated in
practically every settlement even up
to, and within, the Arctic Circle. In-
terest. in
nterestin the crop ranges from speci-
alist growers to • market gardeners,;
and anyone who has a few square
yards of land, to cultivate in his
spare time.
The potatois the fifth most - im-
portant Canadian field crop in
gross farm value, and is the most
important vegetable grown in Can-
ada for human consumption. In 1947
the per capita consumption of po-
tatoes in Canada was 217 • pounds,
while the total of all other vegeta-
bles consumed, both fresh and can-
ned, was 138 pounds per capita. Po-
tatoes are high in ascobic acid (Vit-
amin C), the B Vitamins and also in
iron.
The relative importance of the
potato crop in Canada varies with
the different provinces. To the
three Maritime Provinces, the pota-
to crop is of greater importance than
to other provinces in Canada. In
these three provinces, potatoes make
up a large part of their total agricul-
tural revenue. Prince Edward Island,
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick,
grow approximately 26 per cent of
the total acreage of potatoes grown
in Canada and produce 38 per cent
of the total production. Ontario and
Quebec grow 53 per cent of the to-
tal acreage and produce around 44
per cent of the total production. Un-
der average conditions, these two
provinces have to import several
millions of bushels of potatoes each
year to meet their need for table
consumption and for seed Purposes.
They are imported chiefly from New
Brunswick aand P.E.I. The three
prairie provinces, Manitoba, Sas-
katchewan and Alberta, grow. 17
per cent of the Canadian acreage of
potatoes and produce just around
14 per cent of total production.
British Columbia grows the remain-
ing 4 per cent of the acreage and
produces 4 per cent of the total
Canadian production.
An important phase of the potato
industry in Canada is the production
of high quality certified seed. Sev-
eral million bushels of certified seed
potatoes are exported each year
from Canada to many foreign coun-
tries. From the 1947 crop certified
seed went to 'United States, Bermu-
da, Cuba, Mexico, .Panama, Domini-
can Republic, British West Indies,
Argentine, South Africa and Pales-
tine. Canadian Certified seed pota-
toes are held in very high . regard
by importing countries. There is an
increasing demand from other
countries for high Canadian cerci-
fled seed potatoes and the exports
of seed from the 1947 crop may ex -
need all previous quantities exported
A considerable quantity of the
annual potato crop in Canada is
processed into such products as
potato flour, potato starch, glucose,
dehydrated potatoes and potato
chips.
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