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ANIMMINZEINIIIMMENEMENIA
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Dairymen are quite aware
that industrial milk quotas have
been reduced. Such quota re-
ductions will cause lower
gross incomes for many dairy
farmers. The challenge is
clear. How will diarymen alter
management to minimize net
farm income reduction? Simply,
net farm income is farm income
minus farm expenses. Resourc-
eful dairymen have always
been concerned about keeping
expenses as low as possible.
Expense control is even more
important this year.
Direct costs such as feed,
veterinary, medicine, breeding,
marketing, stable and milk-
house supplies account for
93 percent of all dairy farm
costs. This was indicated in a
1975 farm management sum-
mary of industrial milk dairy
farms. Feed, veterinary, medi-
cine, breeding, stable and
milkhouse supplies account
for 88 percent of all direct
costs. Clearly these costs are
essential and highly signi-
ficant on dairy farms. Fortu-
must reduce
nately, good dairymen realize
they have considerable control
over such costs.
Feed costs, home-grown and
purchased, are by far the most
significant costs amounting to
about 63 percent of all dairy
farm costs. Good dairymen
make sure feeds of good
quality and yields are grown
and harvested as cheaply as
possible. This is only half the
battle. The other half is equally
as important. It is to see that
such feed, properly balanced by
purchased feed, is fed to high
quality cattle in the correct
amounts.
Many of the direct costs are
influenced by nutrition. Proper-
ly balanced rations fed correctly
along with good management
improves reproductive perform-
ance. How? Dairy cattle proper-
ly fed show better heat and have
conception rates. Good feeding
practices reduces veterinary
and medicine costs. Good dairy-
men recognize the tremen-
dous influence nutrition play
in their net incomes.
expenses
Many dairymen have decided
to cut feeding costs by cutting
back on grain feeding. Be
careful! Cutting grain feeding
across the board for all cows can
mess up the reproductive pat-
tern for several years. Do not
cheat fresh well-bred cows not
yet in calf. Such cows will
require large amounts of energy
and protein and a sufficient
and balanced intake of miner-
als. In most cases such require-
ments are satisfied only by
• adequate grain feeding.
Help is available for dairy-
men in their feeding program-
mes. Several good feed testing
•services are available. Staff at
the various county agricultural
offices can provide a good feed
testing and computer ration
formulation service. This pro-
gram is in co-operation with the
University of Guelph and
CANFARM. More dairymen are
requesting this service as they
become more concerned about
proper nutrition for their dairy
cattle.
LUNCHEON IS SERVED—To raise money- for church work, the Hensall UCW sold tickets to a
special luncheon. The food items on the menu were practically donated by various food companies
in order to acquaint the ladies with new products corning onto the market. Picking up a dinner is
Grace Drumat while the servers are, left to right, Donna Jackson, Mona Alderdice, Fran Mickle
and June Staddon. Photo by McKinley
Family care
workers
convention
A convention of Family Care
Workers was held this • past
weekend in Seaforth at the
Orange Hall and Conestoga
College, Clinton. Family Care
workers were present from
across Ontario.
The family care workers,
originally known as homemakers
have changed :their name and
received a charter under the
name Family Care Workers of
Ontario.
Guest speakers at the con-
vention on Friday were Vel
Vandergust, from the Ministry of
Education; Catherine Walsh,
Public Health nurse from
Goderich and Betty Cardno,
home care administrator for
Huron County.
On Saturday, at Conestoga
College discussions on policy,
employment standards and aim
and methods of the Family Care
Worker were held.
Speaker was Marion Lands -
borne, a supervisor for Family
Care Workers and nurses from
the ministry of community and
social services. Carolyn
Dudgeon from Conestoga
College, Kitchener was also a
guest speaker.
The next convention will be
held September 23 and 24, 1977 in
Ottawa.
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LUNCH TIME IS HOT DOG TIME—Left, Mark Kirk and Connie
Neeb are busy preparing hot dogs in the gym at the Zurich
public school on Friday. For only 25¢ the children at the school
could get a tasty hot dog with all the trimmings. The lunch was
organized by the Student council. Photo by McKinley
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week days to our Apiary,
and have them filled.
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AND SUNDAY
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Opening
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to sma
business
Financial assistance
Management counselling
Management training
Information on government
programs for business
Hugh Sheldon
one of our representatives
will be at
Les Pines Hotel, EXETER
on the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of each month
(October 19th)
If you require financing to start, modernize or
expand your business and are unable to
obtain; it elsewhere on reasonable terms and
conditions or if you are interested in the
FBDB management services of counselling
and training or wish information on
government programs available for your
business, talk to our representative.
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