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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-03-22, Page 14rir ANACIN 7 TABLETS . low, • r ONLY' $1 4" Nil 14 THE HURON P041T A THE FLEX MOVIE These ere some of the people who attended a, demonstration. of the new. "filmed livestociseitchango" or Flex method of auctioning hogs in •the fiattWttell .61.4ilding on Wednesday night Auctioneer Torn Papple arid sales manager 61.0 Strop introduced the •new method, of livestock auctions, to the area. SINCLAIR The interage Yield of •Spiing grain Perth County 0$0. the past S to, 1.1) years has been about 1 MOO. WO *now the Yiehl,Petential of • Spring grain At low times this Yield. This is • verified by SOMe growers. who do get these yields. Tho Main reason for these low yields .is delayed planting. • Spring grain shouldbe n. • ted by late April to, early • M. We know for certain, that there is.a yield reduction of 1l bUshels, per day DV grain planted after the ist of May. That means that grain planted onn May. 15th will yield about Vi tonne per acre less than grain planted in •April. Pis :now film sfcirs The second main reasOn • • Thi pig now has a chance to star in the movies with the introduction of video-taped, swine sales to Seaforth. Auctioneer Tom Papple and sales manager Bill Strong are calling their new technique FLEX or the Aimed livestock exchange, The same technique. has already been successfully used to market beet' cattre in other parts of the province, When a pork producer decides to market some of his livestock; FLEX cameraman Rick Gibson will go to the producer's barn and film either the feederpigs or swine breeding . stock 'that the producer is selling. The videotapes filmed at the farm .are then • projected on a seven foot screen in the auction showrooms and buyers bid on the animals by lot. • Tom Papple, of 1211 4, Seaforth, who will be doing the auctioneering said one advantage with FLEX is that pigs never leave the barn until after they're sold. This means the pigs have less chance of getting ,clisease and are less stressed, since they're moved only once. When the pigs are filmed, they will be • wieghed and • the weight hashed on the screen during .the auction. Also the buyers will be told the name ofthe prodifeers selling • the pigs,- • Bill Strong, of Seaforth, the PLEX sales / manager, said any pig in a litter will be • marked if it is sickly or something is wrong with it. • He said the trucks that will be shipping the pigs will be cleaned and disinfected prier to transporation of the animals front the Seller barn to the buyer. • Mr. Strong said pigswill be delivered to the buyers within two days of the auctions, The FLEX auctiOn$ will be held on Wednesday nights at the Rathwell: Building, Seaforth, • With the FLEX s„vs tem, bOyers can see the pigs without directly corning in contact with, the anitnals, which is again expected to reduce the risk of disease. Also, selling 04 pigs by thevideo-tape auction method means there are no need for Sale faeilities at • the breeder'sfarms or for barna at the auction room. , At a demonstration of •the system on 'Wednesday night, the major coneern of the audience seemed to be that the pigs appeateci larger than their actual size when, viewed -on the movie screen Tom Papple told the audience in addition to the • auction, there will be a short educational program on pork production at each FLEX auction. The. first FLEX auction will _be held on March 28. If last Wednesday night's demionstrAtion is any indication, then the auctions -can't help but be entertaining. It seems when there's ,a camera around, pigs turn into natural tams. • Report from Queen's 'Park Child abuse laws del ed ox.muRRAy GAmir ..,-Ptoclarniticin of Ontario's neiv hfikiihil Welfare• Act, which Will put teeth into child abuse laws, has been de- layed for at least another two months..It passed Third • Reading in the provincial • Legislature last December, and was -to have been pro- • claimed on April 1. However, Community and Social Ser- vices Minister Keith Norton • stated that, a number of training programs for profes- sionals who will adminiathr the new laws have not been completed, • There has been heated debate in the Ontario Legislature this week :about :the number of doctors who have opted out of the inedi- , care program. The federal • Minister of Health • has indicated that Ottawa would •' reassess its contribution to provincial health plans if the • • principle of universality were •ibeing destroyed. • Health Minister Dennis Timbrell said that in eleven countries or municipalities of than ;.the province. more 20 • per cent of the doctors Were out of OHIP the end of last -month, He said that 71 more doctors plan to opt_ gu t on April 1, but only two have announced an intention to leave on May 1. He at- tributed the rise in dropouts just after the beginning'of that enquiries can be made this year to the lifting of regarding the car's past per - federal wage and profit con- formance, etc. This search is trols, and said the peak now available at a cost of 53.00. has been reached, • The Minister said doctors have cortiplained •that OHIPis rondii* administrative procedures owM for reduced grain yields is spraying grain too late. Grain ' should be sprayed when the crop is in the 2 to 5. leaf stage of growth (5 to 10 cm, high). Early treatment is prefer- able because spring grains are serioasly reduced by Ontario offers * New The Qc. vernment of Dntar- io has announced that a new systern of grants to increase farm, productivity will start this year after t,he 12 -year capital grants program• eX- pires March 31. • By the end of the month, capital grants totalling about -5165 million will have helped approximately 90,000 farm- ers renovate and 'expand 'their operations through capi tal improvements,' .The new, five-year Ontario farm Productivity Incentive Program will be phased in this year. • Agriculture and • Food Minister Bill Newman said it will have two Specific aims: 1. To encourage soil man- agement and erosion control through incentive grants for providing grassed waterways to prevent scil runoffs and gullies, manure storage fad!. hies, alternate livestock wat- ering facilities:and programs to dernonstrateerosin control w 2. To assist famrers ho have never participated • in 1 , yieI.s' ow. early weed' ;growth,. Aa•Welli. y'Onng spring grain plants are more telerant, to herbicide*, than are Older plant*. Finally. we suspect every year some grain may be $et back by fertilizer burn.. Tice fertilizer that can give ieed. ling ,burn is UREA. If vireo nitrogen is. used, not Over 10 kg. urea nitrogen should be applied through the grain' drill and not over 20 kg- tOtal nitrogen per hectare. If the urea is broadcast there Will be no blaming, • BatICg BARLEY This year a new barley. variety, Bruce, will be adver tised more than any :other . variety. Bruce is a six -rowed feed type barley licenced in. 1977. Bruce Matures a little earlier than Herta and may yield 2 Or 3 bushels more than Herta. Bruce will not have a big yield advantage Over any other recommended variety. In fact there .is not more than S. Ot 6, bushel difference among all the barley varieties recommen. Oeo to be grown: itt Vet*, County. Why then so. much commo, ion about Bruce barley? The answer is paid promotion. Bruce is one of many varie- ties reproduced and promo- ted' by Secan. Secan is an organization of seed growers and seed companies. CI:Mee- tiyely they have paid to have Bruce promoted. This type of promotion ensures that all farmers are made aware of newpnblic varieties as they are released. Too often in the past, pithlic varieties were not grown because farmers were not made aware them. BEWARE OP TGE Several cases of Tranarnia- sible, Gastroenteritis have beeiNeported in area swine herds, Area swine producers shoubribe careful to prevent outbreaks on their farms. TOE is ,a highly contagious virus disease of pigs Charac- terized by vomiting, • diar- rhea, dehydration andvery high mortality' in piglets tin- der 2 weeks of age; • Trucks, utensils, cats and dogs can introduce the virus it direct travel is allo nwed between herds, but a symp. tom -free . the cattier pig. is rats t most common. source of herd infeetion. The virus infects the pig by the .noal-oral pante, multiplies in the sto. Mach and, small bowet. and severely damages the inner wall of the bowel, The pig is then unable to absorb nutri- ents and loses fluid into Webowel, bowel,tpl • No adeate treatment is available SO. preventipn is vital- A commercial vaccine is, available but should only be used if advised by your veterinarian. CAPITAL GRANTS END MARCH 31 The present capital grant program that has been in existence for the past 12 • years expires March 3lat. By the end'Of the month, capital: grants totalling about $16S million will have helped ap- proximately 90.1300 farmers renovate and expand their operations • throngh capital improvements. Anyone who has not taken advantage' of the full S3,060 grant and wishes to receive • consideration under the exist-, ing program, most have the work completed; and their applications in to the Agricul- tural office by March 31st, 1979 h e capit a1 gran.t s grogram Grants will be available to build livestock barns, !rink houses, poultry barns, silos, greenhouses, tobacco kilns and -maple syrup facilities. Budgets for the new pro- - gram will be determined • every _year. • Mr, Newman said, "I am. Confident this new program will assist in preserving Ont- ario s valuable agricultural soils and our food -producing capability. The results will be practical and visible, as were those of our capital grants." • The ' capital grants were available for 28- projecta. The major outlays were for con- struction • of dairy barns; $24.7 million; tile drainage installations,S22 million; buil ding of silos, s21.7 • million and implement sheds. S13 million. • To receive consideration • under the existing. program, • applications for captial grants must reacLIelcountY__ -Agriculture and Pood by " • THE NEW BERCI HYDRO -MAN MANURE PUMP 1-i0' , v.` ▪ it /Kt . rot *viewer diskined. WARP EMI* W ° eaMs most* frisOhe bars, itusugh •111111 ultd4wOrmarsi Pipe. le the Mines Wee, IP . 11 •• • As Ow WM/ POWS 0110 sborie• ra • :::11 :71;,,:•,1144.14:11r0:40+0 Nss o 4it 11W 111116 • W , "Onlein IMO Petsoottet letsIda Wirt pile and elm redo* otte etter tly • 14101,116, M. flts ettuPSh* &WM- AC. UR It= IRS Keith Method Ptumbing-,Farrn Equipment - R. R. 4, Wilton, Qnt. . Phone 345-274 DOING :111....VITATIONS.H: • THE HURON 'EXPOSITOR - \V i?\ ?N, , • - , offices of the nistry of • March:31, 1979. , . .. • Aammemismot• . , . • 1 g. • are unduly bureaucratic and some feel the schedule of We like to welcome back benefits is unfair. Both pro. Misses Bess and Peg Grieve blems are being studied by from their extended tour. the Ministry - They lhave spent three The practice of rolling back months in Florida. ' Odometers on used cars. for We would like to welcome sale has reached _"epidemic Mr. Jack Case to the village. proportions" • throughout He has nearly completed his Ontario; atcording to Frank new house. • niaT Minister of Consumer • • and Commercial Relations. • Ministry investigators are responding with a crackdown in co-operation with regiOnal police forces and the RCMP, Mr. Drea said. He 'made a plea that "the used -car buyer beware", and adVised would-be purchasers cif used cars, if any doubt exists, to request a search through the Ministry of Transportation and Com- • munications to determine the name of the person who owned the car before its present registered nwner, so .. • Remember! It takes but a moment to place an Expositor Want Ad ,1 Dial • 527-0240. Y13EA Drying Seminar Thursday, April 5 Exeter Community Centre All interested farmers welcome Light lunch wiii be served Sponsored by ,H AGRI-BUILDERS .L.staffa • • .3454611: SAIMCONSTRUCTION Farm, Commercial & Residential Const, Framing, Roofeinlivgov, aAtliqonminym Siding • R , • Dave Scilm 523-9641 Blyth, our MIS WORLD MING' • JOHNSON'S •• BABY ONLY • SHAMPOO 1. 450 ML. 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