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THE MOO* EXPOSITOR, ROVEtoc3ER 20, 11/9
*YAWN IC SCOTT .
loltn *yea is the Serder
*sailer foe Ontario with the'
Citriitinan Imperial Bank of
COOMSeite. Ira AntlitrY Of
1978, Jithrt spoke to. Ceti,
• trallays Feeder Pis NY.
Some of his Oviee, at that
thrie# applies 'WY well to
today with PrieS
dictating efficiency wherever
possible -
John cited three basic
production Indices which the
USW' can tO determine
the ManageMent ability of
the putt Prodncer- Manage-
ment ability, in turn, in-
dicates the, extent of the
credit which should be gran-
ted. The indices include:
34$Yerlige nernber of pigs sold
Per SOW per Year
need coat per hog. Marketed
*cost of production" per
hundredweight
For every hog marketed
over 11.5, there is a 14%
•improvement in net profit. 42
sows, producing 173 pigs
per sow per year can gen
erste the same gross profit as
_ .
'swine other $15.50 per market hog
86 sows PrOdneing; 11•S�gs
per sow per yea!.,
This index is largely deter,h.
Mined bY the cat". and attenT
den Oven to the SOW and he
litter during the maternitY
Period- Factors, such as nut,
Odors, health and housing
gen all effect the size of the
Pig cr°P-
Peed represents 0070 of
the cOst: of production. Hence
the inTertiince of controtling
this major cost area. John
cites.a Umber factorap
which can affect feed cost.
*proportion of hornegrewit
versus purchased feed -
*efficiency of the feed pre-
paration and diStriinitien.
system
*efficiency in feeding Meth,.
ods to reduce wastage
*nutritional quality and bal.
ance of ratien
*environmental quality of the
barns
*disease level in the herd
*genetic miality of the herd,
What is a, satisfactory feed
cost for a feeder hog? The
budget in the November
issue of Pork News & Views
indicates a $43 Ogure. An.
•
goes into starter and sow
feed in a sow operation.
What can yott expect, it
You eome out the Crop,
information Day on Tuesday
December 4th at the Slut-
fozd Coliseurn? You'll get
some real good guidance on
what corn hybrids yielded
best in the varietY trials in
Huron and Perth during
l979. Soils & Crops SOecial-
ist, Pat Lnch, has collected
the results from over SO
different corn trials. A sum-
mary of the resnitS will he
available on December 4th.
John Murphy is another
reason for coming. John's
with the Royal Be*. M fl
am., hell he comovatiog oo
how farmers ere coPing with
high ,interest rates,
Thore'S Still more, A num.
her of Soil & Crop projecta
have been completed to
'Perth this year. A printed
report on these projects will
he available to each person in
attendance. Fanner co-oper
atom will he helPing Pat
•diseit0.4 the residts.
•Did you know that there
coidd be a 100% variation in
the spread pattern of a
fertilizer spreader? With
41811Yersthere can be $ 12% trol- Werit .Witit Cereals and
107-5% variation between the corn and a report on the
chemical and the 'Kg* Perth. There Will be sPeelai
,IfOtiOg the Most One Co- ,POPOrt on the new corn bead
,operatur tried: different rates- smut problem anditiiPOintera
of potash on his winter wheat on, coping with e high
crop and found that the soil Incidence of pink mold in the
test recommendation gave 1979' crop
him the most economical
yield. The soil sampling pro- Everyone 15 welcome to
test demosntrate that attend this. event, which also
e.en 'uniform fields have serves a* the annual meeting
wide variations in soil fer- of tap Perth Soil & Crop
tility levels and that soil ImproeeMent AsSOPiation.
fertility levels fluctuate dur- Lunch will be available for
*ng the year,. Other discus- 53.00: Registration starts at
Sions will involve weed on 10:45 a.rp.
nozzle delivering the least incident of 046 1,131;4 rot '
usine,ss
Management Topics
.r•••••••-•!•,•-!•"7.••"••••!'"••••'
ou need an office
• 'BY BRUCE
MCCORQUODALE
synposium John suggests that it's not
h diffi It btain a
Dcost of produCtion per hun-
ec. .
dredweight of dressed pork
When the going gets sold- SimPIY divide.' the total
tough the tough get going. of the cash operating costs
Pork prices are down right (omit dollars paid for pur-
h d I ) nd the
now and the tough, pork •
producers, who, aim to see annual principal repayments
through, are looking for ways by the total number of
to pare costs. Swine Sympos- pounds of dressed pork pro
tum, 1979, is designed to duced on the farm. A figure
help producers weather the in the 60c area indicates that
. .
price dip in the hog cycle. attention shouldbe given o
The theme is Survival. improving the efficiency of
Four separate programs will production.
operate in, the morning and s mP•
be repeated in the afternoon. ber that this is a cash cost - a
Two representatives from an survival figure. It doesn't
organization can cover alt include the full market value
topics under discussion. of feed, or a return for
buildings, equipment and
The sessions involve labour.
health, building design, fin -
duction management The
ancial management and pro- s •
0 es
speakers' list includes a ban-
ker, 3 ()Marto fanners, 2
US
researchers, 4 Canadian re- this )tear
ers and , . . • • '
searchers, an energy special• -
,
1st. Dinner speakers include
Murray Aberle of the Ontario
Pork Producers Marketing
Board and Sid. Fraleigh.
M.P. for Lambton and form-
er Board Chairman.
•
The Symposium is sched-
uled for the Stratford Pair
Grounds on Wednesday.
December 5th. Registration
is at 9 a.m. The program
starts at 10 a.m. A stream-
lined registration registration is planned.
However, it's wise to be
early in order to get register-
ed before the program starts.
Admission includes a copy
of the day's proceedings, as
well as a noon hour smorgas-
bord .catered by the Garage
" of London. Tickets are 510 in
advance and S15 at the door.
They are available from
County Agricultural offices,
Agribusiness centres and the
directors for County Pork
Producer Associations in Ox-
ford, Perth, and Huron.
• Soil test at least two fields
if you haven't had one in
recent years. You need to
know whether potash values
are going sky high from
heavy manure application or
whether your soil is being
depleted by three cuts per
year of alfalfa. •
AS' owner -operator, you
won't likely make time for
this job. Why not delegate it
to your school age son or
daughter andthen talk it
Over together when the result
comes back. It's an interest-
ing project for a youngster. It
just might provide some
incentive to get more in-
volved in farm operation.
Every week more and
more people discover what
• mighty jobs are aCCOM-
plished by low cost 'Huron
Expositor Want Ads, Dial
• 527-0240. .
vation, would make an excel-
lent office. If there is no
suitable place in the home,
perhaps there is a corner of
•
the barn or machine shed
• which you can partition off,
insulate, panel to create an
office that is not only conven
ient but private.
You will be best served by
a large flat-topped desk.
Small desks may be inex-
pensive, but you 411 soon
find that they not only have
very limited storage space,
since the drawers are small
but also that the work area is
inadequate when you have
an account book and several
months' bills spread over the
desk. An inexpensive desk
may be made by simply
placing an interior slab deOr
(30 inches x 7 feet) across
two 2 -drawer filing cabinets.
These doors can be pur
chased for about S15. at most
building supply stores and
make a smooth, roomy desk
top., An adding machine in
today's farm business is
almost a necessity, and will
fit on this top and still leave
plenty of free working area.
Storage in an. office is
usually done with filing cab
inets. We would suggest two
2 -drawer cabinets to use with
the door desk top. Get cabin-
ets that are 24 or 28 inches
deep and have drawers that
glide. Buy new filing `Cabin-
ets. Secondhand cabinets
may have worn runners and
ill-fitting drawers.
Filing cabinets are not
As, a manager of a farm, •
business,. where do you make
your business decisions? Do
you try and make them on
the kitchen table while your
wife is cooking dinner, and
your children are watching
television? Do you have to
compete for space on the
kitchen table with your child
ren doing their homework
when you want to work on
your farm records? Where do
you conduct your business
with salesmen, consultants,
livestock buyers, etc?
All businetses in town
have an office which enables
them to function smoothly
and efficiently. A farm is a
business, so why shouldn't
a farm have an office where
management decisions can
be made9 But offices are
expensive! Are they really?
When you consider .the
investment that most farm,
ers have in land, buildings
and machinery, the small
amount of money required to
set up a farm office to
manage that investment is
rather insignificant
1, a good work surfaceThis is usually a desk or.
. •
table, 28 to 31 inches high.
2. A sturdy, comfortable
chair with good back sup
port. •
3, Good lighting. Natural
and artificial light from the
left side makes seeing easier
for the right-handed person,
4. Convenient place for
current records and unfin-
ished business.
5. Storage space, such as
filing cabinets, storage cab-
inets and shelves for perm-
anent records, farm and
home account books, books
and other materials.
6. Bulletin boardtele-
phone, waste basket and
calendar.
Most older fariti houses
have a small rOom (an old
pantry, covered porch, etc.)
which is not being used, and
which, with a little reno-
Furniture Salo
continUes at •
Ili)bert L..Pluttisteet
triteri(' )rs
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• much good unless you have
an organized filing system.
Spend 51S. and buy proper
file folders and .a set of
labels. Designate broad
subject titles to file drawers
Horne) and then have more
(e,g• Business, Production,
specific titles on dividers that
fiselepsa.raFtoerseevxearmapi vi;,ryyosupreetifioici
test records would be in a file
marked "Soil Tests" which
would be behind a divider
marked "Crops and Soils" in
the "Production" drawer.
Ytooustreitailyonlurodoit thnieserlsystaennid
makes files easier to spot by
using different "coloured lab-
els. When setting up your
filing system, consider a few
of these ideas:
1. File new material at the
front of the file,
2 When filing seYeral.
pages together, use a stapler
3. If a folder grows one
inch thick, add A second file.
4. Keep a bigWaste basket
and use it. Do not be tempted
to flip too, much material..
Once a year gethrough files
and throw. out outdated
material.
A few other inexpengve
accessories will complete
your office and make it -a
pleasant place to work. A
bulletidboard to post notices
of meetingS, etc., can be
rmuagdaeteedasicalYrdboacradvewriintgh cferl;
and placing it in an old
picture frame, You can also
buy readymade bulletin
boards or panels of cork
which stick to the. wall. The
waste basket can be a large
can covered with wallpaper:.
You will also want a tele- '
phone index, a pencil sharp-.
ener, and a stapler. You will
now be fully equipped to
practice good farm businesi
managethent •
Forage sampler
available
More and more people are
realizing the importance of
sampling feeds for nutnent
content The resulting analy
sis is only as good as the
•sample taken. Technique is
important. There's, a wide
margin of error if the right
tools are not available for
sampling.
The Barre County 'Soil &
Crop Improvement MSOCi
ation has designed a low cost
forage sampler. It sells for
under 515. Anyone who takes
samples .. regularly should
consider the convenience of
having this handy tool.
• We. can take orders for
samplers at the Perth County
Agriculturatoffiee. Soil, tubes
are already on hand at a cost •
of 510.50. These •tubes are
approximately 4 ft in Iength
and much superior to the
short tubes commonly used.
Custom Drying
Weare now receiying the .1979
CORN.•-•OROP...
Buy .Sell
Storage available
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