The Huron Expositor, 1978-10-05, Page 248TIE HURON EXP;OSITQR, OCTO$ER 5, 1978
Pet Peeves
by Dr. Bob Friendship
Ilip4ysplasia'
This disease has became Jery commgn
amongst large breeds of dogs. especially
German- Shepherds. This • problem, is
inherited, and therfore puppies from
parents with sortie degree of hip disyplasia
are more likely to be affected"-by:•this,
crippling arthritic'. condition, than those
pups 'that , are.' born . from ' diseasefree
parents: Hip dysplasia begins as a
looseness of the hip joint. This looseness •
causes abnormal wear to take .place .on the -
ball and socket hip joint and eventually
arthritic changes will occur: The severity of
the arthritis depends upon hereditary '
factors as well as environmental influences
such as diet aid exercise.
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Clinical signs of hip dysplasia include;
reluctance` to rise, 'difficulty climbing
stairs, apparent weakness' of the hind-
quarters, lameness, swaying of the hind-
quarters when walling and a stilted gait.
Ideally, diagnosis should be made early,
before most of these clinical signs show up.
because these signs indicate pain and
advanced joint changes, Radiographs, with
very precise positioning of the dogs hips.
taken at less .than 1 year of age, arethe
best method of diagnosis and prevention.
Radiographs ore being used more and
more extensively to determine if -a, bitch or
dog is fit • to breed with respect to hip
dysplasia. Controlled breeding programs
are the only .means of reducing the disease
incidence.
Dogs suffering from the disease can be
helped supportively with pain killers and
,anti-inflammatory drugs, but surgery is the.
only real- cure. •In mild. cases. a 'surgical
technique of removing part of the
pectineus muscle on the inner thigh is
often used to create beneficial results. in
more severe cases the head of. the femur is
removed surgically. and the body over time
forms a new hip joint. This has, become a
verysuccessful procedure in dogs and
unfortunately will contique to be a common
operation in veterinary clinics until hip
dysplasia can he bred- out of the present .
dog population.
Perth Farm news 7
.By: -Barry Sinclair, Assoc: -Rep,
—Pat -Lynch, Soils & Crops Spec.
• Hal Thompson, Extension Assistant
Buying High Moistule'Corn -
Farmer to Parole!
The final price will depend on the
current price of dry corn. Corn conversion
tables. can be used to•arrivc at the amount
of dry cornvinuolvcd and the approximate
. drying charges. If one tonne of dry,corn has'
an elevator value of $80/tonne ($2.03/b)1.),
what is the value of 'one tonne of 30%
moisture torn?
One tonne of 30% corn is. equivalent to
.824 tonnes •of dry corn (this includes an
• allowance of '/a of 1 `%, for invisible losses)
and has a drying charge of $9.00/dry-tonne
(1977 value).. • The. a.ntount of • money the
fanner would receive would then be $65.92
(.824. •z $80) minus -the drying- charge of
$7.42 (.824 x $9.) or $58:50/tonne of his
r corrin.
If the buyer were to hue his corn, from
the , elevator he would have to pay
approxiinately . $,87.81/dry tonne
($2.23/bt .). The difference . of -about
• ($.ZQybu. between what the elevator pays
-for corn and sells it for -is to • cover their
.handling. storage charges, etc. .•824.;dry •
tonne is then worth $72.36. ($87.81 x .824).
Therefore, in this case, -the price agreed
on• between th two farmers would be
:;8mewherc between the $58 50/tonne that
the seller would receive c c ive at the elevator. and
. the $72.36 that the buyer would have to 'pay.
fort heegnivalent.amotmt of dry corn at.thc
elevator.
• 'The •c st '' of trucking hitt pot b• een
• included in order to.keep our ,example • as
simple as possible. but the fanner who will
.. be doing• the trucking- may wish to take it
into account td increase his bargaining
power. . • •
Check Corn Fields
The dry weather this past • slimmer.
• coupled with the rides during. September
make conditions ideal for development of
stalk rot•discasi. Grain corn fields should
be chci:kcd far possible stalk rot and. at the
some time, .% moisture. Although the early
.part of Septcmhu was wet. hiaiii'v corn
t olds matured some tinie ago. They -arc •
now ifi the'proccss of drying down and are ,
probably drier than anticipated.
To check for stalk rot. cut a number of
plants 4" or 5" above ground. Off white or
brown coloured punkt' stalks indicate stalk
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-ror. while solid white stalks indicate good
stalk strength. Another method is to kick
the stalks. if they bounce back, the' stalk is
still strong, however: if they fall over, the
rot has begun.
Worming Sheep
Sheep producers are reminded that the
time to worm your flock. is before they.comc
into the barn in We fall .
Modern warming drugs arc highly
effective in killing adult worms in sheep..
However, none are 1OQ"/„ effective and
none arc very • effective in removing
immature worms. It is possible to. control •
parasitism so that little or no significant
damage is done. '
Drugs on the market in Canada include .
thiabendazol (trade name Thibcrosoic):
tetraniisolc (trade name Tramisol), pheno-
thiazinc and diphcnkhane-70 (trade name•
Teni.atol). �.
Each product ' controls one. type of
parasite better than others. Therefore.
consult your veterinarian and use the drugs
most -effective. for. you. • in :general. the
various worm problem wormers should be
used in rotation. Tramisol • is effcetivd'
against lungworms and'ean be used in the
fall for drenching ewes.
Federation of Agriculture Meeting
Thc•individual•service members' annual
mcetipg of the ' Perth Federation
Agr iculture. will take place on Tucs�
October. 10th at 8:30 p.m. at the Up
thamcs Elementary School in Mitch
Guest speaker tor the -meeting will be P
• Hannam The election of delegates for•
convention and the Provincial organizat
will taki place at this meeting. Further
details are available from Tony .-Van
Kloostcr.
.While we were travelling this . past
summer. my wife remarked something to the
effect that it's too bad Canaela doesn't have
the attractions to lure hundreds of thousands .
of tourists that Europe has,
I assured her tartly that she was all wet.
This country 'has everything to make it a ;
tourist's paradise: mountains aplenty. great
plains, deep forests, thousands of miles of,
coast line. a million or so lakes, good' hotels.
o Interesting cities in French and English. and
good highways,.,
'It's not throat we don't have enough for the
tourist. We have toomuch, and we take, if•for
granted. Tiny Switzerland, doesn't, and it
Makes use of every inch. milking the 'tourist
as carefully as it milks it1; cows. those brown
ones that graze up the mountains in'sunnnner
and give chocolate milk.
We have . tremendous sports facilities:
skiing. sailing.fishing• hunting.. hiking.. slot
of it free or very cheap. Try going skiing or '
fishing or hunting in Eu pe. It will cost you
an arm and"a•.Ieg, and.i many countries is
impossible for foreigner.
We don't have• any ruined abbeys ot•
falling -down, castles, ut bave''plenty of
abandoned log Nous which . in .terms 'of
humanity. are just as touching, - if not as
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We're a Attie short on cathesral;;, but not
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churches. Ytiu .cap pray st ding up, sitting
down. on your knees or flat on your back.
You can't do this iin Europe.
We are nationalistic. but in a .lackadaisical
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French, the deja vu pride of the 1..1'tans or
the smug complacency of the S iss. or
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toilets. and execrable wi in Europe. And
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As local color:in, a house par y in Newfie.
Saturday night in Sudbury. • stroll down
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Or try" Friday night in, a beer parlor.
anywhere in the 'country. ` •
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We do, We have all kinds of it. It's just
younger than that of European ,countries..
But the Bat/le of Huck L,ake,'Saskatchewan,
is just as important to this coo try• as the'
Battle of Waterlos,.lvas to Eu.rope°I • its time.
And finally,, we have; something• no other
nation in the world can touch, Thanksgivieg
weekend. Ond everything that goes with it.
The great sad. final 'Banning of our foliage
before we close down for six months.
Speaking of Thanksgiving. 1 hope you
• have a lot to be thankful for. 1 think we do, as
a nation. Wg have .the. mostbraeing,
delightful, exasperating climate in the
world. We still have vast. comparatively
unspoiled wilderness. (Witness the scramble
for recent Europeans. now Canadians; to
buy a .chunk of it.)
We have a 'very high standard of living,
despite unemployment, strikes. high taxes,
" fumbling politicians.'
We have a country in which, Jack is as
good as his master. and servility is scorned.;
Don't 'believe one? Try hiring acleaning lady
or bawling out your plumber. ' '
Ask •am.oung the first -generation '
Canadians from Europe how many of them
would go back. Nary a one.
A side fi 'ion thinking this is a pretty good
Place ro'TrvE rave ots o. personal reasons
for thanksgiving, A good wife who can cook
like a ehef, sew like a couturier. (We almost
remembered our anniversary • this year. °
Were just a day late.)
My daughter, with two children and three
degrees, finally got a•job. As a file clerk. My
son is alive and well in a South Smerican
country, which is sometimes a difficult thing
to be... ,
have, a great lad next door- who cuts my
lawn and shovels my snow faithfully. 1 have
ajob I like with people t enjoy working with.
1 have good neighbors. '
But f' ;oust admit d'nr looking over my
shoulder: quite often these days. I'm thankf11
that my health is good, but 1 think the Lord is
trying to tell • me something .about my
English department. Two of them have
faulty tickers. A third sprang his back and
was flat on it all summer. Another, a recent
.addition, had. his gall bladder removed
recently. And, finally, Roger Bell; whose. •
contributions you' may have read in this
space. fell off his motor-bikeand dislocated
his shoulder.
it's a good thing they have a strong, virile
Chief. Be thankful for what you have.
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Vaccine Choice
Dr. Ted Rothmcl of Our office eautions
livestock .Owners to consult their veto-.
Marian before deciding -on the best vaccine
to protect against I.B.R.• bovine diarrhea:
(BVD) or influenza. Vaccines are available
either singly, or in combination, but the
vaccine that's correct in one situation mtiy
not be right in another. For .example. an
.iutermuscular vaccine for IBR may cause ,
' abortion.' in pregnant cows. whereas -the'r
internasal vaccinc`can be used effectively.
Thus it's essential •to check with the farm
veterinarian so that a correct dccision'can
be made.
owson Mills
Elevator Division
Receiving
White Beans & Corn
Fast Unloading__
- Probe 'stem for Corn
. = Sell, Store or Contract your Corn:
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▪ Satellite Dealer for
W.G. Thompson & Sons Ltd.
in Beans ONLY •
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Lyth 52S-4241,
Elevator 1 mi. East of Blyth
off County Rd. 25 523-9624
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