The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1977-01-20, Page 12TALKING ABOUT PIGS — A large number of area farmers attended Thursday's short course on Manage-
ment of Pigs at Centralia College of Agricultural Technology. From the left are Swine Specialist Andy Bunn,
Hay township farmer Joe Miller, Swine Specialist Richard Smelski and Gary Skinner of Usborne township.
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The measurers call for the
County Federations to develop
land-use and severance policy
suitable for their own county
conditions.
"I'm glad to see the Federation
adopt the policy of local land-use
planning," Reeve Gerry Ginn of
Goderich township told the
meeting. "It shoyld not be
provincial planning, it should be
local people who do the plan-
ning."
Mr. Ginn said that under Huron
County's planning system the
township council was responsible
for each individual township
plan.
"If you are not satisfied, don't
blame the County planning
board, blame your local township
council as they are the ones who
interpret the public meeting and
set the plan," he said.
George Underwood, however,
said he was most disappointed
with the OFA policy. "I think it
was a regressive step taken at a
time when farm prices are low.
We need to push and push."
Merle Gunby suggested that
the Federation should also look at
preserving the farm community
as well as the land. Urban
development seriously impaired
the agriculture community and
destroyed many of the intangible
benefits of rural life, he said.
"Coming from an urban fringe
area, I find the lifestyle in Huron
Farm building plans available
The Canada Plan Service
design centre originated at the
Ontario Agricultural College in
Guelph in 1954. It was moved to
Ottawa in 1969.
Farmers will have the op-
portunity to talk to agricultural
engineers about CPS plans this
year at farm machinery shows in
Toronto, London and Ottawa.
Despite blustery winter
weather earlier in the week more
than 140 local farmers attended
swine short courses at Centralia
College Wednesday and Thur-
sday.
At the Sow Herd Management
Course speakers from the
Ministry of Agriculture and Food
discussed management systems
for dry sows, nursing sows and
weaner pigs, Local farmers,
Richard &licher from Crediton
and Murray Selves, Kirkton
described their swine operations
and management practices.
Feeder pig operators heard
Garnet Norrish describe his
observations on European swine
production.
Don McLean, manager of
Quality Swine Co-op and Jim
Morris from Ridgetown College
of Agricultural Technology
discussed ways of improving feed
efficiency of feeder pigs.
Reducing feed wastage, using
nutritionally balanced feeds,
proper adjustment of feeders
were described.
Listowel farmer, Richard
Thompson described how he
renovated his brick barn into a
modern efficient feeder pig barn,
The beef feedlot management
course will be held January 26.
Local farmers are invited to
attend. The course starts at 10
a.m. at the College.
`Inducing calves
not widespread
"Dru gs to induce calving will
not have widespread application
in most commercial cow herds,"
says Dr. R. A. Curtis, of the
Ontario Veterinary College,
University of Guelph.
"Although the procedure may
have short-term benefits for
purebred cattle owners, it would
be detrimental to any long-term
plan to select cows for ease of
calving."
Dr. Curtis says the practice of
using corticosteriods to induce
calving has found great interest,
particularly with people who own
exotic cattle with calving
problems.
The drugs, if given to a cow in
the last two to three weeks of
gestation, will induce calving 34
to 60 hours after the injection.
"The procedure has ads'
vantages if the veterinarian and
owner anticipate calving dif-
ficulties, or in cases of prolonged
gestation," says Dr. Curtis.
Disadvantages of induced
calving include very high in-
cidences of retained placenta and
increased mortality rates of
calves if the drug is administered
before 275 days of gestation. For
cows that are in the incubation
stage of a serious disease such as
acute mastitis, administration of
the drug without prior antibiotic
therapy could result in death.
Records show thatt gubsequent
production and reproductive
performance is not affected
following induced calving.
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Times-Advocate, January 20, 1977
Swine short course
held at ag college
The Federation of
Agriculture's new land-use policy
was called everything from
"regressive" to "realistic" at the
Huron County Federation
meeting in Clinton Thursday
night.
Township councillors and
farmers packed the meeting to
standing room only to hear Bill
Benson, a member of the
Provincial executive of the
O.F.A. explain the Federation'S
change in policy,
The policy which was adopted
at the Federation's annual
meeting in Hamilton called for
the Federation to reduce its
demands for Provincial land-use
control and to give top priority to
nine alternative measures of
improving the competitive
position of food producers in
Ontario.
"It is more of a change in
strategy than a change in
policy," Mr. Benson said. "Deep
down inside the majority of
farmers believe farmland should
be preserved for future
generations to use."
The nine measures are aimed
more at saving the farmer than
the farmland, Mr. Benson said.
The measures include lobbying
for the lessening of odour
restrictions in the agricultural
areas, noise by-laws revised to
allow for normal farming
operations, import controls,
taxation reform, and greater
"Farm operations today
demand well-designed farm
buildings," says. J. B. Arnold,
agricultnral engineer with the
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
and Food.
"This means structures should
be well-planned and properly
constructed to ensure that they
are safe, functional and
economical,"
The Agricultural Engineering
Service of the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food provides
design information for Ontario
farmers through local
agricultural representative of-
fices.
"An average of 5,000 farm call's
are made in Ontario each year
concerning farm building
designs, Much of the assistance
to farmers is provided through
Canada Plan Service (CPS)
plans," says Mr. Arnold.
CPS prepares plans for con-
structing modern farm buildings,
live-stock housing systems,
storages and equipment. All
necessary structural details are
specified on the plans which are
available free of charge to far-
mers, contractors and others who
wish to use the service.
The plans are prepared by
committees of experts from
provincial agriculture depart-
ments across Canada. -
Mr. Arnold says the plans are
designed in accordance with the
Canadian Code for Farm
Buildings andmeet the standards
of the Ontario Building Code.
Plans are continually updated
to incorporate changes in design
codes and improvements in
materials.
An average of 22,000 requests
for CPS plans are made in
Ontario each year,
County so much better to live in
and to work in agriculture," he
said,
In other business the
Federation learned that many
townships were receiving less
money in tile drain loans from the
.provincial government. McKillop
Reeve Allan Campbell told the
meeting that his township had
been cut back from $131,000 in
1976 to $118,000 for 1977. Reeve
Bill Elston of Morris township
said that Morris had been cut
back from $37,000 to $33,000.
A motion was passed that the
matter be referred to the
development committee for
study.
Annual 4-H
meeting
The annual meeting and dinner
Of the Huron County 4-H Club
Leaders Association will be held
today, Thursday at 11 a m at the
IOOF Hall on Princess street east
in Clinton,
The morning activities will
include the election of officers
and a review of the 4-H statistics
and programme during 1976.
In the afternoon, leaders will be
evaluating last year's program
and establishing objectives and
recommendations for activities
in 1977.
Today's meeting will mark the
25th anniversary of the Huron 4-H
Leaders Association.
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