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Why not let us do it for you on your farm? PETER'S MOBILE FEED SERVICE Complete Rations for Cattle, Hogs and Poultry PLUS ANIMAL HEALTH PRODUCTS 887-6213 Brussels MAN EATING SHARK . Huron Federation .appoints new secretary feldmpn Bill. Crawford of Clinton has been appointed, secretary-field- man for Huron. Cpunty at a recent meeting of the HuronFed- eration of Agriculture in Clinton Thursday night. Mr. Crawford is a Member of the Clinton 'Davin Couneil and is an insurance salesman and former operator of a meat market. He was hired after a joint' committee from the Huron Federation, and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture interviewed three applicants. The duties of the secretary- fieldrnan will be to solve farm- ers problems and sell member- ships to the farmers of the county. The new position was one of several set up across Ontario by the OFA to help boost lagging membership. Although Huron has led all counties in the province in membership, it was one of the first areas to seek a secretary- fieldman. The new man will have a part-time assistant at his cent- ral office in Clinton. A short ceremony took place at the meeting when Faye Fear, for six years the secretary of the Federation, "was presented with a gift. Mrs. Fear-has left the employ of the Federation to work for the Huron Centre of Cones- toga College in Seaforth. Mrs. Fear said she changed jobs because she wanted to work on a full-time basis and this would no longer be possible under the new set-up. She thanked everyone for making her years with the Federation enjoyable. Mason Bailey, president of the Federation, reported on the meeting of the executive of the OFA with the Ontario .cabinet. He had been one of seven non- members of the eiecutive asked to participate in th! dieeting. He called it a very valuable ex- perience. He praised the -Work of Cord( of Yarna, president of the OFA Rid tife•other execu- tive membere in dealing:With the government. One of the most hopeful signs of the meeting, he said, was that the government suggested such meetings should be held more often than once a year. Doug Fortune of the insur- ance Committee informed those present that March is insurance month. He explained the link between CIAG and the OFA. He explained that the OFA started the CIAO. in 1949 and in 1951 through the need for greater reserves because of expansion, took in United Co-operatives of Ontario as a partner. Further expansion took place in 1955 when the Ontario Credit Unior League was brought in as a partner. Mr. Fortune explained that the Huron Federation gets 10 per cent on all new policies sold in the county and 15 cents on each renewal. The telephone committee re- ELECTROHOME e ,Ire degree of eeeeileoe'. RADIO & TV SALES & SERVICE MYTH, ONTARIO PHONE 523.9640 There's a nursery in the base- ment of the K. W. Neatby Build- ing in Ottawa, The Neatby Building is the administrative center for Canada Agriculture's nation-wide Re- search Branch. It also houses laboratories for some of the department's research insti- tutes. The nursery belongs to the Entomology Research Institute. It's for raising cutworms. About 800 cutworms are now housed in the temperature- controlled, brightly-lit sur- roundings which otherwise look like an ordinary research lab- oratory. "We hope to increase our cap- acity to allow us to rear thotis- ands of cutworms," says Dr. Helen Salkeld, head of the com- parative morphology section which is raising the worms. "A quick look at cutworms doesn't always reveal the dif- ference between species, so we intend to look at the problem in detail. "That requires a good supply of cutworms. The best answer is to raise them our- selves," she says. And so the nursery. Each worm has its private quarters, right through from cradle stage at hatching until it's an adult moth. Menus are individually sup- plied, consisting mainly of field beans, 'wheat germ. brewers' yeast, vitamin C and some other goodies in a mixture specially developed' in California for a close relative of the cutworms. Individual worms are kept in small glass dishes or box- like containers. A plan is under- way for mass rearing to cut down the amount of handling required for each worm in feeding and transferring. New plexiglass frames containing 100 separate compartments allow for simul- taneous diet changes in all com- partments. "We're still trying to find better diets," says Dr. Salkeld. "On some diets the worms Won't quit eating and they simply become too fat. Fat wormsdon't transform smoothly to the moth stage. The moths often emerge deformed. "Sinde deformed moths won't mate we're trying to achieve the right balance between hand- ling and diet to mass produce moths in mating shape to keep our nursery full," she says. Many of the cutworm species have never been raised in capt- Wit y before. Keeping a watch- ful eye on the nursery is paying off for the scientists. "We're learning a gre,at deal, not only about the eating habits of the worms, but also about some of their other habits. "For example, different species sometimes enter an Every week More and more people discover what Mighty jobs are accomplished by low cost Brussels Post Want Ads. Dial 887-6614. said that on checking into the situation it was lound farmers were already included,. Under the plan the government willpay part of the wages of an employee trained on a three month to 12 month period providing the emp- loyee has a recognized skill when he has finished the training per- iod. A resolution put forward by Adrienne Vos of Blyth was ap- proved. It called for- the gov- ernment to make machinery com- panies liable for losses incurred by farmers when parts for mach- inery were not available within 48 hours of a visit of the farmer to the dealer. overwintering stage at different points in their development. Not all go through the winter as pupae (in cocoons). Knowing these difference can help tell one species from another when phy- sical appearances are too much alike," Dr. Salkeld says. It takes about six weeks for the worms to grow from the newly hatched to the pupal stage. Eggs are kept in cold stor- age, just above freezing, while the worms develop inside. This stimulates one overwintering stage. In the field, spring addition of moisture triggers hatching, telling the fully developed worm to start chewing its way out of the shell. Other natural environments of the worms are simulated in the nursery, some in controlled temperature cabinets. Since the adults like to hide, dark-blue paper is left loose in the •quarters for shy moths to find some privacy. Sand is supplied for egg laying. "The nursery serves two pur- poses," explains Dr. Salkeld. It provides a continuing moth pop- ulation with which to study life cycles and it also supplies egg and other life stages for special studies. "Eggs laid in sand are.strictly for producing more cutworms. Sand sticks to the eggs, thanks to a natural cement on the eggs themselves. That spoils then for for egg studies, so we have to take eggs from the moths before they're laid if we want to use them for more than producing new worms," she adds. 'Eating habits of the moths are also being watched in the nur- sery. So far the moths indicate they •prefer nectar with about 10 per cent sugar content but will settle for dry pollen if noth- ing else is available. They can also survive on water alone if they have to, and still lay about 200 eggs, although sugar raises their output to more than 500 eggs. "Obviously we're not rais- ing cutworms because they're not hardly enough to survive on their own. It's strictly a matter of our own convenience," says Dr. Salkeld. ported that it hopes to have Its final presentation prepared for Bell Canda, by the middle of March, Six municipalities are involved in the area which the Federation would like td see enlarged toll-free calling priv- lieges_ . Each. municipality IS being requested to adopt a reso- lution approving the action Of the Federation. Pat 'Junking of the resolu- tienS committee reported on the committee's, investigation of a resolution submitted last month by Hullett Federation. The reso- lution called for farming to be included in the Canada Man- power labour assistance plan. She Cutworm nursery aids research work "When's feeding time?" THE BRUSSELS POST, MARCH 29, 1972-5