The Brussels Post, 1975-01-29, Page 7Agri-notes
(By Adrian Vos)
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If ' one of you belong. to a
church group that organizes
picnics in summertirnehere is an
interesting recipe that I read in a
magazine:
Ingredients: one medium sized
camel, one medium sized lamb,
20 chickens, 60 hard boiled eggs,
12 kilos rice, 2 kilos pine nuts, 2
kilos almonds, 100 gallons of
water, salt to taste, 5 tablespoons
of black pepper, Skin and clean
the camel, the lamb and the
chickens. Stuff the chickens with
the eggs and some of the cooked
rice. Stuff the lamb with 5 of the
stuffed chickens. Stuff the camel
with the lamb and some rice.
Bake until brown. Serve the
camel on a bed of rice and
surround it with the remaining
chickens and the nuts. Serves
from 20 to a hundred people._ One
could substitute a pig for the
lamb.
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Some interesting figures
gleaned from an American
magazine debunk some of the
recent appeals from some do-
gooders to eat less meat in order
to preserve protein for. needing
peoples. Two-thirds of our protein
comes from beef and dairy
The market at Brussels Stock-
yards Friday was active on a good
supply of fat heifers, but there
were no lots of top steers on offer.
All classes sold at higher prices.
Good Steers - 42.00 to 45.00
with sales to 45.25.
Medium Steers - 38.00 to 42.00
A steer consigned by L. Martin
of Waterloo, weighing 1080 lbs.
sold for 45.25.
A steer consigned by Joe
Courtney of RR1 Dungannon,
weighing 1220 lbs. sold for 45.00.
A steer consigned by G.
Greydanus of RR1 Bayfield,
weighing 1140 lbs. sold for 44.25.
Choice Heifers - 39.00 to 42.00
with sales to 42.50.
Good Heifers - 36.00 to 39.00.
Two heifers consigned by Gary
Rintoul of Wingham, averaging
1030 lbs. solds for 42.50.
Thirteen heifers consigned by
Alvin Fitch and Sons of Wroxeter,
averaging 938 lbs. sold for 41.00
with their 32 heifers averaging
877 lbs. selling for an overall
price of 40.32.
Through a test available at.
Ridgetown College of
Agricultural Technology, a
farmer can now find out if
atrazine residues will damage a
crop he platis'to grow this year.
All he has to do is forward a
description of the crop, soil
samples for testing and, if
possible, a history of atrazine tiSe
in the field sampled, to the
college of Ridgetown, Ontario. If
the test indicates residue damage
is likely, the' farmer can change
his plans.
However, interested farmers
must act now for the results to be
obtained in tittle. "Because we
simulate field growing conditions
in our greenhouse and plant the
Possibly susceptible crop in the
soli sent by the farmer, the
samples must be taken carefully
products., We can utilize many
vegetable products that are unfit
for human consumption, as well
as many waste products and other
sources of nutrition that could
never be used for food. Using
haylage and 45 bushels of corn we
can produce an 1,100 lbs. steer,
This means that a pound of
carcass can be produced from
three pounds of grain dry matter.
This is very efficient if you
consider that the protein content
of the grain is less than 10% and
the protein content of the beef is
more than 20%. Not mentioning
the difference in taste between a
pancake and a steak. (The protein
level of pork is 25%). Also we can
produce 100 pounds of milk from
35 lbs. of corn, and the "perfect
food" yields 3.3 lbs. of protein for
2 1/2 lbs of low quality protein.
Think of all the fields that are too
hilly for field crops, but are used
extensively for grazing. It's too
bad that so many well-meaning
people expend their energy
without fully knowing and
investigating. That they could do
a lot of harm to our industry at
home without benefitting the
people they are concerned about
is, to say the least, regrettable.
A heifer consigned by Doug
McPherson of Wingham,
weighing 1070 lbs. sold for 41.25.
Seventeen heifers consigned by
Ross Bender of Gowanstown,
averaging 1083 lbs. sold for
40.85.
Ten heifers consigned by Gor-
don Howatt of Auburn averaging
871 lbs. sold for 40.00.
Ten heifers consigned by Glen
Golley of RR4 Wingham,
averaging 977 lbs, sold for 39.60.
Eleven heifers consigned by
Carl Fitch of Wroxeter, averaging
900 lbs. sold for 39.50.
Good feeder steers traded from
39.00 to 42.00 with sales to 42.25.
Fourteen Hereford feeder
steers consigned by Peter
Newans of RR1 Clifford averaging
818 lbs. sold for, 42.25.
A heavy supply of pigs traded
at higher prices. - 40 to 50 lb. pigs
36.00 to 42.50. 50 to 60 lb. pigs
42.00 to 46.75.
Choice Cows - 19.00 to 22.00
with sales to 22.25.
Good Cows - 17.00 to 19.00.
Bulls from 23.50 to 26.00.
The Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food is
sponsoring 4-11 Homemaking
Clubs, in Huron County. "What
Shall. I Wear?" is the spring
project. This club is designed to
help club members plan their
.wardrobes, using their clothing
allowance. Each girl makes a
blouse which fits into her
wardrobe.
Jane Pengilley, Home
Economist for Huron County, will
be conducting the following
Leaders' Training Schools:
Exeter Area
Tuesday and Wednesday,
January 28 and 29
Exeter United Church, Exeter
Henson Area
Thursday and Friday
While digging through the files
at Maitland Valley, Rocky Racoon
uncovered some facts which
people seldom consider about
snow.
Most of us know that snow is
frozen water in a variety of small,
cryst allized forms, and that it is
good for making snowmen. Some
other common properties of snow
include the necessity of
shovelling it from driveways, it's
association with cold weather and
higher heating bills and it's
tendancy to allow you to get your
car stuck.
What most people seem to
forget, is that snow is a very
important commodity in the
workings of nature. The depth of
snow and the nature of the nast,
or crust, determine how, when,
and where many animals get their
food during the winter.
The insulating capacity of snow
keeps warmth near the earth to
protect seedlings and to keep
insects and Certain young animals
alive through freezing surface
temperatures. Even man, in
northern climat , uses the
compaction and, insulating
qualities of snow to build an
effective shelter against the
attack of sharp, hexagonal snow
"needles", (which are formed in
colder climates), and saves him
from harsh Arctic temperatures.
, Snow increases the light
reflecting capacity of the Earth
during winter months. It sends
the suns rays back into the clouds
where the energy is reflected a
second time by Earth's
atmosphere, and is returned to
the surface_as heat energy. This
applications, dry, cool growing
seasons unsuitable for atrazine
breakdown, and postemergence
rather than pre-emergence
application of atrazine also
contribute to the possibility of
residue damage to susceptible
crops.
"Since most' corn growers in
southwestern Ontario are now
used to atrazine, residues are
rarely a ptoblern,° says
Mr. Brown. "But the Ridgetown
test is useful for fanners
unfamiliar with this herbicide or
uncertain about previous atrazine
application on newly acquired or
tented land,"
Farniers who want to know the
atrazine residtte level of their Soil,
but are too far from Ridgetown to
send soil samples, should contact
their county or district office.
January 30 and 31
Hensall United Church, Hensall.
Seaforth Area
Monday and Tuesday
February 10 and 11
First Presbyterian
Church, Seaforth
Clinton Area
Wednesday and Thursday,
February 12 and 13
Wesley-Willis. United. Church
Clinton
Central Huron Area
Monday and Tuesday,
February 17 and 18
Blyth United Church, Blyth
Huron West Area
Wednesday and Thursday
February 19 and 20
Salvation Army Corps,
Wingham
Huron East Area
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process known as the "Green
House Effect" helps the growth
of plants and depends largely on
the reflecting quality of the snow.
Although snow is a hazard and
a hindrance in many cases, Rocky
would like to remind you that it
also has it s good qualities when
it 'performs it s essential duties in
the natural environment.
Every week more and more
people discover what mighty jobs
are accomplished by low cost Post
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Monday and Tuesday,
February 24 and 25
Gorrie United Church, Gorrie
Miss Pengilley says: "If you
have a daughter who will be 12 by
March 1st, 1975, and you are not
familiar with a 4-H Homemaking
Club in your area, please contact
the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food at
482-3428".
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and sent immediately," Says
R.H.,Brown, biology and
horticulture specialist at the
college. "It takes four to six
weeks after the soil samples have
dried out to determine if the crop
will develop normally in the 'soil
samples or be damaged' by
atrazine residueS.",
Three soil samples of four to six
quarts each should be sent. One
should be taken from the top
three inches of soil, another from
the three- to slit-inch level, and
the third from a Similar soil type
without, atrine resides. This
Sample is used as a check and
sometimes has to be taken from a
fence row or an adjacent field.
Residues are most likely to
cause crop damage when atrazine
has been used repeatedly on corn
ground. Excessively high
Tests can prove atrazine damage
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THE BRUSSELS POSti. JANUARY `29; 1975