The Citizen, 1986-12-17, Page 21THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1986. PAGE 21.
Trading active at lower prices at Brussels
The market at Brussels Stock-
yards traded actively on a good
demand at lower prices due to the
arrival of American cattle and
producers accepting sharply lower
rail grade prices in the past two
weeks. Cows sold steady. Pigs sold
lower. There were 740 cattle and
988 pigs on offer.
Choice steers sold from $86 to
$90 with sales to $94.25 per
hundred weight. Good steers were
$82 to $86.
A steer consigned by George
Underwood Farms of RR 1,
Wingham weighing 1200 lbs. sold
for $94.25 with his offering of 27
steers averaging 1247 lbs. selling
for an overall price of $89.46.
Twenty-eight steers consigned by
Maple Emblem Farms of RR 1,
Dungannon averaging 1198 lbs.
sold for an overall price of $88.56
with sales to $90.50. Fifteen steers
consigned by Stewart Knectel of
RR 2, Gadshill averaging 1125 lbs.
sold for an overall price of $88.44
with sales to $90. Ten steers
consigned by Tom and Roger
Moore of RR 4, Goderich averaging
1140lbs. sold for an overall price of
$88.17 with sales to $89.25.
Two steers consigned by Harold
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Schmidt of RR 3, Hanover averag
ing 1315 lbs. sold for $88.85 with
his two heifers averaging 1110 lbs.
selling for $87.15. Twenty-nine
steers consigned by George
Adams of RR 2, Wroxeter averag
ing 1217 lbs. sold for an overall
price of$87.99 with sales to $89.90.
Eleven steers consigned by Mur
ray Shiell of RR 3, Wingham
averaging 1190 lbs. sold for an
overall price of $87.28. Ten steers
consigned by John Elliott of RR 4,
Ripley averaging 1159 lbs. sold for
an overall price of $86.90 with sales
to $88.
Seven steers consigned by Clare
Knechtel of RR 2, Gadshill averag
ing 1096 lbs. sold for an overall
price of $86.70 with a sale at
$89.50. Sixteen steers consigned
by Gordon and Mel Morrison of RR
1, Lucknow averaging 1190 lbs.
sold for $88.10 with their offering
of 39 steers averaging 1200 lbs.
selling for an overall price of
$86.98. A heavy steer consigned by
Wm. Woodburn of RR 3, Parkhill
weighing 1420 lbs. sold for $87.75
with his lot of 13 steers averaging
1355 lbs. selling for an overall price
of $85.95. A steer consigned by
Neil Rintoul of RR 2, Lucknow
weighing 1150 lbs. sold for $88.75.
Choice exotic heifers sold from
$85 to $89 with a sale at $91.25.
Choice white-faced heifers were
$82 to $86.
Eleven heifers consigned by
Harold and Gary Bell of RR 1,
Wroxeter averaging 1174 lbs. sold
for an overall price of $88.46 with
sales to $90.20. A heifer consigned
by Ross Fitch of RR 1, Wroxeter
weighing 1050 lbs. topped the
market at $91.25 with his offering
of 50 mixed heifers averaging 1100
lbs. selling for an overall price of
$86.63.
Twelve heifers consigned by
Elwood Fitch of RR 1, Wroxeter
averaging 1100 lbs. sold for $87.70
with his offering of 25 heifers
averaging 1081 lbs. selling for an
overall price of $87. Seventeen
heifers consigned by Earl Fitch of
RR 1, Wroxeter averaging 1124
lbs. sold for an overall price of
$86.43 with a sale at $87.75. Seven
heifers consigned by Harry Ver-
beek of RR 2, Bluevale averaging
956 lbs. sold for an overall price of
$86.17 with sales to $87.10. Four
heifers consigned by Frank Dol
mage of RR 1, Seaforth averaging
938 lbs. sold for an overall price of
$84.76 with sales to $85.75.
Choice cows sold from $51 to $56
with sales to $60.50. Good cows
were $47 to $51. Canners and
cutters were $42 to $47.
All weights of pigs sold easier.
Under 30 lbs. pigs traded to a high
of$2.00perlb.;30to40-lb. pigs
traded to a high of $1.64; 40 to
50-lb. pigs to a high of $1.52; 50 to
60-lb. pigs to a high of $1.40; 60 to
70-lb. pigs to a high of $1.24.
Please note that next Friday will
be the last sale for this year. The
Stockyards will be open again on
Friday, Jan. 2.
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barn ventilation
BY NORM BIRD
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEER
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If you haven’t already done so,
now is the time to check your barn
ventilation system and make sure it
will supply good quality air and
good temperature control through
out the winter months.
Most barns need heat and
heaters haven’t run since last
winter, so a good place to start is to
get the heaters working properly.
Many farms use the 4.8 kw.
construction heaters for supple
mentary heat in weaner rooms and
calf nurseries. To make them safe
in winter, blow out the accumulat
ed dust and check the thermostat
control.
If the heater is to do its job
without wasting heat, it has to turn
on and off very close to the desired
room temperature. If the built-in
thermostathastoowide a range
from on to off, then install a new
separate farm thermostat in the
circuit that supplies power to the
heater. This thermostat simply
replaces the built-in thermostat.
To save energy the supplemen
tary heat should only be supplied
when the continuous or moisture
control exhaust fans are operating,
and should be off when the
temperature control fans are oper
ating - otherwise you will simply be
pumping the heat outside, The
best way to do this is with a
multi-stage thermostat that will
control two stages of heating and
twostagesofcooling, using one
room temperature censor.
A barn exhaust fan in winter is a
very powerful cooling device. One
18” fan can remove heat faster
than two furnaces could supply it.
Thermostats that control fans must
be checked regularly to be sure
they are working properly. Here’s
the procedurefor a single speed
fan thermostat:
1) Turn the dial down to two
degrees C. The fan should be
running. If not, the thermostat is
defective, wired wrong, or the
room temperature is below two
degrees C.
2) Hang a good thermometer
beside the thermostat.
3) Turn the thermostatdial torhe
thermometer reading.
4) Fan should click off at this
temperature.
5) If not, turn the thermostat dial
to the point that the fan clicks off
and recalibrate the dial.
6) Reset the thermostat to the
desired setting.
When the winter storms start to
rage, the only way to get control of
the barn ventilation is for the barn
to be tight. Place insulated covers
over summer fans and seal up large
cracks around doors and close
openings through gutters. Barns
that are equipped with adjustable
air inlets should also have a static
pressure monitor so that the proper
degree of barn tightness can be
achieved for good winter ventila
tion.
One note of caution: although a
tight barn ventilates better in
winter, a power failure or fan
failure is more critical. When the
fan stops, all ventilation stops.
Make sure you have an alarm
system for high and low tempera
ture and power failure.
If you would like additional
information on how to check
thermostats or information on
multi-stage heating and cooling
thermostats, contact the engineer
at your local agricultural office of
the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
and Food.
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