The Rural Voice, 1986-09, Page 54Ward & Uptigrove
CHARTERED
ACCOUNTANTS
Listowel
Mitchell
291-3040
348-8412
R.B. Karcher, C.A. C.W. Brouse, C.A.
C.D. Newell, C.A. R.H. Loree, C.A.
R.E. Uptigrove, C.A. G.J. Martin, C.A.
R.C. Roswell, C.A.
41st PRODUCTION SALE
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8 at 7 p.m.
80 OPEN GILTS, 65 BOARS, 20 BRED GILTS
Sale being held at the farm of Warren Stein located 1 mile south and 2 miles
west of Tavistock.
We offer you one of Ontario's largest selection of R.O.P. tested and veterinary
approved breeding stock. Our herd is maintained as a closed minimal disease
operation. Ranked "Good" by the Animal Industry Branch.
A good selection of boars & gilts available for sale at all times. Delivery ar-
rangements available at reasonable rates.
We are pleased to ,.:ongfalr.ie nnstene who showed the Grand Champion Barrow in the Barrow
Show at the 1986 Ontario Pork Congress. This barrow was a pure York out o1 400P. one of our Swedish
Import boars. Sons of 400P sell in our next production sale. Our thanks to Nuhn Industries Ltd of R.R. 1
Sebringville who purchased the boar.
For further Information & catalogues, contact:-
"31PIAPtig
I tMtS
YORKSHIRE DUROC HAMPSHIRE LANDRACE & HYBRIDS
Richard & Warren Stein
R.R. #6, Woodstock, Ontario N4S 7W1
(519) 655.2942 or 462-2704
54 THE RURAL VOICE
ADVICE
OATS MAY HELP
STAVE OFF HAYFEVER
Is hayfever turning your summer
into a series of sniffles and
sneezes? Troubled by backache,
headache or muscle pain? Feel
tense and irritable? The germ of
relief could be as close as the
nearest oat field.
Bill Collins, an Agriculture
Canada research scientist in Ot-
tawa, has discovered that oat seeds
contain some of the compounds
found in man-made drugs used as
antihistamines, painkillers and
hypertension relievers.
During his research, Dr. Collins
combed through a data bank of all
known drug compounds and
discovered some of them in oats.
"You can imagine my surprise
to find one of the molecular struc-
tures in oats had been created in a
test tube and patented a year
before as an antihistamine," he
says. "They didn't know it existed
naturally."
Another structure turned out to
be similar to the active ingredient
in the commercial pain reliever
Tylenol.
A survey of research on oats
showed that Dr. Collins was the
first to discover the presence of
most of these medicinal com-
pounds. A team of Japanese scien-
tists is working on another compo-
nent that appears to have anti-
tumor qualities but they have ig-
nored oats' other therapeutic pro-
perties.
Dr. Collins says the compounds
probably evolved to protect the
seed from disease. Scientists have
noted antibiotic activity in soil, but
it's unusual to find these particular
therapeutic drug compounds in a
grain.
However, oats aren't likely to
become a new source of patent
medicines in the near future.
"It would probably be too ex-
pensive to extract the
compounds," Dr. Collins says.
"But oats may still some day play
a larger role in human health."
The oat compounds are appeal-
ing because they are natural
substances, completely biodegrad-
able. They might be easier for the
body to absorb and less likely to
cause any side effects.
Dr. Collins says more research is