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The Rural Voice, 1986-10, Page 49BANK YOUR PROFITS • Hamp • Duroc • York & X Bred boars Guaranteed Breeders York x Landrace gilts Contact Milt Turner PROTEKTA SWINE BREEDERS RR 1 Lucknow 519-528-3914 1t&Lth 1 Cattee saea 1986 NORTHERN STOCKER -FEEDER CATTLE SALES NEW LISKEARD Temiskaming Cattlemen's Assoc Oct. 2 11:00 a.m. 1,100 head LA SARRE (P.0.) Oct. 3 10:00 a.m. Syndicat Des Eleveurs De Bovins DeBoucherie 1,800 head AMOS (P.0.) Syndicat Des Eleveurs De Bovins DeBoucherie Oct 4 11:00 a.m. 1,800 head GALETTA E. Ont. Stocker & Feeder Assoc. Oct. 4 1:00 p.m. 1.000 head WIARTON Grey Bruce Livestock Co-operative Oct. 9 10:00 a.m. 3,500 head SOUTH RIVER Parry Sound Dist. Livestock Co-op Oct. 18 1:00 p.m. 350 head STRATTON Rainy River Cattlemen's Assoc Oct. 20 11:00 a.m. 2,100 calves WIARTON Grey Bruce Livestock Co-operative Oct 23 10:00 a.m. 2,500 (50% calves( THESSALON Algoma Livestock Co-operative Oct. 25 11 00 a.m. 400 calves LINDSAY Peterboro-Victoria Co. Cattlemen's Assoc. Oct. 29 1000 a.m. 1,500 yr. HOARD'S STATION Ouinte Cattlemen's Assoc Oct. 30 12 noon 600 yr GALETTA E. Ont. Stocker & Feeder Assoc Nov. 1 1:00 p.m. 1.000 head LINDSAY Peterboro-Victoria Co. Cattlemen's Assoc. Nov. 5 10 00 a.m. 1,700 calves LINDSAY Peterboro-Victoria Co. Cattlemen's Assoc. Nov. 12 10 00 a m 1,600 head HOARD'S STATION Ouinte Cattlemen's Assoc Nov. 13 12 noon 600 calves Advertising Manager: Gordon Mitchell, Box 130. Huntsville, Ontario, POA 180 Telephone: (705) 789-8886 ADVICE NO EASY ANSWER There are no easy solutions to mycotoxin problems in corn, noted Dr. H. L. Trenholm of Agriculture Canada's Research Centre in Ot- tawa. He was speaking at a Clinton meeting organized by the Huron County Pork Producers Associa- tion and attended by 80 mainly farrow to finish hog producers. There are some 40 different toxins involved with pink mold, he said, and much more research is needed to find answers. He gave several suggestions to minimize problems. 1. Thoroughly dilute con- taminated grain with clean grain. The toxins are so powerful that lit- tle is needed to cause problems. 2. Select varieties with heads that droop early to prevent rain entering through the top. 3. Plant corn in wide rows to allow better air circulation and in- hibit the formation of mold. 4. Harvest as early as possible as mold enters through tops opened by bird damage or by corn -borer damage and keeps spreading through the cob. 4. Adjust the combine to reject black, shrivelled kernels and rotten tops. 5. Plow down refuse completely to kill mold. 6. Dry with high heat to finish quickly because extra drying time allows mold to continue growing. 7. Don't dry corn partially (14 to 15 per cent) and let it dry further in storage bins. This allows mold to spread that much longer. 8. Keep moldy corn in cribs separate from clean corn. The mold will spread. 9. Feed suspect corn first to a small group of gilt weaners and watch for vulva redness. Do not feed to breeding stock. Reproduc- tive damage is irreversible. 10. Screen for the removal of black cob tips. Trenholm said that much more research is needed to discover the effects of the various toxins on growth and fatness in hogs. It is known that growth caused by vomitoxins stops when the feeding of moldy feed is discontinued. The effect of zearelone on both sows and- boars, however, is permanent. ElAV -EROSION- CONTROL SUPPLIES Interlocking Concrete Blocks to make low-level ditch and stream crossings, and line spillways. Erosion control pads for reducing the velocity of water exiting from culverts and tile outlets. Filter fabric for stabilizing soil under stone riprap and a wide range of other conditions. Plastic catch -basins Nose pump livestock can pump their own drinking water from a stream without damaging the bank or polluting the stream. The Foodland Stewardship Centre (Norman Alexander) Londesboro Phone 519-523-4597 SNELL FEED f3 SUPPLIES LTD. Fast efficient handling of CORN & SOYBEANS The "complete service" elevators • Buy • Sell • Store • Contracts — Three unloading pits — wagon dumper — hydraulic truck dumper R.R. 3, Blyth 519-523-9501 OCTOBER 1986 47