The Wingham Advance-Times, 1964-03-19, Page 10Page 2 -- Wingham Advance -Times, Thurs. , March 19, 1964
Free Stall Housing
Gaining Popularity
Four years ago in England a
system, free stall housing of
dairy cattle, was developed
that is quietly gaining popu-
larity around the globe.
There are a number of rea-
sons for the widespread accept-
ance of the new technique.
Those using it claim they re-
quire only 10-50% o as much bed-
ding as they did with loose
housing or stanchion barn meth-
ods. Some of the other advan-
tages they mention are: clean-
er cattle, less labor, no built
up manure pack to move in
spring, less trouble from cows
in heat, and gentler cows.
Free stall housing also re-
ferred to as free choice stalls,
loafing stalls, loose stalls or
cow cubicles, allows each cow
an individual stall that she is
free to use at her own will.
As with loose housing the
space requirement is divided in-
to 5 areas, feeding, holding,
milking, special pen or hospi-
tal area and stall area which in
loose housing is the beeded
area. Because of these simi-
larities it is fairly easy to
change a loose housing system
over to a free stall system.
The stalls line each side of
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an 8 to iii foot wide concrete
service alley. They are made
of pipe or wood construction
and are laid out so that manure
falls into the alley. The floor
of the stalls can be coarse gra-
vel or cinder fill covered with
sand then a layer of chopped
straw, saw dust, chips or other
bedding material 10 or so inch-
es deep bringing the bottom of
the stall up level with the top
of the 8 inch curb that lines
both sides of the alley.
The size of the stalls is criti-
cal, says Professor Jack Pos,
Engineering Science Depart-
ment, O.A.C. They should be
from 6' 6" to 7' 6" long and 31
to 4' wide depending on the
size of animals that are to use
them. ' Cows have a tendency
to turn around in stalls that are
too wide thus manure is dropped
in the front of the stall instead
of over the rear curb. Stalls
that are too long present a prob-
lem too as manure falls at the
rear of the stall just inside the
curb.
The biggest advantage of
the system is that with properly
constructed stalls additional
bedding is only needed once or
twice a month and there is lit-
tle need to change it more than
once a year.
Because manure will be in a
liquid state provision must be
made to remove it from the al-
ley daily with a tractor and
blade into a storage pit or a
spreader. Also, this form of
manure may freeze for short
periods of time during the win-
ter. Both of these problems can
be minimized through good
planning and management.
More detailed information
on free stall housing can be ob-
tained from the Agricultural
Engineering Extension Depart-
ment, Federated Colleges.
Guelph, Ontario.
Producers Vote
Increased Levy
The Ontario Farm Producers
Marketing Board has announced
that the wheat producers of the
province approved an increase
in the levy on wheat to provide
for the purchase of surplus
wheat.
Producers voted in favour of
permitting the Wheat Producers'
Marketing Board to increase the
levy from the present 9 cents
per bushel to an amount not
exceeding ten per cent of the
negotiated minimum price.
The vote, taken at county
or district meetings of the grow-
ers across the province, totalled
1, 161 ballots with 808 voting
in favour of the increase, with
353 opposed, resulting in a
69.59 per cent "yes" vote and
a 30.41 per cent "no" vote.
The levy is used to finance
the purchase of surplus wheat
with the unused portion being
returned to the producers.
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Sketch of Fort Ste. Marie based on the ground plan prepared
by Dr. W. W. Jury.
Fort Ste. Marie 1
Huronia Project
Start Announced
Plans for the reconstruction of the historic outpost of Fort
Ste. Marie 1, east of Midland, have been announced by Prime
Minister, John P. Robarts. Midland is located 80 miles north
of Toronto on Georgian Bay.
Development of Fort Ste. Marie, he said, will be.the first
stage of a larger historical program to be known as the
Huronia Project. The reconstruction, to begin this summer,
will be a joint undertaking of the Ontario Department of
Travel and Publicity and the University of Western Ontario.
The Honourable James Auld,
Minister of Travel and Publicity
said that $100,000 for the first
reconstruction stage was included
in his departmental estimates.
Fort Ste. Marie I was built in
1639 as a centre for the Jesuit
mission to the Hurons and was
destroyed ten years later to prevent
its falling into the hands of mar-
auding Iroquois. Its site is adjacent
to the Martyrs' Shrine, erected in
1925 as a memorial to eight 17th
century Jesuit martyrs. The Shrine
brings some 250,000 visitors to the
area each year.
Dr. G. Edward Hall, president
of the University of Western Ont-
ario, who for many years has had
a deep personal interest in the
archaeology of the area, will be a
member of the committee. Chair-
man will be William Cranston,
chairman of the Ontario Economic
Council and a former publisher of
the Midland Free -Press.
Mr. Robarts said that the broad-
er Huronia Project will include
the military and naval establish-
ments of nearby Fort Penetangui-
shene, archaeological work at the
site of a large Huron village, the
museum at the site where the
schooner "HMS Nancy" was sunk
near Wasaga Beach by U.S. gun-
boats in 1814, and the possible re-
construction of Fort Ste. Marie II
on Christian Island in Georgian
Bay. The latter would require the
co-operation of the federal govern-
ment which operates the area as a
national historic site.
Heading the university team at
Fort Ste. Marie will be Dr. W. W.
Jury, honorary curator of the uni-
versity's Museum of Indian
Archaeology and Pioneer Life. Dr.
Jury has conducted extensive exca-
vations in the Huronia area for
two decades.
Fortified with stone bastions and
surrounded by a log palisade, Fort
Ste. Marie by 1648 housed more
than 60 French, including 19
priests. The Fort complex included
a hospital, chapels, residences and
stables—all of which will be re-
constructed — and a cemetery.
There were also accommodations
for Christian Indians who came
from outlying hamlets to the Fort.
where they would spend several
days making their devotions. Pagan
Indians were received in a special
compound.
Two Jesuit fathers from Fort
Ste. Marie I were cruelly tortured
to death at nearby St. Ignace
shortly before Ste. Marie was des-
troyed. Their bodies were brought
hack to the Fort by Christophe
Reenault, the Fort shoemaker, and
buried there together. He later re-
covered the bones of the mission-
aries and packed these reverently
in silk envelopes for the journey to
Quebec. There, he explained in a
letter to France, "they are held in
great veneration".
The two, Father Jean de Bre-
beuf and Father Gabriel Lalemant,
were beatified in 1 9 2 5 and
canonized in 1930, with six other
Jesuit missionaries, Isaac Jogues,
Charles Garnier, Anthony Daniel,
Noel Chabanel, Rene Goupil and
Jean de la Lande.
In his announcement today, Mr.
Robarts said that the property for
the project was made available by
the Jesuit Order, and noted that
the lease gives the Order perpetual
right of access to the area believed
to contain Brebeuf's grave. Many
artifacts from the site, now in
other parts of the world, will be
returned to the restored fort.
"Our research has shown that
historic sites are the second big-
gest tourist attraction in Ontario,"
Mr. Auld said, "They bring almost
as many people into the province
as do our scenic attractions and
have the advantage of being uni-
que to Ontario."
"There is, of course, a tremen-
dous educational value to such
projects. By providing living re-
minders of our past—and by this,
I mean the peopling of these sites
with persons performing the tasks
of bygone days — we are giving
our children, and ourselves, an in-
valuable lesson in Canadian his-
tory."
No time limit has been placed
on the project. Mr. Atild said. hut
he hopes to see it completed by
1967, the 100th anniversary of
Canadian Confederation. He em -
Hon. James A. C. Auld
phasized that the project is not
part of the joint federal -provincial -
municipal Centennary grants pro-
gram.
WROXETER
Sympathy is extended to Mrs.
Richard Ingram in the loss of
her brother, Mrs. Gordon Mc-
Ewen, of Greensville. Mr. and
Mrs. Ingram accompanied their
daughter, Mrs. Ivan Benson of
Ripley, to Greenville for fun-
eral services.
Ross Toman's, accompanied
by Mr. Henry Sage of Listowel,
called on Mr. and Mrs. Ed Faul
haufer at New Hamburg on Sun-
day.
Hints to Using Tractors on Highways
Nowadays, nearly all farm-
ers from time to time have oc-
casion to travel on farm trac-
tors either across or along the
provincial highways.
Dominion Automobile As-
sociation, whose membership
rolls include thousands of On-
tario farmers, in a recent
questionnaire sent out to sample
members, was concerned with
the general lack of knowledge
covering provincial minimum
safety requirements for tractor
and implement traffic onhigh-
ways.
Mayor E. G. Hession, pub-
lic relations officer of D.A.A.
offers the following hints to On-
tario farmers using the highways
if they wish to remain on the
right side of the law while en -
route.
1. A farm tractor is not
classified as a motor vehicle,
but it is subject to any require-
ments applicable to "vehicles".
2. Farm wagons are not
classified as trailers when drawn
by a farm tractor. They are
considered trailers when drawn
by a truck or other motor vehi-
cle.
3. It is an offence to allow
anyone under the age of 16 to
operate a farm tractor on the
highway.,
4, A farmer does not require
a provincial driver's license to
operate his tractor on the high-
ways however, if, for any rea-
son, he has a driver's license
which is under suspension for
any period, he may not operate
a tractor along or across the
highway, during that suspension.
5. License plates are not re-
quired for farm tractors. Lic-
enseplates are not required for
farm implements. Licence
plates are not required for farm
wagons when drawn by a farm
tractor, but plates are neces-
sary when such wagon is hauled
by other motor vehicles, such
as automobile or truc,c.
6. Demerit points may be
assessed a driver of a farm trac-
tor for infractions of Highway
Traffic Act.
7. When single loads hauled
by a farm tractor on a highway
exceed 33 feet long, 8 feet
wide and 131`2 feet high, a spe-
cial permit must be in posses-
sion of the operator. Permit is
obtained, from the Department
of Transport, Parliament Bldge.,
Toronto. No charge is made
for issuance. Application forms
are available from agency of-
fices.
8. Exceptions to item 7 are
threshing machines which may
be up to 9 feet, 2 inches wide:
also there is no limit to sizes
of loads of loose fodder being
transported.
9. Farm tractor drivers oper-
ating
penating under above special per-
mits are subject to following
restrictions: no movement af-
ter dark: no movement when
traffic is heavy or congested:
no movement on Sundays: per-
mit must always be carried by
driver and available for inspec-
tion by police officers.
10. All loads being hauled
by farm tractors on the high-
way must be attached by two
separate and independent hit-
ches at all times, such as tow-
bar and chain, when either will
act as a "stand-by" in case of
failure of the other, kr any
reason.
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