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Brussels Livestock report
Top heifer reaches $105
The total receipts at Brussels
Livestock for the week ending May
28 were 2,705 head of cattle and
144 lambs and 60 goats.
Fed steers and heifers sold at
steady prices to last week. Cows
traded on a good strong active
market. Veal and lambs sold on a
steady trade. On Friday all classes
of stockers sold steady.
There were 424 steers on offer
selling from $93 to $97 to the high
of $104.50. Two gold steers
consigned by Stewart Strong,
Gorrie, averaging 1,402 lbs. sold to
Norwich Packers for $104.50 with
his overall offering of fifteen steers
averaging 1,411 lbs. selling for an
average of $99.48. One limousin
steer consigned by Bill and Blair
Priddle, Badjeros weighing 1,435
lbs. sold to Gross Abattoir Co. Ltd.
for $102.50 with their overall
offering of four steers averaging
1,402 lbs. selling for an average of
$98.79.
Three steers consigned by Ray
Waechter, Walkerton, averaging
1,500 lbs. sold for an average of
$96.30 with sales to $97.50. Nine
steers consigned by Doug Shiell,
Wingham, averaging 1,372 lbs.
sold for an average of $95.57 with
sales to $97.25. Twenty-one steers
consigned by Rick Govers,
Crediton, averaging 1,374 lbs. sold
for an average of $95.39 with sales
to $97.50. Five steers consigned by
Roy Ready, St. Marys, averaging
1,269 lbs. sold for an average of
$94.99 with sales to $99.
Ten steers consigned by Schmidt
Brook Farms Inc., Woodstock,
averaging 1,578 lbs. sold for an
average of $94.95 with sales to
$100. Thirty-one steers consigned
by Cunningham Farms, Lucan,
averaging 1,391 lbs. sold for an
average of $94.85 with sales to
$102. Three steers consigned by
David Bowles, Brussels, averaging
1,351 lbs. sold for an average of
$94.31 with sales to $98.25.
Forty-two steers consigned by
Earl, David and Dale Foster, St.
Marys, averaging 1,382 lbs. sold
for an average of $93.78 with sales
to $100. Forty steers consigned by
Dale and John Taylor Farms,
Creemore, averaging 1,508 lbs.
sold for an average of $89.41 with
sales to $91.50.
There were 338 heifers on offer
selling from $93 to $97 to the high
of $105. One gold heifer consigned
by Kada Farms, Bluevale, weighing
1,220 lbs. sold to Gross Abattoir
Co. Ltd. for $105 with their overall
offering of twenty heifers
averaging 1,238 lbs. selling for an
average of $97.28. One grey heifer
consigned by Hugh Love, Atwood,
weighing 1,285 lbs. sold for to
Dominion Meat Packers for $105
with his overall offering of twenty-
two heifers averaging 1,269 lbs.
selling for an average of $98.15.
Sil heifers consigned by Merkley
Farm, Wroxeter, averaging 1,123
lbs. sold for an average of $97.29
with sales to $98.
Six heifers consigned by Skinner
Farms Ltd., Mitchell, averaging
1,145 lbs. sold for an average of
$96.82 with sales to $98.75. Four
heifers consigned by Ross M.
Barber, Listowel, averaging 1,342
lbs. sold for an average of $95.84
with sales to $98. Nine heifers
consigned by Allan Horsburgh,
Mount Forest, averaging 1,258 lbs.
sold for an average of $95.36 with
sales to $96.75. Fourteen heifers
consigned by Mux Lea Farms,
Woodstock, averaging 1,248 lbs.
sold for an average of $94.47 with
sales to $100.
Thirty-five heifers consigned by
Maxwell Beef Farms Ltd., Chesley,
averaging 1,137 lbs. sold for an
average of $92.82 with sales to
$100. Eleven heifers consigned by
Bev Hamilton, Hensail, averaging
1,179 lbs. sold for an average of
$92.95 with sales to $102. Fifteen
heifers consigned by Connell
Farms Inc., Palmerston, averaging
1,165 lbs. sold for an average of
$90.25 with sales to $97.
There were 262 cows on offer
selling: DI and D2, $54 to $59
with sales to $79; D3, $50 to $54;
D4, $45 to $50. Two cows
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One Foot in the Furrow
Huron County IPM tries something new
By Bob Trotter
They have a great slogan going for them even though it is the fourth time
the International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show is being jjeld in
Huron County. _
"Huron Shines in '99" is the slogan and those in charge have come up with
a few innovative ideas that could make this year's IPM one of the most
memorable in a long line of superb shows.
One of the best ideas is to pre-sell as many admission tickets as they can
so that, no matter what the weather does, people will come because they
have bought their tickets.
How are they doing it? By offering a terrific prize to those who buy
tickets in advance. You could win a $40,000 Park Model Home by getting
your tickets early. I don't think this has been tried before by the sponsoring
counties across Ontario. It takes fresh ideas like this to keep the IPM
foremost in the minds of many.
Anyone purchasing a package of five tickets in advance will have his or
her name entered into the draw for this prize. The draw will be a month
before the big show opens.
The ideas people behind the draw are confident that enough tickets will be
sold to hold the draw Aug. 19. Now that is the kind of chutzpah that has to
be admired. You can send 50 bucks for five tickets - and anyone living
within a hundred miles of the site will easily use five tickets - prior to Aug.
1, to IPM '99, c/o Jeanne Kirkby, 34 Queen St., Walton, Ont. N0K 1Z0.
Those of us who have been attending the show for many years still
marvel at the great tented city that springs up on bare fields before the
match. The site this year is on 2,700 acres of land in Hay Twp. just a little
more than a mile north of Dashwood, within spitting distance of the
delightful Bluewater shores of Lake Huron.
We vacation near Kincardine almost every summer and, for those of you
who are unfamiliar with these shores, you have a great experience coming.
The site of the match is only a few miles inland from Grand Bend. Huron
County does not have a city within its boundaries, one of only a handful of
Ontario counties that is still truly rural in complexion. Goderich, I believe, is
the largest town in Huron County.
Other innovations this year include a concession road which will run right
through the middle of Tent City; a complete 100-acre farm from 1919; a
farm of 200 acres; and a 1999 farm of 500 acres. In these farm yards will be
equipment with the price tags along with commodity prices from those
times.
You may be surprised. Some of those commodity prices haven't changed
that much in 80 years. v
Because the handling of manure is of prime importance to agriculture, a
demonstration of the latest equipment will be in place throughout the show,
which runs Sept. 21 - 25.
For those of you who have never been to the plowing match, it is the best
showplace for agriculture that you can see anywhere in this country. You
wHl see all kinds of displays, demonstrations and entertainment that will
blow you away. For those familiar with the show, organizers have added
new ideas which, along with the traditional, they hope will keep you
interested once again in this great show that has been going on in Ontario
since 1913.
You can even fly into Centralia airport, just a few miles south of the site,
and grab shuttle service to the grounds. Just a few miles north in the small
town of Blyth where the Blyth Festival is held, a spot that is internationally
renowned for its splendid theatre, on a par with either Stratford or Niagara.
Better even than Broadway.
Some counties are reluctant to host this annual show because it takes so
much work and worry by so many, most of them volunteers. The fact that
this is the fourth time for Huron County is a wonderful testament to the
farmers, former farmers and all other organizations taking part. Bless ’em
all.
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