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Leaf hoppers are showing up in Soy, White, Coloured and Black Beans,
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• Helps dry down wheat and barley
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• Percent dockage and grain
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Brussels Livestock report
Kada Farm steers takep rice to $104, avg. $95
BRUSSELS LIVESTOCK
Division of Gamble & Rogers Ltd..
The sales at Brussels Livestock
for the week ending July 3 were:
fed cattle, 602; cows, 176; veal and
bob calves, 384; lambs arid goats,
166; stockers, 626.
Fed steers and heifers sold on a
steady trade with the cows selling
$2 higher. On Thursday the veal
traded on a steady market, and also
the lambs traded steady to last
week. All classes of stockers sold
steady.
There were 254 steers on offer
selling from $92 to $96 to the high
of $105. Thirty-five steers con-
signed by Kada Farms, Bluevale,
averaging 1,389 lbs. sold for an
average of $95 with sales to $104.
Seven steers consigned by Bill
Mainland, Arthur, averaging 1,359
lbs. sold for an average of $90.29
with sales to $97. Nineteen steers
consigned by Tom Triebner,
Exeter, averaging 1,347 lbs. sold
for an average of $93.41 with sales
to $97.
Four steers consigned by Merton
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three weeks and there has been a
heavy toll on the irrigation ponds.
The irrigation pond was as low as
she had ever seen it, said Hazel
Bailey. A well had to be dug to
ensure the water supply.
"If it had not been for the pond,
we would have been in dire straits,"
she said.
averaging 1,279 lbs. sold for an
average of $91.64 with sales to
$95.
Seven steers consigned by Mary
Blackler, Kirkton, averaging 1,332
lbs. sold for an average of $90.51
with sales to $94. Twenty-six steers
consigned by John Ford, Corunna,
averaging 1,258 lbs. sold for an
average of $90.06 with sales to
$93. Three steers consigned by
Woodham Farms, Woodham,
averaging 1,240 lbs. sold for an
average of $91.18 with sales to
$92.75. Two steers consigned by
Jack R. Nonkes, Auburn, averaging
1,498 lbs. sold for an average of
$90.20 with sales to $92.75.
There were 151 heifers on offer
selling from $92 to $96 to the high
of $100.50. Three heifers con-
signed by Gordon Daer, Auburn,
Though the effect on the apple
crop is not yet known, Bailey said
they are growing fast.
Large market garden operations
have also been affected, with some
harvests producing a smaller prod-
uct than expected. Cauliflower and
broccoli heads are not as large as
hoped. However, with a 10-day
planting cycle, it is hoped rain will
improve later crops.
averaging 1,075 lbs. sold for an
average of $94.17 with sales to
$100.50. One gold heifer consigned
by Dave Eadie, Holyrood,
weighing 1,475 lbs. sold for
$97.50.
Fourteen heifers consigned by
Mux Lea Farms, Woodstock,
averaging 1,303 lbs. sold for an
average of $89.91 with sales to,
$95.75. Six heifers consigned by'
Roy McCulloch, Allenford,
averaging 1,156 lbs. sold for an
average of $88.39 with sales to
$95.75. Thirteen heifers consigned
by Wayne King, Gorrie, averaging
1,069 lbs. sold for an average of
$88.75 with sales to $94.75. Nine
heifers consigned by Ephriam
Hoover, Wroxeter, averaging 1,134
lbs. sold for an average of $90.85
with salt!: to $94.50. Eight heifers
Continued on page 19
Hackwell, Walton, averaging 1,420
lbs. sold for an average of $89.02
with sales to $96.50. Twenty-seven
steers consigned by Raye and
Murray Pegg, Tupperville,
Water supplies dwindle