The Citizen, 2006-03-02, Page 14History lesson
Students in Ms Decker's Blyth Public School's Grade 4 class including Nikki Hartim and Jordon
Reinink, learned about haroldry for the day by making shields and having a guest speaker, Bill
Farnell a retired teacher, come in and teach the class. (Heather Crawford photo)
Challenge: No time to prepare a healthy meal
Solution: Planning and shopping ahead may seem like a time-consuming effort
initially but over the long run can help save time and money, reduce stress, and
improve nutrition intakes.
• Get organized - stock your cupboards, fridge and freezer with basics that will
help you pull together nutritious meals in a hurry. These include:
- Grain Products: whole grain bread, cereal, pitas and flour tortillas; pasta and
rice.
- Vegetables and Fruit: fresh vegetables and fruit in season as well as a variety
of canned and frozen vegetables and juices.
- Milk Products: milk, yogurt and cheese.
- Meat & Alternatives: meat, fish, poultry; eggs; canned fish; canned beans and
lentils; nuts and seeds; tofu and soy products, and peanut butter.
- Other foods: butter, soft margarine, vegetable oil (canola, safflower,
sunflower, corn, olive), sugar, honey, syrup; mustard, ketchup, salsa, vinegar,
soya sauce, and spices.
• Plan ahead - Choose three or four main dinner meals to have during the week
and make a list of items needed. Be sure to include something from each of the
four food groups in Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating. Buy all the
ingredients you need ahead of time to avoid unnecessary trips to the store. Post
the menu plan on the fridge so everyone knows what's for dinner. Leave out
simple instructions or the recipe so that whoever gets home first can start the
preparation or cooking.
• Make only one meal - No one has time to be a short order cook for different
family members at different times. Avoid cooking one meal for each person - no
matter what time they get home. Store leftovers safely in the refrigerator for
latecomers to heat up when they get home.
• Share the tasks - Younger children can set the table, older kids can help with
food preparation and everyone can help with the cleanup. Assign jobs to share the
load and so everyone knows what is expected of them.
• Make life interesting - Try a new recipe or new food every once in a while - ask
family members to find and suggest recipes that they would like to try. Remember
variety is the spice of life!
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Agriculture
Brussels Livestock report
Fed steers, heifers sell higher this week
Total receipts for Brussels
Livestock for the week ending Feb.
24 were 1,917 head of cattle, 446
lambs and goats. On Tuesday the fed
steers and heifers sold steady to $1
higher than last week. Choice steers
and heifers sold $94 to $96 with
sales to $103; second-cut sold $89 to
$94. Cows sold $2 to $4 higher. On
Thursday, the veal sold steady to last
week. The lambs sold on a good
active trade with prices steady to last
week. On Monday, Feb. 20 the
calves sold $2 to $4 lower with the
yearlings selling steady. On Friday,
Feb. 24 the calves sold on a steady
market with yearling steers selling
$1 to $2 higher. Yearling heifers sold
on a strong market.
There were 509 steers on offer.
Thirty-nine steers consigned by
Cunningham Farms, Lucan, sold
averaging 1,605 lbs. for $92.47.
Their top blonde steer sold for $103
weighing 1,340 lbs. Enoch Martin,
Proton Station, consigned twenty-
five steers averaging 1,507 lbs. for
$94.98. His top blue steer sold for
$102.50 weighing 1,480 lbs. Stan
Francis, Kirkton, consigned thirty-
one steers averaging 1,346 lbs. for
$94.46. His top limousin steer sold
to Holly Park Meat Packers for $102
weighing 1,290 lbs. Four steers con-
signed by Orvie W. Martin,
Harriston, sold averaging 1,623 lbs.
for $93.60. His top limousin steer
sold to Holly Park Meat Packers for
$100.50 weighing 1,485 lbs.
Brad McAlpine, Ailsa Craig, con-
signed two gold steers averaging
1,380 lbs. and sold for $99.25.
Schmidt Brook Farms Inc.,
Woodstock, consigned fourteen
steers that averaged 1,592 lbs. for
$93.79. Their top two limousin
steers averaged 1,508 lbs. and sold
to Holly Park Meat Packers for •
$99.25. Nine steers consigned by
Aaron M. Martin, Dobbinton, sold
averaging 1,445 lbs. for $90.44. His
top gold steer sold to Dominion
Meat Packers for $98.75 weighing
1,435 lbs.
Maynard Martin, Linwood, con-
signed six steers averaging 1,361
lbs. for $93.55. His top limousin
steel sold to Dominion Meat Packers
for $98.75 weighing 1,345 lbs. Don
Shiell, Wingham, consigned twelve
steers averaging 1,472 lbs. for
$94.54. His top charolais steer sold
weighing 1,475 lbs. for $98. Fifty-
nine steers consigned by Melvin
Steckle, Harriston, sold averaging
1,573 lbs. for $94.86. His top eight
black steers sold to St. Helen's Meat
Packers for $97.50 averaging 1,422
lbs.
There were 232 heifers on offer.
Ken Shortreed, Walton, consigned
one blue heifer that sold for $100
weighing 1,415 lbs. His total con-
signment of twelve heifers sold aver-
aging 1,434 lbs. for $9L67. George
Horst, Paisley, consigned twelve
heifers averaging 1,308 lbs. for
$98.64. His top five limousin heifers
sold $99.50 averaging 1,268 lbs.
Twenty heifers consigned by Sellers
Farms, Bluevale, sold averaging
1,412 lbs. for $97.12. Their top thir-
teen limousin heifers sold to St.
Helen's Meat Packers for $98.57
averaging 1,385 lbs.
Connell Farms, Palmerston, con-
signed thirty-seven heifers that sold
averaging 1,257 lbs. for $89.84.
Their top limousin heifer sold to St.
Helen's Meat Packers for $98.50
weighing 1,200 lbs. Andy Vander
Veen, Blyth, consigned five heifers
averaging 1,365 lbs. for $95.10. His
top simmental heifer sold for $97
weighing 1,385 lbs. M-R Farms,
Exeter, consigned six heifers that
averaged 1,276 lbs. for $95.52. Their
top two limousin heifers averaged
1,250 lbs. and sold for $96.75. Five
heifers consigned by Kevin
Stewardson, Wyoming, sold averag-
ing 1,342 lbs. for $90.60. His top red
heifer sold to Holly Park Meat
Packers for $96 weighing 1,155 lbs.
Rob Vander Veen, Brussels, con-
signed three heifers that sold averag-
ing 1,465 lbs. for $91.42. His top red
heifers sold for $95 weighing 1,450
lbs. Mavara Farms, Drayton, con-
signed twelve heifers that sold aver-
aging 1,409 lbs. for $92.37. Their
top red heifer sold for $95 weighing
1,310 lbs. Six heifers consigned by
Paul Murray, Ripley, sold averaging
1,258 lbs. for $92.20. His top gold
heifer sold to Dominion Meat
Packers for $95 weighing 1,415 lbs.
There were 192 cows on offer. DI
and D2 cows sold $32 to $37 with
sales to $44; D3, $27 to $31; D4,
$10 to $20. Terry Greidanus,
Lopdesborough, consigned one lim-
ousin cow weighing 1,190 lbs. that
sold for $47. Richard Klaver,
Mitchell, consigned one limousin
cow that sold for $46.50 weighing
1,585 lbs. Doug Johnston, Holyrood,
consigned one limousin cow weigh-
ing 1,600 lbs. and sold for $46. -
There were three bulls on offer.
Neil Ryan, Dublin, consigned one
black bull that sold for $64 weighing
1,820 lbs. Glenn Morrison, Ayton,
consigned one charolais bull that
sold for $42 weighing 2,255 lbs.
There were 144 head of veal on
offer: Beef sold $115 to $120 with
sales to $136.50; good holstein,
$105 to $110 with sales to $117;
medium holstein, $95 to $100;
heavy holstein, $100 to $110. Terry
Dalton, Lucknow, consigned one
gold veal steer weighing 780 lbs.
selling for $136.50. Henry M.
Martin, Teeswater, consigned one
veal steer selling for $135 weighing
750 lbs. John L. Miller, Lucknow,
consigned one simmental veal steer
weighing 655 lbs. that sold for $125.
Lambs under 50 lbs. sold to $195;
50 - 64 lbs., $172.50 to $235; 65 - 79
lbs., $168 to $224; 80 - 94 lbs., $162
to $192.50; 95 - 109 lbs., $160 to
$180; 110 lbs. and over, $100 to
$135.
Sheep sold $59 to $88.
Goats sold $61 to $175.
Top quality stocker steers under
400 lbs. sold $118 to $141; 400 - 499
lbs., $109 to $138; 500 - 599 lbs.,
$126 to $146; 600 - 699 lbs.; 1•18 to
$132; 700 -_799 lbs., $106.50 to
$124;"800 - 899 lbs., $95 to $117.25;
900 - 999 lbs., $101.25 to $116.75;
1,000 lbs. and over, $101 to $1 H.25.
Top quality stocker heifers, 300 -
399 lbs., sold $110 to $124; 400 -
499 lbs., $99 to $130.50; 500 - 599
lbs., $110 to $124; 600 - 699 lbs.,
$91 to $124; 700 - 799 lbs., $92 to
$110; 800 - 899 lbs., $92 to $110,
800 - 899 lbs., $94.25 to $109.25
900 lbs. and over, $93.25 to $107.25.
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