Times-Advocate, 1983-01-12, Page 13uron farm and home news
peciaI attention required for beef cows in winter
Is your beef cow herd
neglected in winter? Hopeful-
ly your cows are in calf and
due during January -
February -March or will
spring calve. The mature cow
must maintain her body
weight and should gain the
weight of the developing calf.
Nutrition is important.
The 1200 pound cow in calf,
requires 1 pound of protein
and 9.2 pounds of total digesti-
ble nutrients (T.D.Is4.) per
day. A simple ration of 10
pounds quality .hay and 10
;pounds corn stover would
supply these requirements.
Good oat or barley straw
could replace the corn stover.
!airy Farmers
REGIONAL DAIRY DAY
WHERE: Huron Hall, Centralia College
of Agricultural Technology,
Huron Park, Ontario
WHEN: Wednesday, February 2, 1983
COST: $5.00 includes lunch and
-refreshments
TO REGISTER:
Phone Centralia College (519)228-6691
Ministry of
Agriculture
and Food
Ontario
Similar program also being held at:
Legion Hall, Clinton February 16'
Memorial Hall, Tavistock February 1
Hanover Colliseum, February 17
DIVISION OF GERBRO INC. -
Hensall . Centralia • - Kirkton
GERRY UPSHALL JACK BRINTNELL
Cook's Division of Gerbro Inc. are pleased to an-
.nounce the appointment of Gerry Upshall as
Quality Control Supervisor for the Company. This
position carries a heavy responsibility for suppor-
ting I'roducesrs, Marketing Boards and the Grain
and Bean Industry in their continuing pursuit and
lnaiute•nanec• of Quality Products. Mr. Upshall's
background in Operational Management will be
an important asset in this new accountability.
lack Brintnell is appointed Manager of Cook's •
1lensall Branch. Mr. Brintnc'll was' previously
Manager of the Kirkton Branch and brings with
hire, .f solid background in Elevator. Vlanagenent •
and Customer Senrlc l . -
Thew appointments are effectiyc' January 1,
1983.
These low cost roughages can Corn silage may be fed, but in overconditioning.
help reduce winter feed costs. excess can cause
A calcium phosphorus
STEPHEN STUDENT COUNCIL — The 1982-83 student council at
School is shown here. From the left are vice-president Trevor Ratz,
Schade and secretary -treasurer Julie Hendrick. '
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president Janice
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The farm tailure rate is
high in Canada but is slowing
down, according to,the Con-
sumer Affairs Department.
But this has not softened the
hearts of farmers in this coun-
try in their efforts to get some
help. In fact, there is an
undercurrent of unrest in the
boondocks.
I say this as a constant
observer of the agricultural
scene although riot a working
part of it.
From time to time,' farm
organizations have asked me
to be a .guest speaker at
various functions. Only a few
weeks ago, • an articulate
member of a local federation
of agriculture bluntly asked
the members in attendance if
they would support their ex-
ecutive in a mass demonstra-
tion. Although a few hands
were hesitant when the vote
was called, it was almost
unanimous.
"What you are asking us to
do is have blind faith," com-
mented one farmer. "You are
not telling us what kind of a
demonstration or even where
that 'demonstration might
be."
"I guess that's exactly what
I'm asking," was the 'reply.
He explained: Whenever
we lobby senior governments,
the federation of agriculture
seems to stand alone - just a
few executive members and
committee people. What he
was asking for was a mass
rally indicating that all the
farmers in the federation
were behind the requests.
"How many would fake a
day off to join a protest for the
federation?" was the
question.
Farmers, as the rest of the
world are aware, rarely unite,.
They are fiercely indepen-
dent. For years they tried to
make it on their own with no
help from anybody. Until
marketing boards for various
products were organized, this
independence hurt them.
It was surprising, then, to
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see the almost -unanimous
vote at a county federation
meeting.
- In Ontario, the federation
has 26,000 individual
members. However, there
are bout 50,000 farmers in the
province. Many members feel
the rest of the crowd gets all
the benefits of what the
federation •does but pay
nothing for those benefits.
The Ontario federation is
going to do some soul-
searching in the next few
months. Members are being
asked all kinds of questions
such as what issues should be
addressed, what structural
changes, if any; are needed in
the federation and — this is a
dandy — should there bean'
automatic check -off of all
farmers to help finance the
federation?
With a few exceptions, most
farm organizations have been
hampered in their efforts by
a chronic lack of money. Ad-
ministrators and policy-
makers hired by them have
had to suffer smaller salaries.
This, in turn, did not attract
the best people to farm
causes. •
It takes money to make
money. Without topline peo-
ple working for farmers,
agriculture will continue to be
left struggling in the back
forty.
This is not to suggest that
all those dedicted .people
working for farm organiza-
tions are ineffective. Far
from it. What has been done
on a shoestring is impressive
but what is needed is a lot
more money for agriculture's
cause.
'What form the struggle will
take is not apparent yet but.
you can look for some bright,
new ideas in the •next few
months.
Turning to another topic, a
few weeks ago 1 praised the
Ontario Milk Marketing
Board for its leadership.
I named the charter chair-
man of the OMMB. The name
was wrong.
It was a stupid mistake.
The first chairman of the milk
board was George
McLaughlin, not George
McCullough as 1 wrf te.
Sorry about that, George. 1
have given myself 12 lashes
Saintsbury
with a wet noodle for the in-
- excusable mistake.
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By MRS. HEBER DAVIS
Service at St. Patrick's
Church next Sunday is plann-
ed for 11 a.m.
Mr. and Mrs. tarence
Davis and Mrs. Heber Davis
were dinner guests with Mrs.
Ivan Needham, Monday
evening and Wednesday Mrs.
Murray Gibson, Mrs. Reber
Davis and Mrs. Ivan
Needham were evening
guests with Mrs. Clifford Ab-
bott. They were observing
Mrs. Needham's birthday,
Mr. and Mrs. Billy Abbott
Jr., Niagara Falls were
guests with Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Davis ,this past
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Maguire and Mrs. Earl Atkin-
son were dinner guests Sun-
day with Mrs. Heber Davis
and her grandson Robert Tin-
dall spent Friday night with
her and attended a hockey
game.
Mr: and Mrs. Ron Cunn-
ingham,Mar spent Saturday
with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Tin-
dall and Robert .Marylou Tin-
dall had spent the week with
the Cunninghams. She return-
ed home and continued her
studies at Western Universi-
ty, Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Harry Carroll was a
guest recently at a birthday
party for Mrs. Oney McFalls.
at the home of her son Mr.
and Mrs. Gary McFalls,
Lucan
mineral with a '1:1 ratio is
recommended whenhayforms
the bulk of the ratton. '
If cows are thin, check for
worms and lice and treat if
necessary. Faecal samples
examined by. your local
veterinarian will determine
need for worming.
A louse check can be done
by examining the hair over
the tail head, and shoulders.
Eas..L~-use pour ons, sprays
and dusts such as Lysoff,
Malathion and Korlan are
available at farm supply
centres.
Vitamins: Forages lose
their vitamins in storage.
Vitamin A.D.E. injected 6-8
wyeks prior to calving helps
ensure a strong healthy calf.
Vicogen: is a bacterin used
to prevent calf scours caused
by E.Coli organisms.
Pregnant cows should be
treated 6 weeks prior to calv-
ing with a booster 3 weeks
before calving. Vicogen is an
Escherichia Coli Bacterin and
helps protect the new calf
against Bacterial scours.
Vicogen is available through
your veterinarian. Read and
Small boy to his teacher: "1
don't want to frighten you,
but my dad said if my marks
don't improve, somebody is
•going to be spanked." •
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follow label directions.
New Born Calf: Protection
for the new born calf is pro-
vided by the maternal ab-
tibodies in the mother's first
milk (Colostrum). It is
therefore extremely impor-
tant that the new born calf
receive the colostrum from its
mother as soon as possible
after birth. Don't let down on
your cow calf management,
and think that because you us-
ed Vicogen you don't have to
do anything more.
Stan Paquette, Associate
Agricultural Representative
Times -Advocate, January 12, 1983
Page 13
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