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Times Advocate, 1984-10-10, Page 17Huron farm and home news Times -Advocate, October 10,1984 Now beef club gets going; so does time to baffle worms in dairy heifers Since the Huron County organization and information meeting of August 23 at the Clinton Legion Hall, the Huron County Beef Herd Im- provement Association ex- ecutive that was formed has drafted a set of weigh pro- gram fees and guidelines, and have hired two weighmen - Jim Taylor of Wingham and Bob Turner of Varna. Jim will be concentrating on the north end of the coun- ty, while Bob will cover the central and southern parts. On September 26 the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food provided the Associa- tion with a set of cattle scales and calf weighing quickly began starting on the farm of Mack Webster. Please note the October 15 deadline for 1984 enrolment. Channel Master' Satellite Reception Equipment SPECIALISTS • DEMONSTRATIONS • SALES • INSTALLATIONS ALLEN STUBBS SATELLITE LI ANTENNAS 296-5565— 786-4848 Forms are available at the ClintonO.M.A.F. office. Pro- ducers who have already received their adjusted weight indexes are finding the data very useful. We look forward to working with the Huron producers on this management incentive program. For further infor- mation contact John Bancroft at 482-3428 or 1-800-265-7044 or James Reesor at 1-800-265-8502. In recent years there has been considerable interest in developing good worm con- trol programs for dairy replacement heifers. Research trials have con- sistently demonstrated im- proved growth rates when treatments for internal parasites are used in young growing animals which have been exposed to pasture. The life cycle of cattle worms makes strategic timing of treatment extremely important. In spring worms which have survived on pasture, over the winter, begin to mature and attach themselves to blades of grass to be digested by grazing heifers. Other worms have spent the winter in the heifer's gut in "arrested development state", and these worms, along with those picked up on spring pasture, develop into egg laying adults while burrowed on the lining of the digestive tract. Eggs shed in manure hatch on the pasture and go through several larval stages before being reingested. Ontario Hydro says, J L Jam. COOL LATER A HEAT PUMP DOES IT ALL AND A CARRIER HEAT PUMP DOES IT ALL WITH A REBATE OF UP TO 1200 0 F! Install a state-of-the-art Carrier Heat Pump System between September 15 and October 31. 1984 and you could be eligible for o rebate of up to $1200, Carrier's Off -Season Rebates also apply to Central Au Conditioning Contact your locos Carrier dea'er for details Offer available in Onlano only through par1ic,panng dealers MAKING HEAT PUMPS FOR OVER 50 YEARS. L.W. Kleinstiver Ltd. • Plumbing • Heating • Electric Dashwood 237-3661 r' Preparing Your Herds for Winter WARBLES Spotton A sirigle applica tion placed on the backline of cattle, gives effective grub and lice( control. Grubex Ready to use grub control This life cycle repeats itself mer months. Cooler weather several times during the sum- in the fall triggers a reaction in the larvae which stop.their development. If these larvae A CORN DEMONSTRATION — A Jaques corn plot demonstration was held Satur- day at the Bill Schode farm near Dashwood. From the left are Joe Miller, Jaques Canadian distributor John Mclnersey, area agent Jack Ford and Sam Regier. Researchers in the United States are making great strides in biotechnology. Growing plant cells in laboratory dishes and transplanting genes between plants or animals, they hope, in the near future, to produce crops that supply their own fertilizers, to produce pigs and cattle that grow twice as fast as they do now, grow plants that resist disease, drought, herbicides and salinity, and grow leaner meat and more nutritious grains. All this research and development is cutting years off the traditional timetable for growing both meats and grains. The more immediate effect of the research is in major crops such as wheat, barley, corn and soyabeans. The researchers suggest that major changes will come in the 1990s. After the turn of the new century. the technology will make corn and wheat crops look quite different than they are today. Leaves of the new corn plants, for instance, will grow vertically rather than sideways so more plants can be grown on less land. The research focuses on genes which makeup the chemical blueprints for every cell in every living thing. Genes are like words in a molecular Morse code. Using sequences of chemicals as the dots and dashes, a gene pro - dues a protein that. causes a particular response from the cell. A one -cell organism has about 3,000 genes. A plant can require 1,000 timse as many genes. So the research is com- . e... s . r .ou e..'rd Lr lob Ito,,., 1..,.. Ra (.m... On, N )B IC plex and time-consuming. So what has all this to do with Canadian farming? Canada may have to grap- ple with reduced grain ex- ports and balance of trade problems unless more money is spent on agricultural research, says Clay Switzer, president of the Agricultural Institute of Canada. Mr. Switzer spoke at the in- stitute's annual conference in Winnipeg in August and issued a warning: The agricultural industry is not receiving any significant infu- sion of new funds. Although the country is in- creasing research and development spending from 0.9 to 1.5 percent of the gross national product, there is a gap between the size of grants for science and for agriculture. "So far, the proportion for agriculture has not been in- creased even though we an- nually indicate our unhap- piness about the budget," said Mr. Switzer. "This could lead to difficulties down the road because agriculture is impor- tant to Canada." More should be spent, for instance, to alleviate soil and water problems. "Water has to be one of our major concerns in the years ahead," said Mr. Switzer of the University of Guelph. "We have to look at the total pic- ture, including everything from drainage to irrigation." The institute is the national organization for agronomists and agricu itural scientists. Within its ranks are the best brains in the country for agriculture of the future. It will be men andwomen from the Agricultural Institute of Canada who will make the changes in the lab which could affect farming for the next 100 years. Yet, they cannot get enough money from the senior governments of Canada to do the research necessary to keep pace with the rest of the developed world. Nor can they get enough from food companies. One reason, of course, is that those food com- panies are multinational and their research money is spent in the good ole Hew Hess of Ilay. But that's another story. Unless more funds are available, these men and women will be left in the back forty. And so will the rest of Canada. Weight Gaining Improves Feed Efficiency IMPLANTS Synovex - for use in any feeding program Ralgro - for calves and yearlings Compudose-for steers. 200 day implants Tramisol Injectable 500 ml. 100 ml. 10 cm. per 50 Ib . Body Weight dw�� aSo�` CO Pellets For cattle and swine 5 kg. pails LICE ^"�� Lysoff Dilute with water LYSOFF .ouwo..Orr ket Pour on to the back line of cattle; - for Tice control Centralia Farmers supply Ltd. Phone 228-6638 Open Mon. - Fri. 8 - 6 Sat. 8 - Noon QUEEN PLOWS - Middlesex Queen of the Furrow for 1984 Margaret Giles, shows her plowing skills at Satur- day's county match at Sylvan. Corbett Livestock (Former Sales Arena) Now open under New Management We have purchased the sales yard and will be operating a stocker and feeder yard open 6 days a week. We have had the barns completely steam cleaned and updated to offer the best possible service to our customers. We will be of- fering all classes of stockers and feeders, and quality western calves. Drop in or call: Corbett Livestock (Div. of Brussels Stockyards Ltd.) Bruce Coulter 294-6584. Res. 631-4048 are ingested by heifers they burrow into the gut wall where they remain quite in- active throughout the winter and only develop into egg laying adults the following spring. Occasionally, and for reasons which are not well understood, the worms in an individual animal may mature rapidly at some time in mid to late winter causing a clinical parasitism which severely affects the health of that animal. Since worm egg counts in mature from heifers show a sharp increase, three or four weeks after pasture turn out in the spring, the most critical time for strategic treatment is three weeks after turning heifers out to pasture, since nearly all of the worms are in the animal and few are on the pasture itself. Because, the worms are very activ, at this time, any commercially available wormer will be quite effective in preventing the increase in worm loads over the summer months. Programs which in- volve a repeat treatment, three 10 five weeks later depending on the product use, will be more effective than a single treatment. Since no new worms will be picked up, once animals are taken off pasture, a fall treat- ment at this time reduces or eliminates the worm burden in the animal over the winter and ensures that clinical cases, as described above, do not occur. Many worm con- trol products are much less effective in killing arrested development worms and treatment with these products GET PAY BOOST At the regular meeting on October 1, the Middlesex County Board of Education ratified a collective agree- ment with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 1170, for the period Ju- ly 1, 1984 to June 30, 1985. The agreement represents an increase of 5.5 percent on all hourly wage rates. Hour- ly wages range from $8.74 per hour for a labourer to $13.80 for a maintenance A tradesman as compared to $8.36 and $13.21 respectively for the 1983-84 contract year. The retirement gratuity was eliminated for all new employees hired on or after July 1, 1984. The employees of C.U.P.E. Local 1170 ratified the Collec- tive Agreement at a meeting on September 23. may be of little value in the fall. Ivermectin is a relatively new parasite control product which has been shown to be effective against warble grubs, lice and both adult and arrested development worms. While this injectable product is more expensive and perhaps less convenient than wormers added to feed, Page 5A it's greater effectiveness makes it a logical choice for fall worming. Because this drug also destroys warble grubs and provides excellent louse con- trol, it should be applied prior to November 30th, and it can- not be used in lactating cows. Jack Rodenburg, Dairy Cattle Specialist, Oxford County 11 ii tir\�� , f 'l r �, -� ,gyp N> gat . Custom combining Ploughing & Trucking Call K & J Elder Farms 236-4468 rh Hill & Hill Farms Ltd. Clinfield Concession 2 Stanley Twp. are both ready to receive your 1984 • Soyobeans • Corn our '5' dryers will ensure fast service custom combining and trucking available open 24 hours a day Our recently expanded receiving facilities will now unload at 7500 bu. per hour Clinfield Elevator Peter Rountree 482-3191 Hill ANI) Hill FARMS I I\tl 11 1t VARNA ONT. Hill & Hill Elevator Bev Hill 482-3218