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e auctwo
.Clerk serOS the Pertinent informs-
,t n.
is
o theoffice i. f c
.,.,a e where this total SrYll�.hg price is determined
and�the deductionster
en etl. Mrs. Alcock is one, of the 'yard's
. authu. ries to, pay the .:el lers r
.personnel #'z �. fo their Iiuestoek.
• J (Staff'Pho. o)
The stands'wereifiiled and tele
hands were rising asthe staccato
cry ref the :auctioneer sought out•
the bids ' on 'the s replace, a tt
cattle up for 'sale at:. the .recent
.special' Tuesday; :afti:r'n( )f: auc-
• tion held at the. Brussels Stocky
yards.
With the case o)' his profes-
sion's practise, Evans Woods, an
auctioneer from RR lElmira,
• clutched the microphone .and
cave with the spiel which caught
and held the attention of the as-
sembled. throng.
The:sale ;,was- not the regular'
sale. usually held every Friday
beginning .at 12:30 p.m, at ',the
yards, but -a special one aimed:at
selling
T
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p
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twca
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u
he
farmersgathered i the stans
-
Ee ular.,sale;:,,das are'ai e..
P
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le
ar 1
at , packing eking
house
u
e
luver o-� ety' �'f t cattle
for their..0omuries
processing
b. si
u ., gess, ,
Br ',
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u e l� ..Call,:, owner.: of the
,Brussels StockyardS, was happy
with the progrIess . of
•sale, "Prices are active," be
said, smiling.
The animals he'Sells are sod +c F
sery
a consignment basis, The' : in
rate for;his�stockyard; sales.
ice isthree dollarshead f
cattle and three r,cent'for
The commission :ffigured:on to
gross -selling price of the anirriala
Other.deductions ,whioh hav'e''to
be made from the .gross'
price before;'the ' seller; n can re
calve► his money are a ' specifi
amount for the,Ontario Beef ='Im-
rprovenXent . Association
another amount •for;the ya ge
•insw ante,
When the 'livestock is delliver
tto.
he. t
s �kyar�'theanit?itais. dire
roce:
'v
ei r '��s�
cl aid ,.,.: d z d
tagged`be o beingl`
fra
e�; ce
.d
'waiting pens : within r tlte' ,sthh
area of
a a =t .
htr `sale barns."
where they,wait it until;`. the <auctioi
room is read. #or their'
Prioi�to ,hung herded,', into , the
auction room, however, they art
driven into `a' Penial pen
Weighed'. The ':pen is a wei ,hitik
platform connected to scat+
-nearby and the average.wer t
the livestock is determined e' r
'this
s 'pay the shipper and then' deduct
this amount from the gro+�s also)
The Brussels Staoekyards' draw
their business froth .# very 4ikide
!area. "The consigners: come from,'
'las far away AS: Paisley, Kincar,.'
,thne, Elmira,' Woodstock, and ail.
of our surrounding, area. The pur-
;chasers come fr.om as.far away.
as Windsor and. Ottawa," .Said;
Vlr. McCall.
The regular buyers 'at •the`
stockyards' sales ,are. representa'
* lives of meat packing plantsyiook-
: ,ing for fat cattle.. Howevert,.'quite''
number of farmers as well can
',1be seen in attendance, looking for''
good replacement, cattle. . t
Licensed under the
Auction
ti
o
n
Sales Act, the stockyards, employ
'our permanent.workers. rub 20'
�
h
4
'part-time time employees :for sale
days
Among the extra a sr i
nes
they provide isveterinary' in-
. ti
on.
Mr. Mc
Cali believe . thatt for &': R
person to run. 'a'stockyard,sale-
Service effectively she must be a
good judge of cattleand be up tont
date on Oily market 'prices.
The business began in 1958
under the auspices of the. Brus-
sels.Livestock Sales rand was.
bought from' them by Mr, McCall
in 1970. *
Since then the volume has
steadily 'grown. fn ' I972, oqr
reached
lion, part ,of this :.ammoiint 'being
cattle brought in for private. sale,.
Weekly from Western°.Canada,
nada,'
<reaching;tove 19,000' Calves and.
stockers„.. said '`11+Icahl, .
"We're continually.expanding,
F'u a sales look good, 'Tiroy'11
`remain steady. with short fluctua--
tions,''
' °volt me .. e hed almost $1 mfit,
'Meat: .eat prices i' ccs r � 'n t
m ar
t
.. us, em . a
P
l' .re :. �: nt ; ice or = r •. uc.. ` ,
!� _�, pr s f .. tl>�, . bd ars
to ' iiia Shush ,:” he 'ad .
to ear
y �►
d.
r,
31'I ...lien,.,
.11�CCa1 sic that
..c.. m r ed thatthe
recent meat boycott t had wdry
,lithe -ef feet. oft sales at his
tom .,. ....
aids u m o r o i.
ta. _ hti���ntb. _ham w_n t
'Midi the u b ie a
mla pu dr !W,are that cite
producers :need. the • present
prices to' startn ,business."
The animals are,' then .driven
into the auction ami `hitheatre. for,
theGi. ng. a opera orsm
scales pass on the information to,
the auctioneer and '204k
w
inform the bidders so „they know
What they are bidding fem. • '
After the bidding is over the
formation goes,to the office,,:the ,
+clerk includingsu
7'. Douglas Ma ctavi
g a sh, .the rxiiltu
'"try of natural resources first, a.
nstructor at' -Sault Ste.. Marie, is
dour Scot. In fact he's sueh an
amiable fellow you *quid thin
he'd be.repu�lsecl by, any. business
t was the legit ,hit :,blood
ktthirsty ut
Minis
call doctors before she could get
id them stopped:
But injury simulation -isn't all
fun:iand ;games.' It is taken seri
nk. by :the in s
_ ously inn x taxa first aid
teams which recently took rte ih
file at n l R > el, co mpet es
WHAT'M 1 $10?—The auctioneer, Evans Woods of Elmira and auction clerk, George
Powell of Blyth, are kept busy soliciting • and recording the bids gathered from the throng.
of farmers and buyers in attendance at.'the, special sale of the Brussels Stockyards.
(Staff Photo)
weig t scale)'. " 'he o
nel then ` determine the gross
amount- and prepare two 'in-
voices, one for the
purchaser and
one for the seller.
The buyer's invoice lists: the.
cattle ,he purchased, the in-
dividual prices and the total
amount he is paying for the give
stock. The seller's invoice states
the total amount his livestock
brought " with . the deductions
listed. He then is given a cheque
for the net amount.
If tfie seller had his livestock
shipped to the' yards, the yards
• GIT..AL ON With a swish of the switch, Ai 'Breckenridge amphitheatre. Underway that
day was a speciat sale of re -
of Morris Township keeps the tache to%ln : before the gaze placement cattle and not the usual Pr .
of the at:hered kidders in the 'artistes tt c r' s' auction a rhe.a .i .. ,�
� of +� �y'e � i ed at p eke �u�et`s �rtd farr�re�ra.�l�k�W .. � "�fbfi� �l►i�trd►i
`"ictii?p' Fv'en the ..types
will Wince- As for this kind
blood anclore—"I love it," says
Doug.
Simulation is what has been
done, in Hollywood'and in televi
show Studios, You see the results
theatres and on :TV` , screens
when the "blood" is flying. It's
more ',sophisticated than ketchup
these .days but not much; a little
red , �rfood coloring' and other
"Magic" ingredients that only
th
:Simulators and good cooks
lloYv. •
The technique is used in the
training of first aid teams in'the
ministry of natural resources,
police forces and emergency
meaSuires organizations to make
injuries . appear as close to the
real thing as possible.
The makeup of ordinary plasti-
cine Such as children', use,
"blood" of just the right corer and
.consistency, and abrasions skill-
fully greased and *moulded into
the +clay with 'a blunt -edged knife,
is so well done that in a couple of
situations even the hospital
emergency staff couldn't see
through it at first glance.
Doug remembers this happen-
ning, at, one simulation training
course where "we had sou
realty tremendous simulators"
A hospital orderly had a fairly
good amputation done on him. In
this case he lost the tip of a finger
andhe thought he would return to
the. °hospital to see what might
happen. Unknown to him the
emergency department had been
alerted just seconds before to an
emergency in one of the local
plants. He entered holding his
hand,* with "blood" dripping on to
the floor and on his clothes. A
startled nurse took one look at his
ashen face (simulated shock) and
cried, "My goodness, Joe, what
happened to you?"
"I jammed my finger in the car
door," Joejnoaned, and with that
the action started. He let go of the
artificial finger which fell to the
floor and a doctor began to snap
nut orders. "Put that man on a
st>etcher. Be needs a transftl,
story, Prepare him for immediate
surgery!" ,Joe had to do some
fast talking that time.
One , of the nurses from ' the
same hospital also o k the
course. She was an' excellent
simulator and practiced a second
degree burn on her own arm. She
wanted to see if it passed the test
so walked up to 'the desk of her
nutting station, grimacing in
panty "1 just burned my arm on
the stem from the autoclave,"
she hid through gritted teeth,
her We asheh. Her simulation,
like bwa,, was so realistic ---a
reddening of the skin, heavylis-
b
teringtha' they undertook to
cea+d Division' won :the regional
o
tropiby over -teams .� from North-
eastern
Ontario representing, the
districts of North Bay,: Swastika,
Cochrane, Kapuskasing and
- Sault Ste, Marie. Each team con-
s
pa
isted of four members and one
s 're.'
The Skead team, representing
Sudbury District, took the pro-
vincial trophy at a competition ;
eld two weeks later in the; Mae
ddnald Block at. Queen's Park,. It
came first over other good teams
from . Kenora and Pembroke and
will take part in the Ontario Open
First. Aid Competitions to be held
in Toronto's Moss Park Armour-
ies, May 12.
Teams are marked for the
speed and efficiency with which
they handle simulated emer-
gency situations. They are each
given a brief summary of the
situation and then the team goes
to work. First they must arrive at
a diagnosis—to determine the
nature of the case requiring at-
tention so far as is necessary for
intelligent and efficient treat-
ment; secondly, they have to de-
cide on the character and extent
of the treatment to be given and
supply thetreatment most suited
to the circumstances until
medical aid is available and,
finally, they must arrange for the
casualty to be removed to a suit-
able shelter, home or hospital,
depending on the seriousness of
the injury.
Doug Mactavish was an in-
structor in simulation at the
Ontario Provincial Police Col-
lege, Arnprior, and 'is training
others on the ministry staff to do
likewise. His aim is to "make it
look real but, at the same time,
we must be careful."
Perhaps Doug's greatest
achievement was the time a
friend called him to ask if he
could be "changed" for a Hallo-
ween party. I said, "yes,"
chuckled Doug, "and he drove 8?
miles from Blind River to Sault
Ste. Marie. I worked on him for
about three hours and changed
the shape of his face completely. .
. nose, cheek bones, chin... and
then put on some injuries. Need-
less to say, when we had finished
I took a look at him and said,
'Mike, what are you going to do
driving back if you are stopped
by the police or should have a
minor accident?' Ile didn't seem
to be worried, so away he went.
He arrived in Blind River quite
safe'and sound and I was talking
to him the next day and said,
'How did the masquerade go,
Mike?' He said, 'It *as the matt
lonesome evening I ever spent.
People wouldn't even sit with me
to get drunk.' Poor guy, the only
one who knew him was his wife."
11fiOW MUC 'A 'The, scales, operated,:
R Yeorgey Pears
(front) of Ethel and.Jim.`Fraser of `fBlttevale, ii".v
to the weighing platform Which makes up►•the
connecting pen. The .cattle.are dr4veh Tinto.; it
auction.bidding for .their. average weight t
BIDDING T11111- It's a packed house at the recent special
sale of replacement cattle up for bid at the Brussels Stock-
yards. The animals' are kept moving before thele evaluating
gaze of the gathered farmers and buyers seated: P in the
amphitheatre's stands.* ' (Stafl�'Photo).