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rrow' b;
Neywspaper people are constantly criticized because
they seem to thrive on controversy,
•Ghouls, they are called. They swarm around tragedy
and disaster like flies around a manure wagon.
Over the 23 years 1 have ,been connected with the rnedi
though, I have found most newspeople to be dedicated,
hardworking, conscientious professionals. As a farm writer,
I Have come, to the reluctant conclusion that the only way,
to get any response from farmers is to belabor a contro-
versy,
Which leads to the subject of this column, a follow-up to
one,`a few weeks ago about Dr, Ted Burnside of the poultry
and animal science department at the University of Guelph.
I quoted Dr. Burnside extensively from a talk he gave
at a Western Ontario Dairy Day this summer, Dr. Burn -
side's theory is that dairy farmers should be, looking at
production as closely `as they loop at conformation; that,
milk production is. just as important as a row of ribbons,
I said in "that t itlumn that it shouldn't matter to a dairy ,
farmer .whether a cow, has ,a twisted horn or poor coloring
in •her switch as long as she produces great quitities of
quality milk, Does it matter if her udder is so low...you° can
scuffle corn with•her? .
Somethow or other, be3tween the time that column left my
typewrites nand appeai°ed in 15 or 20 papers across this
province, attribution for the above statements appeared
to come from I)r. Burnside. _ •
He called me personally and it was a pleasure to hear
from him. He agreed with most of the column but, in a
gentlemanly way, suggested that he still thinks'conforma-
tion is important. ' The reference te udders, he suggested,
went a little too far.
„:, To clear the record, then, we'll put Dr. Ted in the clear,
I was the one who made the reference to the udders, not
Ted.
He stoutly maintains that equal, if not increased, atten-'
tion must be paid to production as well as conformation
Letters ayeappreciated by Bob Trotter Eldate Rd Elmira Qnt N3B 2C7
Ile was not the only person to call. A couple of dairy
farmers also contacted me and one even refused to give
his name although he was chuckling throughout the 'con-
versation on the horn.
"Give it to 'em," he said, "I got a grade cow here that'll..
out -produce Ragapple Annie. She''looks like a beef reject
but she sure can give milk,"
Another producer was up -in -arms about it. He said writ-'
ers like me who never set foot in a dairy stable should do
"-more investigating before shooting off our typewriters. •
"Why, don't. you do a story on the service that dairymen
are getting from post of the artificial insemination co-
operatives?'= he said. "They send their so-called,.tech-
nicians hurrying and scurrying all over the province when
good dairymen could do the job. just as well, even better.
Why are those young punks 'galloping all over the
country — and the farmers end up paying for it— when we
could do it ourselves?" ' •,
Now, once again, let me repeat: I often get manure on
my boots, • I ,do not live' in an ivory tower and I try to get
honest opinions which reflect what the farm community is
tthinking.' d
But I know little about .the service' being given by arti-
ficial insemination units., Hopefullyll;,•the suggestion given
by this dairyman will spark some discussion in this column,
I'll be glad..to give equal space to both sides of 'the story.
But I'll make a little bet with you. I'll bet -the Al boys Will
respond with dignity and with sound argurnents in their
favor,
But the farmers, ,the people most concerned if this
turns out to be' controversial, will not say a word. They'll
sit back and let somebody•else do the talking for them.
I'll be be pleasantly surprised if more than four or five
make any effort on their own behalf to back up the man who
feels breeding co-ops should let farmers do their own in-
seminating, if indeed, they should.
Any takers?
Second ammonia plantto be built in
Canadian Fertilizers Limited
has 'received an ,,industriar
development permit from the
Government of Alberta ' for
construction, of a second large
anhydrous ammonia
manufacturing plant to be built
at its Medicine 'Hat, Alberta
Nitrogen Complex, according ,
"to an announcement by Russ
Duckworth, Vice President of
United Co-operatives, of
Ontario.
Owners of Canadian Fer-
tilizers Limited are United Co-
operatives of Ontario, Western
Co-operative Fertilizers
Limited of Calgary,
Alberta
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Cooperative Fed'eree de ton per day solid granular urea supply the nitrogen plant food
Quebec of "Montreal and CF a fertilizer facility.. Both units `'%codsfarmers in the U.S.
Industries of Chicago. ' are expected to be completed and eeds ofem Canada.
CF Industries, a fertilizer during the hatter. half of 19,76,
manufacturing and distributing with the second 1,200 ton per
inter -regional co-operative, is day ammonia plant just an-
owned by United Co-operatives nounced anticipated to come
of Ontario, Cooperative onstream early, in 3977, puck-
Federee de ,Quebec, and 17 worth said.
regional • farm supply co-
operatives in the United States.
CF Industries will overate the
Medicine Hat complex.
Already underconstruction
at the Medicine Hat Complex
are two nitrogen manufac-
turing'plants - a' 1,200 ton per
day ammonia,plant and a'1,500
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Kentwood: beans
need special screen
Last spring a ,certain per-
centage of Kentwood beans
.were planted. This new variety
had been extensively tested
prior to its licencing.'
One of the characteristics of
'this 'bean is. that it -is a larger
size than either Sanilac or..
Seafarer. Any grower
delivering Kentwood' beans
would be well advised to check
with his local elevator operator
before delivering this variety.
Since the Kentwood bean, is
larger thai)-Seafarer or Sanilac
a different size of screen is
,required for handling this bean.
If Kentwood beans are handled
on the same size of screen as
Seafarer and Sanilac a certain
percentage of Kentwyod beans
will be screened out,
Therefore in order - to
minimize the amount of
cleanout • from these beans
Kentwood beans 'should only be
cleaned through the correct -
Faster grain L
handling at
Chatham
Plans for the renovations of -
United Co-operatives of
Ontario's Chatham Park
Avenue • grain handling
facilities were announced by,
UCO Director Fenton
,,Cryderman of Thamesville at a
press conference held at
Chatham recently.
"An estimated cost of $1.5
million is 'anticipated when
renovations are completed,"
said Keith McCleary, UCO's
Kenway area manager.
The first phase of the ex-
pansion will include' two high
speed grain receiving systems
, with a ,combined capacity of
na.,.o
8,000 bushels peri hour; a' hew
3,000 bushel dryer and a 400,000
bushel graih storage area.
"This is a major step in
UCO's total grain marketing
program for its members inn
Ontario," emphasized
McCleary.
UCO recognizes the need for
new and modern high speed
grain receiving elevators in
order to serve better and faster
its grain producing patrons in
Ontario.
size of screen.
One way to check, is to -look at
a sample of the beans that is
screened out, says Pat Lynch,
Soils and Crops Specialist,
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
and Food. •
"The granting of a permit
for construction of the second
ammonia plant at Medicine Hat.
is indeed welcome news for
North American Co-
.peratives. The new unit will
play a vital role•in-meeting -the
expanding nitrgerl. fertilizer
needs of North American
farmers," Duckworth added.
The Medicine Hat complex
will supply ammonia and urea
fertilizers to the owners of
Canadian Fertilizers Limited,'
who' in turn, represent some
two' million North American
farmers.
Approximately one-third of
the output of the Medicine, Hat
Complex will be supplied to
farmers in Western ' Canada
through Western Co-operative
Fertilizers, with the balance of
the • , production `helping' to
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4ODERICH SIGNAL, -STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBUR 2,187 -,.PAGE 3A
Dry weather effects Ontario Hydro output'
• The. dry
prevailed in
Province
f'athe'r which'
many parts of the
during August
ti
resulted in reduced flows to
,e\eral ,Ontario Hydro water
powered generating stations
Aftenfioe
farmers
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MAPLE LEAF MILLS
ii - SEED DIVISION
EXETER', OMIT. PH 235-0363
(Jones, , MacNaughtan)
-and forced the utility to replace
lost generation with more
costly energy from its'thermal
stations.
HydTo' s operating repottit
shows water powered units
supplied lrnly 34.3 percent of the
-inf -armsm"g'e' "rre'e tred-,dur
the month -compared with 141.2
percent in August, 1974. Coal-
fired unit; produced 23,7
percent of energy, nuclear 15.7,
natural gas 8, oil, .9, and
purchases, 174.
The report indicates pr•imaty
.electriepl energy demand grew
to G,609, 7 90,000 kilowatt-hours
during the month, up 1.8 per-
cent, from the similar period in
Peak electrical ctemand in
August was 11,692,000
kilowatts, This came at 1:05
p.m. August 25, Toro
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Unit 2 at Pickering
generating station, out of
service since June 20 due to a
lri'jdrogen leak in its generator,
was returned -to operation
August 5,
Nanticoke 2, damaged in
lYCit ` 3'79,-bji an exProg>,on •a ii
wr
resuiti,pg fire, should be back in
service in. 'time to meet peak
demands in December.
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