The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-10-30, Page 6WO
PAGE 2A—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, OCTQPER 30, 195
Farmers narrowly escape,
Manurego.sis kill livestock on two Oxford County -farms
Recently two farmers in
Oxford County experienced
livestock losses from gases
released from liquid manure
storage tanks. In both in-
stances, the farmers them-
selves narrowly escaped
asphyxiation, said R.J. Milne
of the Ontario Ministry - of
Agriculture"and Fond, Oxford
County,
The first case oceurred in a
tie stall dairy barn with
gravity flow , gutters to an
outside manure storage tank.
The farmer was agitating and
pumping the manure from
the tank when he noticed
same of his cats staggerigg as
they emerged through the
open' door of the barn. Upon
investigating, he found that
the one. cow that was tied in
The barn was dead,
He ran through the barn
turning on the exhaust fans as
he went and just got back to
the doorway where he
collapsed. Fortunately, he
collapsed in an area of fresh
air,, and a farm helper was
able to revive him within a
few minutes.
This is a new dairy facility
and only the second time
manure had been removed
from the storage tank.
The second case occurred
in a modified environment
barn with open ridge and
open eave ventilation system.
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Five door openings on each
side of the 40' x 100' barn for
summer ventilation and large
doors aLeach end of the barn
were all open.
This barn has a feed bunk
down the centre and 10' of
slatted floor on each side of
the bunk over an 8' deep
liquid manure tank, The
cattle had been removed
from one side of the feed bunk
to permit the entry of
equipment for agitating and
pumping the manure.
The farmer had been
removing manure from the
storage tank the previous day
and was continuing that
operation the next morning.
Upon returning from
spreading the first load on the
field, he found 27 head of
cattle between 500-1,000
in size lying stretched out.
He jumped into the. pen to
aid the animals but quickly
felt light-headed and headed
back out of the pen to an open
door where he collapsed. Five
of the animals recovered but
22 were lost.
Climatic conditions on the
two days were markedly
different with a brisk
westerly wind blowing the
first day and very little, if
any; air movement on the
second.
• Manure has been removed
from this storage tank on a
number • of occasions during
Copper more
toxi-c- to ,sheep
Remembering a •simple
formula — sheep + copper
death — could save sheep
producers from significant
flock' losses, says 'Ministry of
Agriculture ,and Food
veterinarian, Dr. D. E. Galt.
"Copper is far more toxic to
sheep than to any other class of
domestic livestock," says Dr.
Galt, of the Veterinary Services
Laboratory in Brighton. "On a
weight basis,' cattle may
tolerate up to eight times more
copper than sheep. ,As little,as
two thirds of an ounce of copper
per ton of feed can cause death
in feedlot lambs. This amount
is only slightly more than
double the normal amount of
copper found in most prepared
feeds."
Copper is an essential trace
mineral for sheep and other
livestock. Flocks on , pasture
require at least 0.0005 percent
of copper on a dry matterbasis,
white as little as three times
this amount can cause copper
• poisoning, he says.
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the past three years with no
previous problems to animals
within the barn.
Fortunately, in both in-
stances, no serious harm
occurred to humans. '
Liquid manure handling
Systems 'are very practical
and labor saving and are
being accepted by more
farmers each year. However,
the gases pcoduced do
present a hazard as do so
many activities around the
farm. Farmers should be
aware of this hazardiand be
prepared to take some or all
of the following precautions.
1) Move livestock from
buildings and keep -a-11
livestock and humans out of
the building area during
agitation and pumping of
liquid manure.
2) Make sure buildings are
well ve.ntilated during and
after agitating and pumping
manure and before livestock
or humans are allowed to re-
enter these buildings.
3) Ventilate the manure
tank to the outside by means
of one or more permanent or
portable exhaust fans.
Manure should not be allowed
to get closer than 1' to bottom
of slats to allow room for
ventilation air to pass over
storage and to exhaust fans.
4) Have a shut-off valve
between outside' storage
tanks and inside gutter'
prevent gases from entering
the building.
5) Agitate and pump
manure from storages when .
wind conditions .are brisk to
help dilute gases as they
escape from the storage
tanks.
6) Make ,sure winds carry
the gases away from
buildings.
7) Never enter a liquid
manure tank. If it is ab-
solutely necessary, do so only
with a safety rope attached to
someone outside making
sure that enough help is
available to pull you from the
tank if trouble' should
develop. Make sure the tank
is well ventilated before
entering. Most of the manure
gases produced are heaXier
than air' and they will linger
in the tank - so good ven-
tilation is essential
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Will the day come when milk will be rationed in this
country?
The idea sounds far-fetched but if statistics from the Unit-
ed States can be believed, milk rationing is a distinct pos-
sibility. And, whether Nye like it or not, we are tied into
a North -American economy. What happens below the bor-
der usually is reflected here in due time.
Ih two years, from 1972 to 1974, the number of producers
across the U.S. decreased by 18 per cent. Experts are pre-
dicting the dropout rate will increase this year to 25 per
cent, a startling figure.
,Thirty-five years ago, there were 4.5 million producers in
'the Excited States. Today, there are about 300,000 commer-
cial dairy farmers. So what?
So this: A disstrous decrease in the number of producers
now can only mean:- that .• dairy - products- will -be- in -short
supply. Short supply means a dependence on imports. A de-
pendence on imports inevitably leads to higher prices.
Dropout figures in Ontario are similar to those in the
States only on a smaller scale. In 1973, Ontario had 17,500.
dairy producers. In 1970, the province/had more than 22,000.
Today, about 16,320 are in the bhsrness and this number
keeps dropping,
• This is not to suggest that a certain amount of weeding out
is not necessary. Certainly, the inefficient farmers are
better off in another line of agriculture. Unfortunately, it
isn't the inefficient farmer who is leaVing these days. It's
the young man who simply cannot stand the uncertainty of
dairying who is leaving.
Consider for ,a moment wha▪ t happened this year. Dairy-
men got an increase in milk subsidy payments and planned
for that increase. They knew they would have to pay the
45 cents per hundredweight cost of selling excess skim milk
powder. But the federal government slapped another 45
cents on them this summer . which, gave them that much
less for every hundredweight soIcL
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No one is suggesting that the levy is untair. Dairymen, I
think, are prepared to pay the cost of storing and shipping
and selling this excess. But they want to know a year or two
in advance so they can look ahead with confidence, they
can plan for the future, so they can expand or m herd
improvements to increase production• ,
When a producer is suddenly slapped with a decrease in
payments of about five per cent, how cantle plan properly?
A decrease of that amount can be the difference between
profit and loss for many operations. It can be enough to push
a few more over the edge and out of the -business.
Farm organizations, including the Ontario Milk Market-
ing Board and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, are
.....aSking _the government7,-. anid.,.baKe been_asking.fig.many .
Years '-=-• for long range dairy policy Eugene Whelan -and- •
histepartrnenth-ave-beeri 'vying bUtwfthlittle Succe.
The federation, for instance, is suggesting a payment of
50 cents a hundredweight op a permanent basis. If the cost
of storing and selling milk powder drops below that figure,
that amount, will still be deducted to compensate for the0
years when it costs more. Right now, produCei's are sq.
gesting a federal loan to provide a fund for the dispensa-
tion of the milk•powder.
They will continue to pay the costs but ,they want it amor=
tized, with federal money so they ,can plan for the future in
a realistic manner.
'It makes sense to this corner. In fact; anything to help
,stabilize farm income these days makes sense. An indus-
try as basic to our economy as farming — agriculture sup-
plies 43 per cent of the gross national' product .and don't
ever forget it --,. should be given the oppor,tatlity.,,to make'
plans that will not be upset.
Something must be dome to encourage young men to stay
in the business. The number going out of it is frightening.
As long as that trend continues, the future of dairying in .
Ontario and in Canada isin doubt.
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