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Clinton News-Record, 1983-11-02, Page 20PAGE 2A—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2,1983 E Visit us in Clinton, Ontario EVERY M'O'NDAY Representative: BOB McCLINCHEY The Federal Business Development Bank is here to help you, Come tell us of your plans to grow. We can offer you flexible financing , fixed or floating interest rates. Flexible financing is funds in many forms. Medium and long-term loans, loan guarantees and equity participation. We offer a brain bank of experienced people, too. Come talk business with us about financing. counselling, management training and government assistance programs. Whatever your need is, we have the flixibility to help - just talk to us. For an advance appointment call: 271-5650 (collect) or write: 1036 Ontario Street Stratford, Ontario Federal Business Banque federale Development Bank de developpement Your future is our guarantee. 'anad°a eial electr EL ORA - When a beef cow at an ex- perimental centre here gets hungry, she simply opens her feeding station with her own door key. Her 'key' - a nylon encapsuled tuned coil suspended on a neck chain - "tells" the lock- ing mechanism on the electronic door of the feeding fence to open. When the lock is released, the cow pushes on the door and feeds. la syste This feeding system, or Calan -Broadbent system, at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food's Elora Beef Research Centre was installed in 1974. It allows researchers to simulate the normal farm situation of group housing and at the same time, obtain daily food intake data on each individual cow. From this data, researchers can make feed ration recommendations that can help boost Ontario beef producers' efficiency and supply better quality beef to consumers, says Dr. Jim Wilton of the University of Guelph's animal and poultry science depart- ment. In a study on the size of beef Battle, this feeding system helped researchers show that the beef producers' extra costs to keep a larger cow are more than offset by the ex- tra weight of the calf sent to market. Management seminars for Huron farmers A lot of dollars go in and out of a commer- cial farm business in a year. Sound financial management, coupled with efficient produc- tion, is the key factor in ensuring the suc- cess of a farm business in the 80s. Nine "Management for Profit" seminars are planned across Ontario to help farmers become more aware of the skills needed to operate a business profitably. The feature speaker of the program is Dr. Hiram Drache, a farmer and farm manage- ment consultant, from Fargo, North Dakota. Richard Hiscocks, an Oxford Coun- ty farmer, will discuss management techni- ques on his farm. teeeomeet ner'ir,Sines kill NOTICE Ratepayers of The Town of Clinton are reminded that the fourth installment of 1983 Taxes is due and payable by November 15. 1983. C. PROCTOR Clerk Town of Clinton be addressed by Dick Heard. Rob Lindsay will discuss record keeping systems for the 1, s, John Anderson will deal with the sub- ject of analyzing the farm business. Colin Reesor will discuss the topic of marketing profitably. Huron County farmers should register for their closest seminar, which will be held as follows: November 21 at Mildmay Com- munity Centre; December 1 at Bingeman Park, 1208 Victoria Street North, Kitchener; December 2 at Progress Building, Western Fair Grounds, London; December 3 at Agri - Theatre, Agronomy Building, Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technology. Cost of the seminar is $20 per person NOTICE It Is an offence to burn leaves or other debris on the PAVED PART of any street within the Town of Clinton. The resultant heat does much damage to the asphalt. Offenders will be prosecuted. C.C. PROCTOR Clerk -Treasurer BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY OPTOMETRY REPAIR R.W. BELL OPTOMETRIST The Square, GODERICH 524-7661 JOHN LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Seaforth 527-1240 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9:00-5:30 Saturday 9:00-12:00 noon Closed Wednesdays BY APPOINTMENT Free parking on premises Clinton Electric 0 White -Westinghouse iHhortp rit t Appliances Sales and Service APPLIANCE REPAIRS ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE 90 ALBERT ST. 482-3646 APPLIANCE and REFRIGERATION REPAIR SERVICE Jim Broadfoot 482-7032 ELECTRIC INSURANCE •ECONOMY •QUALITY •SERVICE "Big lobs or small, we guarantee thorn all" 482-7374 CLINTON OR CALL 1400-265-9255 ASK FOR PAGER NO. 307 qAISER-KNEALE INSURANCE BROKERS INC. Insurance -Real Estate Investments Isaac St., Clinton Phone Office 4112-9747 Lon Theodora 482-7994 Hol Hartley 482-3693 B ob Thomas 482-3096 B ILI Counter 482-3687 JOHN WISE INSURANCE BROKERS LTD. General Insurance Guaranteed Investments Clinton Office: 482-9644 Res.: 482-7265 'ABATTOIR SERVICE BENDER'S ABATTOIR Home Grown fleet and Pork Mill Street, Hens®II 262-3130 Wholesale, Retail and Custom Slaughtering. Kill day Tuesday. Call for further Information: Owner - Merlin C. Bender Manager Dole Erb 262-5628 2364733 Our Motto is "The Golden Rule" GLASS/ALUMINUM See us for your building projects •Glass and mirrors •Energy-efficient replacement windows •Window 8. screen repair •Plexiglass • Door service and repairs • Complete range of aluminum siding and building products Clinton Onokag mirror and aluminum products 24 Princess Si. West, CLINTON 482-332` PHOTOGRAPHY Fitzgerald Stud los photography and c ustom tramine -100 lams % Street Clinton 482-389Q MECHANICAL BAILEYS LENNOX AND DUAL-AIRE FURNACES SHEET METAL WORK SPECIALISTS IN ENGINEERED HEATING SYSTEMS PHONE: 262-2020 MENSALL. ONT. TRAVEL -tie WOOp Ur3, BUSES AVAILABLE FOR CHARTER Deluxe Highway Coaches Activity Buses Custom Vans Phone Collect Goderich 524-7622 which includes lunch and farm business management handbook. Spouses and/or ad- ditional family members may attend for $10 per person which includes lunch but not the handbook. Tickets must be ordered in ad- vance from the Clinton office of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Call 482- 3428. Make cheques payable to "Manage- ment for Profit Seminar Committee". Register now and be a part of the action at the Management for Profit Seminars - a great opportunity for participating in a ma- jor event emphasizing the role of manage- ment in a successful farming business. - Don Pullen. Ag. Rep. LEAF PICK UP The Town of Clinton will pick up loaves MONDAY, OCTOBER 31 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Leaves must be securely contained in bags or other suitable containers. Would all citizens please keep leaves separate from regular garbage at the curbside. C.C. Proctor Clerk -Treasurer st "Producers asked if it was economically viable to keep larger cows and to market larger offspring. Using this feeding system we could conduct a feeding trial and monitor the daily food intake of 750 calves from 250 cows during a 10 -year period." In another study on milk yields in beef cat- tle, the Calan -Broadbent system was used to show that increasing milk yield. with cow - fed only roughage, pays off in higher market weights in calves. "The measurement of feed for each in- dividual cow was made possible through the use of the electronic head gates. The cows were housed six pea pen, but each animal could only open its own feed door." The electronic feeding door is positioned on a "tombstone" feeding barrier, made of highly durable fibreglass and designed to selves absorb the repeated use by large animals and encourage their correct entry. The 'key' requires no power source and is fully protected against mechanical shock and reonat.d immersion in water. When the cow attempts to feed, she brings her 'key' close to the door, activating the selective locking mechanism. In most Cass, new cows will adapt to the feeding station within a few days, says Al McBurney, manager of the research centre. "We erect the feeding barrier without the feed doors for a few days. Then we place silage or grain behind the barrier so that the cows become accustomed to using it." Later when the feeding doors are in- stalled, the cows try to gain access to all of thein. "But they soon discover which door always opens for them." Test soil while plowing Have you soil tested in the past two years? If not, consider it, because soil phosphate and potash levels do change. By not sampl- ing, you could be over or under fertilizing. Over fertilizing can be wasteful. Samples can be taken while plowing or by walking your fields prior to plowing. It is recommended that you take 20 core samples per five hectares or 1.5 to two per acre. Mix these core samples together and take a com- posite sample from this, for testing. Remember - the better the sampling iob, the more reliable the recommendations. By sampling and forwarding samples now, the University of Guelph's Department of Land Resource Science, Soil Testing Laboratory has adequate time to analyze and mail your results prior to year end. Soil sample boxes and a core sampler are available at your local Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food Office. If you don't understand the metric recom- mendations, please call your local O.M.A.F. office for assistance. Fall warble control time Over 90 percent of the cattle in Ontario are infested with warbles. Systemic insecticides can be applied to the animals' backs in September, October and November to give control. Temporary control of lice can be achieved at the same time. Warble flies ("heel" flies) will substantially reduce production in the beef cow herd. Wild running, called gadding, reduces milk flow by one kg per day and reduces weaning weight about 20 kg. The gain of calves in the winter can be reduced seven to 17 kg over a five month period. On today's market, that's worth up to $30. In the feedlot, treated cattle gain 16 percent faster, for a return of $30 for even $1 spent on treat- ment. When dairy heifers were treated in the fall with rare+Amir inenoti'ii r, gain`~ durine the winter increased by nine percent. This dif- ference in growth rate was as much as 38 percent in herds with heavy warble grub in- festations. Control can be applied by applying trichlorfon (a pour -on), fenthion (a spot-on) or coumaphos (as a spray) from September 15 to November 30. Animals which are less than three months old, sick, convalescing, or under stress are not to be treated. Lac- tating dairy cattle are not to be treated. Depending on the size of the animal, the cost ranges from 20 cents to $1.10 per head. For full information, pick up a copy of the fact sheet, "War on Warbles", Agdex 420/655. Always read and heed the label. -Stan Paquette, Farm Management Specialist. CFFO clarifies income tax review The Provincial Board of the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario at its September meeting clarified its position on Section 31 of the Income Tax Act. This Section limits the amount of a farm loss that can be written off against income from other sources when calculating in- come tax payable. The CFFO will now support the repeal of Section 31 for any farmer that does his accounting on an accrual basis. 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WITH ENTRANCE • 29 DUDs .M.3Nt.niM• As:l1F[ .. 4,31, tat:on a at York "Cash accounting allows many farmers during any period of growth in their en- terprises to show a loss for tax purposes", Tom Oegema, CFFO President, said. "The write-off of such losses against other in- comes - especially those of high income professionals - can easily lead to a distorted development for agriculture." The CFFO supports financial benefits for those establishing family farms but it wants an eligibility criteria that is fair to all entrepreneurs. According to Elbert van Donkersgoed, CFFO Research and Policy Director, the repeal of Section 31 would create a tax supported program for beginning farmers with most of the support going to high income professionals. "The CFFO's $10,000 limit to write-offs was designed to be fair to all beginning farmers," van Donkersgoed said. "A young farm family working for $10.00 per hour could expect to have $10,000 worth of taxable income in a year. We support the use of the tax system to support such beginning farmers. Allowing high income professionals an unlimited tax shelter would be unfair to all those who have to work hard to establish their family farms. TOP ELECTR/CAL SERVICE -WE DO RENDER, `ASK YOUR NEIGHBOUR HEc L REMEMBER " Barry Buchanan 3-PNASE ELECTRIC CLINTON 482-7374 Call NEED TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR NEW COMMUNITY? elhme a ant. iro Phone 524-2544 Our hostess will bring gifts and greetings along with helpful community information.