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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-09-14, Page 16PAGE 16—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1983 TAUCounCLASSIFIED NIP 46. In memoriam FISHER In loving memory of dear parents and grandparents, Vera and Harvey Fisher, who passed away Septembee 15, 1975 and October 11, 1969, respectively. Though their smile has gone forever And their hands we cannot touch, Still we.have so many memories Of the ones we loved so much. Their memory is our keepsake, With which we'll never part, Even though they're gone forever, We still have them in our hearts. —Lovingly remembered by Donna, Arnold; Gerald, Betty; Vivian, Ben and families. -37x 47. Card of thanks QUARK I wish to thank everyone for their kindness, cards and gifts while I was a patient at W.M.C.H. London. Special thanks to Mary P., my grand- parents and to the Watsons for letting my mom stay with them. —Jeffrey Clot k.— 37 FISHER I would like to sincerely thank Dr. Lomas, Dr. Watts, Dr. Neal, all the O.R. staff, the nurses and staff on second floor east for the excellent care I received while in hospital. Thanks to my relatives, friends, neighbors and the Maitland Group for their visits, cards and gifts.—Bernice.--37x GIBSON I wish it were possible to per- sonally thank everyone who has been so kind to us, including the nurses on second floor in Goderich Hospital. We thank you all most sincerely.—Esther and Sam. ---37 HASTY would like to express my sincerest thanks to those who attended, arranged and donated to the bridal shower in my honor, at the Dungannon Church. The useful and lovely gifts are gratefully appreciated and your kindness will long be remembered. Thank you so very much.—Irene Hasty. -37x MacAULA Y I wish to thank everyone for their kindness, cards, gifts and visits while I was a patient in A.M.&G. Hospital. Special thanks to doctors, nurses and staff, Branch 109 Royal Cana- dian Legion. --Sincerely, Malcolm. -37x McCONNELL The farnil „qf, the. late Arnold, McConnell wishes to thank all who extended their kindness and friendship and expressed sympathy during the illness and passing of Arnold. Your cards, flowers, visits, food and memorial donations were greatly appreciated. A special thanks to our neighbors, DI. M. Cauchi, doctors, nurses and staff of 1st floor, Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, the ladies of Knox W M.S., the Rev. G. L. Royal, the Goderich Lions Club and Mr. Bob McCallum.—Dorothy, Diane and Bette. -37 OTTEWELL We would like to express our sincere thanks for the flowers, gifts, cards and visits from our family and friends during our recent stay at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital. A special thanks to Dr. Jim Rourke, Phyllis Scott and Gayle Purser for their fast and effi- cient assistance, We would also like to thank all the nurses on second floor east for their ex- cellent care and attention.—Barbara Anne and Laura Ottewell. —37 POLLOCK I wish to thank everyone for their kindness, gifts, cards and visits while I was a patient in A.M.&G. Hospital. Special thanks to all who helped at the time of my accident, also doc- tors, ambulance drivers, nurses and staff.—Sincerely, Larry.-37nx — SPROUL The family of the late Howard Sproul wish to extend our sincere thank you and apprecia- tion to all who expressed sym- pathy in so many ways at the time of Howard's passing. A special thanks for the food, visits, cards, flowers, donations to Ontario Heart Foundation, nurses at emergency, I.C.U. and 1st floor and Dr. Rourke and assistants; also to Rev, Roberts for his comforting messages at the funeral, to the Nile U.C.W. for their lovely , lunch, to Mc- Callum Funeral Home and Mr. Falconer of Clinton, who was acting in Mr. McCallum's absence and to the pallbearers and flowerbearers. Your thoughtfulness and kindness will always be cherished.—May Sproul and family. -37x TOCOASSIFY LATE TO L FOR SALE: One-yeor-old female blond American Cocker Spaniel. Phone 1-523-9414.-37,38 GARAGE SALE at 327 Suncoast Drive, Saturday, September 17, 8 a.m. till 12 noon. Several fur- niture and plumbing items included. -37 HARD MAPLE firewood sold in 1')(4'x8' or 4'x4')(8', $35 00 per cord, dried a year and a half, delivery to Goderich, Lucknow and Clinton areas. 529- 7872.--37,38 6.� Thousands of people, young and old, headed to Blyth on Friday. Saturday and Sunday to take part in and see the 22nd annual Thesher Reunion. The three day event Huron Farm and Home News featured a variety of early agricultural machinery, crafts, musical entertainment and good eating. (Shelley McPhee photo) Plan conservation tillage now Conservation tillage systems are being used on more and more farms in Huron County. If you are in- terested in looking at a con- servation tillage practice on your farm, whether it be chisel plowing, ridging or no - till, now is the time to start planning! When selecting a field for conservation tillage you should consider the follow- ing: 1. Select one of your best. fields; don't relegate a con- servation tillage system to your worst field. Avoid swampy areas, badly trampled pastures and areas of heavy infestations of perennial weeds. 2. Good drainage. 3. Soil type. 4. Fertility leve The Huron So Water Conservation D ict can provide _ypq, OBI teqbana information and assistance as well as some conservation tillage equipment. Why not give us a call? The district will have a No - Till Drill (Massey Ferguson 12 Foot) for a limited time this fall. If you are interested in no -tilling either winter canola or winter wheat, please contact us as soon as possible so final ar- rangements can be made. - Carol Thompson, Conservation Agronomist. Swine Records Records are not essential for running a hog operation; however, as feed costs rise and hog prices decline, their role becomes more and more important. Too many pro- ducers assume that they are producing 16 pigs per sow per year when they are not. As long as a producer isn't aware of his level of produc- tion, he will continue to run his operation as usual. However, if record-keeping indicates that production is low, then producers may be encouraged to look at the system and determine where the opportunities are. Basically there are two types of records that can be kept - financial and produc- tion. Financial records are used mainly for tax pur- poses. Production records serve several purposes. First, they aid in day to day management decisions such as when to move sows into the farrowing room, when to wean, etc. Second, records enable the veterinarian to pinpoint a health problem more accurately and quick- ly. Third, records aid in the selection of breeding stock replacements. Fourth, records aid in long-range planning so that a uniform flow of animals can be main- tained. Many producers believe that record-keeping is com- plex and time consuming. However, this is not necessarily true. The com- plexity of a record-keeping system will depend on the number of sows as well as the type of information the producer desires. Also, regardless of how complex the system is, once a routine is establlhhed for recording information, the time re- t quired will become minimal relative to many other tasks and in fact, can save time with some unimportant a tasks. p Record-keeping in any operation should be split into five parts - (1 ) Breeding/Gestation; (2 ) Farrowing; (3) Nursery; (4) Finishing; and (5) Boars. Breeding/Gestation records give an indication of the reproductive efficiency of the breeding herd. Essen- tial information to be record- ed here would include: (1) date(s) bred- - ,this would enable the producer to predict farrowing dates and also to determine the open interval after weaning; (2) number of times bred- this will aid the producer in mak- ing culling decisions. Other important, but not essential information, includes con- ception rate, number of sows bred/week, as well as the per cent of open females in the herd at any one time. Essential records in the farrowing barn include: (1) number of pigs born dead and alive; (2) number of pigs weaned - this will in- dicate piglet mortality; (3) farrowing date this_,.,will allow the producer to deter- mine when pigs should be weaned and will also allow the producer to determine litters per sow per year. Other important informa- tion includes farrowing rate (number of sows conceived divided by number of sows farrowed X 100 per cent), lit- ters farrowed per week, lit- ters weaned per week, birth weight, weaning weight, number of pigs produced per farrowing crate per year, etc. Information such as this, although helpful in maintaining flow and monitoring sow productivi- ty, is not essential for runn- ing a farrow -to -finish opera- tion. Recording of essential in- formation in the breeding gestation and farrowing areas requires only two tools - individual sow litter cards for each farrowing and sow summary cards. Recording of other equally important, but not essential informa- tion, requires additional tools. Many producers do record breeding and farrowing in- formation, however, once the piglets are weaned, record-keeping ceases. Very few producers keep records in the nursery or 'finishing barn. Although it isn't necessary to keep detailed records in these areas, minimal record-keeping can aid in detecting health pro- blerns and determining market pig performance. Minimal record-keeping should include keeping track of pig movement in and out of the nursery and finishing barn and mortalities. By keeping track of this in- formation, days to market can be determined from the following formula developed by Dr. Mike Wilson of the University of Guelph: Average Weaning plus seven times Average Weaner Barn Inventory divided by Average weaners transferred per week plus seven times Average Feeder Barn Inventory divided by Average Finishers Sold or Died Per Week. Many producers will be surprised to find that their days to market are very dif- ferent from what they Nought. In addition to this basic information, pro- ducers may also want to monitor feed conversion, verage carcass index, minds of pork produced per square foot per year, etc. Boar records need not be extensive - the most impor- tant figures to monitor are the sow: boar ratio and the number of times a boar is us- ed per week. Overuse of boars can result in a lowered rate of conception. Thus the essential records in a farrow -to -finish opera- tion are simple and require little time to maintain. For producers who want to keep additional records, more tools and time will be re- quired. The important thing about record-keeping is that it is looked upon as a management tool that can serve many useful purposes in a hog operation. - Cathy Scott, Perth County. Substitutes for Corn in Swine Rations Feed companies have been least costing their rations for years and it's time for in- dividual farms to start using _. the -.same technology. Corn can be replaced quite readily for hogs with barley, wheat, wheat shorts or triticale. Even though you may not be getting maximum growth on our pigs, it may still be more economical to substitute these other grains. I called Dr. Les Young at the University of Guelph to give me more ex- act replacement values. Dr. Young said, "Barley can replace 100 per cent of the corn in your ration and it is worth 90 per cent the value of corn." Therefore, if corn is priced at $175 per tonne, the feeding value of barley relative to corn is $157 per tonne. Which means if barley is priced under $157 per tonne, it is more economical to feed barley than corn considering the pigs will grow a little slower and utilize more feed. Dr. Young also said that, "Triticale can replace corn pound for pound, but do not adjust for the protein in triticale. Wheat can also replace corn, but in the case of wheat, the protein is bet- ter, therefore adjust for pro- tein (approximate protein is 115 per cent). Wheat shorts can supply about 75-80 per cent of the energy source from corn. The protein from wheat shorts can supply all the protein for sows. Rye has a good energy source, but we do not have a good handle on its palatable problems. Rye requires good blending facilities and it's the only feed that should be limited to approxin)ately one-third of the grain portion in the feed." Maybe it's time to start utilizing our feed companies a little more. It's time to try each company on the ser- viees--they— ,, to offer. Their objective `i to sell you feed. Your objective should be to maximize your profits. So now that you know each other's objectives, how can both of you do better? Now may be the time to call your feed salesman and challenge him with the question of pro- ducing a cheaper ration utilizing all the resources you have on the farm and off the farm. ,tr;t,y, 1�ro �� Pa7RTI(IPc7[TIOn, TWO OUTSTANDING BUYS OWNER SAYS SELL Red brick 2 storey, centrally located, many fine footers make this home ideal for one or two families. Roason'ably priced. HOME ON 3 ACRES North of Goderich 11/2 storey home and barn. Owner will view all offers. Immediate possession, To be sold this month. RITA ALLEN 524-8480 WJJ, HUGHES REALTY LTD, 3O KTNCvSION Si., GOISERIER 514.7373 524 8100 Animal welfare movement outlined. BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE It's up to farmers to think about and find a solution to the criticism levelled at them by the animal welfare movement. Dr. Frank Hurnik, a professor in the animal and poultry department at the University of Guelph, gave the above advice and eclipsed the history of the movement which started in the 1960s in Great Britain, at the Huron County Federation of Agriculture's September 8 meeting in Londesboro. The university professor advises farmers to take steps to face the issue and develop rationales to answer the movement's criticism. A slide presentation Regional directors elected by F of A BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE ' There are some new faces among the regional directors elected at the September 8 regional meeting of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture. Directors and delegates for the Ontario Federation of Agriculture's annual meeting were chosen for the remaining regions. Hans Rasmussen was named director of Huron north east region with the delegates being Murray Crawford, Bob Harrison and Eric Prescott. Mr. Rasmussen replaces former director Gerry Fortune who resigned from the position after six years. Paul Klopp remains as the director of the Huron south region. The delegates from that region are Garry Baker, Greg Love, and Hugh Rundle. The Huron east central region has a new director, Bert Saunders, replacing John Nesbitt who has retired after three years. The delegates are John Nesbitt, Doug Garniss and Ralph DeWeerd with Carol Finch as an alternate. Jim McIntosh remains as a regional director for Huron West Central. The delegates are Uwe Wisch, Stan Mcllwain and Ivan McClymont with alternates Larry Sturdy and Brenda McIntosh. The director for Huron north west is Barry Mason, replacing Merle Gunby who served as director for six years. Delegates for Huron north west are Don Dow, Tony McQuail and Walter Elliott with Les Caldwell as alternate. Beef is excellent buy now says Assoc president Bob Chapple, President of the Ontario Cattlemen's Association, advises con- sumers that beef is an ex- cellent buy at this time. Live cattle prices and wholesale beef prices are now as low or lower than any time during the past four years. He said recently,' "I get the impression from my urban counterparts that they think beef prices only go in one direction - up. First of all I want to correct that misim- pression. Beef prices do fluc- tuate both up and down reflecting a number ,of fac- tors which exist in the North American market - current supply of cattle, current sup- ply of alternative meats, consumer demand, specializing by retailers and market psychology. I men- tion market psychology because frequently I see and hear of consumers rushing out to fill freezers when prices are high and rising. However, cattle prices and wholesale beef prices right now are at the bottom of the range in which they have been moving during the past four years and consequently represent an excellent buy for consumers. In addition, I have appealed to 'retailers for their co-operation in featuring beef in their week- ly specials." Chapple went on to state, "Costs of raising cattle are the same regardless of the price received at the time the cattle go to market. Cat- tle prices today are disastrously low for pro- ducers and undoubtedly a number of cattlemen will be forced to leave the business. In the long run this can only spell lower beef supplies as breeding herds are reduc- ed." meal rum') 524-2177 ALEXANDER & CHAPMAN REALTY LIMITED 10 The Square - Goderich NEW LISTINGS FINEST EXECUTIVE HOME Located at exclusive Ridgewood Park. 5 -year old custom- built home for the discriminating buyer. Many extras include ultra rich carpeting throughout, stone fireplace, central vacuum system, automatic garage door opener, island fireplace, wet bar, etc. Shown by appointment only. Call Roger Turcotte for viewing. UNIQUE COTTAGE PROPERTY Fine 4 -bedroom cottage on one acre lot overlooking lake at Huron Sands beach north of Port Albert. Nicely treed lot lin- ed with privet hedge. Very private. Cottage comes fully fur- nished and has cathedral ceiling. Electric heat. Call Roger for viewing. 'OVER A i UA RrEit CEiNtURV IN REAL tS'rAT4t'"' *.A, "bili" C115NOL18 COQ lr YUIitorti 524 8554 BENT ALlXLifiStt 524 7)48 JOf94 AMMO Multiple Liefing 5erv1ce Merttiter of the Huron Neal Estate Board sic/836 574 11156 developed by an American animal welfare movement and shown by Dr. Hurnik depicted what it considers to be abuse of farm animals. Considered cruel treat- ment of animals by the movement is the restraining of calves used for veal; large numbers of poultry, swine and cattle in one room; poultry penned in small cages; debeaking of poultry, and castration of cattle without anesthesia. Now, those involved in the animal -welfare movement are more factual than they were 20 years ago, said Dr. Hurnik. "You can't dismiss them as not being familiar with real life," added the professor. The movement is having 'Town & Country its effects, added the University of Guelph professor. He referred to the increasing number of people becoming vegetarians. Five freedoms for animals outlined by the movement are that animals should be able to lie down, get up, turn around, groom themselves and stretch their limbs. Some advertising by the movement can affect con- sumers noted Dr. Hurnik. He said that in Germany, eg_ are sold with labels in dicating whether they were produced by free range or caged chickens. 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