The Huron Expositor, 1984-11-07, Page 22- THE HURON EXPOSITOR, NOVEMBER 7, 1984
FARM
Prices higher at stockyards
The market at Brussels Stockyards traded
actively at sharply higher prices. Cows
traded steady. Pigs sold higher. There were
1119 cattle and 657 pigs on offer.
Choice Steers - 83.00 to 87.00 with sales to
90.75
Good Steers - 80.00 to 83.00
A fancy steer consigned by Gerald Ball of
Ernbro weighing 1030 lbs. sold for 90.50 with
his offering of 144 steers averaging 1081 lbs,
Selling for an overall price of 85.72
Twenty steers consigned by Murray Wagg
of RR 5. Mitchell averaging 1224 lbs. sold for
an overall price of 86.83 with sales to 89.75
A steer consigned by L & B Farms of
Wallenstein weighing 1380 lbs, sold for
90.75 with his offering of 39 heavy steers
averaging 1379 lbs, selling for an overall
price of 84.81
Twenty-eight steers consigned by Maple
Emblem Farms of Dungannon averaging
1274 lbs. sold for an overall price of 85.82
with sales to 87.00
Twelve choice steers consigned by Knight
Bros. of Brussels averaging 1147 lbs. sold
for an overall price of 85.71 with sales to
87.50
Four steers consigned by John Armstrong
of Ethel averaging 1100 lbs. sold for an
overall price of 86.40
Ten steers consigned by Bob Blackwell of
RR 1. Ripl veraging 1241 lbs. sold for an
overall priL� of 84.45
Twenty-three steers consigned by Ken
Dalton of RR 1, Walton averaging 1052 lbs.
sold for an overall price of 84.11 with sales to
87.75
Six heavy steers consigned by Stam Farms
of Kincardine averaging 1401 lbs. sold for an
overall price of 85.11 with sales to 87.25
Sixteen steers consigned by Glen Coultes
of RR 5, Brussels averaging 1116 lbs. sold
for an overall price of 85.16
Two steers consigned by Bruce Bros. of
Belgratre averaging 1425 lbs. sold for 84.90
with their lot of 13 steers averaging 1290 lbs.
selling for 84.15
Eighteen steers consigned by George
Drost of Drayton averaging 1212 lbs. sold for
an overall price of 84.84 with sales to 86.75
Fourteen steers consigned by Donald
Schneider of RR 2, Milverton averaging 1073
lbs. sold for 83.10
Choice Exotic Heifers - 83.00 to 88.00 with
sales to 94.75
Choice White-faced Heifers - 79.00 to
83.00
A heifer consigned by Jack Flanagan of
RR 1, Dublin weighing 1110 lbs. sold for
94.75 with his offering of 41 heifers
averaging 1031 lbs. selling for an overall
price of 86.44
Eighteen heifers consigned by Dave Eadie
of Holyrood averaging 1178 lbs. sold for an
overall price of 88.21
Fifteen heifers consigned by Alvin Grain•
ger of RR 2, Wroxeter averaging 1088 lbs.
sold for an overall price of 86.80 with sales to
88.25
Fifty heifers consigned from Wilfred
Riddell of Granton averaging 1032 lbs. sold
for an overall price of 86.22 with sales to
89.00
Twenty-two heifers consigned by George
Blake of Brussels averaging 1052 lbs. sold
for an overall price of 85.81 with sales to
89.00
Seventeen heifers consigned by Earl Fitch
of RR 1, Wroxeter averaging 1089 lbs. sold
for an overall price of 84.45 with sales to
86.20
Seventeen heifers consigned by Harold
Bell of RR 1, Wroxeter averaging 1043 lbs.
sold for an overall price of 85.65
A heifer consigned by Wilbur McFadden
of RR 1, Millbank weighing 1080 lbs. sold for
91.00 with his lot ofg 11 heifers averaging
1095 lbs. selling for an overall price of 84.53
Sixteen heifers consigned by Glen Johns-
ton of RR 2. Bluevale averaging 1008 lbs.
sold for an overall price of 84.62 with sales to
85.75
Eleven mixed heifers consigned by Fred
Marshall of Fergus averaging 1020 lbs. sold
for 84.00 with his offering of 25 heifers
averaging 987 lbs. selling for 83.48
A good supply of mainly morning cows
sold steady.
Choice Cows - 48.00 to 52.00
Good Cows - 44.00 to 48.00
Canners & Cutters - 38.00 to 44.00
Heavy Bulls traded to a high of 65.25
30 to 40-fb. pigs traded to a high of 32,50
40 to S0 -lb. pigs to a high of 43.00
50 to 60•16.. pigs to a high of 50.25
60 to 70 -Ib, pigs to a high of 56.50
70 to 80 -Ib. pigs to a high of 60.75
Oldest working tractor found
A tractor more than 60 years old and still
earning its keep in Ontario is the winner of
Massey-Ferguson's world-wide search for
the oldest tractor.
The machine, a Massey -Harris No. 2, circa
1918, still works on Orland Nicholson's
40 hectare farm in Cameron, Ontario, where
it is used for general chores, plowing,
running a hammer mill and spreading
manure,
it will be featured in the Royal Winter Fair
parade in Toronto on Nov. 7.
The world-wide competition to find the
oldest working Massey -Ferguson, Massey -
Harris or Ferguson -system tractor was
organized by the company to celebrate the
centennial on Nov. 4 of Harry Ferguson,
"Father of ,the Modern Farm Tractor". To
qualify, tractors had to be made by any one of
the ancestor companies of the present
Massey -Ferguson organization, be fitted
with the original engine block, gearbox
transmission, and be in operational use at
least two days a month.
As the outright winner of the competition
from nearly 10,000 entries world-wide, Mr.
Nicholson will receive a new 34 -horsepower
MF 240 tractor, and a trip for two to the U.K.
In addition, he will receive 51,000 cash as
winner for Canada.
During its long and productive life, the
winning MH 2 has had only three owners.
The first was Sid Thomas of¢Ialiburton, Ont.,
who used the tractor to run a sawmill. Mr.
Thomas sold the machine to Elmer Hughey of
nearby Highland Grove in 1930 who used it
for contract thrashing and sawing lumber.
Until the mid 1940's though it was mainly
kept as a standby tractor thereafter, the only
repair Mr. Hughey had to perform was to
replace a set of engine bearings. In 1962, he
sold the tractor to its present owner.
Some 66 years after it was built, the MH 2
still gives Orland Nicholson good service. His
MF dealer, W..1. Lambert and Son of
Beverton. Ont., assisted him with one of the
tractor's only major repairs by replacing a
sticky valve in 1963 when the machine also
had rubber added to the steel wheels to
comply with legal requirements for moving it
on the highway.
Mr. Nicholson adds philosophically that he
will probably retire before his MH 2.
The MH 2 was the second model of tractor
to be built by Massey -Harris and was
produced between 1918 and 1924 at the
company's plant in Weston, Ont. Weighing
5,200 lbs. and driven by a four -cylinder
engine, the tractor was rated at 22 brake
horsepower and 12 hp at the drawbar. It has
two forward gears, giving speeds of I.% mph
and 2.3/8 mph respectively and a reverse.
The cost of the tractor when new was about
$1,000.
Annual meeting has new format
This year the annual Huron County Soil &
Crop Improvement meeting will take on a
new format. Comments received after the
past two annual meetings have dictated a
change in the format of the meeting.
The annual meeting will feature the usual
banquet format. This will be followed by
mostly crop production information. This
information will include the results of the
corn hybrid trials, wheat variety trials and
soybean varieties. The soybean and corn
trials will be dependent on getting enough
farm Wal results from growers.
There will also be a presentation from the
rncnarrhnrc at Centralia College hiehliahtina
the 1984 research. As well, there will be a
summary of some of the other Soil & Crop
projects including the no -till plots.
One part of this year's annual meeting will
be changed. There will not be any awards or
plaques presented. Instead the Conservation
Award, promoters of Soil & Crop Improve-
ment plaques, etc. will be presented at a
banquet on Jan. 11. This banquet, complete
with a guest speaker, hopefully will attract
Soil and Crop members and their wives. This
evening is planned as a social event.
The 1984 Soil and Crop improvement
Annual Meeting is in Seaforth on Nov. 29.
DRESSED FOR BUSINESS -Employees at
several Seaforth businesses dressed In
Halloween costumes on Wednesday. The
staff at the Bank of Commerce dressed
"down" and Include, back row, left to right:
Dianne Bennett, Donna Fry,• Marlene Har-
burn, Marg Ungarlan, Barb Caldwell, Joe
Magri, Cheryl McClure. Front row: Sharon
Motycka, Garfield, Jim Gould, Shirley
Cooper. Employees at the TD Bank and Lyons
Foodmarket were also In costume for the
occasion. (Wasslnk photo)
A little job ...that counts
Many successful dairymen will tell you that
"it's the little things that make the
difference!" It might mean a little more grain
to highproducers, a little more cow sense in
heat detection, or a little more attention for
the heifers.
One of the "little jobs" that has been
shown to pay big dividends in heifer raising is
fall treatment to control warbles and lice.
The presence of warble fly grubs in dairy
heifers may reduce growth rate by as much as
20 per cent over the winter months. This
reduction in growth not only wastes feed, but
often prevents heifers from reaching their
potential mature size. Grub infested, un-
thrifty heifers may have disappointing first
The challenge of
The lives of farm women are filled with
challenge, excitement, novelty and plenty of
opportunities to exercise their capabilities.
The roles of wife and mother are combined
with the responsibilities of living on a farm,
being a friend and neighbor, meeting special
community needs and seeing to their own
personal growth and development.
But there are times when some farm
women feel empty, trapped, exhausted and
d_scouraged. Special skills and attitudes are
lactations and be more susceptible to other
disease problems.
Treating heifers in the fall with a systemic
insecticide safely and conveniently destroys
the grub in the gut region before the real
damage its done. Systemic insecticides also
control adult lice and if a second treatment is
performed three weeks later, excellent louse
control can be realized.
The treatments are systemic in nature,
must be applied before the end of November,
and must not be applied to lactating dairy
animals.
it's just a little job, but one that pays off in a
big way!
rural living
required for these times.
Centralia College of Agricultural Technol-
ogy is offering Stress -"A Mat -ter of Atti-
tude", the second session of a five part series
on Nov. 10. Guest speaker is Dr. Robert Eidt,
chiropractor.
As a specialist in Stress Education, Dr.
Eidt has conducted numerous seminars for
business, industry and professional people.
Courses are free of charge. To register phone
Centralia College, 228-6691.
The results are in
U.S. university and dealer results from the past four growing seasons prove it - strip
applied fertilizer produces a higher yield than broadcast applications. The reason is con-
centrated placement. Plant roots are more able to feed from a nutrient -rich strip than
from a diluted total coverage application.
Whether you are in conventional moldboard, minimum till or no -till strip application
results in improved nutrient efficiency.
DAVE SELKIRK, an FBDB representa-
tive will be in the SEAFORTH area
EVERY TUESDAY. Come and meet
him. There is no obligation and no coats
and your business can gain a lot from it.
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