The Huron Expositor, 1965-08-12, Page 10Ij
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'OBITUARIES
MRS. H. C. SWARTZL,'ANDER".
Funeral service was held on
¶ I 1.traday fpr Mrs. H. C.
Swartander, the former Mary
Carlin, of. Seaforth. Mrs.
Swartzlander died in Calgary
Iospital Sunday after a lengthy
illness. She was a resident of
Calgary for 38 years, a mem-
ber of St. Mary's Cathedral,
and a graduate nurse of Holy
Cross Hospital.
Survivors include one son,
Dr. Frank C. -Swartzlander; one
gaughter, Mrs. L. J. Stack; eight
randchildren, all of Calgary.,
a sister, Mrs. Dollie Mclllhar-'
gey, Toledo, Ohio. Her hus-
band, Dr. H. C. Swartzlander,
died in 1960.
Requiem High Mass was held
at St. Mary's Cathedral at 10
a.m. and burial was ; in St.
Mary's cemetery.
The New Topnotch
RESEARCH CENTRE
is an all -electric building
and we appreciate being
entrusted with the
-"electrical contract.
A. Sills & Sons
llumbing - Heating - Electrical
Phone 527-1620 -: Seaforth
We Are Pleased.
To Have Been
Entrusted With The
Construction of
The Grain Silos for
TOPNOTCH
FEEDS LTD.
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Stratford
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o;notch Research Centre
Studies Production Problems
Results of studies completed
in the new Topnotch Feeds
Limited Research Centre on
Crombie. Street, filly justify
the decision to create the cen-
tre, according to Dr, John Har-
vey, who is in charge of the
company research program.
The Topnotch Research Cen-
tre has been built to provide
the Company with information
out of its own resources which
it is difficult to obtain in other
ways. The need for such infor-
mation has become ,more ap-
parent. during recent years as
the business of animal agricul'
ture has -intensified and become
more complicated.
Dr. Harvey explained that un-
til now Topnotch has obtained
its research information by
studying the published results
of research carried on in Ex-
periment Stations and Indus-
trial ' Research Establishments.
In addition, some field testing
was carried out on the premis-
es of co-operating customers.
Since research normally is pub-
lished at least 12 months in ar-
rears of .its completion, the re-
action time 'from the fornier
source has become too long.
Field testing on the premises
of customers sometimes is dif-
ficult to control, necessitating
special ,intergation of results.
It was for these.. reasons Top-
notch decided 'to enter the field
of direct research.
"In entering the research
field, Topnotch selected areas in
which a modest effort was con-
sidered likely to produce valu-
able returns at an early date.
The possibility . of expanding
the present .effort as experi-
ence with its operation is 'ac-
cumulated has not . been .over -
'looked," Dr. Harvey said.
The type of • research' to be
carried out, is that which norm-
ally -is- called applied research,
as opposed to basic or funda-
mental research. The latter re-
quires extensive ,laboratory fa-
cilities and special • staff. Ap-
plied research may be consid-
ered as the .application of the
results of basic research to
practical production under con
trolled conditions. It is this
type of research that is being
carried out in the Topnotch
Research .Centre.
The experiments consist' ''of
comparisons among various
treatments to different types of
livestock. "For instance," Dr.
Harvey 'said, "we shall try ,to
determine whether one feed in-
gredient yields. more energy
than another, rather than how
many calories per pound either
ingredient would yield in , a
ration."
In and Out Basis "
es of poultry. and of swine. The
main weight of 'effort is direct-
ed towards broiler chickens in
the poultry area, although tests
with pullets, layers and turkeys
may be expected in time. With
swine., most of the effort is
with market hogs,. althouih oc-
casional tests may be expected
with sows and litters, but it is
not anticipated that a breed-
ing herd will be established.
If sow research is carried out,
this will be done with stock
purchased for . the duration of
the experiment and disposed
of
at termination. Tests will be ori
an in -and -out basis.
Features being investigated
include those associated with
environment, nutrition and gen-
etics. Topnotch will search for
the best condtions under
which stock should be. main:
tained, the "best breed -strains
that; should be used, the best
nutrient- combinations for ac-
complishing productive purpos-
es, and the interactions be-
tween. factors among these
three classifications.
The overall aim of the entire
Changes Possible
In New Centre
The new 'topnotch Research
Centre consiss of • a single
building' located on the com-
pany's property, four hundred,
feet east of the main building
facility on Crombie Street.
The building is a stud -frame
construction with a truss roof,
giving clear Span 0from wall to
wall, an& is clad with attrac-
tively enamelled steel over ten -
test, and lined throughout with
plywood. The walls are insulat-
ed with four inches q.f "fibre
insulation and the ceiling with
six inches of .the same mater-
ial. The entire building is ade-
quately vapour.barriercd.
The fields of effort selected
acs being the most probably
fruitful are those of all class -
now being used to raise eight
groups 'of broiler chickens,
could equally well be used to
raise complete floors, of broil-
er chickens, started pullets or
laying hens. 'In addition, wire
partitions may be removed and
laying hen cages hung from the
ceiling. '
To make possible the fumi-
gation of individual sections' of
the building, interior partitions
are lined with polyethene and
are vapour -tight. The floor is
concrete, with, a polyethene
barrier immediatelybelow the
concrete to prevent the flow ,of
moisture .from the soil into the
floor.
The building is 104 feet in
length, of :wIrich a central 16
feet is used . as a feed room,
with a small' office in one cor-
ner. The -easterly end of the
building is , 32 feet in width,
and there is an eight -foot ser-
vice room at the end... The ac-
tual space available for poultry
under test is .40' by 32', divided
into two rooms, each •20' by
32'. At present this is divided
into 'eight' • wire -walled pens,
each 10' by 12'. The w,ire par-
titions are in sections of four
feet, dismountable so that the
pattern may be changed 'at
will. They are arranged on
either Side of an eight -foot cen-
tre service alley.
The two rooms may bei iso-
lated to run independent. tests.
Should this be done, ' the ser-
vice room at the eastern' end
is put into use as a feed 'room
for the easternmost poultry
vroom. These two rooms, while
program is tb develop' the most
effective feeding programs to
recommend
tomers and
to support
the field.
to company cus-
the /feeds necessary
these programs in
EGMON'DVILLE- NEWS O.THEVEEK
Mrs. Michael McGrath, Bill,
Jim, Mary Anne , and Larry
were in Chatham on Sunday,
visiting Father C. E. Sullivan.
Mrs. Cleave ' Coombs has re-
turned from Victoria Hospital,
London, following an opera-
tion. �►
Mr. Chris Coombs and Mr.
Bill MacLean were at Kincar-
dine last Wednesday attending
the amateur golf tournament.'
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kenny,
of -London, were Sunday visi-
tors with Mrs,' R. Dalrymple
and Charlie.
Mr. Stevens and Mr. and Mrs.
Norman MacLean .and Bill were
at Red Bay on Sunday.' Mr.
Stevens is, visiting this week in
Kitchener with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard James
and infant daughter, Amanda,
visited the former's parents,
Rev. and Mrs. James, at Lion's
Head .on Sunday.
Mrs. Howard James 'and Eliz-
abeth MacLean were in London
on Monday.
Mrs. MacLean, Sr., Mrs. Nor-
man MacLean and. Mrs. Tony
Phillips were in London Mon-
day evening visiting -John Mac-
Lean, who is a 'patient in St.
Joseph's Hospital.
Mrs. Ted Brown and Linda,
who have been tenting for the
past two weeks at Little Falls,
Goderich, returned -home Sun-
day.
Mr. an Mrs. Charlie Green
attended the funeral of the
late Mr. Percy Tebbutt, Varna,
on Friday.
WALTON
Reoent visitors at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Clarke
were: Mr. and Mrs. Lorne
Thornton, Hanna, Alta.; Mr.
Rodger' Thornton, of Hamilton;
Mrs. Jim Easson, Grimsby, and
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hutton, of
Listowel. "
Education is' learning one
new fact a day.
A symposium 'originally was a
Grecian dinner 'party.
Variety of Arrangements
The westerly end at present
is used for market' hogs. Forty
feet long by twenty-four feet in
width, the back four feet of
the room contains a' four -feet -
deep dropping pit, covered with
oaken slates. With the excep-
tion of an eight -foot -wide ser-
vice alley, the room is divided
into eight pens,g� five feet
wide by sixteent long, to
house eight market hogs. The
pen partitions are of steel with
stanchions bolted to the floor
and capable of being moved so
that a variety of pen arrange-
ments may be obtained. The
four feet nearest the alley in
each pen is underlaid with two
inches of styrofoam." insulation,
and serves as the 'warm bed-
ding area for swine.
The entire building is pow-
ered by hydro. In each room
are electric- space heaters
mounted on the ceilings. All
brooding, both of poultry and
swine, is done with heat lamps.
Ventilation is accomplished
with,, fans• blov0ing out on the
one side and drawing air, in
through double glazed windows
with side baffles on the other
side.
According to Topnotch offi-
cials, early experience with
the building has confirmed the
original plans for flexibility in
operation. Heat lamp brooding
for poultry has 'proven quite
acceptable, and the swine have
required no special effort to
train to the use of the insulat-
ed bedding area provided for
them. -
WE CONGRATULATE
TOPNOTCH FEEDS LTD.
on the completion
of new grain handling facilities
We are 'happy to have been
responsible for the
electrical installations.
STRATFORD DIVISION
SUTHERLAND & SCHULTZ
U LTZ
LTD. - -
ro
28 Erie Street s Stratford
4w,., •
We are proud to have been selected - as
GENERAL CONTRACTORS
for the new
TOPNOTCH RESEARCH CENTRE BUILDING
and congratulate Topnotch Feeds Limited
on, this fuether contribution being made
for the benefit of the
agricultural.: economy in this area.
JOHN LANSINK & SONS
General Contractors - : Seaforth
Tr.
How flameless
electric heating
makes all other
heating systems
out of date!
amp
• It's the world's safest heating system—completely flameless.
• It's cleaner than any other heating system–cannot-create dust, smoke,
soot or dirt of any kind.
• You get custom -comfort in every room–'electric heating offers you a
separate thermostat in each room. - .
• Easy to install–no furnace 'or fuel tank.
• No annual maintenance costs–nothing to clean, no filters to replace,
electric heating is truly a carefree system. ' -
r.
This, is why Tdpnotch Feeds Limited, chose Elec-
tric Heat for its New Research Centre, where cleanliness
and flexibility is so important.
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