Ontario Community Newspapers

Barrie Examiner, 20 Sep 1967, p. 24

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menu mu mmnrrn no TT DON LAGEER Crcemore iarmer is shown with dog Lady at his arm where var ious experiments have been carried out to reduce calf loss as from common diseasu Baker Photot can Tests Made By BRIAN BAKE CREEMORE Increasingly important it is today for young farmers to experiment in order to reduce labor rcquirements and make their operations more efficient One of the more inter esting operations where young farmers are concerned seen by the writer was that or Don La gecr Creemore Don who nonetheless stresses that his operation is still in the experimental stages and there are no mndusive mutt as yet raises considerable number of calves or vealing and on sum mer basis raises market pigs beside doing 40sz harvesting RISKY BUSINESS ithe majority oi cattle owners find raising calves born on their on forms tricky business much less raising calves bouhgt at sales barns But Don finds that by treating calves with two cubic centimeter injedion oi as penicillinstremptomyein live stock dnlg oniftmd scans and pneumonin real mil killers are no problem in the calves Calves tilat have been sold through sales barns naturally undergo lot of stress and this stress seem ho reduce their re sistance to calflmd diseases says Don For this reason treat the calves as soon as unload them from the truck at the barn It is the same wrth calves born here on the term the first ta hmus are the most critical of the last 16 calves Aherdeenningus crossed with Holstein had to give only one oi them treatment for scours Ashe puts it Don is great believer in feeding lots oi water with milk from his cow herd in order not upset the oavea stomachs ieccling in the ratio oi about hall milk and half water Within two weeks in in days the young calves will start to eat rolled oats and little lat er hay This solid dry feed gives the calves the nutrition they need but in form that does not act as culture infusion for an desirable bacteria inside the ca REDUCE LOSSES Veterinarian Dr Flemming Barrie now retired describes how infection of the navel in new born calm can resultinvarious calfhooddiseases notably joint disease and this can he prevent ed or the chance minimized by painting the navel with iodine white muscle particularly com mon in beei calves results from deficiency in Vibamln or sel enium Draits and wet cold con ditions he says are the coma At Creemore Farm mon causes of pneumonia in calves Recently Don hos set up summer pigh in budding with room for too plgsi it is unusual hi that it is an open frontcd building where the pigs can go under for shelter from hot sun and rain or exercise under the open sky irecly in their pens which are designed for maximum health ii you notice says Don youll see that the concrete floor has alslope toward the front where there is four loot drop just the other side oi the pen fence This makes it easy to dean the pens by scoping the waste down over the edge where it can later be picked up with the tractorrmounted loader dir ectly into the spreader can clean the pans out in 15 minutes day This setaip when have It completed should not cost much over seven dollars pig Later want to putin hulk feeder Mild is also in the or iginal cost estimate FORAGE WAGON To speed up haying and bar CookstOWn OldTimer Tells About Changes cooxemwrt sum cau ed and to oldtimer when here gel in Coohtown durhg the put vlntcd ihreoqnerten of century were commuted upon here by Davis on 81 year old visitor irom Etoblcoke native oi Cooketown area Mr Davis left here for Tomato with his retreat when young boy and or can we sales man He so be mostly enjoy lt was nice to see the village and pine remembered iron boyhood he laid stating he was not greatiy surprised by the relatively little change in popu lation Is he had followed Cooks town activities to some extent when way come the buildings are diiiereot and homes are mod ern there werent the good high way in the old days and there are other change in keeping with progreu be said but you ea still tell it is the some place ENDOFERA Decision to remove the rails way station marked one oi the From Buehlers gtSIRLOIN OR WING STEAK RUMEOR ROUND STEAK ROAST USA No GREEN RAPESI vesting Don has built himself aelinnloading forage wagon at fraction of the cost of manuihchired wagon Now he canpiekupbayorstraw direct from the windrow and chop it fine with the forage harvester and blow it back into the wagon What he starts the wagon tree tordrtven he can go away and work at chores in the barn while the machinery empties the wag on and blows it into hay mows in the barn While many farmers iind that putting chopped hay oi straw down to the stables below leaves alleywaysblocked with heaps oi chopped material Don has made cribs under the ieed chutes to contain this material neatly for use as needed one for hay one for straw DOG BIG HELP gt big help around his form when it comes to handlin the livestock is his Scotch order collie Lady obtained from Bob onmuo FANCY MELBA Ame Walker Creemore wellvlrnnwn Canadian Border Collie raiser This dog says Don seems to gt have sixth sense knowing what is wanted Rid as singlingout one animal mm bunch or bringing group of animal into one corner and holding them there or ietching the cows One night Don recalls the cows broke panel of rails down in the yard fence Lady heard the commotion streaked to the scene and lay on the fallen rails the rest of the night and defied any cow to try to escape They didnt MacDonald desiy ERNDP Candidate 73y donnon some SUDEURI CF Donald MacDonald Ontario New Dem oeratic Party leader scolded one of his NDP candidates Tuesdaymight for describing the Sudbury area as aslum MacDonald said Dr Mort ion controversial ND candidate for the Oct 11 provincial election in the Toron to riding of High Park was mostly wrong when he made the reierencetn slumsv last weekend lle was mostly wrong because yrs ors on their first trip to the area are shocked by the landscape of burnt rock and deztrnyed vegetation and by th poor housing and polluted vater But on suhseq nt visits Mr IllicDonald Asai these actors are overlooked because one could see the spirit of the peo ple of the area earn PARTLY maria The NDP lender speaking at news eonierence said Dr shulijnan should not however he made Bea It These are people who diase scapegoats while avoiding issues He said Dr Shutrnan was also partly right because the problems he outlined have to be recognized bfiore they could be aolved Mr MacDonald rrived ait an eighthour Ste Marie during which time he made vsevenatops visiting hamlets and towns along the road talking with party work ers and candid chatting with passersby He visited the communities of Mines Blind River Spragge Serpent River Span ishlIasseyarid Eapanola In Blind Billet he had coiled with Angus nircotte NDP can didate in Algomariding At Spragge town of about 170 persona Mr MacDonald spokoto group oi to in front of the general store max wrap wonirans Atlitassey he meta small grim of people in fronton the puhl library and then went to Espanela to talk with workers changing shlite at the Frown from Saiilt homilndustriea Ltd plant ONTARIO NO SNOW WHITE MUS EARLY BIRD FEATURE OVEN READY TURKEYS f5 96 Wittltd LB AVERAGE most recent diameters th nioneer era At one time Coon town had factory and cheesenub rig iodmtry The first grist mill was built by James Spindles tum With on so In the viiiaze hu item bank modem stores exulimt eitht rink community centre and one of the finest agricultural grounds oi any place of its tioo to Ontario The heedque rs of the Central Ontario Cutti Breeding Anociaiion is located on Queen Street it her changed lot guest Every glue has through the years at Cookstown is link FRESH FROZEN FREE STORAGE TILL THANKSGIVING FEARMAN LB PKG SLIch RINDLEss BACON 59 NEW YORK DRESSED CHICKENS LB MAPLE LEAF gt OR TBONE LSTEAKS anus PORTERHOUSE 9° MAPLELEM 3MIIICEM out too and was tied to visit said Mr Davis UNDERHLNDABII PRIDE While In the Village he villi ed the Coohtown ilir which he said had changed lot and was fine exhliitlon can well understand the pride oi thou responsible for it he remarked old records show Cochrtown obtained its first agriculth building in 1366 when they were given rights to drill shed build for training volunteers for action in the Fenian raids Cookstown was police village with its own board at trustees from not until last when it be came an incorporated village HOMESTEAD BREIDT7 95° 24 oz LOAVES WHITE mm Desoaurrsnso VEGETABLES Lima Beans Carrots Corn Peas Carrots Itli STOKELYS MIX OR MATCH 14 oz TINS PH 25 oz runs 23 oz runs it LB PKGs PEAMEALED OQEANEPRAY sack End Cuts By The Plan OR Is oz WHOLE TNS It on emel tre Mm ha long been chairman of the board oi milieu the int nose and lined tor our years He was succeeded to heldoi the couch by Monkman the sweat nova DISTRICT BRIEFS nonaEsaoc COMES STAYNER Shit Notch of entries to centennial horse shoe pitching coatat at the Stay ner community fair on Wednes day Sept 21 ha been asked here Thus should be sent to in 100 Ioo SOLOBARCHMENT mum aarqt Bacon CRANBERRYJSAUCEE JELLIED Thurs Fri99 Satr83O6I 16 humor as EAST 3gp an

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