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a pe se WP --_-- feaadt Se Bins The Port Perry Figure Skating Club did itself proud recently when team members banded 'together to win overall first prize at Scugog Frolics, a December 13 competition in Lindsay. In this picture, are.the skaters who passed pro- ficiency in time for the Frolics. At front, from left is: Erin Chellew, Lori Buscher, Noelle Currie- 40 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Tuesday, January 27, 1987 In this picture are the skaters who hadn't passed proficiency in time for Scugog Frolics, although some have since. At front from left is: Jennifer Hammond, Julie Obstfeld, Andrea Edgar, Brandon"Hammond, Janine Hammond, 57 X Cah od i > F 4 § / : / dal. / PAL F § - 7 4 4 LE Rh Mills, Angela Kowalczyk, Corrine White, Leanne Goslin, Sarah Chapman, Tricia Young and Shawna Cornish. At back is Stephanie White, Lisa Paterson, Lisa Jansen, Megan Chellew, Sheryl Gibson, Tammy Zaparanuik, Erin Edgar and Danna Broadworth. Sunny Shewan. At back is: Heidi Obstfeld, Sum- 'mer Prentice, Sarah Puckrin, Tamara Empr- ingham, Misty Garvock, Kim Rollo, Lindsey Pat- ton, Nicole Bolton and Nicole Gibson. Iron could ease fatigue Do you work with someone who - seems to be a walking definition of the word lazy? Or maybe you know a teenager who doesn't have the * energy to brush his hair, let alone shovel the snow? How can these peo- ple always be tired? Chances are their energy levels and your own could be boosted by increased intake of that well-known mineral, iron Iron is essential for the body to manufacture hemoglobin -- a pro- tein of the red blood cells that takes oxygen to every cell and tissue throughout the body. There are several types of anemia, but the . most common is a condition where iron deficiency results in fow levels of hemoglobin and consequently, in- sufficient oxygen to the cells. Chronic tiredness or weakness are often evidence of anemia-type iron deficiencies. Due to the loss of red blood cells "during menstruation. women have long been the target of advertising for iron supplement products, but they are.not the only ones to ex- perience iron deficiencies. A U.S. national survey revealed that 95 per cent of children aged one to three, and 68 per cent of children four to five years old have low iron intake. Hemoglobin counts also seem to drop with age. In seniors iron defi- _ciency anemia may go unnoticed as _its symptoms -- such as general fatigue, confusion, difficulty walk- ing, and depression -- may be mistaken for "ordinary' signs of ad- vancing age. + Iron rich foods include organ meats (heart, liver, kidney), apricots, wheat germ and blackstrap molasses. There are two kinds of iron as far as your body is concerned. Heme iron, found in liver, beef, fish and poultry, is the more absorbable of the two. Non- heme iron makes up about #5 To 90 per cent of the iron in the diet of an average Canadian. Non-heme iron comes from green vegetables, dry beans, prunes, nuts and raisins. Ab- sorption of iron, especially non- heme iron, depends on a person's need for iron and combinations of foods in a meal. For example, the amount of iron absorbed from corn ca be doubled if it is eaten with fish or beef, and adding vitamin C to a meal of rice can more than triple iron absorption. Unfortunately for children, milk, 'Pheese and eggs may inhibit iron ab- sorption. Phosphates, which are ad- ditives widely used in commercial baked goods, soft drinks, candy, and ice cream, are also iron inhibitors. The people at you local health food store can tell you some of the best ways to put more energy into your days with added iron 158.2 bushels per acre Howard Tapscott of Claremont, was the winner of the Durham West 150 Bushel Corn Club in 1986, with a + yield of 158.2 bushels per acre. Mr. Tapscott received the Mac Allbright " Trophy, a wrist watch from the Durham West, Rama and Mara Soil . and Crop Improvement Association, and two $30 Pioneer vouchers from Robert Hunter Farms Ltd. In se- cond place was Bill Robinson, Brooklin, with a yield of 151, follow- ed by Bruce Wilson, Uxbridge, in third place with a yield of 150.4. Average yield for the 32 farmers in the competition was 131.04 bushels of shelled corn per acre at 15.5 percent moisture. Yields were taken on a three acre plot, with each - contestant using the variety of his choice, and any cultural practices at his disposal to produce the highest possible vield. | Claremont man wins corn club The club was brought to a cenclu- sion with an Awards' Night and Ban- . 'quet in the United Church Hall, Brooklin, on the evening of Friday, December 5th. The guest speaker on this occa- sion was Mr. Brian Smith, St. Lawrence 'Reactors Ltd., Mississauga. Mr. Smith spoke on New Markets for Ontario Corn. In his remarks, he indicated that there could be a substantial market in the future for corn to be used for the production of fuel alcohol. Others, who spoke briefly, were . Leonard Davis, President, Durham West, Rama and Mara Soil and Crop Improvement Association, Jack Kyle, Soils and Crops Specialist, Lindsay, and Ivan Bell, Agricultural Representative, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Uxbridge. Sex versus computers out in the barnyard Animal breeding strategies are worked out in the barnyard less and less these days. In the computer "labs at the University of Guelph, it is technology that predicts how a calf will look and perform even before a cow and bull are mated. Of- ficially called the Centre for Genetic Improvement of Livestock, a group of scientists, technicians and com- puter specialists maintains the University's "position as a world leader .in genetic research and livestock evaluation programs, says director Ted Burnside. Scientists at the Guelph campus have the country's largest data files on dairy cattle performance records, a file still growing at the rate of 100,000 entries a year: Almost as extensive are the files on beef cat- tle, swine, poultry, sheep, fish and hores. From the information contained in these files, University of Guelph researchers have developed evalua- tion systems now routinely used in Canada and around the world by livestock producers intent on breeding genetically superior livestock. Each system involved the solution of complex mathematical equations that tabulate all the per- formance records on each animal, compare them to those of other animals in the same herd or flock, and rank them on the basis of the economically important traits. In dairy cattle, traits would include milk production, protein and butter- fat content, milking speed, body type and calving ease. 'A new computer system has greatly facilitated complex mathematical calculations. Affec- tionately known to the researchers as "Gil," the $1.8 million system, a gift from IBM Canada, has turned night into day for the researchers by permitting them to follow through on one of the centre's prime objec- tives, the development of data base systems for livestock records that will save months of editing'on many research projects. Practical benefits of the research are numerous. To provide swine breeders with an effective tool for improving the quality of their breeding stock, Agriculture Canada recently adopted a' University of Guelph procedure based on traits such as backfat measurement and * weight, as part of a national genetic evaluation system for pigs Agriculture Canada also operates a national sire monitoring program for beef cattle using similar technologies developed at the University. BG: / The centre prepares semi-annual reports that rank dairy sires of all major breeds for the conformation and milking speeds of their daughters. To many breed associa- _ tions and exporters of breeding stock, such reports can be more im- portant than a first-prize ribbon earned in the show ring, says Burn- side. Statistical technology not on- ly allows the ranking of animals whose performance records are in the data system, it also enables researchers to forecast characteristics for the offspring of these animals and predict for pro- ducers the economic benefit - of mating a dam to a particular sire. Research at the centre in technologies to facilitate the freez- ing and thawing of semen and in an- nual genetics has also contributed to Canada's acknowledged leadership in cattle and swine breeding, says Burnside. The development of im- proved insemination techniques isa recent focus of research, and there "is a proposal to open up new areas of research in embryo manipulation.- Other current projects at the cen- tre include studies of the growth rate of Atlantic salmon and nutrient requirements of laying hens. A pro- ject to breed sterile trout with three = - sets of chromosomes instead of two is intended to ascertain if energy "normally used for reproduction can be diverted to growth. For many countries that want to adopt Canada's animal breeding technologies and evaluation systems, the centre is a resource. It has aided the development pro- grams in Mexico, Cuba, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Italy and Argentina. This fall the centre hosted visiting professors from - universitjes in Holland, Spain and Norway. The centre will continue to expand its international expertise through recently funded industrial research chairs in| the areas of animal, biotechnology, animal breeding "strategies, and molecular biology. The Natural Sciences and Engineer- ing Research Council, Semex Canada, and the Ontario Association - of Animal Breeders are the spon- sors. The agricultural industry and government have traditionally sup- 'ported the centre's work. & and Tr. i Sr OA a NG iT . / . : Von I UA oe al PA p -- rN nN pee