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farming report by al wall l asntulmril kcpiesuiutivc lor loik county newmarket this weeks report u a collection of different items that i hope will be of inter est the first has to do vith workmens compensation the first step in getting the plan into operation was ta ken last week letters were mailed to most farmers ask ing for estimates of wages to be paid for the year the letters also gave farm own ers an opportunity to get personal coverage it is pos sible that some did no re ceive a letter due to the dif ficulty in getting a complete mailing list those who weie missed may send their name either to our office or direct ly to the compensation board the junior farmers in york county have an inter esting centennial project going it will identify and give recognition to farmers whose farms have been own ed by the same family for a hundred years or more help is needed in finding the farms that qualify anyone knowing of centennial farms is asked to advise the president spencer finch of fin 1 king city mastitis continues to be an irritating problem in a lot of dairy herds there are dozens of things that can be done to try to beat it but many of them are a trial and error proposition to me the mastitis control pro gramme oilers the surest most reliable method for making real headway our quota in york has vacancies at the moment and further details as well as application forms can be had from our office a bus tour has been ar ranged for beef rren in york it goes to oxford county on march 29th feedlots large and small as well as a cow- calf business will be visit ed reservations should be made this week corn growers can enter an ontariowide yield competi tion this year prizes are good and we want lots of entries from york entries have to be made right away though and id like to hear from anyone interested 4h clubs will be organ ized during the easter holi days boys and girls be tween 12 and 20 years arc all invited to join a club in their community our congratulations go this week to two men from york roy barker from woodbridge caps a long career as a holstcin breeder and as a leader in the hol- stein association by being elected president of the ca nadian organization and doug cook from armitage last week won the champ ionship in the dairy cattle section at the kemptvillo agricultural school royal while the two accomplish ments are very diflcrcnt they arc both well worthy- of recognition farm machinery feed costs keep climbing the tribune ihaniif ma u canadian farmers are be ing charged more this year than last for some livestock feeds farm machinery and fertiliser several sources report in ontario prices of grain for feeding livestock and poutry are reported up an average of about 12 per cent from a year ago and in western canada protein supplements for animals are reported up about 10 per cent the meat packers coun cil of canada said that a rise in the price of feeds doesnt mean an automatic increase in meat prices but there may be higher retail prices this fall or next spring increases in grain prices are said to reflect a scarcity of grain in europe at newmarket district cooperative the grade of oats most widely used for livestock sells at 63 a ton this year compared with s57 a year ago murray lougheed man ager o the feed department added that the main grade of feed barley now is 66 a ton compared with 60 a year ago mill feeds left over from wheat ground for flour are up 10 from s36 a a ton and protein supple ments are up about st he said feed oats at winnipeg re cently were s9i cents a bushe compared with 6h cents a year earlier feed barley was sl31i a bushel up from si 22 4 a year earlier farm machinery prices average from 2 to f out lier cent higher than a year ago largely because oi high labour and raw material costs savs massev ferguson ltd the suggested retail price this year for the com panys biggest combine is s12s1s up from 12503 last year the company says tractor pricks it at brampton sholdice service and supply ltd sells 30horsepower tractors for about 5000 up 75 to 100 from a year ago manager william mccurdy said the increase was less than pre vious years fertilizer is more expens ive in ontario but cheaper in the west united cooper atives of ontario which supplies retail coops says prices are higher by an aver age of two per cent out like a lamb these two pigfailed lasses learned that the month of march is sup posed to go out like a lamb and determined that the lamb would go out in style they decked its fluffy head with a springgreen wreath drainage tile expert urges spring cleaning horns and 16 aberdeen an gus bulls were featured on the 16 farmer seen failing to adjust many farmers are having a rough time of it not be cause there isnt money to be made from crop and stock production but be cause they have failed to adjust this was the opinion of prof brian bp perkins agricultural economist uni versity of guclph in an ad dress at the conclusion of farmers week 6g earnings of farmers do not appear to have been lo wer than the average of all occupations in ontario prof perkins said however it is clear that the occupation of farming as a whole has been less re warding than alternative occupations he blamed this on techno logical changes in agricul ture which has resulted in increased output and lower farm product prices the most important in come problem in agricul ture he said is that a large proportion of farmers have not been able to adjust to change sufficiently to raise the income of their families above the poverty level beef bull show s the largest sale of beef bulls in ontario was held un der the auspices of the on tario beef cattle improve ment association on march 15 and 16 in the hays sales arena trafalgar there were 178 top quality beef bulls up for auction bulls being offered at this sale were from the best herds in the province states mr ii e mcgill live stock commissioner ontario department of ag riculture the sire of course is the most improtant influence in a cowcalf herd a perform ancetested sire with good rate of gain and weight for age will transmit a consid erable proportion of his superiority lo his offspring according to mr charles graccy secretary ontariio reef cattle improvement association this means heavier weaning weights and more rapid gains on feed moreover such a sites daughters returning to the breeding herd will carry this superiority as well realizing these princi ples mr graccy reports a group of commercial cow- calf herd owners from the krho and ft francis area of northwestern ontario at tended the ontario show and sale of bulls last year pur chasing 27 pei orinance- tesetd bulls the increase in quality and gainability of the progeny of these hulls will without doube soon at tract the attention of feed- lot operators in southern ontario in the future these operators will likely turn to northern ontario as a source of feeder cattle this year 123 hercfords were shown and sold on march 15 while 30 short- the ontario mastitis con trol program conducted by the department of agricul ture is not a slaughter pro gram its an attempt to control mastitis according to dr h j necly veteri nary services branch when half of ontarios cows have mastitis dairy men must accept the re sponsibly of doing some thing about it we suggest that dairymen remove hope less cases from the milking line those cows which are highly infectious should not of course even be near the rest of the herd its strictly a voluntary program we dont force farmers to do anything we only advise one of the enrolment con ditions of the program states that any cow not responding to treatment should be re moved from the milking line and isolated or disposed of in a manner approved by the director unfortunately this is the major excuse hindering farmers from en rolment because they are afraid that they must dis pose of the best breeding stock in their herds weve never asked a dairyman to remove a cow from his herd reports dr ncely with regular herd testing the dairyman is in a position to decide which cows mean mastitis trouble and lower milk production mastitis is controlled by three basic steps first tarmers must embark upon a system of sound milking management this includes milking procedure and the general maintenance and care of their milking ma- chines second they must set up effective sanitation barriers to eliminate new- infection and reduce disease in those already infected tire third major step is the removal of those cows which tro hopelessly infected if any puddles hover over your drainage tile dig down now urges profes sor r w irwin school of agricultural engineering ontario agricultural college when theres a stoppage in a tile line professor ir win explains water rises to the surface at the point of stoppage this can cause a serious washout tile tile should be dug up at once and cleared broken tile or wide cracks are another menace they cause cave- ins at the sign of the smal lest hole these should be re paired before loo much silt enters the tile system onta rio department of agricul ture publication 36 laying tile by hand describes a method of relaying short sections of drain tile this agricultural engineer adds ditches are often over looked unfortunately how ever they too wont drain efficiently if theyre clogged trees weeds logs brush old fencing and other debris should be cleared from the channel now professor ir win relates this is a real hazard where culverts or bridges may be blocked by this refuse burning and the application of chemicals are sometimes effective in weed control but the use of chem icals may create a hazard lo livestock that use the drain age water for drinking pur poses the ontario department of agricultures publication 290 care and maintenance of the drainage system of fers additional information free of charge to ontario residents from the informa tion branch parliament buildings toronto crippled children mail your gknerous easter seal contribution to faster seal 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