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TO ONTARIO IN APRIL TO SEE WEI-MINUTE DEVELOPMENTS

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Am O O O O O ntano VISIT 0 Cl 1'1C'L1 TUIISLS m“ “"2 I I I A group of 8d PEI agricul-Isteers. purchased mostly in the main assembly point. andicially warm word of apprecia-. This has been a tremendousisaveral Ontario men whom he turista had a useful visit to On-' Northern N.B., were seen distributes it to the feed troughs l tion for Farm Manager W1 A. asset to the farm and they can had seen cut the green hay in “(numb tario farms and industrial plants There were more than 300 without being touched by a hu-l utheriond and M. F Cockburn highly recommend such yards morning, crimp it and bale it a," e. .

handling farm products late in head of Angus cattle on the. April. that wound up With a farm of Tom Jackson. Malton breakfast in the Parliamentaryiwho was here Iast fall with a Restaurant. guests of the fouriconsignrnent of Angus breeding P.E.I. members of parliament,cattle. Mr. Jackson. who also and two members of the Senate. had 150 steers in his feedlot, The tour was termed one of said he is planning anothcr ship- the best island agriculturists merit of the black beef cattle have ever participated in by.hera this coming fall. Livestock Director Lou Roper!

‘who gave me wonderful ass:s- tance in arranging and plan- ning the tour."

The Maple Leaf Milling Com- pany and Toronto Elevators have combined but they still manufacture Master Feeds, and

man hand. Two huge silos hold 700 tons and the feed is taken from them by an automatic un- loader. which feeds the stuff‘ through chutes and into the worm gear where it is thorough. lly mixed with coarsely ground barley. oats and corn and the Mr. Roper also had special entire mixture is automatically praise for lvan Kerry. P.E.l. re- carried into the troughs wherei presentattve who "was of tre-

as being beneficial to the de- velopment of the cattle, parti- 1cularly to the feed and legs of lthe animals. They are also get- ‘ting greater body development in these open faced sheds. the islanders were told

They put all the hay in a build- ing in the middle of the yard. under a separate roof with cribs

leattle and calves.

‘tori, that were all kept in loose

later that day.

The Island visitors saw a Hol- stein dairy herd of some 300 animals in all. counting young at Aubrey Livingstone‘s, north of Bramp-

housing with open faced fronts. This is contrary to all general- ly accepted rules which state

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who says it was sponsored by FEEDING EXPERIMENTS 800 steers can feed at once, if mendous assistance on the tour." on bum 5m“ No arm, n .u that a dairy herdsman must the provincial department of ag- a" I‘gnd'r'ieélwt'e‘idmg githey desire. particularly in the last few is {ed to the heifers. or u, "lei keep his cattle warm or they 8 x 24 """"""'°--" 31‘89 10 x 28 """""""”" “2'18 ricullure in cooperation with I” "‘9" '5'" °“ I e n' n “k” on, man on] 22 min. days when the livestock direc-‘ dry cows during the winter,ican’t produce milk. But this 9 g i; ' the Canadian National Railways. :"m, figmulzug‘“ EDIE“; $qutes each morning andynigm ml tor became ill with a heavy cold and ",9 animals we“, I“ in man produces 3.090 pounds of 9 x "'4 “""' """"' 38"‘1 11 x 28 “"""" ' ' ""' 59'“ assisted by . number of nation- ‘3: “‘1 "’0" “be”, "‘5 trees the stock. The asphait yard Ind "8d ‘° use up on his °“'“Jsolendid condition. Mr. Roper ""1" daily and milks “0‘ less 12 x 24 45.56 10 x 38 66.94 ally known feed and machinery ° ' "‘9 “um ' "V In“ - it, scooped om on" I week cifort. "pm-de ‘than 85 animals.

“"1300 m" “m "9“ Three men look after the en- 11 x 24 53.68 11 a 38 75.96

companies. the Ontario depart- ment of agriculture and several In the ("dim 0‘ (he B'H‘ and E

Ontario farmers all of whom did. RID“ "he" cm" B‘m' M'H evcrything pnssib]. m m.“ “ f'arm commentator owns one-

.“ omsmnding “we”. third of the animals. These cat-

Tm, tour was of unusumy'tle. Mr. Roper explained. are high educational value. ML”?d “0 buy but pea and bean Roper said. to breeders and "n" haul” "0'" I 1"" “n' producers of livestock. and poul- “cry a “"1" “"y' “d "med tn. particularly to those inter-I “'1'” n“ “"7"” "° “°‘

1by a front-end loader and fresh “om-[Ems Sm)qu

ibeddinl l3 PM “1- They have established a spit-n- I The feeders are put in to the did herd of Holstein cattle :Iot about the first of November there and it “as shown by Paul land the lots are emptied hy Croiise. assistant general man- IMay 15 act-r who explained that this 1 They get 93 per cent Red year they built a Inssc homing lBrand carcasses at this feed loll shod for all young and dry cat- uid Mr. Roper who had a spe- llc,

They were carrying no head‘

In this run and it took one man 20 minutes a day '0 feed and check the animals. They were fed all green alfalfa hay which had been cut in .iune and crimpcrl so it could be gathered while II was still green.

The livcsiock director told of

itire operation. and the cows not everything outsmie. except the meal. The open-faced shed has a big roof overhang which provides considerable shelter. and the yard is located so that It is not draughty for the ani-

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;are heavier in the valuable norm rim: FARMEM ,meat portions, and are much Those making the trip had I more desirable to the butcher or so be booa tide farmen or|oacker.itwu explained- membera of a father-and-Ilml The manure from this huge (arm comhination. In addition I media: — it covers perhaps four several local representatives other” with asphalt flooring—is national companies were taken‘ pushed up onto a sIde hill of to Ontario by their firms forisand where it dries out and is the tour. lthen reloaded, put into a drier Aiming ‘at (relief IRWIN!!- where it is heated to 350 degrees of simplified feed lots and care- i Fahrenheit. then put through

ful selection of stock. the agri- culturista were taken to farm where they could see lots‘

a hammer mill where it is fine

.ly ground and then mixed with

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were being prepared for mar- ket at the lowest possible per- unit cost. They also saw pubiic‘ atockysrds where the cattle are sold in rapid-fire style.

other distributors for sale to gardens. flower gardens and lawns.

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The islanders Visited the mm “The whole thins is done up of Bill Sheards. Bolton where so fancy you could handle it son feeder stun wm bem- with your white shirt on." Mr. led by a man who [rm so ac- ‘ Roper explained. res of silage and gran: cons," The Massey Ferguson farm and the farm of Allan Cook at herd Is all in! by a huge feed Cooksvllle where 300 head of augur which takes the feed from

where various types of steer'l’

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