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United Breeders head for a million calves The Acton Free Press Wed September A United Breeders is not only in a rather unusual business it also goes about It in a some what irregular manner The Guelph based firm with a office Is in the business of collecting freezing and distributing the sperm of genetically superior bulls and also performs or tiflcial insemination services with this sperm United Breeders did business totaling over a million dollars last year and yet t make a cent of profit Well that exactly accurate They made profit but that money went the route of alt other profits in their five and a half year history right back into the company United Breeders is a profit operation United Breeders which came Into existence on December 1 1968 is operated under the watchful eyes of a board of directors There Is one director from each of the central and western Ontario counties which It serves Ken Murray Acton represents Hal ton and Art KEN MURRAY ACTON some bull semen under the microscope before giving it the go The United Breeders Branch ahead for freezing Murray represents Halton on office at Ashgrove serves the United Breeders Board of Directors Peel and nation counties UNITED BREEDERS KEEPS a stock of 185 bulls atfthep- 235 acre farm at Guelph The firm began operations at Guelph in United Breeders at Plowing Match The real owners of the company are the farmers who live in each county Vlrtualy everyone Joins because a lifetime member ship only costs said Don Fortune of United United Breeders was bom in 1968 with the merger or the Central Ontario Waterloo and Cattle Breeder Associations The Central Ontario Association Maple Ontario served Hie George town area before United Breeders came existence They keep bulls at their acre farm just north of The majority are but they also have the more exotic breeds such as Charotals distributed among their 11 branch offices and all the farmer has lo do is put In a Prize cattle stocks grow Semen is taken from the bulls twice a week examined frozen and placed in vials or french straws During laboratory ex am Inn the semen is checked closely to determine a sperm count On the average there will be approximately 12 sperm In each sample Bull semen is extremely con and that is why pregnancy is so easy when we artificially inseminate a cow Fortune There Is enough sperm in one dosage of bull semen to produce calves The semen Is frozen in liquid nitrogen to degrees below zero United Breeders can trace Its origin back to 1941 when semen first was distributed in its servlccarca and it became the first all frozen semen firm in the world In 1954 Many of their original bulls have sons and grandsons in stud today The frozen semen is call specifying the bull of hit choice and a technician comes out lo his farm and artificially In Bern In a tea his cow The service is very cheap only IB and the technician will go out as many as four times in the hopes of creating a pregnancy The fee covers all four attempts and It costs Is for those who are not members of the Association Fortune pointed out that the cost might be a little more for a really priied bull There are seven technicians at the Georgetown office At any time when a farmer spots one of his cows In heat and phones in he will have a choice of about 100 different bulls to play the role of father United Breeders generally works only with cattle but they have done some breeding with goats swine and horses Also at the Guelph office Is the Ontario Association of Animal Breeders the official exporting agent of frozen semen for Canada Members of the Association include United and the Western and Eastern Ontario Breeding Associations Last year tne 0 A A or Canada as it Is also known exported 1 doses of cattle semen all around the world and that was an Increase of 8 percent over the year before making Canada a leading exporting nation In addition they also sent out worth of semen to other parts of Canada outside of their own service area Last year 133 cows In their service area were In by the firm s technicians and by the end of this year Ihey will have been responsible for over a million pregnancies during their brief history Over 100 of last year s pregnancies were in the line They produce over a million doses or semen each year Besides their regular customers in and Peel the local office also serves Modern Ova Trends Modem Ova Trends Is in the ovary transfer business and most of their cattle are in by semen provided by United Breeders Only one bull in five is a real herd Improver so we have continue to buy more animals and sink more of the money we make into 1m i roving our stud stock or our Fortune said Because It Is a nonprofit organization It Is able to provide the services of a bull for only IS he added Halton judgers By Henry J Stanley Eleven young people from Haltott competed In the N E Junior Judging Competition al the E on Thursday August This com pet I on consisted of nine classes Dairy Beef Sheep Swine Horses Barley Hay Com Growing Quiz and Seed and Plant Identification Winner of the Senior Division was Ken Georgetown with out of 300 In the Junior Division for those years of age Bill Allison of Georgetown placed seventh Some boys and girls from counties and regions in this part of the province took part There was a competition for teams of five people from one or region The Halton team of Ken McNabb Cecil Patterson Bill Allison Stewart and Nancy McKlnnon placed third The top iwo teams were from Wellington County Proud There were some herds In on Record of Performance In and another herds on Dairy Herd Improvement Testing in Halton in 1973 The winner for the first time was J Proud 3369 Eld Oakvllle The runner up was Fred Nurse Georgetown The Nurse herd had previously won this in three SURODANA ESQUIRE is one of the top young bulls at United Breeders He belongs to Howard Georgetown and has fathered calves Smaller show Holstein winners The C N show Judged August in Toronto by William Grieve of Dor Chester languished both In number of cattle shown and spectator interest this year Eighty four head shown by 30 exhibitors compared to last year s disappointing head and 33 exhibitors However C Director Jack Slreetsvllle also a well known breeder ex optimism stating hat interest will build again in future years Robert Flelt Oshawa enjoyed a good day as he won the Grand Champion Female banner with his first prize four year old Ha gen Cindy Close contest A torrid race for Premier Exhibitor honors developed during the show The eventual winner for both was Spring Farms Streets- but Oak Ridges Farms Ltd trailed by only one point for Premier Breeder Jntcrnallonal Farms Bolton was a scant two points back In the same division However International was the closest competitor for Premier Exhibitor trailing by a margin of five points Judge Grieve did a com men dab job of Judging and scattered the winnings well Seven different exhibitors to win red ribbon firit prizes M of took the first prize in Progeny of claw with the Progeny of Wcslvlow Ma Babe The herd also came third in senior yearling female second in throe year old third In breeder herd and second in get of sire yffiBsa ONLY SPECIALTY LIGHTING STORE CHATELAINE LIGHTING York Road Multi Bright Ideas for all your Lighting Needs SELECTION OF HOUSE FIXTURES Lamp Door Swag Lamp Heat board and Vacuum Clean F Vcnl lit on Hood REMEMBER THE LAST SALE HENRYS DONE IT AGAIN United Breeders will be among lot many agriculture firms exhibiting at the Inter national Plowing Match to be held here September to the United Breeders sell bull sperm nil over the world and provide ai nation services in 15 Ontario counties and regions In eluding and Peel The firm arc In and distribution office for and Peel is in Georgetown Their display will be in the lent area of the plowing match and it will be similar to labt year display which was at the Plowing some of their prize bulls and some of the lop offspring have been responsible For They will also pass out literature which will give the most information available about the use of frozen bull sperm and Insemination In cattle Highly trained personnel will be on hand to talk to the public and answer the questions Match We hope to have some new features and are working on a few surprises said Don Fortune of United Breeders As things stand now they will have a slide present a depicting their firm a work AMONG THE MANY exhibitors at the International Plowing Match being held here September to 28 will be United Breeders Their display tins year will be to the one last year at A UNITED BREEDERS technician loads up one of the semen tanks Semen is frozen in these tanks to 32 degrees below zero The firm ships semen all over the world Hire new chief soon The Hilton Regional Is expected to have a new chief soon Regional Chairman Allan Masson said committee Is expected lo make recom to council lWcdnesda Asked last week said Inc commit was still inlcrviiwing people and prospective candidates for the highest post in the regional structure Early in the regions life council a flat no to the chairman s request for an administrator That decision was reconsidered and eventually reversed councillors view he position as cure to manv problems lhat have hampered the Band did not compete Acton Citizens Band did not compete at the this year Certain were lacking and holidays made another problem regional operation since inception Choose It 31 Charge TILDEN ANDREW MURRAY MOTORS ACTON AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY PARADE ENTRY FORM Saturday September NO ENTRY FEE REQUIRED All entries for the Parade must be registered with the Secreary on or before September 19th Entries NOT registered before Septem 19th will NOT be eligible to win and will be placed at the rear of the parade AH entries must be at the Acton High School Grounds by a m Saturday September 21st PRICE SALE Sale starts at 11 am Thursday Everything in the store we mean Everything including footwear price 3 DAYS ONLY September 567 All Sales Final no exchanges All Sales Cash NAME I ADDRESS j PHONE TYPE OF FLOAT j ORGANIZATIONS J HENRYS The Store for Men 67 MAIN S GEORGETOWN I Fri lil 9 m Sat I pm