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4 The Canadian Statesman, Bownmanville, October 13, 19 76 Section Two Agr[-iculturauàl Neuwws By: Rod Stork, Association Agricultural Representative Pests in Newly Harvested Grain: Relatively moist grain bar- vesting conditions this year have created an unusual insect problem in stored grain. The hairy fungus beetie, which is brown, hairy and about one-tenth of an inch long, normally infest moist, ou t of condition grain in the storage bin. However, this year, the pest is also being faund in the field where it feeds on a fungus growth on the grain brought on by moist field conditions. Athougli the hairy fungus beetie feeds on fungal growth and will not damage the grain, control mecasures must be taken, as its presence renders the grain unsaleable. Drying grain at 60 dgescelsius for 10 minutes wildsroy ail grain infesting inisects and grain moisture of 11.5 per cent or less virtually assures against re-infestation. Alternatively, the use of a fumigant is effective. Farmers should take extra precautions this year in check- ing grain going in and out of storage for possible infest- ations of different types of insects. When an insect may oiginate in the field, com- bines, trucks and augers may harbour pockets of infestation that should be disposed of." infested loads of grain that bas gone into storage sbould be checked at least every two weeks for insect'buildup that could origînate from a resid- ual bin population of several different species of stored grain insects. Such trouble, however, is less likely to develop if preventative measures have been taken prior to storage. Bins that will be used for corn sbould be thoroughly cleaned out and make sure that there is no accumulation of grain in the corners, cracks, between double walls and outside or ""How did the fire* sta rt? " If every family wiII practice Fire Prevention:' remove newspapers and rubbish; have the furnace and pipes cleaned; see that hot pipes and chimneys are insuîated from combustible partitions and ceilings; plan with your children how they can escape from each room in the house - then one or mare fire trage- dies with oss of life may be avoided this winter, Ames Inâurancê AeýgEncu LimfitEd DOUGLAS S. JAMES 24 KING ST. E, BOX 100 BOWMANVILLE, ON OFFICE 623 406(~" RES. 623-5023 under the bins. A bin spray congisting of malathion or PiPeronyl butoxide and pyrethrum kilîs insects not remnoved with sweepings. Storage facilities should also be in good repair to exclude rodents, birds and moisture. Further information on stored, grain insects and their con- trol, if they are present in grain already in storage, is available in a Publication put out by the Minstry of Agricul- ture and Food enti'tled, "In- sects in Farm Stored Grains." Any farmer who would wish a copy of this, sbould get in touch with our office in Bowmanville. Ontario Cow Caif Conference '76'; The Ontario Cow Caîf Con- ference, especially designed for Ontario's beef cow-calf producers will be held on December 14-15, at thie Con- stellation Hotel in Toronto, Tbe theme of this year's program will be Performance in the beef herd. This pro- gram, which bas been held in the past is organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, The Ontario Cattie- men's Association and, the Ontario Beef Cattle Perform- ance Association, and will feature discussions on maxim- izing the caîf crop, optimizing weaning weights and maxim- izing returns from this. Participants will be able to talk over their ideas and problems with the guest speakers. Registration costs and meals will be in the range of $40.00 per person, but fees wýill be slightly bigher for those registering after December 6th. Specific pro- gram details and registration forms will be available soon through our office in Bowman- ville, however, we urge cow- caîf producers who migbt be interested in this 2-day pro- gram to circle the dates- December 14 and 15 and plan on attending the 1976 Ontario Cow Caîf Conference. Ontario Feed Advisory Program Resuits We recently received -a summary of the 1975-76 Feed Advisory Testing Program carried out at the test lab at the University of Guelph. A total of 5,112 samples were received between June lst, 1975 and May 31, 1976 at the feed analysis lab in Guelph., 0f the total number of samples submitted 3,300 received multi-element. analysis, that is, more than the normal dry matter and protein test-. Some of the results that did come out are somewhat sur- piigin lhght of, what we togtwas fair quality hay and corn last year. In hay where there were a total of 702 samples of first cut hay from Central and Western Ontario sampled, it showed a dry matter percentage of 87.9 per cent and an average crude protein of 12.48 per cent. For 66 samples of second cut hay in Central and Western Ontario, inluding Durham County, dry matter percent- age was 86.69 per cent and crude protein was up to 17.09 per cent. All of tbese analysis are on a dry matter basis as repoted back from the lab. For corn silage in Central and Western Ontario a total of 749 samples were analyzed with a dry matter percentage aver- age of 36.45 and a crude protein percentage on a dry matter basis of 8.33. This compares favourably with the corn silage samples that were submitted from Durham County. A total of 89 samples of corn silage, plus nitrogen additives of some form were MON EY ON QUALITY DX PREMIUM FUEL OIL FUEL QIL and STOVE OIL BOWMANVILLE CUSTOMERS CALL COLLECT Ask Operator for 668-3381 or Dial11-668-3381 CALL US TOAY XF umE L (i1L FOR PROMPT, COURTEOUS SERVICE Do You N eed Money? $2,OOO - $50,OO - lst, 2nd or 3rd Mortgages - Cut Your- Payments in Haif - Consolidate Alil Your Loans - Pay Off an Existing Mortgage - Combine 2 Mortgages into One - Purchase or Improve Property Any Worthwhile Purpose Farms -Commercial - Residential Mi*ke Coughin Tel. 705-743-2501 G-reat Northern Financial Corp. - SAME DAY APPROVALS - submitted for testing. Results on these samples showed a dry matter percentage average of 41.02 and a crude protein reading of 11.71 per cent. A total of 322 hay crop silage samples were submitted from Central and Western Ontario, with an average dry matter percentage of 46.66 per cent which is right in the normally recommended range, and a crude protein percentage of 15.77 on the average, which again, is what we would normally consider as slightly above average quality. As most farmers know and as we have already found out wîth bay samples submitted to Guelph, quality this year will generally be down in most crops, although we do have sufficient quantities in most cases. We do want to urge producers again to look at the possîbility of having, feed analysis done, especially on your roughage feeds. With this in mi, we would point out to dairy producers, that the dairy feed formulation service that was initiated last year, has been revamped and problems that were incurred last year, have been overcome and we feel that the program has a good deal to offer for dairy producers this year. We are somewhat concerned that a good many dairy producers, because of the quota policies now in effect, are looking at their feeding program and not being as concerned -as they should be about what their cattle are getting for feed. We agree with the idea that producers should be cutting back in production, however, we are seeing that some other problems are rising because of the cutback in feed that is going to the cows. One of these problems is with regards to the butterfat, protein ratio where a good number of producers, especially during the last, two months. are showing incidences of higher protein readings than butter- fat. This indicates in most cases, that the feeding pro- Businless Directory Accountancy WM. J. H. COGGINS Chartered Accountant 115 Liberty Street South Bowmanvil le Phone 623-3612 WILLIAM C. HALL B. Com m. Chartered Accountant 361/2 King St. E., Oshawa Telephone 725-6539 D. V. 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