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6 The Car Adian Statesman, Bowmanville, October 27, 1976 Section Two Agricultural News By od Stork, Assoc. Agricultural Representative Dairymen Should Consider Benefits of -AI. - A recent article in the Eastern Breed- ers Newsletter should be of anterest to ail dairy producers, and we would like to pass on the article to you at this time. The comment was made by a dairy producer that he had bought a bull. The artificial insemination fees had been raised to $10 and this times the fact that he has 40d- 50 cows is a lot of money and a Bob-calf is worth the same amount, regardless of who its sire is. Besides al that the dairyman pointed out that he has been having trouble getting cows into calf. The answer that was given to him provided by Mr. Herb Norrey, Area Co-ordi- nator and Farm Management Specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food in eastern Ontario. Mr. Norrey's comments are as follows: "This is a comment, rather than a question. Dairymen do not ask anyone whether th-, should buy a bull, particu- -iy if they intend to buy a cow freshener from a local drover. They sneak him into their farm. There are a lot of bulls around the country today, and there must be some logical reason for this. Unless getting cows in calf is a major problem, it is impossible for the average milk producer to justify the cost of keeping a bull on his farm." A bull uses as much room or more than a cow. He requires as much time and attention as a cow, he eats as much feed as AVAILABLE ONLY AT * -The paint and paper people a cow. A cow using the same stall and eating the same feed should produce over $1000 worth of milk a year, plus a calf. This is enough to buy a lot of A.I. services. Farmers have been able in recent years to sell all the milk they can produce at reasonably good prices. If this changes, we will have to start figuring the cost of keeping a bull, based on the cost for feed, plus the cost for the farmer's labour and so on. However, until that time comes, the cost is the amount that is lost by not having a cow in the same stall that the bull now occupies.' Not all calves are sold as Bob-calves. Half of them are heifers and these heifers willbe cows very shortly. It is estimated by a Professor L.D. Van Velek of Cornell Univer- sity that daughters of A.I. bulls in northeastern United States produce 1,000 more pounds of milk per lactation than do the daughters of the average natural service sire. Some bull owners are quick to dispute this and point out that the bulls they are using are not average sires. This bull is out of the best cow my neighbour ever had is a common quote that farmers put forth. It is possible for a milk producer to secure a truly outstanding bull, equal or better than many of the bulîs in the A.I. Units, but the odds are against it. The A.I. Units can afford to spend more to acquire a bull than can an individual producer, and their selection committee pools the opinions of the most know- ledgeable people in the area, when making their selections. Even then, most of the bulls that they buy are soon discarded because they are inferior to the few that are the best. A look at the Production Dollar Difference Guide, pub- lished by the Ministry of Agriculture and Foodshows that the daughters of the best bulls on the average, produce close to 1,000 Ibs. of milk more per lactation than the daughters of the average, and that the average, in turn, is close to 1,000 lbs. better than the lowest. Some herd owners have trouble getting cows in calf, and this can be a serious problem. Since the average of all herds is reasonably satis- factory and static, it would appear that a big part of the problem is in the feeding and management of the problem herds. Detecting heat, par- ticularly in a Stanchion barn is difficult and herdsmen, who are more hurried than obser- vant,' can easily miss notrng heat periods. A recent study at the University of Guelph showed that 68 per cent of all mounting and interactions of a free-stail barn occur between 6 p.m. and 6 à.M. with a bulk of these between 1:00 a.m. and 6 p.m. It paysothen toivisit the barn just before bedtime. An unbalanced ration is another reason for poor conception rats. Health problems in the herd is another. Dairy Special- ist may be able to pinpoint problems of those who are having great difficulty. A calf every year is an excellent ideal, and some studies have estimated that $1 of milk is lost for each day of delay, if the period between calvings is too great. The, greater production of A.I. daughters more than compen- sates for this loss. It would be nice to have the increase in production without any loss. Some dairymen using A.I. are able to meet the calf a year ideal. If a dairyman can achieve reasonable success in getting cows in calf with A.I., he can't afford to keep a bull. If he can't achieve this reasonable success, he should look around home for the answer to the problem, rather than going out and buying another problem in the form of Checklist for Winter Pre- paration on the Farm - From no0w until snow, farmers will be busy getting off the grain corn and the remainder of the corn silage and doing odd jobs around the farm that have needddong oer mutstbe done good time for farmers to make like to pass on to you a suggested checklist and there very well may be others that could be thought of on your own farm situation. The list might look as follows: 1. Get your home grown feeds an- alyzed for nutrient content. 2. Formulate a ration to feed during the winter months, making sure that each class of Livestock, whether it be milk cows, beef cows or swine are getting a proper balancedI total ration, including protein energy, minerls and vitamins. 3. Check over your stable or barn facilities and repair those broken windows or cracks around doors to elim- inate drafts, which can cause stress to your livestock during the winter. 4. Make sure your cows or other livestock, if outside during the past few months, go into the barn with good feet. Get that trimming done now bel ore they arei stabled for the winter 5 If you have not done so, or do not have one already, fix up a maternity pen for your dairy and beef cows, so that calves E are flot dropped in the gutter or in the pole barn. 6. If you have heifers running around outside, remodel those water bowls that froze up last winter these will be 'a start in the right direction towards irn- proving the management on your farm.. Upcoming Events: - We so tnat tney uon't cause would like to take this e e problems this winter. 7. Inter- opportunity to remind people CPe S nal parasites can cause con- of some of the upcoming siderable economic loss in events of interest that are livestock and now is the time going to be happening within While recent reports on the Along with some of the The ietention areas are 12 tional system has helped to to evaluate the parasites the next month. In one of our Pine Ridge Training School changes in routine has corne a by seven foot rooms conta- give it a commun ty atmos- problem and if it exists, previous news columns, we may have left a negative higher quality of training at ing only a cot and toilet which phere, allowing their young initiate treatment. 8. Treat mentioned about the Ontario impression for the public, the school, Mr. Handelsman released in April following an they will encounter later in now for Warbles and other Sheep Seminar, upcoming on Superintendent Art Handels- said.reseinAf olmgan ei e n external parasites such as October 29 and 30th at the man described it as a residen- One of the main differences nmspection of the school by a life. lice. There are excellent Arboratum Centre at the tial high school at a recent between life at the school now The "digger", as it is known courses at Bowmanville High materials on the market today University of Guelph. A very Kinsmen's meeting. from earlier periods is the by residents, is only used as a School in one of Pine Ridge's to give, not only control of interesting program has been Mr. Handelsman, now in his emphasis which is placed on tretents, delnquent a cooluin osof PRo- Warbles, but lice and other developed for this seminar third year as superintendent treating those in their treatment for denquent be community work-study pro- external parasites. 9. Always and we would encourage of the Pine Ridge School, individuals, he pointed out. havior, the supermntendent grams. have those cows and heifers sheep producers to plan on spoke about the institution's While a ratio of 60 residents said, adding that mnmost cases In facta number of people pregnancy examined at the attending, either one or both operation to a joint meeting of to two staff members former- it is just a place to sleep off a who hae toured the faciity appropriate time. 10. Have of these days. On October 29th, the Bowmanville and Great ly existed, there are now 100 Butfor the most part, e it appears and how well-offthe your veterinarian check those the Durham Holstein Club will Pine Ridge Kinsmen clubs on men and women including inicated that the former days young people seem, he told the repeat breeding cows. The be holding their Annual Ban- October 19th. cooks and those in mainten- when severe punishment was Kinsmen audience. silent heat animals, animals quet and Presentation of The oldest institution of its ance jobs working with ap- used are gone forever, giving The staff's success in efforts with an abnormal discharge Awards at the Maple Grove kind in Ontario, the residence proximately 100 residents. way to a move in a more to communicate to a boyrts or behaviour. The sooner United Church. Tickets are is designed primarily for Among the improvements s positive direction, girl are tc ot dependent on th treatment is started the soon- available from Directors of young people around the ages a program whilch follows up Incentives for good behavior educational qualifications, t er your cows will be pregnant the Holstein Club and these of 14 and 15. on those who previously lived such as passes into the said. Effective communica- and-or will overcome any should be obtained before As old as it is however, the at the school and have been su s asse s tthe sado tve ommumca- health problems they have. 11. October 25th. On November school has changed with the released to find jobs in the community and weekends at tion is based on the ability to If you had a problem with heat 5th, the Annual Durham 4-H times and is now undergoing community, to those at the school. Mr. Handelsman cited sta- detection last winter, and a lot Awards and Banquet and the transition from a boys' Detention Areas Uthea the school tistics which show that 25 per of people did, be prepared to Presentation Night will be school to a co-educational one. The improvements, how- the school is set up to cent of those in residence r modify your management pro- held at the Blackstock Recrea- ever, have not done away with resmbl a set c u to ed o ple r have gram to alleviate the problem tion Centre. All 4-H families ber 20, at the Blackstock the need for detention and ity, with the prime om l of home and a large percentage this winter. have received a notice of this Recreation Centre. Tickets punishment of some form, he atywig the prme to e r of their families have broken This, then, is a brief list of banquet and tickets must be are available from John said. allowing the person té experi o some of the things that purchased by October 29th. As Larmer at Blackstock, Arlene One form of discipline stili ence success in some area and up. livestock producers should well, the Durham County Malcolm in Nestieton, Doug in effect is the use of to deveiop honest relation- Although most go home at consider before winter comes. Junior Farriers will be hold- Smith at Garden Hill and from disassociation units for "cool- shipswith adults and those his Christmas, he said a number You may not get all of these ing their Annual Banquet and the Agricultural Office in, ing" down anyone who contin- own age, Mr. Handelsman of young people will return at done, however, a start on Dance on Saturday, Novem- Bowmanville. ues to cause problems. stressed. that time because "we're the The change to a co-educa- only family they have." 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