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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 20, 1985
Page
8
This article outlines the bovine reproductive cycle from estrous to birth. It details proestrus estrus metestrus and diestrus stages, ovulation timing, corpus luteum progesterone, and fertilization leading to a calf born after about 283 to 285 days. It highlights mating timing four to six hours after standing heat for optimum conception.
A livestock sale at Roblin Auction Mart on Tuesday February 12 1985 moved 782 head. Of these 642 cattle 12 sows 3 boars 12 weanling pigs and 128 feeder pigs were sold with prices listed for cattle hogs and pigs including butchers cows 45 to 59 dollars bulls 65 to 69 dollars feeder steers 378 to 80.75 dollars heifers 72 to 76 dollars stock steer calves 83 to 86 dollars stock heifer calves 72 to 79.60 dollars weanling pigs 36 dollars pigs 130 to 165 dollars bred sows 155 dollars butcher sows 48 dollars boars 37.50 dollars.
Public health urged parents to lock away poisons and medicines keeping containers original. Avoid lead sources like cleaners medicines and plants and have a poison control list handy. Seek immediate advice if a child swallows a substance and bring the actual item to hospital. Canadian Institute of Child Health.
Field tests show oat herbicide plus Glean tank mixes vary by site and year. The cause of this variable loss when combining Glean with wild oat herbicide is not known and cannot be predicted at present.
Cow calf nutrition notes explain that late pregnancy raises cow energy and protein needs by about 20 percent with calf growth reaching 709 percent. After calving lactation increases requirements by 20 to 25 percent, suggesting grain or legume protein supplements and mineral balance. The article also covers winter insects brought to the office, including wood borers and pantry pests. control steps include removing contaminated foods, disinfecting areas, and Baygon use, with free entomology advice available.
Agriculture Canada weed scientists report Fusilade tank mixes with 2,4 D or MCPA esters can reduce wild oat control by up to 43 percent, average 10 percent, while MCPA amine shows up to 41 percent loss. Bromoxynil products lower control up to 58 percent, averaging 18 percent. Dicamba products stain flax injury. Glean mixed with Hoe Grass Avenge or Mataven yields 4–35 percent, 0–10 percent, and 2–30 percent reductions respectively in wild oat control per greenhouse data.
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