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THE WILLIAMS LAKE TRIBUNE

Wednesday, October 1959

CANADA GENERAL

50c on steers was made at the
To September 29

close. Cows and bulls sold mostly

Heavy cattle offerings at public| under pressure with some markets
stockyards and sharply lower showing a sharp drop in prices,
Prices on cows and bulls featured | varying between steady to as
this week’s market. Steers and|much as 150 lower.
heifers were mostly steady

50c higher. Good

at Toronto sold actively at
markets moved prices to lower|a steady 26.00 to 27.00, and Mont-

Cows and bulls varied|real bout 50c higher at 24.00 to
from 50c higher to 1.50 lower, Winnipeg was steady to 50c
Veal calves were 25¢ higher to/lower on top steers, with good
1.00 lower in spots. Hogs were/kinds moved for 2
Steady to 25¢ lower, and lambs Calgary gained 25¢
from 1.00 higher to 1.50 lower.

SLAUGHTER CATTLE

00 on good steers.

Gooa
heifers at Toronto ‘Yemained at

Cattle arrivals at public stock-[23.50 to 24.50; Winnipeg
yards up to Thursday were 1,200| ally steady at 22.50 to 2 Cal-
more than last week, at 33,000/Sary 50c higher at 22.00 to 23.00.
head, and about 6,000 less than| Good cows at Toronto were about
the same week last year. ‘The| Steady at 18.00 to 18.50; Montreal
current week's receipts were the] 25¢ higher at 18.00 to 19.00: Win-|
heaviest recorded to date this|Mipeg 50c to 1.00 lower at 16.50 to
year, and most of the increase was| 17.00; Calgary 1.00 to 1.50 lower
made in Saskatchewan where de-| at 15.50 to 16.00.
liveries have been restricted in _,
the last few weeks of tavorable| *
harvest weather. Eastern mark-
ets accounted for 400 more at es
11,000, and western terminals ex.|S°M@ Markets. Good feeder steers
Pected to rate slightly below last|* Terento were in demand at
rehire, ‘ a firm 25.00 to 27.00. Winnipeg
week’s 45.7 per cent choice and ai
good slaughter cattle, due mainly|™et only a limited demand and

‘ rn at 2.00 at 20.00 t
to heavy offerings of feeder cattle Nee pa wo wrod. lo a
on some markets. Last ae pe eet OF & E00d Ios

week's ‘
and eastern demand, remained at
export of beef cattle to 1S, .

ie to the US./5950 to 25.00. Saskatoon was

74, made up mostly of

gener-

‘EEDER CATTLE
Increased offerings of feeder
cattle resulted in price declines on

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tinued in small supplies. Toron-
to’s good and choice vealers were
a firm 33.00 to 0, and Mont-
real strong to 25c higher at 30.00
to 32.00. Winnipeg was a steady
32.00 to 35.00, and Calgary 1.00 or
more lower at 23.50 to 25.50.

HOG MARKET

There were few changes in the
hog market this week. Toronto
grade A hogs remained at last
week's 25.00,
to 25¢ lower at 25.00 to .
Winnipeg closed steady to 25¢ low.
er at ) to 23.00; Edmonton
closed stronger at 21.90: Saskat-
chewan markets a steady 21.50.
Ontario Packing plants, outside of
Toronto, paid 25.00 for grade A
hogs at local points. Quebec
Plants, outside of Montreal: Hull
closed at 2 Princeville and
Quebec City

and Montreal steady

LAMB MARKET
Sheep and lamb receipts were

about the same as last week, with | 4

prices varying from 1.00 higher to
as much at 1.50 lower. Toronto’s
good lambs were steady to 1.00
lower at 20.50 to 21.00; Montreal
teady er at 19.55 to
50, mixed quality 18.50 to 1
Winnipeg steady to 50c lower at
7.50 to 18.00; Edmonton closed
1.50 lower at 16.00 to 17.50.
IMPORTS °

There were 91 cattle of Us.

si

-_ 60 lower at 21.75] origin imported last week -
feeder cattle. Exports up to Sep- wae to 1.00 lower at 21.75 ports to rentetuter oe 96h
tember 19 totalled 167,911 compar- in brackets): cattde 4,010 (23):

ed with 278,659 for the same per- ean MARBER
iod last year. ‘op quality veal calves con-

Demand for all classes and
grades of slaughter cattle con-
tinued fairly good, and good
clearances made on most mark-
ets, except Winnipeg where ap-
Proximately 800 stockers were
left unsold. Due mainly to the
heavier receipts, prices were more
uneven than in recent weks. Top
grades of steers and heifers were
generally steady to 50c higher, ex-
cept at Winnipeg where a loss of |

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Artificial insemination use
increased in Canadian farms

A total of 631,668 cows were} tested on Record of Performance
bred by artificial insemination|on Dairy Herd Improvement pro-
last year, reports J. D. Baird of| grams.
the Livestock Division, Canada There were 321 dairy,
Department of Agriculture. This} dual Purpose and 104 beef bulls
represents a 20.5 per cent increase|in service during 1958. The
over 1957. average number of services per

And, with a cow population of} bull in each Of these classes
5,036,100, this means that about| was 1,474 for dairy, 750 for
12.5 per cent of the national fe-| dual purpose and 1,427 for beet.
male breeding herd was bred arti- Forty private individuals
ficially. |obtained 153 import permits for

The prices Division of the
Dominion Bureau of Statitics has
released the latest allCanada com-
Posite price index of commodities
and services used by farmers, and
it shows that these services have
increased from 245.3 in April 1958
to 250.8 in April 1959, or an in-
crease of 2.2 per cent. With the
Period 1935-1939 equalling 100,
this index illustrates the degree
of pressure that is brought to bear
upon agriculture as the cost ot
goods and services necessary in
Production continue to

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rise,

while farm prices fail to keep
apace.

Mr. Baird says organized arti- semen, and 14 inseminating
ficial in ation it op-| busin obtained 342 permits.
erated in every province except All permits were for semen from
Newfoundland. Bull studs in the U.S.A.

Semen was exported in five
hipments totalling 465 vials to
The balance was imported | Germany, Australia, New
from the United States. |Zealand and the British West
, There were 16 semen produc- | Indies,

ing and 147 semen purchasing) Artificial

The greatest single factor con-
tributing to this overall increase,
was the continually steady climb
of farm wage rates. The increase
in farm wage rates over the year
amounted to some 2.0 per cent in
Western Canada and 4.9 per cent
in Eastern Canada, or an overall

Provinces supplied the bulk of the

insemination of

organizations. sWi says Mr. Bair i ’. ey
| | pro “peond wa” {Ud A0t} increase of 8.6 per cent from April
FIRST SERVICES UP stage in 1958 © esearch | 1958 to April 1959.
Number of first services per There was the usual sharp sea-
paar ey

sonal increase from January to
April which is evident each year,
with the need forchelp in the busy
seasons, and this resulted in a

formed with frozen semen
jar an increase of
poe 36.8 per cent—over
vious year,

ja 7 STOCK POISONING

the
Nitrate poisoning from the

| The number ot “artificial /StOwth of blue-green algae in| Western Canada increase from
Jinsemination ” calves r ved |Stck watering sites is acute this| January to April of 26.9 per cent
Jas purebreds in 19 over |*ear in western Canada. Cattle| an Eastern Canada increase for
47.072, a boost of over/(eaths have been reported in| that same period of only 5.8 per
|1957. the Calgary and Lacombe areas] cent, and an overall inerease in

|__ Number of herds serviced was|/*"d one dog in the Qu-Appelle
|71,509. And, reports Mr. Baird, | Valley in Saskatchewan, Heavy
jfrom a survey made in 1936, it| lee growths in lakes supplying

is estimated that seven percent/ Regina and Moose Jaw have
Jot the herds serviced were| forced city engineers ty curtail
| water consumption.

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Canada of 13.8 per cent. These
seasonal increases are comparable
with those of previous years.

Farm family living index fig-
ures showed an increase of 2.9 per
cent, and this actually served as

Cost of goods and services up

Ware 232.5.
Farm family living has been
broken down by the DBS people,

a cushion for the overall index,
which rose by 4.9 exclusive of the
farm family living costs. This
4.9 increase when moderated by
the lesser 2.9 increase in the costs
of living of the farm family, pro-
duced the overall increase of 3.2
per cent. Once more using the
period of 1935—1939 as the base
period equalling 100, here are the
price index number for the var-
ious commodities and services for

and the figures are as following

household equipment, 251.0
health maintainance, 239.4; and
miscelaneous, 128.1.

Farm price supports cost
Canadian taxpayers $15,124,100
in the fiscal year ending March

farmers, as of April 1959. 31, 1959.
Equipment and materials, 220.3; =
taxes and interest rates, 196.7: Tire Trouble q
°

farm wage rates, 554.6; farm fam-
ily living 220.0; farm machinery
248.9; building materials 321
gasoline, oils and greases,156.1;
feed 207.5; fertilisers, 188.0; bin-

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