Sheep and goat manuals
Veterinarians Jim and Meg Smart of Saskatoon have recently published guides for production of sheep and goats.
A Practical Guide to Profitable Sheep Production and A Goat Production Guide are manuals covering issues such as breeding, lambing/kidding, lactation, post weaning and the dry period.
There are sections on nutrition, diseases and medications.
Also included are practical guides on methods of castration, dehorning, tail docking and injections. The tone is lightened by humor and anecdotes.
The couple have more than 60 years of experience in the practice and teaching of veterinary medicine and have practical experience of owning sheep and goats.
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For more information write to Aspen Hills Enterprise, Site 504, Box 5, R.R. 5, Saskatoon, Sask., S4K 3J8 or phone 306-664-6511 or fax 306-374-9292.
Injectable Denagard
Boehringer Ingelheim has introduced a new formulation of Denagard that is injectable for pigs.
Denagard is the antibiotic tiamulin.
For more information contact a veterinarian or write Boehringer Ingelheim Ltd. at 5180 South Service Road, Burlington, Ont., L7L 5H4 or phone 905-639-0333.
Portable band saw mill
Wood-Mizer has introduced a small, portable band saw mill called the LT 15.
The unit weighs 352 kilograms and is powered by a 13 horsepower Kohler gasoline engine.
It saws logs up to 100 centimetres in diametre and three metres in length at a speed of 4.5 m per minute. It can yield up to 70 percent of timber from a log.
Twin bed sections rest on the ground and have an integral leveling system. Extra bed sections can be added to allow sawing of longer logs.
The carriage position is adjusted by a hand crank, which also moves the head to alter board thickness.
For more information write to Wood-Mizer, R.R. 1, Manilla, Ont., K0M 2J0 or phone 705-357-3373.
Gentle conveyor
D&R Manufacturing has introduced the Darmani Accelerator 1500 belt tube conveyor.
Legumes, corn and many special crops need gentle handling to avoid downgrading the seed coat, but conventional conveyors can be too slow, especially at harvest time.
The accelerator has increased the speed by attaching a suspended flighting, or small auger, at the intake end. It pulls material into the tube and packs it onto the belt without damaging the seed.
This increases capacity to 140 bushels a minute.
The company says that by avoiding crop damage, the conveyor pays for itself.
Also, conveyors last three to five times longer than augers and need less horsepower to operate.
For more information write D&R Manufacturing at Box 64, Fiske, Sask., S0L 1C0 or phone 306-377-4433.
