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‘Marketing patter for beef changes *

“Good changed. The percent- age of Choice dropped 1.7 per cent and that of Good was 12 per cent compared with 1964 Bennett said this was in keep- ing with the modern trend for cattle feeders to market fed cattle carrying alittle finish, in line with consumer preferen- ces.

The fact that more heifers were slaughtered last year tes-

“OTTAWA -- - There was a 13 per

cent increase in cattle slaugh- tered in— federally _ inspected plants last year, according to CDA's Markets Information Sec- tion. - And there was a change In the pattern of marketings, no- tes Ralph Bennett, director of CDA's Livestock Division.

The number of Choice* and Gond combined marketed last year -increasedby 33,259 to 1,-

10) up

jtifies to another trend; heifers: have been going into the feed- ‘lots - formerly occupied large: ly by steers - - in increasing flumbers in recent years.

The big jump-in. cow market-

Contracts ings was due to: awarded

ada_which—caused—a eut hale OTTAWA (CP)— the numberof animals would normally be —wintered ver: Culling of western herds be- jCause the ranges were over- ‘stocked and the. price for. slau- ‘ghter cows: was attractive.

duction ~department

Bennett adds that all the pro- | Tuesday. duct from low. grade cows,| Davie Shipbuilding Ltd., known in the trade as’ canners Levis, Que., received a $4,913,-

and cutters, moved at favor- |541 able prices ton hecause of the

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- ture.

348,871 carcasses. But percent- age-wise, Choice and Good- were down from 54.3 in 1964 to 49.3. The pattern in slaughterings were: . - - no increase in steers -- a moderate increase heifers - - a sharp. increase.in_cows. __ The proportions of Choice and

Veterinarian ‘ <-> In new post

“TOTTAWA == Dt Leslev H Ferg ris, 53, has been appointed as- | sistant director of the Conta- | 2% gious Diseases Division. CDA Health of Animals Branch at Ottawa. :

Dr. Ferris, formerly — assist- ant district veterinarian at Tor- onto, takes over the post held by Dr. Harold Reeker, now dis-| : trict veterinarian for the Branch | » in. Saskatchewan.

A native of Flesherton, Ont., Dr. Ferris obtained his degree from the Ontario Veterinary College at Guelph in-1935 when |< he joined the Branch's Meat In- |'* spection Division at Toronto.

After a posting to Prince Ed- ward Island, he returned to To- ronto where he transferred to the Contagious Diseases Divi- sion.—-This was followed in 1938: by a move to Cornwall_as_vet- erinary inspector for the eas- tern Ontarjo area and in 1939 he | was assigned to hog cholera con- trol work in the western area of | the province.

He was in charge of the New Liskeard sub-district office in 1941 and of the. Windsor office $n 19485

AAfter helping combat an out- | break of hog cholera in Que- | bec and eastern Ontario in 1960 Dr. Ferris moved to’ Téronto the |

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