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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1961-02-16, Page 9140) A • Area Hog .Producers Talk_ Marketing Problems Albert Bacon, Belgrave, was • Wednesday elected as president of the Huron County Hog Producers' Association at the annual meeting held in the Legion Hall, Clinton. Mr. Baton succeeds Ross Love, Hensall, who retired after two years in that position. Other offi- cers elected by the directors in- cluded Lloyd Stewart, RR 1, Clin- ton, first vice-president; Robert Allan, Brucefield, second vice- president, and Alfred. Warner, Bay- field, secretary -treasurer. A ALBERT BACON Three directors at large elect by 88 voting producers who atten ed the meeting were Robert Alla ° Elmer Ireland, Wingham, and Ca Hemingway, Brussels, Jim Boynton. Torontio, secreta of the Ontario Hog Producers' Ma keting Board, in briefly speakin at the meeting, referred to th forthcoming vote on March 6t when hog producers across th r province will elect directors fo the Hog Producers' Marketin Board. "You want to retain tru producer -control and interest—ce tainly you don't want drover packer control," he warned, ur ing producers to play their par Huron County will elect 19 mem bers to the district committee, wit N the nominations followed by th election in the Legion Hall, Cli ton. "The so-called confusion i the hog industry," said Mr. Boyn ton, "is merely for some peopl an escape device for ignorance Producers are only trying to safe guard their business." Mr. Boynton touched briefly o deficiency payments, the variou problems encountered with th Farm Products Marketing Boar regarding methods of sales, an Bill 86. The latter, as an amend ment to the Ontario Farm Product Marketing Act, spell out limita tions on operations of local boards • These included -close scrutiny o financial affairs; as well as th necessity of local boards receivin permission from the Farm Pro ducts. Marketing Board for expen ditures of money. As a result, Mr Boynton said, "a thorough analysi of our operations was made by th Pryce Waterhouse Co. — a well • known firm of business analysts It looked as though Bill.86 wa aimed directly at us." "The study in some respects was rather embarrassing, but at the same time when the report was published it indicated to all in tents that there has been no mis- • management of funds. In other words, we got a clean bill of health." The new electoral districts (11) will cover 42 counties, as of March 6, and Huron County, where for- merly in a district with Bruce and Grey Counties, will now form a dis- trict with Middlesex County. "The • shuffle of electoral district," said Mr. Boynton, "will mean that at least two of our present board Members will have no opportunity to at least stand for office." Vaughan Douglas, Wingham CKNX farm director, as guest speaker, spoke on "Public Rela- tions in Agriculture." Mr. Doug- • las is president of the Eastern Canada Farm Writers' Association. "Unfortunately much farm infor- mation is spread out over too wide an area—there is a real need to consolidate agricultural news, or to have a central clearing house." President Love, in his remarks -to the well -attended meeting, said that Huron County marketed 153,- 000 hogs in 1960, as compared to 189,808 in 1959, and 135,246 in 1958. The assembly yards at Clinton, he said, put through 41,000 hogs last year as compared to 52,243 in Meeting Discusses FAME Program Over 100 Huron County hog pro- ducers and other interested farm- ers attended a special meeting in the agricultural office board room at Clinton Thursday evening. They heard Dr. David D. Monie- son, professor of marketing at Pennsylvania University. Dr. Mon- ieson, who is to be bolding the same post at Queen's University, Kingston, next year, has been a consultant for two years with the Ontario Hog Producers' Associa- tion, "I believe it is economically fea- sible for the OHPA to have its own processing plant. The only thing that limits this is their inertia and a reluctance to believe in the grandness of. their own imagina- tion. If this thing, that Is, FAME, gets off the ground, I am sure it will explode, There will be enoug capital to put up two to thr e plants at one time, " he said. +, "If the proper knd of support is given to ensure an adequate' show of skill, and this depends upon the support of FAME, it would be en- tirely feasible to have a process ing plant in the Bruce -Grey area, constructed simultaneously with two other plants in other areas. No doubt, however, the priority would be given the Bruce -Grey area," he said in conclusion. While Perth County produces the largest number of hogs in the pro- vince, Huron is the Largest beef producing county, the meeting was told by Alfred Warner, of Bayfield, secretary of the Huron association, who •prpaiddd at tilt meeting. 1959. The cost at the Clinton yards • per hogs last year was 11.6. Last year of the 4,626,204 hogs market- ed in Canada, 30.1 per cent were Grade A. In Ontario, 34.3 per cent of the 1,702,759 hogs marketed were Grade A., Alfred Warner, secretary -treas- urer, referred to 1960 as a very trying year for the county associa- tion. Huron County delegates were called to Toronto five times; there were five .directors' meetings, and three executive meetings in the county, as well as the executive being called to zone meetings. The meeting supported a resolu- tion, as presented by the Resolu- tions Committee. It requested that the "local board of the Ontario Hog Producers' Association and the Ontario Hog Producers' Co-op- erative adopt the same 11 districts for the election of association and co-operative zone directors as de- vised and laid down by the Farm Products Marketing Board for their election of zone directors for the O.H.P.M.B., with .the addition of four directors at large. Fergus tannin ft Is Dual Purpose Shorthorn Head A Dublin man was elected Dual Purpose Shorthorn director at the annual meeting of the Canadian Dual Purpose Shorthorn Society. Fergus Lannin, Dublin, was elect- ed to the directorate at the recent meet. All of the six leading Dual Pur- pose Shorthorn shows in Canada showed an increase over the pre- vious year; 494 head exhibited in 1960 as compared with the 1959 figure of 325, reports revealed. Guest speaker at the annual meeting of the society was R. C. Armstrong, Teeswater, recently returned from a tour of some of the farming areas of Russia. While they have made considerable pro- gress in improving their crop yields, particularly in corn, the speaker declared that their live- stock were extremely poor. "There is a real opportunity," he said, "for Canadian Dual Purpose Short- horn breeders to promote and sell their cattle in that country." Beef Producers In Perth Agree With Deduction Perth County beef producers, at their annual meeting in Mitchell Tuesday indicated' they would be willing to take part in a voluntary deduction plan to provide finances for a beef marketing scheme. Under the voluntary plan, which has been under discussion for many months, producers would con- tribute a percentage of their mar- ket revenue to a provincial head- quarters, the money to be used to GEORGE McDONALD finance various undertakings aim- ed at improving the marketing sit- uation and to finance such projects as delegations, occasionally re- quired, to meet government offi- cials, On Upswing Right now the beef market is on the upswing, secretary -treasurer E. T. Dinsmore, of RR 6, St. Marys, said. The meeting did not take any official action on the Voluntary de- duction proposal, but a show of hands indicated about three-quar- ters of the approximately 30 pro- ducers in attendance were in fav- or. A similar percentage in favor was indicated among all produc- ers. Robert McGregor, of Clinton, di- rector of the Huron County organ- ization, and a provincial director, spoke on the marketing proposal. The voluntary payment would be made to the county organizations and the money eventually forward- ed to provincial headquarters. George McDonald, of RR '1 Lis- rfwel, was re-elected president. Other officers are Russell Hill, RR 4, Mitchell, and Donald McTav- ish, RR 1, Stratford, vice-presi- dent; Mr. Dinsmore, secretary - treasurer. Successful Euchre The Order of the Eastern Star held a very successful euchre on Thursday evening. The winners winners were: ladies, most games, Mrs. Jean Cairns; lone hands, Mrs, prank Smale; consolation Miss Meta Reeves; men, most games, Andrew Crozier ; lone hands, Seeord McBrien; consola- tion, Ciordott M G tfifi. 'Fame' Shares Selling in Perth, Producers Told Representatives of the Farmers' Allied Meat Enterprise have sold $13,000 worth of shares 'in the new- ly formed enterprise in Perth Coun- ty since last fall Ormond Pridham, first vice-president of the Perth County Hog Producers, said at the association's annual banquet and dinner held Thursday in the Com- munity Mall, Brodhagen. FAME expects to raise $2,000,000 in Ontario, with Perth's objective $55,000, he said, for the establish- ment of ' co-operative packiiig plants. Dr. David Monieson, a profes- sor of marketing in Philadelphia, said that if the hog producers want to get back to the height the organization had one year ago, be- fore the Government passed Bill 86, they must seriously consider the attainment of authority through political action. "By 'political'," he said, "I do not refer to political parties, but to the original meaning of the Greek word for city, and citizen." He said that authority should "be giv- he se en E ust ad We fu - 15 m. rst ve 0; th 00; 1,- e, en c- at e' ed g e d, h 's nt s a st s 0 e- h 2 r e h en by the weaker people to t stronger ones,then we should clo our ranks when a decision has be made." In urging people to 'buy FAM stock, Dr. Monieson said "you m never be accused that FAME h to use existing Co-op funds. must raise our own money," He said he could see a big tore in the enterprise—possibly to 20 per cent returns for the fir —if it was "made big" in the fi place. The following townships ha raised funds for the enterpris Wallace, $400; Mornington, $20 Logan, $3,500; Ellice, $200; Sou Easthope, $1,500; Downie, $2,8 Fullerton, $3,300; Blanshard, $ 100. Campaigns in Noith Easthop Elma and Hibbert have not be completely organized. Lance Dickison, a provincial d rector of the Ontario Hog Produ ers' Marketing Board, told of wh the OHPMB has done since th Government, on January 16, ask that a new method of marketin hogs be found by the board. "We are now working on th present method of sale," he sal "attempting to improve it. We feel we have --a method now, whic is partly mechanical, that may b acceptable to the Government Farm Products Marketing Board. Frank Schragner, 1960 preside of the Perth Association, who wa re-elected Thursday, said that co-operative packing plant is "pa due, and urgently needed in thi area." "We did not do as well in 196 as in 1959," he said, (The produ tion of grade 'A' hogs in Pert slipped from the 1959 rating of 36. to 35.9 in 1960.) Mr.-Sehragne thanked the 1960 directors for th work they did on behalf of Pert hog producers. Other Officers - The 1961 slate of officers will be the same as during the past year. John Barnett, RR 1, St:- Marys, is past president; Mr. Pridham, RR 1, Fullarton, is first vice-president; James Hagarty, RR 5, Mitchell, is second vice-president; and Bruce McIntyre, RR 3, New Hamburg, is secretary -treasurer. Township directors of the county association are: In Wallace, Alvin Rubinson, Leonard Carter, Merl McIntosh, Harold Reid; Elma: Jno. Corry, Sid Henry, Norman Coghlin, Ralph Henderson; Mornington: Oli- ver Yost, James Miller, Lorne Al- brecht,' Irvine Ropp; Logan: Geo. Cook, Wilfred Roy, Edward Eick- meyer, Lloyd Dill, James Hagar- ty; Ellice: Frank Schragner, Fred Henderson, George Mogk, Leonard White, Lyle Elliott; Blanshard: Malcolm Spence, Burns Blackler, Bill Nethercott, Alphonsus Payton; Fullarton: Herbert Foster, Ormond Pridham, John R. Brown, Walter McDougall, Thomas McKay; Hib- bert: Frank Miler, Russell Mil- ler, Philip Jani, John Murphy; Downie: Lorne Bell, Calvin Innes, John Hotson, Jr., Rae Meadows; North Easthope: Wilfred Cook, Jack Fryfogel, Herbert Satchel', Duncan MeDermid; South East - hope: Clayton Heinbuch, Earl Bak- er, Lorne Schmidt, Walter Blum. William Anderson and W. N. T. Ashton were chosen auditors. SEAFORTH MERRY MAIDENS The second meeting of "Cottons May Be Smart" was held at the home of Mrs. W. L. Whyte on Sat- urday. Joyce Brown read the min- utes of last meeting, followed by the roll., call, "One point to con- sider when buying cotton." The next meeting is to be held at the home of Mrs. J. Broadfoot on Feb. 18th. The group discussed the correct way to measure oneself. Dorothy Jamieson and Elizabeth Carter demonstrated how to measure one- self. They discussed pattern selec- tion, pattern types, pattern altera- tions and the quality of material under weave, design, finishes and cost. The leaders gave samples of cotton which the members may make their dress. The roll call for next meeting is "A line in clothes that suits you best." The home assignments were to buy patterns and material and bring to next meeting, study pattern instruction sheet and check your measure- ments with pattern measurements, prepare the dress material for cut- ting by shrinking and straighten- ing, and continue work on record book. Every week more people dis- cover what mighty jobs are ac- complished by low cost Expositor Mitt AM. by Tom Dora SIR, WP UKE A BIT OF APVICE. HURON 4-14 LEADERS CLUB ENTERTAINS COUNTY CHAMPIONS George Underwood, of RR 1, Wingham, was elected president of the Huron County 4-H Club Lead- ers' Association at its annual meet- ing in Clinton Monday. Other officers are: First vice- president, Harold Hern, RR 1, Granton; second vice-president, Clifford Bray, Brussels; secretary - treasurer, Maurice Hallahan, RR 1, Belgrave; directors, beef, Geo. Kennedy, Lucknow; dairy, Ron Mc- Michael, Wroxeter; swine, Robert McMillan, Seaforth; grain, Ross Smith, Brussels; field crops, Larry Wheatley, RRA 1, Dublin. Howard Pym, of RR 1, Centra- lia, retiring president, was ap- pointed representative of the asso- ciation to the Huron County Fed- eration of. Agriculture. Mr. Under- wood and Mr. Hern will represent the group on the Huron County Farm Safety Council. The morning session, at the agri- cultural office board rooms was followed by a dinner sponsored by the Ontario department of agricul- ture, attended by more than 50 leaders. Hosts were Douglas Miles,. Huron County agricultural repres- entative, and Don Grieve, associ- ate county agricultural representa- tive. Champions Attend Guests included: Mayor W. J. Miller, of . Clinton; Bill. Strong, of RR 2, Dublin, winner of the Elston Cardiff Citizenship Trophy for the top all-round 441 Member in the county in 1960; Robert Fothering- ham, RR 3, Seaforth, 1960 dele- gate to the National 4-H club week as well as exhibitor of world cham- pionship beans at the 1960 Royal Winter pair; Tom Brown, Strat- ford, agricultural engineering field - man for Huron -Perth; and Russ Bradford, Goderich, dairy field - man for Huron County. The annual 4-H achievement night—climax to 4-H club activi- ties—will be held in Wingham Dec. 1. The annual 4-H livestock judg- ing competition will be held in Sea - forth May 20, with a coaching class for club leaders to be held in con- junction with the competition. The organization of 4-H clubs for 1961 will commence in early April, according to Mr. Grieve. Guest speaker at the meeting was Carm Hamilton, of London, assistant agricultural representa- tive for Middlesex County, Mr. Hamilton, in outlining 4-1-1 club ac- tivities in Middlesex County, told of the success of the newly -organ- ized Junior 4-11 club leaders. This group is composed of 4-H club members ranging in age from 16 to 20 years, who, while they are still active members of the club, learn to give leadership at the same time. Mr. Hamilton said this group was formed last year on a trial basis in an attempt to halt the loss of senior 4-H club members. Mr, Hamilton said qualifications for the junior 4-11 club leaders in- clude voluntary acceptance . of leadership roles while a member over the age of 16 with three years experience. Mr. Grieve, who will direct Hur- on County 4-H club activities, out- lined the age regulations which come into effect this year, and limit minimum membership age to 12 years by January, and not older than 20 by December 31. . Grey Council Meets Two applications for tile drain- age loans were accepted at the February meeting of Grey Town- ship Council last week. Clerk Edythe M. Cardiff was instructed to advertise for tenders for crush- ing and hauling 12,000 cubic yards of gravel. Tenders were called for construction of bridges at lot 10, con. 11, Crooked Bridge to be re- placed by 110 -foot twin -span rein- forced concrete bridge. The clerk was instructed to ad- vertise for warble fly spraying ten- ders, and tenders for approximate- ly 1,400 pounds warble fly powder. Huron County Crop Improvement Association was given a grant of $25. General accounts of $912.13 and road accounts of $3,334.99 were passed for payment. REBEKAHS MEET At a meeting of Edelweiss Re- bekah Lodge Monday evening with Mrs.' Margaret Messenger, N.G., presiding, final plans for the euchre to follow the February 27 meeting were made. The meeting is to commence at 7:30 p.m. March 22 was set as the date for the dessert euchre, to be held in the IOOF Hall, at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., with Mrs. Scott Habkirk, Mrs. Keith Sharp, Mrs. Norman Ranson and Mrs. Ila Dorrance in charge of arrangements. It was decided that the Variety Night set for May be in benefit of the CPT committee of Odd Fel- lows and Rebekahs, as the com- mittee has given generously to fire victims' during the past few weeks and has made other charitable donations recently. - A donation was made to the Navy League of Canada. The mystery prize was won by Mrs. J. Grummett. Sell that unnecessary piece of furniture through a Huron Exposi- tor Classified Ad. Phone 141. • TIM ltrlWN VICIVSITOR, MFOTerg. Orli" o TI.Ir;i* , -4 Ready To Serve You: *41 DONE HORNE and KEN McClure are shown with the new Feedmobile which Winthrop Mobile Feed Service put into use this week to provide area farmers with a money -saving farm service. 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