HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1961-11-02, Page 9UUI014 FEDERATION NEWS
By CARL HEMINGWAY
Democracy has been a popu-
lar word for many years, but I
wonder what it means to most
of us. Does it simply mean go-
ing to vote for one of the can-
• didates on the ballot on election
day? If you didn't have any
opportunity to name the candi-
date, you haven't much choice,
have you?
Let's start over again. Dem-
ocracy originated in the small
community where every mem-
ber had the opportunity to ex-
press himself. However, as our
area of government grows, it
becomes increasingly impos-
sible to have each member ex-
press his opinion. We then
turn to the delegate system to
give us some measure of con-
trol over our government.
The same thing applies to
large organizations. The annual
meeting of the OFA will be
held in the Royal York, Toron-
to. How can we, as farm mem-
bers of this province -wide or-
ganization, retain democratic
control? If we follow the re -
4 commended procedure of this
organization, we will begin with
our township units.
At the annual meeting of this
unit it is possible for every
member to attend, and it is
within his reach. Here, the
. member should have the op-
•portunity to vote to elect the
representative of his choice to
the larger county unit.
To be truly democratic the
nominations for this person will
be by secret ballot. This pro-
vides the candidates for the
election to follow and you do
•
then have the opportunity to
vote for your own choice. Bal.
loting should continue until one
has a clear majority. Unless
this procedure is followed, we
are only a step or two from
the Russian system where you
only have the opportunity of
• saying yes or no to the one
name on the ballot. The same
method is then used at county
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President:
Milton McCully - RR 1, Kirkton
Vice -President:
Timothy B. Toohey -RR 3, Lucan
Directors:
E. Clayton Colquhoun, RR 1,
Science Hill; Martin Feeney,
RR 2, Dublin; Robert G. Gardi-
ner, RR 1, Cromarty; Alex J.
Rohde, RR 3, Mitchell.
Agents:
Harry Coates, RR 1, Central-
ia; Clayton Harris, Mitchell;
Stanley Hocking, Mitchell.
Solicitor
W. G. Cochrane - - Exeter
Secretary -Treasurer
Arthur Fraser - - - Exeter
level to elect the county re-
presentative to the OFA. Yes,
it is a lot of trouble, but just
remember that a good many
people lost their lives to give
us this method of governing
ourselves, and it should be
worth some inconvenience to
preserve the fruits of their
sacrifice.
Having done this, you are
still not free from responsibil-
ity. It is still your duty, as
well as your privilege, to make
suggestions at all levels through
resolutions. If this is done, we
will be as close to true demo-
cratic government as is pos-
sible in a Iarge society. But
let it be fully understood that
the opportunity to nominate is
just as important, if not more
important, than the right to
vote.
If your leaders provide the
opportunity for you to speak
and you say nothing, they are
justified in thinking you have
nothing to say.
A good example of this failure
of farmers to speak •was the
hearing on crop insurance that
was held in Markdale last Fri-
day by the Government Crop
Insurance Committee. In spite
of personal invitations to a
large number of representative
farmers and organizations lead-
ers, only four attended. Are
farmers in favor or opposed?
Urge Checking of
Tractor Cleaner
Your tractor's engine can be
completely ruined in one day
just from a broken air cleaner
hose allowing unfiltered air in-
to the engine. So says Bert
Moggach, extension engineer
with the Ontario Department of
Agriculture. Follow these tips
to make sure your air cleaner
works full time:
Never overfill the air clean-
er reservoir. The reason: ex-
cess oil will be drawn into the
engine. This is especially dan-
gerous with a diesel because it
will burn this oil and the en-
gine speed will rise to uncon-
trollable high speeds; under
such conditions, engines have
even been known to blow up.
Use the same viscosity of oil
in the air cleaner as you use
in your engine. Too light an
oil (S.A.E. 5) will go right
through the cleaner; too heavy
an oil (S.A.E. 56) will slow down
the cleaning action.
Make sure there are 'no air
leaks around the carburetor
air-intake hose. Air tends to
follow the path of least resist-
ance and will be sucked into
the leak. Never use an old rad-
iator hose in place of the car-
buretor air-intake hose, since it
might collapse and restrict the
air flow.
Don't use oil in the pre -clean-
er unless the manufacturer re-
commends it Why? Because
the oil will be picked up by
the dirt corning in and this
makes the dust cling to the in-
side of the intake tube; it can
even plug it. Periodic cleaning
of the intake tube is important.
The pre -cleaner is designed to
remove chaff, and should be
cleaned as often as the cleaner
itself.
Every week more people dis-
cover what mighty jobs are ac-
complished by low cost Exposi-
tor Want Ads.
FURROW ' AND
FALLOW
(By PAIRBAIRN)
A lot of people have had a
lot to say recently about radio-
active fall -out and its possible
effects on all of us. Much of
this talk had been pure specu-
lation, but it has upset a large
number of people and it has
already had repercussions in the
agricultural area. Scare head-
lines have had much to do with
increased sales of milk powder.
We have it on good authority
that a number of doctors in
Toronto have been stockpiling
milk powder—whether for pa-
tients or personal use we don't
know. Also, we understand one
of the large chain stores last
week placed the largest order
in history for powdered milk.
Now, this may reduce the
large surplus of powder being
held by both the federal gov-
ernment and processors—which
would be a good thing—but it
will likely also decrease the
consumption of fluid milk and
in the long run not help the
overall surplus problem in the
dairy industry. Any decrease
in fluid milk consumption only
means the excess whole milk
finds its way into other areas—
more butter, cheese or powder
production.
What are the facts about
strontium 90 contents in milk?
The real ones got pretty well
lost under the headlines, al-
though we were glad to -see the
Minister of Health and Welfare
and the president of Dairy
Farmers of Canada both point-
ing out some of them. First of
all, most of the food Canadian
cows will be eating in the next
six months was safely under
cover before the Russians start-
ed their latest tests, so there
is no immediate danger of any
increase of strontium 90 in our
milk. Even if this big cloud de-
posits some of its fall -out in our
spring rains, there's no indica-
tion that strontium 90 levels
would reach a danger point.
Secondly, it is possible to re-
move strontium 90 from milk
and we also believe there are
methods of removing radio-
active elements from livestock
feed. Anyway, why all the fuss
about milk? Other things we
eat — livestock, poultry, fruits
and vegetables — are similarily
exposed. And we might add—
have been for years!
And the final point for those
who are buying up milk pow-
der—how do you know it wasn't
made from milk produced dur-
ing an earlier period when we
had increases in fall -out? That
isn't to say it's dangerous be-
cause the best scientists say
there has never been a period
in Canada when fall -out reach-
ed levels hazardous to health.
Just to finish off the milk
story, it has been shown in lab.
oratory tests that a milk -egg
diet increases chances of sur-
vival after radiation by almost
50 per cent. Apparently there's
nothing in milk that counter.
acts some of the effects of radi-
ation. It has also been shown
that when strontium 90 is in
combination with the calcium
in milk, the human body is
more inclined to absorb the
calcium.
F,..Poikins..Addeespe:s.
H.o.IstienAssoc.iation
Frank Perkins, commissioner
of marketing boards fur On-
tario, mentioned the following
statistics during an address be-
fore the Huron County Holstein
Association's annual banquet,
held in Blyth Wednesday eve-
ning:
The personal income of city
shoppers has increased 35 per
cent in the past 10 years;
Sixty per cent of the house-
wives going to a chain store for
groceries do not carry lists;
Chain stores have made the
"luxury" products of 20 years
ago into standard products,
within the reach of most shop-
pers;
* * *
Today's Tidbit: Milk filters
won't remove radio -active ele-
ments, but can help in the pro-
duction of clean milk.
HURON FARM NEWS
Recent rains have helped the
fall plowing. Turnips are mov-
ing very rapidly to storage.
Some dairy cattle are being
stabled at night. -
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Over '70 per cent of the 140,-
000 farmers in Ontario are
members of marketing boards;
The producer's primary ob-
jective is to get his share of
retail prices; it is hoped that
time will come when one mar-
keting act will be sufficient.
Mr. Perkins, who has been
with the department for 31
years, was introduced by How-
ard Feagan. Simon Hallahan
introduced the head table, and
William Boyd, Seaforth, presi-
dent of the association, welcom-
ed the 150 guests.
speaking briefly were Wel-
lington Brock, vice-president;
Ross Marshall, Kirkton, nation-
al association director, and Gor-
don Bell, St. Marys, field man
for the association.
Douglas Miles, Huron agricul-
tural representative, introduc-
TIMELY TIPS
Now, while the hay mows are
high, is the time to check for
broken light bulbs and fixtures,
suggests Hal Wright, Farm Saf-
ety Specialist with the Ontario
Department of Agriculture. It
might pay to install mason jar
type fixtures to reduce the fire
hazard.
* *
Late frost and warm mid-Oc-
tober weather caused excessive
drying of silage corn this year,
says George Jones, OAC corn
researcher. When corn goes in -
,to the silo extra dry, there is
a good chance it will spoil. To
prevent this, Jones suggests
chopping dry corn shorter (2"
or less), doing some extra
tramping and packing in the
silo, and maybe even adding
water at the blower to raise
the moisture content.
ed the dairy princess, from Hur-
on, Wilma Dale,, of }Julien
Township. Harvey Johnston,
Clinton, won the draw.
Premier breeder award was
presented to Reginald McKiel's
herd of Clinton. It was accept-
ed by William Hough, herd
manager.
Premier exhibitor silver cup,
donated by Hume Clutton, God-
erich, to Ross Marshall; best
cow, having produced over 100,-
000 pounds of milk, to George
Hayden, Gorrie.
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Development Rd,
With Ceremony
Chet WA Meets
al' ie WA pi J ethei 'chtircl .
avowed a siiceesaft Wil,
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was arranged by Mrs• Tion DM
nis, Airs.
Pere)? patten .and Mrs.
Glen McNichol, There wet'e
about 75 in attendance. Don
Dennis was chairman for the
evening. The judging of cos-
tumes was the opening of the
evening's activities, which con-
sisted of games, contests and
singing by the school children.
Winners were: Best dressed
couple, Joan and Warren Den-
nis; best dressed adult, Hal-
lowe'en person, Tennie Dennis;
best dressed child's Hallowe'en
costume, Jean Rose; best dress-
ed adult costume, Mrs. William
Roe.
Development Road No. 499
between Blyth and Highway
21, was opened officially by
Hon. Fred M. Cass, Q.C., Min-
ister of Highways, on Wednes-
day. Huron Warden Ivan For-
syth, C. S. MacNaughton, MPF,
Huron, and John Hanna, MPP,
Huron -Bruce, assisted in the
opening ceremonies, held at
Dunlop, where the western end
of the new construction meets
Highway 21. Members of Hur-
on County Council, along with
county officials and staff, as
well as representatives from
the staff of the Department of
Highways, attended the event.
Construction of the road was
carried out under the supervi-
sion of County Engineer James
Britnell, and the County High-
ways Department.
The new asphalt surfaced
road is part of County Road 25.
The high standard of construc-
tion was established by engin-
eers of the Department of High-
ways, working closely with the
county officials. Specialists in
the department carried out soil
investigation and provided oth-
er engineering assistance. The
actual design of the road was
the responsibility of B. M. Ross,
Goderich Consulting Engineer.
The county carried out the
grading and all work prepara-
tory to paving, which was done
by contracts awarded by the
county.
Construction cost exceeded
$646,000, which was borne by
the Department of Highways.
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