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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1961-11-09, Page 9HURON FEDERATION; s By -CARL HEMINGWAY' O n Oeto r 0 be 3 at thehare. holders, meeting of the "Fame" Co-operative, Alex McGregor was elected chairman and Bob Allan as first vice-chairman. It was decided that another can- vass campaign would be con- • ducted, to be completed Nov. 11, with all shares to be turn- ed in at the Agricultural Board rooms that evening. Now the results .of.the August campaign are colcipleted they showed an increase of $14,600 in share capital. Tuckersmith and Colborne Townships are well over their quota. To put the county over the top it is only necessary for the rest of the townships to follow their example. Over the rest of the province, many counties are progressing favorably now that a little stress of farm work is disappearing. There is still hope that "Fame" plants will be in operation by next fall, but it is up to us as farmers to in- vest as quickly as possible. That the need is urgent is amply shown in the report of • n • a • Arnold STINNISSEN Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada Telephone: 852 R 12 R.R. 5 - SEAFORTH ODORLESS CLEAN BURNING FURNACE OIL STOVE OIL D. Brightrall FINA SERVICE PHONE 354 the C m assion on te trictiv e Trade Practices that bas been currently available but is, 1 be- lieve, out of print at the mom- ment. This report shows very clear- ly that it is the policy of the processing industry to increase their profits by eliminating or intimidating competition rather than by an attempt to improve the efficiency of their process- ing or selling methods. I do not know that farmers are justi- fied in criticizing them for this, but I do think that farmers are to be criticized for letting the meat processing industry get .away with this kind of op- eration. We can provide real competition and set the stand- ards of efficiency for the whole industry if we have the willto do it. It has been done with real benefit to the farmers in feed, fertilizer and casualty in- surance. It is no more difficult in meat processing. At the Zone meeting of Hur- on and Perth Cream Producers, concern -was expressed at the amount of propaganda that is being circulated about the con- tamination of milk by radio -ac- tive fallout. Yet a series of tests in Britain have shown con- clusively that the dairy cow is the best filtering agent yet de- vised. If there is danger that milk is contaminated, what about all our fruits and many of our vegetables? By resolution, the Cream Pro- ducers request that the Depart- ment of Health issue state- ments bi-weekly to inform the public oP the dangers involved, if any. The Cream Producers also urged that in the face of the much lamented surplus of but- ter and skim milk powder, that the government take some ob- vious steps to eliminate the problem. The surplus of both could be greatly relieved by encouraging •farmers to separ- ate the milk at home. Why are cream producers forgotten in the government subsidy on manufactured milk? Could it be that milk processors and feed manufacturers would not ap- preciate the resulting drop in volume of milk processing and sales of concentrates if the skim milk were retained on the farm? profit making extra production with STARCROSS 288 LAYERS from Swift The extra eggs produced by Starcross 288's bring you higher income. Look at these Random Sample test results showing net income over chick and feed costs. Each Starcross 288 pullet produced a net income of... ;243... or, 631 MORE than test average. (Canadian Central -1959-60) $2"... or 451 MORE than test average. (W. New York 1959-60) 911 • or 251 MORE than test average. (Tennessee 1959-60) ;170... or 361 MORE than test average. (Texas 1959-60) The egg -producing ability of the Starcross 288's makes them profit-making white - egg layers for you. Order chicks now from your Swift hatchery or dealer. Vf1FT'6 HATCHERY DEALER Walter McClure R.R. 2, Seaforth Phone 884 R 5 Seaforth Sell that unnecessary piece-_pf furniture through a Huron Ex- positor Classified Ad. Phone 141 Insurance - Real Estate WCOKE Egmondviile, Ont. P.O. Box 476 : Seaforth Telephone 647 GO BY TO THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL WINTER FAIR NOV. 10-18 Bargain Fares to TORONTO COACH FARE $ 6.60 FOR THE ROUND TRIP Going Thursday, Nov. 9 to Saturday, Nov. 18, inc. Return Limit Nov. 21. For Tickets and Train Service contact your nearestCanadian National Ticket Agent, 107.61 CN `Canadian National FUR QW _: FALLOW (By FAIRBAI.RN) Another group of Ontario farmers have announced plans to develop a marketing scheme under the Farm Products Mar- keting Act. Producers of grain corn have been talking about a marketing plan for nearly five years, but now the voters' lists are ready, a brochure outlining the need for a marketing board who will form such a hoard and how it will operate will be in the mail soon to all producers with a mail vote scheduled for next January. Southwestern Ontario produc- es most of the corn grown in the province—and for that mat- te , the two counties of Essex as d Kent produce almost half thet corn grown in Canada. How- ever, central and eastern On- tario farmers do have half to three quarters of a million bush- els of corn to sell every year. Total production in the entire country runs about 30 million bushels. This is mainly grain corn sold for distilling and mill- ing and seed corn and does not include corn grown for livestock feed on the farm. is To Fill intended Role "Now more than ever before, organized agriculture in the Province of Ontario must move deliberately and decisively if it is to perform the role for which it was intended," said William Tilden, Iiarriston, in his presi- dential address before more than 400 delegates and visitors to the 25th annual convention of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture in Toronto. "We, as a Federation, must consider carefully the past and the present in order that we may intelligently plan for the future," continued Mr. Tilden, setting the stage for the con- vention theme of Time For De- cision. Mr. Tilden outlined some ev- ents of historical significance to the OFA in its 25 years of ex- istence and service to Ontario farmers. He said that the early founders realized 25 years ago Actually, Canadian proces- sors require more grain corn than is produced in this coun- try — generally ten to twelve million bushels per year and most of this comes in from the United States. As might be ex- pected, the US prices has a tre- mendous bearing on prices in Canada since the import duty is only 8 cents a bushel. It us- ed to be 10 cents a bushel but after the formation of the On- tario Seed Corn Marketing Board which made representa- tions to the Canadian govern- ment seeking reductions in the US import duty on seed corn it came down. This was a case where one group of producers gained at the expense of an- other. We're not suggesting it was intentional but it is a good example' of what can happen even when a farm group has the very best of intentions. Here's the story briefly. The Seed Corn Growers formed their Marketing Board in 1947. United States had an import duty of 25 cents a bushel on seed 'corn from Canada enter- ing the U.S., and Ontario grow- ers wanted a better shot at what appeared a lucrative mar- ket across the line. The feder- al government took their case to GATT and the US agreed to educe the duty on seed corn by one-half—to 124 cents if Canada reduced the duty on US grain corn coming in to this country from 10 cents to 8 cents. This sounded like a good deal, so it was made. But what happened? Exports of seed Corn to the U.S. have dropped steadily and are now somewhere about 50,000 bushels per year, while imports of grain corn from the U.S. are over 12 million bushels. That reduces our government rev- enues from duty by about a quarter of a million dollars a year and it hasn't helped On- tario producers. So now the grain corn pro- ducers want to form their own marketing board to try to do something about what they call unfair competition from the U.S., freight rate inequities and lack of support through subsi- dies or deficiency payments. Fortunately, they are looking at the situation constructively —they want to develop markets and even new uses for corn, to promote the use of Ontario corn and keep the growers in- formed of the whole grain corn business. The plan will only cover grain corn produced for sale— corn for home use and corn marketed as sweet corn, seed corn and pop corn is exempt. Producers will pay %/z cent per bushel on grain corn sold and both producers and buyers will be licensed. The 1/2 cent levy will finance the operations of the Marketing Board which will also appoint six members to a negotiating committee. Buyers and processors will appoint the other six. Township of Hullett DRAIN TENDER Tenders will be received by the Town- ship of Hullett for the construction of an Open Drain, consisting of the excavation of approximately 5,600 cubic yards. Some of this work could be done in 1961, depending on conditions, and part is to be done in 1962. . .,. For further details, plans and specifica- tions may be seen at the Clerk's Office, Lot 16, Concession 8, Hullett Township. A certified cheque for 10% of the tender to accompany each bid. Tender to be in the Clerk's Office before 12:00 noon, November 13, 1961. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. HARRY F. TEBBUTT, Clerk R.R. 1, Londesboro that the agricultural industry must have a strong central group to act as a cohesive force 'among its tens of thousands of individual producers . . "a body competent to unit in com- mon effort its developing com- modity groups . . . in short, a general advocate. The efforts of these far-sighted people re- sulted in the formation of the OFA." He traced the growth of OFA from the first few community group members to the present day strength of 83 member groups, made up of co-opera- tives, county and district feder- ations, commodity groups and marketing boards and educa- tional organizations. He laid special emphasis on the efforts of OFA in the development and organization of many of the province's farm marketing plans and boards, OFA's support for ait444:14w)-1-. CONTROLLING WARBLE GRUBS • During recent years a num- ber of systematic insecticides have been licensed for use in Canada. Some are applied as a spray, others are used in spe- cial feeds. In either case, treat- ment is applied or administer- ed in the fall of the year. According to W. P. Watson, Ontario Live Stock Commission- er, tests conducted in this pro- vince reveal that these insecti- cides are quite effective in de- stroying the tiny larvae of warble grubs when used in ac- cordance with directions. Thus the grubs are eliminated before they have an opportunity of damaging the hide or of caus- ing serious discomfort to their hosts. Incidentally, Mr. Watson GARDEN SHORTS Now's the time to get Ori- ental poppies established, say Ontario Department of Agricul- ture specialists. You can divide the large clumps or else break off a root -section to start new plants. Plant in a sunny, well - drained spot. At this time of year, the plant is dormant and the least damage occurs to the long tap -root. * * If your iris suffered from leaf spot this year, you'll re- member the symptoms —small brown spots with water -soaked margins (later the spots dark- en). Horticulturists with the Ontario Department of Agricul- ture suggest cutting and burn- ing the infected leaves in the fall. If not, the fungus that causes the disease will survive the winter and cause new trou- ble in the spring. SUPERIOR Maintenance Service SEA•FORVH -- PHONE 182 Wall washing -Floor maintenance Brick and Plastering Repairing SUPERIOR Our Name SERVICE Our Aim RAY SQUIRE BOX 335 SEAFORTH warns that these products should not be used on lactating dairy cows from which milk in any form is being used for hu- man consumption. He also points out that there is a with- holding period between the date of treatment and the date of slaughter. Consequently farm- ers intending to use these pro- ducts in treating steers or oth- er cattle that might be slaught- ered should read the instruc- tions carefully and follow them explicitly. Some farmers residing in townships where the Warble Fly Control is in force have been asking the question: If cattle are treated in the fall, will it be necessary to treat them again the following spring? According to Mr. Wat- son, the Act is quite specific on this point: Owners are not required to treat cattle that are free of warble grubs. Conse- quently where the fall treat- ment is 100 per cent effective there should be no grubs in the backs of cattle the following spring; thus the necessity for a spring treatment is eliminat- ed. Furthermore, cattle that have been fall treated invar- iably make more satisfactory gains than ones infested with warble grubs. USBORNE AND HIBBERT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. HEAD OFFICE — Exeter, Ont. 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 Farm Radio Forum, Rural Lead- ership Forum, and other educa- tional groups. Achievements of the OFA in the improvement of legislation affecting farmers, its efforts to improve freight rates, taxation and in general, farm welfare, were covered generally by Mr. Tilden. He concluded his ad- dress with a brief look into the future for farmers, in which he visualized production and mar- keting techniques far in ad- vance of today's methods. "It lies within the power of farm people to work out their own destiny," he challenged delegates. "In the fulfillment of this destiny, we must not fail to make use of the produc- tion techniques, and the mar- keting and co-operative facili- ties available to us. Perhaps most of all we must use the protection and services provid- ed by our . Federation of Agriculture." The financial statement of the OFA for 1960-61 showed an in- come of $168,865 received from the affiliation fees of member groups, plus earnings from Co- operative Insurance Association for services rendered to CIA by the OFA. Total expenditures amounted to $180,033. The OFA convention continu- ed with a symposium on the European Common Market in the afternoon. A special anni- versary banquet, hosted by the Ontario Department of Agri- culture, was held in the eve- ing, followed by a special pro- gram honoring OFA past presi- dents and founding directors. /11U1 �1tlt"�l�lrt .e„, . .‘,.,21 •., DA4QY use CONOP FEEDS SPECIAL SCOUL On All Co-op Dairy and Beef Concentrates NOW IN EFFECT Cash in on this 'get acquainted' offer and convert your full granary into extra profits with a Co-op balanced feeding program. Grains are deficient in some necessary nutrients. Co-op Concentrates make up th:se defic'encies and give you increased milk and meat production — greater profits for you. SEAFORTH FARMERS PHONE 9 SEAFORTH AL and FUEL OIL Wm. M. Hart Phone 784 • Seaforth IrUlil. mot EXPQsrroR, summit OPEN . I'RT Perth,an The t`irst Go1>,t1,ty brand* Office of ariti$A,, Mortgage ,$; Trust Conal?aniy Will open p Listowel oar Friday of ne ct week. Ceremonies will begirt .at 2 p.m., when Dr. Harry D. Liv- ingstone, senior practising phys- ician in Listowel, will cut the golden ribbon. W. 11 Gregory, President of British Mortgage, will be in charge of the official opening. J. Fred Edwards, MLA, Elwood Smith, Mayor of Listowel, and Angus Dickson, Reeve of Listowel, will partici- pate in the brief ceremony. Carl Stief, Listowel branch manager, Wilfrid P. Gregory, QC, executive vice-president, and Glen 'Zurbrigg, Listowel branch assistant manager, will welcome the guests after which they will be invited to inspect the modern, air-conditioned of- fice. Open House will be held on Friday from 2 to 5 and :from 7 to 9 o'clock, and on Satur- day, Nov. 11, from 2 to 5 o'clock. The new branch is a striking- ly modern building of reinforc- ed concrete with exterior walls of hand-picked Indiana stone. Th4 b d•ut.0 -s or with the exception pf an eval-sh»ped: p1}blic area. which,is tw11 stereya high. `Large areas of thermo- pope glad& Mate the eflieee bragbt and Sspacious, Interest will be added tp the south ++all of the building with . stns haut-reli.efggu1ptat~e o io, British Mortgage cre$t. • Guaranteed INVESTMENT CERTIFICATES 3 to 10 years W. E. -Southgate Seaforth Representing: British Mortgage & Trust Co. Guaranty Trust Company Sterling Trusts Corporation Huron & Erie Mortgage Corp. GUARANTEED EARNINGS Cities Service Oil Co. Ltd require a responsible man for the operation of "The Modern Service Station” LOCATED AT SEAFORTH, ONTARIO Apply in writing to: JACK SCRUTON CITIES SERVICE OIL CO. LTD. 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