HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1958-02-14, Page 9am pleased
o have had the designir
of the
New .Topnotch
:BULK FEED PLANT
Topnotch is o be origl'atulates
on a great forward step;
ill'the ,+econoriiical handlings of
farm feeds
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Dublin
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ntctrio
e''IVerei Pleased to Have-
' Played a Part m; the New Building,o
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ANREINFORCING, STEEL F(.fl BUIL1 it STRUCI`ITRAL D . GS.
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'IOP' OTC'II 'FEEDS LIMITED have grain storage capaorty;,ox i re "rain = 1000 a00 , bushels:
Shown here in" this winter view of the plant are some of. the' largo,ecncrete;,silos in''which grain
Latest '71116 -dem
n t�.:' 1
ttie..n o�cern''
Topnotch Feed- LiMited plant .has
now been brought into 'use. .
Towerig holding 100 tons
,f feed, per:nit• handling bulk loads
of feed -by 'gravity. Divided into
compartments `the bins. rovid efor
P e
p
16 different rent kind
s of feed. ' Con,
structionof, the addition"liousing
the bulk feed .setup -got under way
last . summe .
The bulk4eedsi facilit -th
y elat'
est in a series of 'additions. and.
improvements -at Tepnotch since a
disastrous, fire gutted' the frill on'
May 1954:J. -not -long after .the_
company had purchased the •!form-
; er:'Exeellence, Flour Mill. property::
Once the decision' to rebaild was.
taken;' tonstruction_,was':rushed. and'
wlthrn:: a few months ; a new mill
was in production Since then ad
ditional grain: storage .tanks• halve
been'.added,. until' today there is ,a
total ,}grain •;capacity" of -,100,000
bushel
Completion . of the Iatest addition
here'''.`gives Topnotch, one ' of the
1 bulk_feed..•setups-in-Qntario, .
plantofficials say. The new facil-
ity .is ;designed to provide bulk buy;
ng
benefits; to those who buy ',Any:.
thMg over a 'ton.
• In deciding to`enlarge our facih-
ties, we recognized the; importance
of providing ;not only feed of qual-
ity, ".but: service. "too,"' Manager•,
Bruc
eMaui
� ;llllan said
That.
is ;why. we • are expanding continu-
'ously. ' Included 'in the expansion
program: is the provision of a sec-
ond truek equipped to'handle "bulk
dehseries u -
Abotayearagotheeoman
company
moved its .head -office.. organization
from Stratford 'to 'S.eafo th n whe
r ,
rhe .forniefloum�ll' office ";was
refitted to provide acconiunodation
I ieision`.to move the head office
'here: was based on --the fact that
:the Seafonth plainf-'wa`::the- largest
of the seven plants operated by,the
;company:n addition,;' adequate
office accommodations: was Avail-
able here, officials said- Original -
y the head office was ;•in : Toronto,
but Was .moved to "Stratford' "five
'Years . ago In additioWto-the Sea -
forth Operation, the company 'has
plants-;at-•Str-atfordiDnndKing
stop, Milverton. Dorchester and
w
Moffat, ;as ell as a farm north: of
11
M .
.ornpletionj4
ILiTIES'
were pleased . to stave had a part:
Int pravding' equipment
including
PNFUMAT
the
UN`
37...10.$0.00r.
OU
Toronto
Stra r
tfo d.Th Topnotch
e
Flour
is
Mills subsidiary.
a ,separate .ub idiots. '
Grain Supplies
pp to satisfy • the
steadily 'increasing demands for
feed are met by deli dries, both
by rail and truck. The company-"
operatesa30-ton van on
a run
between Storage m
erode-
rich . and the Seaforth plant, which
carriesbou
a t 60 tons a day. ,
1e g �vesani'aat
C -
�an'-
Fer Zurich Fai
Possibility of moving the; site Of^I
Zurich Fall°Fair will be..looked•in-
to by a committee of four ma n
tier's of the Zurieli Fall' Farr So=
eiet'
y A committee, .co'nrposed'of"
Demes ' Bedard,, ,:Herb, Turkheim,
• Oscar Greb:and ' Arnold. .Merrier
was appointed to investigate' the
uiovirrg of—the fairgrounds^ frons
the' east end of the village. to a
new • location next .to the: Commun
ity;centre.
Clifford Pepper was elected the
neiw president °Vale. Zurich..Fail
Fair Society' 'at the annual,- meet
mg.:7 Vice-presidents :ate -Valentine:
Becker and.,,Dennii :Bedard; secre
tary-treasurer Elmore .Kropp di
rectors ':Arnold.'. Merner; Leroy
Thiel, Herb; TzirkJ.ieim, Bert Mc
Bride, Edward Sclioeder, Carl. Wil,
lett,: Bert K.lopp, Walter gckel, Ot
to Willett ,Four former presidents,,
m
WilliaDavidson, .:Theodore Stein-
bach,:
tein-bach, ' William. Decker'and! Fred
Haberer,.:were rained 'honorary. di
.rectors Jack Haberer andG.eo.
•Deichert are auditors. •
Clifford Pepper .and Bert' Klopp'.
were; instructed tonvestigate 'the
forming of ,a Stephen. Township, 4
D Calf 'Club, and. 'invite' them to
compete at' the. Zurich Fall:: Fair:`•.
Proteet'ion • ` against fire was a
very-.irnportant 'consideration when`
ptannn the -1'opll
ful atteption was not.pahrdMu; to ;safety
from fire ,for ou'stom rs..anrd em-
ployees and to.the„, possible; serious
effect a' badfir+e• could 11avi' to
property: and business loss to the
company ;and the : eoniinuinrty.
,With these, points in mind,- an
automatic fire; sprinkler system
was contracted, for with "Antonia-
ticra;,Sprinkler'Company of .Canada
Limited, Toronto, ,and -this .installa-
tion., was recently completed
The fire 'sprinkler -system pro-
tectsthe' Mill and adjoining';office,
also°:the new bulk storage ,;installa-
tion . It is an engineered- piping
system extending throughout; these
'.areas with,.a: total =of'457 sprinkler`
1 eads: iii` the_ piping sys`tern, .or
with'`each sprinkler'. to protect
proximately 90" square feet.
The piping :sYstein is connected
through a special sprinkler control
varve in the 'mill basement by -a
six-inch pipe' connection to the town
Water . main•. in Croni ie Street:
Each sprinkler head has its own
separate fusible "element and oyer'=
ates independently. Should a fire
occur heat' from .the fire would
act—'—',upon. the' 'sprrnlder head . or
headlinedanger..; area. only. The
sprinkler heads thus calledinto op-;
eration »'ould„ permit;: the, sprhtkler_
Control valve: in the, basement to
p`a.,ss,<-w ato r:•i nto tfie;pzping'system-
and _discharge ''through the "open.
ed"'sprinklers .iia a"spray" pat-
tern to extinguish : or control" the
fire. •'The.' system is completely
automatic hi operation..
When the;: