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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1959-06-19, Page 11MAKE DAIRY FOODS DAILY FOODS ERE'S RICH CRE Highly -Efficient HURL Dairy Big Industry Canadians are -being reminded. this month that the dairy industry is still one of the nation's'largest; most . important and =most complex businesses. Over the years •dairy- ing, in, all its manifestations, has become highly efficient beginning with the production of milk and carrying through. to- the delivery of the finished product to the con sumer. For.• instance, it might be assum ed that the dairy cow population would be - increasing with the in crease in .milk " production which last, year topped 18 billion pounds. However, the number of dairy cows in Canada has not varied signifi- cantly for many years remaining at a level slightly, above three 'mil, lion 'animals. Steadily increasing: milk production, while -influenced" on a seasonal basis by `weather conditions, can be directly traced to herd, culling and breeding pro grans-which-have-resulted-irrherds- of more highly "•Productive ,caws Canadian deity farming can be. divided into two main 'classes: (1) the •s p ecial • -d t ai ar -- e P Y r3F-f tri whe-re=a11= the income is derived from the, sale, of Milk and dairy -' ,,cattle, and- (2) the general dairy farm 'where the dairy herd and its products are only a part of the farm business: The, specialty dairy farm ,. most likely will be producing fluid milk for a nearby city dr town and some breeding stock may be sold if herd niembers are of good; enough`qualy ity to be in ;demand;, The generajdairy farm may pro- vide a variety of alternatives:. The milk may be separated '2nd the cream" marketed while the skim milk is kept at home as feed. for hogs or;poultry. Here again the sale of breeding stock from the whe at. NES • . S . .. . ,Deli fitful Tr eat d For: Young or, O err, and 1/2 Gallons Take - Home Sundaes Drum Sticks and Cones A; I Ai ii14 -TREAT EVERY DAY IN THE'YEA. -'Available in Seafortltt at COUSINS', ICE , CREAM BAR Huron County Federation 'of .Ag; •ricultnre held their regular meet ing, Wednesday, June • ,10 in the agricultural. board:rdoms,. Clinton. At the{ request of the zone director, Allan Wedow, of Hanover;. the Fed- eration instructed"the secretary to arrange with;'the chairman of -.the Poultry' Committee for a •meeting of;the township poultry: -:representa- tives., .It was agreed .that the °sec= retary'send out ,copies of the an- nouncement of the 'Federation wor- ship service to be held at the Gale - rich Summer School, July 5, to each of the township presidents. Doug- Miles, ' agricultural repres- ;herd from time to time ;may` bean important part of the 'general, farm Operation. General dairy" farmers often, have some cash grain, : or other "crop to 'sellIn additions to the Milk which may go to concen- trated 'Milk plants or 'cheese fac- tortes ln—conneetron . with dairy -farm-, -ing it--is--important to -remember" that' milk, is - not Abe only ',Product o£ the. herd.' In the process;of man agement; -salves --as well °as -cows have to be culled in the interests :of herd:; iipprovement, which;'; in turn is responsible for the increas ed . milk production ,: mentioned • above. This culling "process is the ;source of considerable; dairy': in-, `come since 'it is. estimated that 60 per :"cent of the beef and 40' per cent of the veal consumed in Can- ada comes from dairy herds. In a country, which sometimes becomes: preoccupied with the importance of wheat -it is --worth; remembering that in a given •yba-i the farm value of :the • products...4 Canadian dairy herds• exceeds'` that of any; other single farm product, including UNTY. FEDERAT By CARL, HE..1? GWAY NEWS entative, gave some interesting fig- ures on the number pf cows pro, ducing at the different levels that ' • ; a armeewould need .to keep in Dairy� . order to $ave aTaborincome ofIndustry, E ch section- of Canadian : dairy. industry• has. special hopes fr the great festival which is known from coast-to-coast as June'is Dairy Month,Dairy farmers""and• their organizations, among other things, hope that urban people ' may de- rive new erive:new understanding of the problems which beset producers, processors, manufacturers ands dis- tributors of dairy goods. For, their: ''part dairy farmers might" hope ,that, as urban people drive;' along country roads' past well kept :dairy :farms that they give some'; thought to -tete qualities of Management : which go into' making a dairy farm a successful `opera- tiori._ Nandgement Is :omplex In` f $3,000 per year. He also stated that an active campaign has been started in the. county that will er- adicate barbary 'and buckthorn from the ,..county „ during the next live years. These"•two .plantS..pro-- vi winter quarters for rust, which causes serious loss' to grain growers in the county; The business meeting was follow- ed' by considerable discussion on, the time spent at the London Con- ference- of- the United Church on farm marketing'legislation in gen=, era) and :the hog' marketing pro- gram .in particular. The 'meeting 'agreed that while there is always need. for more information to.;the public,` farmers were never before so well informed. From_all-his dantrovergy arrived-at`two onclusions. F irasvt the-Christian-Church` star sfoer fait play and equality ,for 'the in-. dividual: Under, the, Hog Marketing -Flair h . , every- og~uf '-given "gizaiity' ,returns the same price ,to:the pro- • deicer, -whether he. be large or small, rich or poor. Secondly, .there are, few in' the county that attend as many meetings of rural people' as I do. ,At'Federation meetings,,' Beef ,Producer, Hog.; Producer, ,Poultry Producer;. Milk ;P'roducer, Cream Producer meetings I -meet the same people. Then":on occa'- sion when I attend a meeting of laymen or: a Sunday School confer ence I find again the same peo- pie.' From this :i would.:suggest that if the,„churches do a good job of producing a.Christian; they need, have little fear ;for: the policies pro=• moted by farm organizations. 1,write•for Marie Frasers' , free"New Evaporated'Mlik recipes. f'J Try It During June Dairy) Month_ SMILE CONCENTRATED MILK PRODUCERS Itt 1617,'on Chamiplain's small ship,: there came from Pans:n man destinedtolound,Canada's greatestindustry. He was • Louis. Iiebert, an:;apotheeary* who was at heart a farmler. . In spiteopposition from the French Settlement Company who saw New: France only as a source of fur and fish, he cleared ten acres -of land"on the-heights-abov'e'.Que1 ec Peredn Canada's first farm, -Louis Hebert bred cattle and raised grain • --, beans and pumpkins. From this humble'beginning grew an industry that now stretches from sea to sea. Where•farms were settled across this vast country,' daily -cattle con inued,:important. oto;be rtan. p t II ;Piopee'rs were aware of the valtte,of:milk, butter and cheese in their diet. Today, with our greater understanding of, nutrition, we know' that dairy foods;;are unexcelled as sources of complete protein, vitamins and minerals. Calcium;riboflavin, vitamin A, fat, sugar's'and energy -giving calories are supplied flavourfully and at low: cost:. Froin_,Louis Hebert's brave start, 455,000. dairy' farmers today , produce food essential for^ our well -be ngi f.-cstus-Hebert • `. (about) 157541627 ♦ e• , Ik•Y.A:e,amnJ,y: i'✓ EA mso • . -sir Phone 2• e l MitchcNi, Once the;dairy. farmer is; set up with -his livestock.' and- equipment he can go brq e quickly. ui`Ii esr.h is a good,mariager,' Indeed the sac-. .cessful. farmer must ,be "financier arid' la'iiorei'; planner: and"caretak- er,. producer,:and • marketer, diag- nostician and . nursemaid, ;'student and' experimenter." :,Essentially,he: must 'have' a'`:good and know1 edge of breeding and feeding, • of seedinginand:fertilization, of ,mach - e ,operation; machine repair, pest control : and,, weed ` eradication'. hover all,__he must -know -how to cope with the .weather inrelation to his management `: problems for few 'occupations in the world are so subject to, the whir'ri's. of the wea- thee, as is farming. Manageinen of a dairy farm, is coin lex indeed an the he retie, who' Makes a success of dairying prob :ably would lie a successful ad.niini-' strator,wherever. he might be ;Any: farmer is continuously making de-' cisions ' on hundreds of " .natters. which range'' from ,the broad- poli;; cies of the' rganization of the farm' to the intricate details of. •.day -to-. day operation. Some of his major, decisions will be : concerned; With what .':'crops;;to produce :and -.how much' to produce; how to market" each;, *hat kinds, grades, and: .quantities 'of,"materials to use in his production operation; where to: buy: them; and how to .time -the, seasonal pattern of activities. Na turaIly he must decide how' many cows to keep"in theherd',and which individuals,;. _what. quantities. of. thew various sorts 'of roughages and eon centrates to feed them; how much. Of -the roughageto•produce 'on the farm; ,what crop rotation and fer- tilization•practices to follow;, how to store 'rougha'ge for winter feed- ing: .'whether to raise or purchase replacement animals and plan.the seasonal:)Sattern of :breeding'and, freshening 'dates'. for the herd. These are but a few of the deci- sions. -which, must be taken'' con- tinually in the successful manage= Ment of a dairy or other farm op-- eration• which has" li'vestock as its base, Mother:. Well, Ronnie, how did you Tike your first day at Sunday. School:?" :. Ronnie: "Terrible; Morn!' First' thing the teacher. -did;: was to take away the pennies you gave me," 89% of "urban Canadian housewives' prefer Batter:• to any other spreec 'NaurallY You Prefer.butter! err Its a natural; dairy food, made of rich wholesome creani, delivered to your creamery'while it is u con" -fr h . :.. tx3' cs `Butter's flavor is all its own .. mnd, delicate; creamy. For: good eating, good living, there's nothing like butter? 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