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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1953-12-17, Page 4PAGE FOUR CLINTON ?' E SY YORP T14TMSPA , DECEMBER 17, loofa Budd Up Souls As You Crop Walkerton Says Gear, l; are resphavealottit pect foe the simple fact .of crop rotation than 1. had when I went to col .lege," said George Gear, Walker - Ora speaking in Londesboro Wed- nesday night to an audience of 135 Huron county farmers. Mr. Gear, agricultural representative for Bruce county,. was the principal speaker at the second annual ban- quet of the Huron Soll .and Crop. Improvement Association. Mr. Gear, well known through Western Ontario as an expert on the management of beef herds, and on modern practice in the 'manage - _merit meet of pastures, spoke on "The Philosophy of Farming." His ideas, he trade it clear, were his own and not necessarily the policy of the Ontario Department of Agri-. culture. "I'm interested in all livestock; I'm interested in growing some- thing tofeed D them; primarily, though, I'm m interested in the soil," said IMIr, Gear. His own experience, he said, has led him to be a little impatient with some of the more. extreme doctrines of the conser- vationists. It is an exaggeration, said Mr. Gear, to argue that the typical Ontario farmer is mining his land, and it is an absurdity to argue that any considerable pro- portion of Ontario farm lands should be taken out of cultivation and put back to tree. "A good farmer improves his soil, and can make it two or three times as good when he is finished with it as it was when he got it," said Mr. Gear. "Good farming is a 'better method of conservation than any other we have." "The lower level of prices is here, and there's no use arguing about it," said Mr. Gear, "The thing now is to get lower costs of production." Mr. Gear said he would disagree vigorously with those who criticize the farmer for lack of efficiency. "I think that as a rule the far- mer is more efficient than any other branch that produces in our society," he said. The answer to the problem of lower prices for farm produce can not, in the long run, be found in any policy of reducing production, Mr. Gear asserted, Obviously, he said, it would be suicidal for farin- ers to deliberately try to grow fewer bushels an acre. "Farming isn't of that nature," he said. "You can't shut the doors and stop pro- duction for two or three weeks and • then .start up again, the way you could in some kinds of industry," While he would not agree with those who argue that farm produc- tion should be limited, said Mr.. Gear, neither would he agree with the prediction that before long farmers will not be able to produce enough to feed this country's'. growing population,. Greater Production Oval "I look for a great period of pro- sperity," he said, "for those who have their farms set up right to loweredrouprosperity.t fThe ewhs ole thing is tied up with greater pro- duction because greater product- ion is cheaper production." The time will probably come, Mr. Gear renarked, when farmers in his own county of Bruce will turn to growing cash crops, as farmers in south Huron have al- ready done. "We don't grow cash crops now in Bruce," he said, "be cause there is more money in live- stock. We can make money on hogs even when the price is is that Up my way, my guess the good farmer is getting contin- ually better. The same can hardly be true of the cash crop -areas." The farmer whorelies on cash crops, and does not have a really well-planned system for getting organic matter and fertilizer back into the soil, can not maintain soil fertility," said Mr. Gear, Comparison plots in pastures, to illustrate the effect of using com- mercial fertilizer, do not always show conclusive results, and one- year tests prove nothing at all, said Mr. Gear. Hundreds and thou- sands of soil tests in Bruce county, he noted, have indicated a prevail- ing deficiency of phosphorus in the soil, and yet when phosphates are added, fir the form of commercial fertilizer, they do not seem to have much result in the succeeding crops, unless the soil itself was in fairly good condition before the fertilizer was added. How To Build Soils "I think we can build soils some- thing like this,—with a long time to do it," Mr. Gear continued. "The first thing we should try to do is get along with the soils the best way we can, We've got to get a living out of these soils while we are working them. They tell us, and I believe it, that where you take three tons of hay off the top, there's a ton of roots below. I sow fertilizer to get a good crop I DON'T LET THE NICE WEATHER FO O. U • The snow will soon be here and you would be wise to get your car ready for for winter NOW . . . For the ultimate in winter tires buy the GOODYEAR SUBURYA . tx IT Snow and Mud Tire We can also give you the Suburbanite tread in a re -tread tire. Don't wait, inquire today — at — WELLS AUTO ELECTRIC "THE ORIGINAL :i LUNE -UP SHOP" CLINTON - ONTARIO Stunning 21" television with matching legs. Engineered to produce maximum picture quality anywhere. New "DX -53" chassis includes many new "Extra" features for top perr"ormance. 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Fol- lowing a short wedding trip to Chatham and Niagara Falls, the young couple are living at the home of the bride's parents. of hay and grass to make more of those roots to build up the soil, What the commercial fertilizer is for is to stimulate the growth of .grass and hay so the soil will build." One of the ironies of farming, Mr. Greer observed, is that the good farmer is the one who has the problems. "The poor farmer has no problems, he's happy. Once he starts producing more, then he starts to have problems. The -fel- low who gets the big, lush growth of hay early in the season has to worry about how to get that hay crop off a month earlier than he's used to, and then he has to worry about keeping more livestock to eat the hay, and more buildings to keep the stock." Mr. Gear was introduced by H. Baker, assistant agricultural rep- resentative for Huron. Thanks for his address were expressed by Richard Procter,Morris township; vice-president othe Huron Soi and Crop Improvement Associa- tion. Chairman for the gathering was l�?ussell Bolton,. McKillop Town- ship, Thomas Pryde, Exeter M.L.A., for Huron, said he considered the association one of the most im- portant organizations in the coun- try, and one that is concerned with the basic problems of agriculture. "I think everyone is aware," ob- served Mr. Pryde, "that the honey- moon is over,—the days of high prices and easy selling are behind us for a while. There's going to be more of a selling job for all of us to do, and I think one thing is true,—that you can't go wrong selling quality." Alvin Kerslake, Hensall, war- den of Huron, congratulated the association on its work during the year. Agriculture, he said, is the key industry of Huron county. "Folks like you make that in- dustry go." A welcome to Hullett township was extended by Reeve William Dale, Orval Taylor, Belgrave, member of the County Council's agriculture committee, said he believes the grant given by the county to the association is money well invested, and added that the agriculture committee is firm in its support of the association. Other speakers included: Harry Strang, Exeter, provincial director of the Soil and Crop Improvement Association, representing Huron, Perth, and Bruce counties, and G. W. Montgomery; agricultural rep- resentative for Huron.. Cheques Preseted Cheques were presented by Mr. Fallis to winners in the 1952-53 50 - Bushel Winter Wheat Club com- petition in Huron county. .Top score in the competition was made by Hugh Berry, Usborne township, who had a yield of. 57.9 bushels an acre; second place was won by Al- lan Walper, Parkhill, with 52.8 bushels an acre. The target for next year, in the wheat club competition in Huron will be 60 bushels an acre, it was announced by G. W. Montgomery. Eleven have already entered, and additional entries will be welcom- ed, he said, from any who have at least five acres seeded to regist- ered varieties. Hereford Sale Tops 5.10,450 16 Consign Purebreds In a successful auction sale here on Tuesday, the Huron Hereford Association moved 31 lots of cat- tle t]e across the block far a total of $10,450. Sixteen Huron -breeders had consigned purebred stock. Bid- ding was fairly keen among the large crowd that attended. Ten bulls sold at an average of $388,50, with the top -priced bull of the sale, consigned by James R. Coultes, Belgrave, selling for $56Q to J. Ross McDonald, Appin. Eight bred heifers sold at an average of $334, with the top one selling for $43O to James A. Aiken, Tara. It was consigned by Howard C. Wright and Son, Cromarty. Two open polled heifers, consigned by Ernest Brown, Clinton, sold at $290 and $250, with L. and W. Jackson, Listowel, the buyers in both cases. Eight cows and calves brought a total of $2,935. The top selling lot, consigned by George Kennedy, Lucknow, brought $540, the cow being bought by Frank and Vir- ginia Grey, Pickering, for $375, while $165 was paid by Oliver Mill- ner, Dundalk, for the calf. Three 4-I-1 Club calves sold for an aver- age of $141, Top price in this group was $215 paid for a bull calf, six months old, consigned by Roy Bros., Londesboro, and bought by Francis Hicknell, Seaforth. The 31 lots averaged $337, com- pared with $325 average paid at the assiciation's first fall sale in early November last year. Winston J. White, Balsam, paid $375 for a cow and calf consigned by George Kenedy, Lucknow; $305 for a bred heifer consigned by John J. Lindsay, Clinton; and $325. for a bred heifer, consigned by Allan Petrie, Dungannon. Other buyers were: Martin Kutchta, Alvinston, who paid. $330 for a young bull, consigned by Heber J. L. Eedy and Sons, Dun- gannon. (IV7r. Eedy is the past pre- sident of the association); Alvin Snell, Blyth, paid $355 for an 11 - month -old bull from the Ralph Foster herd, Goderich; Robert G. Mason, Ripley, a bull for $400, and John Hallahan, Blyth, a bull for $345, both from the George Ken- nedy herd, Lucknow; Elmer Web- ster, Varna, $340 for a bull from the Bert Mason herd, Ripley; Bert Hereford Group Fetes Clubs at Annual Maurice Hirtzel,. Crediton was elected resident of the Huron Hereford Association for 1954, at the annual meeting held in Clin- ton last Thursday. Mr. Hirtzel succeeds Frank Thompson, Wing - ham, who presided at the annual meeting, and was diaster of cere- monies at a banquet held in On- tario Street United Church. "I think we have the strongest beef breed in the province of On- tario—in fact we have more mem- bers now than the Shorthorn and the Angus breeds put together," said Mr. Thompson. During the past few months, he observed, it has not been easy to buy Herefords for shipment to Ontario from Wes- tern Canada. The western breed- ers, he suggested, want to hold their cattle on the prairies, where they have plenty of grain for feeding. "The breed is advancing by leaps and bounds," declared Ernest Gilmore, Everett, president of the Ontario Hereford Association. "The reason is," he said, "that we've got a wonderful breed of cattle—a breed that is doing a lot for us. Let's not leave it all to the cattle,—let's do everything we can to promote our breed, and streng- then our organization." Boys and girls who are raising Hereford calves as 4-H projects, said Mr. Gilmore, are engaging in one of the greatest enterprises that can be found. He commend- ed the Huram Hereford Associat- ion for its enterprise in. encour- aging the raising of Herefords by 4-11 members in Huron. Guests at the banquet included 54 of the 60 young men and wom- en of Huron who raised Herefords in 4-H club work. in 1953. Heber J. L. Eedy, a past president of the Huron Hereford Association, wel- comed the youthful guests, and ex- pressed the hope that next year one of then will succeed in bring- ing the Queen's Guineas to Huron county. Other officers of the Huron Her- eford Association for 1954 includ: Stanley Jackson, Kippen, first vice president; Allan Petrie, Dungan- non, second vice-president; Ross Eedy, Dungannon, and R. G. Ma- son, Ripley, directors for one year; Percy Wright, Cromarty, and Ral- ph Foster, Goderich, directors for two years; James R. Coultes, Bel - grave, and Ernest Brown, Clinton, directors for three years. Harold Baker, Clinton, continues in office as secretary -treasurer. Guest speaker was Dr. D. C: Maplesd'en, Ontario Veterinary College, • Guelph, Dr. Maplesden spoke on his two years experience at Walnut Springs, Texas, as a herd veterinary. He said Texas vas smaller than Ontario but with a population of 8,000,000. The cattle industry theire is basic. There are almost as many cat- tle as ther are people in Canada, he said. Three 4-H clubs in Huron car- ried out projects that fit in with the association's work, it was re- ported by Harold Baker in a brief' review of his 1953 work. a.-nw-+®-saw- -,m, Come,„ Zwing Yew Yds kb to the Sponsored by Kinsmen Club of Clinton sung D Dec. r LEGION MEMORIAL HALL Kirk Street POPULAR Q ORCHESTRA Commencing ttt 9.00 p.'i. ADMISSION: 75 cents i 4 Alton and Son Lucknow, $120 for a six -month-old, bull from Sarn Mc - Lure's herd, Seaforth; consigned by Frank Bentland, Goderich, a bull sold for $340 to L. Moerbeek, R.R. 3, Goderich; from the, Allan Petrie herd, Dungannon, a bull was sold for $3$0 to William I-loss- feld, Mildmay; Frank Thompson and Son, Wingbarn, consigned a young bull, which sold to James R, Aickin, Tara; and H, C. Wright and Son, Cromarty; consigned a bull, which sold for $470 to W. W. Essert, Centralia, A Middlesex buyer, W, G. Dere, Arva, bought a bred heifer from the Thompson herd for $265, while Bert Alton, R.R, 7 Lucknow, paid $325 for .a cow and ,bull calf from the sante herd. From the .Alvin Snell herd, Blyth, Durnin . Bros., R,R, 2 Lucknow, paid $320 for a cow and calf, while Ed. Rush, Plattsville, paid $270 for a cow, and Milford Johnston, Balaclava, paid $165 for its calf, Another Plattsville buyer, Clare Stoltz, paid $310 for a' bred heifer from the Frank Pentland herd, Goderich. James R. Aikin, R,R, 4 Tara, paid $385 for a bred heifer, consigned by Bery Mason; while the Sam McClure herd consigned• a bred heifer, which sold for $310 to Gor- dan Monkman, Dobbinton. Frank and Virginia Grey bought a bred heifer for $305 from the Roy herd; and T. N, Morris, R.R. 3 Embro, paid $295 for a bred heifer from Norris Salter's herd, Gowanstown. James R. Coultes, Belgrave, was sale manager; W. S. O'Neil, Den- field, was auctioneer; and the ring - man was Edward Elliott, Clinton. Scholarships To OAC Students Scholarships awarded annually by the Huron County Council have been given to two Huron farm boys enrolled as first-year students at the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege, Guelph. Cheques for $100 each have been sent, it was an- nounced last Thursday by G. W. .Montgomery, to William Hunt, Seaforth, and J. C. Murray, R.R. 5 Seaforth. The scholarships are given each year to one student enrolled in the first year of the four-year degree course, and to one student enroll- ed in the first year of the two- year diploma course. The commit- tee of selection that made the a- wards consisted of Alvin Kers- lake, t eeve of Hensall and warden of hurcn; J. T. Kinkead, peiblic school inspector for North Huron; G. W. Montgomery, agricultural representative for Huron. Nine students from Huron are enrolled in the diploma course. It is a matter for some regret, said Mr. Montgomery, that there are not more students from Huron taking advantage of the diploma course at the 0.4.C., and two are enrolled this year in the degree caurse, which is intended particu- larly for young men who intend to make a career of farming.. "We should have more boys down there taking, that course, who intend to conte back home to the farm," said Mr. Montgomery. “Immediate service" N YOUR LOCALITY FOR Estate Planning and frills Investment Management and Advisory Service 4% Guaranteed Investments 2% on savings — deposits may be mailed Real Estate Services For prompt attention call RAYE B. PATERSON Trust Officer Hensall, Ontario, Phono 51 or any office of GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA TORONTO • MONTREAL OTTAWA • WINDSOR NIAGARA FALLS • SUMMIT SAULT SIR. MARTS O.ALgARY ! VANCOUVER 1WEON AND. anKTOE.. 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