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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1961-04-06, Page 8Blaine and Kay Come Back Blaine Mathe and Kay Stokes are back on CBC radio with their own show. The popular stars of the Happy Gang can be heard on their new show, Kay and Blaine, Monday afternoons on the Trans-Canada network. They'll be playing the familiar songs and tunes which won them many friends across Canada in Happy Gang days. BY DOROTHY BARKER Over 10,000 Member Breeders Sharing Superior Sires of All Breeds Results in Better Cattle Dollars Saved Disease Prevented Labour Conserved 1,...00111101•11.10011/1111•••••11 111•ROMONNOMINIMMINIMIMMINEI for all ft There Is Strength in Numbers When Farmers Decide To Improve Their Cattle You, too can share in the advantages of Artificial Insem- ination. For more information, phone: BETTER CATTLE Clinton HU 2-3441 or for long distance FOR Clinton Zenith 9-5650 or BETTER LIVING Collect Seaforth 96 Waterloo Cattle BreedingAssociation "Where Better Bulls Are Used" Page 8-,Clinton News,-Record---Thursday, April 6, 1961 Beef Men Suggest Five Cents a Head To Finance Producer Organization (By X. Carl elemlneway) The zone meeting of Huron- Perth-Middlesex Beef Produc- ers Was held in Exeter March 27. Same 53 triteeeeteed beef !predueere heard George Geer, agricultural 'representative of Orrice County give the peodue- Oen costs !ewe the farm Management reports of Bruce ceeelester. Mr. Geer stated that the purchase of feeder calves at 'about 400 lbs, and finishing ixi .about a year at 900 lbs. had proved most profitable, Feed- .ems of about 700 lbs. and fin, 'Wiling art about 1,200 lbs. were next with 'the cow-calf pro- gram providing very low lab- eler income to the farmer. Needless to say he ran into considerable argument in the diseussien !period. The problem of procuring feeders is iocreasieg with the development of an attractive market for finished cattle in [the west eoast of both British !Columbia and United States. This market is encouraging more feerelots in Alberta 'and is cutting into the supply of feeder cattle !available for On- tario. There is a. decided in- crease of cow-calf herds in .the Maritimes which will help re- lieve the situation, in Ontario but as yet the quality is lack- ing. ta order that the organiza- tion could Obtain adequate fin- ances for the promotion of the industry the meeting ap- proved a motion that a deduc- tion of 5c per head be taken for the organization at all rec- ognized places of sale, This would mean that it would in many cases apply to feeder cattle as well as slaughter cattle. To compensate for this the charge was reduced, from the formerly proposed 10 cents to 5 cents. The Ontario Wheat Produc- ers held their .annual meeting on March 28. John Anderson, president, stated that the reegotiationS to obtain use of the Port Colborne elesator were proceeding quite 'favour- ably end it is expected' that it will be available for this year's crop, Also the Board expecte to 'be able to pinelsagse wheat above the negotiation price if the market warrants it. This will enable the Board to have a greater stabilizing effect on the price and with storage et 'their disposal they Will have full control over the quality of the exports. The question of feed freight assistance on western grain came up for a good deal of discussion,. It was pointed out that the more grain a feeder purchases the greater the benefit, therefore .this subsidy plays into the hand of the ver- ticel integrator to the detri- ment of the family fanner. We were told of a feed mill with 3,000 sows and a laying flock of 130,000. In these operations the five dollar subsidy on grain ,fed would give a handsionre profit. When it was put to a vote the meeting approved a resolution requesting the re- moval of this subsidy in On- tario. The Ontario Farm Radio Forum annual will be held in the King Edward' Hotel, To- ronto, April 6, 'aid the first meeting of FAME sharehold- ers will be held at the Sea- way Hotel, Toronto, April 7. Take time to overhaul your milking machine this spring before you get on the land, suggests Fred Hamilton of the OAC Dairy Science Depart- ment. Remember it works 365 days a year, twice a day, and often gets less' care than other machinery. Clean Vacuum lin- es, check vacuum gauge, con- trol valve and' pump. Compare the settings with those in your manual. • FARMERS We are shipping cattle every Monday for United Co-operative of Ontario and solicit your patronage. We will pick them up at your farm. Please PHONE COLLECT not later than Saturday nights. Seaforth Farmers Co-operative H. S. Hunt, Shipper Phone 773 Classified Ads Bring Results Blending for your Octane Needs Premium Ingredients at Regular Price Custom RAY'S Sunoco Station Ray Hoggarth, Prop. <firg' Witl t ici 192 HURON STREET tnimid> CLINTON HU 2-6661 HU 2-9013 Free! Marie Fraser's new milk recipes—"Vegetable dishes ... simply delicious". Write today. A DIVISION OF DAIRY FARMERS OF CANADA 409 HURON STREET. TORONTO S Live Better Electrically "She thinks she's so great just 'cause she lives in a Medallion Electric Home" Not really! It's just that pride of ownership is part of the pleasure of living in a Medallion Home. So, many things are "great" about it ! The Medallion Stand- ard gives you a great deal of home com- fort, convenience and safety, and protects your home investment through power, light and appliance conditioning. These features include a full capacity service and housepower panel—plenty of appliance circuits, outlets and switches to take care of your present and future elec- trical needs. And completely installed in every Medallion Home is a new fast- recovery, two‘element electric water heater, ready to supply an abundance of hot water at all times . . the low-cost, fiameless way. And as you would expect in a truly modern home, the lighting in Medallion Homes is planned for extra beauty and safety both indoors and out. Before you buy or build a new home— find out how,you can enjoy the wonderful advantages of Medallion electric living... Doll your electrical contractor or your local iydro Office. OE SURE TO SEE THE MEDALLION HOMEEXHIBIT AT THE NATIONAL HOME SHOW MAR. 31 APR. a from a bottle. Then one day, when my first spring dawned in the rural area of an easeenn Canadian province, I was taken to the summer residence of the late Sir Sam Hughes in the Haliburton highland's of Ontar- io. Sir Sam was a colourful fig- ure of World War I, who won fame for the rapidity with which he booted recruits in the early months of that first world conflict. I mean 'that lit- erally for equipment for those. 'intrepid souls was' hard come by. But Sir Sam, then only a commissioned officer, knew where to go far quick results. Back in his home town of Lind- say, Ont., there was a shoe manufacturing concern that be- came a byword among Canad- ian soldiers. Now non-existent, this company shod much of the army 'almost as fast 'as recruits signed up and before the war ended Beal boots marched thousands of miles through the mud ,and slush of war-torn Europe. How did I get all mixed up with boots when I started out to lament the demise of the sugar bush? Yes, of course, I commenced to relate my intro- duction to the process of ex- tracting sap from trees and boiling it down into clear brown Actually I didn't see it hap- pen that way on the shores of Eagle Lake. There was just the evidence of industry, a shed stacked roof high with literally 'hund'reds , of small tin buckets. Little 'tin funnels that looked like spigots and are called spiles rolled around on the floor. Outside, huge iron !caldrons half turned over rust- ed beneath the tall trees. Stone boats, used to haul the syrup out of the bush, had been a, ,bandened like a worn-out glove, Sugaring at Eagle Lake was as much a thing of the past as World War I and Beal booth, My curiosity however, was very much alive. When we bought our small farm during the hungry thirties I discover- ed there was a small sugar maple on. the property, I could hardly wait for the first spring, I scoured the library for in- formation on the tapping trees. When the first winds of March swept 'across our fields I took my trusty drill in one 'hand, tin bucket and spile in the either and marched out to encourage nature to give of her bounty. Visions of pancakes swimming in my very own maple syrup spurred me on through knee- high drifts, Each morning, I went out 'to gather the day's yield, usu. ally about two teblespoonsful, When I had collected nearly a quart I started boiling and skimming. The smell of the boiling sap in a small house was sickening, Directions simp- ly said "boil and slim, until deer." I ended up, with little more than a tablespoonful of syrup and a bad ease of the gags I thought I could never face another pancake enebel- lishecl with meek, syrup, A rittreber of years later I wee invited to a "sugaring off" ter a nearby fern), t learned why My tree had not "given"-. There is a special place ono must drill for sap on any su- gar maple tree. It takes or- periente to find a large tap root above, which the spile sh- ould be sunk into the 'tree's truths Older trees have spile sears so that itis easy to tee- ogrii2e where they should be This loeles like the year you might save just the best of your gilts for breeding stock, • and really concentrate on boos, thee your percentage of Grade A's. At least that's. the feel- tag of 0,A,C. hog-price analyst 13,, 0, Marshall. "Expect prices to drop to at least $25 in 1962. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised' if they ten to $20 in the fall of that year,," Marshall says. This is how he sees the pr- ice trend: prices will climb from their Seasonal low April of $26- $27, Grade A. Toronto, 'to $28- $29 between May and August. Prices will start skidding in the fall, By the end of 1961 prices will probably be $24 or $25. prices will stay below $25 for most of 1962. • The reason for this predie, tion: "Forecasted !marketing& for the last part of 1961 are up 16 percent over 1960; this means we'll be selling 145,000 to 150,000 hogs a week from October 1 to the end of this year. In 1962 the situation will get even worse. We'll probably be selling 20,000 more hogs a week in 1962 than we did in 1961. Peak marketings will probably be in the fall of 1962," states the Q.A.C. economist. He mentions that there has been a downward trend in hog prices for the last ten years. This has meant that in time of short supply prices didn't shoot upwards es high as they used to; and' in times of over, productien, prices have tended to drop lower. placed about two feet from the ground. Sugaring off was a family 'tradition in this farm home. Neighbour '' from near and far gathered each spring to watch the last kettle of sap bubble up and simmer down into a golden pool. We were all given tin pie plates and I soon found we were expected to fill them with snow. But 'before this hap- pened we marched around the huge caldron poking another stick on 'the fire beneath, beating on our pie plates and singing lustily at the top of our voices. Syrup was then poured over the snow in our plates, and we ate this delicacy between choruses. The evening ended with a square dance in the old farmhouse kitchen to put the finishing touches on this annual ritual to welcome spring. .Was this the hungry thirties'? No, the fabulous fifties. At Eagle Lake? No, only 25 miles from Toronto. But as I said, bulldozers take over next spr- ing. It was •a sad song we all sang recently 'to the echo of the March wind sighing in the branches of a doomed' maple bush. 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Wettlaufer Feed Mill Huron Street Phone HU 2.9792 s....# "Personally, I don't go for these so-called safety steering wheels, I haven't seen a bad CrP-sil yet where the deep-dish wheel hasn't buckled hopeless- This surprising remark, over heard by the writer of this column, was made by a driver of above-average intelligeote. ele led the laughter at his, own expense when some one pointed out his "blind spot". The mod- ern steering wheel is specific- ally designed to crumple in a crash, Thousands of drivers in a col- lision have escaped with bruises because the wheel buckled, cu- shioning and distributing the force of impact, when an un- yielding or brittle wheel would have inflicted, severe chest in- juries. A crumpled, wheel in a crashed car is evidence of a piece of mechanism that did its job well. To-day's automobile has many standard and optional features that materially in- crease the protection against collision injury. Literally mil- lions of dollars have been spent by 'various automobile manu- facturers in research into the cause of injuries. And the in- formation obtained has been freely exchanged between com- panies in the public interest, without regard to normal con- siderations of competition. The millions spent on safe- ty research have been slow to return 'to the car manufac- turers. The average car owner would rather pay for extra chrome, than for something that ,night save his life, or that of his passengers. The crash-within-a-crash is the main cause of bodily in- jury in a collision. Safety st- eering wheels, seat belts, pad- ded panels ,and sun visors, saf- ety door lock.'4, all add greatly to in-ear protection. The On- tario Safety League strongly recommends that these devices should be given budget prior- ity above whitewall tires, chr, ome strips and two-tone paint . jobs. The League's only reeer, velem is the warning that such safety accessories merely help to prevent injury — they do not prevent collisions, The best all-round safety device is always ... a good driver, GASOLINE and FUR BUSINESS WANTED By private individual All replies handled in Strictest confidence. Write to BOX 120 CLINTON NEWS- RECORD 12-3-4b Ping, ping, spring, spring, sang the drip of clear sap as it hit the tin bucket that hung from a spile on 'the trunk of a great old maple tree. Though this heralded the most joyous season of the year, I was sad. Oh very, very sad for it would be the last time this particu- lar bush would yield its sweet- er than sugar harvest. Next year it would echo to the sound of bulldozers and carp- enter's hammers for it is to be "a new subdivision affording gracious country living within commuting distance of the city." I was reminded of the first time I became aware of the fact maple syrup comes from trees. I was a prairie child born and bred and my early associa- tion' with maple syrup was New Low Price for Hogs Is Due In -1962 Auto Manufacturers Spend. Millions . On Safety Devices Inside Car (ley John Ricketts)