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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1962-03-01, Page 9VA$4010 • '4 tat ,;;A:p ••;,,,,-;!!)-'f 4' Beef Producers are Going to Fair Looking over some advertising material for the County Seed Fair at Exeter on March 10, are some of the directors of the Huron Beef Producers Association, From the left are Elmer Robertson, president Robert McGregor, Kippen, Stan Jackson and Jack Armstrong. (News-Record Photo) Beef Producers Re-Elect Same Five Directors For 1962 Term Belgrave Man Talks Cattle Auctions James Coultes, Belgrave farmer and trucker, brought to the Beef Producers annual meeting here, some ideas he had picked up in Western Canada. Also, Mr. Coultes urged that cattle in the auction sale ring in Toronto should be weighed before they are sold, not after. He noted that the seats around the ring are high, and if the cattle jump around a bit, it is hard for buyers to judge the weights. (News-Record Photo) The Weather 1962 1961 High Low High Low Feb. 22 34 23 25 24 19 25 27 26 41 27 34 28 27 Snow: 4 ins, 23 35 14 0 47 31 -1 38 32 -5 37 25 21 34 27 25 36 30 12 36 24 Snow: 1.06 ins. ely for the markets," said Mr. Bennett. He noted that any type of collective marketing program would first be under- stood and wanted by the pro- ducers, Then it would go for- ward with less difficulty. Mr. Bennett spoke of the possibilities of using Northern Ontario lands for feeder calf operations, He noted that this was closer to the Huron farm- en than Western Canada feed- ers, and a saving might be ef- fected. President Bob McGregor not- ed that the use of the bills of lading was important They are to be made out in four copies, with the producer, tr- ucker, packer and the Beef Producers Association each get- ting a copy. This plan is not yet in operation, but the As- sociation hoped to begin with this, and would supply the bills to the truckers, Mr: McGregor noted the Co- Operative Creamery at Staffa was now 30 years old, and one of the few operating in the area. The co-operative pays a cash dividend at the end, of ev- ery year — and a 12 cow herd can result in a $200 cash div- idend in March. Bob 1VIcKercher warned ag- ainst having 'too much money in any farm commodity group, sitting in a bank, and not be- ing used. The . Beef Producers had been considering asking for a two cent per head rebate of the ten cents deducted by the Ontario Beef Producers Assoc- iation, when that plan goes_ into effect. James Coultes, Belgrave sp- oke of need for some changes in the auction system of selling at Toronto. He would like to see the cattle weighed before they are sold. He felt this would be a guide to the buyer, and selling would go along fast- er. Mr. Coultes who is a trucker, noted that all respectable -PCIV operators of trucks did use bills of lading, and he did net like to hear the producers talk of truckers not using them prop- erly. He also expressed the opinion that it is the Bell Telephone Company that is promoting the use of the teletype, 0 HOSPITAL AUXILIARY TO *MEET ON 11,TARCH 6 The Clinton Hospital Auxili- ary will meet on Tuesday, March 6, in 'the nurses resi- dence at 8 p.m. Clinton News Second Section Thursday, March 1, 1962 Pages 9- 6 og ote on March 6 Next Tuesday, March 6, hog producers: across Ontario will go to polling places in their own area to choose committeemen, in a secret ballot carried out by the Department of Agriculture under rules very similar to those of a provincial or dominion election. Since there appears to be two fairly obvious lines of thought among the producers, those who favour the marketing plan as it is, with the com- pulsory feature, assembly yards, teletype selling, etc., and those who do not favour all of these things, the leaders of the two groups in Huron County have been invited to set forth their points of view. We would suggest to producers that the opin- ions expressed by candidates for the committee as printed in the News-Record two weeks ago should serve as a guide to their ,stand. Also, when this year's issue of Soil and Crop News is in the mail within a few days, there will be valuable informa- tion available there as well. WE'RE AGAINST COMPULSION By CHARLES R. COULTES, Belgrave, secretary of the Ontario Free Enterprise Agricultural Producers Old Acquaintances in Forming World Three men who must have kneWri each other for a long time, renewed acquaintance here last week, prior to the annual Meeting of the Huron County Beef_ Producers. From the left are Elmer Robertson, Jack Armstrong and R. Cordon Bennett, Mr. 8ennett was agricultural representative for Huron County from 1948 to 1951, and he is now Chief of marketing division, Ontario Dep-c artenent Of Agriculture. (News-.Record MAN Hog Producers Get executive Huron County Hog Producei's executive are Alf. Warner, secretary, left, seated and Albert Bacon, president; standing, left, Lloyd Stewart and Robert P. Allan. They were elected by members of the Hog ProducerS AsSociatiert directors Meeting here in Clinton reeently. (Vela-Record Photo) an address from R. Gordon Bennett, former agricultural representative for Huron. "We are a nation of beef eaters:, af- ter all," said Mr. Bennett, "and if you keep up with the three percent increase in population, then you'll make great strides in production." "The time is gone when an individual can bargain effectiv- Mr. and Mrs, J. W. Taylor, Lohdon, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Steckle from Friday to Sunday. Misses Jacqueline, Vicki and Judi Cluff, Robert Cluff, ac- companied by Miss Joan Till- man, all of London, spent the weekend with their mother, Mrs. J. Cluff. BAYFIELD Huron's "62. Seed Fair March 9 4 0. The Hon. W, A. Stewart, inter of Agriculture in Ontario, will be the guest speaker for the afternoon program et litt- Toe County Seed Fair Saturday,, March 10 His topic will be "The. Place of Farm Management .on. Huron Farres". South District High Scheel, Exeter es, the .leeetien for the fair this year, Other special features plan- ned by the county Soil and Oren: Imprey.ernent Association foe this event, are six different discussion sessions, delving into engineering problems, field end cash crops, sell test results in Huron; better beef production, new controls of mastitis and .futures Ayr swine .and sheeP• There 'is something for the ladies, too, with an afternoon program starting at 230 p.m. on "Farm Home planning" with speakers from Western Ontario Agricultural School and from the home economics br- 'anon of 'the department of ag- riculture. This year the seed fair starts one day early, with the Junior Farmers Drama Festival on Friday night. Three entertain- ing one-act plays will be presH exited for competition. Complete details of the at- tractions at the Seed Fair will be available in the Soil and Crop News which will 'be in circulation soon. Classes in the seed cmpetition have been reduced, however, with no intentions that inter- est will be less. Class 15 is a special one for "Farm Manager of the Year Class". An exhibit consists of plans of the year 1961, and the projected' plan for 1962 as well. An original idea used on a farm, to cut costs of operation, will be shown in Class 16, the "Cutting Costs Class". The ex- hibit for this can be either descriptive, a model or a work- ing plan. Prizes include, of course, cl- asses in oats, barley, white beans, small seedS, ear corn, turnips, hybrid corn, hay baled and chopped, and for silage. Where to Vote . There are five polling places , this year. In Clinton -upstairs at the Agricultural Office; in Exeter at the Town at Gorrie Community at Walton Community Hall and atSherwood's House, Dungan- non. Returning officer is Douglas Miles, agricultural representa- tive for Huron arid it is expect- ed that votes will be tabulated the night of March 6 and res- ults will 'be announced. Over 150 Cone ervatives heard Mines Minister George C. Wardirope flay the opposition for trying to wreck Ontario's economy for their own purpose at Clinton Ladies' Progressive Conservative Association's sixth anniversary dinner held in the legion hall Wednesday night. The meeting was chaired by Mrs. Doug, Freeman, president of 'the Clinton Ladies' Conserv- ative Association. Hon. Charles. S. MacNaught- on (MPP-Huron) and L. Elston Cardiff (MP-Huron) made sh- ort addresses at the dinner. Mr. MaCNaughton gave a 'report to the riding of the upcoming ac- tivities. Mr, Cardiff commented after Mr. MacNaughtan spoke, "I don't know whether it's the province or Dominion that is' going into an election," refer- ring to many items reported 'by Mr. MacNaughton. Mr. Wardrope told how the conservative government had tried to keep the economy 'at a high peak in the field's. of education, welfare, highways, lands and forests, the new ec- onomic council and his own de- partment of mines. Of education he admitted the government did lag fora time, in the teaching of skills and trades, "We're going all out today to see that our men con get the Skills they now re- quire." "As long as you've got our government and the Diefehbak- er :governeneht in this eountry as far as welfare gees,' 'there isn't a person Who Will suffer." Highways have taken a great stride, he said', "New lands in the north for mining and for people interested in finding ores have been opened', these are to necessary for the people of the provitice and the Derain- len." "Readt have taken a lot of credit for saving Our great nat- ural resources, the conservation, Of Our lands and forests," "The eConornic council as go- ing to make housing More tiee eilable and being hi More Money 'far the tertirist bUsitiesS, "These things show this gi5V- eitroent is Ori the Larch," "We es COntervativeS -should During the past few years certain people with socialist and too often dictatorial ideas have been successful in having all hog- producers sell their hogs through one central agency. In the words of one 'holding a high post in western Cana- dian agriculture: "Any system which requires compulsion as an ingredient to ensure its opera- tion is of no value except to its administrators" bears out the belief of those fighting for free enterprise and an open or- derly competitive marketing. Contrary to the thinking of CHARLES R. COULTES Free Enterprise Executive be talking up about our prov- ince and dominion and decry the opposition's economic fig- ures when they are not true," he rapped. "Construction is on the rise, fewer are unemployed, our ec- onomy is on the march and our opposition constantly try to de- cry it. Continued on Page 16) Yesterday while canvassing farm homes for support during ,the coming vote for hog com- mitteemen, a member of the executive of the Hog Produc- ers Association came upon a rumour. The rumour went this Way: "A Stanley Township man had heard from a Belgrave man, that a load of hogs had gone from the Blyth area into Harriston on one of those stormy days, and arrived at the assembly yard there at 4.05 p.m. The yard staff refused to accept the hogs, and the ani- mals stayed in a trailer all night FIRST IN CLINTON Apartment Block Announced Clinton's 'first all,-new gal art- merit block will be built at 61 PrinceSs 8treet West, as aeon as weather permits, says John btus, a London contractor. CoMpletion date is tentatively set for June 1. The 3-story masenry and st- eel structure will Contain 11 five-robin apartments and One 116w-room unit. Central heat- ing will' .be a feature. In :the baSeinent will be st- trage lockerS and Washer •and dryer facilities' for tenants use. The grounds will be landscaped And an. asphalt driveway and Parking SPaCe wilt be provided, I. W. C0)(10161111, insurance and real estate 'ehey have been appointed rental agents, some, that higher returns at less cost are being obtained, how can they say that the high point in a day's $3.00 fluctua- tion is riot the low point under former selling methods, result- ing in huge profits on all others sold, which is the vast majority when no other method 'is avail- able to give competitive selling. Huron hogs used to be at a premium. Now they are sold at the same price as corn-fed fat hogs, minus trucking costs from Clinton, which does not show on your returns, which was promised' along with the fact you would know the price before you shipped your hogs. No group of free enterprise thinking people are out to de- stroy collective marketing but want competition to prove that one-desk selling is a monopoly. The recent corn marketing plan was sufficient to prove when 64 percent of those eligible to vote, only 49 'percent in favour of a plan needing 66 percent to pass, that Ontario producers have had enough of compulsory plans leading to monopoly. The following objects, taken from the constitution and by- laws of the Free Enterprise Agricultural Producers of On- tario should be sufficient evi- dence to ensure a vote for those whose names appear elsewhere in this paper: OBJECTS "2. (a) To protect Rights and. Freedom of the individual Agriculture Producer. "(b) To promote harmony and accordance and work with other agriculture organizations for the purpose of improving marketing conditions and loVsr- ering marketing cost. "(c) To ensure the produc- tion of Agriculture Produce of the type and quality, 'the pro- ducts of which are in greatest demand by the consumer. "(d) To make representation from, to the Departments of 'Agriculture of Canada and of Ontario and other bodies for the purpose of proposing the en- actment of Legislation or the adoption of policies for the im- provement of the marketing of Agriculture products in accord- ance with the Objects of this Association." in the storm, and then were sold the next day." The Hog Producers executive set out to squelch the rumour. He contacted the sales agency in Toronto, and they received information from the Harriston yard, which was relayed by telephone via Jake Kohler, as follows, noting the several stormy days in the past month; On Jahuary 24, about 150 hogs from the Blyth district arrived at the Harriston yards at 5,0.5 p.m. and since the tele- type system is off at that hour, they were unloaded, fed and watered in the yards and were sold the next morning. On January? 17, there were 87 hogs froth that area in the yards late and were billed out by 4.30 p.m. On February 17, there were 99 from the Blyth area hi and sold out et 4.30. On February 14, there were 10 hogs in from the tlyth area and they were sold by 4.30 but owing to difficulties With trucks, were not mewed out un- til 5.30 pan, On February 21, one trailer- load of 130 hogs arrived, and another lot of 32 were tott- ing from that area. Since they were late in the afterruxon, the drivers were advised they could not get the load of 32 filled but, but they 'came to the yard anyWay, and by shifting with trucks,• they all got off to Toronto by 6,80 P.IM On February 27, Went the report, hogs were aceepted as late as 7,20 p•.M., Were unloaded and Watered and fed, after the yard staff had their supper. Fellow gag Producers; It is my wish that all farmers pull together. Two or three Organ- izations do, net get us any pleee. It has been the farmers wish for years to have some control over their prodUct. We have been getting to that dace grad- pally. Now we have a few rising up ,against us, not for the the good of the farmer, but for the good of their selfish enter- prise to hold down the farmer so that they clan line their. pee- ALBERT BACON Huron Hog Producers President Producers of hogs, have in- dicated that they would apprec- iate Imowing which candidates in the March 6 vote were be- ing promoted by the Free En-' terprise Agricultural Producers, and which ones were being fav- oured by the present Hog-Pro- ducers group. Following are the lists of names, as presented to the News-Record by each group. Free Enterprise — George Adams, James Adams, Harold Adams, Cecil Bateman, George Campbell, Charles R. Coultes, Jack Duncan, Gordon Wright, Melvin Greb, Hugh Johnston, Cameron Kerr, Melville. Lam- ont, Ronald McGregor, Milfred Prouty, William Wilson. Present Hog Producer Group Robert Allan, Martin Beam, Albert Bacon, William Coleman, Gordon Elliott, Raymond Fin- Cost of Getting Hogs to Market 1961 and 1953 Interesting to Hog Producers preparing to vote for commit- teemen next Tuesday is the 'following comparison between costs of getting hogs to market in 1953, and in 1961. Figures provided by the Hog Producers Association. 1953: Condemnation, 18c; transient insurance, Sc; com- mission, 20c; pro-rating, 5c; yardage, 2c; exchange, 4c; bad debts, 2c; Total 59c. 1961: administrative, 16c; sales, 5c; yards, 14c; Hog Pro- ducers Marketing Board, 5c; Total 40c. kegs with the farmers profits. The PePple of ii:WOrt know these kind of men. I hope, We always paid mare to get 04)."' hogs to market before the Hog Producers got in force, both for Market and trucking. When the Hog Producers were getting some place the .truckers started to truck our hogs for nothing and gave us 50 cents per hog as well, Now, these truckers did not do this out of their own pocket, Why didn't they do 'this kind of thing years ago? When they saw they. bad' opposition, it was sure going to hurt :them. Why are they hollering so loud now? Fellow Hog Producees, think this one out for yourselves. TICIst spring the big professors printed in all the farm mag- azines that the price of hogs would be down in price in the fall, What happened.? I heard merchants say it was the first year that they knew hogs to stay up in price. till 'after taxes were paid. I think we have got to give our sales agency credit for holding up the price of hogs, After all, we have some of the best learned men sitting on, our marketing boards. I think they know what the farmer should have, Our government has told us that we would always have a marketing board. So fellow Hog Producers, let us all pull together and boost our stand. I am behind our or- ganization 100 percent. Come out and vote! —ALBERT G. BACON negan, Leonard Fisher, Carl Go- vier, Harry Hem, Ed Hendrick, Elmer Harding, Elmer Ireland, Ross Love, Alec McGregor, Ro- bert McAllister, Harry Mulvey, Lloyd Stewart, Alf Warner. 0 5 Queen's Scouts Get Certificates Here Last Night Five boys swelled the ranks of the small number of Queen's Scouts in Clintbn last night when, at the Scout and Cub father and son banquet, they received their certificates. Dis- trict Commissioner Glen Lodge, Goderich, made the presenta- tion. The new Queen's Scouts are Steven Cook, Paul Bateman, Haley Cummings Peter Thompson, Barry Wild. Toast to the fathers was giv- en by Scout Paul Bateman and reply was made by Lawrie Slade. Cub leader Ken Inch thanked the mothers who did the job of catering for the af- fair, Scout leader Wally Sansome told of the history of scouting and the founder Lord Baden- Powell. He hoped that the work of scouting would help create the spirit which would lead to success in the war for peace. : Awards were made by T. Darling to Scouts and Cubs who disposed of the . most apples' on Apple Day last fall. Most money collected, Larry May, Mike Graham. Mike also had best decorated 'basket; David An- stett's basket placed second. The annual meeting of Hu- ron County Beef Producers was uneventful, with producers re- Luring the same directors to serve them in 1962. They are Robert McGregor, Robert Campbell, Jack Armstrong, El- mer Robertson and Stanley Jackson, Douglas H, Miles con- ducted the election, Feature of the afternoon was WE'RE FOR FARMER-CONTROL By ALBERT BACON, Belgrave, president, Huron Hog Producers Association 150 PCs Hear Wardrope Criticize Opposition Recorded Facts Published To Help End a Rumour Who To Vote For