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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1962-03-15, Page 10Pa9e 10-.-4linhm News- Record --YThum, March 1S, 1902 ntario 4.,gric ultur t H�,��a� � aunty Seei XETER, .(Staff) .. The Horn, W ll),.am A, • Stewart, minister ;of agriculture ,,for Huron Cauzxty, spoke easily before the crowd of nearly 500 •farm;. People in the auditorium of 'South, HOron District High School last Saturday afternoon, during 1`e Huron County Seed Fair. The *mister was introduced Assooiatioa which e'Peneciv the by the Hon. Charles S. Mae- peed. fair. liallelliteqt Exeter, WIPP for "Hu cel County le/WI/Pee Ilumom'y arced Was "thanked by more live stock and live stock Anson McKinley, 13,3 1, Zurich, prodiucts than any other vice -President of ' the J , uron .tY in the Porn.inion of Canada, 'Seal and Crop Improvenlenit per hundred acres,'said the Agriculture, mi ... ,; . Viinister Receives. Welcome The Hon. W. A. Stewart, minister of agricul- ture in Ontario was welcomed on Saturday to the Huron County Seed, Fair by president of' the Soil and Crop Improvement Association George Wheat- ley (right), RR 1, Dublin. Mr. Stewart joined the directors in an informal luncheon at the Legion Hall prior to the afternoon • program. (News -Record Photo) Three Experts At Seed Fair Speakers at the afternoon program on Friday at the Exeter Legion Hall last week,, were, from the left, Jack Murray, soils specialist, London; An- son McKinley, RR 1, Zurich, speaking of farm `man- agement and Robert P. Allan, Brucefield, on seed grain production (News -Record Photo) Specialists Speak To Young Farmers EXETER' (Staff) -An educa- tional program was held here Friday afternoon for 30 junior fanners in the legion hall. The young farmers heard Jack Mur- ray, soil specialist, London; Bob Alliin, Brucefield and Anson McKinley, "Zurich: Mr. Murray discussed the im- portance Played by organic mat- ter in the soil, "don't hoard Or- ganic nic ¢nattee, use it wisely. The turnover rate of, organic matter is more important than the amount ie the soil," he said. Bob Allan explained the qualifications necessary to be; come an elite seed grower and the advantages of growing breeder seed:. The third speaker, Anson Mc- Kinley explained the import- ance of far management. "If we are going to take our place in a competitive economy we must manage properly, fanning is getting less to be a way of life and more a system. of mak- ing money," he said. SAYE ON SEED buy from your local J -M dealer Choose Jones, Ma Eldisighton Seeds for: QUALITY finest seeds always, from an experienced seed Nene ECONOMY -'- resoriabie prices fo expertly processed seed SERVICE co•ivenierit "c!os^-to-laonie" service from this local firm. Ask yoas•r beater for JONES, McAUG1TON SEMS Or call us direett Exeter Phone 664 Crediton, Phone 234-6363 2 London Phone GE -2358 9-11-13-15 • H. F WEtTLAUFER FEED MILL • IS CLINTON AREA DEALER FOR JONES, MacNAUGHTON SEEDS Dial HU 2-9792--- Mary St. Clinton 1 tsar air gpleolturgl nlinis+ter. "Huron is a close secoxnd, ibo Kent the peeelectrion of white Ibeen , and rod more porn thee any o the counties in tee - * nip north of the Pine oonsidea•- ed to mark the corn producing. area of Onatario. "'Whi en. * et the fare? maz !gement participants in Ntieon .County were pompleted, and aha ersie l this group shad the highest 'aelerege income of any peu'rnty in the province. Thus sPeah§ well for the kind of farmers you hew leen, and fee the inteareet they take in their week. "We in government dent pretend to have all the ens - wens, but we, do firmly believe that: if we can inspire the kind of thinking and the kind of confidence that can, be engence ered among .farm people to do the things for themselves. that they can do, we can vastly im- Pro've the conditions of 'agricul- ture and the standard cif liv- ing under which farm people have lived for many years. This is what I hope we will be able to do ae time goes on. He paid tribute to the fame women. He noted that agricul- ture is progressing as swiftly or more so then any other segment of economy. "Sonne times it is forgotten that 40 percent of total capital assets of Canada; is involved, in agri- cultnire," Mr. Stewart went on. "Ibelieve the time has come when we as farm people must look to ourselves for the kind of strength and for the kind of leadership that will provide us with the stability of income which is our right and privil- ege and that we dog something about it ourselves. "Important tiring about fern.. management courses is that farmers have come to realize the, value of discussing things openly 'among. themselves, to- gether. Ragged individualism may be am expensive luxury. "Perhaps through these dis- ous+sions, farm people have come to recognize ,that perhaps there are "too many lines of• endeavour, and;that it might be wise to cut out some, amid specialize on others. "When you analyze some of the reports that come from th- ose farms who have participat- ed in farm• management courses (Continued on page .11) ,.Marketing Worcs BothWays7 Moral Of Mgr. Ministers Story ohap one time ,not ;ling,. ago, gave me quite a drcsmg ticiwp be'4a'use there was in opeurataon ;in 'the province of Ontarw, a hog p?ro'du.cez s� mar- :Reding Ria??',," the ,minister of agricullturre xeh ed at ; the :Peed: .* Saturday. "A<ndbe _seeped to. Reel. that I was,. pettieelaelY reapopsih5e that this Van was, in typeration.• ,and that it tie: operating tepee:vie ;mid be.. wa;r yery Much opposed IP it. "And he lent me his voj"oa long eatengh for .me tie de, •tennuxp thet he was Mowed yt because he felt 'he was not getututog the opportemitiee that he had had previously. He ended up telling me that he was a trucker .and he had been Pepping hogs out of the leve ice of Ontario and that T ,as minister of agriculture should de something about a plan that would allow this kind of thing to go on in the province of Ontario when a mann courlkl t die the thongs that he wanted to da with his; own product. "Now you have Pill heard this kind of Argument. When • ;he had finished diseessix g bhi.9 w tlh me end hed laid me I,ow for threes that I was supposed to be .resporis,-. ibie for he 'turned around( to me awl he said', "You knew SteWeet 'I really liked the speech, that T heard yo t give in Toronto about co rk merle. eting. That is the best wog that I've heard talked about • Ontario We've got to have a milia Marketing plan in this •prOel ncp, Do you know my' neighbour isa getting $5,10 hundred for his milk and I'm getting $2.50 for mine. Now this an't right." '"I said, 'I'm inclined to a- gree with you,' He said, 'Now you've get to da something about that.' "And d I said, 'Do you. leyow I'll bet you, that that fiarreer, next door to you with 'a milk contract for $5.10 a hundred is just about ae reluctant to lose that price as you were to lose the market you bad outside the province for hogs.' He thought for a moment b - ,fore he realized the signifi. comae of what he had said. "You see, this thing called marketing works both ways." Bob Fotheringham In Spotlight at Seed fudging EXE'i'1.R (Staff) -Fifty-nine Huron County junior farmers took part iii the annual seed judging competition held in the Legion hall here Friday morn- ing. Robert McNaughton., Hemsali and Robert Fotheringham, RR 3, Seaforth, took the individual trophies While Seaforth boys ,took both high school and junior farmer team prizes. The trophy winners were: Huron County crop improve- ment ,trophy, novice and junior, Robert McNaughton:, Hemssalul, runner up, Neil McAllister, RR 1, Centralia; intermediate and senior, Robert Fotherinrgham,. RR 3, Seafonth, runner up, Mur- ray Scott, RR 1, Belgrave; Top- notch Feeds trophy for high school teams, Seaforth,, Ken Parpplle, Larry Bellerman and Fred Uhler, runners up were South. Huron, Robert McNaugh- ton, Neil McAllister and Gary Scholl. • The trophy for Junior Farm- er teams- went to Seaforth.'r Gordon Psryce, Jim Papple avid Bruce Papple. Ing the novice section, the top OAC Professorldrvises Farmers" - On Wonder Drugs For Beef Cattle EXETER (Staff) ---Dr. T. D. Burgess, of Ontario Agrridullture College, Guelph, instructed 100 fanners on the use of feed addi- tives at the seed fair in Exeter Saturday. His ,address was on Better .Beef Production.. After his talk on the use of drugs in improving beef cattle, Dr. Burgess summed it all, up by .saying, "The use of good breeding stock is the basis of our best beef herds." He went on to say ' at "we aim fon' bet- ter grading and we can get it by better breeding and careful modern feeding. De. Burgess referred . to a test at a U.S. university where two steers were fed' side by side; one on a 30 -year-ago ra- tion 'ands one on present-day ra- tions. The modern -fed steer made the other look like a dhvarf. The use of wonder rugs was explained at great length by the speaker. He said stilbestral was the hest known growth stimu- lant and recommended its use. The use of hormones and anti- biotics is increasing but must be used properly. He cited ex- .amples of feed additives that consistently promoted growth on less feed. The speaker stressed that the use of drugs and growth pro- moting drugs be used at the manufacturer's recom- mendations. Antibiotics have not proven a growth stimulant but have cut down on diseas , mainly shipping fever, Vitamin A when fed in a supplemental feed is recommended only as good in- surance. Dr. Burgess said 'that after three years of testing tranquilizers at OAC, "we have not as yet found them helpful in weight gain." . Ra1'ph Foster, RR 3, Goderich, second vice-president of the Huron Soil ,and Crop Improve- ment Association, chaired' the meeting and thanked the speak- er. ORDER YOUR SPRING SEEDS We have available Oats; Herta, Parkland competitive prices. Michelite, Sanilac available. EARLY Rodney, Garry and Russell and Montcalm Barley at and Seaway 'Bean Seed :.:CONTRACTS..: Unlimited Malting Barley Contracts Last year Malting Barley prices averaged between $1.30 and $1.37 per bushel. Feed Oat Contracts Delivery accepted from the field. Bean contracts A choice of Michelite, Sariilac and Seaway Seed to• choose from. .. FERTILIZER .. We are selling fertilizer at a new low price. Contcdct, us before buying. E. L. MICKLE & SON LIMITED P•one • `03 Hensall, Ont., 7tfb 10 point getters were: Neil Mc,Allligter, RR 1, Centralia, 642; Garry Scholl, Hensal%l, 642; Jahn Loch, RCAF Centralia, 631; Steven Elder, RR 2, Hens - all, 624; Jim Carseadden, Exet- er, 623; John Elder, RPR. 2, Hensall, 618; Jim Neil, RR 1, Exeter, 608; Neal Hamilton, Exeter, 601; Jan Negrya, Rift 1, Exeter, 594 ,and Damid Taylor, Hensall, 592. Junior competitors were: Ro- bert McNaughton, Hensall, 642; Gorden Maloney, Seafortb, 621; 'Jim Pappie, RR 4, Seaforth, 597; John Stall, RR 3, Kippen, 594; Herman Lansink, Seaforth, 594; Gordon Payee, RR 1, Dub- lin, 584; Brian Hem, RR 1, Woodham, 576; Bill Klein Haar, RR 4, Seaforrtth, 575; Terry Ducharnxe, RR 2, Bruss'ele,, 559 and Bob Kowan, RCAF Cen- tralia, 530. There were three competitors in, the intermediate section: Ivan Howatt, RR 1, Belgrave, 678; Bruce Pappie, RR 4, Sea - forth, 650 and Fred Uhler, RR -3, Walton, 629. Senior seed judging winners were,: Bob Fotheringham, RR 3, Searforth, 711; Murray Scott, RR'Y"; Belgrave, 702; Ken Pap - pie, RR 5, Seaforth, 684; Mac Stewart, RR 5, Seaforth, 682; LarryBeuermian', Seaforth, 677; Ed Hem, RR 1, Woodham, 668 and Fired Delbridge, . leR 1, Woodham, 658. Mastitis Next Disease To Gess uer''? F»rc,Fesscr esearch Now EN1TER (Staff) - Dairymen from the county heard pr. H. J. Neely from Ontario Veter- inary College, Guelph, report that mastitis is the ,most costly disease in the dairy herd and tell of methods of preventing the organism frgm :affecting the milking cows. Dr. Neely .conducted one .of six forums on various topics .during the afternoon program at Huron County Seed Fair in the South Huron Dist- rict High Sehool. Running Off Test For Mastitis A sample test for mastitis was shown by Dr; H. J, Neely, OVC, Guelph, during one of the sessions at Saturday afternoon program of Huron County Seed Fair. From the left are Douglas McNeil, RR 6, Goderich, the Colborne Township director of the Soil and Crop group; Dr. Neely and Ron Bogart, ag- riculture teacher at South Huron District High School. • (News -Record Photo) Reports n ertaken "4 ie a: heed problem,, net an 4 ndiviidual Cow Problem," D. Neely said. "And on this basis it can: be controlled." "Ttaixnent by 'antibiotic$ :q¢ eitpensiive, In the :United States 'last year on an average dairy heed Of 40 •cows, between $500 and $600 was spent on mastitis owe:rel. In Canada, last year, dairYun'e,;>; spent ;an estdxnahed one .million dollars in. antibiot- ics, tie treat Mastitis.. "That is sheer profit," said Dr. Neely, "Which might as well be in your pocket, es in- that of the manufacturer," "Antibiotis are not the whale answer," said Dr. Neely. "Tice answer lies hi great pant in .the way a drairyman handles and milks his ,heel, There is no. short cut to mastitis control." Hie told' of serious research at OVC several years ago. Dis- infectant solutions, were 'tested. They fall under four different groups; first quaternary •am- monies, not too satisfactory for mas bite control; second, chlor- ines which do an effective job under certain conditions, most effective in warm water, but break down swiftly when ,ex- posed to organic matter, such Pas straw, dirt, milk, etc.; third is 'iodoform, -which do not break $ down easily, the colour indi- cates strength, but some dairies deceit like it because they com- plain it taints the milk. (Dr. Neely explained that this 'aap- parently only happened when rrnilkstane was present some- where in the milking machine set-up);, fourth, hibitane (itrade name) which Is effective, has no odours, is highly bacterici- dal, works better in warm wat- er, tand'is also more expensive. In order of usefulness,, he sug- gested reversing the order of these four. "Not• that the other two or three are not useful," said Dr. Neely, "but they are more difficult to use than hiib- itane." Dr, Neely •told of the use of hot water, in 'a special steril- izing bucket, holding water at 140 degrees, to dip teat cups yin, between cows. This stops the carry over of germs ;from one cow to ' the other, and el- iminates using disinfectant for this purpose. However, disin- fectant is' still needled far ue-, der washing, and individual pa- per towels must still be used for this: New teat dips are being de- veloped 'and the two found to be' most-;s'atbisfactory':`tested at the college are made by the same people who make iodeiform and hilbitane. These teat dips posses a :colloidal quality - the leave a risndual film over (Continued on page 11) JACK MURRAY Instructs Farmers Soils Specialist EXETER (Staff)-•-J.ack Mur- ray was showered with ques- tions after .his talk to over 100 farmers • at ane of the meet- ings on. Saturday afternoon at Huron Soil and Crop seed fair. Mr. Murray supervised 1961 soil tests on Huron County farms. He is a soil's speoialisit at the department of ;agricul. ,tore office, London, covering the counties of Huron, Perot and Middlesex. The speaker reviewed his soils. tests program, then an- swered questions, most of which were on fertilizers' and use and. ways of getting nitrogen into the various types 'of soils in Huron. His findings in 1961 were welltold irk the annual ENGINEERING TALK AT SEED SHOW EXETER (Staff) -E. Grigg, RR 3, Clinton, a director of Huron Soil and Crop Improve,' m ent Association, chaired the meeting on Engineering on the Farm at the seed fair on Sat- urday. The speaker was Thom- as A. Browny Stratford, de- partment of 'agricultur'e engin- eering extension specialist, His talk covered many aspects of bettering farming conditions. 0 - Cars of revenue freight load- ed on railway lines in Canada in 1961 totalled 3,464,118, a de- cline of 4.7 percent' from 1960. Huron Soil and Crop news- paper. 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