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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1964-02-13, Page 9Farmer Points Up Record .Need etermins true:Picturc Of Profits Beef Producers Name Officials For Huron About 50 beef prodUcers met in the agriculture office in Clinton, Monday, to elect officials for the Huron. County Beef Improvement Association, which is starting its second year of operation. Bob McGregor, RR 2, Kippers, seated left, was re-named president and beside him are Elmer Robertson, RR 5, Goderich, vice-president; Jack Armstrong, Lon- desboro, zone director. Two of the new directors in this area are shown standing and from the left are: Russell Faber, Kippen, and Harry Montgomery, RR 2, Goderich (News-Record Photo) FOR SUPERB FOOD 111-'S 74 Xant ' Eht RESTAURANT CLINT * N'S- FOREMOST 482-9076 CLINTO GET A S BARN CLEANER SILO UNLOADER & BUNK FEE ER YOU'LL GET BETTER PER- ORMANCE AND LONGER WEAR FROM A BADGER ALES - SERVICE - INSTALLATION JOHN BEANE, Jr. Phone Collect 482-9250 BRUCEFIELD, ONT. ti THE BLUEWATER SHRINE CLUB and Goderich Council of the KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS 2nd ANNUAL GALA SPORTS NIGHT Goderich Arena 'March 6th When the Canvasser Cans, Greet Him Generously, THIS ADV. SPONSOAED BY HARRY WILLIAMS Your FliCIfehlit(3i1Rgseeoa!s R.R. 2, Clinton — Phone 482-6633 6.7b / Bob McGregor, RR 2, Kip- pen, was returned for another term as president of the Huron County Beef Iriiprovement As- sociation at th4 group's annual meeting held in Clinton, Mon- day. Elmer Robertson, RR 5, Code- rich, was returned as vice-pre- sident 'and Huron County agri- culture representative, D. H. Miles, is secretary-treasurer. The directors also re-named Jack Armstrong 'as their dis- trict director, 'to sit on the board at Toronto. Over 50 beef men were pre- sent at the 'meeting. -McGregor again gave his opinion that - the beef men should not be controlled by gov- ernment, ,but should have a compulsory levy on members to use in promoting their product. "A large industry such as Belgrave Youth Named President Of Sheep Club Kenneth Black was elected president of Huron County's first 4-H sheep club at an or- ganizational meeting Saturday in Belgrave. Each member of the club will keep a record on five lambs during 'the club year and ex- hibit them at a fall fair. Other officers are; Vice-presi- dent, Joseph Jeffrey, AR 2, Wingham; secretary, Miss Mar- jorie Smith, Belgrave; press re- porter, Miss Lila slack, Bel- grave. Club leaders are Rich- ard Etheringtore Exeter, anti Donald. Block, Clinton. Don Pullen, Clinton, county assistant agricultural repre- sentative, was chairman of the meeting. A Personal Invitation * For You and Your Family to Come and Eat Free Pa'ncakes . . . Relax 'and See Continuous Movies from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m, all day on Thursday, February 27 spbn.d b your At Seaforth Legion Hall INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER DEALER •NI JOHN BAH Psha,:,;,,,,, oh, Huron CoUnty Beef Improve—out to market. meat Association, members. Were teld at their Annual meet, log, Monday, that nearly every- one engaged in the owning and feeding of livestock seems to have such •a fondness for live- stock that they sometimes overlook some very important figures of cost, that must be charged back to their partic- ular operation. This opinion was expressed by George Higgs, Dresden, 'a futuristic farmer in • Kent County. To back up his point of view, Higgs gave some figures on a test •carried out oni 25 steers on his farm, which resulted in him realizing he was actually losing Money on _the operation, .al, 'though ,many farmers without the figures would assume they were making a profit. The steers were picked out of several and put on test by themselves. The feed was weighed, and on a corn with cob ration and supplement, the Dresden farmer found :hi's costs per .pound of meat to be 19 cents. "A. quick look at this and one would •say we are • doing all right," he explained, "but the rest of the costs that are quite often overlooked showed otherwise," Among the figures which he had included 'as costs on the operation — and which many farmers overlook—were: shrink on the incoming steers after they, were- purchased, labour cost, .depreciation, taxes, insur- ance and maintenance, death losses, veterinary expenses, in- terest on the money invested, trucking expenses and shrink when the cattle were shipped one part of ari openation, you Atlantic Finance "enizirstorrial 1111111.111111.1111MOMMIONSii Order Today SUPER -FLOW FERTILIZERS In 80-L6. Bags Cdr Order Bulk Fertiliter and gain extra discounts Early Delivery Discounts Are Availabk, WETTLAUFER'S PIED MILL 3 Mai* Street CLINtON Phone. 401t4141 TRY ATLANTIC'S "THRIFTY FIFTY $50.00 costs only 23c till pay day. (ONE WEEK) - CORPORATION ' • MIKE ELAND 7 RATTENBURY ST. Branch Manager CLINTON, ONT. Phone .482-3486 WARBLE FLY CAMPAIGN Township of Goderich Tenders are hereby called for the 'following Warble Fly Powder: 200 lbs, in 1 lb. bags 600 lbs. in 15 lb. bags Powder to be delivered. Tenders to be in the Clerk's hands by February, 29 1964. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Appliciations are hereby called for the position of Warble Fly Inspector for the Township of Goderich. Salary is $1.25 per hr. and a car allowance of 10c per mile. All applications are to be in the clerk's hands by February, 29 1964. R. E. Thompson Clerk Township of Goderich He listed figures showing costs of 6288,05 for each steer, while the sale price was only S-27400 — or a loss of $.14,55 each, Dispels Doubts While he noted 'same would have questions as to some of the costs, he said he had check- ed his costs with a large feed lot close to his and 'a • number Of them were under their costs, with none over. He stated also that some farmers may be able to show George Riggs gain for less than 19 cents per pound, and in Teat he noted that some could put on gain for Only nine cents per pound' while on grass, "The point I want to em- phasize is ,.that, if in order to reduce costs of production on LEGO ALL SETS Reduced / 40% While Present Stock Lasts LODGE FURNITURE Phone 524-7521 GODERICH 6-7b Thurs., Feb. 13, 1964—Clinton News-Record—Pose 9 SH111‘14:, 40% SILASUPPLEMENT For increased daily gains from Corn Silage, feed SHUR-GA1N 40% Silasupple- ment 'CA", Developed at the SHUR-GAIN Research Farm, this new beef supplement is designed to supply the protein supple- mentation required when feeding "modern" corn silage. That is, one high in energy or grain content, If you are a beef feeder using $ikage as your main ratior, you owe it to youhelf to find out the full details of this new SHUk.GAlN 4O% Silcisupplernent "A". SHUR•GAIN Huron Street cLiartiN Phonet,': 482-3018 and 48/-3444 have to 'take it from another, then why engage in the One that is losing money?" The remainder of Mr. Higgs' speech was as follows: Why not just grass your cat, tie and sell them from the grass Where YOU have a nice profit? Now this creates a prOblern, Bveryone cannot ,grass cattle, nor can everyone just finish cattle, I do not want to sound boast- ful, but we have in Kent County, hundreds of feeders which could, as you have, double their capacity with too much effort. The advan- tage of a Kent County produc- er—he is in the heart of the corn belt, which 'is 'the most de- sirable basis of good, finished beef. I am by no means suggest- ing you should not be finishing cattle, I would suggest though, if you are thinking of enlarg- ing your finishing feed lot, you should first have good solid fin- anch*,. Second; A uniform source of food supply and with a ration that can be grown in YOUr area and utilize all of it, I am -thinking of a silage ra- tion. I would like to point out that even in Kent County where we seem to have no problem of finishing grain corn, the trend is for more ,and more silage. It seems too bad to produce a crop of corn and just waste the fodder by picking off the ear of corn. Now some will say you cannot finish cattle on silage ration. I am here today to tell,,you it can and is being done and if the present pricing formula for finished beef con- tinues in Canada, strictly grain- fed cattle will be a thing of the past. Although most packers fav- our this grain fed carcass, they are reluctant to have more than one price for each grade. In the large 'outlets of finish- ed meats in the USA they have a spread of 70 cents a pound , on T-bone steaks, 30 cents a pound on arm roasts, etc. This simply means that there is in the USA, an. incen- tive for farmers to produce grain fed cattle. Some farmers think , that when they sell a load of cattle they should replace it, and by so doing. are 'protecting them, selves against loss. In our. opin- ion this is not the 'answer. Today fat cattle on the West- ern markets are 23, cents; stackers are 24 cents, We think the only answer to putting beef feeding on a profitable basis is 'to 'be able to buy the feeder,at less money than the finished carcass 'espec- ially when steers are selling below the 25 cent range. Now how do we get a calf into the feed lot at a price which we think will correspond with the finished product, so as to give the feed lot a profit and also the cow-calf operation a profit? I would like to tell'you some of the problems we have run into and mistakes we have made. First of all, we have found out through 'the years, the most important part is rec- ords of cows. If cow- is a. poor milker or continuously has trouble calving, plus the calves' inability to show good gains, she should be cut from the herd. She is only a star boarder. In 1947 we started a basic herd from 30 heifers that we purchased in, Kansas. Of these 30 head, our herd today is based on but eight cows. Every- thing else went to the block. It costs no more to feed a cow that will give you a 500 pound calf in a nursing period than one that will give yOu a 350 pound calf in the same period. We also Made the mistake of feeding our cows too well during the winter, At the be- ginning, we were concentrating too much on a good looking herd with everything in top shape than we were on the costs. '* We found out that through 'the years, by cutting 'our costs in the wintering of cows we were riot only cheapening the Coif, but were running into less trouble. With cows'' calving, dist. Vehicle Owner Has No *Trouble Calling Firemen HENSALL — When. Byron Kyle discovered the front seat of his ear on fire Saturday he had no trouble remember- ing the fire department's eum- ber—after all he was the fire chief hero for 10 years. Mr Kyle, wile retired from 1953, stood by as a spectator the position at the end of While fireinen extinguished the burning seat. Damage was slight, Beef Men Re-name Bob McGregor, Fail To Reach Decision On Project beef should stand on its own feet, and pay its own way," he stated. He said it was wrong that the beef producers should have to depend on the government to find markets, adding that this was the duty of the producers. "After all, that is only busi- ness," he told the' members present. Members discussed s o m e ideas for projects they could undertake to take advantage of the $300 government grant, but no definite plans were estab- lished. Township directors named were as follows; Winston Shapton, Stephen; Harry nougat', Usborne; Bob McGregor, Tuckersmith; Rus- sel Faber, Stanley; Jack Arm- strong, Hullett; Bob Campbell, MeKillop; Ross Knight, Grey; William. Connell, Howick. Jack Willett, Turnberry; Nor- man Couites, East Wawanosh; Wallace Wilson, West Wawa- nosh; Ivan Rivett, Ashfieid; Jack Bryan's, Morris; Herb Klapp, Hay; Elmer Robertson, Colborne; Harry Montgomery, Goderich Township. ease, etc. We do feel, however, that if your costs on the cow run . can 3% ter 1-.)31''oC'ficteatIsY :ntieC14. 'tY117- calf .operation, Illustratioriz SO cents times 665 clays Will give cost of your calf alone of •6109, I 'must mention one of our operators in Kent County, who is doing an -excellent job on both fat cattle and a cow-calf operation, He has been on 'the same program for years and it is working very satisfactorily. It is a program that you can work with ten steers and ten cows or 100 steers and 1,00 cows. His yards are divided inex, pensively to separate the cows from the steers, He feeds his steers well matured corn insll- age, They are given •suffielent time to eat what they want. They naturally will pick through the silage and take most , of the 'kernel corn. They are then turned into another yard .and his cows are turned into the feed lot 'to clean the manger up. The only other thing the cows are getting extra is a little 'roughage and hay. This program 'one cannot over- look; He is utilizing every 'bit of crop he is growing and he is spreading his risks around, In summing the beef industry up, I think it would •be falacy on my,part to gay you should buy small cattle or big cattle for your operation, I do not think this is the problem. think though, that it 'is very important you try and utilize as much of your own feed as possible. We of Kent are a" little con- cerned with the future poten- tial source of stocker—cattle. With the Canadian West's huge grain sales and their potential grain sales, a percentage of cattlemen could turn to grain and with the USA being so close to the Canadian West, it could have a great effee on our-future feeder cattle.. We all know what a short supply does to any product. United States is now eating 170 pounds of meat per capita, with 102 pounds of this beef. Canadians are now eating 140 pounds of meat, with 85 pounds of this beef. If the same trend continues, Canada will need in 15 years, four and a half billion' pounds of meat to feed her people. That -is almost double from the two and a half billion we are eating now. Mr. Higgs was introduced by Leonard Lovell and thanked by • Elmer Robertson. 0 • Goderich Twp. South- Best wishes for an early re- covery to Mr, William Middle- Htoons,pattaplatient in Clinton Public Mrs. Eleanor Picot has been with Mrs, 'Lloyd Picot and fam- ily of Goderich for the past week. Friends of Mrs, Reg Sturdy are happy that she was dis- charged from Goderich Hospital. some days ago and convalescing. at her home, The same applies 'to Elmer Potter of the Mait- land Concession who was a surgery patient at, Clinton Pub- lic Hospital and now home and making -good progress, Word has come from I3,C., that David Liscombe, who will `be remembered as a little boy, but now a young man, has joined the RCAF' Cadet Band Comox, B.C, • From the Scottish Highlands comes word that the primroses are blooming in the . gardens and former residents of the Green Isle will recall that it is time fox the Shamrock to make its appearance,