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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1971-04-01, Page 3A&P CHOICE QUALITY PEACHES 4 1441- t oz tins *PI AO Monti toll. r,archment Wrau MARGARINE 3 1 LB RI<GS $1.00 Pouch Pak, All Flavours Twinkle Cake Mixes 4 Irhot ekes $1.00 Baby bills, Vum Punt (Polish Dills 3241.oz) BICK'S PICKLES 2 24'neW JARS $1.00 Beef, Chicken, Fried or Spanish RICE A RONI 3 8-oz ekes $1.00 Fraservale Brandt Frcaen, Chopped BROCCOLI 5 10-oz Pkgs $1.00 Your Dollar will go further this week a • HOLLAND'S SPRIEMEER mom parade leaders for all the family Our selection of family shoes keeps Bad, Mom and the kids in step with the latest shoe fashions, Big taster choice. Shop soon, WOOS SHIM THE WARM 'WEATHER HOLLAND SHOES 28 ALBERt ST„ CLINTON 8 O'CLOCK COFFEE 100% Bratilian Coffee 146 Bag Sa!se4 leat:Ist, 3-16. Bag Sa ve s Custom tlround time of purchate SHEEP PERFORMANCE VARIED Performance of Ontario's sheep flocks is quite varied, according to the 1970 results of the Ontario Sheep Performance Testing Program. In total, 41 breeders, with a total of 2,005 ewes participated in the program. Average Iamb weights at 50 days varied from 32 pounds to almost 60 pounds. At 120 days average lamb weights varied fr2rn 53 pounds to 118 pounds. The wide range in performance was evident both within breeds and across breeds. For example, in the Suffolk breed 813 lambs were weighted at 50 days, with weights varying from 17 to 101 pounds. The overall range for 50 day weights for all breeds was from 11 to 101 pounds, and performance ranged from 20 to 156 pounds for the 120 days weights. As has been clearly shown before the wide range in performance indicates the great opportunity most breeders have for improvement. Since rate of gain in sheep is sufficiently heritable to respond to selection it is important that a breeder be able to evaluate accurately the performance of his ewe flock so he can cull effectively. Likewise by evaluating the ewe and ram lambs he can select out the best replacements. Good records are a necessary first step in any evaluation program. U.S. MEAT IMPORTS - 1970 In 1970 U.S. imports of red meats totalled 1,810 million lbs., up from 1,653 million a year earlier. Imports of beef and veal and pork increased over a year earlier, Canada ranked third, behind Denmark and the Netherlands, as a supplier of pork to the U.S. in 1970. The U,S.D.A. reports Denmark shipped 120.6 million lbs. of pork to the U.S. last year, followed by the Netherlands, 86.7 million pounds. Canadian pork shipments to the U.S. totalled 63.2 million lbs., representing about 18 percent of U.S. imports. U.S. pork imports last year amounted to 348 million pounds compared to 315 million in 1969. U.S: imports of beef and veal in 1970 totalled 1,350 million pounds, up from 1,217 million pounds for the year earlier. Australia shipped in 536 million pounds or 40$ of U.S. imports with New Zealand providing 242 million pounds, about 18% of the total. Canada ranked fourth as a supplier of beef and veal to the U.S. in 1970. SPRING DAIRY OUTLOOK Total milk production will be down slightly in 1971, although more milk will probably be required for fluid milk and cream sales. Creamery butter and skim milk powder production will continue to decline. Cottage cheese production and production of cheddar and other cheese made from whole milk will continue to expand. SPRING BEEF OUTLOOK Moderate increases are expected in fed beef production in Canada and the U.S. in 1971. Fed cattle prices at Toronto have been above the export basis; the trend is expected to continue throughout 1971. Because feed will cost more, farmers may sell cattle at lighter weights than during the past two years. GRASSLAND DEVELOPMENT TO STIMULATE JAPAN'S BEEF INDUSTRY An article in a recent issue of the U.S.D.A.'s Foreign Agriculture indicates that Japan is about to place new emphasis on its beef industry. The country's livestock industry presently accounts for about one.fifth of agricultural production. In the past decade significant strides have been made in output of poultry and dairy products and in modernization and stabilization of pork output. However, in the same decade beef cattle numbers actually declined illi and beef performance was sluggish in comparison to other segments of the livestock industry, During the 60's pork output nearly quadrupled and poultry meat output increased more than sixfold. Beef and veal output rose by about 66 percent, Japanese diets have reflected the past slow growth of the beef industry. In 1960 beef and pork shared the top spots in per capita meat consumption while poultry trailed the field. By 1969 beef and veal had the next to lowest per capita consumption, four pounds, as only mutton and lamb were lower. Poultry was in second place with pork leading. It is expected demand for meat in Japan will remain strong as incomes continue to rise. The Japanese government, in an effort to stimulate the beef economy, is working with other interested groups to turn large areas of previously unused mountain areas into grassland. In addition, subsidies for importing beef breeding stock are available. Improvement of local breeds and better feeding are likely to have a major effect hi the near future, according to the U.S.D.A. The advent of large scale operations have been largely responsible for the rapid expansion in the hog and poultry industries but so far most beef operations are on a very small scale. The average is two cattle per farm, thus great inefficiencies. An import having a real effect on the beef industry is feed grains, In 1970 Japan imported 10.6 million tons of feedgrains as ,more than 90 percent of the grain supply for livestock feeding came from outside the country, MEAT STOCKS - MARCH 1 Cold storage stocks of the four red meats totalled 88.5 million pounds at March 1st, up 11.0 million pounds from a year earlier, Pork Stocks increased from 20.1 million pounds a year ago to 22,2 million pounds at March 1, 1971. BY MRS, BERT SHQBBROQK Four persons were received and welcomed through transfer of membership to Londesboro United Church on Sunday. They included Mrs. Norman Vincent from Knox Presbyterian Church, Auburn; Mrs. Douglas Vincent from Melville Presbyterian Church, Brussels; Mrs, Jim Jamison from North Street United Church, Goderich; and Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Dnrnin from St. John's United Church, Stratford, The hall board met on Thursday night March 25 with six present for the annual meeting. Elected for chairman was Mrs. Ken Hulley and Vice Chairman, Charles Scanlon, for a two-year term, Secretary Treasurer is Mrs. Gordon Shobbrook and caretaker, Mrs. Les Reid. It was decided to put new roof on hall. There will he card parties on April 2 and 6. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Jackson. Brian, Kenneth and Sandra of Ridgetown spent past week with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Torn Allen, also Mr, Ken Jackson of Blyth. Master Danny Lear returned home on Monday from Sick Childrens Hospital, London. Danny has both legs in casts and is in a wheel chair. Friends are glad he is able to be home, Mr, and Mrs, Ken Armstrong and family of Stratford visited with his parents Mr. and Mrs. John Armstrong from Tuesday night until Friday last week. They had just returned from a vacation in Florida, Mrs. Bill Andrews and family returned home to Toronto on Sunday after spending holidays with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wood. Mrs. Livingstone is spending the next two weeks with her son Jim Livingstone and family in Etobicoke, while Mr, and Mrs, Livingstorie are on vacation. Miss Dora Lynn and Master Frank Ellerby of Clinton spent part of holiday week with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. B. Shobbrook, On Saturday night Mr. and Mrs. Ted East and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Shobbrook attended the reception held in Exeter honoring Miss Bill Bell, D.D.G.M. of District 5 of O.E.S. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cowan and Gregory of Guelph spent the holiday week with his mother Mrs. Jewel Cowan. Mr, Harvey Hunking went to Westminster Hospital, London on Monday for medical check up. Mr. and Mrs, Bill Moore of Goderich visited on Sunday with her parents Mr, and Mrs. Harvey flunking and Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Boyce of Goderich visited with her grandparents. Mr. Wilmer Howatt was transferred from Clinton Hospital to Victoria Hospital, London last Tuesday where he is in intensive care. Friends are hoping for a speedy recovery. A dessert shower was held for Miss Joan Moor bride-elect, by Miss Wendy Caldwell and Miss Donna Yungblutt at Wendy's home on Sunday, March 28 with Mrs. Dave Anderson serving the dessert to 25 friends and neighbours, Joan received some lovely gifts, she thanked everyone and invited all to come and see them in their new home, The W. I. annual meeting will be held on Thursday, April 1 With Installation of officers and all reports given. 4-H CLUB The first of the Londesboro No. 1. 4-H Homemaking Club Was held at the home of Mrs. Harry Snell RR 1, Londesboro on March 15. The members are Vaughan Hunking, Sharie Kennedy, Audrey Peel, Brenda Scott, Bonnie Shepherd, Karen Shepherd, Joanne Thompson, Mary Lou, Vincent and Shirley Watkins. All members were present. Leaders are Mrs. Harry Watkins and Mrs. Harry Snell. At the first meeting election of officers was held, The results are as follows: President, Audrey Peel; Vice President, Brenda Scott; Secretary, Bonnie Shepherd; Press Reporter, Joanne Thompson. The meeting closed with the pledge. MEETING TWO Our second meeting was held at the home of Mrs. Watkins on March 24. All members present. An interesting event which took place at this meeting was selecting a name for our club, Separates for Summer. Our choice was Sewing Swingers. At this meeting we also assembled a pair of shorts, step by step. The meeting closed with the pledge. BY J. CARL HEMINGWAY Hi Folks! It seems like a long time since I last contributed articles to the county papers or did you miss me! As a matter of fact I don't remember exactly when I did stop writing articles. The best I can do is guess. Was it three or four years ago? I guess I've been too busy trying to keep the home fires burning down on the farm to keep track of time, However I do appreciate the invitation from the News-Record to again produce a running commentary on current events, mainly agricultural. While I have been too busy to write the last few years, riding the tractor "to and fro" provides plenty of time for thinking. Many a time I would like to have jumped off the tractor and scratched off a comment or two but the tractor didn't agree, - However I have reducedmy acreage considerably just recently so perhaps I'll be able to keep a weekly column going. Problems of Agriculture seem to have become more and more complicated, I believe it was in the last issue of Farm and Country that a President of a feed mill Company in Eastern Canada was demanding that the Federal Government immediately introduce a $10 per ton subsidy to farmers purchasing western grain delivered to Quebec and the Maritimes in order to enable them to continue in the production of livestock particularly eggs and poultry. In contrast last Sunday, March 21 on Country Canada it was made quite clear that Quebec was becoming self-sufficient in egg production and therefore was shutting out imports from Manitoba and the Maritimes. The speaker &Om Nova Scotia stated that eggs were from 20 to 22 cents to the producer and this would force at least 25 percent of the egg producers (or perhaps I should say "egg factories") out of production. The speaker from Manitoba sang the same sad song, they couldn't sell eggs to Quebec. (How could Manitoba expect to ship both feed grain and eggs to Quebec?) Let's look at events over the years. Farmers in Nova Scotia weren't malting enough money, The government said you'll have to produce more - we'll give a freight subsidy on western feed grain - later they said we'll help you finance buildings but it has to be a large operation. Result poultry disappeared at the farm level and re-appeared in large egg factories mainly controlled by feed companies and in most eases produced abandoned farms and poorer farmers. The same thing has been happening in the Western provinces. First the farmers were told to produce more grain, they did, then they were told we can't sell your grain you should produce eggs, broilers, hogs, cattle, We'll help you build laying pens, broiler houses, hog barns and feed lots. Since production of eggs and broilers can be increased very rapidly they are both in serious trouble, hogs at less than $24 dressed /trid still dropping aren't too much better than 22 cent eggs, Since cattle numbers increase much more slowly the pitce has held pretty well. I wonder what the government subsidization of the return of four million acres of western land to forage crops will do to the production and price of beef and dairy products in the next couple of years. In years past I have been proud to be a member of a group of people who consistently and almost unanimously said "We will not curtail the production of food while others are starving in order to increase our wealth." Well! We have produced the food and the price is certainly reasonable yet the powers that have taken over the distribution of food haven't gotten it to those who need it. If those who neent can't get it why should we produce it? There is a remedy! Let's stop sowing fertilizer! You can save six dollars or more per acre, you'll be able to sell what you produce and the prospects are that your net return per acre will be higher. Remember the "tax strike" brought favourable results! Why not a fertilizer strike? Clinton Now$-Retard, Thursday, April 1, 1971 3 Londesboro A matter .of principle. 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