HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-03-15, Page 4THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1956
MP Expresses Concern
Over US Farm Trade
■Coii'Cem -over an unfavorable
liaHnce oC with United
States and 'cnitlctam of the loss
•flC to; trad® to Britain were
expressed by Elston Cardiff,:
Huron MP, in radio speeches
Sunday.
‘'The Canadian people are be
coming disturbed about the un
favourable balance of trade with
the United States to the extent
of one bill ion dollars,” Mr. Car*
diet said.
■MTere we 'are a country of
only 16 million ^people buying
on® million dollars more from
the United States with a popula
tion of 165 'million people. It just
Isn’t reasonable,”
"The extension on the general
agreements on trade and tariffs
by President Eisenhower is an
encouraging d e v e 1 p p m e n t dn
Washington. Bixt if the United
States seeks tp use the various
escape clauses -that it had writ
ten into the general agreement
on trade and tariffs, Canada
should break away from GATT
completely. Bleaches df GATT by
the United States In having im
posed quotas on imports of Can
adian dairy products, oats, bar
ley, rye, crude oil, and hard
board, have given Canadian ex
porters many causes for anxiety.
Give Aways Damage Position
“The United States policy of
giving away farm surpluses
abroad has further damaged
Canada’s trade position.,
“We are’ not satisfied that
only 18% of our exports find
their way to Britain, We see no
reason «why Britain should not
buy more Qf our huge wheat sur
plus. Why should Canada lose
British trade to Russia? If our
trade with the United States was
more in line we could afford ,to
buy more from Britain and
again get back the best customer
we ever had. The Liberal Govern
ment have almost completely lost
the British trade.
Mr. Cardiff charged there was
“lack of direction and foresight”
in the handling of the western
wheat situation. “We Eastern
farmers feel that had we been
given a chance to 'buy feed wheat
at a price, we could have fed
this wheat at a profit."
The surplus wheat problem
could be aggravated by another
bumper crop this year, he said.
Temporary Measure
Mr. Cardiff said the prairie
frank Joan legislation passed at
the present session “is only a
temporary measure tor the time
being.”
“It isn't 'the solution Cor a
growing problem. What is needed is a policy laid down by the
government so that farmers as
well as all others would know
where we were headed. How is
a farmer to know what he should
grow if he isn’t given some di
rection from the powers that be?
We are like a lot of lost sheep
groping around in the dark, and
with farm income going down
and down, agriculture is in a
bad way,”
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Nature is a wonderful thing.
Nature endowed the animal king
dom with instinct.
'Last week, during the bliz
zard, when the visibility lowered
to zero even in the lee of shelter
ing buildings, ope of the ewes
gave birth to twins in the open.
We were fortunate enough to
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but we are convinced that they
would have survived du® to the
protective instinct of4 the ewes.
Do we permit our livestock to
exercise their natural instincts?
Yes and no. (Somehow it seems
that six months of the year we do
with some restrictions. The other
six months we throttle them. It
is during this winter -period that
a great understanding of the
farm livestock pays dividends. It
is common knowledge that a con
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contented hog or steer gains
faster. '
■What makes contented animals
thrive better? Research has
shown that hogs gain more eco
nomically and faster on self
feeders. The latest news is that
they will still cheapen gains
when permitted to 'balance their
own ration - free choice feeding
is now recommended by a leading
feed company. ;Some observant
chap who understood the rooting
instinct of a hog got the idea of
putting covers on the water bowls
and feeders. This stopped feed
waste and the pig suffered no
inconveniences.
The poultryman has also harn
essed the natural instinct in the
pens with deep litter and roosts
pits. Along with these ideas are
the various nesting systems, the
latest being the roll-away type
which give less breakage and
cleaner eggs. Modern feeding
systems now are replacing 'hand
feeding in the larger operations
and the hens are thriving under
these conditions. To sum it up their most efficient operators are
saving by using the natural in
stinct of the birds.
Dairymen and beef operators
■are also finding that they can
reduce costs and up their over
all net profits utilizing more of
the natural habits of their cattle.
Loose housing has replaced many
stanchion type dairy barns. Many
authorities 'believe this in con
junction with milking parlours
gives cleaner milk and also less
udder trouble which naturally
leads to higher production.
Beef feeding has changed ter
rifically in late years. Self-feed
ing is becoming commonplace.
Here again loose housing is find
ing more enthusiasts and accord
ing to agricultural research fig
ures is th® most practical and
economical.
All this doesn’t mean that
farming doesn’t still require care
ful management but it does mean
that the natural instinct of do
mestic animals can be used to
lighten the load. A chicken (poul
try) has two legs as well as a
man, but the rest of oui* domesti
cated livestock has four of them
and just why more farmers do
not let 'them use them 6 or 7
months of the year—we don’t
know.
Thinking about it has opened
a train of thought regarding
value of instinct especially in
domestic animals. The dictionary
says instinct means natural im
pulse; the unconscious prompting
that incites man and other ani
mals to those actions which are
necessary for their .guidance, pre
servation, and development.
Whether we should include man
in our thought^ of instinct in do
mestic animals is problematical.
We sometimes act instinctively
but as for being domesticated—
we’ll leave that for the women to
decide.
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Miss Anna 'Routly Qf Ryerson
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Mr, Bill Howitt of Windsor
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