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Suggest 'Fair' Prices
Cardiff Endorses Farm Parity Plan
Elston Cardiff, Huron MP, i you take into consideration that
said in a radio speech Sunday all we have left of our British
that the Canadian government
should establish a level of farm
prices which gives to the farmer
the same purchasing power en
joyed by all oilier classes.
Commenting on the Progres
sive 'Conservatives’ recent de
mand for parity prices, Mr. Ciar-.
diff said his own definition of
this policy was that farmers
should receive equal value for
their products. “There certainly
isn’t anything selfish or unfair
about 'that,” the Huron MP said.
Mr. Cardiff explained that the
'Conservatives’ move for parity
prices didn’t involve 100 percent parity. “You can never havit 100
■percent parity because if you had
you would find yourself In- the
same position as the United
States—you wouldn't know what
to do with your surplus.”
Promise Better Subsidies
The Democrats in the United
States are hoping, he said, to wfn
the next election on the promise
of bigger and 'better farm sub-'
sidies. For Canadians this would
mean bigger and more agricul
tural surplusses for the United
States and more and more give
away of farm products, requiring
■the expansion of restrictive trade
policies, which in turn will be
detrimental to Canadian progress.
“It is my opinion the time ha.s
come when Aye as Canadians,,
must stand on oui’ own feet and
not depend so much on the Uni
ted States; Cardiff stated. “When
export s 18 percent you will rea
lize ihow Important it Is for us
•to look more toward
figures,”
The conservatives’
parity prices was first
by John Bracken in
said that since price ceilings were
mantained ito prevent .farm .prices
from rising to high .levels in war
time, the government should see
to
policy of
introduced
1943, who
it that price floors Are .pro-
Sugar Beef Labour
vidcd to prevent farm prices'from jAiiound Almost any farming,’ dis-
" x~ " ’ ' ' ' trict and see the number of fam
homes and buildings going to
dropping to unfair1 ”-levels in
'Peacetime, ,pw.wia -w
The Huron MP quoted figures rack and ruin—actually falling
to show that agriculture receives | down for want of repair. The in-1
less ip subsidies than other
groups
He also pointed -out that 38
percent of (farmers in Canada re
ceived a gross income of less than
$1,200 a year. Ninety percent of
Eastern farmers didn’t make
enough money to pay income tax.
“All you have ito do is drive
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We Are Now
Contracting Barley
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For Spring Seeding
Barley prices have risen considerably
the past few months.
We also have a few
SEED OAT CONTRACTS
SEED & FERTILIZER SUPPLIED
COOK BROS. MILLING
LTD.
Phone 24 Hensail
creasing number of mortgages
■that have been put on farms in
'the last two years, along with
arrears of taxes amounting to an
all-time high in the past year,
goes to prove what I say is cor
rect.
“A Financial Post survey,” he
continued, “shows 25 ■Corpora
tions dealing with farmers, in
creased their average profits af
ter taxes by 40'2% between 1946
and 1954. .One of the larger pack
ing companies indicates in its an
nual report 'that the average pro
fit over the last 10 years was
27,5% of theii’ capital invest
ment.
“How many farmers even aver-
their net
with an-
Announcement
Attention
Beet Labour Camps s
Juniors Hear
Publicity Talk
On Wednesday evening, April
4, the Easter .meeting of the
South Huron Junior Farmers was
held jat the .high school.
Twenty Junior Farmer hoys
answered the roll call with their
favorite winter sport.
iGuest speaker for the meeting
was -Reger 'Schwass from itlhe
Wm Department o,f .station
CK’NX. Roger-spoke on '“Publicity
and the Farmer” He stressed the
fact that if farmers advertised
more they would definitely speed
■up the sale of their products.
■CKNX is now working on a TV
farm - program w-hicli will cover
the counties of Huron, Grey,
■Bruce, and Perth.
He said they wish to gain the
same popularity through the
(medium of television as they
have through radio with the
rural people.
of
Last week we suggested 'that
the farmers 'have a decision to
make; Grain vs. Corn. We Still
are not too certain ourselves 'as
to the advisability of changing to a complete corii setup, al
though we are convinced that
corn -js the grain with the high
est TDN for meat production. In
Older that you may make your
own decision we are 'bringing to
you some information -prepared
by Farm (Economics Branch, On
tario Department of Agriculture,
Toronto, 'Gerry 'Montgomery. sent
us from his office.
With the completion of the
1955 Spring Grain and-Grain
Corn records collected in Climatic
Corn Zone IV, a total of three
years study has been made on
these crops. During the three
years, a total of 633 Spring
Grain record? and 347 Grain
Corn records have been collected
and summarized,
In the calculations Of crop
costs, actual payments, were used
where possible. 'Machinery, trac
tor and horse costs were com
puted at rates which fake into
account depreciation and up
keep for the kind, size, type of
equipment ’used and the amount
of use per year. The' labour rate
used was an average rate com
piled from information collected
from farms 'located in each -dis
trict under study. These rates do
not include any allowance for
management. Management and
risk would have to be covered
out of the net returns.
The accompanying table is a
summary based on tlhe three
years of study for '.Spring Grain
and 'Grain Corn in Climatic Zone
J
IV. This table shows the costs
of production on a three yeai*
average for Climatic Zone IV
were, in the case of Corn, $13,43
per acre more than those of
Spring (Grain. These extra costs
arise mainly in the following
items: seed-bed preparation, sum
mer care, and materials which
include such items as seed, man
ure, fertilizer plus some miscell
aneous items.
On the average, the net re
turns for Grain Corn were $16.81
more than the net returns per
acre for Spring Grain. ''The yield
per acre for Spring Grain on the
three year average for the
Climatic Zone IV was 40.6
bushels and this yield returned
61^ in net returns per acre’ -to
the producer. From these figures,
it can 'be 'seen that unless an
average of 40 bus. per acre is ob
tained in Spring Grain yields, it
can be expected that the crop will
be produced at a loss as far as
net returns per acre are con
cerned.
On the other hand, Grain Corn
will return on the average $17.42
net returns per acre and a yield
of 47.1 bushels of shelled corn
per acre. Therefore, if Grain
Corn is to be produced satisfac
torily in Climatic Zone iIV, it
should 'be grown on fields of
good fertility -and drainage and
it will return higher net returns
and more pouhds per acre than
will Spring Grain.
DID YOU KNOW?
The number of organisms in a
thimbleful
soil
tiori.
age three percent on
investment, one year other?
“The situation is
grim. As a matter of
Trades and Labour ’Congress and
the Canadian Congress of La
bour has become alarmed, and is
on record as being in support of
the principal of equitable prices
ito the primary producers of 'agri
cultural products.. They realize
full well how important it is that
■in order for them ito retain their
high standard of living something
must be done for agriculture.”
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Chatham-Dover Contre-Wallaceburg
Will be manned this year with large numbers of
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becoming
fact even
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PROPANE
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& APPLIANCES
GRATTON &
HOTSON
Phone 156 Grand Bend
Single Experienced Beet Workers
Through cooperation of Federal Government and
Governments of Quebec and Ontario
AND
at least 50*60 immigrant families are on their way
here for work in the entire beet growing area.
Canada & Dominion
Sugar Company Ltd.
WALLACEBURGCHATHAM
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First time in Huron County
TWIN ACTION AEROPRILLS
of good productive
is larger than the popula-
of the U.S.A.
Western Ontario Zone III
Clubs Start
Next Week
First meetings of a number
4-‘H clubs in this district ihave
been announced .by Art Bolton,
assistant agriculturai representa
tive for Huron.
Mr. Bolton
May 1 is the
ing any club.
The Exeter
iSou-tli Huron
and the Exeter Grain 'Corn, ____
Will start on Tuesday, April 17,
at South Huron District High
'School at 8.30 p.m.
iSeed will be distributed to all
'.grain club members .at these
(meetings. 'Cost will be approxi
mately $5.6 0 pel’ member for two
bushels of Garry -oats.
The Hen.sal.1 4-H White Bean
'Club will -meet Wednesday, April
18 in Hensail Town Hall at 8.30
p.m. ■
Club Leaders Meet
■Cluib officials from this area
attended - the day-long training
school for 4-H leaders conducted
in .Clinton Friday.
(Instruction in the operation of
movie projectors, in the methods
of scoring in judging competi
tions, in reporting meetings, and
in preparation ’of programs was
given at the morning session. A
complimentary dinner, given by
the Department of Agriculture,
was served at noon.
In the afternoon, the group
was divided, according to pro-'
jects, and special assistance was
given to each unit by personnel
from the Ontario Agricuutral
College. Merle Mode, of Exeter,
was in charge of poultry groups.
Assistant Ag Rep Arthur Bol
ton was general supervisor of
the school.
■emphasizes
deadline for
4-H ’Grain
iSugar 'Beet
Olttb,
Club
Club,
j
PRODUCTION COSTS
Seed-ibed Preparation ......................
Planting and .Summer Care ...........
Harvesting ........................................
Materials, including fertilizer, seed,
manure, etc.................................
Land Use, including taxes, interest or
Cost per acre ...........................
Value -pei’ acre ..........................
Net Returns per acre ................,
YIELD PER ACRE AND RELATIVE
Yield, bus. per acre ,.............
Yield, pounds per acre .....
Pounds of Digestible Protein
per Acre ..................
Cost per HL of 'Digestible'
Protein .......................
Pounds of 'Total Digestible
Nutrients per Acre
Cost iper lb. of T.D.N.
4 j
(a
AND
rent
(Huron and Perth)
ring Grain Grain Corn
Yr. Ave.)(2 Yr. Ave.)
RETURNS •
$ 4.9.5 ? 9.58
1.31 4.84
5.46 6.93
12.67 18.69
4.85 4.99
29.24 45.03
41.12 63.23
11.88 18.20
ammonium nitrate fertilizer
33V2 Vo Nitrogen
For top-dressing fall wheat, hay and pasture, side-dressing
corn and sugar beets. Get these TWO SEASON-LONG AD
VANTAGES: Nitrate nitrogen—for fast feeding; Ammonia
nitrogen—for sustained feeding.
AEROPRILLS NOW AVAILABLE AT
Read Bros. Warehouse Vern Pincombe
VALUESFEEDING
bus.
■lbs.
50.0.
1964.2
49.3
2761.6
lbs.190.5 182.3
*15.4 24.7
lbs.1451,5 2212.1
£2.0 2.0
Kippen Man
Heads Beef
■Robert McGregor, of Kippen,
/was elected 'chairman of Huron
County Beef Cattle Producers’
Association at the annual meet
ing held in the agriculturai
rooms, Clinton, Tuesday, April 3.
A dense fog .in the northern
■part of t)ie county prevented
many members from attending
Hie 'meeting, at Which Mr. Mc
Gregor 'presided in the absence
of the president.
Dr. R. JI. Ingram of the staff
of the animal husbandry depart
ment, Ontario Agricultural Col
lege, Guelph, the guest speaker,
was introduced by G. W. Mont
gomery, agricultural representa
tive for Huron County, He out
lined the information on the
feeding of the hormone stilbest
rol to 'beef cattle that ho had
gathered in -the united 'States,
He said that is was only in the
last year that stilbestrol had
been given to 'beef cattle in foods
and that it seems most effective
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Exeter
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