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To See Plots (
Annual twilight meeting of the
Huron County Soil and Crop
Improvement Association will be
held at Huron County Home on
Monday evening, July 30.
Men will examine the rod-row
oat and barley variety test plots,
white bean plots and field test
plots of grain and silage corn
that were seeded on the county
farm last spring in cooperation
with the ’ ield -Husbandry De
partment, O.A.C. George Jones,
of the college, will comment on
the plots.
Farmers will also examine the
long term pasture plots seeded j
on the farm by the soil • and
crop improvement association in
1953. Dr. J. Winch, of O.A.C.
will be on hand to discuss the I
relative merits /of the different)
grasses and clovers for hay and i
pasture. I
The ladies will be taken on a
tour of the county home by Mrs.
Harvey Johnston, wife of the
county home superintendent.
Miss Shirley Bullock, newly-ap
pointed assistant home econo- j
mist for Huron and Bruce, has
arranged a program of films
for the ladies.
At a joint meeting starting at
9.15 p.m., Professor George
Raithby, head of the animal hus
bandry department of O.A.C.
will be guest speaker. Prof, j
Raithby is a native of Huron;
County, having been born and i
raised on an Auburn District i
farm. His remarks will deal i
with the latest developments in . ,livestock breeding and feeding.; uHtarL but many breeders re-
Second Section THE EXETER. TIMES-ADVOCATE, JULY 26, 1956
If Farmers Don't Glut Markets
FOR POLICEMEN TQ ENFORCE—flow short can
Crookes,
A LAW
shorts be before becoming too short? Albert
former deptuy.reeve of Cooksville, Ont., says they should
not be less than 24 inches and that policemen should be
armed with tape measures to see that the figure was
enforced. One council member suggested that there
would be a rush to join the police force if the idea was
made law. The 24-inch measurement would, obviously,
land Lynn Fitzgerald in the clink if enforced, while Lois
McKay would escape official attention. In spite of Mr.
Crookes, no limit was put on the length of shorts.
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Farmers From Ontario
Tour Maritime Areas
Howard Wright of Cromarty
has returned home-after'a-two-
week trip in the Maritimes as
a member of a party of 120 from
the Ontario Soil and Crop Im
provement Association.
The grand tour was arranged
in order to give Ontario farmers
an opportunity to gain first-hand
knowledge of farming conditions
and trends in other, areas.
The goodwill tour was headed
by past president* Wilfred J.
Schneler of Baden, William Wal-
. ,lace of Woodslee and . James A.
jjrjdcBain of St, Thomas, M.P. for
JBplgim
The party left from Toronto
»nd had their first stop at Corn
wall where the members were
taken on a tour of St. Lawrence
CHICKENS
Worm your Hens with Split
Action Capsule — the two-’
worm killer — at
•way
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Middleton's
DRUG STORE
Hensall
Seaway construction works.
The next. halt was made .
Montreal and after that- Freder
icton, N.B., where the farmers
visited an experimental farm and
enjoyed an open-air chicken bar
becue.
They attended church in St.
John on Sunday, and visited Re
versing Falls and the harbor
there. A harbor cruise at Hali
fax was included in the tour pro
gram. Other points of interest
visited included Sydney, N.S.,
Port Hawkesbury, Cape Tormen-
tine and Borden.
On the *way to Charlottetown
the party visited potato farms.
A visit in the cradle of confedera
tion room in the, provincial room
at Charlottetown proved very in
teresting.
At Levis the tourists took a
ferry to Quebec and were enter
tained on the liner Homeric.
A clipping from a Halifax
paper later noted "A group of
120 southern Ontario.farmers and
their wives arriving for a good
will tour of the* Maritimes really,
made a hit when they tipped a
porter $105. It was all a mistake,
however. The porter questioned
the tip, was thanked and given
i $10 instead of the $100 bill to
go with the five.”
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Wild Carrot
Host To Fly
Wild carrot (Daucus carota),
the black sheep of the - carrot1
family, is also known as Queen
Anne’s Lace and Bird’s nest but
by whatever name it is called
it is still a pest to the farmer
who has to contend with it, says
the Field Crops Branch of the
Ontario Department of Agricul
ture.
The weed came frem Europe
and may have been brought or
iginally as a garden flower, but
since then it has spread through
almost all sections of Ontario.
It not only grows along road
sides, through pastures and crop
land robbing crop plants of nu
trients and water, but it also
plays host to the carrot rust-fly
which attacks garden carrots,
parsnips, celery .and parsley.
Wild carrot is a biennial with
the fernlike appearance of a ,
garden carrot above ground with
a grey, fleshy, cone shaped root.
Slender, strong, hairy stems
support a four-inch flat topped,
lacy* white flower which blooms
from June, through September.
By autumn the flower is replaced
by seeds and the head assumes
the shape of a bird’s nest. This
seed head breaks off during the
fall arid winter to be blown from
one place- to another spreading
its seeds as it goes. ... .
4 Sheep are useful in the control
of the weed as they will keep
it well trimmed. Frequent close
mowing is also helpful. Chemical
control of wild carrot has met
with varying results in the past
few years. Classed as a weed
susceptible to 2,4-D, six to eight
ounces of 2,4-D acid per acre
should be adequate for all prac
tical purposes, at least for the
control of top growth. On road
sides, fence rows, etc. the amount
should be one pound of 2,4-D
acid per acre, with plenty of
water and air pressure. In some
areas where 2,4-D does not give
adequate control a mixture of
Atlacide and 2,4-D, or 2,4-D-2,4,-
5-T (br(ushkill) formulation may
have to be used.
Spraying should be done while
the plant is actively growing,
with early June being the best
time to spray roadsides. Late
fall is also a good time to spray
meadows as the grass is usually
short and the new Wild Carrot
seedlings are showing at* that
time.
Huron Herds
Losing Sales
Huron Holstein breeders ar
losing sales to foreign buyers by
not having their cows classified,
says Gordon Bell, St. Marys,
fieldman for the Holstein-Fres-
ian Association.
Mr. Bell says only 19 herds
in Huron have been graded, "and
there should be at least 50”. .
When foreign buyers place or
ders for purebreds, he said, they
usually specify the grade of cows
they want. If a herd isn’t grad
ed, its cows cannot be purchased,
Mr. Bell explained that selec
tive registration, which grades
cows in five categories from ex
cellent to poor, is strictly vol-
alize the advantage it offers. It
helps them to- improve their
herds.
Graders visit the country every
nine months and they must be
notified in advance if a breeder
wishes them to inspect his herd.
The graders were in Huron this
week.
Seek Market
For Turnips
Frank M. Isby of Detroit met
with A, H. Wilford of Stratford
this weekend in Toronto to dis
cuss the large-scale marketing
of Western Ontario turnips in the
U.S.
Mr. Isby is' the owner of the
big fruit and vegetable auction
market in. Detroit, which daily
sells hundreds of truckloads of
fruits and vegetables to U.S.
Ontario wholesalers.
Mr. Wilford, once named
"Rutabaga King” hopes that
Isby will agree to Western tario rutabagas being
through the market.
"This,” said Mr. Wilford, "has
been my object since I started
working for the rutabaga pro-'
ducers three years ago.” i
If an agreement is made, he
said, it would give producers a
steady and possibly a better
price. Prices could be stabilized;
by being published daily in news-
papers in .the U.S., and Western
Ontafib'.' .The arrangement’ w$il<?;i
eliminate much* Uncertainty re-"
garding prices and markets.
and
the
Mr.
On-
sold
She: "Men are such contempti
ble beasts.”
He: "Yea I know. That’s why
I run around with women.”
Your Farm
. Calendar
Friday, July 27
BUS TOUR — South Huron
Fa'rm Management bus tour of
Kent County.
Saturday, July 28
JUNIOR FARMER BUS TOUR
—To Toronto to visit Leaver
Bros. Poultry Farms, Malton
airport, Casa Loma, Master
Feeds Farm, New Woodbine. v
Monday1, July 30
TWILIGHT MEETING—Huron
Soil and Crop Improvement As
sociation to meet at Huron Coun
ty Home, Clinton.
Waterloo Cattle
reeding Association
"Where Better Bulls Are Used"
We have gust, received a report from the Holstein-Fricsian
Association of Canada indicating the production of daughters of our bulls.
Bollowing are the breed Class Average Figures for the bulls now in
service.
Glenafton Milestone V.G..................,
Glenafton Trademark V.G. «.......
Elmcroft Celebrity V.G.,...........„„
Seiling Wing Double V.G. ...........
Elmcroft Tradition ..........................
Glenafton Benefactor Ex & Extra
No. of
Daughters
324
107
93
90
48
'46
Breed Class
Average Milk
111%
107
104
107
107
106
Fat
116%
111
104
123
110
116
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This Warks putjto-ji.Mature•
Milk
13212
12736
12379
12736
12736
12617
Equivalent 305d 2X
.....t Fat
507
485
454
537
481
507
Basis
Test
3.84
3.80
3.67
4.22
3.78
4.02
The Breed Class Average under the same basis is 11903 Milk,
and 437 Fat. simple arithmetic will work out the extra income for daugh
ters o£ our bulls.
For service to these, our proven bulls, or our promising young
bulls, phone collect to: Clinton HU 2*3441', between 7;30 end 9:36 A,M.
OPTIMISTIC—Robert McCubbin,
parliamentary assistant to Ag
riculture Minister Gardiner, pre
dicted good prices for farm pro
ducts in a speech at the Holstein
breeders’ picnic at Seaforth
Thursday. —T-A Photo
Future
bright if farmers don’t flood
their markets, Robert McCub-
.bin, Middlesex MP and parlia
mentary assistant to Agriculture
Minister Gardiner said Thurs
day at the uron-Bruce Holstein
Breeders’ picnic at Seaforth.
Consumpt’on of all agriculture
products is increasing and prices
should be good for the rest of
1956, the MP said.
He warned farmers, however,
not to become panicky, and de
press their marketj by selling
too soon. He urged livestock
producers to be wary of packers’
attempts to frighten them into
early marketings.
•> Attendance at the breeders’
picnic, at which the Middlesex
MP was 'guest speaker,,, was cut
to 50 by excellent haying weath
er. The bucy parliamentarian
didn’t mind, however, because he
knew haying was more important
than listening to speeches.
"I would have thought there
was something wrong if there
had been a big crowd here to
day,” he told disappointed of
ficials.
In addition to giving a history
of the development of Holstein-
Friesian cattle, Mr, McCubbin
Beef Industry Healthy
Beef industry is in healthy
shape because domestic con-
sumption is increasing, Mr. Mc
Cubbin stated, Almost all of the
meat now being marketed is be
ing consumed in Canada.
In spite of* packers’ attempts
to depress the market by import
ing beef from the U.S., the price
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New 4-H Refrain
Becomes Popular
Under the leadership of Mrs.
Coral Dindsay and Mrs. Carl
Strike, the Kars 4-H Home
making Club, 14 miles from Ot
tawa, has composed a 4-H song
which has aroused considerable
interest at a number of 4-H
events in Carleton County during
the past winter. It is sung to
the tune of "I’m Looking Over A
Four Leaf Clover” and the lyrics
are as follows:
We’re looking over our 4-H
clover
We pledge for our 4-H Club
Our heads to clearer thinking
whatever we do,
Our hearts to greater, loyalty
forever we’re true,
To darger service we pledge
our hands
And our health to a better
way ....
We’re looking over our 4-H
clover
For 4-H we shout "Hurrah”!
of agriculture looksj commented on the outlook of the i
. future of agriculture. Synopsis of
S his predictions in different fields ■
i are given below:
Fears Underproduction
"My fear is not one of over
production but of underproduc-. tion in the dairy industry,” Mr. I
McCubbin said. i
Consumption of dairy products of cattle las" held well, he said’
I m all its forms is increasing the
MP stated. Purchase of milk!
powder, for example, has jump
ed from one million to 12 mil
lion pounds in recent years.
The fluid milk market is go
ing up, too,
Production of milk has increas
ed considerably in 1956 over last
year. During the first four
months, over four billion more
pounds of milk was marketed1
this year than last. j __
Butter production isn’t meeting man is, thinking of quality?’
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I quality beef, however, to furnish
supermarkets with the kind of
meat they want.
The beef producer should get
a good price for his product for
the balance of 1956, the MP pre
dicted. "But if lie gets frightened
and floods the market with cat- lie, he will depress the price.”
Mr. McCubbin said Ontario
farmers pay too much for west
ern cattle every fall. To com
pensate for this, they must feed
efficiently to realize a profit. •
Stresses Hog Quality
Farmers’ fears that an . in
crease in production of hogs
in the west would depress the
market in Ontario never mat-
erialized the parliamentary
speaker asserted. ' " "
There has been an increase in
the production of hogs, but. most
of it came from Ontario, not the
west.
Mr. McCubbin said that if hog
producers did not increase pro
duction too much they could .ex
pect good prices. He urged farm
ers to keep the quality up so
that markets could be maintain
ed in the U.S.
Hold Ba.ck Wheat.
Farmers shouldn’t have • to
take less than $1.50 a bushel for
fall wheat, Mr. McCubbin stated.
He urged growers not to accept
initial offerings of buyers but to
hold out for better prices.
There isn’t a big crop of wheat
this year, he said.
Mr. McCubbin charged pack*
ers tried to panic producers in
to selling by threatening import
of U.S. meat. They only import
ed 5,300 head in all, he said.
For the first 27 weeks of this
year, the number of cattle -mar-
I keted was 33,500 compared • to
30,200 last year.
I Mr. McCubbin quoted figures
to show that marketing of better
grades was increasing -year by
I year. “It shows the beef cattle
present contuner demand, Mr.
McCubbin stated. The industry
has produced 3,000,000 pounds of
butter less than, last year but
consumption has increased by
5,000,000 pounds. "If we had. not
had a surplus we would not have
been able to meet the demand.”
"There must be a surplus of
butter in this country, or con
sumers would have To pay more
than they should.”
Farmers aren’t sending as
much milk to cheese factories
as they used to "but there is
still a ready market in the Un
ited Kingdom for cheese,” Mc
Cubbin stated. Great Britain is
setting aside a fund for purchase;
of Canadian cheese.
The MP said he thought some-'
thing should be done to supple
ment the returns of dairymen
who sell their production for use
in the manufacture of powder
milk. They aren’t receiving as
much for their milk as other
producers, he said.Count 'Em
"It’s a pity that dry weather | livestock. What you are losing
does any harm.” That was the
lament of the farmers all last
summer. Now, they are wishing
they could have just a few dry
days.
It all started in April. Many,
who, ..ot being too well prepared,
missed ov.i on those first few
days of early seeding and were
delayed for three-weeks in many
cases, Bpt the prolonged cool
'dSmjyx Aether has'13^eh,ti';ide^
fori these acres, the oats and bar-;
ley have made amazing growth
an'd we have not seen as long
heads on the cereals for several
years. Early oats are shoulder
high and the barley is past the
belt buckle.
Haying though is a headache!
Acres and acres are lying in the
swath and windro’.-.. This will
tend to take the cream off one
of the most valuable crops. Pro
tein levelr decrease very rapidly
and vitamin A content will have
been reduced to practically zero.
It will take some balancing of
rations to overcome this defici
ency. Common sense and shrewd
buying can hnlp to raise the net
profit back to the expected level.
Second cutting of hay should
be the farmer’s No. 1 project for
August. This can possibly be one
of the cheapest and best sources
of Vitamin A. True, it is rather
inconvenient, what with grain
harvest, factory corn and white
beans, but it is worth it.
Long range weather forecasts
are proving rather accurate this
year and more of us would be
wise to spend more time study
ing them. "Country Guide,” a
farm magazine published in Win
nipeg, and the “Farm Journal,”
published in U.S.A., do not give
too much encouragement to the
farmers for fine weather. After
observing these forecasts for the
past several’ years we find it
good' business to pay more than
scant heed. True, they are based
on the laws of averages and
other data, but they do give
guidance.
Hurrah! All 'you disgusted',
down-hearted, farmers. It could
be worse! You’ve missed all the
severe storms. You have no
heavy dam-.ge to buildings or
out in one project you are gain
ing in another. It could be worse.
Some areas are much worse.
Corn and beets yellowing from
wet feet, choked- with weeds
from lack of weather to culti
vate between the rows.
The damage, could be worse
in this area. Hailstorms could
ruin your grain and other cul
tivated crops. One Westerner who
visited here told of a strip 12
miles wide. and 300 long in the
prairiesJwhere the crop is gone
completely:, - '
.YoU.’rO just plain lucky. If you
don’t ' believe ■, us take a look
around and then count your bles
sings!
DID YOU KOW?
It might pay to be prepared--
South’ern Ontario should experi
ence a degree or two above nor
mal. Highest temperatures are
in prospect for the forepart of
month.
Rainfall-—L- southern districts
of the province you can expect
more generous rainfall in form
of showers arid, thunderstorms;
indeed above normal amounts ate
oh tap for most localities.—
Weather Forecast "The Country
Guide.”
More farmers ■'Switch 'to Surge
milkers for Safer, faster milking,
(adv’t)
New Grain Elevator
To Receive And Store
Your Wheat And Barley
HOWARD
The big western gyrating cleaner in the above elavator will
clean up to 1,800 bushels of wheat or barley per hour*
Platform hoist dumps tractor trailers and automatic weigh
scales unload and weigh your grain quickly and accurately*
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HENSALL SALE PRICES
Prices at Hensall Community
Sale( July 19 were:
Weanling Pigs $7.60 to $11.00.
Chunks *
Feeders
Sows ....
Holstein
Durham
Holstein
Durham
Grass ____ ___ „ ___o
prices; 300 pigs and 60 head of
cattle and calves passed through
the sale ring.
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............. $12.00..to $16.00.
............ $18.00 to $24.00.
........... $42.00..to $75.00.
COWS .. $125.00 to $140.00.
cows .. $120.00 to $150.00.
calves .. $12.00 to $16.00.
calves .. $26.00 to $42.00.
cattle sold at strong
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Does Not Harm Grain.
Has Prolonged Killing Action.
Costs Less Than ,1/10£ Per Bushel.
On Sale At
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Top Prices Paid Storage Arranged
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