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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-08-30, Page 9Second Section T THE EXETER TIMES-ADVQCATE, AUGUST 30, 1956 ■ 'tI COMPETITORS FROM HURON?-—Agriculture officials in Huron county say girls from the county are entered in the CNE Dairy Queen competition which will .held at the CNE for the first tinrn this year. But it’s not because Huron hasn’t any pretty milking maids, say the officials, who weren’t informed of the contest. Shirley Hill, of, R.R. 1 Jarvis, above, is one of. the 50 entrants in the contest.—Telegram Photo No Milkmaids From Huron Vying For Dairy Crown? be Crop Damage In Area Mounts, Rain Continues Almost Daily World s Largest Fair Features Agriculture The world’s 1 fair! That’s the boast of the Can adian National Exhibition, be ginning this year on August 24, and lasting until September 8. And this giant exposition lives up to its claim. Spread over the 350 acres of exhibition park are fifty million dollars worth of buildings that display the latest handiwork of all phases of our Canadian way of life. As it’s proud phrase exclaims, the Ex hibition js truly the “Show win dow of the nation.” . One of the foremost feature at tractions is the Exhibition, agri culture show, as every farmer who has spent a day wandering thrpugh the Coliseum agriculture building will agree. Housed in this building ... the largest permanent structure devoted to agriculture in the world , . . are thousands of the country’s prize animals . . . the lush product of the field and garden and the latest mechanical devices . . . in fact almost everything that belongs on the Canadian farm. The accent on agriculture is in keeping with the long stand ing tradition for the Exhibition, now in its 78th year, began r.s an agriculture fair. From a largest annual, showplace of the farming' Indus- oast of the Cam 1 trir around the budding ^Toronto, I •Pvhihiiinn he !the Exhibition has added year' It appears that Huron County won’t be represented in the con test for the 1956 Dairy Queen at the Canadian National' Exhibi tion this year., ^Announcement of the new contest recently caught county agricultural officials by sur prise. They apparently didn’t Jfikknow about the competition to '>WF|e^ct a m^king maid queen. Fifty girls from Ontario are being selected by five dairy breed, associations to' compete for the title, which will be given for milking ability as well as looks. “We have plenty of good looking girls .and they can milk cows, too,” said Gordon Grieg, fieldman of the Federation of Agriculture, “but we haven’t heard anything about the com petition and as far as I know, there’s ‘ nobody entered from Huron.” ♦ Gordon Bell, St. Marys, field man for the Holstein-Freisian Association, didn’t know about it either, nor did the ag rep’s office. The competition, sponsored jointly by the Ontario Milk Dis tributors Association, the breed associations and the Toronto Telegram, will be held nightly at the CNE,, Every evening for- the first 10“ days of the Exhibition, five of the 50 milkmaids will com pete in the main ring of the Coliseum. They will represent the five dairy breed associa tions (Jersey, Guernsey, Ayr shire, Dual-Purpose Shorthorn and Holstein-Friesian) and each will milk a cow of the breed she represents. Queens Of Fair The winner each evening will be named Queen of the Fair and receive a $25 prize. The four runners-up will each receive $15 and appear with the Queen later* Baby's The Beans The Baby That FIVIE BAR' that evening in the Grandstand show. On the 11th day of the com petition the top score of each breed' will compete again and the, grand prize winner will be crowned Dairy Queen of 1956. With her honors will go a large silver trophy, to be competed for annually, and a sterling silver tray. Both are being donated by the Ontario Milk Distributors Association. The Dairy Queen will be featured in the Grandstand show for the last three evenings of the CNE. For the day she is to com pete, each rural maid will re ceive a pass to the Exhibition, two meal tickets and tickets to the Midway and Grandstand. The competition will start at 6.00 p.m. because cows have to be milked early. Five Judges Five judges, three to act each night, will give marks for every operation to a total of 100 points. Judges will be selected by; Everett M. Biggs, Dairy Com missioner for Ontario. The milk weight recorder will be R. J. Stewart, of the Ontario Depart ment of Agriculture; To help the audience get into the spirit of the milking, 100 free cups of milk will be distri buted each evening. The public will have a chance to take part in the contest, too, in the competition for attrac tive money prizes donated by The Telegram. It is the Milk Weight Stakes with a top prize of $500 for the entrant .who gives the closest estimate of the total weight of milk produced by all five breeds during the 26 milkings necessary during the first 11 days of the CNE. Five $100 cash prizes will be Award ed to the entrants making the closest estimate of the total weight of milk produced by each of the five breeds. Huron County Crop Report By ARTHUR S. BOLTON During this week very little progress was made in harvesting operations. Approximately one-third of the grain crop in the county has now been swathed or stooked, of this, much will be damaged by sprout ing and will be very dark in col or when threshed. A small acreage of second cut hay has been cut but unless we have dry weather-it will be im possible to harvest second cut hay of good quality. A number of farmers in the county -have prepared ' for fall wheat and rye while waiting for the other grain to dry. I by year the attractions that re-1 • fleet the other ways of Canadian I life. But agriculture and the Can-1 adian farm are still the main stays and highlights of the Ex hibition.I If the Exhibition has blossom- ' ed from a purely agricultural show, the farm exhibits them selves have changed from a local display of agriculture to a pano rama of the'’ whole Canadian agricultural industry. Today livestock come to be judged from all parts of the Dominion, and entries and exhibits arrive even from parts of the United States. Prize money has increased over the years until today more than $125,000 is awarded annual ly. Perhaps more important than money, though, are the coveted ribbons emblematic of superio rity of breeding, growing or showing that mark the Exhibi tion champion. The encourage ment to the improvement of Can adian agriculture is in the final analysis the real aim of the Ex hibition agriculture show. As a special program to assist young farmers in their training, the Exhibition has founded this year a scholarship to be awarded to one outstanding 4-H member of each province. Winners, who will visit the Exhibition for a special presentation, will be awarded $750 to help in their education. The horse show adds another touch of colour to the Coliseum activity with its classes for hun ters and jumpers, gaited saddle horses, heavy draft animals and six' horse hitches, thundering around the ring. If the hors 6 is disappearing from the Canadian scene, the Exhibition is no place to prove it. I Area 4-H Clubs !Here Saturday The 4-H Demonstration Day for) clubs in South Huron will be held at South Huron District High School, Exeter, on Saturday, September 1. Over 200 boys and girls from 15 clubs are expected to attend. Members will write 4-H exam inations on their manuals and be judged in each of the projects they have participated In during the summer. The afternoon program will in- i elude beef and dairy cattle fit- j ting and showmanship demon- ; strations, poultry killing demon strations, display of grain sheaves and grain corn and white bean demonstration, Demonstration Day activity will have a. definite bearing on ' the marks received by 4-H mem- bers for their summer’s work, j The wiiitten examination is worth 100 marks and the attendance is counted on the year’s total, Clubs which will congregate here Saturday include the Exeter 4-H Beef Calf Club, Bayfield 4-H Beef Calf Club, Exeter 4-H Dairy Calf Club, Bayfield 4-H Dairy Calf Club, Zurich 4-H Calf Club, Exeter 4-H Grain Club, Clinton 4-H Grain Club, Exeter 4-H Grain Corn Club, Goderich 4-H Grain Corn' Club, Hensail Kins men 4-H White Bean Club, Exe ter 4-H Poultry Club, Clinton 4-H Poultry Club, Seaforth 4-H Poul try Club, South-Huron 4-H Sugar Beet Club and Seaforth 4-H Trac tor Maintenance Club. Other clubs in the county will meet at Wingham on Saturday, September 8. HENSALL SALE PRICES Weanling Pigs,..... $8.50 to 11.00. Chunks................ 12.00 to 17.00. Feeders, ............ 20,00 to 28.007 Sows..................... 42.00 to 69.00. Holstein cows, .... 120.00 to 148.00. Durnham, ......... 140.00 to 160.00. Hclstein calves,.....8.00 to 12.00. Durham calves, 20.00 to 35.50 364 hogs aqd. 100 head of cattle and calves were sold. the weather clears up and allows | Almost all grains harvested to farmers to harvest it. I date has contained moisture well Oats have been flattened and above the standard of 14 per Loss of farm crops is mounting; cent. Farmers can’t store th« as repeated rains continue to»grain for fear of rot. saturate the area. , 1 White beans, according to deal- Officials now describe .the grain . ers, are showing severe signs of citliattnn oc “cnnniis” and ' rUSt arfd in SOme CaSCS, the CfOp is beyond saving. Some farmers have already plowed down their fields. After crop failures for the past two years, the bean acreage was above average this. year and growers were hoping to recoup their previous losses. Another weather hazard faced by farmers is the predicted early frost, which is forecast for the middle of September. This may affect the late corn crop, which has thrived under the heavy rainfall.. Mr, Montgomery says his of* fice has received an unusually large number of inquiries con cerning the planting of fall wheat and he expects a large crop will be sown this 'year. During ths past two years, this crop has been down because of adverse 5 weather conditions. * Met section, at RCAF Station ( .Centralia reports three times as much rain has fallen this ’ Aug ust than during the same month of the past three years. Last week alone, the precipita tion measured an inch and. one- half, as much rainfall as the dist rict had during the entire month last year. Total rain so far for August has been 5,93 inches, which ia a record for the district,. Heaviest rains during the past week came on Thursday, with .71 inches, and on Tuesday, with .54 inches, Another .25 fell on Monday and there were traces of rainfall on Friday and Sunday, Temperatures generally have been well below normal although this week the mercury climbed above the eighties. On. Tuesday, the maximum was 82.2 and on Monday it was 80. The temperature has climbed steadily since Thursday, when the maximum was 64.6. situation as “serious” and the 1 moisture is affecting the valuable; white bean crop, which has re-; ceived setbacks for the past two years. |G. W. Montgomery, agricultur- ’ al representative for Huron coun-: ty, says “the qualtity of the grain is deteriorating every day) and farmers have already suf fered losses from flattening of grain and shattering of kernels.” Grain mills in Hensall report j wheat still in the field is almost a total loss, except for feed. It has been sprouting badly in some areas. Yield is down in barley and the grade is dropping quickly be cause of the high moisture con tent. However it will still be yield is down. Book Provides Plowing Hints Be he a novice or an expert, all Ontario plowmen are certain to find much of'interest in a new booklet just published by the Ontario Plowmen’s Association in co-operation with the Ontario Department of Agriculture. Entitled “Recommendations for Match Plowing” the publica tion comes at a very opportune time with the International Plow ing Match being held at Brook lyn October 9 to 12. The booklet illustrates by pic tures and diagrams the fine points of plowing and contains many helpful hints that may be of value to future Canadian champions. There is detailed ex planation of terms used in plow ing and the system used in scoring. .Copies of the publication may be secured from the Agricultural Societies Branch, Ontario De partment of'Agriculture, I The Story In Saintsbury By MRS. H. DAVIS Down To Earth By D. I. 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You geti straight line power; Gear box is enclosed. a And you get more features » . mor.e performance » ♦ . in than you’d think possible from your experience with or- W'.dinary rakes. Make sure you see this really great new 3 side delivery rake. Come in and take a look at our New Holland Rolabar Rake! Now on display! 1 Exeter Farm Equipment , !»HONE SOB O. Jermyn WILLIAM ST. B ' Sunday visitors- with Mr. and Mrs. Geo. McFalls were Mr. and •Mrs. Frank King of Exeter and Mr. and. Mrs. Nelson Squire of Farquhar, Mr. Ern Hicks and Mrs. Priscilla Mack. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Davis, Michael and Heather were Fri day visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Ross McFalls. Misses Janet and Geraldine Blair spent a few holidays with their uncle and aunt, 'Mr. and Mrs, Jerry Leitch, Ilderton. Misses Judy and Bonnie Blair spent a few days last week with Sharon Fletcher, Woodham, A number of little friends of Bonnie Blair Were entertained at her home on Monday to cele brate her fifth birthday. Mrs. Merviii Elston and grand son, David, visited with Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Bruce, Woodstock for the past few days. Mrs. Tcna McDonald and Mr. Gerald Fitzgerald accompanied by Mrs. C. Fischer spent Thurs-- day with4 Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Stanlake in London. Mr. and Mrs. Art Hern, Den nis and Douglas of Toronto spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Or ville Langford “ Langford, Mrs. Francy and son, Ivan visitors with........... . ....Mr... and Mre Will Ttt Mr. and Mrs. James Canham and family of Detroit were week end guests with’ Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carroll. Mrs.; W« J. Davis spent the past week at the home of Mr. anl Mrs.’ Henry Hodgins, Lucan. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Noels and family of Springfield were Sun day guests with Mr. and Mrs. Maurice McDonald. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Maguire and "boys attended decoration service at Ebenezer cemetery recently and also a reunion of the Maguire family held, at the home of Mr. Stan Maguire. Miss Joyce McFalls spent sev eral days this past week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Davis. Misses Almarie Davis of Lon don and Alexia Davis of Exeter were Sunday guests with their parentsMrs. Arthur Abbott and Muriel spent several days visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. McInty re of Glencoe recently. Communion service was held in St. Patrick’s church Sunday morning with Rev. Paul of List- owel in charge. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Smyth and Donald of Midland and Mr. and Mrs. Heber Davis visited with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dickins of Ailsa Craig on Saturday. Mrs. Fred Davis visited with Mrs. P. Dickins of London re cently. -Miss Carol Latta underwent a minor .operation on her thumb in St. Joseph’s Hospital, London, on August 20 and returned home on Tuesday. Mrs. Tom Kooy attended the Mary Hastings picnic at Spring bank on Saturday. The Story In Elimville By MRS. ROSS SKINNER The County library books will be changed on September 5, at the home of Mrs. Jackson Woods. Mr. and Mrs. Melville Skin ner visited with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ford at Eden on Sunday. Mrs. Howard Cunnington re turned home on Saturday from South Huron Hospital with her baby daughter. „ 4 Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kcrslake accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Prout spent the weekend in Detroit and Port Huron. , Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Perkins of Exeter visited with Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Coultis on Sunday. Mrs. Adelaide Alexander and Mrs. Jean Jackson returned home on Thursday after spending two weeks with relatives. and Mrs. Edna Isaac of Toronto of London, were their uncle and Mrs. Angus McIver and family of Kincardine spent Saturday with her daughter, Mrs. Bruce Isaac.Donald McAlpine o i Ailsa r *{*.'.........3 * Or Corn Silage! Last week we suggested that the farmers who had planted extra corn acreage because of the late spring, would be well advised to do some thinking in regards to what to do with this extra corn. Many of these farm ers also will have to buy some type of animal to convert this crop into cash, unless they market these extra bushels on a* cash basis. If they are going to feed the corn to hogs and poultry, they will carry on with original plans of cribbing it but if it is to be feed to ruminants -- cattle and sheep - they would Be well ad vised to consider storing it in the form of corn silage. In a meeting at the O.A.C. last fall, Dr. T. W. Perry, Livestock Specialist from Purdue Univer sity, stated that a good drop of corn silage properly supplement ed and fed to beef or growing dairy replacements gave a great er net profit than did ground crib corn. To follow this up Dr. Beeson, Purdue animal nutrition special ist, says that corn silage will give you choice cattle at rough ly 15 cents a pound gain. Corn Worth $3.00 Per Bushel Last year at the conclusion of some Purdue corn silage tests, Beeson figured that the corn used to fatten the cattle was worth $3 per bushel when fed as silage. He points out that you can get anywhere from 1,500 to 2,000 pounds of beef per acre of corn when that corn is put in the silo. When yov feed it off as grain, about 700 to 800 pounds' of beef to the acre is all that you can figure on. Beeson says that for beef cattle you should cut your corn silage when the corn is fully dented but when there is some green ness left in the leaves and stalk. For instance, at Lafayette, an imal husbandry men figure that the first two weeks in September are about the best time to get the corn silage put in. Howewr, the time of harvest varies over the state,( and you will have best results if you put the corn silage in-when the corn is fully dented and yet still has some green left in the leaves and stalk. About actually feeding the sil age to your cattle, Beeson says that an acre of average corn will produce around 14 to 15 silage. Ate 50 Pounds Of Silage With yearling cattle at last year, the daily rate sumption was around 45 to 50 pounds of corn silage and ,3.5 pounds of supplement A. Cost of gain under this type of feeding program will tun you right at 15 cents. you can get a nickle per day of gain with cattle that sell for 20 cents per pound. The antibiotic will give you an extra quarter of a pound daily gain when used with corn silage. That’s a pretty good-return for your money when you ■’spend one cent to gain a nickle. Summing up, Beeson says that it looks as though we are in for another pretty tight year in the cattle business, and' it doesn’t look as though there will be any great amount of margin. You can make money by keep ing the cost of gain down even though you hit little or no mar gin. Corn silage looks as though it’s the answer. And it doesn’t matter how you store, be it trench, upright or temporary snow fence silo. A temporary silo will cost less to build than a temporary crib and with some shrewd buying pos sibly make very excellent re turns. So good in fact, you just might make a permanent fix ture of that silage program. Purdu® Supplement A Formula (Contains 32% Crude Protein) Soybean Oil Meal ..........A/Tnla. ... ... Alfalfa Meai (dehydrated) Bonemeal.......................... Salt ......... ....................’...... Vitamin A and D Concentrate .................. Produce More Economical Gains Whether you feed a complete feed or balance your own grain with, concentrate ’you will find that 'a SHUR-GAIN Hog Feeding Program -will produce more, economical gains in these 3- ways: ’■ 1 2. 3. tons of Purdue Of con- 650.5 140.0 140.0 52.0 17.0 .5 1,000.0 Approximate cost per ton .... $80 Feeding rate: approximately 11 pounds of supplement A per 18 pounds of silage, roughly 166 pounds of supplement A per ton of corn silage. Hogs will reach- market weight sooner, (to or 3 months ahead of straight grain fed hogs.) Hogs will require less total feed. (650 lbs. or less of SHUR-GAIN balanced Hod Feed compared to about 1100 lbs. of straight grain per hog.) Hogs will obtain better grades when marketed. (Earn you more premiums.) Many farmers will have a good supply of their own grain this fall to feed their hogs. Just remember this fact—» grain lacks the proteins, vitamins and minerals that are required for a fully balanced hog ration. However, these deficiencies of grain can be corrected by mixing the re commended levels of SHUR-GAIN Hog Concentrate. If you haven’t already done so, try your next litter on the SHUR-GAIN Hog Program — and prove to yourself that SHUR-GAIN Hog Feeds have “Greater Dollar Earn ing Capacity”. GRAIN-FEED-SEED EXLTERWw 733 •• WHALEN CORNERS^.-;KIRKTON 33RI5. SAVE MONEY THIS FALL I > 4-, r*-^ c±> izers Single strength fertilizer prices are up double strength mixtures are down., C.ut your but |mE| for* MJfc tilizer costs by buying High Analysis CO-OP FED* TlLIZERS. < You get more fertilizer nutrients per dollar and ‘ besides, you have less fertilizer to handle. Exeter District U7 k 3SHI •2412 1