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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-10-25, Page 9
F: i 6 i IB >* s? ? • • 1 $ & rm ■> •? & NATIONAL 4-H WEEK DELEGATE—Murray Dawson, R.R. 1 Hensail, will be one of Ontario’s representatives at the National 4-H Week Conference in Toronto next month. He was chosen from 32 county nominees at the inter-club competitions in Guelph1 on Friday. —T-A Photo X-Rays Reveal Quality Of Live Hog Carcass? In swine breeding work, the and the layer of fat measured Lean Meter is practically pain less and can be used to meas- ■ best possible'parent material| with a small steel ruler. The must be selected. The only methofl presently j Ure the' fat“anywherronUthe "an- available whereby meat quality j imal’s body. At present it is in of different litters may be com-.........1 ’ j| pared,, requires. the slaughter and .carcass measurement of a sample of pigs from each litter and appraisal of the different i litters on the basis of the car casses of their slaughtered lit ter mates. By chance the sam ples slaughtered might include the best pigs of the litter, which not only represents, a loss of breeding stock but also slows ' down an improvement program. If it were possible to measure - - . , --carcass quality on a living pig, jcleen ls that he may more pigs of the best litters! come up with information which would be available as breeding' will eventually eliminate slaugh- stock . ter of potential breeding stock.T, Fredoen .and ota' I makes it of unlikely use for I other than research purposes, j The Lean Meter, on the other ihand, is a comparatively'cheap, i uncomplicated instrument weigh- | ing but a few pounds and mav I prove of. considerable practical ; value to swipe breeders who wish to improve the carcass quality, specifically fat content, of their pigs. ' , x Ontario Men Win In Chicago Show High reputation earned by Canadian cattle in the United States was further enhanced at the International Dairy Show at Chicago recently when Ontario breeders, facing stiff competi tion, were successful in many use at several swine research units in Canada. The use of X-ray was pioneer ed by German workers and their results were ■ sufficiently en couraging so that Danish Swine Testing Stations have installed X-ray equipment in their test piggeries. No country as yet relies on this equipment as a measure of carcass quality to. the point where the slaughter test is el iminated. Work is progressing nicely at Lacombe and Dr, Fre- members . of the Animal Hus bandry staff’ at the Lacombe Ex perimental Farm, Canada De partment of Agriculture, are at- ■ tempting to determine carcass quality of live hogs, ’through the „ • use of X-ray and' measurement ©f fat thickness. Day old pigs are X-rayed and from the film, the vertebrae and ‘ number of ribs are counted. Eventually this information may give indications of the potential carcass' quality of the animal. f,.The hogs, are X'-fa'ycd again at 200 pounds weight and in addi tion to vertebrae and rib studies, fat thickness on the back of the hog is recorded, This informa tion is then related to actual carcass quality after slaughter. A more rapid' and less ex pensive measure of fat thick ness on the 'live hog can be ob- • tamed t by the use of what is known'as a Lean’Meter. This is __ _ a needle-like apparatus consist- [ classes, ing of two electrodes insulated1 ' ■> . from one another.- The needle is introduced 'into'• the animal and . the resistance of the flesh to a very small electrical current is measured on a meter. It' i's pow ered by .2 pen-light batteries. Fat, due to its composition, has a greater resistance to electricity than lean meat, so. when the needle "passes "from fat to lean it is indicated on the meter, and the depth of fat recorded 'in this manner. ■ , ■ The Lean 'Meter was develop ed by research men at Purdue University and is used fairly widely by research workers in the.' United States. It is grad ually replacing an.earlier meth od of fat measurement where the skin, was slit with a scapel £ c W. P. Watson, Ontario live stock commissioner, and ♦ the Canadian director of the show, states, that the Ontario entries were the subject of; many favor able comments from ring-side experts. Ontario was represented by three breeds: Ayrshire, Jerseys and Holsteins. In the state herd classes, On tario was first in Ayrshires and second in Jerseys and Holsteins. B‘. H. Bull and. sons won the premier breeder and premier exhibitors awards in Jerseys with Stansell brothers winning similar honors in Ayrshires. . Altogether Ontario breeders won 39 prizes in the Jersey clas ses; 43 in the Ayrshires and 44 in the Holsteins. x § s s C S J £ S I 3 W g .....i HMi,i„,,u,,„fl!!tu■ M.l.,m!HIij w j, second Sechon _________ EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 25, 1956 P*f® Nine t" ■ '"’ "'- ■ ■'!”■——*— Ml.,...,, —■""?!■'■!'.'< I"'.’"- wiiin ii hi I ,[ i|—I Area Youth To Represent Province At National 4-H Week Conference Hog Co-Op, Packers Agree < Meat processors in effect will > present method of selling hogs co-operate with the. Ontario Hog •• • • Producers’ Marketing Board in carrying .out two recent orders passed by the Board, providing the hog producers of Ontario sell their hogs in a manner ac ceptable to the processors. Charles McInnis, president of the Ontario Hog Producers Co operative, announced this follow ing a meeting last week of rep resentatives from .the Meat Packers Council-, the Ontario Hog Producers’ Marketing Board and Co-operative, and the Farm Products’ Marketing Board at Queen’s Park. The two orders recently pass ed by5 the marketing board un der authority of the Farm Prod ucts Marketing Act require that all shippers of hogs in the counties of Grey and Bruce de liver those hogs only to three authorized points: the Ontario Stock Yards, Barrie Co-op As sembly Yards, and Kitchener Co-op Assembly Yards; and, re quire that meat packers of On tario buy all Grey-Bruce hogs only from these three authorized points. President McInnis said that while the packers expressed dis satisfaction . witA the boarxj’s OnPMarke^ng FaWl NCUIS 11 REGISTERED ACCREDITED HOLSTEIN Heifer Calves LACK OF STABLE ROOM forces us to sell all Of our calves as soon as they i arrive. ; Our 50 milk cows are all on R.O.P. official govern- i meiit test with milk up to 18,000 lbs. and over 600 lbs. fat. v • Ite^fhe calves are all from unit bulls and will be arriv- F’ing 4 to 6 each month. Come and see the cows, I pick out the one you want a calf from and get a I start in good registered Holsteins the easy way by | buying good heifer calves. We have 6 now less than I one month old, also one registered bull ready for I service. PHONE 476 EXETER or call th® Farm 39*r*10 Kirkton ?/HjtfttHhiiiHhiif>nrtihTihitnfiiHii«H«l|inTtiniiliniHUItltHli1<1ihUijriitiirriT(itnhflfhliimilHliHHi1inHniiliii Murray Dawson, 20-year-old junior farmer from R.R. 1 Hen* sail, has been selected as on® of nine boys from Ontario to' aU tend the national 4-H week con* ference in Toronto next month. The district youth was chosen Friday from among 32 candi* dates from the province who ap peared before a selection com mittee at the inter-club com* petitions at Guelph on Friday, Each candidate represented a county. Along with delegates from other provinces, Murray will be guest of the national 4-H organ* ization during the week of the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto-, Besides attending many special functions in the Ontario capital, the members will be taken on tours to Detroit' and Ottawa. .Ir 4 A A k* LilVI, W V**M-*c£ they failed to provide a single 'incident in which the sales board of the hog producers had not sold hogs to the buyer paying i ! the highest price. I ! “Some large packers,” Mr.1 i McInnis said, “indicated approv al of our selling method. Our producers, however, feel that they are entitled to the right en-l joyed by other industries of sell ing their goods by private treaty through the services of experi enced salesmen. Also, we feel that since these hogs are the' property of the producer, it is the producer who should decide what the selling policy will be.”“We enquired of the packers,” Mr. McInnis continued, “if they were willing to refrain in the future from making payments; T - , ,-----.to’ those who transport producer London Monday night, hogs direct to packing plants' M” "''1 ,u ,in defiance of orders issued by our board. The packers Mid not commit themselves o n this point.” “Before adjourning,” Mr. Mc Innis said, “decision was reach ed to set up a small committee to further consider marketing procedures. Meantime, our mar keting agency continues to sell hogs, and we continue to devel op our program to bring all On tario hogs out onto the open market. Evidence of 1 of our organization in Ontario is seen in the fact that IM , ’ in Montreal, where few hogs come onto the open-market, hogs are selling at 29 cents. In Tor-, onto where considerably more j ered by an .attempt by operators hogs are coming onto the open to nullify the gain. He said that market the price is 30A cents. I creameries had demanded a say I Huron Teams Close To Top Although Huron 4-H teams didn’t wm any of the awards at the inter-club competitions at Guelph, on Friday, a number placed in the top ten in the prov ince. The Seaforth 4-H Tractor Club placed highest among county teams. .It won second in the trac tor competition with a score of 1,048, out of a possible. 1,400. • Top South Huron team was from Exeter Kinsmen 4-H poultry club which tied for sixth prize. The Exeter beef club placed seventh'in its competition. Five hundred boys and girls from Ontario took part in the competitions, which were divided into eight sections representing the various 4-H projects which are conducted in the province. Assistant Agriculture Repre,- sentative Arthur Bolton, com menting on the. work of Huron teams, said: “Competition was keen in all sections and the Hu ron members who took part are to be congratulated on their fine day’s work.” Following the contests, all con testants, judges and coaches were guests of the Ontario Department ■of Agriculture at a banquet. The guest speaker' won. Hon. W. A. Goodfellow, Ontario minister of agriculture. Placings won by district teams, and their members, were: Exeter Kinsmen poultry club, tied for sixth, Marilyn Marshall, R.R. 1, Kirkton, and Don Ballan tyne, R.R. 3, Exeter. Exeter beef calf club, -seventh, Norman Hyde', R.R. 1, Hensail, and Donald Hendrick, R.R, 2 Crediton. Exeter dairy calf club, forty eighth, Edward and Thomas Hern, R.R. 1 Woodham. South Huron sugar beet club, tied for twenty-seventh, Ray Cann. R.R. 3 Exeter, and Allan Rundle, R.R. 3, Exeter. Exeter grain club, tied for twenty-seventh, Tom Treibner, R.R. 1 Exeter, <and Fred Del- bridge, R.R. 1 Woodham. Hensail Kinsmen whi.te bean club, tied for fiftieth, Mary Gei ger, R.R. 2 Zurich, and Marlene McLachlan, R.R. 3 Kippen, Ray Calendar (Np charges Are, made for items lit Your Farm Calendar. Deadline for insertion is Tuesday noon, of each week.) Friday, October 26 HURON CREAM PRODUC ERS—Annual meeting, Glinton board rooms. Speaker: Dr. Har vey Caldwell,. OAC. Tuesday, October 30 FAIR BOARDS—Annual meet ing, district eight agricultural societies, Aberdeen Hall, Kick ton. Speaker: F. A. Lashley. Wednesday, October 31 CHRISTMAS FAIR —' Walker ton, Wednesday and Thursday, sale of fat cattle. Friday, November 2 ANNUAL MEETING—-H u 1‘ o n Holstein Club will meet in the board rooms, Clinton, at 8.15, Thursday, November 22 HURON FEDERATION—An nual meeting, Londbsboro, ’ Monday, November 26 HUROx, FARM FORUMS—An nual meeting, Bly th Memorial Hall. Guest speaker: Rev, Bert Daynard, Staffs. Wednesday, December 5 MIDDLESEX F OF A—Annual meeting, Hdorton. Guest speak er: J. R. Blissoii of Michigan Elevator Exchange. DID YDU KNOW? Check wiring on your farm regularly for loose connections especially on grounding circuits, to prevent trouble from short cir cuits. Fires are costly. the effect this week May Follow Hog Plan For Marketing Of Milk A suggestion that dairy pro- ' ducers may organize a -market ing scheme similar to those oper ated by hog producers and fruit growers was made by T. W. Byrns, zone representative to the Ontario Cream Producers’ Mar keting Board, at the annual meet ing of Middlesex, producers in I Mr. Byrns saidv the , Ontario board had under consideration more efficient ways of establish ing stable butterfat prices,. The present system of negotiations with creamery representatives had not always been successful, he said. Mr, Byrns criticized the actions of creamery operators in trying to keep the price of butterfat down. He said that of three firms being sued by the U.S. Govern ment for monopoly io keep prices to the farmer down, one at least was familiar to Canadians, and that the situation in this country was fast approaching monopoly. He charged that every move made by farmers’ representatives to keep prices stable was count- in disposal of funds raised from dairy farmers for stabilization of prices. To help promote, butter sales, Mr, Byrns said the Ontario board may press for-tariff or quota re strictions on vegetable oils im ported for use in . substitute spreads. Resolutions endorsing the dairy stabilization program and re questing the Federal Government to maintain dairy import tariffs were passed by the county group, By D« I. HOOPER /Hormone Produces Gain 30 percent gain is [ the cartridge , are implanted in The manufacturer claims that Over a 1- ____ „ - .___claimed for a new hormone prod-1 the ear of the treated steer, uct for fattening steers. . The Th? m?“~z?tu:-?r ?l?i:::? product, a combination of two ? a feeder can realize up to five natural hormones, progresterone ‘ and estradiol, is sold under the trade name Synovex. (Original work on the product was carried on at the Michigan agricultural experimental station). In the Michigan experiment three lots of 14 steers each were started on a ration of 11 pounds of supplement, 20 pounds of com silage, and what shelled com they .would clean up. . One lot had no hormone treat ment. A, second lot was fed 10 milligrams per day per steer of stilbestrol (the usual amount recommended). A third lot was implanted with 10 pellets contain ing a combination of progreste rone and estradiol. All cattle were slaughtered on the same day. The Michigan workers report that the 'implanted steers made an average daily gain of 3.03 pounds compared to 2.64 for stil bestrol-fed steers, and 2.30 for those getting no hormones. Implanted Steers Best That figured out in’the Michi gan fest to be 31.7 percent in crease in rate of gain for the im planted steers over those getting no hormones. The stilbestrol-fed steers gained 14.8 percent more than those getting no hormones. It took an average of 16 pounds of com per day for the implanted steers, 15.3 pounds for those on stilbestrol, and 14.5 pounds for the untreated steers. But the im planted steers put on the most gain per pounds of feed, followed By those fed stilbestrol. It took the most feed per pound gain for the steers getting no hormones. Michigan scientists reported a marked increase in appetite one week after the steers &ere im planted with the combination hormone pellets. It remained for the entire feeding period. In creased gains were first noted 30 days after the implantations Were made. Stilbestrol-fed cattle showed an increase in appetite approximate ly 30 days after silabestrol feed ing began. Increases in gains on the silbestrol-fed lot began to show up 60 days after treatment. No significant differences could be found in dressing percentages between, the various lots. Nor could any differences be found in cooler shrink, size of the internal organs, or hide weight. ' There was no Significant dif ference in the average carcass grades of the throe lots. The steers in the implanted group had a significantly higher proportion of lean and a lower proportion of fat in their Carpasses than cither, the stilbestrol-fed steers or those getting no hormones. No differ ences could bo found in steaks ‘ from the carcasses of the steers. in the three lots. I Careful experiments have indi cated that there is no ^oncentta-! tion of hotmohes in aiiy tissues > of the careasses of animals that, have been implanted. InJiSctidn tn Ear 3 The new combination hormone j comes in cartridges containing j L I Com Moist, Lose $50 The wet weather kept mem bers of Exeter 4-H. corn club from winning $50.00. Because of high moisture and low shelling percentages, none of the members hit the yield objective of 125 bushels to the acre. Club leaders had offered $50.00 to the boy who produced that yield. Best marks for the club was 107.7 bushels to the acre, achiev ed by Glen Greb. He harvested 86.5 pounds of corn off his plot, which measured .007 acres, but shelling percentage of 72 and moisture content of 41.5 percent, cut the yield sharply. Second best was Robert Down, with a yield of 88.8. Robert Gal loway came third with 84.2. One' of the club leaders, An drew' Dixon, said members prob ably would' have hit the 125- bushel mark except for the weather. He stated total yield would have been much .greater in a normal season. A good sample will shell 80 percent and its moisture test will be 15.5 per cent. For shell ing the members’ crops ranged from, 68 to 75 percent, while moisture ran’ from 38.8 to 55 percent. Results of the tests, conducted by representatives of the Pfister corn cents saving per pound of gain on greater efficiency. Cost of the pellets is expected to run be tween ,$2.50 and $3.20 per steer. The 'pellets dissolve very slow ly giving off approximately six milligrams of the hormones each day. Since it takes about 150 days for the pellets to completely dis solve, one implanting can be ex pected to last for that length of time. At present the combination hormones are 'recommended for implanting only in steers weigh ing 400 pounds or more. It is not recommended for heifers or other types of livestock- All’weights of cattle above 400 pounds, various grades and ages, gain faster after implantation, the manufacturer claims. They say they get the best response when high energy ration^ are used. If for' some reason the cattle do not reach market during the 150-c’-- —:‘J -—1-“'- are ___ . _ ____ ______ to gain at a normal rate; they will not stand still or go back ward. Canadian feeders will not be able to take advantage of the combination hormone. Sold under the trade name of Synovex it is approved for farm use in the U.S.A, by the Pure Food and Drug Administration. It is hoped that the Canadian feeders will be permitted to have the additional 16% increase of gain over stil bestrol feeding program now al lowed. We trust that the day is not too far in the future. MiliiiliiiiiiitiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHttiiitiiitHiiiiiititiniiiiilltiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinifiiiiiiUiiiiniiiiiiihiiiiiHKiiiiiiiifr- company, were:) JR. H. T. G. W. E. E. R. .A.« H. Down Galloway Jacques Triebner Strang Westlake Skinner Hern — Hern — Cudmore __ Rundle D. Cann -------- J. Etherington D. Ballantyne e-J'v>t- o ^2 £3 M u4> M- **a w u .Eb Ou c 3 <> O S' V Q r u> "u I- ,S a >0- 8G.5 72 41.5 107.7 78.5 70 45.0 8S.S 89 75 45 84.2 81.5 68 50 81.7 70.75 71 45 81.5 59.25 74 38.8 79.4 70.5 70 48 75.7 £8.25 70.48 71.3 66 70 48 71,1 62.25 70 48 67.0 73 68 55 66.1 60.5 70 49 63.9 59 70 48 62.1 53.5 70 45 60.6 52.75 70 45 60.1 effective, the cattle aS ’Huron County Crop Report Farmers are still taking vantage of the very fine weather to catch up on,outside work; considerable progress .has been made .with silo filling, harvest ing of beets, turnips and fall plowing. Huron County was represent ed by 26 teams or 54 4-H Club Members at the provincial Inter Club competitions held at the Ontario Agricultural College on Friday, October 19. Ontario Vegetables Growers Marketing Board ad- EXETER TOWN HALL Thursday, November 1 8:00 p.m. GUEST SPEAKER: Charley Baker, Ontario President Other officials will be present. All Growers Please Attend Whether You Receive A Card Or Not Important Business s The resolutions read: j ‘Whereas it is in the best in-1 tergst of farmers to support their I own industry where possible, beLw„^M jit resolved that, this county en-T Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs. [dorse the stabilization program ’ ~ - for dairy products. “Whereas the present produc tion of dairy products meets do mestic demands, and whereas world dairy products are on a ; depressed market, be it resolved that tariffs be maintained to pro tect our present domestic mar ket and current prices.” Six members, Chairman Morley Gough, Secretary Donald Middle ton, Clarence Munro, Donald Campbell, William Garrett and Samuel McNelles were named to represent Middlesex at a cream producers conference in Toronto November 13. I Farm Forum Starts Soon Monday night, October marks the opening of the seven teenth season of Farm Radio Forum. Due to the pressure of work in this fine weather some of the forums are delaying starting the meetings until a later date. In cluded in these are Fairfield For um, of which Mr. Wellington Haist is president, and Mr. Gor-! don Wilson is secretary; Unique Forum, with Mr. Herb Klopp as secretary, and the Hillcrest Fot- um. Elimville Forum, with Mr. Lome Elf ord as president and Mrs. Lewis Johns as secretary, and Parr Line Forum, with Mr. John Soldan. as president, and Mrs. Gordon Coleman as'secre tary, will' commence their sea son on Monday night. The Parr Line Forum held a previous meeting to make arrangements to attend the Royal Winter Fair at Toronto on November 10. A bus has been chartered for that occasion. The topic under discussion at the opening broadcast is school milk. The questions are: “Should a program be developed to sup ply milk to all. Canadian school children?” and “How should milk in schools be financed?” ft ■ • 29, Fred Dawson, has been active in 4-H work for the past eight years. He has been a member j of both calf and grain clubs and ! has served on the executives. [For several years, he was chos en to compete in the Queen’i Guineas class at the Royal. He has also been an activ® member of South Huron Junior Farmers and has taken part in many community activities. This spring he topped a record field of competitors in the an nual county livestock judging competition. Prior to this year, delegates to national 4-H week were pick ed from’ winning tegms at th® ! provincial inter-club competi- j tion. This year, the ’ method of ! selection was revised and On tario was allowed to appoint 14 delegates, nine boys and five girls. Agricultural representa tives in each county nominated a delegate and they appeared before a special selection com- imittee at Guelph on Friday. I A delegate from • Northern On- j tario was chosen earlier and i five girls were picked from. 4-H j Homemaking Clubs in Ontario, I Attractive £ s Plowing Team Finishes Sixth Huron. County’s ’junior farmer team Of Lome Ballantyne, Exe» ‘ter, and Neil McGavin, Walton, placed sixth in the inter-county i championship contest’-at the in ternational plowing match. Competing against 18 other teams, the Huron county lads scored a mark of 287.9, only 14 marks out of first place. A Peel county team placed first and York County was run ner-up. The Middlesex twosome of Clare Pator., Clandeboye, and John McNaughton, R.R. 2 Lon don placed sixteenth with a score of 260.7. In another tractor competition, Lome :B alia ntyne placed seventh in a class of 14. Prices NO. 1 MIXED GRAIN $46.00 Ton NO. 1 FEED OATS $51.00 Ton X. D. CORN $51.00 Ton You can’t go wrong at £)ioc*i IK WHAT IF YOU MIS5 VJHEN YOU DUCK FOR A WALLOWEE’M APPLE? YOU GET A FfcEE FACE WASH g I „ „ the price of this No. 1 quality grain. We suggest you fill your feed bins now and protect yourself against winter prices. Let us quote you in truck loads delivered and elevated into your granaries. For Your Cattle Feed Vz OA"~ FULLS Ya GROUND K. D. CORN .50 Ton Mixed with moL^cs this makes a palatable and money-saving feed. Try it or ask the feeders who are feeding it. Special For This Month $5.00 TON DISCOUNT Off any PURINA or SHUMAIN BEEF CONCEN TRATES. This is your opportunity to try the very best—BEEFMAKER and STEER FATENA with or Without STILBESTROL. Special One Week Only BRAN — $48.00 Take advantage o£ this price if you need btan, We offer you the last word in quality and up- to-date, complete service. Have you tried us lately? a3 3 32 3 5 3 3 S 2 3 5 5 2 52 5 R. & POOLEY, President H .H. G. STRANG, Secretary I j SIX pellets. 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