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Second Section EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 8, 1956
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Federation Prepares For Battle,
Sees '57 As 'Marketing Year'
HURON JUNIORS ENROL AT O.A.C.—A record number of young men' and women
from Huron county enrolled at agricultural colleges and schools this fall. One of
them was Ken Tuckey, of Hensail, right, who joined the University Naval Training
Division after entering O.A.C. He will train, as a naval cadet during his college
course. Giving him the oath of allegiance is Chaplain Ed Wallace,' Fergus.
Record Number Of Pupils
Agriculture Schools
Huron County Agricultural
Representative, G. W. Montgom
ery, announced -this tveek that
again an all-time record number,
of young people from Huron ’
County will be in attendance at
an agricultural college or agri
cultural school' this coming fall
or winter months.
Besides those from the county
Who have returned or will be
returning to continue their stud
ies at either the Ontario Agri
cultural College, Ontario Veter
inary College and Macdonald
Institute, Guelph, or the Western
Ontario Agricultural .School at
Ridgetown, four young men
have already enrolled this fall
in the degree course and three
young men in the diploma course at tjie’ O.A.C. and two young
ladies in the diploma,course at
Macdonald Institute. Five young,
men have been accepted for the
first year <?f the two-year course
at Ridgetown which commences
later this month.
Crop Report _
. With continued fine Weather,
fall work on the farms is being
rapidly completed.
The harvesting of. the turnip
and sugar beet crop is almost
over with good average yields
of turnips and slightly below
normal yields of sugar beets be
ing reported.
Fall plowing is well under
UkSI and fall wheat,has- made ex- ■Raent growth. Considerable
/grain corn remains to be picked
as farmers are waiting for the
moisture content to drop.
The Centralia weather office
reports a monthly mean temper
ature of 53.3° F. for October
with only .74 inches of rainfall,
which is somewhat of a record
in both respects for the month
of October.
Kpn Tuckey, R.R. 1 Hensail,
is one of the four in the O.A.C.
degree course. Others are G.A.
, Procter, R.R. 5 Brussels; G. A.
Mitchell, R.R. 1 Listowel and
R. G. Winkle, R.R. 1 Fordwich.
Enrolled in the diploma course
are R. M. Smith, R.R.' 2 Brus
sels; W. S. Mulvey, R.R. 1
Wroxeter; J. E. Renwick, R.R.
1 Clifford.
Marilyn Cooper/ R.R. 1 Ford
wich and Catherine Powell, R.R.
,3 Clinton, have entered Macdon
ald Institute.
Three South
enrolled at
Rundle, R.R.
Prout, R.R.
Keith Lovell,
Other Huron ____________
are Gerald Kerr, R.R. 5 Goder
ich,. and Thomas McPhee, R.R.
5 Goderich.
A New Canadian from Ford
wich, Robert G. Winkle, who
passed in 11 subjects in his up
per school exams this year, wins
the $100 Huron County Council
scholarship for O.A.C. degree
students. Only seven years in
Canada, the Fordwich youth has
been quite active in church and
community affairs and 4-H, work.
The ' O.A.C. diploma course
scholarship, also valued at $100,
went to Ronald Smith, R.R. 2
Brussels, who has been in 4-H
club work for. seven years.
Huron boys have
Ridgetown—Allan
3 Exeter; Jack
1 'Centralia and
R.R. 2 Kippen.
County entrants
Marilyn Cooper and Catherine
Powell shared equally in the
$100 Macdonald Institute .award.
The Ridgetown scholarship has
not heen ’ announced yet.
Committee selecting the • win
ners . included Mr. Montgomery,
Warden John Fischer, and J.
H. Kincaid, public school inspec
tor, Goderich. The county coun
cil donates the four $100 awards
each year to students active- in
club and community activities.
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Hensail Sale Prices
Prices at Hensail Community
sale November 1:
Weanling pigs $ 8.25 to Chunks ' ’
Feeders
Sows
Holstein
Durham
Holstein
Durham
309 pigs and 90 head of
and calves were sold.
Crop, Soil Group
Plans Program
One of the most important
events of the winter season for
farm people is the annual con
vention of the Ontario' Soil and
Crop Improvement Association.
The convention will be held
January 30 to February 2, with
daytime sessions at the Coliseum,
Exhibition Park, and evening
meetings at the King Edward
Hotel, Toronto.
The directors have secured an
outstanding speaker for the an
nual banquet on Thursday eve
ning, January 31, He is Dr.
Charles E. Irwin, educator} lec
turer, author and an assistant
professor at Michigan State Uni
versity. Dr. Irwin has coached
athletics, engaged in personnel
work, and in recent years has
accumulated a great, deal of ex
perience in speaking before a
wide variety of audiences. •
A full program of up-to-date
agricultural topics concerning
soil and crop production prob
lems and subjects of general
agricultural interest is being
planned in the expectation that
the 1957 event will prove even
more attractive and worthwhile
than last year’s mee.ting which
drew record crowds.
This year’s officers include W.
W. Dawson, of Peterborough,
president: James A. McBain,
MP, of St. Thomas, and Harry
Strang, Hensail, vice-presidents;
and A. H. Martin, director of the
Field Crops Branch of the On
tario Department of Agriculture,
Toronto, secretary.
Farm News
SOUTH HURON and NORTH MIDDLESEX*'
Forum Urges Stock Yard
To Aid Huron Marketing
Should farmers invest in
marketing? was the timely sub
ject under discussion at the
Monday night meeting of farm
forums.
In respect to the first issue,
Do you think that the marketing
of your farm products needs
improvement? both the Elimville
forum and Parr- Line forum were
agreed that there could be con
siderable improvement, especial-,
ly in egg marketing, according
to Elimville forum, .and Parr
Line suggested that more market
ing boards were needed, such as
a poultry marketing bo^rd
a wheat marketing board
that cattle should be sold
auction.
Members of both forums __
that some investments by farm
ers would help marketing. Parr
Line members suggested an auc
tion yard for cattle in Huron
County financed by the farmers
and
and
by
felt
in the county. Elimville members cided that each meeting should
suggested that farmers could [ be led by the person at whose
take more advantage of the; home the meeting is held,
facilities now offered them. r-------------1-----’------
Elimville forum met at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. William
Elford with 15 present. The next
meeting will be held at the home
of Mr. William Johns, Jr.
. Parr Line forum, meeting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Weido, held election of officers
for the coming year. Gordon
Coleman was elected president,
and Mrs. Gordon Coleman was
re-elected secretary. It Was de
The forum members have char
tered a bus to attend the Royal
Winter Fair at Toronto, Novem
ber 10, and final arrangements
were made. The rest of the eve
ning was spent in playing pro
gressive euchre with winners:
Mrs. Gordon Coleman, Mrs. Ross
Loye, Eldon-Jarrott and Frank
Mousseau.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ross Love.
cows
cows
calves
calves
17.6Q
28.50
88.00
142.00
136.00
18.00
40.00
cattle
Receive Application
For Usborne Loan
Purchase Homes
Mr. N. Hockey has purchased
from Mr. W. J. Sowden the brick
residence on Albert Street form
erly owned by the late Samuel
Johns.
Ray Mills, of Woodham, has
purchased the residence on Wil
liam St. now occupied by 'Mrs.
C. D. Blatchford and formerly
owned by the late James Grieve.
He expects to move to town
sometime in the future.
This Week In
Winchelsea
By MRS. F. HORNE
Dashwood Girls
Form 4-H Club
Miss Shirley Bullock, home
economist for Huron County,
attended the organization meet-
. ing of the 4® Homemaking Girls
Club at Dashwood. She discussed
the work of the club and dis
played record books from other
clubs,
Mrs. Syd Baker and Mrs.
Charles Snell are leaders of the
club. Kristine Gulens was named
president, and vice-president is
Anne. Koehler,' and secretary,
Helen Zimmer.
The 4 project for this fall is
“Sleeping Garments,” and the
girls discussed materials to be
used in making pyjamas and
measured one another to deter
mine the size of patterns needed.
The roll call for the next meet
ing will be a suggested name for
the club.
The members -are Carol
Becker, Mary Jane Hoffman,
Lynda Tieman, Helen Rader,
. June and Ruthanne Ratter,
Carole Schade, Joan Guenther,
Anne Koehler, Kristine, Ilze and
Ausma Gulens, Jane Restemayer
and Helen Zimmer.
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Blyth Breeder
New President
A Blyth farmer, Edward Bell,
was elected president of the Hu
ron County Holstein Breeding
Association at its annual meet
ing in Clinton Friday night.
Mr. Bell succeeds Bert Dunn,
Bayfield, who served as the
president for the past two years.
Other officers elected include:
first vice-president, Bill Hough,
Clinton; second vice-president,
Peter Simps'on, Seaforth; secre
tary - treasurer, Hume Clutton,
R.R. 5 Goderich. Directors ap
pointed included, for North Hu
ron, George Tervitt, Wingham,
George Hayden, Gorrie; North
Central, Glen Walden, Lucknow,
Dick Proctor, Belgrave; South
Central, Alvin,Bettles, Bayfield,.
Howard Feagan, Goderich;
South Huron, Carl Decker, Zur
ich, and Bill Boyd, R.R. 2 Wal
ton.
The members decided to have
the directors consider the possi
bility of having a director ap
pointed for each of the 16 town
ships. in the county.
Certificates of award for pro
duction were presented to var
ious top breeders by G. W.
Montgomery, agricultural repre
sentative for Huron County. Mr.
Montgomery also showed colour
ed slides of the Breeders’ an
nual bus tour this past summer.
The guest speaker, H. E.
Dickinson, St. Marys, was intro
duced by Herb Sparling, of St.
Marys, owner of the junior four-
y.ear-old Hol s t-e i n w i t h the
world’s production record.
Deer Escapes
But Car Doesn't
* Car driven by Alvin Cudmore,
RR 1, Hensall, suffered $250.
damage- and a deer fractured its
leg when the two collided near
Brucefield Sunday evening.
The Cudmore vehicle was
traveling, south on No. 4'When
the deer ran out in front!-df it.
Mr. Cudmore .said the animal’s
leg was badly injured but it
escaped into the fields. >
Doris Henry, 18, of the Muncey
Indian Reserve, escaped un
injured when her car hit the.
ditch and broke a hydro pole
early Sunday morning north of
Hensall.. The girl Was traveling
south on No. 4 when she lost
control. Damage to the car was
$300,
OPP Constable John Forde
investigated both accidents. .
Although Usborne council’s
new drainage assistance by-law
has not come into effect yet, the
township has already received
one application for a loan under
this legislation. f
Council agreed to consider the
application from D. L.#Kernick
as soon as the by-law'is com
pleted.
Routly was appointed inspector
Routley was appointed inspector
for tile drainage work. His salary
was set at one cent per rod of
drain inspected plus mileage
allowance of eight- cents per
mile.
. Completion certificates were
filed by Engineer C. P. Corbett
for the Anderson extension and
Rowcliffe drains. Council in
structed Contractors to be paid
in full.
Wurm drain repair report from
the Township' of Hay, including
assessment of $471:50 for roads
and landsv in Usborne, was
accepted.
No appeals were lodged against
the 1956 township assessment, so
the court of revision certified
the roll at a total taxable as
sessment- of $2;269,200.
Elam Shantz, Zurich, was
awarded the snow plowing con
tract for the winter at his tender
of $5.75 per hour and $100 per
month standing time for Decem
ber, January and February. Only
other tender came from Wilson
Allen, Hensall, who asked $6.00
per hour and' $5.00 per day stand
ing time.
Emerson Penhale was retained
for snow plowing work at a fee
of $285 a month for three winter
iiionths beginning December 15.
Council applied for a change in
its road appropriation by-law, re
questing $8,000 in the bridges
and culverts section be trans
ferred to road construction.
Final reading on the election
by-law, which . sets nomination
day for Monday, November 26,
was passed.
Municipal liability insurance
and non-owned automobile insur
ance was renewed through W. H.
Hodgson, Exeter, at a tot^l
premium of $333.
Reeve Clayton Smith presided,
and all councillors were present.
Next meeting was set for-Decem
ber 8.
Sew-Easy Club
Mrs. Harold Bell was hostess
for the first meeting of the
“Sew-Easy Club” “ ' '
afternoon. Mrs. Bell
Kenneth Hern are the
ers.
•Different kinds of
was the subject for
on Saturday
and Mrs.
new lead-
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Topic From
By MISS JANE DYKEMAN
Exeter
District
Phone 1SI Collect
CO-OP
, Beside CNR Station
Crowers Urge Action
On Water Supply Dam
Canning crop growers, who
..held their annual meeting at
Exeter town hall Thursday night,
unanimously endorsed a resolu,
tion asking for early action bn
the construction of the Morrison
dam in Usborne Township.
The growers, vitally affected
by the proposed conservation
and water supply project, urged
the Ausable Authority to speed
negotiations as quickly . as
possible.
Construction of a major addi
tion to the local canning plant,
for which the farmers, grow vege
tables, is dependent upon, the
dam-because the Town of Exeter
hopes the reservoir will guaran
tee the' canning company the
water it needs for expansion of
processing.
The proposed plant addition
may triple local production,
’thereby creating a much greater
market for growers.-
Although only 17 growers at
tended the annual meeting, all
were concerned with the import
ance of the project and its effect
on the future of the agriculture
industry in this area.
Grotvers passed other resolu
tions requesting higher prices for
. their products and a better grad
ing program. They asked their
representatives to negotiate for
increases in contract prices for
cabbage and beans and to seek
a standard schedule for grading
of peas.Chairman Of the meeting was
Mayor R! E. Pooley, of Exeter,
president of the local growers’
group.. Guest speaker tvas
Charles Baker, head of the pro
vincial board.
This year has been, according
to Mr. Baker, one of the prob
lem years for the growers. Be
sides, weather, their marketing
board had been hard pushed to
maintain the prices for their
produce. He stated 4 that the
farmers were not receiving their
fair share of the consumers*
dollar. . ,
Local growers voiced concern
for those whose peas wore taken
so immature they gave a tender-
ometer reading of less than 83.
One grower 4 suggested a very
severe financial penalty for Cah
ners ordering out peas at this
stage of maturity,
Mr. Frank Perry, another pro
vincial board member present,
suggested that this could have
been overcome with more co
operation from canners! field
men’ service.
Long range weather forecast
ing is one of the latest develop
ments being employed by some
canning companies, according to
Mr. L. Butler, Department of
Agriculture. This will continue
to becomp a larger factor as it
is accepted and can be put to
good use. He suggested that
fieldmen and1 growers could to
gether produce larger and better
yields per acre by keeping post
ed* on latest developments. He
pointed out that we rely on
organic matter for nitrate sup
ply. from July/until fall growth
and, felt that not enough farmers
were Using enough of the scien
tific knowledge available.
He also suggested each farmer
keep a small amount of Seed for
test purposes in case • of poor
stands. Many failures are not
due to seed germination, the
majority being “simply poor
cultural practices”. Local grow
ers who had some poor stands
this past season felt that at the
price they are charged for seed
it was only fitting that it be
treated with germicide and in
secticide.
Officers of the group are considering sponsorship of another
meeting this winter to encourage
better cultivation practices.,
Executive directors , are: B.
Tuckey, C. Down, Ross Marshall,
William Ellerington, Elgin Row
cliffe, Alf Moffatt, R. E. .Pooley,
Cliff' Jory, Grant Ratcliffe, Oscar
Tuckey, Melv Traquair, Archie
Etherington, Harry Strang and
Elgin Thompson. ■ x
Sunday visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Jud Dykeman and family
were Mr. and.' Mrs. George
Brown and boys and Rqnajd
Dykqman of Galt/
Mr. end Mrs. Ephriam Hern
spent the weekend with Mr. and
Mrs. Orville Snell and children
at Grimsby. '
Mr. dnd Mrs. Bert Morgan,
St. Marys, visited Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hern.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brock
and family and Mr. Geo. Earl
attended Elimville anniversary
and visited with Mr. and Mrs.
John Ridley. .
Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Nixon
and family, Granton, and Mr;
and Mrs. Hubert Mills and fam
ily, Daphne,, Sask., were Sunday
visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Ger
ald Hern and boys.
Mrs. Jud Dykeman, Jane, Em
ily and David, visited Monday
with Mrs. M. Lovegrove, R.R.
2 London.
Mr. and 'Mrs. Clifton Jaques
and children were Sunday
ors with Mr. and Mrs. Sam
ers, Exeter.
Mrs. Jim Rowcliffe and
ily, London, and Mrs. Tom
Strathroy, spent Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Brock..
‘ Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hern
were Friday guests of the St.
Marys Journal-Argus at Lake
side United Church.
Mr; George Earl is spending
this month with Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Brock and family.
material
__ _ _____ ___ discussion
and plans were made for sewing
njght clothes.
Sylvia Johns was elected pres
ident and the vice-president is
Doris Brock; secretary, Grace
Johns; press reporter, Ruth
Horde. The roll call for the next
meeting on Friday is' “How I
prepared my material.”-
Personal Items
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sparling
and Hazel of London were- week
end visitors with Mrs. Harry
Ford and Mr. and .Mrs. Free
man Horne.
Mr. and Mrs. Wib Glanville
of Staffa visited on Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. William Walters,
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Hudson
and Maureen of London were
Sunday visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Walters,
No appreciable rise in net farm
income in Ontario for 1357 is
foreseen by Lloyd Jasper, Presi
dent of the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture.
Mr. Jasper made these predic
tions Tuesday in addressing the
twentieth annual meeting of the
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
being held in Toronto, November
5 to 8.
“There is little prospect that
the net farm income in 1957 in
Ontario will be significantly bet
ter than in 1956,” Mr. Jasper
said. “There is a possibility that
net farm income for the province
will be lower, unless we do some
thing about it. This makes it
imperative that wp develop and
strengthen our marketing agen
cies, co-operatives, medical in
surance services, our Federation
units at all levels, and all other
affiliate organizations,” he said."
Although the Ontario Farm
Products Marketing Act was now
before the Supreme Court of Can
ada, Mr. Jasper said that “mar
keting legislation is perfectly le
gal until proven otherwise, and
we are operating on that basis.”
“The main issue before the
court,” he continued, “is mainly
one of jurisdiction. In other
words, deciding whether or not
the present distribution of mar
keting powers between provincial
and federal governments is in
order.”
President Jasper hinted that
another marketing conference
might be reauired within, the next
twelve months. He said that the
possibilities of such a conference
depended entirely on -what were
the Supreme Court findings. The
president affirmed that “should
any of our marketin'1- groups ever
be embarrassed because of this
jurisdictional dispute regarding
marketing legislation, our Feder
ation will be in there battling and
our governments and the public
will know about it!”
Mr. Jasper indicated that dele
gates attending the annual meet
ing will be asked to give direc
tion to OFA directors as to what
procedure should be instituted to
solve the Federation’s current
weak financial position. Another
major issue to come before the
meeting will be the question of
incorporating the Federation.
President Jasper said that 1958
had been self-help.year.,He called
upon the meeting to give this ;
nractical application" by calling
1957 “Marketing Year.” during
which time farmers of Ontario
would consolidate the position of
their marketing groups, arid ex
tend their services.
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Thursday, November 22
HURON FEDERATION—An
nual meeting, Lohdcsboro.
Friday, November 23
INTER-COUNTY DEBATE—
Waterloo Junior Farrriers vs.
Huron Juniors, Seaforth" High
School at 8.30 p.m.
Monday, November 26
HUROx. FARM FORUMS—An
nual meeting, Blyth Meihorial
Hall. Guest speaker: Rev. Bert
Dayndrd, Staffa.
Wednesday, December 5
Middlesex f of a—Annual
meeting, llderton. Guest speak
er: J. R. BliSsort of Michigan
Elevator Exchange.
Friday, December 7
4-H ACHIEVEMENT NIGHT—
Annual Huron County and club
awards will be presented in
South Huton District High School
auditorium.
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