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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-02-21, Page 9• ,Soconol Section EXOTOR ONTARIO, PIEBRUARY 21, 1t$7 • I e .4 A AUTOMOTIVE STORE OPENS—This Scene shows part of the crovvd2whith gathered at McKerlie Automotive's new branch in 1xeter for its official opening on Friday. Over 100 garagemen from the area attended the open house. The branch is the, fifth in the McKerlie organization, one of the largest suppliers in Western Ontario, Farm etas 901/771 1/1/020N and NORTH 44/001,MX I Forums Like anes' Plan Of Raising Quality Hogs The topic "What Can We Learn to feed properly for flesh 'and sociation are opening a new office on Richmond street, London, with open house on Friday, February 28, The office will be open at 3 p.m. and will continue open into the evening when Mr, Roy Her- gott, director of field services for the Ontario Federation of Agri- culture, will be the speaker, from Abroad?" offers many out- lets for discussion and the one chosen for last Monday night at Farm Forum meetings was Hog Marketing in other countries look- ing specifically at the Nether- lands, Denmark and the United States. The question to be discussed and answered was "What feat- ures, if any, of hog marketing in the Netherlands, Great Britain or Denmark do you think might use- fully be considered by Canadian farmers?" • The forums in this district were unanimous in following Den- mark's example of one good breed of hog instead of so many types, Parr Line Forum Members of Parr Line Forum size. We need co-op marketing as we are trying to establish and also a national grading standard across Canada,' and the report concludes 'It's high time some- thing was done on monopoly buy- ing." This forum met at the home of Rev. W. J. and •Mrs. Moores, and will meet next weck at the home of Mr. and. Mrs, Edwin Miller, with Mr. Don Corman as speaker on feeds from the Ilderton Co-op, The Co-operative Insurance As- Bidclulph Farmers Back, Vaccination Dr. Kenneth McDermid,veter- inary of the Department of Agri - meeting at the home of Mr. and culture, was the guest speaker at Mrs. Chas, Robinson thought that a meeting in 'the Liman Com - the new marketing systeminthis area was a step in the right direc- tion but they reported "We must keep our grade of hogs up." They thought Denmark farmers had the right idea of sticking 'to one good bacon breed' of hog- If Can- ada there are too many different breeds. ' They will meet next week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Adkins when the topic will be ''What's Next in Co-ops?" EirnvitIe. Drum • Elirnville Forum members re- ported "We have as many colors, breeds and shapes as it is pos- sible to have in pigs.' "What we need is one' good breed. and then munity Centre last Tuesday and W. W. Garrett, president of the Middlesex Federation of Agricul- ture, was the chairman. Cattle breeders of I3iddurph Township decided to follow the lead of other cattlemen. in Mid- dlesex County •and submit a re- queit for Brucellosis control, making the program county -wide. Under this program calves be- tween the ages of six and 12 months are vaccinated by local veterinarions through the On- tario Department of Agriculture. At the meeting canvassers were apnointed to obtain names which will be sent in a petition to the department. • Brand New... PTO driven with clutch, for easy cleanout ' Arm° t • 9bu. The Nzw IDEA spreader farmers have been asking for Easy and safe to handle. Quick latch PTO connection —PTO shaft permanently shielded—adjustable parking stand—throw-out dutch for easy cleanout. Spreads it best. U-shaped triple staggered teeth 10 individually replaceable paddles designed for wider spreading—slanted arch—five unloading rates for eaoh tractor gear, Lost: longest. Guaranteed a year—pine box water re- pellent Pentaereated-4ull length sleet flares—steel end- gate—greater value at trade-in time. Come in and see it TODAY YOUR Milts Pia DEALER • Farmers use more .. New Idea spreaders than any other make Annoiuncetnent 1 wish to announce that liensall District Co-op has takeri over the Otaeo sales and service which we have% had the pleasure (5f supplying our customers and friends for a number of years, We ate holding the full plowshare line includ- ing Cast- and totictalloy shares but only this, The change has been brought about by the ever-increasing lines of New Idea and we have lacked both implement Space and bin space or parts. It is our sincere hope that this new arrange. ment may give more efficient service fel" those con- cerned. We have a good stock 'of New Idea parts On hand and intend to build this stock up to meet the needs of the community and grow with, the new lines Which are e0111111g BOOB. Sineerelyo Sitrilt$ NGOUG11 Jims Machine Shop ' PHONE OM HENSALL ew ormer Beef Man, !Letter To Editor Unique Forum Mr. Delbert Geiger led the dis cussion at the Unique Foruni meeting held at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Clarence Schade. The topic dealt with hog marketing and Mrs. Ross Love, who is well informed on this subject, ad- dressed the meeting, The members agreed with the other forum members that grow- ing top quality hogs was most iinportant. A larger price spread between -grades might encourage the production of Grade A hogs and also a slightly larger Gov'. ernment premium would be a help. .' The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Har- old Horner with Mr. Bert Klopp to lead in. the diseussion. Urges More, Farm Credit Elston Cardiff, Conservative MP for Huron, said in the Com- mons Friday the Dominion Gov- ernment should establish a tri- bunal to adjudicate farm land values on behalf of applicants for farm loans. The Conservative MP, speak- ing during debate on an amend- ment to the Canadian Farm Loan Act, contended that appraisers working for ;the board too often placed, too low an evaluation on lands which farmers sought credit from the board, ' The rate of farm loans had been accelerated and this would continue to be ' the case. The Government now was in the lending business and might as well acknowledge ethe fact and take care of farm credit prop- erly. Mr- Cardiff said the existence of the Farm Loan Board worked against a farmer seeking to ob- tain credit elsewhere. He sug- gested some avenue of appeal be opened to the applicant for a loan from the board, When he believed the appraised value of his land was set too low. (Loans extended by the board are on the basis of 65 per cent of the appraised value of land up to a maximum of $154000.) Mr. Cardiff held the 65 per cent yardstick was high‘ enough; he did not believe in mortgaging a farin for all it was worth, But some farmers are seeking loans for less than half the value of their farms and yet loans were being refused. Mr. Cardiff took part in de- bate on a- Government proposal to increase the Farm Loan Board's capital from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000 — a move which would pontiff the minister of finance toloan the board an additional $20,000,000. • • Criticizes Farm Forunis For Stand On Commission Hensel!, Onterlo; February 13, 1957. The Editor, The Times-Advocote, Exeter, Ontario, Dear Sir; I was shocked, disgusted and perplexed by the stand taken hY members of the farm forums in regard to the Gordon Commission report on agriculture, as report- ed in. your Feb. 7 edition. Having read over the princi- pal parts of the preliminary re- port several times, I could not find anything to warrant such condemnation. Readingthe com- plexities of an economic survey, I fully appreciate the difficulty, the Commission survey members must have had in unearthing a reasonable report from the con- fusing agriculture muddle. The report carried more fact than fancy, in fact I am inclined to believe they were too conserva- tive in their predictions and re- commendations. Although the forums were practically unanimous in find- ing the report, "unnecessary in the first place," and "a waste of the taxpayers mpney," they did not explain why they found it so unnecessary. I woeld like to challenge any member of a farm. forum to write a letter to be published in your paper, t0 enIktten i on how they came to these slightly bigotted eon- ... clesiens, Instead of accepting views they do not Want to or cannot accept some farmers Apparent-, ly believe they can deny the exis- tence of such views, through criticism and derision. It is this -'type of immature thinking, on he part of farmers, that has and is making :agricul- ture the "poor industry" in the Canadian economy... uron Seed Grower • ness in Canada; that there is a decreaSing world market for our agricultural products; that we I must rely on the domestic mar- ket for future production. Apparently we farmers have lost what pride we had in our profession, and now ask, even dem nd, that the urban tax- payers provide the money to subsidize our jobs! Parity price supports would be nothing more than "hand outs" and what self-respecting person, farmer or not,- wants to ,exist on charity? in the future, let's face our problems more realistically, cut out the deadwood, ask for money, not as a gift, but in long term, low interest loans; less discrimination in the handling of of loans by the Farm Loan Board, mere extensive research to increase efficiency, ask for the protection of tariffs and anti- dumping laws; but most impor- tant grow up to the facts 'as they really exist, then unite. - Yours truly, "A Farmer's Wife" *Name availablet.on request I cannot think of another facet of the • economy that needed a survey as badly as agriculture. Certainly we have a serious fi- nancial problem and a survey of this kind helps to give us a clearer picture of our present difficulties, as well as what we may expect in the next few years. Perhaps the report did not paint as rosy a future as we might desire, or feel we deserve, but it was not totally pessimistic either. It 'does prove that the present revolution in farming is not over but will continue for some years. Farmers cannot seem to accept the fact that agriculture is no longer .the primary bust - Down To Earth By D. I. HOOPER Competition Ask some folks about com- petition among meat packers and you will get the answer— "we don't think there's very rricaTuuchsheaSst's mighty important' to a serious complaint be - producers to have competition in livestock buying and meat selling. Does the complaint hold water? My own experience, observations and common sense—plus all the facts I can get from reliable sources—say "NO". The meat 'Sacking industry is a very complicated business. Its lifeblood is volume due to small net profits and high spoil- age losses. Some folks will tell you that the industry is just a gravy train and the conductors are the big fellows. Who are the big fellows? Originally they were small op- erators who merged together in order to stay .afloat. Canada Packers is a very good example of this sort of amalgamation. It happens in many different in- dustries. You ask "then where is the competition'?" Sit back and count the possible outlets available to you. The large union stock yards —the auction rings—the buyer representatives 'of packing houses (commonly known as drovers) —the small killing plants—lock- ers and local butehers.,All these outlets are competing for your meat products and that's prob- ably more competition than any other item on your farm wheth- er it's a cash crop, dairy or poultry. This competition tends to keep the purchasers on their toes but only to the extent that sales permit. At the other end of the line the salesman for a national wide packer makes no hay with storekeepers just because his company is big. If they don't like his price, retailers can shop ,II,tIIISIIItt4ttPIlittIflhliIIIIIiSIIJi!IIhIIflhu1ft1h14hhhhhIt Classes Full around among a dozen different outfits large and small. They must do so or the consumer just plain _shops down the street. It is easy to see why so many people are in the packing busi- ness: It's a simple thing to get into. There are no secrets about dressing •livestock and few pat- ents covering it. Some prepared meats and canned goods do have special flavours and thus enjoy a brisk trade on their own merits. But you just can't have a mon- opoly on a perishable product. Any packer, large or small, must adjust prices to move fresh meat quickly. Otherwise he'll lose his customers to some- one else—and risk a large spoil- age loss. What about the producer? Does he get all the beast is worth? Sometimes it doesn't seem that he does. Livestock markets fluctuate surprisingly fast. Faster than you can al- most get the cattle and hogs to the market. TV, radio, the daily papers will quote prices and unless they are compiled by very competent observers they can be very misleading. What can the farmer do about it? This much is certain—the packers buy all the livestock we raise—but not always at the price we think we ought to, get. But we can't blame that entirely on the packer either. They have no control on how much live- stock i$ produced—or how much the consumer will pay for meat. No matter how competitive they are packers can't repeal the law of supply and demand. (The preceding was prepared from "Competition in the Meat Packing Industry", published free .by Swift, and Company, Chicago 9, Illihois.) DID YOU KNOW? Influenza in pigs and humans have much the same conditions And should be treated as such. D.I.H. tt ll Wit 000 tittiiti oo o tt sesmiti MHO tt tttt FARMERS At Seed Fir 0rder Spring, Seeds flaw! • The Middlesex Seed Fair, be- Registered and Commercial Seed Oats and Barley ing held In Lonilldon ar Februy 25 f to March 1, whave a large li'ull Steck of Clover and Grass Seeds entry. list in grain, seed, farm products and fruit elaStes, of- ficials said this week. W. X. Riddell, agricultural representative f r Middlesex tOuntY, announced there will be 100 education and commercial displays and outstanding adclree- sepe denionstratiOng and enter - (eminent. The theme, "Agrieulture Builds for Tomorrow" will be depicted ift the latest ift displays by all leading InachinerY, farm and homesupply distributors. The edueational displays will be new and different. The Fair is spensered by the Middlesex SO and cropIi.preVernott Association and an extensive ihter•county commit- tee, CONTRACTS AVAILABLE • Mildred and 1Viontcalm Malting Barley Contracts A Limited Number of Feed Oat Contractt PERTILIZEILAVAitABLE WITH CONTRA.CTS • CHECK OUR FERTILIZER PRICES i I L. MICKLE 4k SON 1., . . : * Photo Office 103, Food Milt 205 i wthiiiiimoliiimiiiiiitglootittitOinikinimtitlifinlifitillifiliMOOttiiiinihnhentlittiO0ovititutylyttoMiestia .., HENSALL, 'ONTARIO Condems Plan Stratford; Ontario February .14, 1957 Exeter Times -Advocate, Dear Mr. Editor: Please give this letter a run In your good paper. A -recent news report on On- tario's 'hog marketing p1 a n claims some of the Supreme Court judges said the proposal was constitutional, but that the scheme in itself was unconsti- tutional. There is a big difference be- tween a proposal and what that proposal turns out to be. What was supposed to be a proposal has produced comptilsions. This hog co-op is a selling agency for hogs and their serv- ice charges must start and end with hogs. However,they are not satisfied with this, because they insist to carry a tax against a product and assess the same equalized tax over a total vol- ume of product that is handled and paid for by packers. They have no right to do this because marketing services with them starts and stops with hogs. It should not overrun into a product unless it be of a volun- tary nature, or by proven auth- ority of all the people who pro- duce the total number of hogs. This operation of assessing against a total volume of prod- uct .is arranged by the packer who turns his product settlements over to,them for mailing, and it is at this point that these de- ductions in question are made. The packer contributes to an of- fense when he .turns other peo- ple's settlements into the hands of a third party. This equalized license fee against a total volume of a product produces a half million dollar a year fund which is pro- duced from these gravy -train taxes against a product. It is a tax against one to take care of another, and it produces a fund outside the confines of market- ing hogs. It produces an equal- izing net return to the volunteers at the expense of other produc- ers. If they want to charge their volunteers marketing service charges, that is all right, but to make t h e same assessment against an over-all volume of product has no sound founda- tion, because those volunteers don't produce the total volume. Yours truly, Theodore Parker "Doug" MOS, 3$, Fren- lenae agricultural representative, has been appointed to succeed G. W. Montgomery in Huron County. The new .0 rep will assume his. duties here on April 2, A Month after Mr. Montgomery leaves. A native of York County and a graduate of O.A.C., Mr. Miles Operated •0 beef stocker farm near Millikin for five years be- fore joining the Department of Agriculture. He also specialized itt growing seed grain. Mr. Miles has been the depart- ment's representative. in Fron- tenac since 1949. His office is lo- cated,in Kingston. When he joined the extension service in 1947, Mr.„ Miles was .ap- pointed assistant agricultural rep- resentative in Frontenac and. later served in Prince Edward, Middlesex, Victoria and Welliog- ton counties before returning to Frontenac. • Huron's new ag rep was born in.Millikete 18 miles northeast of Toronto and attended Markham High School, before taking the two-year c o u r s e At O.A.C., Guelph. After graduating • from the intermediate course' be eon - Federation Urges Higher Supports Higher price props and easier credit terms for farmers were proposed by the Canadian Fed- eration of Agriculture last. week in its annual submission to cab- inet. The 400,000 -member body, headed by H. H, Hannam .of Ottawa, also appealed for re- strictions on imports of certain farm products, including dairy items and potatoes, and for fed- eral! aid to sell foodstuffs to -Britain on a credit -basis. Ask Probst It called for .a, federal investi- gation of price spreads on farm producte, urged a boost of about 3 cents a bushel on the- domestic price of wheat, a rise in winter prices of butter and abolition of trading stamps. The 8,000 -word brief suggested also personal income tax exemp- tions be raised along with ex- emptions under federal inher- itance duties. It condemned recently -grant- ed freight rate increases and supported national health insur- ance proposals. Generally, t. . federation's proposalwere aimed at improv- ing conditions or Canadian farm- ers. Farm earnings, said the federation, were "badly out of balance" with ' those" • in other major Canadian groups. , Untied his duties there and igred07 ated in chemistry in 1942...., Activo In junior Farmers Returning to York County, hs• farmed for five years and bo. carne quite active itt the Junior Farmers. His interest in this or- ganisation led him into ,eXtenSiOa work. Ilis wife is a native of New- market and was secretary to V* agricultural representative ln York County 'before they were married. 'Huron County has nearly twits As many farmers as Frontena0,. Miles disclosed in a telephon• conversation with The Times -Ad, vocate Tuesday night. Frontenac has about ..2;700 occupied farms compared to Huron's 5;7,00; • The agricultural program there is not as far advanced as in Ku. ron, partly because many .farm- ers in the Kingston'area have taken part-time jobs in construc- tion and industrial work. "Many ofour farmers here are working itt the seaway," he diseloSed. Projects being carried On IA Frontenac include the warble fly and ,calfhood vaccination pre, grams, 4-H clubs and Junior Farmers. Frontenac has 10' 441 clubs, .compared to Huron's 32. Will Carry on Program Mr. Miles said he would en- deavour to carry on Mr, .Mont- gom.ery's program in Huron, par- ticularly the 4-H work. ' • Mr. Miles listed his hobbies .41 horticulture and woodworking. He is a member of the Kiwanis Club io Kingston. Huron County farmers will probably get their first chance to.. meet their new representative at the farewell party for Mr. gent- gomery in Seafoeth' on March 1. Mr. Miles said be planned to at- tend. 4-H Leaders. Elect Officers John Strong, of Gorrie, Friday was elected president of Huron County 4-li Club Leaders' As- sociation at the annual meeting in Clinton. Mr. Strong succeeds Robert Allan, of Brucefield, who retires. after one year. Other 'officers elected include: Anson McKinley, Zurich,' vice- president; Maurice Hallahan, Blyth. secretary -treasurer; eight directors, James Coultes, grave; Irvine Treivartha, sea - forth; Arnold Alton, Lucicnow; Lorne Hackett, Lucknow; jolui Jackson, Wingharn; Robert Mc- Kinley, Zurich; R. N. Alexand- er, Londesboro; William Dougall, Exeter. • THIS SPRING USE "NEW PROCESS" Shur -Gain Fertilizer ORDER NOW TO OBTAIN YOUR EARLY SPRING DISCOUNT Canada Packers Phone 256 Exeter • An Invitation to You ... Visit Our. Modern New Hatchery. IN STRATFORD • ERIE ST. HIGHWAY HT7 ""toP4 Ave. 4 a at TO ST "AMTS. -6410 somm15 A.NEIIINAUSER liAatertue. co. Locafocl on tinfen Ave,, Across from The Whyte Packing Co, lower0006 • a Neuhauser Hatcheries Oliftlbutort Of 11111N1 HYBRID tOild0