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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-02-28, Page 9t • .4 HOG PRODUCERS RETURN OFFICERS—Bert Lobb, Clin- ton, left, seated, was re-elected president of Huron County Rog Producers' Association by the 20 association directors at the annual 'meeting of the group in Clinton. With hini are Alfred H. Warner, seated, re -appointed secretary - treasurer; and standing, from left, Eldred Aiken, Allariford, chairman .of the Ontario Hog Producers' Marketing Board; Ross Love, Thlt. 2 Hensall, first vice-president of the Huron group; James Jacklin, Chesley, fielci.man for the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, the guest spencer; and Albert Bacon, Belgrave, second vice-presfdent of the county as- sociation. Extension Of Co operative Services AdvocatedBy Area. Farm Forums Monday night's Farm Forum program was another sponsor topic on, What's Next in Co-ops? This topic was suggested" by the Cp-operative Union of Canada which is one of the sponsors of National Farm Radio Forum. The considerable development of co-operative enterprise in Ca- nada and abroad • has come about because many thousands of people in their own communi- ties have studied and taken ac- tion to solve problems and meet recognized needs. The co-opera- tive movement still depends on men and women who are pre- pared to think and act. The questions to be discussed and answered (1) what new ser- vice should the co-operatives in your community undertake next? (2) Generally speaking, and in the larger view, what fields ap- pear most fruitful for co-opera- tive expansion. (3) What spe- cial attention should be . given to problems such as financing and member education?. 4.) Unique Farm Forum Mr. Bert Klopp was chairman for the Unique foruni on Mon- day night, meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Harold Horner with 22 members present. After listening to the radio and discussing the problems the members thought cream, eggs and poultry should be marketed co-operatively and also that • a co-operative credit union should be •established. ,Generally speak- ing they considered the fields which appear most fruitful for '11 lllllll 1/1111111111 l I lll lllll tapittpottittets.ustpintottapttlitssiji lll llllllllll 1111111111i11111 lllll 1 llll I l 1111 llllllllll 1111110 EXERCISE IS MERELY A QUESTION OF 4'00 c:DR, DIET." * Car Load Middlings $53.00 Ton a OFF CAR ONLY FOR •QUICKISALE Price is cheaper than shorts or .grain. Buy several ton to niix, with your own grain for starting or growing pigs. Car to arrive about March 4. Feeding Molasses Still available at less than replacement cost. Sold by the drum or spray mixed with your feed through our molasses mixer. BY DRUM — 30 LB. • Feeding Cod Liver Oil • Sold by the gallon, 5 gallon, or drum lots at really attractive prices. Enquire for analysis and price. Oat Feed Excellent to mix with corn, wheat screenings etc. for cattle. ONLY $10.00 TON Seed Grain Reg. No. 1 Oats $1.80 Bus.. Com. No. 1 Oats $1.50 Bus. Reg. No. 1 Brant Barley $3.00 Bus. Corn. No. 1 Brant Barley $2.50 Bus. , Enquire for Most Varieties of Other Seed Grain Here's A Tip GRASS SEEDS are selling cheaper now than they will in the spring. Pick up at leaSt part of your re- quirements NOW and save DOLLARS. LASALLE RED CLOVER, VERNAL ALFALFA CLIMAX TIMOTHY Are the Recommended Varieties for 1957 We Guarantee Our Grass Seeds for PURITY AND GERMINATION When farmers get together thy compare vthious seed and feed th see how it meets their damn& I Drop in and see our quality eed and feed—you'll know then they will meet yo,ur Specifications, 4 4 E Contracts Available FOR SEED BARLEY, MALTING BARLEY SEED OATS, FEED OATS Seed and Fertiliter Suppiied Mill GRAIN -FEED -SEED ,,••vv1-4AlEN (014NFRS '0,,,,..,k1R,KTON 3 r,RIL, expansion are petroleum pro- ducts, marketing, processing and retailing of farm products. Financing. these co-operatives should be done as in the past by members themselves. Experts should be hired for each spe- cial undertaking. Mr. Mervin Stelck, a former member was a welcome visitor. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Meyers with Carl Oest- richer to lead the topic for dis- cussion ."What's Ahead." Hillcrest Farm Forum Members of Hillcrest Forum meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Flynn reported they would like to see co-operative enterprise extended to oil, gas, and fuel oil with meat packing as a possibility. They said imple- ments and implement . parts would be a field farmers in On- tario would welcome an expan- sion. in. .- The . members felt that .some provision should be made by the parent co-operative for finan- cing and suggested that member education was lacking as far as they were concerned. Mr. Earl „Atkinson was chair- man and Rea Drell, secretary. Clare Paton, a member of the forum and of the Junior Far- mers , was selected to represent Middlesex County at Ontario's first provincial rural leadership District Vets Hear Official Dr. William Mitchell, exten- sion department, O.V.C. Guelph, was guest speaker at a banquet attended by 20 members of Hu- ron -Perth Veterinary Associa- tion and their wives at Arm- stropg's last Wednesday night. He discussed ethics and what has been done to promote them through the public relations program of the Ontario Veteri- nary Association. Dr. Russell Bryant qf Sea - forth 'vas program chairman. The guest speaker was introdu- ced by Dr. Bryden Fleming and thanked by Dr. Austin Schaef- fer of, Sebringville. Election of officers resulted in Dr. Earl Coxon of Wellesley being named to succeed Dr. Bryant as president and Dr. Ri- chard Roelofson, Exeter succeed- ing Dr. George Elliott, Clinton, as secretary. A recommendation passed by the association requests that the agricultural representatives in Huron 'and Perth counties inform the farmers in those areas, through the press, that all fe- male calves must be vaccinated for Brucellosis. The farmer, is to have the work done by bis own veterinarian as there will be no canvassing done in the areas. Draft New Milk Law A new Milk Marketing Act is being drafted for Ontario, the Legislature's committee on agri- culture was told Wednesday ,by C. D. Graham, deputy minister Of . agriculture.' Lloyd Jasper of Mildinay, pres- Meet of the Ontario Federation Of Agriculture. which preSentecl a brief to the committee, said the recentruling of the .Supterne Court of of Canada on marketing legislation bas "SOIVed most of our problems," Thc. federation is ready to go ahead with hog marketing plan limier the provincial legit - Wien, .Mr. ,jasper said.. A. Liberal MP, Ross Whicher, of Bruce,..sked if it were true that the Federation of Agricul- ture 'lows" producers • to sell through. the marketing, plan. 'Thefederation president re- plied "we don't like to use the -Word 'force'." Under the legislation, be point- ed out, a majority of the grow. in any field must vote in favor .tft the marketing plan be- fore it it put into effect.. forum held at Prudhommes Gar- den Centre from February 17- 23, He returned. home Saturday evening and at the forum meet- ing expressed his appreciation for the privilege of being a dele- gate. • The forum was sponsored by six organizations: Felerated W.I, of Ontario, Ontario Federation of Agriculture, Junior Farmers Association, United Co-opera- tives, Farm Radio Forum, and the Ontario Department of Agri- culture. Approximately 80 delegates at- tended the study and discussed needs and problems of ,Ontario rural communities and how to promote the best in community life; to learn and Practice those basic principles and procedures that will enable the • delegates to work more effectively in their local organizations and commie, fillies. The next meeting of the forum will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Newton Wasnidge. Fairfield Forum At the Fairfield forum meet- ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Neil the questions did not arrive in time for answering. The discussion followed after the broadcast and then Mr.' M. W. Duncan, public relations officer of the Postal Department of Windsor, presented a film depic- ting postal services from stage coach to the present. He told of the difficulties met with in the service and of the making of stamps; the air mail service and general postal services. Parr—Line Forum In answer to the first question the members of Parr Line forum meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Adkins reported that they thought there should be a Co-op feed mill in Hensall. There is one in Zurich and Bruce - field but they are too far apart. They think there should be a Co-op egg grading station in,Ilen- sail also. The Co-ops in this dis- trict have proved most fruitful in their expansion in the various fields such as fertili4er, petro- leum, feed, Co-op Auto Insu- rance was the gist of their re- port. They suggested that special attention should be given to the organizing of a credit Union. This would be of great value to the Co-ops and its patrons. They also think there Should be a bet- ter member education. Next meeting on Monday night will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Blackwell. Elimville Forum Elimville forum disoussed Co- ops at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Miller and felt that Co- operates should 'extend to petro - 1 e u m, seed -cleaning service corn, and a finance plan. The members felt, in accor- dance with the other forunis, that special attention should be given to better Member educa- tion, They will meet next week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Elford. Second Section ferrainiesUxicaf :EXETER, ONTARIO, .FEBRUARY' 211, 1957 Seventy Percent In 'Hur Plan Open Market Sales W. R. Lobb: Clinton, president of Huron County Bog Producers, said this week the organization would begin patting into opera. lion its open market program following the annual meeting '01 the provincial association in To- ronto next week. 4, "%Ve expect to set a .date for the actual start of the campaign after we hear what goes on in Toronto," hc said Tuesday. "T ems, of SOUT, NUN and *ORM /141001ESTX•„ r r r 1:1 • •• Presented By Farm Union Annual brief on general agri- culture conditions was present- ed by the Interprovincial Farrn Union Council to the federal gov't on Feb. 19. and 20. The council, supported by a delegation of 90 union members from the four western provinces and Ontario met the members of the cabinet, the Conservative party, the Liberal party, the C,C,F, party, the Social Credit party and the prices support, board. Recommendations included in the brief were: Research should be carried on to facilitate efficient production. Federal and provincial mar- keting boards should be set up to ensure efficient marketing. All produce sold on the domest- ic market should be protected by a parity price support pro- gram set one year in advance. All produce sold on the do- mestic market' would be sold at market prices and if market price is less than the agreed parity price, the difference would be paid by the gov't direct' to the producer in the form of a deficiency payment. Farity should be maintained on only an agreed maximum of each farmer's production. All production above the agreed maximum would be sold in the normal manner and would not be elegible for deficiency pay- ments. The council also made .recom- mendations on grain marketing, HENSALL SALE PRICES Prices at Hensall Community Sale February 21 were: Weanling pigs .... $14.25 to $17,50 Chunks 19.00 to 23.50 Feeders 24.00 to 28.00 Sows 87.00 to 115.50 Holstein cows ,155.00 to 170.00 Durham cows 130.00 to 160.00 Holstein calves 12.50 to 17.00 Durham calves .... 23.00 to 41.50 There were 390 pigs and 80 head of cattle and calves sold. Your Farm Calendar (No chalges arre Made for items In Your Farm Calendar. Deadline for insertion is Tuesday noon, of each week.) .. THURSDAY, MARCH 7 .. JUNIOR FARMERS—Annual Meeting Huron County Junior Farmers , Association, District High School, Clinton, 8:00 p.m. See the ad for the Junior Farm- er Drama Festival Dates. SATURDAY, MARCH 9 ACHIEVEMENT DAY—T h e South -Huron 4-H Homemaking Club Achievement Day Program for 'the project "Sleeping Gar- ments" will be held in the Dist- rict High School, Seaforth, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. TUESDAY, MARCH '12 HOLSTEIN MEETING—Huron County Holstein Breeders "Barn Meeting"—Bissett Bros. farm and dairy, Goderieh, 1:30 p.m. THURSDAY, MARCH 14 F R 11 T GROWERS—Annual Meeting and Luncheon of Huron County Fruit Growers'. Associa- tion. Annual Meeting Agricul- ture Office, 10;30 a.m. Lunch- eon, Hotel Clinton 12:30 p.m. MARCH 15 to MARCH 17 JUNIOR FARMERS—The On, tario Junior Farmers Associa.- tion will hold their Annual Meet- ing at the 0.A.C., Gueph. Huron County Junior Farmer Choir will be in attendance. .01 imitilittutituil intim llll I ll II l 11111111111111111111111111 lllllll 111111 llllll i lllll 1 l 111111111f lllllll 1 llll 11111 llll 1 l 111111111I/ Save Time & Money USE QUALITY 4 Petroleum Products " FortAN Your Farming Needs Contact Your Neighborhood B -A AGENT Middleton & Genttner PHONE 40 EXETER soil conservation and land use, the Crow's Nest Pass Agree- ment, nationalization of the Can- adian Pacific Railways, eqtut- able duty on imports, St. Lawr- ence Seaway Project, federal aid to education, appointment Fieldman 's Comments On Hog Issue BY CARL HEMINGWAY Huron F. of A. Fieldman • Huron County hog producers held their annual meeting in the Legion Hall, Clinton, and had a good attendance. Albert Bacon acted as chairman because Presi- dent Bert Lobb was somewhat in- capacitated from a bad fall about a week previously. However, we are glad to report he is recover- ing nicely and we hope will soon be able to carry on as usual. The outstanding feature to me was the unity of purpose dis- played. For the past couple of months, I have been hearing many rumours of the terrific dis- satisfaction with the marketing of hogs. However, a little .time and patience is a wonderful remedy and we would do well to use these two medicines in larger doses. The past week things seemed to be quieting down and the per- centage of hogs from Huron ar- riving on the open market was steadily increasing. When the time of the meeting arrived, it was a large group of well-in- formed farmers who attended. There were a few questions of a constructive nature and the men answering them were well able to supply the information.necessary. The efforts of President Lobb and his directors are to be great- ly appreciated. They have had a difficult task and have received much criticism simply because too many farmers don't take the trouble to get the facts of the dro- gram in the beginning. When meetings are arranged within easy reach, as they were in the hog marketing campaign, the farmer who doesn't bother to at- tend can hardly justify his lack of knowledge. Mr. Eldred Aiken gave a good explanation of exactly how the agency operated, telling clearly what it could do and where its power ended. .Too many people had the idea that the marketing agency was going to set the price of hogs. This was never the aim. All the agency proposed to do and what it has been doing very effectively is to make hogs available to any packing plant, large or small, if it, is willing to .pay the price of the day. The price is set each day by the buyers bidding for the de- livery °flogs in exactly the same way that you farmers set the price of cows at your neighbour's auction sale. The fees you pay are used to finance the selling agency in much the same way that the community sales barns are financed. ' Mr. Jim Jacklin, fieldrn an for the Ontario Federation of Agri- culture, gave a characteristically forceful address and certainly gave a vary clear picture of the Please Turn to Page 10 of a transport controller, unem insurance,- Ployment income tax, and a national health plan, transportation .eprnmittee is el. ready working on the plans,” Mr. Lobb announced at the an. nual county meeting Friday at, ternoon that 70 percent of the producers canvassed so far have signed delivery, directives aSit. ing that their hogs be taken to co-op assembly yards. On the basis of these direct - Ives; trucker routes are being established for delivery to the open market. When organization The delegation also urged that is complete, the transportation a floor price of $3.25 per cwt. committee will ask drovers to be established for all milk. other take hogs of farmers who have than that used in the fluid mar- signed the directives to the open ket. market.* If the trucker named Hon. JaagmriecsGraer,diner, minis- bY the farmer refuses to go to terof ultu "mmentegitheioassemblYwillyard, ue tahrer atr ls Pgt that "because of continued rep- ration board resentation the is in- another aneans of delivery fluencing our thinking and wear- , Fiery opposition to the pro- ing us down." gram, which was expected at Hon. Walter Harris, minister Friday's meeting, failed to ma. of tht finance, stated "No one has terialize. In fact np criticisnl from the floor mere right to im on he fed- was receive. Lobbwhose shoulder. was oral treasury than the farmers." in a . sling "aas result of a re - About 20 members represent- cent fall, was not able to chair ed Ontario including Gordon the meeting, but he was re-elect- ed chairman of the county group at a meeting of the board of directors following the general session. Other officers elected by the 20 -man board of directors were CRoss Love, R.R. 2, Hensall, first rop Report vice-president; and Alfred Bacon, By G. W. MONTGOMERY 13elgrave, second vice-presi. dent, while Alfred Warner, Bay. One hundred and fifty-four field, was appointed secretary. farmers have been in attendance treasurer. at four of the six Farm Man- Four directors at large, elect. agement Schools that are sched- ed by the 200 producers who at. uled for the month of Februrary tended the event, were Mr. Lobb, in the county. Simon P. Hallahan,• Orval Tay. Over 200 Hog Producers at- lor, both of Belgrave; and Elgin tended the annual meeting of th Porter, Stanley township, county association in Clinton on Producers passed 10 resolu- tions at the meeting. 'Among them were: Program. "We regret -that the members A greater number of entries of the Meat Packers Council, than usual have been received through their under -table pay - for the county seed fair to be ments, have attempted to tie up held in Clinton on March 1 and farmers' means of transportation 2. — Please Turn to Page 10 lllllllllllllllllll llllllllllllllll llllll lllll lllll lllll lllllllllll sliaf4 Hill, Varna, director for Huron and Perth District. Huron County Friday, Februray 22, and gave I their approval to the Directional You And Your Family are invited to attend our Ford Farming Social Wednesday, March 6— 8 p.m. Larry Snider Motors Garage Entertainment that all the family will enjoy. Premiere. film presentations of the latest farming practices. 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