HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-03-14, Page 10WO 10 The Tunas*.Advocote, Merch 14, 1957
Plan To .Form At Le
At Area 4-H Meeting
Urged To Enter
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Universities
1n his address to the Canadian
oumcii :en 4 H Cluh$ at Mu'
bent, l`I,S'., President D. C.
r..oster, director of extension,
Manitoba Department of Agri.+
culture, .,drew sharp contrast be•
tween the atomic age of today
and the ox -cart and corduroy
roads of the pioneer settlers,
He was speaking at the 26th
conference and annual meeting
of the council last week.
It was, be Said, "the self-reih-
ince anit. determination of our
early settlers that mastered.
many and difficult problems to
lay a lasting foundationfor a
dynamic development excelled
by few countries," And it was
"in this tradition, though wider
much More fortuitous condi-
tions, men and women of vision
conceived a plan to aid rural
Canadian youth when they
.established in 1931, the Canadian
' Council on 4-H Clubs."
Mr. Foster referred to the
growing shortage of trained pro-
fessional personnel pointing out
that the number of young
people entering faculties of agri-
culture and home economics was
connecte with e fthe t4•H ohat vee
menti should encourage more
young people to consider a uni-
versity training to take up the
shortage in all branches of the
agricultural sciences, and to
provide highly -trained personnel
on the farm
Some concern must be felt
over the decline in farm popula-
tion and the exodus .of boys anti
girls from the farm, he said, In
1931, 31.7 per cent of the total
Canadian population were farm-
ers; in 1951, the figure was 20.8
per cent. "Today, 20 per cent of
'the Canadian population is ex-
pected to produce the food and
fibre for Canada's . rapidly in-
creasing population. Our 4-11
Club program must take note of
this changing condition. There
tvill be fewer clubs in areas with
depleted population, andmore
clubs in densely populated dis-
tricts- Where the farming coin-
munity is large and active, more
modern and thorough agricul-
tural practices will be adopted
While progress in smaller
'
coin-
munties may languish. Your
directors will be studying ways
send means of providing greater
by minimum price" in other
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ORGANIZE 4-11 CLUBS NEXT WEEK—Agriculture officials are expecting another
clubs in the district are formed next week. Eight clubs
record enrolment when 4 H t d e g
and possibly more, will be organized in the South Huron District. The 4-H pledge is
shovrn here by, left to right, Jim Etherington, Lorne Ballantyne, Assistant .A.g Rep
Arthur Bolton, and Hugh Rundle. —T -A Photo
armers Push Marketing
Continued from. Page 9
industries and that minimum
prices were working effectively
in the marketing of other farm.
products,
"Mr. H. M., speaking on behalf
of Mr. G. A., chairman of the
leadership in meeting this situa-
tion and will be giving due con-
sideration to a number of
important problems affecting
the future policies of the coun-•
Cil,"
Mr. Foster paid tribute to the
many who had played a part in
helping to make 1956 one of the
most successful years in the
history of the organization. "This
said, he a
id , uwas
achieved through joint responsi-
bility and co-operation."
WORKING TOGETHER for WORLD UNDERSTANDING
We Are Happy To Work With
4-H Members
As They ''Learn By Doing"
Cann's Mill Ltd. heartily endorses the 4-H
movement and its training program and we
urge all young farm people to join at least
one 4-H Club this year.
We invite 4-H members to take advantage of
our special feed: and seed services, which are
available toall farmers, to help them achieve
better results in their projects.
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GRAIN -FEED -SEED
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We Salute
The
Future Fa.rm.ef.
r
of
South
Huron
4•H CLUBS MAKE THE BEST GETTER;
G. Simmons
AND SONS LIMITED
Jolts Owl Sales and`` Servile.
TIS
Ureter
processors' section, reaffirmed an average of $28.31 in Septem-
Hog Producers Marketing Board ber, to $24,00. in October and held
that `the processors no longer it there for eight months, This
wished to discuss the subject $4.00 -drop cost the farmers of
minimum price, and that they Ontario on 1,465,422 hogs over
were discussing this matter for $8,750,000.
the last time at the present nieet- When the board's power was at
ing.' Air. — also stated that he low ebb, the packers were able
personally agreed with their to push the price down $4:00,
decision." However, the agency salesmen
Finally when they did set up a in December, 1956, with the
marketing agency the trade re- •ength of 20 per cent of the
fused to make out the settlement ,,gs on the open market, moved
forms. The transpprter was in- the price up to $33.00: The epack-
flueleed to oppose them. Every ers ` soon found with slightly
forward step they took in the 16 . larger runs and their 80 per
years has been fought under direct delivery, they could again
cover to the very limit. put the price down.-
Attitude of Trade By
February, this year,with
The stateme$I made last fall ' 23 per cent going te the open
ti ho market,the agency salesmen
by a representative of. a hog!
packing firm that "no board of j were able to:move the price to
farmers will ever tell us how the. $34.00 line, but the .packers,
many hogs we will kill," repre- I with their 77 per cent direct to
sents their respect for the farm- the plant, and. somewhat larger
ers and their determination to runs, which satisfied their re-
stop us from selling our own hogs t quirements,
for the highest price.
A recent brief presented by the '4,
trade to the government, in l
which they point out how danger-
ous it would be to allow people,
whowere, incapable of determin-
ing true values, to be in a posi-
tion to fix ,.prices indicates that
our place in the industry is to
carry the swill pail, to swing the
shovel, and pay the bills. Of
course, we are to dumb and
ignorant to determine true
values!
Processors' Profits
The Meat Packers' Council has
referred to meat processing as a
low profit industry and stated
that meat packers' profits were
as low as 1.7 per cent: However,
their system of figuring profits
percentage is different to the
average which arrives at a per-
centage of profits as a percen-
tage of costs. Their system is to
take their net profits as • a •per-
centage of their gross selling
price.
The capital_ stock of the pack-
ing house industry in 1954, as
reported in the taxation statistics,
was $28,173,000.0. Profit for that
year was $15,277,000.00 or 54.2
per cent- of their capital stock. 1
In. 1949, price commission report-
ed, that on the basis of the fiscal
Year ending March, 1948, one
packing firm in Canada made a
net profit of 23.4 per cent. Agri.
culture would be much more
interesting if we could have a re-
turn of our net capital in four
years and three months, and also!
receive a good salary each year.!
Unwise Regulating
A member of the Meat Pack-
ers' Council said that, "it is
essential that prices be allowed
to serve the eeonomic function
which they usually do if not im-
peded by unwise regulation,"
Maybe the packers think it was
nse , regulation when they put
g prices down $9.75 from the
El rd week in August to Septem-
ber 21, 1951!
The Meat Packers' Council
stated further: "Processors have
always recognized and respected
the rights of the individual pre-
ducer to cleterniine how he wishes
to sell his livestock through mar-
keting channels available to
hire," They then proceeded to
buy up our means of traiisporta-
tion,
An outstanding A in e i' i c an
economist, 3. K. Galbraith, stat-'
ed: "in both the markets in
which he sells and those in which
he buys, the individual :farmer's
market po'wer in the typical ease
is intrinsically' nil."
LI
lite Packers Council further i
stated that they were assuming'
u neutral and dignified ttmsition.4
When they buy up the. farmers'
transportation, is that dignity?
'Policy and Operations
11 was ati.accepted fact that the •
hog producers agency Iiad , the :
right to direct hogs. if a picking
plant refused to pay the price
established by the agency, it was '
requested by Order to turn the
hogs over to a buyer who would
pay the price, This along with
sonte rothe things was ehahciiged
'in 1955.with the result the hoard '
decided to take the matters to '
the Supreme Court, When our
regulations were .before the SuI•
pretne Court, it was diffieiilt 16-:'
enforce then]. !
During this period where tihe
boards power was uncertain the!
packers put the price down .ierotn ! i d—
again forced ,ttult
At least eight—and possibly
more -4-1-I Clubs will be organiz-
ed in the .South Huron district
next week, ..according to plans
announced this. week by the De-
partment of Agriculture office
at. Clinton.
Six of the clubs will be or.
ganized at a meeting in South
Huron District High School Wed-
nesday, March 20. They include
the Exeter Kinsmen poultry
club, Exeter grain, beef and
dairy calf and torn clubs, and
the South Huron sugar beet club.
Two others, for the Hensall-
Zurich area, will be formed at
Hensall town hall Tuesday night.
These are the Hensall white
bean club and the Zurich beef
calf group.
According to Assistant Ag Rep
Art Bolton, who is in charge of
the program, more clubs may
be formed if there is sufficient
interest. There has been talk of
a turnip club in the Exeter area,
he said.
price down to $30.50.
From these experiences we can
draw out these lessons;
1. In order for the agency.
salesmen to do an effective job,
they must have more hogs under
their control to deliver to the
buyer paying the highest price,
More bogs on the open market
means more bargaining power.
2. That the trade, both in the
eight months period from Octo-
ber, 1955, to May 31, 1956, as well
as in December, 1956, and Febru-
ary of this year, were determined
to buy at from $3.00 to $9,00 less
per cwt. than what the agency
has been securing for the pro-
ducers.
The alternatives are clear cut.
Either a marketing agency with
all hogs to direct to the highest
buyer, or prices improperly con-
trolled by the trade at $3,00 to
$4.00 less than what an effective
sales agency cap secure for the
producers.
In the fall of 1957, there is pre-
dicted a large increase in the
marketinigs of hogs. From May
28 to December 29, 1955, there
were 1,055,877 hogs slaughtered
in Ontario with a value of
$42, 612,374.28. In the same period
in 1956, there Were 1,105,607 hogs
slaughtered, or 49,730 more, with
a value of $49,741,247.89, with an
increase in value of $3,913,420.89,
In other words'. on 49,730 more
hogs in that period in 1956. than
the same period in _1955,. the pro-
ducers received almost $4,000,000
more,.
Let us put ore hogs on the
m
open markt or under irect con-
trol of the hog producers' agency
or we will have lower prices this
fall instead of higher prices as
we did last year with a larger
number of hogs.
The department offers to or-
ganiee any type of club if there
are 10 or More members inter-.
ested,
All farm boys and girls be-
tween the ages of 12 and 21 are
eligible to join the .clubs. No
youth can be a member .of more
than three, however.
Encouragement of participa-
tion in the 4.l program comes
from many quarters this week
,on the eve of organization plans.
Presidents of two Winship
Federations . of Agriculture, De -
borne and Stephen, are backing
the youth clubs on behalf of
their members. Harry Dougall,
L7sborne president, and Lloyd
Lamport, head of the Stephen
unit, urge all eligible boys and.
girls in their townships to take
advantage of the training offer-
ed by the program.
"4-H club work is the kind of
training which not only helps
rural, youth become better farm-
ers, but better citizens as well,"
said Mr, Dougall. "By working
together in groups, they ]earn
teamwork' an .d co-operation,
Their practice of .democratic
procedures helps to develop a
deeper appreciation of the free-
dom we enjoy in Canada today."
`The 4-H 'Learn by Doing'
program recognizes the basic
education values of farm life,"
adds Mr. Lamport. "It puts the
emphasis on self-reliance az}d
character and develops an ap
preciation of farming which is
greatly needed today if we are
going to keep our youth on the
farm."
"The 4-H club program pro-
vides an opportunity for activity,
adventure a n d achievement
which every boy and girl can
participate in. We of the Feder-
ation heartily endorse it,"
Implement dealers and farm
supply firms are supporting the
program because they can see
the immeasurable benefits it
wl bring, to the district in fu-
ture years. Development of better
farming practices will mean in-
creased prosperity to all, they
say.
Assisting Art Bolton in the or-
ganization of the clubs this year,
will be Tom Easton, R. R. 3
Exeter, t h e newly -appointed
Heldman of the department. An
active 441 member himself at
one time, Tom is a graduate of
Ontario Agricultural College.
Next week's organization meet-
ings will start at 8.30 p.m. sharp.
In• addition toorganization
r a
og
n za of
the clubs and distributing 4-H
manuals, record books and other
literature, • films willbe shown
in 4 -II work.
Parents are invited to attend
t the meeting,
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A 'SIGN ,OF SERVICE
Service to the cotnmunity
and to the nation is the 4'.H
movement's achievement. We
salute the many members in
the 441 organization, '
SIGN OF SERVICE
Drop in to see your north
end Shell Dealer, Mathers
Bros. You will be pleased
with their prompt and court=
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MATHERS
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CO-OPeration
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Helps the Farmer of Tomorrow
By working together, 4-H Club Members learn better
ways of farming and better citizenship to help them
in the future,
CO-OPeration •
Helps the Farmer of Today
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By buying co=operatively, the farmers of today keep
prices down, share in profits and prevent exploita-
tion. Every farmer benefits.
Support The 4-H Program
Support Your CO-OP
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Farmers!
Encourage Your Children To Goin
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Attend the Organization Meeting
Wednesday, March 20, SHDHS
NATIONAL 4.H MOTTO
"To Make The Best Better"
For A Brighter Tomorrow
IN
4-H
U TODAY
BOYS AND GIRLSI--If you are between the ages of
12 anal 21 years you can become a member. Attend
the ORGANIZATION MEETING at SHDHS on WED-
NESDAY, MARCH 20, for Exeter and South Huron
Clubs,
Notional 4-H Creed
T believe .in Boys' and Girls' Club work for the opportunity it gives ine to
become a useful citizen,
• I believe in the training of my head for the power it will give lite to think,
plan and • reason.
I believe lel the training of my heart for the nobleness it will give
kind, sympathetic and true, . 6 +
I believe in the training,Of my hands for the 'ability; it
helpful, skilful, and useful.
I believe in the training of my health for the strength it Will givte me to
enjoy life, resist disease, and make for efficiency,
1 1 believe in my country, and in my responsibility for Canada's development. '•
Z ani, therefore, willing to devote my efforts for the fulfillment of these
things which 1 believe.
Will give
me to be
one to be
Sponsored In The interest Of A Better ;agricultural Life By:
Stephen Township
Federati Of
Agriculture
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