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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-03-21, Page 91ff 'l� 1 • rfr Second .Section EXETERI ONTA1110, MARCH 21, 1957 ENGINEERING. CHAMPION—Winner of the W. C. Wood .rile for the Grand Champion in the Agrxcultuial Engin- eering Division of .the 33rd Annual College 'Royal held at theOntarioAgricultural A icultur al : College, Guelph, was Bill Brock of Kippen. He is shown (left) receiving his prize from Prof. -FY Theakston, of the O,A.C. Agricultural Engineer- ing Department. OAC Photo Shouid Adverfise More, Pastor Tells• Growers Clinton minister, Rev, D. J. Lane, suggested to Huron Coun- ty fruit growers Thursday night they were losing sales by neg- lecting advertising. "I have lived here for 15 Years,". he said,, "and I. have yet to see anything more in the way : of advertising of Huron County's fruit products than the boxes of apples ,in store win- •dows," • Rvv Rev. Lane' guest speaker was at the banquet during the annual meeting. He spoke on the building of good Canadian • homes. B. J. Teskey, horticutural de- partment; Ontario. Agricultural College, Guelph; addressed the afternoon session, speaking on "Chemical Thinning and Stick. on Sprays for Apples." Reasons for chemical thinning of apples, according to the speak- er, are: to increase the yield of marketable fruit, to improve size; to improve the color and quality, to reduce limb break- age, to promote tree vigor and reduce winter injury, to induce regular annual croppings, to minimize the handling and std- rage of low-grade and cull fruit, and to facilitate all handling operations at harvest, thereby reducing costs. Aanel discussion was carried on" p by • R J. Ru sell Chard, fruit and'K eve etable fieldmann ; and $ its members were Prof,- H. W. Goble, provincial 'entomologist; Prof, C. B. Kelly, botany de- partment, both of the .OAC; J.J. Johnson, supervising •• inspector, fruit and vegetable division, .Do- minion Department - of Agricul- ture, •and ' Mr. Teskey. Fraser Stirling, R.R. 2 Bay- field, was elected .president of county association. Other officers elected were: Lorne Woods, R.A. 2 Lucknow, first vice-president; William Mc- Kenzie,• reeve of Exeter,• second vice-president; a n d Douglas Miles,. Huron county's new agri- cultural representative, secretary - treasurer. Mr., Stirling succceeds ' William McGuire, R.R. 2 Bay- field, as president, Wes Joynt, R.R. 2 Lucknow, was again ap- pointed district director, Directors will include Don Middleton and Ross Middleton, both of R.R. 3 Clinton; Fred Bell, ' R,R. 2 Goderich; Boyd Taylor,R.R. 3 Walton; Percy Gibbings, Clinton; George John- ston, R.R. 2 Bayfield; Phillip Exeter; John Redmond, R.R. 3 Goderich; Vic Jeffrey, Exeter; George Joynt, Lucknow; Clay- ton Laithwaite, R.R. 1 Goderich; Edward Wise, R.R. 3" Clinton; Harry Mitchell, R.R:2 Goderich; Stewart Middleton, R.R. '3 Clin i . ton; and D. C. Lassa! ne Wil Liam McGuire was appointed auditor,, • ontract n Partic ImpIeme ..t $hcd . Blaze Destroys Ten Machines‘ fire rdepar.trnents and turned off' the power to the shed, By that time a' neighbour .Sid Neeb, arrived and we ran to the barn to see if it. was alright. Then we took the lid off the water tank so the firemen could use it when they •arrived:" ' Kestle, who lives about three' miles north-west of Crediton,' said he hadn't had the diesel tractor out for •three days and hadn't been near the shed all day Friday, He stilt doesn't know how the firecould have started. Please Turn to Page 10 „gll iiia 111 gtUpr,lu,uuwiii l 11,IM,t11Y,11Wi DopaTd Kestle, 34 year-old Ste- phen township farmer, lost over $6,000 worth of3 farm . equipment Friday night when his imple- ment shed went up fn.: flames. Machinery destroyed included, two tractors,one diesel ..and one gasoline -powered; • •a Combine, seed drill, binder, 'side delivery rake, one-way disc, double disc,. 3 -furrow plow and mower, Cause of the -blaze is.:still un -- known n=known. but it is believed to -have started near the ; .diesel' 'tractor. Strong gusts quickly fanned• it• out of control, Sparks blew dangerously near the main barn of the farm. but firemen from RCAF' Station aided and Da sh .00d i w firemen la, Centralia by a plentiful supply' of water,, were able to extinguish the. blaze' before it spread to other buildings, Owner Kestle credits efficient' work of both brigades with - sa- ving his barn, "The Wind changed shortly. after 'they put out the fife andit would have blown sparks right at the buil- ding" he said,' The firemen certainly knew what they were doing. The blaze started shortly after 7:30 p.m. and the Nestle's- dog barked the alarm. ,="I thought there was someone coming up the lane but when I looked out the window I saw the flames. coming from the shed." ' "The strong wind spread the. fire so fast there wasn't any- thing • we could- do, I called the 1, Down To Earth By D. 1. HOOPER r. Success Now .that'sa word! we looked it up in the dictonary, and here's what we found it means:. Phe prosperous termination of any enterprise, prosperity, a person, or thing; which achieves favours or gain,. .You ,know, writing a small inconspicious column such as this seemseasy, and really it's not too hard. Set down and rattle off three to four hundred words on a. typewriter. Didn't take so long, did it? But just try it week after week and try to keep it alive. We don't try to keep up with our boss (The Ed.) he's a darn sight faster than we are. But; at least, we try to retain individuality. We try to see things, in the name of this co- lumn 'Down to, Earth." If we seem biased in our opinions of certain farm problems, to people • Our, Malting. Barley. Contracts Can *, Make You Money : See our special contract be- fore ' you sign. Fertiliser, sup. plied with contract; Act , noyvl SeedGr�in For Sale NO. 1 REG. & COMMERCIAL MONTCALM BARLEY NO, ' 1 REG. & COMMERCIAL OATS Different Varieties • • Scott's Elevortot. Phoni •Office 63, Res. 110 !man who view these same; problems from an entirely•,different angle, we expect criticism, The_ only thihg we hope is that it is con- structive criticism. We are not infallible. Success of any column is cri- ticism. You know, thatpeople read it. But with .'all apologies to "A Farmer's Wife" we suggest that she read more • widely. - (London Free Press–,Goderich Signal Star). We were very spe- cific in our sources of , infor- mation ' regarding exports • and ,imports, .of shelled eggs. Anyone with; even a hazy •busi- ness insight would understand that. the importation of. any 'live- stock product (e.g.beef, pork, lamb, butter or .eggs) is • a di - recti competitionto the Canadian producers especially if these are imported, This subsidization may take the form, of direct subsidies to the producer, freight rebates, tax exemptions and. many other indirect forms of subsidiesthat are not given to the Canadian producer. Our, government after the ter- mination of World War It gage away the market of the largest importer.. of Canadian pork, This doesn't : mean that the English - in • man.. doesn't like Canad a pork anymore. to Siree! Nor does it man that he likes Danish .pork be ter. It was a matter .of.inter- nat onal finance. The British Tra a Mission did bid •fox Cana, dian pork and the federal go- vernment, being a member of the "Dollar Area", would, or could not :accept payment in pound sterling and thus. •the Bri- tish Trade 'Mission was forced to seek their supplies of • pork from a' sterling source. • • So enough said, we don't exact- ly ' have xact-ly"have. the most 'popularcos lumn, in the local rag (Sugar and Spice beats us a mile) but we do know that the farmers and others do read it. Writing is like being a politician "be right everytime--never a word•, be wrong once—a deluge." Even the Editor doesn't agree with all we put on his desk, but he's ho nest about it. Opposites attract in electronic theory and we=still, so far as we know, are on • the payroll. Someday we may annoy him enough to get the cut off, —who knows, we might. get 'a raise. But you 'readers,• if you agree say so and if you disagree S Fieldman's s o een�•s .. !'11%11 f Oo nTac o b •By CARL ,HEMINGWAY. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture recently held' a meeting ofrepresentatives from the county Federations. It is very encouraging to '.see these meetings well attended at the organization is only as strong as.:the• interest shown by the members. The main purpose of themeet- ing was to inform the represen- tatives of the action being taken on behalf of the tobacco growers. The procedure followed is the same regarding . all producer group organizations and it might be well to clarify the part played by the Federation. ' To form a producer group,• it is necessary that a sizeable pe- tition be signed by producers and presented to the O.F.A., The 'Federation will then do- 'all in its power to present the facts to all producers at local meetings. and even, organize canvasses if necessary. If it then seems that there is a definite decision to be made, the C.P.A..contacts the Department of Agriculture with the .request that a vote be taken, It is the responsibiliy of the departmentto appoint` , de ety officers and set up pol= ling booths in such a way as to give every producer the oppor- tunity to vote. • It is also- the re- sponsibility of the department to' say what constitutes a ma- jority. • In case, of the tobacco grow- ers there must -be 51;'0 of all growers in favour of the plan and at least 60% of those voting must be in favour of the plan. If the plan is approved the Fe- deration will aid in the .. details of organizing the producer group,.but • does n t take any part in • deciding It the action will tel.. At ythat group any fu- ture date .the Federation, as an organization, will act only on re- quest of that group. The other main topic . of dis- cussion was that of land ease - :cents 'and expropriations regar- ding highways, pipelines, Hydro and telephone lines. This is not a great problem in Huron at the moment but could be ;in the future. It might be of interest to farmers to know that the Fe- deration of Agriculture retains a lawyer who is • experienced in these' matters and whose' advise is available at any time, with- out charge, to federation mem- bers. Ifyou have, a problem along this line; the Federation can be of assistance. of arm it of SOUTH ku4a.GN and NORTH 41100.LE5'Ex . :: r r r P Farm forumsF!ish.ish..Up Season . , ith � Cor mun•:esOnD,scussion Mrs. Les Richards, Mr. and. Urs. William Schroeder and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Schroeder. • The Fairfield Forum will hold a banquet in Crediton Community Hall next Monday night. Elimville Forum • Elimville forum .members, meeting' at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William � ohns, were a g reed that rhe. "Farm Forum is the most important activity in the community outside of: church Women's In- stitutes." ions and m organizations . The secretary reported "If it wasn't for farm forum we would not see our neighbors once a year to visit with them." They felt community activities should be more • consolidated, that is for the interest of the whole community.. It hardly seems'possible but this is the last regular forum discussion this season, The topic, "A Man and' His Neighbor," seems an appropriate one on which to close the season, Modern transportation, commu- nications, increased- services have changed the ruraT•tortantcorn mu - Y nit ,What is the most i np activity in the life of your com- munity? and what is needed to make an ideal community today? are the questions to be discussed, Fairfield Farm Forum leadership, faithfulness to,'respec- tivc organizations or projects and faithful attendance at all 'meet- ings. Strong indignation was ex- pressed over the statement made by a member of the radio panel that urban teachers were usually better than rural teachers. Fair- field has always been noted for its fine teachers, second to none. A questionnaire • on future topics for farm forums was answered. i Elmer Powe reported the plans for forum rally were not yet Meeting at the home of Mr. and completed. A motion that the Mrs. Reg Hodgson with almost a host of each forumshould be full attendance, the members of discussion leader was carried. Fairfield forum proudly report: Officers were elected, .and•Wel- "We think we have an ideal corn- lington', Hoist was named presi- munityand would regret having . dent, with. Russell King, vice - to leave it or another." Further-'. president, and Earl Neil, secre- more, the requisites for an ideal tary. community are neighborliness, The social committee is Mr. harmony, willingness to share in and Mrs. Herman Powe, Mr. and Establish New Branch To Speed Farm News I•lon. W. A. Goodfellow, Ontar- rio minister of agriculture an- nounced Monday night a new. branch will . be established .in his department to provide faster information service for farmers: Speaking in the provincial weekly affairs; radio 'series, Mr, Goodfellow said: "In full realization of the fact !hat modern farming is an in- tegral part of our accelerated or way of life, and timely •inf ,ma - tion as to markets and new`pro- cedures is essential to 'success- ful ' operation, I propose to es- ,fabiish 'a new branch to co-or- dinate ,and distribute all in- formation emanating from alt` branches of the department and its institutions. , 30 -Day Special SVIFIS• ciitC1}�STARTER CRUMBLES .iYYIiY.YYIYY!/YiYYIYY. 4.35 cWt. NURSING FORMULA,' 2ABY BAA YYYYtYIr.IY.Y,.YiYilIY. $5.25 Centralia F�r1'c:rS'S,TUpPiY FEEDS ' Contrsl i Phono 054 V. Try Surge for faster, safer I ilking with increased; produc- tion. • (adv t) product. . "It 'is a regrettable fact," he said, "that. the .return to the Ontario farmer• for his produce is affected by the floor prices established by 'the. federal - gov- ernment and the tariff policies of the same administration." "Pull use of the. facilities of the press,` radio and TV will be utilized in :addition to the pub- lication of such material help- ful to :modern farm practices, he said. ' "This new procedure, it . is hoped, will speedily bring to the farm the latest information on the activities of the department. on the -'subjects of marketing, farm management, Junior Farm- er and •• 4-11 activities and • all subjects 'pertinent • to good and successful farming." The minister sharply criticized the federal government :for the cost squeeze facing farmers be- cause of increased prices for machinery, labor and materials necessary for their operation andthe return to them for their say so. It will be read ' and pub- lished. DID YOU KNOW?' An Australian has invented a radio -controlled tractor which has been successfully demon- strated in Sydney. Radio waves transmitted to the tractor, .make it stop and start, conrol speeds and direction, and raise and lower tractor attachments, It is claimed that the radio waves scan do everything that a driver can do sitting on the machine. inimiuiloffiiiomoto. i ll 1i11Y .. a' We Also Have l Cook Bros.?.ifling Co. , it Sin s Cho g At College • Huron County Junior Farmers Choir, organized last fall, pro- vided for the wined special- mus church service Sunday during the Ontario' Junior Farmer con- ference in Guelph this week. The 50 member -organization which includes a number of district . juniors, travelled to Guelph by bus to render two anthems at the service, Maurice Love, R.R. 3 Exeter, president of South Huron Junior, Farmers/ attended the annual three-day conference which start- ed. on Friday. Features of the meeting were the • presentation of several tele- vision shows and speakers from O,A.C,,, Toronto and the United" Nationals: A presentation 'was made to T. R. Hilliard, retiring direc- tor of extension of the Ontario Departihent of Agriculture. Vicar Oats New Type The Canada Department -of Agriculture Monday a�nnotu►ced the` release of .new Variety ofA hulless oat, called Vicar. The variety is the 'result of' a single -plant selection .from Garry, discovered by Mr. George MacVicar of Portage la Prair- ie, Manitoba. Vicar is resistant, to all known North America "races of. stem rust and is, also highly resistant t'o leaf rust and the smuts. It is, however, sus- ceptible to' blast, •a physiological disease that affects` the'panicles, but this disease does not appear to reduce yield. • apreciably: Vicar' is' later matu ng . than Brighton or Torch,. has "taller but stronger straw, and produces much higher yields in the rust areas of Western Canada. Hulless oats usually yield less than . hulled varieties,' but pro- duce heayier bushel weights. They are used pigsand poultry. $ feed for young ,p g yThey are not acceptable to the .mill- ing trade because millers. pre- fer to dehull the common oat as they obtain a cleaner •sample. There are a number of prob- lems associated with the grow ing of hulless oats. Since they tend to heat in. storage,. they must be harvested when . well ripened and , stored only when well dried. All varieties tend to produce some plants with hulled kernels. Therefore, in order to maitain seed stocks, these. hulled - kernels should be removed be- fore seeding. Distribution Plan. - ' Vicar will be distributed • to —Please Turn'to Page'10 rns Canada and Dominion :Subic Company announced Wednesday. agreement has been 'reached os terms of 1957 sugar beet con tracts and contracting will bs, gin this week. "The price scale in this clan tract is the .same as list year,. so that farmers with. beets coag- taming 1? percent sugar' (1111 long-term average sugar , con- tent) are guaranteed :a minimus* price OL $1,2 per tun,'factory de- livery and.$11.25 per ton 'weigh station delivery,".'B, E.Easton, in to dent' ' ' Itur i superintendent ne ad agricultural a pr.a. C&D :said, As the full minimum will • be:. paid in mid-November and .mid- December, this. means that, the growers will receive .a substantial payment on their crop before Christmas again this year, "In addition, -growers will..con-. tinue to participate equally with the company in the increases in iiet returns from the sale o. an o- e pulpd m sugar, dried•beet lapses," said Mr: • Easton, Hillers'st Forum Hillcrest .Forum met at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Jim Sigs- worth with 18 in attendance. - The members of this forum thought the church'was the most important to them, and placed. farm forum second. To the question of what makes they felt an ideal community, Y good people , who practice the Golden Rule make up a good community and'. they suggested' more people should get' out and vote for better legislation when election time comes, Clare Paton gave a paper on leaders and leadership roles as suggested by the .recent meeting at Vineland. They will meet again next Monday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Simpson. Farmers Be ' Prepared' For Spring. Seed and fertilizer prices are at their. LOWEST now, Order' your SEED OATS while. supplies are good aitd prices reasonable, Carry, Rodney, Shoe, Ajax and Deaver seed oats in .stock. Barley Contracts are now available with FERTILIZER .SUPPLIED H A Li',,1ed Amount of NO. 1 Comlt►ertial Brant Barley For Sale I.IIJII1`lEO Phone 24 Montan "Due d dr Due to the':supply an raw sugar mand o world g . f a .� . near balance for the first time_ in a. decade, current .prices of refined sugar, are at. much igdih. er levels than a year ago_ cations are that -raw and. refined sugar prices will .continue' high- er than'iii •1956 and as • a conse- quenee sugar beets will have -a much better competitive' posi- tion among cash crops than: for many. years; Parr Lino Forum • Parr • Line Foruni met at the home" of Mr.. and Mrs. Eldon Jarrott with 14 members', present." This topic is.the last' for this 1956-5f season. • The • embers telt the • church m. 'is the most l m'portant ':activity. 'in the' community- The farm forum Federation sof . Agriculture, and the: \women s Institute are ; also very 'active., They thought some kind of or'ganiation is Very essential for. the community today, ..vihere neighbors: can meet and discuss their problems in a friendly way. 144i'YiYfilctrlrein,ir0Y01500406111'ffiiiiiiill'UfiYf 0'Ytii'iuiitliYYYiVY1fiefiN1YYi11'1'filltYliiiYiV7liiiiflYufYitllPitiriilWi in • MI CHAP' CHAIN SAWS Exeter PHONE SOS' "Within the past two week s, , we have returned from: an ex- tensive tol:r?.a'af Europe' where rocurin we were successful in"procuring approximately 60 farm families and a number of single 'workers Who' will be here in time for beet work this spring,":?tr, Easton said. "In fact, some' Ist- rian farm :families (from'Trieste' area in northern Italy) and :a number of single Istrian farm. workers, all of whom are ex, perienced in agricultural work, are arriving this, week.;', Among . the remaining. work- ers arriving later will be . farm families from Holland, Belgium,. Denmark and single been work- ers from Brittany, 'a. ;province in France.: In previous ,years Bretons have proven to be. veli' qualified for beet work. !'With the prospect of higher • net returns from ` sugar, beets and. improvment of labor: situ a-, tion, coupled with :rapi4f grow-, th� crop, inb mechanization ofp, we expect a favorable reopens* from our growers And ';a sub-: ,stantial.increase in beet acreage this. year," Mr. Easton said. ' The company's representative in this area, _ Bill Amos, said Wednesday he will be contract- ing next week, CrderSpring . Now! Seeds Registered 'and! Commercial' Seed Oats and Barley 9 - Full Stock of Clover and Grass *Seeds' Contracts 'Available Kindred and . Montcalm Malting Barley Contracts A Limited -Number of Feed Oat Contracts Fertilizer Available -With Contracts Check Our Fertilizer Prices • E: Mickle Son Phone Office 103,. Feed Mill' 20S ; "HENSALL Notiuuuii$woWnUfMoOlultlumli fi. ermyn TRACTORS '• IMPLEMENTS NEW IDE A FARM MACHINIiRY NEW HOLLAND ` GRASSLAND MACHINRR'Y ,.r 4' • 0/11.'IAM Melt