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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-06-27, Page 9Second &Wiwi CANNERS HONOR MANAGER -H. K Penhale, manager of 'the Exeter plant'of Cana- dian Canners Limited, was one of five employees of the company honored recently for 25 years of service. He received a gold watch from G. G. Lister, executive vice- president of the company, left, at the annual meeting of shareholders in,Hamilton. ea ac Under Way Pea pack at the local plant'of Canadian Canners. Ltd, started Tuesday afternoon, Peas harvested in the Dash- wood district were processed from noon until 830 p.m. Manager H. X. Penhale said this year's crop appears to be a 'fair average or perhaps a little better" than usual. Both quality and quantity are good, he stated. This year's pack will be one of the largest the local branch has handled. Beans and corn being grown for the company log like they will be "decent crops,t' accord- ing to Mr. Pothole. Scoreboard Percentage of Ontario hogs delivered to the open market: • Wk. of Wk. of County May 27-31 Apr. 29 to May 3 Brant Dufferin Durham Elgin Essex Grey -Bruce Halton Hastings Huron Kent La rnbton Middlesex Northuntherland Ontario Oxford • • • Peel Perth Peterborough Sim coe Victoria Waterloo Welland Wellington York Prov. of Ontario 2.7 30.3 34,5 3.9 17.5 65.5 20,3 5.0 11.2 15,2 19.2 18.9 .2 34.6 3.5 24.4 143 12.9 11.7 87.3 4,4 14.1 12.6 33.4 21.7 5.6 25.7 -51.8 4.4 25,5 683 18.0' 3,0 12.2 20.4 16.5 20.3 .5 29.0 3.3 31.9 13.7 6.0 10.8 86.e 6.0 65.1 11.1 27.1 20.09 Cape Breton may be the oldest name in. North America's his- tory. • BasqUe fishermen are thought to have named the is- land after their own Cape Breton, • on the Bay of Biscay :near the border of France and Spain. 11. ,111. iiii llllll 11 ll uninim ll ll 111111114 lllll 1 lll 111 lllll 1 ll fieldmcin's Comments On Tour by CARL HEMINGWAY Last Wednesday, June 19 Hu- ron County had. visitors. The Farm Forum from Shetland, in Lambton County made up a bus lead for the tour. It was my good fortune to be asked to conduct these people. Their first contact with Huron was at Grand Bend where they heti dinner at the Brenner House. From there we followed the Lake shore road past many fine formS, with numerous large fields of white beans. This surprised the visitors ak soybeans are replac- ing White beans in their dis- trict. At doderich we were conducted' through the Court House and the visitors were enthusiastic in their praise of the building.- • Our next stop was the crop Improvement test plots for hay mixtures on the farm of .Wr. Clark near Carlow. After inspect- ing some of Mr. 'Clark's top qual- ity Herefords the group met Douglas .Miles, County Agr. Rep. at the test plots. These consisted of various combinations of Ver- nal Alfalfa. Canadian brome, Lion brome, Ladino and La Salle red clover and Climax timothy. Mr. Clark is going 'to have a heavy yield of hay from all the plots but undoubtedly some com- bination will prove superior. The results will be available later. The last stop was at Geo. E. Robinson's modern cattle feed- ing station, also near Carlow. There were 125 cattle in the lot and perhaps the most interest- ing feature was the filling of the feed manger from a self -unload- ing wagon in about 5 minutes. The thriftiness and healthy con- dition of all animals assured sa- tisfactorY gains. The „fact that, out of 600 cattle, fed out of this barn in the past three years, there has been only one fatality, • ' BINDER & BALER • Twine Discounts for quantity and cash. • . CO,'OP • ---.6. 'STOVE SIZE Coal .•,lirrived This Week : ORDER NO M 111 • SLING ' •Ropes $2.75 PEI OLD StO CK . Potatoes $2,90 nA0 •,...1,......,, PLASTIC . . Pipe . AND frrtiNos . • Four Sizes Top Value ! ....0....i....6.0.......• ' Fresh:Canadian Cement . Exeter DIstrict Phone 201 Collect . , a , _ _. . . . Beside CNK Meilen . . 6 JF Service Attracts 200 Nearly (l() attended Huron County Junior Farmers', annual church service which was held in James St. United Church Sun- day night. Officers of the organization took part in the service and the recently -organized Junior Farm- er , choir rendered ' special an- thems under the direction of Mrs. Marie Douglas, Brussels. Speaker was Rev, H. J. Snell, minister of James St. and newly - elected moderator of London Conference, He spoke on ,"And A New Earth." ReV, Snell told the juniors that "we can't have a new earth un- less we are prepared to work for it and to sacrifice for it in the name of God." He was introduced by Bill Dougall, Exeter, and apprecia- tion to those who took .part in the service was expressed . by Larry Wheatley, Seaforth. Junior Farmer president, Boyd Taylor, Seaforth, was in charge of the service. Junior Institute president, Shirley McMichael, gave the prayer and Jean Smith lecl in the responsive reading. Bill Dougall read the scripture. Carol Pepper, Seaforth played piano accompaniment to the or- ganist, Lawrence. Wein. Collection was donated to the Huron County Tuberculosis As- sociation. Inspect Spraying, Fertilizer Plant By DENNIS CANN The June meeting of the Exe- ter 4-11 Grain. Club, held Wed- nesday night, commenced at Vic- tor Hogarth's .with a 'demonstra- ted speech on spaying. • The club proeeeded to Read Brother's "fertilizer plant south of. Exeter. Members toured the building and questions were,ans- wered by Mr. H. Head add Mr. V. Pincombe, A short business meeting was held at the plant where Mr. H. Read provided lunch. • Huron County' Crop Report By D. H. MILES -Haying is the order. of the day and Most farmers are making it as fast as possible. Spring grain of both oats and barley are beginning to head out, Corn is also making fair Progress. Pastures are adequate with, a good flyw of milk. speaks very highly for the nian- agement of this enterprise. The tour continued through Clinton. past the county home, the air school and on to home sweet home for our visitors. More fanners syntch to Surge Milkers for safer, faster milk- ing. (adv't) l kinInit London 14230 EXETER, ONTARIO, JUNE 27, 195 oard Postpon�s Beef Scheme, On Hogs, Whedt. xpects .Vote. Watit Set Wheat Price Ontario farmers may get a chance to vote for bog and soft wheat marketing schemes this Year, Livestock Commissioner W. P. Watson indicated to The Times - Advocate Tuesday, - Mr. Watson confirmed the sUg- gestion made recently at a On- tario Hog Producers' Associa- 4on meeting that the government will ask for another mandate on the hog plan. "There could be vote on it this year," he said, Asked why the vote 'would be called, Mr. Watson stated: "There never has been a clear mandate from producers on this scheme. The last vote was held in 1945 and the •question of a selling agency was hardly mentioned. There have been a lot of pros and cons on the validity of the scheme which must be •cleared Mr, Watsbn said negotiations have already started on the soft wheat propossal. It was discussed by the Farm Products Marketing Board and directors of the On- tario Wheat Producers' Associa- tion last week. The, wheat Producers, who are represented in Huron by Russell Bolton, Seaforth, •propose a method for negotiating prices similar to that used by the On- tario Vegetable Growers' Market- ing Board. • 'Under this plan, producers would meet each year witli rep- resentatives ofelevators and grain companies' to establish a minimum price for soft wheat sold in Ontario. Producers would be free to sell wherever they Eked and at whatever price they liked providing it was at least:the mini:. mum. • . HENSALL SALE PRICES . 'Weanling pigs .... $12.60 to '46.10 Chunks 17.00 to 18,85 Feeders •22.50 to 28.00 Sows • 79.00 to 90.00 Holstein cows ,145.00 to 177.00 Durham cows 140.00 to 160.00 libIstein calves 13.50 to 18.00 Durham calves .... 22.50 to 45,00 Surprise Picnic - Honor's Couple • A surprise picnic was held on Sunday afternoon at Riverview Park in honor of Dr: E. S. and Mrs. Steiner. Mr. and Mrs. Steiner. and Mr. and Mrs. P. Dearing were in- vited to visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Coates. Instead they arrived at the park where some 30 friends and neigh- bors were awaiting their arrival. After a picnic luncheon Rev. H. 3'. Snell in an address spoke of 'the faithfulness of Dr. and Mrs. Steiner to the church, com- munity and friends 'in the 32 years they had resided in Exe- ter and asked them to accept an occasionaltichair and money on behalf of heir friends. i Dr. and Mrs, Steiner assured the gathering they would be back often to visit their friend. Arrangements for the affair were made by Mrs. P. C. Dear- ing, Mrs. Len Dilkes, Mrs. Le- ona Motz, Mrs. Victor Kestle, Mrs • Frank Taylor and Mrs. Whitney Coate. Entertain For Couple • Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Coxon, Zu- rich, entertained district veteri- narians and 'their wives Friday evening at a farelrell party at their home in Zurich for Dr. and ,Mrs. E. S. Steiner. During the evening the couple were presented with an oil paint- ing for their new home Wood Families Vie In Sports The annual Wood reunion was held at Srpingbank Park, Lon- don, on Sunday last, t • Members of the family were present' from Hamilton, Brant- ford, London, Ridgetown, Forest, Mitchell and Exeter, Winners of' children's sports events. were: mixed running race, Rodger Luxton, Susan Wi- ner, Philip Winer; girls' race, Audrey Priestap, Margaret Lux- ton; Harriet Hill; balloon race, Rodger Luxton. and Brian Winer. Winners of the adult sports events Were; Bill Ltixton, Elgin Luxton, Don Winer; Marion Winer, Mildred Luxton, Verla Topping, Florence Winer arid Mildred Archer, • ,Ii,iiUi,fl,Hi,iiUuIIIOuuIiHitiIHhilIlII Obtain The Highest Prices For Your'Poultryl Sell To The Riverside Poultry Company, LONDON Phone COMIC* •Heritell 08044 rm 1;I Ili . , 9007/ HURON and NORTH /14/DOLESEX „Frrr .Poor Crowds, Delay Plan Ontario Fenn Products Mar - 1 keting Board will not approve the promotional scheme of the beef producers on the basis of the 15 poorly attended meetings it has held in the province this month, Livestock Commissioner W. P. Watson told The Tintes+Advocate. Tuesday. Disappointed with the lack of attendance at the meetings, the commissioner said: "We will have to find some other means of get- ting the opinions of producers." Average attendance at the gov- ernment-sponsored meetings was 20 to 25 farmers, Mr. Watson said. "It wouldn't be right to tell an industry involving 50,000 to 60,000 farmers what it had to do on the say-so of several hundred of them," he said. Only' 16 attended the meeting in Exeter last week. They voted 5-1 to approve the scheme where- by 10 cents would be deducted from selling price on full grown cattle and five cents from calves under 2,100 pounds. Mr. Watson said the members of the products marketing board had discussed only briefly results of the meetings and they had not arrived at a decision as to what steps would be taken next. The livestock commissioner had to spend the next two weeks in the west and no further meetings are expected to be held until he comes back. Mr. Watson said the beef ques- tion is not "pressing" because the bottom has not fallen out of the cattle market. There are other marketing schemes which demand more immediate attention, be stated. The scheme for beef promotion was not as extensive either, as others being organized, he noted, because it did not involve the actual marketing Of cattle. Mr. Watson did not minimize its im- portance, however beef producers, he said, will have to encourage consumption of their productto hold their own in the competitive food market. To illustrate what is being done for other products, -Nr. Watson I cited a personal experience. "I went to a food market the 'other day and saw a big sign suggest-, ing 1 buy some shrimps. Thad no intention of buying shrimps when I went there but that sign changed my- mind. Beef produc- ers must advertise their product • -Please Turn to Page 10 too. District Beef Producers ndorse Promotion Idea By a majority of 15 to 1, Tiuron County Beef Producers voted Tuesday night in Exeter, to sup- port a move by the Ontario Beef Producers (OBP) to request the Ontario Farm Products Market- ing Board to issue an "order" under Section 9, the new sec- tion of the Ontario Vann' Pro- ducts Marketing (OFPM) Act. There were 16 farmers voting. W. P. Watson, livestock com- missioner for the province, was chairman of the meeting, and explained that if such an "order" were issued, it would mean that producers would be required to pay fees to the OBP; that these fees would be deductible from payments made by the purchas- ers of beef, and the OBP would use the moneys for the purposes of defraying the expenses of the OBP and carrying out •its oh- jects. It is expected that the fees so deducted would amount to ten cents per head for cattle, and five cents per head for calves. (Calves are termed cattle, when they weigh more than 400 pounds). Section nine was put into the OFPM Act on the suggestion of the OBP and the OBP have been the first; to request an order under it, Ted Bateman, a beef producer Down To Earth By, D. L HOOPER ‘, • End Of June Well, here we are with. June just about to bid us goodbye, and I With July and August staring us in the face -not that we dislike these months but at the end of June they look particularly fero- cious to the women of the family when they think of hordes (more or less) of children arriving glee- fully home from school with arm- fuls of books, that have to be stowed somewhere in a house probably-, already bulging with their scattered possessions. It is better not to think of all the things to be endured and en- joyed in the next two months but rather to make the most of the two or three quiet days left and gather yourself together for 'the onslaught to come. Things are never as bad as they seem and by saying it quickly nine weeks doesn't sound as long as two months. The years pass, and in no time at all the young things of today are the responsible men and women of tomorrow and we are left behind wondering where the time went. Good Hoe Crops • • This isn't what I started out to write about, but rather about June coming to amend andfigur- ing all M all it hadn't be..n too bad a month. In some sections of the countryside the rainfall was more than needed but locally it was just about right. With this adequate moitture, the "hoe crop" fields look like mhgnified gardens. Corn, beans, 'beets and turnips look to have a good start towards a bumper crop if nothing unforeseen happens. There ap- pears to be quite a large acreage planted and if the crop is good, prices could be lower if the har- vest weather. is favourahle. The farmers who have tried to make hay in the past two weeks have absorbed • some losses', Nothing drastic as in 1956; but some fields show a great deal of bleaching (loss of Vitamin A) and although the early cutting will not be too coarse the leaf loss will be high and will lower pro- tein levels. The high winds and ram i the past few weeks, in some areas, have helped to lower fall wheat yield averages. The better fields are heavily lodged and if Nitrogen was used to try;and increase the yield it has, proven to be very detrimental again this year. Our observations, regarding this prac- tice of boosting with Nitrogen, is that in theory you can make money but in practice it just doesn't work to advantage all the time. Ideal weather is a must. Women Start "Harvest" . Besides June being the m'onth for the men to start watching the weather, the women also db this because this is the month they start harvesting their own crops of fruit for winter storage,, pin money or just table eating to please the family. The weather hasn't been, too. good to some of the strawberries in the neighborhood. Blight seems to have hit some of.these precious patches which was definitely ag- gravated by the hot and humid weather about the middle of the month. However, the casual show- ers have in many cases given a little hope for a longer crop. I understand too,that many rasp- berries are going to be disap- pointing showing what seems to be a good crop only to be proven false when given close inspection. Well, let us hope that this year some of the fruits that didn't quite make the season last year will be coming in this autumn to replace those that are a little light. Yes, June has been a very good month and we are all looking ahead, with varying attitudes, to July, August and Sedtember. Har- vest weather - clear--dry-hot. Many others, the • resort operator, the vacationist, as well as the farmer are hoping for some ex- cellent summer weather this year. None of us wants another 1956 harvest. lllll l llll lllll • Fluery Bissel • Farm Equipment All Kinds of Parts and Repairs NEW 46 -PLATE DISC, NEW 30,PLATE: DISC AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES • Pedlar BarnAnd Stable Equipment histalied if Necessary Litter Carriers, Tay Carriers, Electric. Pans for stables, Pedlar Steel Roofing all at ATTRACTIVE PRICES • Qualified men to put your roof on, , • Seed Beans For Sale • $3,00 A BUSHEL I a Scott'S Elevator Ltd. phot. nem* 63, Ftet. 110 Wean 1 I 03: from Middlesex County, outlined the plan of the OBP to the meet- ing. The Beef Producers Associa- tion in Ontario had been formed in 1943. During the war, it was instrumental in getting blue brand beef grade put in between the red brand, •and. commercial grade, At the time of the foot and mouth disease, it helped raise the floor to 25 cents, from theo r s.su g ges ted 22 and 23 cent floors. Each year the Ontario'Depart- ment of Agriculture gives a grant of $2,000 and one year it was $3,000. Until now this has been sole source of income of the pBP. The plan is to have seven zones in the province, the local one 'to be Huran, Perth and Middlesex. Each zone *mad have a committee made up of one representative for each 5,000 cattle in each county. From the zone, one director would be elect- ed to the provincial board, making seven directors, which in turn would select four more to make the total board member- ship of 11. Each zone would also have a voting delegate for each 10 000 cattle marketed from the zone. Huron County is the largest marketer of cattle in the pro- vince, sending 55,329 cattle to market last year. Waterloo stands second with 55,235 market ed. In the zone comprising Hu. roil, Perth and Middlesex, there were 139,000 cattle and 19,788 calves marketed last year. In Ontario under the plan as proposed, it would be possible to raise over $80,000 far the OBP. There were 720,000 cattle and 280,000 calves marketed last y,ear. • The meeting had an informal • atmosphere due to the small size of the attendance. Questions in - LOCAL TiADEMARKI9 WE12ES TI4E COLLEGE 6PAD W140 WAG, UMWAPPY BECAUSE MERE WAS MEATON HIS SWEEPS14.1k1 See Us For Twine We'll be happy to ,r sell you a ton or a bale. .FOUR BRANDS to choose from. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED We offer the best CANADIAN & IM- PORTED twines. REAL MONEY SAVING DISCOUNTS " allowed for quantity orders. Why not buy with your • neighbor and earn these savings we allow. BRANTFORD CORBELS VOLTO NATIONAL (Canadian) (Belgium) (Holland) (Mexican) Control Flies with FLYBAIT - 51.15 PER 2 LB. 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