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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-07-18, Page 9c...ond Section EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY it, 1951 Area Management Associa Tours District Farm Operations IIIRMIENIPIPeleamer 'Blast' Blast Widespread A condition called "Slast" which stops development of lower florets on oats—is quite widespread throughout the prov- ince this year, according to -Dr. D, N, Huntley, stead of the field husbandry department of OAC. "It is more prevalent this Year than at any time in my experi- ence," he wrote Douglas Miles, Huron County Agricultural Rep- resentative, who submitted sev- eral samples from Huron county farrns last week, Dr. Huntley believes the condi- tion is caused chiefly by weather. "It might have something to do with a very warm spell followed by a cold wet spell," he said. "Apparently there is a very critical time in the development of oats when a short period Of bad weather would cause .a ser tain number of the florets to stop developing." "I feel quite confident," he con - Untied. "that it is due to environ- mental conditions at the time the flowers are differentiating within the plant and during the follow- ing week to ten days. It is gener- ally the lower- florets that show this condition." Some samples. however, have had blast in all parts of the head. "It is impossible to compare samples from different farms *- cause conditions could never be identical." Mr. Miles said he had received samples :from south as well as the north end of the county. WHERE TO :PICNIC SECOND IN A SERIES Fossils, Falls Gorge Attractions The Ausable Gorge Park, near Arkona, is the most picturesque picnic spot in the watershed. The beauty of the waterfalls And the interest excited by its fossil beds ..attract many thou- sands of people every year. Picnic facilities have been de- veloped co-operatively by the Ar - Surprise Party Welcomes Pair A surprise party for Mr. and Airs. JohnMoser was held at their home on Friday to wel- come them to the Corbett com- munity. Mrs. Moser 'was the for- mer Mary McCarthy andthey have recently taken up residence on the Moser farm. Nile Greenlee and. Nancy Ryan presented them with a table lamp and brass tray following an address read by Mrs, Lyle Steeper. The evening was spent in play- ing progressive euchre for which Mrs. Calvin Greenlee and Mr. Jim O'Rourke received first pri- zes. Mrs. Gordon Young and Ur. .lack Hodgins arranged , the af- fair, • ry_ kona Lions Club and the Ausable Authority. The park now has 30 tables, swings and teeters, and rest 'room facilities. This area is not new as a rec- reation ground. It has been a fas- cinating playground and site for natural history hikes. for many years. Until recent years, how- ever, it has been in private hands and the Authority has purchased much of the property to ensure public access to the area. In its report in 1949, the De- partment of Planning and De- velopment recarninendod that an area of 370 acres be acquired by the Authority and administered for the public. Two areas were suggested for more intensive de- velopment; the falls at the west end and the old dam and grist mill area one mile further east. Considerable work has been clone close to the falls but there has not been any development at the other end to date. Swimming pools, playground end picnic sites were recommended in this area. The rocks of the Hamilton for- mation, which underlay the southern portion of the Ausable watershed, are exposed in the gorge. These consist largely of soft blue and gray shale with soma grey limestone, r Geologists from all over North America visit the area to inspect the rock structure and collect Rock Glen's famous fossils. The historic sites advisory board of the Authority, which met for the first time recently, authorized the erection of a bul- letin board describing the his- tory and unusual features of Rock . Glen. The board plans to erect eventually similar boards at all points of interest- through- out the watershed. Beef Calf Club Judges Steers By. DON HENDRICK On July 11, the Exeter Beef Calf Club met at • the farm of Peter Crocker.' The members judged and gave reasons on a class of Angus eows and a class of market steers, Arthur Bolton and John ..Pym gave the., official placings and reasons. The business consisted of bring- ing tickets for the train tour to Detroit. Arthur Bolton issued ap- plication for prize awards to members with purebred heifers, Mrs. Crocker served lunch. arm e tit" s of swam /URQN and N©RT'ff Huron 4.041 Judging Team Wins Si.cond 1, M Huron County's 4-H beef judg- , Mg team woncosec s place in a D ry ..Queen recent competition sponsored by r the Michigan Shorthorn and Juniors Win FA Awards Junior farmers from Ilderton, Arva, Mount Brydges, Lambeth, Glencoe, Ailsa Craig, Edgewood and Lucan attended an open ineeting of the Junior Farmers' Association held in the Mount Brydges Community Hall last week. More than 30 members, repre- senting nine' county clubs par- ticipated in the presentation of awards, donated by the Middlesex Federation of Agriculture. W. NY. Garrett, president of the federa- tion, presented the prize money and a trophy donated by the 11- derton - Middlesex Co -Operative was given to the Arva club for its part in the field day. Fred Reynolds, co-ordinator for the London -Middlesex Civil De- fence Unit, gave, an illustrated talk n civil defence Vets' 'o- Dedicate Memorial Chapel The memorial chapel incorpo- rated in Huron County's new cotirthouse, which contains the names of Huron residents who "served in past wars, will be dedicated during a special serv- ice at Goderich Sunday after- noon.. Rev, Col. Kenneth. E. Taylor, padre of Goderich Branch of the Canadian Legion, will conduct a drumhead service at 2 p.m. in front of the courthouse. Preceding the service there will be a 'parade of Huron Coun- ty veterans from the arena to the square led by RCAF Clinton Trumpet Band and the Goderich Pipe Band. NURSING sow RATION_ PRODUCES EX.TRA ?OLIO TO NOURISH • elf t/ttER$ ! Correct feeding and management practices have a lot' to do with the arrival of consistently' large litters. Then its mighty important to you to wean big, strong, healthy litters -w• and wean every pig farrowed At the SHUR GAIN Demonstration Farm, this spring, Uncder' actual faros conditions, ori average of 10 Ypigs per litter were weaned. .What a clif- feretice between 5 or ii per later, and tent • The difference is often, the difference between, proper and inadequate feeding of the ;nursing sow. The difference to you ill extra pigs weaned is the difference between no prdfit and highly satisfactory profits sow should have the best of care and the best of feed while Thenursing growing her litter. The best of feed, the best of insurance, for a high average of weanlings is SHCtIt�GA N i.6% NIJ'RSING SOW RATIO] . minutes with us and let us outline the new SIM -GAIN t -SP a few of the SI4.UR•GAIN Hog �•ST>JI' ITOG �'RtDING p'Itt�GIi.AM._ We've a copy" Feeding and Management handbook for you too, GRAIN -FEED -SEED EXFTFR.''u�- 73,••WNAIFN CORNERS x'k'. KIPJ<TON 35R15 Polled. Shorthorn Breaders' As- sociation. The Huron youths Keith Coates, R.R. 1 Centralia; Ray Judging and erowning of Huron Cann, R.R. 3 Exeter, and Bruce County's first dairy princess will Coleman, R.R. 4 Seaforth—scored feature the annual twilight meet - a total of 549 .points, five less ing of.Huron County Soil' and than the winning team from. Crop Improvement Association on Gratiot County, Michigan. The T Huron boys received $9.00 in prizes. Miles, was to give members the opportunity to see at first hand profitmaking . farm programs from which members might gain ideas to improve their ;own operations. Mr. Miles said he was happy to see quite,a number of wives on the tour. "We are delighted to see the women. taking an in- terest in the business end of tits farm," he said. Farms visited in South:Huron included those of Edwin Miller, R.R. 3, Exeter- Harry Dougal, R.R, 1, Hensall; Ross Forrest, R.R. 3, Kippen; John Dietz, R.B. 3, Kippen and Bill Coleman, Kippen The North Huron association will take a similar trip Friday Tuesday, July At drop Meet Members Af the South flo,rmt n nManagement istaaoeadthe vvekndu- tonal tour of successful. • faros in, the area Wednesday to 'se.0 what makes them. tic14" ' • The men and women nspeet,- ed we district operations A'ur* .ing the .ntornun.g orfs afternoon. bus trap. 'Purpose of the tow. accordinit to Huron Ag Rep .Douglas H. and they •will visit the farms of The princess will represent the Miller and Dougall, too. eat Queen contest at the CNE. John nomics Cidpartmof ent, e farO.AC., Guelph; accompanied the South The third place team represent- ed Ganessee County, Michigan. Keith Coates was the second high man in the contest with a score of 186 out of a possible 200. Coach of the Huron team, Bert Pepper, R.R. 3 Seaforth, tied for top place with John Demalade, Watford, in the open competition with a. score of 146 points out of a possible 150.In the tie-breaker contest Bert placed second and won a trophy. Others accompanying the Hu- ron team were William R. Pep- per, R.R. 3 Seaforth and Jack PeckKippen. The soil and crop a, eas;,;ation will meet at the county home, Clinton, and the crowning will take place following separate pro- grams for members, for the asso- ciation and their wives. The men will see results of rod row test plots in barley, oats and ,r county farm operation �� 1r Huron tour. The party enjoyed a picnic lunch at Hensell. Ross Marshall, Kirkton, is president of the South Huron group. corn; test comments on the Lj e - Hogs erato and listen rj to experts discuss the pasture program.and hear a talk on floral arrange- TReach { a,r'd5 The ladies will tour the home Canadian hogs have marketed went, a o For the joint program, CKNX- in recent weeks at an average Upcoming events discussed in -The competition was held aC TV Farm Editor Bob Carbert will dressed carcass weight of 158 eluded the annual church service park Franklin farm_ suss north show films on his recent trip to pounds, or 3 pounds heavier than August 11, at Lobo Memorial -•• the average weight for the cox - eluded k the annual wiener roast of Flint, M#ch#gan. responding period in 1956.'' Park, le a n In a survey of all. hogs graded a ate Fairrs and the Michigan during the last week in March, State and the Michigan Prices 1957, made by Livestock Pro- State county-widetf 11 ducts Graders, of the Canada De - water ting,byroram of well-er partment of Agriculture, Cana - members testing, junioru farmer dian hogs produce their highest members was also discussed. 18 0o percentage of A grade, carcasses Family Node Approx n y #n. the five pound weight range On Sunday,dJuly 7, 40 of the 45 , the first cut hay p of 140-x44 pounds, This' . weight. descendants of Ma. and Mrs. range group graded 54.9 percent Frank Hardy held a family picnic• late in se sa b } A's As carcass weights during on the home lawn. Games, maces good quasi y the last 'geek Mar h* and prizes were enjoyed by ail August 14 at the Arva Park and HENSALL SALE PRICES at Hensall Community Sale July 11 were as follows. Weanling pigs ,.., $12.25 to $15.50 Chunks 16.00 to , Feeders. 21.50 to 29.25 87.00 to 114.00 cows ; ,. 150.00 to 165.00 eows ,... 140.00 to 165.00 calves .,11.50 to 16.00 calves , 22:00 to 28.00 were 490 pigs and 80 cattle and calves sold. Huron County Crop Report ByA.S. BOLTON Approximately two-thirds of cru has now been harvested. Although it is theseason for haying, it haycan stille made, particularly if the crop does not contain orchard grass or other early maturing grasses and legumes. During the past week we have had several reports of various insects causing damage to hay and cereal grain crops in the County. These insects appear to be active only in certain areas. To date no serious outbreaks of armyworm have been reported. As mentioned in last week's re- port, a considerable number of the worms have been located, but an abundant supply of green plants has provided sufficient feed for the"insects and they have not damaged the grain crop to any extent. Sows III ,,,,,U,,1111111,1,111,,,14,,„,III,tll,qu,l,1,IIIIII,IIIIII OIIt1I,lnu1p1111,,,,1111111,Ilplllll,„,,,,,,,,unll,l,lt,l/ll,,,,,,, Down Tot Earth By D. 1. HOOPER Ei Do Or Dodge? Do you make plans on your farm for the running of it success- fully? By this .1 mean do you have a set program of crop plan- ning, . cattle feeding, pig raising, fence improvement,' etc. for your- self, and maybe garden improve- ment for. the wife with a little outside home attention and may- be a little interior face-lifting, or do you go by a- tentative plan. from day to day that is as elastic 'as the weather seems to be some times? . The best laid.plans are not much use unless they are flexible but there is a •lireit in either direction even. when one has to give and take with the weather. Plans are made to be broken to a certain extent --• just like New Year resolutions but, again like them, if the sensible ones are kept, something has been gained during the year. It does no one harm to plan for the future — whether it be our city brothers or farm neighbours — and I don't mean putting away know the place. for a rainy day in the dim dis- Just a minute ago I was talk - twice. The future begins with the ing about grass which when taken present, today, tomorrow and care or around a house is called next week. a lawn and how it can be kept Most farmers seend time think- • pretty nice with just an old lawn- ing about their crops—how many ' mower that gets well-oiled. But Wes to slut in of this and that, nowadays to many that isn't how much pasture,and what fere- enough, there has to be a new ilizer to use etc. That's fine but power mower -- the bigger. the I sometimes Wonder if they al better. Why? You, have to eut ways stop and think out exactly,1 the grass as often if it is grow to remember that the little fenced off area of grass with that house in the centre is part of the over- all farm. It usually gets passed oven regularly. Oh, the grass gets cut, especially if there is a family, the trees grow because Nature helps them and patches of flow- ers grow because Mother carries water for them diligently, but who remembers to plan for this piece of land. The family should re- member that this part of the farm detracts' the eye first from all the well kept, crops. holstein Durham Holstein Durham There head of Many of you have heard. or said, "You can see the man is the boss hi that household -- the barn is painted and the house isn't" or vice -versa. I don't know about the truth of that statement but how much that barn painting would have been improved if the house had been touched up a little too at the Same time with very little more expense. Add to that a little bed of flowers here and there and you wouldn't Target For Tonight! Mark Twain once told a story of his early lecturing days. Ar- riving in. . a town where he was to speak ie the early afternoon and seeing that the evening lec- ture was poorly billed, he stop- ped in at the general store and, addressing the proprietor, skid: "Good afternoon, friend, any en- tertainment here tonight to help a stranger while away his eve- ning?” The storekeeper straight- ened tip, wiped his hands on his apron and said: "I expect may- be that there's going to be a lec- ture cause I sure been sellin' lots of eggs today." in advance, about harvesting A. Seems to me lots of them get machine fever near Harvest time and there is` always somebody blossoming out with a new piece of expensive eottipment that only does a single job and then away it goes to the driving shed until next year. Look at all the new combines that are around. `Each loan says he had to have one for his crop because he couldn't get any- ing weather. Maybe they nus like the feel of a machine that can run away froin. thene rather that. one they have complete con- trol over — the machine age has completely got them. There are families that own power inowers before the farmers have even thought of easing the lot of the wife in the house,, where she still toils without runnin water or a bathroom. The eattlegand chick- ens have it though, body in when he wanted him. But Sure 1 know they are `paying how many tinies sloes he leave his for the farm (the cattle and trop + at home and rush out to do chickens). So is the wife by a neighbour's, or a friends., or a giving up All the things that stranger's to collect so.much per makes housework a Pleasure in - acre for what? To pay for stead of a drudge. Sure running the machine of course. Aird when water and bathrooms cost moncv- the machine is paid for/ Well, , so does outside machinery. Sa now it's getting worn and any- farmers if you can clan or run' way there is a. bigger end better off at the deed -chid for one you doe on the market and maybe we can do just the same for an - should have that, other, if you plan for these little '�ou know, they talk about wo inolst you you find they'll e Mee 'et a bargain sale, but, boy, cost you little more than ht. just let men loose in a machine and patience if you ttlan right. agency and bang goes the profits Think about planning this year for 'a year tor two. The energy for the farm. AS a whole unit. spent by some Of these combiners Make it ate even deal -w so much would nd doubt un rove their for ;gout outside and so much for holdings earrsiderablY if coneeti- the wife, Imide Wb6o6t e it will do tratcd at home, the »teat, good both ways p.bd 'When planning on all this stew give satis(aetiott aitd a good loo equiphtent many, farmers forget to the Whole Ora, Try Surge for faster, safer milking with increased produc- tion. (adv t) • c 1957 in- creased, the percentage of A's decreased.. Each five pounds ad- ditional weight decreased the number of A grade carcasses by approximately 4 per cent. The weight range- of 155-159 pounds. which includes the average weight of carcass now being mar- keted, only produced 47.6 per cent A's and at 170-174 pottnds. those of Grade A quality were only 35.7 per cent. Carcasses below the 140-144 range also showed a decrease in the percentage of A type and fin- ish carcasses, The 135-139 pound group had 52.6 per cent of A grade quality and the group from 130-134, only 50.2 per cent. The evidence from this sue vey would seem to indicate that the present weight range for top grade carcasses should be low- ered five pounds. Make MORE Money From Your. Combine ATTEND . DICK JERMYN'S FREE * e COMBINE SERVICE SCHOOL Monday, July 22 Afternoon 3 p.m. Ruining 8:30 path. 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