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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-08-15, Page 9Second first wife in a fire seven years ago, went upin flames Scott, Kirkton, who ]het his SUFFERS SECOND FIRE LOSS—The barn of Cl' g Monday night when he tinct his father, Albert Scott, ere threshing, ,The barn is on concession nine, Usborne township. Blaze is believed tohave gone up the thresher blower into the snow, Fruit Growers Plan Gathering Huron County fruit growers will hold their annual twilight meet- ing at Fred Bell's orchards, LRI 2 Goderich, on Thursday, August 22, Russ Chard, Forest, fruit and vegetadm n charge of the program, Fraser Sterling is president 04 the gro- wer's group, ,u„4oulna„f to,n4n,nag,au n,nun,n hu ,, Im. ble fie] an will be i Judge, Crops J ' t At Kirkton Howard Bearss and Clayton Colquhoun won the field crop competitions in barley and oats sponsored by the Kirkton Agri- cultural ctura S ocie ty. ' Mr. Bears received first place. In the Brant barley contest with ,A NeWton Clarke and Robert Rat- cliffe placing second and third. .3. There were 16 in the competi- tion. a Other contestants placed in the following order: Clarence Swit- 4 zer, Norman Brock, Alex F. Cra- go, Milne Pullen, Hugh Berry, Fred Jameson, Earl Foster, Jack Urquhart, Ward Hern. Fred Swit- zer, Jack McPhail, Mac Spence. Mr. Colquhoun won • the Rod- ney and Garry oats contest, in which 15 Kirkton district farmers competed. Milne Pullen came second and Milton Hooper third. Others placedin this order: Wellington Brock, Alex F Cra- go, Newton Clarke, Hugh Berry, Wilbert Kirkby, Norman Brock, Eldon • Robinson, Alvin Crago, Clarence Switzer, Jack McPhail, Rae Stephen, Jack Urquhart. Mr, S. Roy Laughlin, Guelph, was the judge. • Alex F. Crago is secretary of the Society.. Feel d man's C ;.omme is n On Beef By CARL HEMINGWAY My comment today is a littl short so perhaps 1 can take line or two to say something have wanted to say for some time, T would like to express my appreciation to the weekly pa- pers who are so kind as to pub- lish, these comments so regu- larly. I feel they are doing all they, can in' the interests of the Federation and the community. If you like what they are doing After all this let • them know e service is free. Thank you. I sold a feen cattle last week. They were sold ' at Stratford Community sale and as far as 1 know they brought a fair mar- ket price. I still feel that 1 don't know enough .about, the business to iform 'a reliable opinion .as to their value. They were sold in small -lots and I find it hard to see reason for the variation in price on the different groups. I have been trying td put my- self in place of the packer -buyer. If I were the buyer I would look at the steer in the sale ring and try to estimate what grade the carcass would be. Let us say Rede Brand is worth 38 dents and lower grades •accordingly." If the doubtful Red, I will bid Blue price to be safe, Then as, I know his live weight I will have to guess his dressing per- centage. Red, possibly, is 56% so I cult that to 55%. questionable Red so I' cut back to Blue 53% to be on the safe side. I will expect to make some mistakes but by bidding a bit low my per- centage will definitely be in ;fa- -Please Turn to: Page 10 Huron Nominee Vies For Award By A. S. BOLTON Each year the Canadian Na- tional Exhibition Association pro- vides 10 Scholarships of $600.00, one for each of the 10 Provinces. Each county is allowed to nomi- nate one boy or girl who is in- terested in taking the degree course in home economics, agri- ulture or veterinary science. Huron County's nominee for 1957 was Alan W. Scott, R.R. 1 Belgrave. Alan has been a mem- ber of the Blyth Belgrave 4-H Beef Calf Club continually since 1951. In 1955 he was also a mem- ber. of .the Wingham 4 -ii Forestry Club and that year represented the Blyth Belgrave Beef Calf Club an the 4-H Inter -Club Cm - 1 t Com- petitions at Guelph, In this com- petition Alan and Gordon Smith stood third as' a team represent- ing the Club. 1 To qualify,,the candidate must have completed Grade 13 and have at least two year's expe- rience in 4-H Club Work. Alan is a member of the Belgrave United Church and an ,Execu- tive member of the Young Peo- ples of that Church. He is a member of the Stone's School Softball Team, of the WOAA In termediate men's Softball League and while at high school took an active part in, the Wingham High School Drama Club. On Thursday „August 1 Alan and the 11 other nominees from all parts of Ontariowere inter- viewed at the 'Ontario Agricul- tural College in Guelph. Follow- ing the interviews and after Much consideration, the Cana- dian National. Exhibition Scholar- ship for 1957 was awarded to Mr. Bill Patterson of Foresters Falls in . Renfrew County. More farmers switch to Surge Milkers for safer, . faster milk- ing. (adv't) • Take a secondlook look get the true picture '.There's nothing new about a ',schoolboy dashing out at the last ininute: • l3ut• that .. . big yellow bus is something: new . . • something important 'to you even though you'll never use it, For this is ,a district high school bus picking up its morning load of farm children. ' Tot so long ago, the "little red school. house" was the end of educationfor the majority of these children. Now they "ride the yellow bus to high school—and may go Oh to an agricultural college afterwards„ . Parents are encouraging their children to get more education' so that when they have taken over the farm they'll have a thorough knowledge of agricultural sciences and business management, both so neces- sary to the production of good and plentiful: crops, on a profitable basis. • The prosperity -we all enjoy , would be impossible if today's farmers weren't doing such a fine job, gut those bright, eager children on the yellow bias, tomorrow's farmers, will make an even greater contri- btition to this country's progress. They'll be able to do this because they will be ' trained in newer and better farm practices, including the use of farm machinery which will be "revolutionary" even by today's high standards'.' MASSEYkli 1 R•iSTRGiJ Sc:st LIMITED I!t tO'NTO•. Q'illli'",g.11A EXETER, •ONTARIO, AUGUST '15', 1957 wo Dublin Junior Farmers ighest County Awar a s Win FarmFiew of SOUTH NI/RON and NORM M/DDLES'EX •--rrr r Raps Two -Rate System li. Hog Transportation A discriminatory two -rate sys- try. Yet, such a practice is be. tem for the transportationof ing carried on in the transporta- hogs has now .emerged in Onta-I tion of hogs," Mr. McInnis said, rio as a result of packer under-: "Practices of. this nature per - the -table payments to transpor- mit the transporter to favour some companies and di crimi- ters, Charles McInnis, president nip s s of the Ontario Hog Producers' nate against other companies Association charged recently. which in effect places the trans - "Our marketing agency now ; porter in an unusual and unethi- finds that transporters deliver- cal position to affect a company's ing to one of Ontario's larger c- business." ties charges a rate of $L00 if the l "What makes this two -rate hogs are delivered directlM,•to the systemparticularly undesirable packing plant in that city, If, i is that it not only discriminates however, the hogs arsto be de-; against our organization in favour livered to the assemly pont of . of direct -delivery packers; but, the Ontario Hog Producers" Co-! it also encourages direct .deli - operative in that same city, the very, and this works against the rate is $L40 per hog," Mr, Mc- movement of hogs onto the open Ilanis said. 1 market where they can be ex - `This practice of charging two posed competitive bidding," Mr. rates is illegal in some segments !McInnis said. ' of Ontario transportation indus71 "With the evidence which we ,,,,,uuumuuuun„ Him u,immlimuuYnnm_,,,nnunumuuunnn,unnmum nu,u,u,inu,uuuun, Down To Earth By D. 1. HOOPER Scent?. Haye you been travelling along the highroads and byroads late- ly, maybe on Sunday afternoons, or the late evenings after work was done? If you have, probably you have come in contact with some of the . lovely evening smells or perfumes or scents that are floating around nowa- days. There is the smell of clover and new mown.hay in the coun- try now that second cutting has begun and it is a perfume that anyone would appreciate drift- ing past the nostrils. Passing the fruit orchards there is the heady smell of peaches ripening on the trees, and apples coming to their tangy ripeness. After having appreciated all these delicate 'fragrances it is a blow to arrive in Exeter and waft the scent being borne upon the breeze across the whole of the town. Anyone 'not used to the enterprises of the place would think the river had gone bad but natives of this residen- tial, area must be by now get- ting used to the smell; However, don't think Exeter has all the unpleasant odours at the moment. You can now go• down many a country road and smell a smell that isn't hay or sweet clo(er or anything else as pleasant. The scent I ani re- ferring to is from the fields of turnips that have been hit by the blight, and which as the sum- mer goes on will probably have delicate ladies placing their per- fumed hankies before their noses while driving past these farms. They should pity the poor housewife who thought the field would be awfully conven- ient if planted close to the house—and now has to put up with all this odour, All .this adds up to is ' that spraying or dusting of 'turnips is most important in dry weather. The old axion. "an ounce of prevention is Worth' a pound of cure" still holdt good, 'end for- tunately there is still time to spray -or dust turnip crops to prevent water core. Because of prolonged dry weather in many areas during recent weeks, the need to do this timely job is more imnortant than ever before, according to the Field . Crops. Branch of the Ontario Department of Agricul- ture. It is during these dry spells that turnip plants 'fail to obtain their' proper .supplies of plant food nutrients in the usual niari- ner. Spraying or dusting turnips to prevent water core is a co-oper- ative job, for every water core turnip which is produced can be a black mark against the whole industry. Actually, the most ef- ficient time ,tq. spray or • dust turnips for water• dere is when turnips are about one inch in diameter. While soil applications of bor- on sometimes do the job, it is not generally recommended by authorities even though water core may be confined to cer- tain parts of the field. In order to make sure of control, it is best to spray or dust the whole field. Commercial borax sprays or dusts for turnips are available from dealers in these materials. Full particulars as to materials, quantities to use, etc., may be obtained from , "Turnip Protec- tion Gtiide for 1957", copies of which are available without charge from offices of Agricul- tural Representatives in each county and district, or from the Field Crops Branch,' Ontario Department of Agriculture, Par- liament Buildings, Toronto, On- tario. DID YOU KNOW? A poor meal keeps a beef steer chewing its cud longer hours than a good one. That's a finding which Uni- versity of California scientists came up with. 'For a steer on alfalfapasture, here's a typical "work -day": 6 hours, 12 • minutes grazing; 1 hour and 12 minutes eating hay to prevent bloat; 4 hours rumin- ating; 12 minutes drinking—and 12 hours taking it easy. Between the first and fifth day in a pasture, cut chewing times almost doubles (at the expense of loafing. Their conclusions: As the fare gets poorer,.it looks like a steer has a tougher time getting the meal down, HENSALL SALE PRICES Prices at Henfal Community Sale August 8 were as follows: Weanling pigs ..., $11.75 to $14.35 Chunks 15.50 to 20.00 Feeders 25.00 to 32.00 Sows 7,7,00 to 111.00 Holstein cows , , 139.00 to 147.00 Dorhatn cows , 140.00 to 160.00 Holstein calves . 10.00 to 14.50 Durham calves 18.00 to 33.00 There' Were 245 pigs and 60 head of cattle and calices sold, jinn,fnfuIfffiflfffffu,fffuffl,IIllbfppn0,pnpup,nn nl,fi,infiulfii,I,biH,ffnunil,ifluppnnul,li1fti01,u, Obtain The .e Highest Prices i For Your Poultry Sell To 'the Riverside Poultry Company, "Limited LONDON' London ,i tad Phone Collin (•]meal] 6RO4 4 31iVfflYWifiYtYfifiYlYluffY.Yflilf'IYfIiYiTYYInYYiYY'OiYffiY�YtliifiYifirli5ffiiYl7lifffYYYilifiiYiiYlnfiiiiYiYYYI'nY'itiliYYYPYYffYYilii+R 6 now have in. hand," Mr. McInnis concluded, "Wye intend to draw the matter to the attention of our annual meeting of September 10th. It is probable that the meet- ing might advise that the govern- ment be asked to investigate this two -rate practice of hog trans- porters," ,By A. 5. 4ALTON 'represented the Club in the Infer. Again this year two Junior Club :Competitions at Guelph, Farmers from Huron County Larry has been ,a, member .dl have been awarded the United Il?e Seaforth Junior Farriers for ]Nations Junior Farmer bus tour, .e}gilt years and has been a di - which is the top .annual award rector .or officer in the. Huron for local Junior Farmer and Ju- County Junior Fanners Associa- nior Instikute members. ; bon for the past four years. Hi These young people are selec- has held the offices of Secretary- ted on .a basis of their partici-I. Treasurer, Vice-k'resident of the pation in 4 -.II and Junior Far- Seaforth Junior armers and mer Activities and their stand- l'ast yearn was s7euretar ior � Farmers f t ing in the Huron County Judging ,and .this year is the assistant Competitions, are which1 ilei r vi ci 1 dire or ahas taken o xi director. c akn each year. The expenses for Juniorthe part in Judging Competitions at trip are paid through the 1,95L Winter e C.N.E, and represented Hu. Extension Fund granted by the ' Ion thCounty as a member of." the Huron County Coencil each year to promote 4-H and Junior Far- ! Royal ' Judging Team inFair Livestock mer Activities within the coup- i He is a Junior Director ,of the ty. Seaforth Agricultural SA.ciety, Phis years winners are Caths- Past President of the 'McKillop rine .Campbell and Larry Wheat- young People's Association, a, ley of R.R. 1 Dublin. member of the Duffs McKillop' Catherine Campbell has been; United Church and, an.active an .outstanding 4-11 Ijomemaking: member of the Church Choir. Club member in • uron ..Cunt eis 22 sis u ems H County H yam o£ age.and x since 1949. Sice then she has farming with his father on the completed 15 4-11 Homemaking seventh concession of .McKillop Club projects, receiving her coun-, Township. ty honours for six projects in' The tour leaves Galt on Sun- 1952 and provincial honours for day, September 22, and will b:. ARA Conference 12 projects, in 1954. In 1954 she back the next Saturday, Septem. was awarded the Eastern Onto- ber 28. To Discuss BIOCIC rib Bus Trip, which is awarded or each year to the runner-up .for; Conference on the silting pros- this top award, lem at Port Franks which has In 1950 she joined the Seaforth Attend ' Junior Institute and is still one' of its most active members. In erupted int() court action, will be held by the Ausabin Authority on Wednesday, August 21. The Authority, its lawyers and engineer, will meet informally 1955 she acted as president and Lobo .Service this year as .secretary of the' Seaforth Junior Institute. As Well I Over 200' junior farmers, their • with cottage owners and their 1 she is active in Huron County families and friends, attended the counsel in an attempt to decide !Junior Institute Work and is cur-' first evening outdoor religious re 1 the Past President of file n a t f Y upon .themost ace table solute n. . p p o Cottage owners on the old river i Huron County Institute. 4, I service of the Middlesex Junior have . entered suit against the I In 1956 she was one of Huron Farmers' Association, in Lobe Authority, contending that Ithei County's delegates to the Provin- ! Memorial Park, at Poplar Hill outlet it dredged in 1950 has cial Junior Farmers' Camp at: Sunday evening S. .e caused the silting which has 1 Lake Couchiching. Catherine was i t Value of blocked access' by boat to their ` a member of the Seaforth 4-H 1 Speaking on �� 1 Beef Calf Club for eight years Time" David Barrie of Galt,, pre• and in 955 receivedsident of the Ontario Junior Far. cottages. At a full meeting earlier this year, the Authority empowered the executive to act on the prob- lem. Huron County Crop Report By D. H. MILES Harvest is progressing very ra- pidly with almost all the wheat threshed or combined. A greater portion of the wheat is going in- to- storage.. Half of spring grain is threshed with excellent crop. Second cut hay is being har- vested. Pastures are beginning to show lack of moisture. Sugar beets and beans are making excellent progress. ward in the club. She is an active member of the McKillop 'Young Peoples and a member) of" Duff's United Church, McKillop` Is 20 years of age. (. Larry Wheat] y '.ria accumula- ted the highest score Huron County seed an :lives ock judg- ing competitions for \ the past two years, He has a4o 1peen very active in the Seefortf,• Junior Farrier and other eon munity activities. Runner-up ;Ite grain and. livestock judging •zv'af Bert Pep- per, No. 3 Seafo?''r.` In 1953 E rry-`was' ;a "member of the Seaforth 4-H Calf Club and that year represented the Club in the 4-H Inter Club- Com- petitions at Guelph. In 1954 and 55 he was''. a member of McKil- lop Grain Club and in 1954 he was high man' in the Club and mers' Associaton, was the guest speaker. Miss Viola Branton of Lam- beth, president of the. Middlesex Junior Farmers' Association was in charge of the service, First vice-president Donald Hughes of Ailsa Craig led n prayer and',sec- ond vice, Miss Shirley TIartwicic of Edgewood, read the scripture. Miss Doreen Garrett of Edge - wood, association secretary, read the offertory prayer. The eollec- ;tion will be donated to Woodeden Camp for Crippled Children. In the most recent year of re- cord, of the 3,410,160 'Canadians who paid personal income taX, only two per cent were in ' the $10,000 a .year, and over income bracket. Bulk Feed Handling Cuts Labor & Feed Costs i~. r Farmers and commercial feed operators are making a fast switch to bulk feeds to cut costs. LOCAL TRADEMARKS, Savings in bags alone will run from $4 to $5 a ' IF IT WEREN'T ton, If you feed 10 tons or more of feed per FOR.11-IE SUMMER.. NEAT year, this set-up will pay. WE WOULDN'T APPRECIATE THE SHADE THE MORE YOU FEED THE GREATER THE SAVING New Bulk-Unloader Installed On Truck Our new bulk delivery truck will unload grain, pellets or mashes right into your bin. Tell us where the feed goes and we unload it. It's so easy —no labor at all and remember the dollars saved. 4" Pipe A11 That You bleed' All you need is a 44inch pipe installed to your bin. Figure up how much feed or grain you use in a year and then how much you can save by using bulk deliverynhen figure out how much time and labor it will save and how many sore backs you will not have. fret us help you to have a bulk handling system. 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