The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-08-29, Page 9ONTARIO DIRECTORS TOUR AREA -Directors of tbe Ontario. Soil and Crop Im-
provement *Association, holding their sum mer meeting for the first time in Huron
CoUnty, toured. agricultural points of interest in this area Tuesday.. Above, Andrew
Dixon, .SHD1IS teacher, explains Some of the experimental projects. which, are being
• Conductedby high School students under his direction. The group also visited a seed
cleaning zlant, grain elevator and several outstanding district farms. -T-A Photo
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LAUNCH PAVING PROGRAM Lavis. Contracting Co„ Clinton, applied permanent
surfacing to three town blocks tlfa, week to launch council's paving program. This is
the first hard -surfacing done by the town in over a decade. The hot asphalt was applied
at .200 -degree temperature and was packed by an eight -ton roller. The equipment was
purchased by the Clinton company this spring and is the first of its kind to be used by
a Huron County firm. -T-A Photo
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William Dougall Huron Re
On Annual JF Soils Tour
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By A. 5. BOLTON
William Dougall, R.R. 3, Exe-
ter, first vice-president of the
Huron Conity• Junior Farmers'
AssociatifWIT has been selected
to represent that, group on the
annual soils tour sponsored by
the Junior Farmers Association
and the Ontario Department of
Agriculture. •
Bill has been active for a num-
ber of years in the. South -Huron
Junior Farmers and for 4be past
two years has headed up the Hu -
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ron County junior armors Rifle Bruce and Dufferin C.ounties •and
Teams. He- is farming, with his return to Guelph on the after -
father and brothers •three miles noon of. August 29.
north of Exeter, specializing in This is a very -worthwhile tour
cash props and beef cattle. and that the stops indicated on
This Year's tour will start from the program will give those
the Ontario- Agricultural College taking part new thoughts con -
on August 26 and :journey through cerning soil conservatidn, land
sections of F'erth and* Bruce use, crop production, livestock
County on Monday •and Tuesday. production, machinery utiliza-
'On Wednesday and Thursday the tion and all other phases of farm
bus, will make its way through management.
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Down To
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By D. I. ,HOOPER
Dairy Production
Willie the. cream Separators
are rusting, on some farms they
must be whirring on others, ac-
cording to the latest monthly
dairy report issued by the On-
tario Department of Agriculture.
The production of both cream-
ery .butter and cheddar' cheese
in Ontario during May shows an
increase over the same month a
year ago. For this comparison,
cheddar cheese production was
up 27.2% from 5,763,100 pounds
to 7,329.,300 pounds and creamery
butter output was up 2.5% front
8,655,000 pounds to 8,867,100
pounds, It is estimated that
289,403,800 pounds of milk were
utilized for the combined pro-
duction of these two products
during May 1957 as against 266,-
937,500' pounds during May 1956,
representing a gain of 8,4%.
totieentrated milk plants re-
ported their output of condensed,
evaporated and powdered milk
Farmers
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•EXETER, ONTARIO, AUGUST 29, 1957
i.I And Crop Directors:
Impressed With Tour Of Huron
Directors of the Ontario Soil
WHERE TO PICNIC SIXTH IN A SERIES and Crop Improvement Associa,
tion left •CN' their homes across
Prepare. Clubs -
For Fall Fair
A 4-H demonstration1 to show:
flow to prepare exhibits•for'
Achievement Day, will be held
at South Hurondistrict High
School !Friday night
Club leaders from South Huron
will be in charge ,of the denim
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striations. The members will al-
so •write their final teSts• for
this year's 4-11 projects.
Conducting the demonstrations
will be; beef cattle, John Pym
and Tom Easton; dairy cattle,
Ross Marshall; sugar beets, Bill
Amos; -grain, Laverne Godkin;
corn, Carfrey Cann; poultry,
Dick Whitely, Seaforth.
Assistant Ag Rep Arthur Bol-
ton is in -charge of the program.
A similar meeting is being held
iJi Blyth Thursday for north Hu-
ron members.
products during May at 25,831,300
pounds a s against 22,613,600
pounds in May a year ago,, for
an increase of 14.2% The cumu-
lative output of tilde products
from January 1 to May 31
amounts to 8:467,900 pounds this
season as compared with 82,456,-
000 pounds last season, a de-
crease of 1.6'.
Comparing the output of pro-
cessed -milk products in Ontario
during May 1957 with May 1956,
evaporated whole milk showed a
rise. of 14.3%, Powdered skim
milk, spray' process, 18.2%, pow-
dered skim milk, roller process,
21.8%, miscellaneous whole milk
products 20.5% and Miscellan-
eous, milk by-products 50.7%.• On
the other hand, condensed skim'
milk showed a decline of 18%
condensed whale milk 13.2% an
powdered whole milk 4.1%.
Cold storage holdings of cream-
ery.butter throughout Canada at
June 1 totalled 43,227,000 pounds
as against 69,511,000 pounds at
June 1, 1956, a decrease of 37.85.
For this smile comparison, ,cold
storage h o 1 di n g s of cheddar
cheese in Canada showed a gaint
of 12.2% advancing from 27,577,-
000 pounds to 30,958,000 Pounds.
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Fieldman's
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Comments
On Beef Picnic
By CARL. HEMINGWAY
Ou August 16, I had the oppor-
tunity of attending the Middle-
sex Beef Producers barbecue at
Poplar Hill, This is a new event
in this part of the country which
I can heartily reccommend if
Yeti are hungry and enjoy beef.
The cuts used were rib roasts,
of about 25 pounds each. These
were cut from steers weighing
from 1200 to 1300 pounds. Be-
lieve me, the meat was deli-
cious.
While enjoying this fine food
I began wondering about costs.
Today 1 went over the Livestock
and Meat Trade Reports for
the past few weeks. I found that
beef was returning from. 71% to
77% of the equivalent in pork to
the producer.
Beef I have always understood,
is a 'more popular meat than
pork. Its nutritional value is'
high, it requires much less pro-
cessing than pork, so that the
producer should get a higher
percentage of the consumers'
meat dollar. Why then is beef
selling at a discount to pork?
I will try to give some of the
possible reasons and with your
help we may arrive at the right
answer.
Could it be that' it is due to jthe
ban on pork imports froni U.S.
while beef can and did come in
to the equivalent of 55,000 head
in 1956?. •
Could it be due to the lack 9f
a strong beef producers' organi-
zation? The support of the beef
pr,oducers was so feeble that it
is rumoured that the Livestock
Commissioner hesitates at put-
ting the request for a 10 -cent
levy into effect.
Finally could- it .be that the
Hog Producers Marketing Agency
is the reason for the very fa-
vourable position of the hog
Producers for the past eight or
ten months?
One thing I would like to im-
press upon you, while you are
considering the above possibili-
ties ,is the fact that there isn't
an over supply of beef in Canada.
We are not importers of beef.
Neither is it lack of money on the
part of the consuMer. To satis-
fy his fanc?. for steak for his out-
door barbecue or at the restau-
rant the consumer has raised the
price of hind quarters to almost
double that of front quarters.
Huron County
Crop Report ,
• By D. H. MILES
Practically all the threshing
has been completed. There may
be some beans pulled by the end
of the week.
Pastures are beginning to dry
up althOugh the ipi,llc supply is
above average for this time of
year.
Late planted turnips are stand-
ing still.
HENSALL SALE PRICES
Prices at liensall Community -
Sale August 22,
Weanling pigs .... $12.50 to $15.25
Chunks 16.75 to 18.95
Feeders 0.0 tt . tt ttttt 22.85 to 33.25
Sows 86.00 to 121.00
Holstein cows ..„ 125.00 to 160.00
Durham cows 140.00 to 165.00
Holstein calves 15.00 to 17,00
Durham calveS 19.50 to 25.00
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SWIMMING AT KIRKTON-This pond, constructed by the Upper 'Thames Valley Con-
servation authority, has been equipped with facilities for swimming and it's a popular
spot for district residents on hot summer nights. Near the pond, is a barbecue and
picnic , tables, Kirkton Community Associa tion, which sponsors the annual c:arden
party, has helpied finance development of the area, -T-A Photo
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Bert Pepper Competes
For National 4-.H Tour
By A. S. BOLTON
Bert Pepper, Rat. 3, Seaforth,
has been selected to represent
the 530 4-H Members in Huron
County at this year's National
4-H Club Week, November 16 to
21. •-
As is the case each year, eight
delegates will be selected from
the 4-H agricultural° clubs in
Southern Ontario, making a total
of 14 delegates to represent On-
tario.
The selection of t:.e provincial
delegation will be made by a
special selection committee which
will meet at the, Ontario Agri-
cultural College in Guelph on
September 16 and 17. On this oc-
casion each candidate will be in-
terviewed personally and the
final selection will .be based on
the outcome of the personal in-
terview, their participation in
4-H club work, their record in
4 -IX' inter -club competitions and
ptiavriutiecsipation in communi. -ty ac -
Bert is 20 years of age and
farms with his father three miles
south and one and one quarter
miles east of Clinton. Bert has
an outstanding record. in Junior
Farmer judging competitions
which include both local and in-
ter -county competitions. In the
inter -county livestock judging
competition at the itoyal Win:.
ter Fair in 1956, Bert was a mem-
ber of the team representing Hu-
ron County, which stood first in
the beef section of the competi-
tion. He was high individual in
the beef section and second high
individual in the Sheep Section,
In March of 1957 he was high n -
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dividual at the inter -county seed
Judging Competition at the Mid-
dlesex Seed Fair and the team
representing the county placed
second.
Bert has taken part in the Hu-
ron County livestock judging
competition each year since 1954.
In 1954 he- was high man in the
junior section and in 1957 he
topped the senior section and
was high Man in the entire com-
petition. He has taken part in
the Huron County Seed Judging
Competitionler the past three
years placing fifth in 1955, sixth
in 1956 and fourth in 1957.
In 1956 he was,ene on the team
representing the county at the
Lambton-Oxford-Middlesex Short-
horn Breeders Regional Field
Day and Judging Competition,
The team placed first in the
competition and Bert was the
high individual in this competi-
tion. The same team stood first
Changes In Corn
4-H Club Topic
Tom Mason, of the Pfister
Seed Co., explained how corn
hybrids are developed at the
meeting of Exeter 4-H Club Tues-
day night.
Club 1Leader Carfrey Cann out-
lined t h t preparations f o r
Achievement Day, which will be
held at Exeter Fair, Septem-
ber 19.
President Tom Treibner con-
ducted the meeting which was
held' in S outh Huron District
High School.
Fluery Bissel
Immimitst•
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Farm Equipment
All Kinds of Parts and Repairs
NEW 26 -PLATE DISC, NEW 30 -PLATE DISC
Al' GREATLY REDUCED PRICES,
Pedlar Barn And
Stable Equipment
Installed If Necessary
titter Carriers, Hay Ca, riers, Electric Fan8 for stables.
Pedlar Steel Roofing all at ATTRACTIVE PRICES,
Oualified Men to put your roof on.
Seed Betting For Sale
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Phones: Elevator .63, :Res. 110 !Lutitt .
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in the Michigan State Shorthorn
Breeders Field Day in 1956.
Again Bert Pepper was the high
individual ii 'the competition. At
the same competition this year More farmers switch to Burge
he tied for first place in the Milkers for safer, faster milk-
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"We didn't realize .itow pro-
ductive and progressive Huron
county agriculture was until iva.
saw it for ourselves this week."
said dim lifeBain, MP for Mein
and president of the Provincial
grouP.
"The hospitality in Huronbap
been wonderful," added 'Senna-
tary-Treasurer, A. K. Martin,
Toronto. "We'll have a bard time
arranging a program next year
as interesting as ive've 1i44
here."
The directors, each represent-
ipg three counties in the pro-
wrice, toured -farms and itgri-
cultural businesses in this dis•
trict Tuesday after holding their
executive meeting in Clintell
Monday.
"Phe features they saw 111 -
eluded:
The Jones, McNaugliton Seeds .
Ltd. plant which has been ship,
ping small seeds to France, •
Javan and other foreign nations.
South Huron District High
School where they heard about
the most extensive practiced
agriculture course being given -
in an Ontario high sehool. •
Cann's Mill Ltd. elevator which
contains some of the most mo-
dern grain handling equipment,
available. •
The first canning corn. pitker
in this area now being asserri-
bled at Ellerington Farms, which
will harvest 100 tons a day and
which is expected to go into °pa.
ration. next week.
The large turnip storage pit un-
derneath an implement shed and
the beef cattle pastures at Elle-
rington Farms.
Ontario's second largest liege-,
table gardens and the Klondyke
Gardens Co --operative south' of
Grand Bend.
One of the biggest farm opera-
tions in Ontario - the Hagmeier
farm south of Grand Bend
which now has the largest chisel
Plow in Canada, a, 34 -foot -wide
tiller imported from Texas which
reauires a caterpillar' tractor to
pull.
One hunded and 10 acres- 'of
solid sugar beets beinggrown
on the farm of the New Venice
Corporation which hai burchased
part of the Hagrneier
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For Fall.
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The Department of Agriculture for Ontario; wOrkint
on the basis of many of the past years' field work,
is recommending ratios of fertilizer rather than
specific brandS. For Fall Wheat, the Department
recommends a 1:4:4 ratio at 90 to 150 lbs. actual
plant f ood per acre.
YOUR CO OP offers the following NEW ANALYSES
this fall in co-operation with the Department:
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