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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-10-24, Page 9• 4 Second Section •EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 24, 1957 0 WINS MAJOR PRIZES AT MATCH -Lorne Ballantyne, R.R. 1 Exeter, centre, won the . . 1.1 , Ontario HEPC trophy for first prize in .t under -21 class and two second prizes at the International Plowing .Match in Simcbe last week. The 20-year-oldUsborne farmer was a member of the Huron team which 'placed second in• the inter -county competition and he was runner-up in the open utility clasS, He is shown here with his two coaches, Harry. Sherwood, and his father, Lloyd Ballantyne. -T-A Photo y, i outh Sets HMark uron . 4. • r•-• Ross Marshall, Kirkton, Hol- stein breeder,' won th'e.bacon hog carcass cornnetition at Kirktoir Fair, Sea'retary. Alex' F. Crago announced this week. Alvin Crago, RR. 1, St. Marys, plaCed Second,- and Lloyd Morri- son, Science Hill, came third. t' Fourth and fifth prizes went to WarrenBrock R.R. 1, Gran- ', ton, end Sam Giles, Science Hill. There were 20 pens of four hos in the Qom petition Ken • • • Heim, Exeter, bought the pigs • for Essex Packers. • - `3 Directors of the Agriculture Siniety, acknowledged a cash donation of $6.00 from the Ausable Authority, • • A, . , . ...... llllll llll ll lllll 1.111111MM llll ins Three Top Prizes Lorne Ballantyne, 20 -year-old the most coveted prizes of ti plow jokey. from Usborne town- match, is an electric motor co ship, won a firand two second taining ;..n engraved copP pries at the International Plow- plate. • ing ,Match .at Simco6 'last week. Competing against 19 oth Veteran observers believe this teams in the inter -county com is the best record ever set • by petition, Lornek and Neil McG a Huron county participant in ven of Walton brought the secon the International's histery. prize to Huron. They were onl, Lorne,,,who is been a mem- a fraction of a point behind th ber' Of the Huron County junior winning team from York county teain for the past six. years, won the' Ontario Electric Power Conththsion; • trophy last Tues- day' in the open class for boys and girls :Under 21 -years of age. He was awarded first prize. in the competition which. attracted 26 other youngpfariners from the province, The H.E.P:C, trophy, one of lel captured second plhee in the in- n- ,ter -county competition er er a. d• y e n e e 1 • Lorne is 'coached by his fa- ther, Lloyd Ballantyne, R.R. 3 Exeter, and Harry Sherwood, Exeter implement dealer. Marshal! Hogs. Win At .Kirkton • A AJ. 1' Observes •said the Huro boys would have Won the com petition had not the McGavi youth been hampered by the us of glasses. A spitting rain mad it difficult for him to see. On Friday, Lorne- plaeed sec and in the open utility class which attracted 42 entrants, wit a score of 76.3 points. Neil Me Gavin' placed eighth 'with 71.5. The Huron County team's tota winnings amounted to $186,00 • Several tines champion of Huron County, Lorne has never been out of the money •in his six yogi's of the International Several years ago he was a member of the Huron team which .1.4ENSALL SALE PRICES • Prices at Hensall Community. Sale, October 17 were: Weanling pigs $ 11.75 td$ 15,10 Chunks 16.50 to 18.75 Feeders 23,75 to 28.00 Sows 88.00 to 109.00 Holstein cows 130.00 to 160.00 Durham cows .. 145,00 to 170,00 Holstein calves 10.00 to 17.00 Durham calves .... 18.0 to 23.00 There were 290 pigs and 150 cattle and calves sold. • , lttleit; - tt., LOCAL TRADEMARKS, lat. 140V4 BEAU'ilFUL AIZE 4' ' TI -4E AUTUMKI LAVES EXCEPT V41-1EN YOU START )AJMThEM CUSTOM Shelling and. Drying Cam • OUR DRYING FACILITIES ARE AitYDUR SERVICE - YOUR SHELLED AND DRIED CORN ---,STORES IN. 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Miles Recent rains have curtailed farm work but will aid lfall plowing. • Fall .pbwing, lifting • sugar beets ,and turnips and picking corn are the main jobs of the farmers. o o UMW, tfittItt.111 00000 41 ..... tit . . mittimstto Fieldmanis Comments On Cream, Eggs By J, CARL, -HEMINGWAY I would like to express the ap- junior farmers for their fine co- operation in assisting at our tion of Agricelture to the county 0"OP On Shaky Gro un preciatiori of the Huron Fedora- I prince and princess contest lest . ednesday eveninthe arker Tells Protestors ,Wg, A very spe- tial thank you to •. SolaW and NoRrli 44/DPIrs'EXr contestants eeting In .f e F.acts Strai r who took part. Congratulations • Theodore Park r, t • sial opponent of the Ontar Hog Producers Marketing Boar suggasted Friday night at 'He sail that the co-op is on shak terms with the provincial g vernment. Speaking to 125 farmers at protest meeting, Parker repute that the Ontario Minister Agriculture, Hon. W. A. Goo fellow, had been "amazed" the the actions and powers of th hog board which were describe to him by Parker at a recen meeting, "Although I promised t h e minister I would not divulge de- tails of our. conversation, ,T can tell you • farmers that this hog board is not on very safe ground," Parker said. - "Stay with m 1,• sign the peti- tion and we'll clear ‘er up." he exerted. Before • the meeting ended,, -.74 farmers did sign the petition ,asking for the disssolution of the hog board. They also contri- butecl over $50 towards Parker's expenses in -fighting the market- ing s '•eme. The meeting failed to produce the :xpectect clash betv•een the protesting group, 'and officials of the producerl' •organization even though a number of the latter attended. Hay townehip councillor Leonard Grebb, who chaired the meeting, announced at the beginning that he would not allow the hog board suppor- ters to "chisel in and take over part of the meeting." PartIcipo- tion from . the floor, vheruled, :nust be confined to questions. Nevertheless, the controversy provided •-•plenty of excitement. Among the highlights were: An attack on the -editorial; in ad :week's ' Times-Aicivacat6' by Grebb; who claimed the entire rticle was "false and mislead - o e wieners, Miss Joan Wilson of Brussels and Ross Smith of Cream prices have been better but some "jokers" have dis- covered that butter oil, a pure butter fat product., can be im- ported free of duty, This product is then combined with other milk solids and the coninetitive price of .the resulting article is quite attractive to the trade. R seems that farmers must be continually on the alert to guard against flaws in the very meagre trade protection they receive.. At a meeting of .the poultry executive Oct, 16, the bureau of statistics. figures just released s,heer 189,009. cases of eggs in storage instead, of the estimated' 125,000 reported previously. After much discusaion •by the poultry producers executive and representatives of the poultfy products institute it was agreed to recommend the followin,g to the coming Dominion Poultry Conference. First, -one to two cents reduc- tion in the support price on eggs - ouch! Second, price support to apply on Grade A large only. Formerly there has been a support on grade B..R 'seemed to the meet- .. -Please Turn to Page 10 For The Recoed Minister's Report, d Explain '45 Hog Vote (Some of the controversy •over the Ontario Hog Praiducers Mar- keting ,Board evolves around the ,1945. vote -setting up the board which- a number of the producers charge was undenio- erotic. For the record, The Thnes-Advocate reproduces here two items to help clear up some confusion over the issue, (The first excerpt is taken from the annual report of • the Ontario Department of Agricul- ture, Hon, T. L. Kennedy, minister, in 1945. This report was ,made available to The T -A by Theodore Parker following the 'meeting in Hensel Friday night. (The second item is the re- production 'of an advertisement which appeared, in The Times - Advocate of November 8, 1945. It explains the mechanics of the vote.) MINISTER'S REPORT, 1945 "Due to the lack 'of any re- liable list of the names and addresses of the hog producers of the province, the Farm Pro- ducts Control Board had first to register all producers of whom it cold obtain a record. Any person 'over 21 was eligible to register and to vote on the scheme, "Under the plan, 31,796 per- sons registered and in the vote by ballot which followed, 49,757' producers actually cast 'their.4 ballots or 93.9 percent of those who registered, Of the votes cast,• 2%353 voted in favor of the proposed scheme or 98.6 ,percent of those who voted and 92.6 percent of those wh6 regis- tered; 205 producers voted against the scheme and 199. spoiled their: ballots." • ADVERTISEMENT, NOVEMBER 1945 "Notice To All 'Hog Producers "Hog- Marketing Scheme Under Consideration . . . "A proposed Hog Marketing Scheme for Ontario, under the Farm Products Control Act,- has been submitted to the Farm Products Control. Board by the tion. rio Hog Producers Associa- "Before the board will con- sider recommending the scheme, it must be satisfied. that a fair representation of the Hog Pro'. ducers are in favour of its adop- tion. In order to obtain the re- corded views of the Producers, a vote by ballot is being taken on the question . , "Are you in favor of the pro- posed Ontario Hog Producers Marketing Scheme being brought into force in Ontario? "All .Producers Must Register • "Only ch Hog Proicers who are registered for the purpose with their own County Agricultural Representative will be entitled to vote on the scheme. All Hog Producers are therefore urged, to register at once by mail or in 'person at their County Agri- cultural Representative's office in order to be eligible to vote. When registering by mail, please forward name, address and township. "Public Meeting To Be Held A 'public meeting will be held -Please Turn to Page 10 - T Clean -Up Now is the time to rid your farm of of rats before you* store your new crop of corn. Rats can cost you as much as $3-$400 a Year. USE HOWARD'S, Thdy ti, c,Ker" RAT KILL • • 411=3,2:50- RAT,' ANO 1411(1 Warfailn Rat Kill Available in 1 Lb., 2 LIL, 5 Eb.Sizei and in 10 Lb. Bulk Nave your CATTLE CLIPPERS SHARPENED EARLY. We giv* quick servise. Exeter District CC-OP oiloh• coNet Beside CNP Station 1- rlot lo Openeinmglictrhaetierneeting with 'bis d, attack on the T -A editorial, Coun- n- calor Grebb denied that the hog Y board had .ben elected demo- o- cratically. Neither he nor his 'neighbors, he said, had been a given a chance to vote on it. d The board could not- be voted of out as the paper suggested, he d- said, beoause '"it wasn't even t voted in." Replying to the newspaper's I benefit .does that bring to far - niers," he asked. • indicate the power invested in the hog board, Grebb read extracts from legislation which stated the board Could appoint a person to go to a farm and demand to see the accounts, records, equipment and pens of any hog producer, "That's the kind of sword they hold over our heads,u he stated, The Hay township couicillo said the board was exercisin more and more re t t started with the two -cent checkoff trot of the producer, First they. in 1945, "We didn't know what it was for but we didn't worry about it because it was just two cents. It only amounted to $28, 000 or snow fof some group or other." t a An appeal by Gordon Hill,•pre- sident of the Farmers.' Union -in Huron, to retain the hog pro- ducers board but seek a better means of marketing. Although he did: not fever the assembly yard systern, Bill said the board had broug,hr some benefits to pro- ducers and to throw it out would be a backward step. A statement by Bert Lobb, pre- sident of Huron County Hog Pro- ducers Association, that he would welcome ,a vote on the compul- sory marketing plan. "It would be the best thing that ever hap- pened;" he said. ‘. • criticism that Parker offered no solution to the producers' infe- rior inarketing position, Grebb said. "We don't pretend to give farmers a solution; our objective is to run the board out of the country. When you dust your; cattle to get rid of lice, you don't' worry about what kind of lice replace the ones you kill." Grebb stated that, when the compulsory program started„ hogs wereselling at 38 cents. After the number of hogs going to assembly yards increased from 20 to 90 percent, the price dropped to 32 cents, "How much, Scoreboard PERCENTAGE OF ONTARIO HOGS DELIVERED TO THE n , OPEN MARKET Bert Lobb, president .of aurae County Hog Producers Assecig, don, said Tuesday an Ron. meeting to explain the now- tompuisory marketing program has been tentatively Scheduled for Wednesday, .October. 30, ■ south Miro »istriet His achool, Charles meGinnisand jilo, Doynton, two top •officials On the marketing board, will be the. O main speakers, "After the protest Meeting it ilensall, we felt we had 10 arrange .another meeting to get. the facts straight," Lobb told 'The Times -Advocate. "There -Walt a hat of nonsense spoken .at that protest meeting and we want to tell the farmers the trde, story,' Mr. Lobb indicated 'deeision regarding the new co-op assent bly yard for Huron County will be announced at the meeting. "We'll bring, producers up to date an everything that's hapa pened so far," be stated. • • ::Area Turnips g Sell Quickly In '53 came the 24 -cent checkoff and the 20 -cent pro -rating charge and the 'revenue began to' ave- rage $540,000 a year. "Some of us started to think about it," he said. "Then along comes this compulsory program. What will happen next?" • }ie demanded to know why compulsory marketing came into effect in Huron County and some others while it did not affect other counties. "How come Jere are two sets of laws' •in Ontario? Is the farmer in Huron lore of a slave than the one in erth, who doesn't have to mar - et his hogs in co-op yards'?" Mechanical Toys Theodore Parker, describing activities at the producers' an- nual meeting in Toronto, said the delegates "reminded me of mechanical' t o y s." Whenever President Charlie McGinnis asked for 'a vote, their hands went up automatically, he said. Parker said McGinnis told him •to shut up when he tried to speak at the annual meeting yet -Please Turn to Page 10 • County Brant Dufferin Durham Elgin Essex Grey -Bruce Halclimand Halton Hastings Huron Kent Lambton Lincoln Middlesex Northumberland Ontario Oxford Peel Perth F•eterborough Simcoe Victoria Waterloo Welland Week Week Iil of of P Sept. Sept. k 23-27 26-30 O 1957 1957 1.7 0 91.4 44,7 47.6 53.8 O 2.4 8.1 29.8 33.6 87.9 69.2 9.2 0 86.6 28.9 1.6 1.1 83.8 '13.6 - 25.5 21.0 13.4 16.0 3.0 0 33.6' 22.9 .3, 0 30.0 28.9, 1.2 2,0 86:6 2842 19,6 13.5 26.8 23.6 10.1 6.9 90.8 89.1 10.0 6.5 28.0 9.9 Wellington 86.9 16.7 Wentworth 8.6 0 York 30.7 29.6 Province of Ontario 40.92 23.02 Congratulations Lorne Ballantyne • HURON COUNTY IS PROUD OF YOUI Competing at the International Plowing Match last week, Lorne wort the REPO trophy for first prize in the open class, under 21 years. He also won second •prite in the open utility class and was a member of the two-maii team from Huron which captured second prize in the inter -county competi- tion, * We- are proud to say that Lorne WW1 these . prizes using a bfassey-}Tarris plow. "Congratulations on a job well done". Rutabaga market this fall has - been one of the best in the history of the industry, Seth Winer, manager of Exeter Tilr- nip Sales; said this week, The crop has been moving .fast," he said, Ninety per cent of the sales have been to the U.S. Eastern States. Prices to producers, which rose to a peak of $1.25 per bushel this O :fall, have held at 40 cents for the past two weeks. "I think well be able to maintain this price for some time," Mr.. Winer said. O He described the crop as only "fair." Acreage is down this year, and the cabbage' maggot has been more prevalent, than in other years. The manager said that in some fields the worm loss has been serious. Exeter Turnip Sales, which has its own plant at Centralia, has leased the Exeter plant. of Canada Packers Ltd. for the winter. Operations began in both plants about three weeks ago. Ninety per cent of sales are for waxed rutabagas, Mr. Winer reported, but sales of plain washed turnips have been increasing. Mare farmers switch to Suro Milkers .for safer, _faster milk- ing. (adv't) the pigs we're growing in our store have found A SHORT-CUT TO MARKET! 301144440600.0.46iiii, 4141416 It's the PURINA WAY Our pigs are really growing and gaining on Purina. You can almost watch these pigs pile on those early, economical pounds asthey line up at the feeder to turn Purina into low.cost pork. Anybody in the feed business can tell people what • their products will do. We're ,growing these pigs to Shaw you what we mean by Purina results. There's no doubt in our minds that you'll want to put Purina's Prat Plan for hogs to work in your feedlot after you study the record our pigs are making. 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