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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-10-31, Page 11ri 5111c9Ddliction urplus Of Wheat In The witches Production To Meat Num, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 311 1951 PLOWING CHAMPIONS -Joe Trail, -Claremont, .Ont., and . Allan Hammond, achute, Quebec, will represent Canada at the world plowing match next year at •Stuttgart, West Germany, Tran won the Canadian championship at the International match at Simcoe October 17, He was also Canadian champion in 1954. • Seven Boys From District To.Co miiete For Guineas tinues an award inaugurated by the size of the championship nearly 100 years ago, by the late' class, which in recent years has EdWard WIwhen he was had about 150 animals asSem- , I Prince of 'Wales during the reign bled in Toronto for the .final of Queen Victoria. The Prince judghig. Although only one coun- established a fund, under the: : Or among 38, Huron will have trusteeship of the Agriculturalabout one-sixth ,of the entries in and Arts Society of 'Upper Can- the, final. ada, from which 50 guineas was Make Final Chocks to be paid each year to the win.; Final checking reports; and mer of a special beef cattle corn. 'qualifications is now being done petition, by the Clinton office a the On - The fund, after the demise of tario Department of Agriculture, the AASUC, was administered t by the Ontario Department o 1fl.preparab0fl for marshaling the 37 entries. Three truckloads Agriculture, 'which revived the I of calves, about a dozen to the competition after the Second I truckload, will be taken to Tor - ,A big effort is now being made by the 4-H organization in Hu- ron county to bid for further boors for Huron in the Queen's Guineas competition at the Royal ' Winter Fair. 'Three times in .the past eight years, in competition against 37 other counties, Huron has taken the Queen's Guineas award, for the best baby beef animal in the province. This year a contin- gent of 37 ,entries will go to Tor- onto from this one county, in an effort to put Huron even fur- ther ahead in the championship records. Most publicized awardof the World War. .onto on the afternoon of Nov. 19 entire junior division of the The strength of the Huron bid or morning' of Nov. 20, to be Royal, the Queen's Guineas* con- for the'1957 'Guineas is indicated t •••! ''''' inaeallietoti ,,,,,,,, , III,' , ,,, OHM ,, II l 1111111,111, 111111111161110,111,11111$111f11111111111f1M111P11$111111111111 ready for judging Nov, 21. Most recent. Queen's Guineas winner from Huron was Murray ! Gaunt of Lucknow, in 1955, with a Shorthorn. Four years before that, in 1951, Bob Horn of Gran- ton was the winner, The 1949 win- ner, Jack Kinsman, was a Hu- ron resident, although his post or office address, Cromarty, is in Perth county. It , 1.1 1 -A • (g1 LOCAL TRADEMARKS, OPIMIONS ARE LIKE WATC14E.S - WO TWO A 1 ALIVE YET EACH OWE BELIEVES IV I-II,S OV.11.1- Dry Sows Nursing Sows We have the ration that will crow you: BETTER PGS LARGER LITTERS and will make you More Money Hog Grower We will custom make your hog grower with your own grains and our PURINA or SHUR-GAIN hog supplement, SPECIAL • Bring in 1,700 lbs. of your grain, balance it with 300 Hoginix 40%. We will make you 2,000 lbs. of hog grower for $18.00 Sell us enough grain to pay' for the above cost if you wish, but don't feed your own grain alone with- out concentrate. An all -grain ration will cost you much more than a balanced ration. • Wanted 'YOUNG PIGS which have been raised on the PUR- INA or SHUR-GAIN feeding program. We will Varantee you a market the year-round for .your weaners. The demand for better weaners on our neW hog feeding program is terrific and, we need mere pigs. At least 100 sows "are required to supply the type of weaners we are being asked for by Our 'feeders, , See us about a program kr your sows that will guarantee you a market for your weaners. Come in, and see us for particulars. Landroce Hogs for Sale . We are particularly interested in a cross of Land - race with a good bacon type of Canadian breed, To help you get into the breed of hogs the feeders are demanding, 'we aro making available the following breeder stock. 1, 19 -6 -month-old Registered Landrace Boars (4) $75M0 each. 2, 7-6-morith-old Registered Landrace Open Sows g $85.00 each, • 3. 3 -Second litter Registered LAnfirace. Sows due in November qp $150.00 each, swam //ihQQN and NORTH Ampasu r r r Fieldmen Report Arrangements for getting the 37 Huron calves to Toronto are ,being made by Art Bolton, . as- sistant ag rep, assisted by a number of 4-H leaders. Six members of the Exeter calf club and one from Zurich are among the entries, Gerald Wallis, H.R. 1. Gran.' t ton, and Allan Rundle, R.R. Exeter, who won champion and reserve champion honors at the 1 county, 4-H show this year, will .head the list of Aberdeen Angus entries, Tom Ttiebner, R.R. 1 , Exeter, and Don Hendrick, R.R. ' 2 Crediton, will also show black calves at the Royal. , I Herefords from this district will be shown by Ray Cann, R.A. 3 Exeter: Keith Coates, R.R. 1 Centralia; and Edgar Willett, R.R. 1 Zurich. Lorne Ballantyne, R,R. 3. Exeter, has entered his Short- horn calf. Whom Should You Blame For Farming Problems? By PON MIDDLETON Middlesex F Of A Secretary Are farm organizations to blame fdr marketing programs that farmers do not like? Your Federation of Agriculture and member commodity groups, are being criticized by farmers for compulsory directional programs for low prices and for inade- quate markets, As a secretary- fieldman I ask the question, are you blaming the right people? The annual meeting of the Middlesex County Cream Fro. ducers was held in the Parkhill Town Hall on Friday, October 25. In preparation for this meet- ing and in publicity of it $25.00 worth of press advertising was done. It was announced on radio and 789 individual farmers re- ceived personal invitations to attend this meeting. The net result of this adver- tising and publicity was 10 peo- ple present at the meeting, one of whom was a general farmer for the Parkhill area. The re- maining nine were officers of the Federation and the provin- cial cream producers' associa- tion. • This, you might say, was a local annual meeting of the cream producers and at such meeting any due recommenda- tions with regard to marketing might have been approved and passed. If that business was agreeable to the farmer, we would still have little or no re- action, If, however, something happens that was not in agree- ment with the thinking of the general farm population, we would immediately have a great storm of protest. ers association he said. that a great portion of his time was 1 being devoted to improving the quality of cream and in doing publicityfor the butter industry of Ontario. It is impossible for me, as your secretary-fieldman, to re- lay to you all the information that can, be given in an agri- cultural meeting. Your Town- ship Federations will all be meeting during the month. of November. This paper will be carrying an advertisement of your local meeting. It is your meeting; plan to attend, Market Expert Speaks On Beef By CARL HEMINGWAY Huron F of A Fieldman Huron County beef producers are not happy this fall. The prices are 3 to 4 dollars less than last year for finished cattle while the price of feeder, cattle is about the same as fatcattle, in order to get the very best information possible, the coun- I merely ask my opening ques- tion "Are farm organizations to blame for marketing programs that farmers do not like?" 1 ask one further fruestion: How long would, a business organiza- tion operate on a profitable and sound basis if all of its directors and members neglected to at- tend its board of management meetings? In order that the information, which was given at the cream producers annual lneeting, may not be "lost to the farm popula- tion in general in Middlesex County, I would like to briefly report that the dairy industries as a group are seeking to es- tablish a workable stabilization fund through which it will be possible to dispose of dairy sur- pluses, regardless of what branch of the industry they appear in. In the report of your provincial fieldinan for the cream produc- llllllll ttititittielftifittlit lllll et llll t l 000000 t 00000 000000000 1111111111MM Down To Earth By D. 1. HOOPER Unpopular Scheme Last Friday •night , Meeting. was 'held in, Town Hall and a full house in- dicated that the Hog Marketing Agency is not popular in this area. We have attended assacia- tioe meetings where the attend- ance would not be 25% as large. Also the total expenses of the protest meeting were contribut- ed by voluntary donations from the atteeding farmers - not a Protest Hensel Top Awards frorn. any association funds. iTo Marshall GRA1N-FEED -SEED 7 "V,-•WHALFN (r)PNERS A5t215 At all times this column has been taking a firm stand oppes- ing the present hog marketing scheme and will continue to do For the eleventh Straight year,4,.so. It is futile, -, Ross Marshall received top (Words fail us). awards at the annual banquet of the Huron County Holstein Club at Blyth last week. Ile placed first in most of the county competitions, results of which were announced by Agri- cultural Representative Mug- ]. M'l • Premier breeder -Huron coun- but today labor is beginning to ty Holstein breeders' trophy, find that what they thought would Ross Marshall, Kirkton; Thomas make a champion has turned Hayden and Sen,., Gorrie. out to be a great snarling tiger Premier exhibitor -- Hume which is threatening them on Clutton trophy. Ross Marshall; all horizons, (Read the U.S. Thomas •Haydee and. Son.;. we- senate investigation reports of lington Brock and Son, Gran- the past Weeks). ton. The Co-op of the Canadian Senior get ofsire +.7, speeia Thoinas Hayden and Son. 11,0sg fernier in its original state was that champion but today it is rapidly beginning to be a gigan- tic octopus which will eventually crush the agricultural economy to a pulp. Many well-meaning men who help to form the co- ops will no doubt disagree with It could be compared to the American labor unions of closed shop and all their vices are care- fully worded into their legisla- tion including the STRIKE clause, Originally labor in its distress organized and did bet- ter its position to some extent - Marthall. Junior get of sire, Wil- liam Storey, Seaforth; Ross Mar- shall. Bed bun calf. any age - spc- cial. William Clutton, Goderich. Junior -champion female, special, Storey. Best cow hav- ing precluded 100,000 pounds of but under our present na- tienal economy many orgartiza- bulk, silver trophy, Ross Mar - Best" •jutior herd, silver dish, Ross IVIarshall. Grand champion Male, SO- eial, Reiss Marshall. Grand champion female, Edward Zell, Bivilt Mr. Miles declared that' "An enviable rccorcl has been esta- . blished quality and price of Our Volsteins," and common: 13 years ago. At that tune due ded the- excellent showing of Hol- to uncertainty and insecurity steins at the achievement days, from World War a mut- The guest speaker was Mr, erity came forward with what Clemens, secretary -Manager of Was to be the 'salvation' of the the Ildlstein.Ptiesigin Associa- (Valid farmer. By judicial lob - tion of Canada. With the aid of bying they Were Able to get the Ada, be told of a trip he and politicians in Parliament guild - Mrs. Clernont hatl taken to Meld- Ingt, Toronto to protect their co, where Canadian Holsteins, ideas With 141,slation. As time he said, are proving an,outttand- passed this legislation proved to publicityinrz for Canada, sut7g Anti awing good have various IoOpholog Which have beep plugged with amend- orilltost hacoexiptildre. nYtin, lobbying HENSALL. SALE PRICES Park as it IS said to be in Wash- WeAtlibg• pigs $10.25 to $14110 ington but don't kid yourself Chunks 15,65 to 17.25 many of our elected representa- Feeders 20.06 to M.50 fives are politicians, 82.50 to 100,00 What do we MOM by the SOWS eows 135.66 to 156,60 STRIKE clause? A strike is flurham cow S 146.66 10 166.66 threat to withhold. tabby` Uniting holstein Calves 11,WtO 14.66 t Tub oVer` maflap Durham calves 11.00 to 4.00 tions masquerading lode the name "Co-op" are nothing but lice and leeches as Was pointed out at the protest ulteting. The Present Hog Marketing AgeitcY. Ltd, is One Of thein. It is carefully planned or. ganitatiott which has been.. pro- tected by a Vote taken almost kcting agency's interpretation of obtaining higher prices for the producer it is necessary to with- hold the supply of hogs from the packer. Put the market hogs in. yards (charge it to the farmers as yardage) and then treat the packer as a child from whom you keep back his candy as pun- ishment. It won't work! The packing industry is no child! It's made' up of rough tough operators. One sober thinking man came forward with, a very sound idea the other day, Roughly, take a leaf from labour's book and when labour finds strikes are useless, what are they forced to do? Negotiate -a more civilized ap- proach to trouble. 11 the Hog Producers Associa- tion and the Marketing Board in Queen's Park were to stop ,and think, this is perhaps the an- swer -a very strong negotiating conimittee. It could work and would be much less expensive. To make this possible it will take , planning and complete statistics. It would mcan the death of .ctimPulsory marketing of today, more effidient hand- ling and the end of a big mis- take! The wheat situation remains a cause rif major concern, al- though there are some bright spots la other areas of Canadian agriculture this year, according to the Bank of 11footreal's Busi- ness Review for October, just and the general picture 1* de scribed as ',strengthening", at-';.• tributeble part to increased government support. Other .encouraging aspects ot the Canadian agricultural pic- tnre have included increased yields of most _fruits and-veg*•., Fruit and vegetable crops ap- tables, and good crops of coot Pear to have been somewhat tobacee and. sugar beets, the re., larger then in 1956, the review says, but the grain picture has been featured by slow export sales, furthel' accumulation of surplus stocks and a poor har- vest. Canada's total wheat supply at of farm production, 'rlus year, the end of the 1956-57 crop year close to La million acres Wer0: was 72.3 million bushels, "the taken out of ,wheat, while the largest carryover on record," of area seeded to barley lnereased1 which 319 millions were stored on farms, the B of M continues. A major disappointment of the past crop year was that Cana- da's wheat exports fell 15 per cent to 263 million bushels, while the United States "man- aged to boost its export volume view continues. Concluding, the Ji of M review says- it • 'Is significant that, "1114.C. persistent aver supply positio* in wheat appears to ha VO WO." (limed a change in the patters by one million acres, This s from wheat to feed grain, ac. companied as it was by 1 noticeable rise io the nutnber of livestock on prairie larmSt may be construed as a natural response to market forces; for if difficulties are experienced in by more than 50 per cent to selling grain as such, there 1$ 542 million bushels,"the raview something to be said for cen- adds. However, it seems likely i verting it into the more readil7 that U.S. disposal may decline, 'marketable for of meat." and thus, despite a probable re- , duction m world , wheat trade, t "Canada may have an oppor- ippn Team tunny to increase its share" • "In any event.," it continues, 1 ,.,' ' the review forecasts, , perienced in n' a r k e tin g an -, , •,.• amount equivalent in size to the Two sisters from RR 3, Kippell Tops Lounty: "little difficulty should be ex -1 current crop" of 370 lx.illion were the top Huron County teaill bushels. , at the 4 -II inter.club competitions As wheat production has fallen, I at OAC, Guelph, an October 24 SO has that of coarse grains, Phyllis and Donelda Lostelf, with latest estimates indicating , who represented the Hensel substantial treductions in eats, I Kinsmen 4-H Dean Citib, Wan barley, rye and flaxseed, and third prize in the field crop emit - while smalier crops may mean 1 petitions in which 15 teams ell - easing of, burdensome inventor- , tered. ' ' ' ' ' ._ les, there seems little chance of I , This was the highest award e x p a ri'd i n g exports of these won by the 21 teams from Huron grains, the B of M adds. I who were among the ' 478 boys However, it does appear that , and girls from the province who domestic consumption may go competed in the event. up, In view of rising numbers of I The South Huron 4-11 Sugar , Canadian livestock and poultry. 'Beet Club's team, Jim Dougall This apparent tendency seems and Carol Oke, RR 3, Exeter ty executive hes waited until to be most pronounced in hogs, I placed lied for ninth in the field they could have Mr. Ralph Ben- whore a ten per cent increase • crop competition.. nett, chief of livestock market- in numbers was estimated at Exeter Grain Club, represent- ing Canadian Department of Septcrnber 1 compared with a ed by Dennis Cann, RR 3, Zxe. Agriculture, Ottawa.. Mr. Ben- nett is reported to be the best informed on the beef situation of any man in Canada. Fortun- ately he has agreed to come to Londesboro Ilan, Friday eve- ning, Nov. 8. There will be a beef dinner at 6.30 with the meeting at 8.30. If you have questions I think this would be the best place to. get them answered. For further details contact your township beef director. Huron County Cream Produc- ers held their annual meeting Oct. 22. The attendance was small which I suppose means that the producers are satisfied. Mr. Lochead, fieldman for this district, reported that no pric negotiations had been held with the trade. Presentations were made to Queen's Park and discussions were held with the trade with a view to investigat- ing the cost of processing. As a result of presentation to govern- ment through the Canadian Fed- eration of Agriculture and sup- port from the Dairy Farmers of Canada the cost of storage was added to the selling price of government owned butter. This 3inctorea5rd the price of butter fat The meeting approved resolu- tions to the- effect that the Gov- ernment be asked to control the imports of butter oil: that a sat- isfactory formula system be de- veloped for the fixing of price support: that this meeting dist. approved the. setting up of an equalization fund at present. Officers as follows were elect- ed: chairman, Simon Hallahan; vice-chairman, Jas. J. Elliott; directors, Hume Clutton, John Connelly, Horace Delbridge, Rus- sel Bolton, Gordon Richardson, Geo. Hetherington, and Delmar Skinner; secretary, J. Carl Hem- ingway, The Committee : producer, processor. Wholesaler, retailer and consumer along with an*in- dependent Government repe- tentative (marketing service not marketing beard). So stoti nattering among your- selves. Stop flocking along blind- ly like sheep. What yen may think is one of your agents working in your interests, per. hapt should be investigated. If they are in existence by a bal- lot taken 13 years ago, they, like a government Of any dem- ocratic country, should let the present day voter say whether they feel the same way. We, like All the opposition, would abide by legislation. But; an alert op- position keeps reasonably healthy government. Agritultural Fair May Show 'Prof.i• Exeter Agricultural Society may show .sniafl.profit this 'eat' f Mayor Pooley, the pretident, said last- week fol- lowing a ineetifig 01 direttors. "It :appears that we won't be in the red -although we have not received All the ateounis yet' the mayor said. Setretery -,trea surer Clark Fisher presented the financial White at the Meeting, first state tho. fair In September, Try ,Surge fee fasCer, safer mnC ording milking with ittereated Predtle- Aecbog that -1110. (AdV t) year previously. I ter, and Harry Jaques" RR '1, Cattle marketings have been I Centralia, placed ,eighteenth moderately higher this year I among 42 teams. The Exeter than last and poultry flocks are club placed higher than the four bigger with relatively heavier ' other Huron teams in the comm. marketings in this field also, tition. In the dairy industry prices ToEmxIlerfelleg, ?1,111,11C,11bxetteera,maill. the review says. have shown a tendency to rise - Please Turn to Page 12. • FARMERS Selling Corn? We Are In The Market For Shelled Corn CHECK OUR PRICES BEFORE. SELLING Beans WE ARE WANTING WHITE BEANS E. L. Mickle -AND SONS Phone 103 smarm CHAIN SAWS CHAIN SAWS Exeter MONK101 D. Jermity. TRACTORS IMPLEMENTS NEW IDEA FARM MACHINERY NOW HOLLAND GRASSLAND MAC$NI 4