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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-11-21, Page 1# COUNTY TEAM PLACES THIRD—Huron County's livestock judging team Won third prize in the annual province -wide competition at the Royal Winter Fair, Toronto, last week The placing is one of the highest ever won by a group from Huron. Members were, left to right, Ray Cann, R,R. 3 E,ete, who won a gold, medal for scoring the most points ill beef cattle section; Murray Dawson, R.R.'1 Ilensall, and Bruce Cole- man, R.R. 4 Seaforth. —T -A Photo See County Rate Increase To Meet Road Expenses A Indications that the tax • levy for road purposes would be • raised from the 5.15 mill rate in 1957 to 6 mills lo 1958.were evi- • dent at Huron County Council when Reeve William H; Merritt, chairman of the County Ttoad Committee, recommended that • this be done. County engineer J. W, Brit- • nell told council that if the pres- ent program of 20 miles of new • road each year at a cost of $30,- 000 a mile is kept up, a million dollar. budget for road purposes alone would be required, The County Engineer also warned that the county must continue to spend more than $150,000 a year on bridges if they are to be kept in suitable condition. He said that his de- partment had just completed the largest road program in the history of Huron County and that all phases of the Proposed pro- gram were completed. Mr. Britnell said the neces- sity of replacing two jarge bridges and one smaller bridge produced the largest bridge program ever undertaken in the county. The resulting cost, while under the estimates,. accounted for 30 per cent of the total budget of $683,000.00 The large bridge expenditure, coupled with normal maintenance program, Recounts f o r approximately $500,000.00 per year, he said. 4 Thisfigure does not Include any road coostruction, . he added, If the budget is not increased and it is planned to .spend $680,- 000 next year, it would permit the county to build only six miles of .road, he said. "I have petitions and requests on file to construct ,ten times this amount for next year," he said. "Six miles is not much con- struction when spread over 410 miles of road in 16 townships. This could mean three miles of construction in each town- ship every eight years or it would take over 68 years to re- build every road in the County," concluded the County Engineer. Reeve W. H. Merritt pointed out that the old Bayfield bridge 4 is still standing on Highway 21, He suggested that the Municipal Board he requested to relieve • the County of the necessitye of • keeping this bridge. Seek 'Airport Council, as a patriotic gesture, used $10,000 of county rnoney to buy an area of level farm land, which it turned over to the Do- minion Government for wartime• air -training purposes. Title to the land remained with the county, but buildings to house airport activities were put on the land by the Dominion Go- vernment, which also bought ad- ditional land to extend the air, port area. The 400 -acre property now consists of 200 acresowned by the county and 200 acres owned by the Dominion. One complicating factor is that the buildings, owned by the Domi- nion, are all on that part of the land owned by the county. The, present situation is that the county is leasing the build- ing and 200 acres of land from the Dominion Department of Transport, at a—hominal rental of $1.00 a year, with the proviso that the county pays annual in- surance premiums on the Do- minion -owned buildings. The in- surace is now costing the county $1,200 a year. The county in turn is sub -leas- ing one hangar to Sky Harbor Air Services, and is sub -leasing the other hangar for use as a warehouse. The whole situation would be easier to manage, County Coun- cil decided Thursday, if the county could buy the buildings on its own land, and buy the ad- joining land, which has not buildings, to make one complete parcel of property 'under single control. It is possible, said .A. H. Erskine, county clerk -treasu- rer, that the airport 'site may For Industry In an attempt to simplify a t, 4 tangled situation of 7 years' standing, an attempt is to be , made by Huron county •to buy from the Dominion Government .. # 200 acres of land and two air- craft hangars at the county's k 4 Sky Harbor airport property, on the north side of the estuary of 1 ,, • the Maitland River. The ownership tangle had its beginning early in the Second t World War when Huron County • esimmissinseso some day be attractive to indus- try, because water and sewerage services are already there and On the recommendation of the county airport committee, of which Burton Stanley, reeve of Clinton, is chairman, Council unanimously agreed to give the committee power to negotiate with the Department of Trans- port to have the buildings offi- cially declared war surplus. If they should be listed as war sur- plus, the airport 'committee would then negotiate for their purchase from the Dominion. There is every reason to think, Said Mr, Erskine, that the coun- ty should be able to buy under; favorable conditions, when the history of the airport is. that it began as a gift from the county. About $15,000 of county funds, Mr. Erskine estimated, is tied up in the airport investment, "We were,I think, the only municipality in Canada that gave the Government an airport, as a gift," Mr, Erskine said. • -7,v,-,•7 4. Second Section EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 21, 1951 PasI Others Ca • Find 13 Eggs In One Hen Thirteen eggs, it progressive stages of 'development, were found inside one hen in a post mortem examination conducted at .7. W. Weber Ltd., Exeter, last weSck Shell of the first egg had brok- en in the ben's ovadact prevent- repare For. Dec. Vote log her from passing it, She con - tinned procitiction, however, and , • - • the eggs piled up. She was still alive, although quite "bulgy", when taken to the local labora- ture Prizes At Ro a Farm e s of 901/Til infizoN and NoRrli tory. All of the eggs had yoke and tion meeting has been scheduled. mer by A 12 -man negotiating for Thursday, November 28, in committee, comprised of so: Clinton. Guest speaker will be growers, three processors and Reg Meyers, Chatham, chair- three dealers. marl of the wheat growers' asso- If the committee cannot agree eiation. The meeting is being en a price by June 1, the ds sponsored by Huron District 0.F.T.I, The plan calls for the estab- lishment of a marketing board with power to licence growers, processors and dealers, Fee for grower's may be as much as one cent per bushei to finance the board's operation. The proposed board would be composed of 12 growernilem- bers, eight of which must be elected by seven districts in the province, The districts •comprise from two to eight counties. Growers in each county will form county groups, which will elect representatives to the dis- trict on the basis of one for each 10,000 . acres of seeded wheat or fraction thereof. A minimum price for wheat will. be established each sunt - n Marketing Of Whea white, On some, the shell had started to form. Officials of the firm, Eastern Canadian distributor for Dr. Salsbury's Laboratory products, called it a "once-in•adifetime freak of nature." # Request Holiday To Honor Fallen County Council approved a petition requesting the federal government to declare Remem- brance Day a statutory. holl- alay. The mov.e wasmade oitihe motion of Reeve William Mc. Kenozuienell Cextended get -well wish- es to Thonias Pryde, Enron MLA, now in London Hospital. Urge Standar,clization Of Machinery Parts The Farm Foruni topic for to them: a stone picker, a corn Monday night was "A New Leek picker and shelter, a low cost at reran Machinery," and a ditching machine, a drier for good discussion topic. Certainly beans, corn and grain, baler on farm machinery has changed the sorribine and an irrigation greatly since the second world system. war. Many of the 1.00•acre farms As to improving the machin - could not be a one-man opera- ery they suggested the stand - tion without the type of machin- ardization of farm machinery cry no on the Market. Parts is very important such as Machinery costs make up a plow Points, cultivator teeth, very large part of the capital nuts, bolts, mower section and expenditure involved in faimmg, uards. The secretary •reports Not only is there a high original "We also think m a dhinery purchase pride but repairs and Should be simplified so it will be upkeep are expensive, too. more easily adjusted." # After the clisetisson a few from the discussion ' include: games of euchre 'Were played. Two- questions to be answerea Winners for ladies were IvIra. What new types' of machinery Stewart . Blackwell, Mrs. A. are needed or the kind of farrri- Reichert- gents Henry Adkins, ing carried on in your commun- • • ' Charles Robinson. ity? and What changes should . The next meeting will be held be made th improve the ma- chinery you arc now using? , . &Ate aver:. e of Mr. arld Mrs, Parr Line Forum , ' .• • Parr Line Forum Members Hillcmst P°runi met at the home of Mr. ',mut Both groups of the Hillcrest Mrs. 'Howard Adkins. They nat. Farm Forum meeting at the ed a few types of machines that home of Mr. and • Mrs, Earl At they thought wawa be useful kinson were agreed that it was , not more, farm machines that was needed but fewer machines with interchangeable units that Could be ;used to harvest the different crops. In respect to,improvereents itt machinery, one group suggested a baler on a combine as a good type for the smaller -equipped farmer.. A suggestion from the other group was the need for more standard machines. Fre- quent changes ' in machinery causes considerable inconveni- ence tee the farmer in obtaining parts for repairs, The next Meeting will be held at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Arthur Simpson, OOOOOOO lll Illiliflei lll lll I l I llll lll 0.11111# ll II llll The Reader Comments lllllll llll 1111If llllll iffilt# ll l lll 11.10110 Bid For Hogs To the Editor: Mr, Goodfellow, Ontario Itfin- ister of Agriculture, has noti- fied •the Hog PrOducers' Market- ing Board "that it now develops there is overwhelming opposi- tion to the compulsory hog mar- keting 'direction program, and that no responsible government can ignore this situation, parti- cularly, when the, approval of the producer majority required had not been obtained." Why shbuld we' have to put up with this comp.ulsory direction any longer, when thebig packers are atting as policemen for Mc- Innis to keep producers' hogs away from their own docks, so they can buy them 'cheaper? GET YOUR. $5•00 PER TON Discount on Co -Op. Beef & Dairy Concentrates Effective Until November 30 SAVE Al YOUR CO-OP Beatty Barntiquipment Water lowls, Litter Carriers, Stable ra/15, tow Utah% Galvanized and Plastle Pit% OW. t 0105010 'JACK PINE POSTS it, at LLISIGTHS ideal for bartiyards tat iiidefinitety .."ter District 1thoti* 281 611801 Beside CM? Station All hob at assembly points are NOT sold to the highest bid- der because I have seen truck- loads directed to packing plants from the - Stratford Assembly Yards, beide the price was es- tablished for the day. Why did the mechanical toys at ,the emergency meeting have to pass the hat, 'when they have taken over half a million a year, compulsory deductions, on a government-sponsored program? 1 will be available to speek in every county before the vote tel- ling you why yeir should not sup- port compulsorY legislation, and lose your freedom of the open market, as competition has al- ways been the life of trade. Yours truly, • • Theodore Parker • . Stratford, R.R. 5 Huron County Polling bcmtlis for the December 9 vote on the proposed wheat producers' mar- kettng plan will be established at Exeter, Hensali, -Dashwoed, Clinton, Walton, Dungannon and Wroxeter, it was announced this Week. Three in this area will be located at McKenzie's Paint Store, Exeter, council chambers, Hensel], and V. L. Becker's im- plement shop, Dashwood, All wheat producers must register for the vote, which will be conducted -by the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Board through county offices of the Department of .Agriculture. In Huron, a special informa- „, tttttt sistsultisstiosstpsitil tttt lllll if Field man,S Mrs. Whitney Coateg and Keith were in Toronto on Satur- day. Keith attended the Royal Winter Fait while Mrs. Coates visited With Mr. and Mrs. Pos- ter Bray arid family, s Test Beans Royals Best Comments I On Pipeline r just noticed • in .the last .is- sue of a Seaforth paper that Union Gas Company is .going to meet with the town Council to arrange for the • supplying of natural gas to Staforth. To the farmers of that area this means' a pipeline may cross your property in the near future. Some gas companies seek to ob- tain the right of way by ques- tionable methods and with little compensation for damages. Some farmers have been in- duced or threatened into sign- ing hopelessly inadequate con- tracts- Your Federation .of Agri- rulture can give you an outline of many of the things that will protect you from loss. A white bean experiment in Huron County has brought a na tienal farm award to Robert Al- lan, RIt.1, Brucefield, first vice- president of Huron Sod and Crop Improvement Association. His foundation 'Sanilac heans, grownafor the first time in Huron in a test plot for comparison with standard varieties. cap- tured the grand championship white bean award at the Royal Winter Fair -last week. They also won first prize for small seeded beans. The entry has been sent to Chi- cago for competition there. Allan's Sanilac plot was one of four in the county this year. A bushel of the foundation seed, a new variety, was obtained from OAC Guelph by the soil and crop group. Thirty pounds were sown by SHAHS agriculture department and 10 -pounds lots were planted in • test plots by Allan, Delbert Geiger, Zurich, and Zack Peck, Kippen. Crop yields are now being analyzed in Gtielph. Value of the new Variety tti Huron growers won't be known until results are le sed. but the three growers who tried the seed think it inay have a place in the bean-VOW- ing program of `Huron. Place In Grain Classei Two Huron members, Nor- man Cartwright, Lenclesboro, and 'Don lierningivay, Brussels, stood in the top half of an oats Class which attracted 02 entries. Cartwright -placed 25th and Hem- ingway 34th. lll l is l 1st l WHIM WHOOSH lll l l titflisiisittitsittstfitstfitiiiiiset. ain The Highest' Prices For Your Poultry! To The Riverside Poultiy Company, Limited LONDON , I London V1230 'Phone Collect Homan 01044 'ittilnttitlitAVIttafi VtillItiOfieltiiiiititlitifitiliitiVYWHOilidiffiiiiikilif Your farm sale value is low- ered. There have been three cases in Lambton County where junior farmer loans were re- fused because of pipelines Cross- ing the farms in question. There is crop damage at time of laying,pipe and if it is a large pipe a considerable area may not produce normally for sever- al years. Pipelines can be most incon- venient if you should want to sell building lots at a future date. Tile drainage may be affected and the trouble not apparent for a year or more after the line has been laid, These are afew of the things you should consider before sign- ing an easement grant. It is ad- visable for the farmers of each township to meet and discu sig ava ss the contract offered before n mm , ing it. There is also advice il- able from the pipelines coit- tee of the Ontario redcoat= of Agriculture, • Tour US States To Study Farms HENSALL SALE PRICES Prices at Hensel" Community Sale November 14 were: Weanling pigs .... $10.40 to $14.25 Chunks 15.20 to 18,75 'Feeders 19.50 to 28.60 Sows 70.00 to 85.00 Holstein cows 140.00 to 175.00 Durham cows 135.00 to 170.00 Holstein calves 8,00 to 12,50 Durham calves ., 22.00 to 44.00 There were 260 pigs and 200 head of cattle and calves sold. Fourteen members of 'farm management groups from Huron County will study agricultural operations in Indiana and Michi- gan in a three-day tour next week. The group wLlI spend one day studying farm manageinent in Michigan and another at Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana, Ag. Rep, Douglas Miles and Art Robertson and Jack Park -of- the economics department, OAC, will accompany the farmers. Among those from this area taking the trip are Howard Johns and Ross Marshall, Rit 1, Kirk - ton; Howard Pym, RR 1, Cen- trally Anson McKinley, Zurich; John Deitz and Bill Coleman. Kippen, pute will be referred to a three- man arbitration board composed of one grower representative, one processor -dealer represento- tive and one member agreed upon by both of them. Huron Federation of Agricul- ture will discuss plans for get- ting growers out to vote at its county meeting on Monday, November 25. ' Three Top Prizes To 44H Corn Club Exeter 4-H Corn Cluli mem- bers captured first,third and fifth prizes for their cobs in competition with 4-H youth from most parts of Ontario at' the Royal Winter Fair last week. Eric Finkbeiner, Crediton, won top priZe. with his exhibit of Pfister 28. Glen Grebb, Zurich, placed third with Pfister 32 and Gary Rowcliffe, Henson, took fifth With Pfister 44, The class ineluded' club mem- bers from all counties except Essex, Kent, Middlesex, Lamb - ton and Elgin. A Perth entry captured second prize. • The Exeter members will send their entries to Chicago, t Huron Judges Win Third Plcice,4 This year's team from Kura county -.-Ray- Cann, R•It- 3 Ua.e ter; Murray Dawson, R.B. , Hensall: and Bruce cameo, the placi in 4 intarf:oruthriTYWilliv thirdstfe ing competition held at the BA)* Winter Fair on Thursday. • The standing Was,. the highest for a Huron team ,since 1951, When the County tied for third. Teams from Feel and Brant Placed first and second this. year. There were 28 -Learns participate ing, • Ray Cann won a. winter fair gold medal for scoring the high. teisoto rek receivedieb2e 7e8f outof4.300°-. The Huron team was runner - 010;11 ea nrigoe tVreotpehryin afro.; lAulPyselitiracktitl,e-iudging. This trophy was won by last year's Heron team, As individuals, all three boys were in the top 20 in the com- petition 0- the only team to a- chieve this standing. Bruce Cole- man scored 884 pomts, Mtirral Dawson 883 and Raymond , Cann 879. Ag Rep Douglas Miles and his assistant, Art Bolton, coached the team and accompanied it to the fair for competition. • Hear Wheat resident At Lsti:can F Of A Fete Red Myers, president of the Hantilcon Hodlins, Frank Dale, Ontafio 'Wheat 'Producers Board, told members of Biddulph and London Township Federations of Agriculture last week, that it was about time farmers had sonic say in the setting -of wheat prices. Myers strongly objected to the importation of U,S. flour, cake mixes and cereals until Canada's wheat supply had been exhaust- ed. " • The only solution, he said, was Jame O'Shea; zone 5, Norman Riddell, Joe Bryan, Emerson Holden. Secretary — Austin Hodgins. Director to 'hog producers board — Harvey Kennedy. Advisory committee to hog pro- ducers' board — Mac McNaugh- ton, Erie Atkinson, Don Mc- Guire, Frank Ryan, Hazel Per- rin and Ivor Lindsay. London Township Directors — Alex McComb, the formation of a marketing Omar Burnett. _ plan. -Advisory committee — St, Day - Myers, a 'Chatham lner who id's Ward, Hugh, Filson, Telford took over his father's 465 -acre Walls; St. Andrew's ward, Omar farm in 1943, explained the vote 'Burnett, Tom. iDiekinson; St. which will take place,among pro- Patrick's ward, Jack Day, Allan ducers December 9 1,6 establish a Talbot; St, George's ward, Ken marketing board. He urgedIarma Dickie, Bill Pranks; St. Low- ers to support the plan. ranee's ward, Roy Anderson, AI - The Chatham farmer predicted lan Donnelly. ' farmers would be bankrupt in Secretary — Stan Hyatt. two years unless there was an Larry. Lewis, of Granton, ac- uPward swing in farm product compamed by Miss Bette Leake, prices.entertained with two solos and. He gave a resumeof farm the small Hughes boys enter changes during the past 25 years. tained with duets. He has kept a daily record ofThe Ladies' Guild of Holy Trin- his farm: operations since 1943. ity Church catered for the din - Other speakers at the meeting ner tionea. r lllll fl„„„, llllll „, l llll „„„ lllll „, l „ l „ ll t tttttt , tttttt ;utast t s tt t it ttt ttt t tttt se t maims tt st tttt tt Stull ttttt tli included Don Middleton, W.' W. Stewart, MLA, Keith Riddell and Allan Donnelly. Forbid Animals On Huron Roads Action to close a legal loop- ' hole was taken by Huron 'County Council, on the closing dear, of its November session, - with Passage of a by-law making it an offence on county roads. A by-law with the same intent, passed 33 years ago, bad been tested in court cases, and found inadequate. The new iv -laws given final reading Thursday, makes it an offence to let hor- ses, cattle, sheep, swine, or goats run at large on any county roadway, and also makes it an offence to tether animals on county Toad allowances. The penalty provided is ,not -more than $5.00 for each head of of- fending livestock. County representatives to. sec- ondary school boards in Huron, for 1958, were appointed by by raw on Thursday.—Trostees pointed :' included Larry Snaer, Edward Chambers, and Kenneth 'Johns to the South Huron -Dis- trict school board. Dates for beginning .and, end- ing Daylight Saving Time should be made uniform, County Coml., ell agreed -unanimously. 'Approv- ing a resolution forwarded front the Iluron Municipal Associa- tion, County Council s'ent it on to the Ontario Government and the Dominion Government,With a recommendation that uniform dates should be prescribed for all municipalities that adopt Daylight Saving Time. County staff appointment made at the November session included those of Thomas P. Morris, to be assistant in the county clerk's office and county roads office, at $1,800 a year; Mrs. Mona Adams, to .be ste- nographer in the county assessor' office, at $1,800; Leonard West- brook, to be assistant courthpuse caretaker, at $2,700, Returns From Scotland Miss Jean Duncan, on her re, - turn trip from three months spent in Scotland, *visited over the weekend *ith Dr. and MS. J. E. Whiting at the home of Mr. an Mrs. W: C. Pearce., Miss Duncan was a former nurse at Bella Cecile Hospital where Dr. Whiting was previously sta- . Garrett, Ms. W. W. Garett,Bit Allan Donnelly spoke on credit union. Township director, Hamilton Hodgins, presided for the annu- al joint meeting and turkey din- ner held in the Anglican Church basement, Lucan. Don Middleton, secretary field manage, was in charge of the elections, Biddulph • Township director --- Hainitofl Advisory committee 4-- Zone 1, Hodgins. Torn Cowley, Eric Hodgins, Bev. liodgins; zone 2, Erle Atkinson, Ed . Flynn, James Sigsworth; torte 3, Kermit Thompson, Lorne Barker, Murray Abbott; zone 4, b;daer Mg so' s the fell ".,•".." mote Ref in the spring Moot "gig Komoi4mall Cob" UNITED HIVES in I DO SEES CORN - Bigger yielcla pet acre with deep, Lull kernels on it entailer cob * nine foot recite to beat the tether , 8 planter illats graded for easy, eVtit planting Iva ,,(k.O.izoter for rcsistanee to iliStagd ItteVelliOng wbr peys o grow tnited • Ott IN /OUCH Yittli v01111 UNITED HY-iltIOS 'FARM .A0INT (hentotatrt lady's tails &Islas, your illte) RALPH E. '3)H N A rAYLott MALtOLM Sr ENC110 Stotofloitl, totttio, Sto Mileyite cantatio. ()nitwit* Ontario, 'LOCAL TRADEMAttrA, 7F;ZOUBLE ALWAiS FINDS THE WISE MAN TOO BUSY an) SEE HIM New t. ... 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