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1111SHOHS COWGIRI.S—Among ...the entertainers at the district high schnol's
In Revue" recently were these rootin', .tootin' cowgirls who staged a tap dance to one of
it the. musical numbers. Left to right are Rosemary Smith, Beth Goddard, 11I a r len e
Stone, Gwen Spencer and. Jane Horton. —T -A Photo
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The policy demands of the amendments which were an -1 average base now proposed- still
Ianadian Federation of Agri- lnounced on Friday; after strong does not provide a. formula
vulture are not fully met in the representations by the Canadian which takes farm costs into ac-
' tew farm price stabilization bill Federation to the,,goyernment count as a guideto the level of
low in the House- of Commons, and the members, improved the price su rt "
"Irorclon Greer, president of the
)ntario :Federation of Agricul-
ure said this week.
As 'a member of, the O.F.A.'
ielegation, Mr. Greer said that
o had spent ;three days in meet-
ngs with the members of the
nouse and the minister of agri-
eulturec previous ' to the second
'eadipg of the bill. He said, "I
,that while the government
nay' intend, under this bill, to
uppert 'pricesin-,,,fairc relation to
arm costs; this bill fails to pro-
ide the required 'formula to ac-
tomplish this successfully. The
1-luron. County
'Crop Report
By A. S. BOLTON
Heavy rain and record high
emperatures have created a
nuddy situation in most -barn
•.ards during the past week. Any -
'me who has an exercising area
or cattle in a loose housing set
tp which is not paved, may find
t necessary to locate a new area
or this purpose if a change to
•4eolder weather does not come in
he near future.
• Since there are no cities in
luron County, most •of the
'1,1ristmas trees ,required were.
supplied from local woodlots.
bill somewhat by incorporating.
some features ,which recognize
the importance •of the cost -price
relationship to the farmer's po-
sition. •But the . 10 -year moving
Fairfield.Forum
Holds Yule Party
The Fairfield Faint Forum
held a Christmas 'patty it""..the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Leer
port with 47 in attendance and
Mr. Herman Powe as chairman.
Included in the program was
the .singing of Christmas carols
ender the direction and nom-
paniment of Kay Hodgson, Judy
Lampert, Elaine and Marie
Powe, vocal duet. by Elaine and
Marie Powe, with Elaine at the
piano, solo by Bobby Haist ac- the regulations governing. the
companied by his sister, Mar- vaccination of all female calves
garet, recitations by Wendy between the ages of four and
Neil, Brian Lamport and Ruth eleven months, brought a .warn -
Ann King,'mouth'organ duets by; ing today from W. P. Watson,
Russell and William Schroeder Ontario Livestock • Commissioner,
accompanied on the piano by that the onus for arranging for
Joseph White; piano solos bY the vaccination rests on the cat -
Elaine Powe and Judy Lamport
and choruses by all the children. ti owner, '
Under the Brucellosis Act,
•Santa arrived with gifts for breeders.who fail to comply are
everyone. liable to prosecution.
The next meeting will be on "Figures reaching this office
January 6 at the home of Mr. indicate that there are some own -
and Mrs. Elmer Powe. • • —Please Turn to Page 10
Mr. Greer added, "The Canad-
ian Federation's position on the
new legislation vas fully et out
in a statement which has, been
in' the hands` 'of members of the
House of Cornmoes and has ap-
peared in the, press."
"On December 20, during sec-
ond reading, "Mr. Greer said,
"this statement was read in
Hansard. infull by a mernber of
the House. Farmers •would de
Well to •obtain the, Hansard re-
port of this date and read the'
full debate which took ):4lace,"
Some Ignoring
Brucellosis Act
Failure on the part o some
cattle breeders to comply with
May the great blessings
and inspiration of the Christmas
season remain with yoti
• throughout the New Year to fill
Cad, day with !liminess for you and yours,
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Fiieldirnan. Maintains
'By J. CARL HEMINGWAY Also finances are completely
under the township farmers' con-
trol. The amount paid to :the
county is decided by the town-
ship fernier. The amount paid
by the county to the provincial
organization is decided by the
county directorate and the seine
is true of the provincial to do-
minion.
-Some organizations claim tial
all membership fees should be.
paid direct to the dominion or-
ganization and rebates be sent
back .down the line -I think you
can readily see who is boss in
this kind of set-up. Also these
people say • that the officers
should be elected by the mem-
bership at the annual meeting.
As an example of this, I might
say that I have a life insurance
policy with ,a mutual company.
Each policy holder is a member
with voting rights and each yeer
I receive' notice of annual vineet-
The Ontario federation diree- Mg held in Calgary. Needless,: to
sayho have
dnoon 'vt otaetetenind.thAes eoatnrpeaytlt
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torate• is made up of an elected it is completely • controlled. by
those policy holders who .can
travel to Catgary.
If the federation were organ-
ized on the same basis only
those farmers living near the
place of annual meeting would
have control, As it is the dele-
gates to provincial or dominion
can express the opinion of the
farmer because they are within
reach through the township -di-
rector.
attended a meeting recently
at which the question of who As
a member of the Federation of
Agriculture WU brought up.
The foundation •of the Federa-
lion of Agriculture is the indi-
vidual farmer in the township
who pays his membership fee,
either by direct levy ori his as-
sesstnent o by a grant by his
township council, to the town-
ship federation of agriculture,
If the township organization
has so instructed the township
council, this levy or grant may
be paid to the county organize -
thin and the county Will refund
the agreed percentage • to the
township federation.
The county directorate is made
up of an elected director from
each township who is respon-
sible for expressing the will of
the farmers of that township.
Affiliated groups alio have rep-
resentation on the county board.
representative from each coun-
ty. This representative, in order
to coy with the wording of
the Corporations Act, is called
a 'member and is responsible
for expressing the will of the
county at provincial level. Here
again affiliated organizations
have representation. The Canad-
ian Federation is made up on
the same basis.
In this way the farmer in •the
township can readily express
his ()Pinion all the way to the
dominion level. It is easy for
him to attend his township Ah-
nual meeting There he can give
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views and, if they are approved
by the farmers in that area,
they are on their way to influ-
ence the actions of the Canadian
Federation.
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Co -Op ,Sales'
Set Record
A record sales volume of $62
million for United Co-operatives
of Ontario's fiscal year ended
September 30, 1957, was reported
by Hugh Bailey, General Menai'
ger,' • at the co-operatives two-
day annual meeting.
This volume was Am approxi-
mately $1,000,000 from last year.
Operating earnings at $416,604
which is before taxes and does
not include capital gains, was
up almost $54,000 • from Jest
year's operating earnings of
$362,800.
Feature of this year's :balance
sheet was the marked improve-
ment in U.C.O.'s working - capi-
tal. In 1956 working capital was
reported at approximately $500,-
000, this year it is 111,500,000 re-
flecting the suecessfulrecoed
sale to 61 million of debentures
during the fiscal year just corn-,
pleted.
' President Art Musgrave indi-
cated that United Co-operatives
is contemplating as its next ma-
jor capital expenditure the con-
struction of an elevator for the Groups Assist
storage and marketing 'of corn, •
wheat and beans. U.C.O.'s grain Children's Au d -
advisory committee is expected
to make recommendations in the Societies from this district
near future regarding size and ,contributing to the Children's
location of this projected plant, Aid Society for Christmas in -
and to show thatthe project has eluded: Elimville W. L, Exeter
farmand local Co-operative sup- Chapter No. 222, 0.E.S., Cen-
port• tralia W.M.S,, Kippen East W,I.,
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Mr, Musgrave said that the Crediton W.I., Bell Telephone
annual meeting would he asked Office, Exeter, Main Street
to consider the advisability of United Church, 4 L's S,S. class
treating a new co-operative car- Calvary E.U.B. church, Dalh-
poration to carry on dairy and wood, Exeter Senior Citizens
poultry marketing which is now Club, Exeter Kinette Club, Dash -
operated by U.C.0, and some wood W.L, Thames Road Sunday
local co-operatives. School, G.L,O, Bridge Club,
Mr. Musgrave said that, "the Dashwpod.
growing importance to the far- Pride of Huron Rebekah Lodge,
mer of orderly marketing was Exeter, Hensall Public School
dematicling time" and, thought of grades 5 and 6, Beta Simile Phi,
the U.C.O. board. The problem Exeter, Atnber Rebekah Lodge,
of finding the troper place of Hensall, Primary Dept. James
United cooperatives in the over- St Sutiday school, Exeter, and
all plan Of Provincial farm mar- the Protestant Sunday School,
keting has been a difficult one." Centralia RCAF.
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Make This Profitable
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION
Farm Futurama
OSCIA Theme ..
One of the many annual con-
ventions scheduled for the new
year is that of the Ontario Soil
and Crop Improvement Associa-
tion to be held January 29 to 33.
with day meetings at the coli-
seum, Exhibition Park and eve-
ning meetings at the King Ed-
ward Hotel, Toronto.
This: year's • convention will
have its general theme "Futu-
rama of Agriculture" and those
in attendance will hear and see
the latest agricultural develop-
thent , •
• Of . special interest again this
year will be "The Agricultural
Outlook for 1958" prbsented by
W. P, Watson, Ontario live stock
commissioner.
In addition to sessions on gen-
eral farm" and crop stibjects,
there will be meetings for those
interested in such special crops
as potatoes, registered seed,
turnips and forage, and several
Lints will be showd to illustrate
various topics• .
This annual event is made
possible by the willingness ef sev
eral'practical farmers to share
• their methods, and experience
and by agricultural officials.- of
Various organizations who pre-
sent the latest research in prat-
tital terms. •
.Buy The
Ca'NOP
WAY
in 1958
For Savings AND
Quality Product*
Support the farmerst
Own business '
District
I CO-OP
Exeter
oho.' 2i, Oben AR Week
Forums Rap
Farm ,Help
Seventy -tip per cent of the
forums reporting their findings
to National Farm Radio Forum
feel that "terrertt federal govern.'"
merit farm policies are not meet-
ing the farmers', needs as well
SthheeYjosritollt
T . were asked in
what ways their needs are lie-
ing met or not being met through
federal farm policies. Thirty-
seven per cent of the forums
thought that some of their needs
are being met through such
policies as the price supports on
dairy PrPrIncts,, hogs and poultry
Products; The Canadian •Wheat
Board; and temporarily through
cash advances on farm stored
grain
For those giving a negative
answer 29 per •cent felt that
freight rates ere too high. Twen-
ty-seven•per cent of the forums
said that support prices dr] hogs
and eggs are not meeting the
producers' needs but are of val-
ue tothe 'packers. The price
spreadbetween cost of produc-
tion and Price- of product is too
great and should be investigated
according to 49 per cent of the
forums. The forums want lower
machinery prices, better farm
loan and • credit policy, import
eontrols, stabilized prices,. and
more advertisipg of Canadian
farm products by the govern-
ment so that there would be a
larger world market for farm
produce,
Five thousand fanners distus-
sed and reported their opinions
on "Federal Action for Agri-
culture" a recent '"In the News"
broadcast: •
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DevelnInPents in farm market-
ing are moving too rapidly for
humans to handle,
whoTah
4atwlba onetree°mUllatiYn official,-
MOUS described the present eon -
fused position of the provincial
marketing program.
His comments followed reports,
still not confirmed, that the On-
tario gdYernment will withdraw
'from ale marketing legislation
and let farm organizations regu-
late their- own programs.
The reports said the govern -
meet felt 11 has become too
:closely ,asseciated with the en-
:Commentof farm marketing
legislation and as a result is
subjected to. too; -much pressure
from various groups.,,,,.
Speculators believe the gov-
ernment will ask farm organiza-
tions to determine what farmers
wish and Also to do the job of
enforcing- their demands.
Commenting on the reports,
Huron Federation Heldman Carl
Hemingway said this week:
"The first thing I would call
witch
Fire Truck
To ;Florida
Spreading some goodwill
thrOught• -the. United States for
OAC, Guelph; are, seven senior
students diving a 1925 fire truck
Christmas holidays. da
Floridahaonlidbyasc.k during the
hr
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Equipped . with seven tires,
sleeping bags and camping equip-
ment, the: group left OAC the
day after. Christmas on their 10 -
day jaunt to the sunny south.
All members of the graduating
year, the boys started off follow-
ing a TV interview in Kitchener.
They expect to be interviewed
in a, number of U.S. cities before
they -get Mine: •
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to your attention is the fact thitti
this report was under the PM",
of .a newspaper correspondent.:
This relieves the government 1ot:.
being accused of a definite
sta"tAesme:onnte. reads. Along in the
rthePe9fratr plraodquictits:e intalileet4itng"eaCti
and similar and supporting'a.
mendmentswill not be with.
drawn. Rather iL appears that..
the government Wishesto give
up the .responsibility of .enforce,
ing it. It is diffmnIt. to. :see how
this can be done as the, govern.,
Inca Is the only source of ?ewer
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for law enforcement.' •
44.At. the 'present time it is the
responsibility of _the, 'producers
marketing
atirkreetgluillgaognesileir to re.
farm products marketing board.
government appointed body.
When it mentions. producer*,
,policing their members • the only.
conclusion would •seem to be
that farm organizations would "
be ,asked-. to name the Met they
wished to have on the . Farm,
.PrOducts Marketing Hee r4 •
These men would then . be ,apt.'
pointed by the government.
• "This would seem to be logical -
Due to the- increased • ,nurnbet.
and 'scope of- marketing board*.
in recent years it is ..natural and
desirable - that changes should
be made in the methods of ade
ministration of the 'Farm Prod.'
ucts Marketing Act.. Farm or
ganizetidn has. been pressing
vigorously for these changes.
"I.••quote- from the report of
Royal Commission. - on - Price
Spreads, 1937:. 'All shipments of
livestock should be made tothf,/,
public market, where ever pos••'•.
sible, to give all buyers an op-
portunity of competing for thent
and to prevent direct'shipmentv
being used as a :club- in, the*.
hands of the 'packers to :break
down'
on the public.ostoc
yards..:
• First
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TO THE FARMER
REPORTING THE
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First Litter
Of Pigs
BORN IN 1958
We Will Furnish One Bag Of
Prizes
In Our C?wn
Shur -Gain Baby Pig Booster
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Shur -Gain Baby Pig Booster is creep -feed built especially for baby
pigs to get them eating. and growing in a hurry. Baby, Pig Booster is
mighty tasty and little pigs love it.
• Start feeding Baby Pig Booster to all pigs by the time they are
14 days old. If the s6w is a poor milker, pigs may need Baby Pig Chow
even sooner. Just how soon pigs need its additional boost will depend
largely on the milk flow of the sow.
TO THE FARMER REPORTING THE
First Calf
BORN 1N 1958
We Will Furnish A 50-1.b. Bag Of
;Purina Cciii
Startena
Startena costs about half as much
as milk and it grows calves better than:
milk—not fatter, but heavier, growth.
ler calves.
BIRTHS MUST BE REPORTED TO OUR. OFFICE, PHONE /35
Watch Our Ad In, The 'January 9 Edition For NeWs Of Winton% •
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Pigs, Harry Arts, Creditor*ealf, Howard Kerslake R,R, 1 Centralia
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