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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-03-20, Page 9• Role In or Affairs rarm Forums Topic The ;topic for the last regular meeting of farm forums was. Canada's Role World Affairs ea-lt was the only international topic this season and an impor- tant one. If anyone has had the oppor- tunity in recent years to go abroad one cl the things that is ,quite evident as soon as another country is reached is the pres- tige "given to a Canadian - and the importance of Canada in world affairs. The question to be answered was "what -would Your forum like to know more about regard- ing Canada and its role, in world affair?" glimville Forum. forum met Monday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Elford. The concensus of the members Was that very few Canadian people know the facts about N.A.T,Q,; F.A.O.; the Colombo Plan, the Baghdad Pact and many other parts and plans, They would like to know why the farm .organization represen- tative, Dr. Hannam was not on the broadcast as he is the farm representative at all world con- ferences of farm organizations and they would also like to know who is behind the move to make the wheat deal with China; gov- element or wheat board. The next meeting being re- view night will be addressed by Mr. Ross Francis at the home of Mr.and Mrs. Witham Elford. The members will hold a turkey; banquet in Flimville Hall April 8, Fairfield Forum Fairfield Forum held their meeting at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Russell King with 26 mem- bers in. attendance. After a lengthy discussion of •. e topic they concluded they did not. know enough about Can- ada's role in world affairs to in- telligently discuss it but they would like to know what Cana- dian diplomats are doing for their country. In an election of officers Rus- sell King was named president, Joe White, vice-president; Earl Neil, secretary; Mr. and Mrs. George Hepburn and Jack; Mr.' and Mrs. Elmer Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Heist and Jos. White, social committee. Next Monday night, the annual turkey' banquet will be held in Crediton. Community Centre, Parr Line Forum Parr Line Forum met at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Glen Weide, with 16 adults present. The members had several ques- tions to ask regarding Canada and her part in world affairs: 1, A world :food bank has been suggested to dispose of our sur - Plus .products. We would like to know how this, could be worked out? What part could. Canada 'play in this? 2. What percentage of our farm products are disnoSed of through the Colombo- 'plan? How much more could they take order that plan? 3. Would it he Possible to sell some o.f Canada's prodnets to countries with soft currency? It was decided not to hold a meeting on the fourth night, hut , tion, In 1957 however, every area to attend the Farni Forum rally ; across Canada produced a bum. in Exeter, March 27. It was also per crop. decided to hold a hare -met on g Why. is it nevessaryto im- port more produce from one country •than Canada exports them if it is possible to secure more even trade .elsewhere. I 3. Why should; daylight saving time continue for the advantageot a few sports minded people rather than standard time? This is a detriment to agriculture., The last meeting: of the sea- son next Monday night will be held at the home of Mr. and !ars, Earl Atkinson. Express Concern I -Continued from Page 1 immediately put on :a fair value tariff to stop 'the importation. Growers, and processors, too, are now considering a request for further protection from the government on canned products, I Clarence Down, R.R. 1 Hen - sail, a member of the Ontario [growers' marketing board, said 'this week: "1 think it is pretty well agreed by processors and , growers alike that steps should be taken to stop these American ' imports at distressed prices," [ Officials of the board are making an extensive study of the situa- tion. Dominion Bureau of Statistics reveals that during the 11 months prior to November, 1957, the number of pounds of canned corn imported from the U.S. was nearly three times the previous year. Significant increases are also reported for canned peas. The urgent request for protec- tion against frozen peas was made in February after it was learned that they were being im- ported at six cents a pound, which is less than processors here pay farmers for the pro- duct from the field, Current Second Section exeferZimesaktuocafe EXETER, ONTARIO, MARCH 20, 1958 Pops. N1n. GRANTON WINNER - Happy winners of the beef cattle section of the Livestock Divi- sion of College Royal held at the Ontario Agricultural and. Veterinary Colleges, Guelph, are, left to right, Don Pullen, Granton, reserve champion; Duncan Campbell, Moffat, champion and later grand champion livestock showman; and Katherine Merry, Milton, third. s , s„.;,es?., price to the farmer runs up to I meeting Monday night when he .....,-;--_...:,•-• 1111 $150 a ton which is seven and meet SOOTY 1/1/RON z7/1d IVORTH /14/DOLE.SIEX-r---- rr r one -halt cents a pound. -•-•-------- __-_-,,.„- -7.7-- I R e e v e William McKenzie pointed out the problem during a discussion at Exeter council . said a government official. had recently surveyed the fruit and vegetable -growing areas in Calk fornia and found tremendous ad- vances being made in prod' tion. Where local growers get' stabilizes Income:•Caidiff tte- . lo five to seven tons of corn to ew Tory Farm Program the acre, California growers For the first time in Canadian, "The board will take such ac - history, farmers are assured of tion as is necessary to stabilize stability of income by protec-!the prices of agricultural coni - tion from sudden 0L drastic dc- modities at their respective clines in prices, Huron PC can-lprescribed prices. didate Elston Cardiff stated in ". . . the prescribed prices an election speech Friday night. [ shall bear a fair relationship to ! Under the Conservative goy- the cost of production." ernment's farm stabilization act, "The act also provides for "farm prices can never again emergency mandatory floor fall below 80 percent of the 10 -prices in the event of national !year moving average," Mr.: or world-wide general price de - [Cardiff said. !clines." When the Liberals were in Mr. Cardiff said the new act power, "farmers were compell-• provides for a revolving fund • ed to struggle along as best of $250 million to be used for [ they could but, under a Diefen- I price supports. 1 baker eovernment, they will no.1 The Brussels farmer said the 'longer '‘Iie the orphans of Cana -, Conservative government pledg- da." 1 ed itself "to do something to Explaining the new farm bill assure that agriculture shall not !in detail, Mr. Cardiff stated: in future suffer when a rem - I sion strikes the country". "II provides for the setting up. o.f an advisory hoard consisting! "No single item of legislation of the heads of Federation of Agriculture and the Farm Union along with the best men that can be found in agriculture. • were harvesting 35 to 40 tons because of their long growing season. ; However, it is not the imports in the main, but heavy inven- tories which have caused the shutdown of Canadian opera- tions • this summer. : Last year, processors across Canada contracted for an addi- tional 20 percent acreage over previous years. This, coupled with the fact that yield averaged 35 percent. more in 1957 than is normal, gave the companies far ' more peas than they had ever anticipated. One cornpany "official explained it this, way: in a normal year there is usually one growing ' section of the country which suffers a setback .thr o ugh drought, rains, frost or other I mishap and allowances are made for this in estimating produe- Anril 2 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Soldan. Glen Weido was elected vest - dont for next: year, and Mrs. Minister From Crediton Charles Robinson is secretai•y. The first nicotine* next year will be held at the home of Mr, , Relates Jam are.) Mrs. Ross Love. Fuchre winners were Mrs. I Calvin Fahrner, formerly of radon .Tarrott. Gorden Lnve, Crediton took the members of John Soldan and Charles Robin- Zion E.U.B. Church, Crediton, Fnn, : on a pictorial tour of Jamaica latuerest Forum !Friday evening when be showed Hillcrest Forum members le a number of color slides he had discussion nn the subject of taken on a trip there last sum - Canada's role in world affairs men at the home of Mr, and Mrs. t He travelled with Hector Mas - Newton Wasnidge decided they sey, a native of Jamaica, The ivould like In he better informed two men met at university where on the subjectend would like they were studying for the min - to know if Canada is exnorting istry and decided that someday as mech as she is prinorting. they must go to preach m Ja- Another group of the same maim Their prayers were ens - forum had several. inquiries to veered last summer when they m eke ; ; were finally able to finance their 1. Why could Canada n n t trip, have more 'faefories to process! They -drove to Miami and on her raw materiale the are new :several occasions were refused going fo the United States for admittance to some of the hotels proeeising, ;in the southern states due to Mr. llll Attention Farmers Here's the,Bargain You've Been Waiting For on • SWATHERS While They Last, For Only $450.00 SAVE $319 MASSEY-HARRIS VER,GUSON 1:958 model with rubberized canvas, No, 7-9 ft. P.T.O. swather handlift on 590 x 15 tires with transport attachment. ilegular Selling Price $769, NOW ONLY $450 Special Price is PAM, Exeter during this sale. No trades of any kind accepted. This special price of $450 on the '58 Swather models applies ONLY during this Sale which is for a limited quantity only, If You Want a Swathcr Order One Todayl Terms $100 cash with order, talance when you take delivery eft eir before3uIy 15th. H. R. Sherwood. mass.,44.,A.Fergus. Sm.sts..c. PHONE 4144 EXETER • • . aican T our year average formula. The ave-, ragerprice eof any commodity Canvass District during the 10 years ;immediate- Massey's colour._ • ly preceding the ,year in which ; For Brucellosis Despite this racial intolerance., a support price is set is known [ , they reached Miami unscratched as 'the base price at which it is 1 A canvass is being made of spent two weeks preaching in ; tentage of this base price. I ships to secure approval for the 1 can be expected to solve all'the dificulties under which the com- plex industry of agriculture is presently laboring. However, we ;believe that this bill will! give our farmers a much great -1 er degree of security than they 11 Mr, Cardiff admitted. that the new bill bears some resembl- ance to the old prices support act enacted by the Liberals. "lhe prices support act could have been made to work to a much greater advantage had, the government of the day so wished," he said. "They had $200 million at their disposal but failed to make use of it except in time of emergency. "About the only time it was ever •used was when the foot and mouth disease hit Canada a few years ago. In addition to the new farm act, Mr. Cardiff said Mr. Dief- enbaker has set up a _ Royal Commission to study price spreads on farm products. "This commission is now working and we are hopeful that before long it will bring in a report that will be of great benefit to a lot of people." "No government; in Canada's history has acted so quickly to bring in measures so urgently needed for the welfare of Celled - an people as has the Theron. baker government," Mr. Cardiff have ever before enjoyed in our history." c "The bill provides for a 10-1 Hog Service Fee Increase. Raises -.Opposition Cries Ontario Hog Producers' Mar- keting Board announced its ex- pected increase in fees last week and already the opposition has raised the hue ancl cry. Because of a terse but correct - t; worded press release reveal- ing the increase, misunderstand- ing and unfounded charges are providing new fuel for the al- ready stirred -up fire of contro- versy over the scheme. The new lee is a flat 40 cents per hog --nothing more, not even pro -rating charges -but some producers read the statement to say the total charge will be near the dollar mark. Actually the increase amounts to an average of 11 cents per hog but the explanation is com.- plicated and therefore. prompts confusion. Here's what has happened: The 24 cent service charge PER HOG and. the 20 cent pro- rating charge PER. SETTLE - District Leaders MENT FORM have been elimin- I ated entirely. 'They won't he de- ducted from the farmers' checks any more. The new fee is simply 40 cents 1 a hog. There's nothing more to it. There'll be no other dedue- tions--just a straight 40 cents. Here's how the 11 -cent increase is figured: The cot of both the service fee and pro -rating charge has averaged 29 cents per hog under the past operation. This is made up of the 24 -cent fee plus the fire -cent average cost per hog of the pro -rating charge. This latter charge was 20 cents for each farmer's shipment, whether it was one or 15 hogs. ,Shipments across the province averaged out to four pigs per farm so that the average cost per hog was five cents. The action of the marketing board was taken following a res - Fruit Growers Choose Reeve At 4-H Course Twenty-five leaders of 4-H Homemaking clubs in South Hur- en attended a two-day course in Clinton on the spring project "The Club G i r 1 Stands on Guard. The iiroject. is designed to teach the need for improved health habits; arouse a desire for physical and mental fitness; arouse interest in family and community welfare; encourage the girls to work to eliminate hazards in - the home and to teach simple first aid principles. Miss Shirley Patterson'home economist for Huron and Bruce counties was the instructor. Attending from Hurondale were Mrs. Alvin Moir .and Mrs. Hugh Love; Miss Ruth Skinner and Mrs.. Norman Jactues; Dashwood, Mrs, Mer- vyn Tiernan and Mrs. Harry Hoffman; Crediton, Mrs, Ed. Lampert. and Mrs. Lorne Hodge: Grand Bend, Mrs. Ed. Gill and Mrs. Don Hendrick. HENSALL SALE PRICES Prices at Hensall Community Sale March 13. Weanling pigs .. $ 14.85 to $ 17.20 1 Feeders 23.00 32.00' Chunks 18.75 21,50 Sows 91,50 114.00 Holstein cows 140.00 ' 175.00 Durham cows , 160,00 200.00 Holstein calves 17.00 24.00 Durham calves 31.00 42.00 There were 40 pigs and 125 head of cattle .and calves sold. Reeve William McKenzie, Exe- ter, was elected first vice-presi- dent of Huron Fruit Growers' Association at, its annual meet- ing in Clinton Thursday. New president is Lorne Woods, R.R. 2 Lucknow. who succeeds Fraser Stirling, R.R. 2 Bayfield. Directors include L. V. Hog- arth and Victor Jeffery, Exeter and Philip McKenzie, Kippen. Douglas Miles, ag rep, is sec- retary -treasurer. Speakers at the meeting in - eluded Professors Harold W. Goble and C. B. Kelly, OAC, Guelph; J. Johnson. London; and Russ Chard, Forest. olullon which was passed at tl. marketing board's ,analtal .;11001 Mg in -Toronto :earlier. tins month. The resolution slirecte4 the marketing board to revise and .simplify its marketing :serv, 'ice fee so that it would ado, quately .cover costs of.maintain* ing the present marketing pro. gram and of extending the di. rectional program to the i'i' :minder of the province. One of the principal reasons for the increase is .the cost oL operating .the board's' assembly yards throughout the province, 'rite board's. operation in 1957 resulted in a deficit of $33,000. Producers have demanded more assembly yards throughout the province which will mean ad- ditional expense. For most • yards, the average cost of operation works out to nine cents per hog. In some areas, however, the cost is high- er. MMUIMMUUMMUMMUM ll IMUMM ll M l MMOil i. 11 Comments I On Egg Prices IBy CARL HEMINGWAY Egg prices seem to be on the !move again. First up, then I down. Why? It was forecast at the first of the year that export to the U.S. would fall off and that egg 'prices would be at the floor early in the year and would continue there for many months. They told us that production , would be up and altogether the prospects for eggs was not good. A short time ago the price Joint Birthday Party started up and I belive was, for one day last week, 466 for A The birthday anniversaries of large. Then down to 390 and Mr. and Mrs. William Pearce now 40'. levnecri eb3,,e, celebrated ahtoemd eover comingt h e OV'f.eeak11-1 nets market report, I find that In looking at the poultry prods their family except (Marjorie); to date in 1958 we have exported Mrs, J. E. Whiting of Hannon, ! to Venezuela 113.596 thirty dozen B.C. who telegraphed•congratula-! cases. To date 1957, 9,220 cases. lions. i Why the huge increase? Who is Oth f i d w e Mr and or should be looking for other el' r en s er . Mrs. Roy Cox, Detroit, Mr. and„ markets? Mrs, Carl Thomson, Wyandotte,1 It seems to me that the pro. and Miss Helena Humeston, clucer has little or no informa- don, lion on these ouestions. I can't see any great incentive for the I trade to take on this type of , work, Price to the producer has ,very little if any affect on the nrofits to the trade so why should , they put time, effort and money into developing markets for the benefit of the producer? • This is a field that the pro-, ducer will have to develop him- ` self. To do this, poultry pro- , Myers will have to strengthen their organization to the point [ that they can exert some con- trol over marketing and there- ' bv get the information on pre- ' duction and markets that is so [ necessary to returning to the • farmer a reasonable price. The Hog Producer Marketing Agency is finding that the in - f • t• theyareablet get [ through their organization IS their greatest strength in bar- rtaining a satisfactory price for the producer. Let's hone that poultry producers will soon be • able to get the facts. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Harris and Ernie of Kirkton and Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan of Toronto spent . Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harris in London. Mrs. Morgan remained until Sunday. See New 4-H Clubs For Stephen, Exeter A 4-11: tractor club may be or- to sponsor them oncluded. ganized in this area Thursday 1 A second organization meeting night if sufficient interest is will be held in Shipka public shown at the annual 4-H meet -I school on April 3 at which time ing here Thursday night. Arthur Bolton, ass's ag rep, said Wednesday this is the Exe- ter area's turn to have the trac- tor group. It's expected the same clubs which operated before - grain, beef and dairy calf, corn, pout - try and sugar beet clubs - will be formed again. The meeting will be held at South Huron District High School Thursday night. Boys and girls between the ages of 12 and 21 are eligible to join as many as three clubs. and flew to Jamaica where they supported will be set at a per.: cattleowners in Middlesex town - various churches around the brucellosis control program spon- The nine key eommodities country. hogs, sored of the Ontario Depart - under the act• are cattle, The people of Jamaica received! sheep, butter and cheese, eggs, ment of Agriculture. ! them heartily and they soon! Canvassers in the Clandebove wheat, oats and barley. found that they were in great area include David Henry, for demand in the churches.!"On one "The guaranteed yearly' prices concessions one, two and three occasion," recalled Mr, Fahrner, will be set normally during the McGillivray, south of Brinsley "I had the privilege of preach- •first three months of each yeae . . „ road; Rea Neil north of the same ing' lour times in one day." andnu. be m effecto . s road; Clare Paton, concession f sei,. months in each case after being road; Clare Paton, concession They spent their first week - d in,T • t tl 1 one Biddulph, and Jim Sigs- worth, concessions two and three north of Lucan. Mr. Massey's parents in a place The government has already called Comfort Castle; then taken emergency action extend - nig price supports on fowl, dur- capital. key, butter and butter oil, sugar Most of the scenery was beau. beets, eggs and certain grades tiful but the audience soon found of potatoes delivered to starch out that this island paradise is plants. not exempt from misfortune The floor price of $13 a ton when Mn, Fahrner showed a which has been placed under a they went on td Kingston, the "How'd you get the shiner?" "Kissing a bride after the core - "Everybody does that." "Yeah, but this was two years tier. series of pictures of a train sugar beets "will give farmers lllll amiateiele wreck which had occurred short- confidence that at least they ly before their arrival and in will receive Cost of production which over 100 people had been and will assure the sugar com- panies sufficient acreage to I, Despite this unnerving inci- keep their plants in operation. dent the two men enjoyed their It could also mean some con- ! two weeks of hard work and re- trot ' over imports at certain turned home with a feeling of ac- times of year in some sections complishmeet. of Canada." Mflinnim l ll MMMuMMIOMMIMMOMpflinininimmumminintmOmminiumMiniMMMMUMM FARMERS Order Spring Seeds Now! 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