The URL can be used to link to this page

The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-04-03, Page 1111, KNOW THESE MEN?—This is a picture of the young men who attended the first short course in Huron sponsored by the Ontario Department of Agriculture in 1921. It appeared recently in Huron Soil and Crop News accompanying al] article by S. B. Stathers, Lucknow, Huron's first ag rep, All but three of them have been identified by Mr. Wesley Johns, Exeter, ane of the members. Back row, left to right, Edgar Montieth, Will Etherington, Milton Luther, Charles Fisher, Bert Bissett, Cecil Stewart, Ears. Sha ton, Albert Etherin ton, Roly Williams; centre raw, the late Stephen p g Hog- arth, Wesley Johns, —, Mr.. <Stothers, —, Norman Kleinfelclt, Will Jeffrey; front row, --, Art Ford, Ernie Pym, Elgin Rowcliffe, Alvin Pym and Harry Coates, If you know any of the other three, please contact The Times -Advocate. r - f SOUTH f/!JQON and NORTH M/DDLESEX r --r..___---'" '�-`-�..--- r , -•–'jam--�` --^--�- ��•`'�" McInnis Answers 'Beefs' Over Hog Producers' Row "Because of crude and false reports which truckers and drov- ers are circulating regarding their premeditated attempt to disrupt the provincial meeting of the Ontario Hog Producers' Association and our Marketing Agency held in Toronto, March 3 and 4, Ontario hog producers are considering the banning .of truckers and drovers from all future hog meetings in Ontario." Mr. Charles McInnis, presi- dent of the Ontario Hog Produc- ers' Association, indicated this es he reviewed action. by truck- ers and drovers at Ontario hog producers' meetings and pro- grams. "Our county and provincial hog producer meetings have been orderly and business -like," yr. McInnis said, "We do not invade processor or trucker meetings as a mob in an effort to interfere with proceedings. Whenever we have -business with these groups we .make appoint- ments, and during our meetings with thein we observe standard protocol," "The provincial meeting of our association and its market- ing agency is a legally consti- tuted meeting of delegates• 'of- ficially appointed by county hog organizations. At these county meetings all producers are priv- ileged. to speak, to elect demo- cratically their delegates to the provincial meeting and to in- struct the delegates as to the wishes and opinions of the coun- ty," )\Ir. McInnis said, "Only these county delegates are privileged to speak to the provincial meeting, We welcome observers, provided they do not interfere with the meeting. Our meetings have to be properly conducted because we 'have heavy agendas and have only two days in which to make crit- ical decisions regarding a •$100 million industry. n Also,our mar- keting keting agency opertes under provisions of the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Act, and we have to follow certain fixed imeeting procedures cedurcsscrupulous- e• sci u Mous• y. „ "Our annual meeting this year was attended by 251 qualified delegates out of a maximum of 259 delegates eligible to attend," Mr. McInnis said, "Through these delegates we had a tto'• ough representation of hog pro- ducers of 41 counties. The only county not officially represented • e 1,Yt111 W eeev ,.01,11,1111 eeee11, 11110111111.1,1,1111111111,1111(1111111111111111111111111, was Stormont. However, hog production in. this county is not substantial. These 251 delegates had every opportunity to voice the opinions and wishes of their constituents, and; this they did through orderly discussion, through voting on. resolutions, and by electing a board of di- rectors for 1958.i' "On the first day of our an- nual meeting this year, March 3, a group of 40 to 50 drovers,. truckers, and members of the Ontario Peach Growers Protec- tive Association arrived at our registration desk, outside the Crystal Bali Room of the King Edward Hotel," Mr. McInnis said. "Among this group (who, although they were not delegates, and, who derive most of their income from trucking, and who did :not have the courtesy in advance to ask permission to attend or speak to our meeting) were these truckers and drov- ers: Arnold Darroch, Win. Har- ris, Charles Coultes, and Edgar Martin. Some of the 40 to 50 people registered under phony names, and some were inebriate ed." "From the moment these men entered our meeting they chat- ted noisily among themselves disregarding the fact that re- ports were being presented," - Mr. McInnis said. "At the com- pletion of a report from our gen- eral manager, Jake Kohler, the meeting chairman asked the vis- itors to make less noise. Prompt- ly, a well known trucker from Bruce County had the effrontery to reply before , an audience of some 400 people that he and his associates were not interested in Mr. Kohlcr's report because Mr. Kohler was 'not sincere'. This the said at a meeting at which he and his colleagues were not entitled to be present, let alone talk. Before these- same people leftthe meeting, in g, they booed, shouted, threw eggs and prevented orderly discussion by our delegates." "According to press reports these same men and their as- sociates are now claiming that they were prevented from speak- ing because the microphones were cut off," Mr. McInnis said. "Their statements are complete- ly false, and we can prove it with an official statement which the file we have in our s from management of the :King Ed- ward' 1•Iotel, whose own staff CoOp MiIk Rcplacer FOR. CALVES .& PIGS . A \vhole milk substitute manufactured from care- fully selected high quality ingredients, including powdered milk, selected minerals and vitamins, knoWn tu be required in calf nutrition. Coop Milk Replacer is also fortified with antibiotic feta sup- plements upplements to stimulate growth and aid in control of colds and scours. 25 lbs. of Co-op Milk Replacer will replace 250 lbs. of whole milk. Running Short Of Feed? Enquire about our feeding contracts. FO1.INDATiON -COBBLER SEED POTATOES Other varieties available later. ASSORTED VARIE'T'IES DF SEEDS AND FERTILIZER i uy Quality Co-op Products. Exeter COOP r w • Drstrr�t • 'NINE S 1 Dir l"GT . OPEN 'ALrµ. WEEK kieeTaielle ltrenetfeine heti eillett ilii atfPe`1rP1etelti1TrVYOeftirlefiYier Pact Yfentrrllneltelrrr1Y11.' Second; Si atom operate the microphone cite cults." "The illegal and arrogant in- vasion of our annual meeting by these rabble truckers, drovers and peach men is only part of their over-all program to dis- credit and smash our hog mar- keting program," Mr. McInnis charged. "On March 11 the On- tario Livestock Shipper's Associa- tion appeared before the Ontario Legislature's standing commit- tee on agriculture and had the impudence to make proposals Lo that committee regarding producers' marketing programs. IL is ridiculous for these truck- ers and drovers to presume to be our spokesmen." "This same association," Mr. McInnis continued, "during the past winter sponsored meetings in Ontario to attempt to force our marketing program to be put to a vole even before it was given a fair trial." "Obviously, our hog associa- tion and marketing agency does not welcome to our meetings people who behave in this fash- ion. When men who are unin- vited, break into a provincial meeting of 253. officially ap- pointed delegates and break into a meeting financed by our own. producers; and sonic of whom use phony names at the registry desk, some of whom are ineb- riated, and some of whom have the audacity to publicly insult our general manager, throw eggs, indulge in unnecessary noise and shouting; and, • who now go about the country falsely charging that microphones were cut off—obviously what else can we do but call upon the police to throw them out of our -future meetings? Fortunately we rive in a de- mocracy where peaceful, digni= fled, and intelligent meetings can be held without annoyance of rude. rabble. A full report on this whole situation is being g made available to each board of. directors of our 42 county hog associations for distribution to their 40,000 member producers." " 1 "11 the people persist in an- noying us," Mr. McInnis con• eluded, "and continue making' false charges, we may have to draw this matter to the atten• tion of the Ontario government and the Automotive Transport Itwould Association, vo d seem a oc little peculiar and risky for --Please Turn to Page 12 inesAbvoca1� EXETER, ONTARIO,. APRIL. 3, 1950 Pageli*Ilrt�}I� Predict Swing To Sugar. Beets To ReplaceCan Crop Contracts T ..... Increase. in sugar beet acreage problems and improvement in in the Exeter -Centralia ;and Kip -returns as compared to compet pen areas is expected because ing cash crops. M' 5 E x e r i � n t R e's of the shutdown of the local I�xcept for minor changes and p canning factory, officials of Can- improvements, the price scala ada and Dominion Sugar Co., and guaranteed terms of the Chatham, said this week,. 1958 contract continue the same The ::1rk?tr Fav rrQwed Hen Pens Amos, acts tithe -term average sugar- eon- This ANDREW DIXON 1 convinced me that they would The feed combined simplicity have already been signed and tent are guaranteed on initial '!'his ear's la •in hen 1•o- be as good as any to work with. and economy. We purchased a more are expected, price of $12.00 per tan. ] Y S g p We agreed topurchase 171 HY mixture of whole grain and The .company is sponsoring a In December, the federal goy- jest was slightly different from sola ISrunhbles concentrate to give a meeting for interested growers ernment placed a floor price of those of preceding years in the fine pullete at $2.50 each eggs for feet to a rebate of $1.00 per bird protein content of 15`b. 'Chis in Exeter in Tuesday. April 9, $13.00 a ton.on the 1957 crop., fact that \',e produced m owing to the publicitythat the feed was Put in tube feeders sale on the normal , market p at which contract terms and The returns, However, have al - rather than for hatching Per. breed would receive. On. Sept. and replenished twice daily. other developments will be out- ready exceeded this amount ores, i 28 these birds were picked up Nothing else was given except fined y Second checks were mailed out poses. change •meant that we' the farm of Hugh Watt, oyster shell in hoppers and grit C & D officials at Chatham say to growers this week bringing. had. to watch production costs ` debeaked and put into the put in the feeders at monthly contracting is proceeding at "tre- the factory delivered price to more closelyas the market was school's pens, ;intervals. Water was before the mendous pace." After only 13 date on 17 per cent beets to core iveand not brisk. Asa The pens are the same as birds all the time in automatic days of contracting, 1,478 brow- $13.75 a ton, made up of the int result we had to choose a feed have been used previously, one waterers. ers have contracted to grow tial payment of $12.00 and thiel that was cheaper than that pre being windowless measuring' The caretakers were Grade IX 20,366 acres which is just 200 week's payment of $1.75, viously used, choose a bird that 12 x15', one with a slat floor and boys, four boys being respons acres short of the total acreage With an average yield of 13.44 k content had low teed conversion ration normal. lighting m e a s u r i n g able for a period of a week, in 1957. tons per acre and sugar and increase our bird population: 10'x15', and one being 10'x13'. They gathered the eggs three Factors behind the increase of an average of 16.08 per cent,. to Inc point where a small re-' containing 24 cages, In these times a day, added feed as are promise of a government this payment makes an average turn per bird would ada up to canes we put 36 birds, 12 cages necessary and washed the eggs support price, advances in me- of $175.39 per acre paid to date, a reasonable total, I housing birds singly and 12 before putting them inthe chanization of the crop which. and there is at least one more We set tip an experiment on cages with two birds in a cage, crate. eases cultural and harvesting t payment to come. housing by dividing our birds In the slat floor we put 98 birds , The birds were sold at the into four groups that were (100 were intended) and in the end of the project as layers to handled exactly the seine .ex -'windowless pen we put 38 birds lair, Victor Hogarth for $1.00 Fie1dman Comments cept for housing. Feed consume -((36 intended). Thus we had each. As three birds were lost Lion and egg production were 1 about five sq. ft. of floor per during the project they were recorded with. the idea of learn-; bird q. the windowless pen and sold for $167.00. Thus the de•; ®� Much �� lug what type of housinb tv ould th sq. it. Of floor per bird on pieciat17n of our hens was prove to be the hest, The ex- the slat floor, i $89.50• pertinent has provedmialy pro- PEN PRODUCTIVITY •FOR 24 WEEKS In Canadian �interesting and financially pro- Eggs fitable. The birds were Hy -line, I de- SingleFloor Area No. of Eggs Of Pen sided that their sponsors would' Cages be co-operatively minded, and had Double Cages .. the reputation of the breedSlat Floor Former Ag Rep Gets Top Post R. G. Bennett, former agri• ultural representative for Hu - ken, has been appointed. Chief Agricultural Officer of the On- tario Department of Agricul- ture, Formerly associate director of the extension branch, Mr. Ben- nett succeeds the late James A. Garner in the third top post in the department. His position is next to the deputy minister, Dr. C. D. Graham, Mr. Bennett preceded G. W. Montgomery as agricultural re- presentative in Huron. He made significant contribution to the growth of. the 4-H and -junior farmer program in the county. 4. Huron County e - Crops port By O. H. MILES While the land is drying up very quickly in some areas in the county, there is however a fair amount of snow at the edges Item of the fields and it will require a good rain before much. work 171. Hy -line pullets ,. can be done on the land. 3 feeders The :maple sap has been re- 1 gal. cod liver oil ported to be running freely and 240 lbs. grit a good quantity of syrup is be- 1 egg washer ing made. 8000 lbs. feed Farmers are reporting a strong ReaRepir on hens demand for bulls of breeding a age. Sale of eggs ... Sale of hens.. Sale of feed HENSALL SALES PRICES I attended the local white bean • 65 sq. ft. 1310 20.15 growers meeting in. Zurich re- 65 sq. ft. - 2300 35,38 ccntly. The white bean growers 150 sol. ft, 11658 77.72 are to be commended for the Windowless Pen ..... 180 sq. ft, 4513 25.07 very good job they are doing From this chart it appears that by crowding a pen its pro- for their members. They seem ductivity can be greatly increased, ( to have gone just a little farther in the successful marketing of their product than any other farm organization that I know. FEED CONVERSION Lbs. Lbs. Feed No. of Feed Feed per Cost per of Eggs Consumed Doz. Eggs Doz. Eggs Single Cages ....,... 1310 670 5.98 20.33e Double Cages 2300 950 4.95 16.83e Slat Floor . 11658 4370 4.32 14.686 Windowless Pen 4513 1690 4.49 15.26` The crowded pen with 14 hours light gave the best feed However they were criticized for not operating on a definite profit basis. The board's answer was that they didn't want to in- terfere with private dealers. The board. also seemed willing to take the lower quality of beans that were often directed conversion. The feed conversion of the cages was disappointing. to them, bear the extra expense The difference in the single and double cages. is hard to account of processing and also look after for especially as feed wastage was more evident in the double the exporting of surpluses. They cages. also stay out of the domestic market in disposing of the beans lest theyprovide embarrassing competition to private dealers. Is this being too much of the "good samaritan?" At no time was the A small group unreasonable, but the A I talked with a barber recent- mediuni percentage was in excess of the large for the first 81 ly, He told me that a few years weeks, i back shaving was the big end of the business. Gillette invented a safety razor—eleetric razors were introduced. Itesult—in the past 20 years half'of the barbers have been forced to seek their daily bread in some other line of endeavour. Was there a "Protective As- sociation" formed for barbers Receipts Expenditures.. and their friends? Poultry dealers paid 40 per pound less for fowl than did . dealers where there was a co- op to supply active competition. Should farmers feel sorry for these dealers when they are; squeezed down to a moderate income co-op competition? Should farmers be asked to From our results, it appears that loose housing gives better production than confinement. However, there is no significant difference in production of birds with 11 sq. ft. of floor space and birds with 5 sq. ft. of floor space. Egg Quality And Size The egg washing machine went into operation January 2 and the percentage of B grade dropped r,uickly, The number of cracked eggs is excessive, The cages con- tributed to this, but the biggest reason was the tendency of the hens on the slat floor to scratch in the nests. This increased as time passed. and .although few eggs were smashed, they were vigorously rolled about and hairline cracks resulted. COST ACCOUNT ................... 128.25 533.32 167.00 9.00 837.57 Prices at Hensel]. m Community Sale Thursday, March. 27. Profit Weanling Pigs $ 14.50 to $ 18,20 New Equipilie.nt .. .. .. Chunks 19.85 24.75 Total gaitt from project Feeders 26.50 30.00 120,00 •i 87.00 SowsThis comes_ to $100,00 per bird .over costs in a period of 24 Holstein cows .., 156.00 190.00 —Please Turn to Page 12 Durham cows 175.00 203.00 weeks. Holstein calves 16.00 26.00tf 111.„1, 10.. Y111111.,101,"1101„1n.. .... 0111110011010111111111111111011111111011111111111111111 ..... 1111111, Durham calves 28.00 44,00' Fat steers up' to $23.90 a hum-' tiredweight; baby beefs up toi $24.10. There were 250 pigs and 150 head of cattle and Calves sold. ( 85.86 84.25 170.11 384.75 14.25 2.75 5,75 70,00 272,54 1,67 751.71 .4111,1111(111011111 ... 1,11111,1.11111110111,11111111111111111111101111111111.1111111111,1„111111 Our Malting Barley Contracts Can Make You Money See bur special contract be- fore you sign, Fertiazer sup- plied with Contract, Act now! Seed Grain For Salt NO 1 MONTCALM MANY . HERTA +PARKLAND NO: 1 REGISTERED AND COMMERCIAL OATS Many Varieties Scofs Elevator f PHONE; t; FPICE 61; RES, 116 LLICAt , N r Y iar4YY uniirPrWnnnfwVPlYrrllliiii”i1iiYYY11i'iiririYYYii'i'i7ifir�ibiii,9lfiiViiifSiriPVYrnrifiliiYYYliiiYniiirYYYlYiiiYYFiti55,�r' G�rCaC�GY�� ;r. Started 171CRK-137 Pullets A GAY NEW HAT ON THE HEAD 14 A POOR 5U85TITLrrE FOR PROPER'THOUGHTS' INSIDE IT OW EASTM DAY Red X Sussex Sussex Red WEEKS '(MAY 10 WEEKS (MAY 12) - $i,00 These pullets—on a. Purina T' of ding Program—are beil'lg raised ultdel' excellent conditions and Manage- ment, O!U ER, OUR NOWstartedpullets may be .§cBrcG�. 12 WEEKS (NOW) $1,45 ,10 WEEKS (MAY 12) 1,20 8 WEEKS (MAY 5) $ 1 r00 mitt. , .. GRAIN -FEED -SEED EXETER•'Y,r-. 735••WHAlFN CORNEkS%i'kA.vKIRI<TON 35RI5 61, protect the interests of non co- operators who are willing to reap all the benefits from the competition supplied by co-ops without taking any responsibility in the successful operation of the Co -Op. In years gone by the young farmer liitchect' up his team 'and wagon; grabbed a shovel and earned a considerable sum of money doing road work between seeding and haying. Trucks came along; took over the haul- ing of gravel and farmers lost some cash. No "protective as- sociation was formed. With the introduction of mar- keting yards some farmers are delivering thir own hogs. Some truckers are losing business. Why should the farmer be pre- vented from doing this just to keep the trucker in a job? I do not like this approach, neither is it popular with farm people who are, by nature, thoughtful of the welfare of their neighbors, but big business is, in. its cold impersonal way, forcing farmers to this view. Cancer may occur in almost any part of the body. The most effective means of controlling the disease is to educate indivi- duals so that they may apply for treatment early. FOR A BETTER CROP IN 1951 — PLANT CO5OP SEED .010010000110000001100110110000110001111110011000000 ..... 00 .............. 1 lllllllllllllll 11110001 0a7 Atten 1 lon Farmers Sugar Beet Meeting Exeter Town Hall Tues0, April 8 8,00 p.m, INTERESTING FILMS Discussion on new planting, blocking and cultural practices, Explanation of new growing contracts. LUNCH WILT, 131; SERVED No Adillission. Charge Sponsored : by Canada Dominion. Sugar Beet .Company I iII Athos, I .R4 S Parkhill, Pieldrian 1 ewiu10s+4n61nnani tfiTnrfYrrrrlrrlsiYrrurrl,r'rnrrinn7TrrnnMil '111 u,11ur1ruiImni fYill.fuYYirY1'nrrimYnrirlTlYrrOnftnrlittl