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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-07-17, Page 11SecOnti Section HURON MPP INSPECTS HO O $ALES OPERATION manager Jake Kohler, of the Ontario Hog Producers' Marketing Co -o p, points out sales figures to Huron MPP C. S. MacNaughton, who visited the co-op offices in Toronto last week to inspect opera- tions at first hand, Mr, MaeNaughton said be has received hundreds of enquiries concerning the hog vote on July 25, and wanted to see for himself the methods em- ployed by the co-op. Figures above are part of a huge blackboard on which officials chart hourly sales of hogs at co-op yards daily. Photo Far _27e 900114. MORON and NOT// 41/DDL.FVFX Farming Program. In East Impresses Middlesex By W. K. RIDDELL. surprise to an agriculturalist dress by the provincial archivist, Middlesex Ag. Rep. from Western Ontario, though Dr. Bruce Ferguson, outlining A trip taken five years, ago by the extensive farming along the the political history of Nova , • s EXETER, ONTARIO, JULY 17, 1958 , Nos Vivo, " roducers Organize Campaig Fir Largest Farmin Plebiscite Letter To The Editor uggests Communism In Ontario Hog Pion To the Editor: !quality. How absurd title is. , to ehange this Board. Canada's largest farm plebie- Gray. "the members of tile Me - cite, the ;July 25 hog marketing mittee have been working vets ' vote in Oatario, will affect an hard. The committees have three estimated 70,000 farmers and main duties. The first duty, their families, a total of 250,000 which has been. carapleted. was ' rural people- to assist in preparation of the lt, will mark the culmination of voters lists by checking to see 16 years of effort by the farmers that all those eligible to vote in Ontario to. develop a market- were entered on, the list. Tile ing system to sell their hogs to eeconc!, and very important duty, the - packing trade. is to inform all producers as to Local producers point out that, what will be at stake July gff, according to the provisions of and the third job is to see that the Ontario Farm Products Mar- all get out to vote." keting Act, no further vote on After the vote, assured of this The Hog Marketing Board was: since for 20 years I have always ; With regardto le prices the present marketing plan could whole -hearted support of pro.. conceived and illegally forced Produced es mailer hogs as 1 paid in Quebec, it is quite com- be taken for two years should clueere, the co-operative can go upon us on the supposition that : cared to and of the best .quality mon for the price to be higher resulte on July 25 be unfavor- forward with the plans now 'under . . • 1 was et t 1 on west end Montreal market able. In the meantime, no other consideration to further improve marketing plan could be brought the marketing system and offer into .force. still better service to local Huron, Middlesex and Perth Producers. hog producer organizations have "Only the board of directors, organized committees to get out on the advice of general meet. the vote in each township and in Inge ofmembers, can aet future the packingeindusuy was no , bidding enough for bogs, thus! LEONARD GREB• 1 which is the Montreal market making excessive profits, I ; flay Township on which Ontario hogs are sold . by the Ontario Hog Producers There has never been a single- Board. shred of evidence brought for- . Sees Letter I have been informed that ward at any time to indicate that this was so. Yet the farmers there are some 17 marketing have been tricked out of $3,500.-4 school sections as welL policy,"Mr. Gray p,out, 000 in suport of this marketing . on using yards in Montreal with the east end market handling the vast Township committee chairmen • "but some points have already plan and still no evidence that ; The Editor: 111111 aalokreittypao;s aQnue:e: ahgoegso. ,This v r f t2.00 in Middlesex include Harvey been under discussion, and We Kennedy, Biddulph, and Donald, can. make intelligent guesses as An article appeared in the . per less than the west -end '. • to what some others :may be. the packers have cheated us, i ToHughes McGillivray. t market. There is also on si.) cent .this "B.ealizing how important to Mr. Charlie McInnis, president If they have, then the Barrie ` o Copaeo has been cheating TimesAdvocate which seems' to the welfare of the local product of the Ontario Hog Producers" thee! July 3 edition of The Exeter. ' bave the object of confusing the • as ,e ,,,. a, p. but it , ery don us ers, the vote will he, says Mr. Association, recently discussed a east:nett market a bonus of btf _ , - members as they have . always paid the same for their hogs as the rest of the industry :issue in the vote by hog produ-; &claw its way ypercentage , of this yet, their indite or dividends eel's on July 25. I ducer a back to the pro. year's end have been quite mod- ' Mr. Charles McInnis and the I Also only the Toronto price is est and no more than what any 'flog Producers Marketing Board.: quoted in the official market re- Cor Beef individual can obtain in the in- , Since these men were all elected . port. Quite often the price .paid 11 - vestment field. And this farin.! at the annual meeting by vote of! at outlying bog producers mar- ers' packing house at Barrie Is the county delegates which the! keting yards is higher. paid back to their members at • There is a definite attack on Newf Grade Among new categories added as efficiently run as any in .0n- i hog producers of each county 1 With regards to the marketing to national beef grades is one lark), !elected to represent them, the.. yards again this has no signifi- 1 that provides far overfat car - vole on july 25 can do nothing I. —Please Turn To page 17 leasses — Commercial Class 3. To put all this in simple lan- guage, Inc farmers of Ontario river valle 'd 1 I II b' t . • Mrs. Riddell and myself to ys an in more eve ,Scotia and le men enmuy o have poured $3,500,000 down a +, Western Canada and the Pacific . fertile areas was impresesive, representative government beingiekiman Comments ..... eirat-bole. And McInnis and Co.C Halifax was entered around the celebrated this year. While rep- • • ' Bedford Basin and other liar- resentative government was bour areas. .achieved in 1758, responsible Three days were spent at the government was not a reality convention of the Agricultural until 1848. institute of Canada, held. at his- Tours taken during our visit toric Acadia University al Wolf- included sections of the rich ville, Nova Scotia, This brought Annapolis Valley, with its fruit, together agriculturalists from all poultry and g e 0 e r a 1 farms; Canada and the personal con- Grand Pre of Evangeline legend tacts were a highlight of the. and Annapolis Royal; the south gathering. shore west to Peggy's Cove and The basic theme thig year was east te Antigonish, the Canso "Nuclear Energy and Its Agri- Causeway to Cape Breton Island, cultural Implications". Thought and the Bras D'Or Lakes; over provoking papers by experts, clis. to Prince Edward island by the eussion and resolutions showed. ferry from Pictou, Nova Scotia, the general interest but varying across the Island and back in opinions of the delegates on nuc- to New Brunswick by the upper tear problems. ferry at Port Tormentine. Meetings of the affiliated Can- One was impressed by the adian societies comprising agri- more intensive agricultural. na- cultural engineering, pesticides, Lure of the Island compared to phytopathology, agronomy, ani. the general mariffmes, the le:pi- mal production, horticulture and catty red sail, the Experimental soils had programs outlining Farm at Charlottetown including most recent developments in the artificial insemination unit these respective fields. for cattle, and the advanced Mrs, Riddle enjoyed the special registry station for hogs for the tours and programs for the Island. ladies. Of particular interest was the A highlight of the annual ban- historic parliament buildings. quet at Kentville, was the ad- ' — Please Turn To Page 17 Coast proved most interesting, and convinced one that Canada should be seen. at first hand to be fully appreciated, This stimulated the intention to see as well the Maritimes when a convenient opportunity presented.itself. So with the Agricultural. Institute of Canada being held at Wolfville, Nova Scotia, in late. June, along with the. opportunity to visit our son Douglas with DuPont; of Canada in Halifax, and his wife Betty, and return with them on. their vacation to Ontario, the trip was arranged --- eastward by C.N.R. and home by car, Our first stop en route was at the O.A.C., Guelph, for Alum- ni Day, Two features here were the opening of the fine new physical education building, one of the most extensive and best equipped in Canada, and. the thirty-fifth reunion of year '23 with which I graduated from Gu.elph. The college, with this physical education, building, a new soils building, and veterin- ary laboratory just completed., a new biology building under way and other facilities planned, is rapidly extending its already splendid ,physical equipment. By train to Montreal the area from Guelph to Napanee showed crops suffering severely from dry weather, though rains during our absence wrought a real transformation. Crop -wise, East- ern Ontario, Quebec, the Mari- times and parts 01 Maine and New York State traversed had had Ample, and in many eases excessive moisture along with cool weather, leaving spring grains and corn on the whole rather, backward. While awaiting • the evening connections in Montreal for the Ocean Limited to Halifax, we toured the Impressive new Queen Elizabeth Hotel, which. has been much in the news over its Eng- lish, rather than French name. The hotel is now in full' opera- tion, and its excellent appoint- ments are being appreciated by the travelling public. Travel from Rimouski, Quebec, to Halifax, Nova Scotia, was in daylight. Scenery was enjoyed along the St:. Lawrence, around the north eastern sections of New 13runswick, along thhe Bay of Chaleur and through Nova Scotia to Halifax. The rugged terrain and extremely extensive forest, much of it spruce and other evergreens, was a bit of a • OtItiiituilmilmoommlist;imemits oo it vvv have been hiding at the bottorn' of this rat -hole. Use Carbon Dioxide In Livestock Killing Installation of -carbon dioxide. carried down into a carbon dio- equipment to render hogs uneon- xide chamber and return to the scious prior to slaughter has exit side unconscious.: Front here they proceed for further pro- cessing. The entire operation, from the time a hog enters the until it is slaugh- tered, takes about 75 seeonds. been completed and is now in use at the Toronto plant of Can- ada Packers Limited. Known as the Hog Immobi- lizer this is the first installation Homer J, Maybee chief of live - !stock products division, Market - ling Service, Canada Department of Agriculture, linked this ex- tra category with preparation of beef cattle for exhibit and sale. Hundreds of beef steers are number of points, which. had been or might be considered." "Mr. McInnis noted," says M. Grey, "that eareful andextensive research is needed Lo find the most desirable number and the best locations for our marketing yards, or if we still need local yards. This research should be ' done by an independent body and include a study of where the hogs are produced, how they are transported, and where they are killed. "Mr. McInnis also pointed out that surplusses of pork have occurred in the past, and plans must be studied how such a era, the price of hogs has been! Sees Marketing Need marketed each year in this man- quld. best be bandied to serve • Before ' the marketing board; possible situation in the future up and clown with supply amt.! ner, he said, starting with local the producers' interests." go un. under scarcity in those For Small Producers demand. The fact that .hogs did. 4-H shows i:i Western. Canada Among the other points inert - and. continuing through to the timed for future consideration days is positive proof •that there Royal Winter Fair and similar were co-operation with market. was open competitive bidding! Sy J. CARL HEMINGWAY a eontraet because 1 might have shows. ing boards in other provinces, as 1 On July 25, hog producers are no market for the turkeys. The Cattle sold at these exhibitions well as ways th develop still for these hog by the packers. I t asked to vote, on the Hog Pro- processor will take the contract enter the regular trade clean- greater competition on the mar- butWhat other force or movement, competitive bidding eould ' ducers' Marketing Plan birds first and the only time the nels. The meat is often marked ket. Greater competition would . . , Under this plan hog producers independent can sell his product with a special ,stamp to indicate have raised the price which ! went as :high as $39.50 per euit':' I have the privilege of voting at is in a time of short supply. If it is "Show beef" and usually challenge any group or party the annual meeting in the county 1 have a contract, I. know that I brings a price premium at the ; who shall represent them 'at. must. produce better and cheaper wholesale and retail levels. in Canada to deny this fact. I If we are going to change the ' the Ontario annual meeting of th ne' hbor or I will lose The carcasses are normelly the organization. At the provin- cial annual, these county dele- gates carry out your wishes in the matter of policy and officers for your hrganizatiore These of- ficers are then obliged to carry out the wishes of your delegates on the marketing of your bogs or :face defeat. at the next an- nual meeting elections. ! The question on July 25 really is: "Do you want to have a share in controlling the marketing of your hogs?" Recently The Exeter • Times - Advocate carried a story on the huge hog producing set-up being developed in that area. Last akeek there was an ae- couet of a large new turkey broiler project. In other places we hear of the 50,000 layer flocks and 1,000 steer economy of the packer at the buying end, then we will have to change it at the selling end or we will Lave no packing indus- ti.y, either private or co -opera. Live, as' at Barrie. To follow up, we' will have to change the economy of the con- sumer or in large part, the city laboring class. To do this, the wage, tax And all other allied economies wilt have to be re- vised or controlled, This then will be a controlled economy or state with no free enterprise — in short, a pure form of come unis . On July 25, the hog producers must decide, whether to go back to the old free system of enter - ;prise or a communistic slate. There is no other choice. The marketing board can only be feeding lots, successful and live up to its claim in a controlled state or Let us see what happens when econoinee I, as an individual producer, compete with type of production? The Rural Co-operator prints an article. by a Quebec writer 1 produce hogs, eggs and. beef, which states that Quebec farm- all in a small way. 1 buy feed. ers praise our. marketing plan. Since I am a small producer. 1 This is typical of Rural Co-oper- like to pick up feed at the mill hi small. lots in order to have it of -carbon dioxide equipment for Since the approximately fifth ator garbage because it is true fresh. A mill operator quoted animal slaughter in Canada and of a pound of carbon dioxide in. that the Quebec price of hogs. . haled by a hog is enough to i•en- without any marketing plan, has me a price of $62 a ton for bog grower which 1 would pick up der it completely unconscious for from six to seven minutes, the operation is considered to be In. the most humane method of the company's intention to practicable slaughter known to stall similar equipment in all of across modern science the Company's plants The carbon dioxide, which ar- Canada just as soon es manage - rives by tank truck, is pumped merit Ives satisfied that the Tor - info a storage tank at the plant onto ins&allation was completely for use as required. Capacity of workable, . which the storage tank is 15,000 pounds, The Hog immobilizer, sufficient, at the rate of a fifth can operate at a capacity of 400 of a pound per hog, for 75,000 hogs an hour, or close to seven a minute, was purchased in Den- mark Hoge enter the immobilizer's travelling con.Veybr one at a time from a harrove runway, are one of the very few installed to date in North America. W. F. McLean, president of Canada Packers, said that it was BALER & BINDER .Universal • Twine TWO Brantis To Milkers Choose From DISCOUNT FOR CASH WO service And clean Universal Pulsators ,„„„..„,„„„„,„„,„„„„„.,„„,„„„„,....„„„,„,.:,„„„„„,„„„„„„,„„„,„„„„„,„„,„„„„,„„„„„ Fresh Electric Cement I Fencers „,. S12,00 Supply Harled B Fencer At All Times . i Battery .. v $ 3.90 See us about - AiuMinuni Wire $ 8,95 CEMENT BLOCKS ,i 80 rods virotortIlliiii1timrtiutillffitlifIn011iiVOOVII0iitiftelititill714110ftinivYtirriiMilltittliornriviitilvtlii11101111111tif Full Inc_f Co p Feeds ?., , , rtifilmililfiriffitfliquiftloYiwoctili01/1 II tatiltlfilfiVerallilffirillif Ifirliftli II FYI ft11111111111111-11 I MI ill i I I ill Intl t IP I 1 EXETER I DISTRICT • 00*OP been generally higher than our at the mill door in balf-ton lots. price, and this in spite of a flood - of hogs from Ontario 'to thet 1,1 I were a large operator the province to by-pass C. McInnis same null would deliver a seven- small producers, who are really and his boys, ton. load, hi, bags, to my farm :supplying the food of the nation, . , for $60 per ton. This mill oper. I don't ask any favours in selling Speaking of garbage, the Mid- ator admitted that he made core !price but I don't want to sub- dlesex Hog I'rociticers say in last siderably less profit per Lon in ; sidize the feed and selling of the week's issue of The Tirnes-Advo- the large lot than iti the. small , product of the large ,producer. cote that if we vole for the lot yet because of the better bar.; I have heard a lot of com- scheme we will have freedom to gaining position of the large pre - :plaints about the hog producers produce as many hogs as we ducer be was forced Into this !marketing agency but I have vvish. to, and of -the highest prhetiee, : never heard the strength of their ensure that both large and small operators have equal opportunity. in our free enterprise eystem. The promotion of a quality program that would further int. my contract. My neighbor is graded by a .government grader prove the present high quality of very tough competition. and the official grade mark ap- Ontario!hogs and an educational When I deliver one. case of Plied. Usually these show cattle i program which would give• the eggs a week to the egg -grading have excellent .conformation, and!housewife a better knowledge of station I get market price. If 1 a high proportion of. them make; the true food value of pork, and Brand. pandgrade — Choice or Red the best. ways to prepare it, are fnlhave 20 cases of eggs a. I well .. two things that have been before producers for a long time, Mr. Mc -Innis has pointed out. Such progressive steps will not be easy, says Mr. McInnis, but the egg -grading a truck to pick up those 20 cases Occasionally, though, carcasses and pay me a bonus of two or are overfinished They are too three cents a dozen over Mar. fat and wasty to be popular with ket price. Yet government re- the retailer andhis customers. ports show that the small pro- Despite the top conformation and must be undertaken to assure ducer supplies far the most eggs "show beef" label, they still pro- farmers their rightful. place in to the cosumer and:lie does it vide a low-grade product. the sale of their produce and in cheaper. In the ease of the cattle there are various methods of selling. Here auction selling seems to be gaining favour but in my ex- perience I found that I paid the auctioneer of a community sale to buy my cattle for a large feeder rather than to sell my cattle to the highest bidder. We hear a great deal of talk on how profitable and how ef- ficieet large operators are and that. the small produced can't but whve In the light of the above facts it seems to me that the large market show cattle should real-, Chnton, Tuesday. operator is making a profit be- ize that .on the cutting block,1 The eharges, resulting from aa cause of stronger bargaining conformation cannot compensate ;investigation carried out June position; first in buying his feed for excess fat. 17 at.the Clinton yards, were and second in selling his prod- The extra layer' of fat may laid by an officer of the Ontario net, downgrade the carcass from , Society for Prevention of Cruelty 1, along with hundreds of other Choice to Commercial 3. 1 to Animals, ow (hatie new g . determining theie income and been established, grades Choice, standard of living. Good. Standard, Commercial and Commercial 2 will not in- clude overfinished wasty car- casses, Mr. Maybee explained, The trade put its own evaluation on the various grades and Com- mercial. 3, or cattle expected to go into Commercial 3 after Hearing of charges gairisi slaughter, are likely to be dis- Howard Smaie. Hensel], and Joe counted. seph Corey, Clinton, over death The marketing expert warned and injury to pigs sold through producers of finished beef cattle the hog co-op assembly yard, against overstepping the mark was postponed until Friday, Aug - on finish. He said producers of ust 1, in magistrate's court, Delay Hearing Of Hog Charges animals. Gas concentrate in the 0 leponarntlocolik fox tmhearbktelytiiinIgg. 11 1 ; Abalarogaibnoingg aipldosittoiobnaerqouealeionteidie. gas chamber of the Immobilizer ver 300 Atten remains at a constant 54 to 55 sell one bog through the hog only farm products that basisI know producers Marketing Agency I' of that are sold on the of per cent. S . At Camp will receive exactly the same a. government grade, to the pro - cattle unconscious prior Over 300 attended the Huron who sells 100 or 1000. This seems tion and government grade at a captive -boll pistol. to render slaughter. 10 Federation of Agriculture open. to me to be as 11 should be. producer level ensure a fair air church service at the United In the case of turkeys, I can't price In the producer. Let's keep "The raptive-bolt pistol is un- Church summer camp, near afford to risk producing without! them on July 25, suitable for hogs, however," Mr. Goderich, Sunday afternoon. McLean said. "Hogs have al- trht crowd sat on benches in ways. presented quite a problem the shade to hear music by the in this :regard and we have had Salvation Army Band, of Wing - the matter under study for a ham and Listowel, and a sermon 1 long period of thne. The carbon on "Power" by the Rev. 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