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"THEY NEVER WEAR OUT"—Reeve Earl Dixon of McGillivray township says this
.30 -year-old td
steam engineae works
as well as it did when hen it was new. The engine power-
ed threshing at five farms in the district this past week and used to do 20 or more.
Co-owner Ma`irray Dixon operates the machine which, the brothers say, costs far less
than more modern machines to operate. Besides threshing, the machine is used to fill
silos and saw logs. The Dixon brothers bought it second hand years ago and recently
Were offered $1,000 for it by a U.S, antique dealer.—T•A Photo
Cantt Fire' Steam Engine,
Still Works Like A Charm
A 30 -year-old steam engine in
McGillivray hasn't lost lis job
because it works too well,
The engine, owned by Reeve
Earl Dixon of 1'lcGillivray and
his brother, Morley, powered
threshing operations on five
farms in the district this week
as if it was just out of the :fae-
tory. Purring away like a sew-
ing machine, the big iron relic
of the 30's did its job without
a hitch,
Plan 'Raffle'
Of.Lacombes
About 100 boars and 15 breed-
ing groups of the new Lacombe
breed will he distributed through-
out the country this fall., Can-
ada Department of Agriculture
announced this week.
The Lacombe breed is the re-
sult. o.f a hybridization and selec-
tion program initiated by the de-
partment in 1947, which com-
bined the blood of the Danish
Landraee, the Chester White,
and the Berkshire breeds.
This is the second release of
the Lacombe boars. Fifty were
distributed Canada -wide last fall..
As was the case -then, the boars
this year will be Made available
to producers of commercial
swine on the basis of a chance
dra w.
The Lacombe females will be
released in breeding groups con-
sisting of three gilts and one
boar. Officials stress that these
breeding groups are for the pro-
pagation of purebred Laconbes
by private breeders and only
those interested in raising pure-
bred Lacombe:, and with some
experience in raising purebred
livestock, should. apply.
Application forms and details
of regulations covering the draws
are available on request from the
Experimental Farm, Lacombe,
Alta, Deadline is September 20.
Interested swine producers and
breeders are urged to apply for
the forms immediately and to
note the conditions and require-
ments. Only applications sub-
mitted on official :forms and ac-
cording to specified conditions
trill be considered in the draw,
A committee will examine the
applications, and a public draw
will be held at Lacombe. ;Breed-
ing groups will be drawn first
and successful applicants who
also applied for a boar will be
eliminated from the draw for the
latter.
"1've been thinking of getting
rid of it for a number of years,"
says Reeve Dixon, "but it , still
does the job and it doesn't cost
much to operate."
''There's lots of free wood and
water around here and that's
about all we need to keep it go-
ing. I don't think it will ever
wear out—the boiler will rust to
pieces before it stops running."
This year the machine did the
threshing on the farms of Earl
and George Dixon, Tont Kooey,
Harvey Fenton and Hiram Dix-
on, But this may be the last,
"We're thinking of selling it,
if we get a good price," says
Reeve Dixon. "Two years ago,
an American offered us' 51,000
for it but we were right in the
middle of the harvest, If he came
around again, I think he'd buy
himself a machine."
Buyers these days are collec-
tors who display the machines
as antiques. William. Smith, Cred-
iton, recently sold his steam en-
gine to a .Kitchener man who
has a number of others which
he keeps for a hobby.
The Dixon brothers bought the
machine second hand about 30
years ago and they used to do
all the threshing in the com-
munity, Now, combines have
taken over.
Besides threshing, the machine
is used to fill silos and saw some
logs,
It travels from farm to :farm.
under its own steam. In the west,
Reeve Dixon .recalls, they used
JOINS CFA—Bob Carbert, popu-
lar farm broadcaster at CKNX-
TV, has accepted a position as i
director of information for the
Canadian Federation of Agricul-
ture.
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New LitIle Pigs Disease
'Fairly P'revalent' Here
Authorities at the Ontario
Veterinary College report thatt
a new disease afft'ecting
little pigs
is appearing in some herds. The
disease, which has been referred
to as vomiting
diseaseo
f]
little
i iso
pigs, somewhat vbat similar to a
disease caller "transmissible gas-
troenteritis," This new disease
ffects sucks
to use steam engines forplowing ; a ing pigs of two to
but they were mighty ar , six rr eek: 01 age.
vkrr ai d,
The machine was manufactured Veterinarians in this arca re -
by Robert Bell Industries, Sea -.port the Mery disease is "fairly
prevalent,'
Dr. R, F. Roelofson, Exeter,
reported this week that some of
the largest piggeries in the area
have lost 15 to 20 suckling pigs
a night. Both large and small
herds have been affected.
The new disease, he said,
usually kills all of the litter but
Bob Carbert
To
CFA Post
Bob Carbert, C.KNX farm
broadcaster, has been appointed
Director of Information for the
Canadian Federation of Agricul-
ture,
To farmpeople in Western
Ontario Bob is no stranger. Ten
years ago he started. the farm.
broadcast department of CION)+.
Wingham. When CKNX branched
into television, Bob served the
farmers with two of the most
popular farm programs, `Focus
on the Farm', and `Almanac'.
Mr. Carbert is a native of.
Perth County, raised in the
Mitchell area, and previous to
farm broadcatisng he farmed in
Hibbert Township.
Always alert to the fact that
farmers want to be informed of
what is going on in agriculture
circles, Bob Carbert has carried
out a policy in :farm broadcasting
that has been felt not only in
Canada and Western. Ontario,
but in many other countries of
the world.
He takes up his new post, in
Ottawa September 2, Mrs. Car-
bert, the former Mary Goodyer,
and their three children, Helen,
10, Ronald, 6, and .Bruce, 3, will
be moving to Ottawa as soon as
accommodation is arranged.
Vaughan Douglas, present as-
sociate farm editor, assumes
the position of farm director at
CKNX from Mr. Carbert.
The game of lacrosse was
played by Indians long before
the white man arrived in Canada;
sometimes whole villages op-
posed one another, with as many
as 1,000 warriors per team and
the goals a mile apart.
the same sow may produce an•
other litter unaffected by the
virus.
Dr. Roelofson also said that an
• old disease, bacterial enteritis,
ha
sl
a so appeared lately
hut
not
as frequently as the new one.
Authorities believe the reason for
the appearance of bacterial en-
teritis is because. hogs have built
yup an, immunity against modern
anti -biotics which have kept it
under control for a number of
ea rs
The office of Drs. Coxon and
Leitch, Zurich, reports that the
new vomiting disease in little
pigs first appeared this spring
but has become more prevalent
lately.
Vomiting is usually the first
symptom noticed. The little pigs
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On Supports
By CARL HEMINGWAY
Some time ago the govern-
ment announced. a set of stabili-
zation prices. 'these have re-
ceived approval, in some quar-
ters and serious opposition in
others, Your Federation of Agri-
culture feels that this is an im-
portant subject and is vitally
concerned in learning the opinion
of the different commodities.. '
If a stabilization price is too
low, it is of no benefit to the
producer. If it is too high, we
run surpluses that have to be
disposed of in some manner. The
problem is to discover what is
right. There are those who say
it is unnecesarry and harmful to
production.
The latter part ,of August meet-
ings will be held for members
of the Federation jointly with re-
presentatives of the commodity
groups to arrive at a definite
policy that can be supported by
the Ontario Federation of Agri-
culture.
You, the producer, know better
than. anyone else the effects of
support prices- on your income,
We hope you will consider this
problem as it affects you and
Let your representative know your
solution. .It is only in this way
that your organization can best
serve you.
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For Beans
reported that so far nothing has
been found that will stimulate
their appetite, They become very
unthrifty and eventually die.
In transmissible gastroenteri-
tis, the pigs become actually
sick and die quickly, usually in.
the first few clays of life.
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Year
Pag AO
(The following farm outlook au-, Have given vers strong prices,
pears in the summer edition of; Present prospects for the U.S.
Ontario .Farm Business, ant market, and thus for Canada are
extension circular published by ; fairly strong prices for 1958 and
the agricultural economics de- 1939. The present fear in the
pertinent, O.A.C. It is compiled U.S is that with higher prices
by A. C. Robertson.) ;more cattle are being withheld
BEEF CATTLE i from slaughter to build up herds
alas
U.
U, S, aria's has shown very normally high twist to current
strongly in cattle prices over the ontwices but will have ill-effects year earr
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past half year. In spite of a 15 prices in another y
percent increase in marketing: o.
in the first ata months at 1958, Prices
in Canada
ada h ve 'prob-
ably
b -
abs reached lhcu peak and willprices remain strong, weaken slightly during the rest
Exports during this period have of 1958. Stocker and feeder prices
amounted to 27,000 slaughter cat- will be strong and cut the mar -
tie, 105,000 feeder cattle, and the gin for feeding.
equivalent of about 40,000 cattle HOGS
in the form of beef ora total of
indication i
c ton thI
at something ometh ng wtusual
is causing the trouble.
Affected calves continue to eat
well. but steadily lose condition.
Usually a soft deep cough will
benoticed
shorty after the tl .
1 t on-
set of the disease. The Ontario
Veterinary College reports that
the disease is seasonal, usually
beginning its course in August,
and running through to mid-No-
vember.
The life cycle of the parasite
is such that the lungworm affects
only calves that have been on
pasture. Usually the death rate
is very low, but it has run as
high as ten per cent in some
herds. Calves that are penned n
indoors for the first year usually, �'"� Is I" anent i
will not become affected. T
At the present time, new drugs
for the Treatment of parasitic
bronchitis are being evaluated,
almost 175,000 tt' h Strong prices are in prospect
equal to 30 per cent of our Cana- during the summer with a more
than slaughter so far this year,
rapid -than -usual decline .in the
Last year's exports at the same fall.
date amounted to 400 slaughter On March 1 there were 19 per.
cattle, 18 beef animals. and the cent more sows expected to far-
row during r the six monthsDes
g
equivalent
a o
of but 8 000
cattle
cemher to Mary, than a year
in• the form of beef, fora total earlier.
of only about 8,400 cattle. in spite of a seven per cent in -
This year's exports, plus a crease In slaughter this year
price in Chicago which has been prices have continued strong and
as high as $10 per cwt, above last stocks are relatively low. The
year for prime beef and 54 per reasons for this favourable si.
cwt. for canners and cutters, tuat.ion are:. (1) higher domestic
consumption because of high
Harvest Bee of the equivalent of 7,000 hogs
beef prices, and (2) the export
per week.
The export market will become
ncreasingly important this fall.
he U.S. demand should keep
our prices above, but not much
above, the floor price of $25,
DAIRY PRODUCTS
Butter is now supported at .S4
' cents per pound. Production is
likely to be sufficient to keep
prices at about the support level
throughout the year.
Skim milk powder is in heavy
surplus but guaranteed prices of
15 and 12 cents per pound (spray
and roller process powder) are
maintaining prices.
Cheese -- Stocks are 40 per
cent greater than a year ago. In
spite of stocks. prices will prob-
ably be maintained by the stron-
ger prices of other• dairy pro-
ducts.
To Recount
Hog Ballots
Veterinary authorities are un- A courteous hearing was given
able to recommend any preven- by Agricultural Minister W. A.
tative measures other than. pro- Goodfellow to a group of 10 who
per sanitary practices to avoid went to Toronto, Thursday, to
the spreading of the disease in ask for a recount in the hog pro -
a herd. ducers vote of July 25, it was re -
None of the local veterinarians ported Friday by one of the 10 -
reports experience with a new man deputation.
disease problem in cattle which The agriculture minister, said
has affected many Southern On- Mr. McTavish, told the depute
-
worm
herds, The condition is; lion that a further check of the
caused by lungrrtorm and it re- ballots cast would be made at
sults in a parasitic bronchitis In Toronto, probably Aug, 19, at
1 calves under a year old, 1 which both the supporters and
l Vets have had the O.\'.C.; the opponents of the Ontario Hog
analyze several similar cases hut; Producers Cooperative marketing
the disease was not of this plan will have scrutineers pre -
variety.
!sent.
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Calves which show a pneu-1 Latest figures available. the de-
inonia-like condition but. fail to, legation learned, show that 68.2
respond In normal treatments ford per cent of the hog producers
pneumonia, are often the first! who voted, July 25, voted in
favor. A majority of two-thirds
HENSALL SALE PRICES' Rin favor, or 66.67 per cent, was
t required to sustain the plan.
Chunks
Weanling
hinking pigs .. 5 1;2'35 to $ 16.60 i The delegation spent two ,and
17.10 19,00; a half hours, Thursday, said
Feeders 22,00 28.001 Mr. McTavish, presenting to the
Sows .00 99.001 minister its case for a recount,
Holstein cows ..,. 18085.000 201.00 tin view of the closeness of the I
Holstein calves ..., 16.00 28.00 t decision. 1
Durham calves 36,00 61.00 The 10 -man group included
Fat cows sold up to 517.20 a Charles Coulter. Belgrave; Ar -
cwt; Fed yearlings up to 523.10 nold Darrock, Clifford; Theodore f
a cwt.. There were 310 pigs and Parker, Sehringville; William i
110 head of cattle and calves Harris, Ripley.
sold. -- Please Turn To Page 11
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That's the verdict of those who kii.ow combines.
If you always have clean, upstanding crops, you
may not really need a combine so capable as the
Case "65", But for small seeds like Glover, that
takes real rubbing to thresh out Y Y or ,a little
crop like beans . , r or fine, fluffy seeds like
some of the grasses, Y /�y oreven train that is
tough to thresh'Y Y the "55" is in a class by
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Before Selling Your
Wheat, Oats or Barley
Take advantgae of our fast unloading system.
We have a new hoist in action for unloading semis.
Farmers
Now is the time to put in your supply of
FEED "BEANS
for neat winter. Get our prices before you buy;
W. G. Thompson
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Friends and neighbors moved
into the farms of Mr, Clifford
Weido of the. Parr Line, Hay
Township, Saturday last to com-
plete the harvesting of sixty-five
acres of oats. Mr. Weido has been
a patient in St. Joseph's Hos-
pital, London for the past two
weeks.
By noon seven combines and
tractors owned and operated by
Gordon. Coleman, Charles Robin-
son, Laird Jacobi, Edward Funk,
Glenn Weido, Ross Richardson's
(operated by Wesley Richard-
son) and Clifford Weido's oper-
ated by Mr. Wayne Willert went
into action, Extra tractors and
wagons were supplied by John
Soldan and Gordon Coleman.
Trucks owned by Gordon Cole-
man and Lloyd Mousseau drew
grain,
On hand to complete the job
were Ian McAllister, Henry Ad-
kins, Douglas Dick, Ian Dick.
Robert Erb, Oscar Miller, Alvin
Rader, Harry Smith, Harry
Armstrong, Albert Shirray and
son, and Ken McLean. By 7.30
the job was completed. '
This was the second bee held
for Mr. Weido. ,Last week Mes-
srs. Edward Schroeder, Earl
Dignan, Wesley Rader, Ted Stein-
bach and John Soldan assisted
by Glenn Weido in taking off
his brother's wheat,
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Huron County
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BY D. H. MILES
Excellent weather conditions
are aiding the harvesting of
spring grains. A good portion of
the harvesting operations will be
completed this week.
Ram would be welcomed in
most areas in the county,
Mexican Bean Beetle is giving
some concern to white bean
growers in the last few weeks.
Alfalfa seed from the first
crop is setting quite heavily.
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