The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-10-02, Page 11SHOWMANSHIP CHAMPION—Gordon Hodgins, R.R. 1 Granton, became the first win-
ner of the handsome new livestock showmanship trophy put up for annual competi-
tion this year by Kirkton Fair sponsors. Presentation was macre above in front of the
new $900 pole barn erected for 4-H activities on the fair grounds. Fair President
Wellington Brock presents the trophy while Dr. Norman S. Amos, Kirkton, awards
the replica which the winner will keep permanently. —T -A Photo
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SISTERS WIN AGAIN—Sisters Darlene and Sharon Mills, of Winchelsea school, stic-
eessf.ully defended their junior and senior division -titles in the school children's
department at Kirkton fair on Friday. The girls won the championships, given for most
prizes, last year. Above, they show some of the articles which brought them awards.
Reports On Farm Income
Show Irnpr.ovement: 1AC
incomes on farms sending in l cialty with an average of $3,376„1 must he made for these added
records to the Department of Ag-
ricultural Economics, OAC,
Guelph, were up 13.2 per cent!
last year over 1956, according to
reports from the farm manage-
ment and accounting project con-
ducted by this department.
ALnost 400 farriers turned in
records of their farm businesses
to be analysed and the over-all
average farm income of the
group was $3,164 as compared
with $2,793 in 1956, Analysis was
made for each of eight different
types of farm.
The type of farm with the high-
est farm income was dairy spe-
EXETER FAIR CORRECTION
Due to an error in the judge's
hook, the second prize for fancy
quilting at Exeter Fair should
have read Mrs, hector Heywood
instead of Mrs. H. A, Fuss,
the others following in this or-
der: (2) cash crop, $3,731; (3)
beef -hog with large hog enter-
prise, $3,473; (4) poultry general,.
$2,976; (5) dairy general, $2,641;'
(6) beef -hog, cows milked,• $2,170;
(7) beef -hog, steer operations
$2,169; (8) beef•hog, cows not
milked, $1,527.
It should be noted that farm in-
come as referred to in this.,aualy-
sis is the return to the faether•
for his labor and capital without
any perquisites added: Therefore
in addition to farm income a
farmer had his house- (taxes, in-
surance, hydro, telephone and de-
preciation have been dedu.eted),
his car. .(insurance, license, re-
pairs and gas have. been con-
sidered as expenses 1a liis busi-
iess) and any home-grown prod-
uce that is consumed in his
household. Thus for comparing a
farmer's total income with a non-.
farm group, some adjustment
TemJ'ic Capacity
fr allFO. ' GE CROPS
McCORMICK No. 36
FIELD HARVESI'ER
Tf you're a green -chop feeder or fill a silo you'll'
” be in clover with this new champ chopper -upped
Example; 1 man in an hour whacks 45 tons of
corn silage into the wagon -other crops in propos.
tion That's production that: males mincemeat
of costs, too! Impossible to describe this all-new
forage hog here --,you've got to see it working.
Let's show you o.ti'your .Carla or at our place
data us today!
•Nt. L Becker
l halo i 604
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betl waati
benefits,
It would not be correct to as-
sume that this group of record-
keeping farmers represents the
average farmer in Ontario, states.
H. W. Caldwell; Department of
-Agricultural Economics, Q.A.G.
They are, however, practical
commercial farmers interested
in their farming business W•the
extent that they do keep accurate
rocords of their operations. This
fact; alone is an indication of
a on d
their desire to study their prob-
lems closely.
HENSALL SALE PRICES
Prices at Hensel! Community
Sale Thursday, September 25.
Weanling pigs $12.00 to $15.50
Chunks 16.00 17,75
Feeders , 19.00 29.50
Sows . ,. 69.00 95.00
Holstein calves ,,,, 14,50 22,00
Durham calves'',.,. 29.00 66.00
Stocker steers sold up to 25.75
cwt;, stocker steer calves up to
28.25 cwt.; fat cows up to 17,30.
There were 410 pigs, 140 cattle
and calves sold.
Shop and save by reading
Times -Advocate di s p l a y ads
every week,
Farmers' club specials—Wheat.
Shetland team .Ire, Pete a - newton Clarke: oatF, rlarke, ..frs. w'� Crops
division V was Newton
even. +hedden fork Innes. Fred 1fern, Clarence Switzer; barley, I /[i
t withlanes: single lark Innes, \tis. , septi Taylor, Clarke, Clarence
each section and they placed in four •
firsts and three seconds iniare,t aFredil'Janes; Fred Jfnal, hFred Tilarlclei, Alex'Craxnr 7e'St Glarys1
this order: Charles O'Shea, Kirk -
Hill,
of them comm) ill the'Jnnes barley. Howard Bearss. science Careful fall management e1
Kirkton VS oodham Farmers Club r n Hill, Clarke, Clarence Switzer, pastures and hay fields is vital
+, �,lnnes Mrs. Pete Caldwell, Jack
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competition, to good production the following
year, reports Dr, W. E. Tossell,
Field. Husbandry Department,
OAC, who adds that at this time
of year a good pasture can be
destroyed or weakened through
improper grazing, or a weak pas-
ture can be strengthened by
proper management.
Pasture and hay are the back.
bone of the feeding program foe
beef and dairy cattle and are
money -making crops. Since some
fields must be grazed in Septem
ber to provide this feed, the loge
ical ones are those fields which
will beplowed e i
later n thefa
t
Il.
Graze these right to the ground
in September and allow the
younger alfalfa meadows to rest.
enough interest that this year i ficulties. " ' . �' first andserc+nd, Glen • Logan: I Later in'the fall, graze the sec -
Mork
Second Section
EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER
1958
' Pege Elove !
Kirkton Member Cops Trop
r
s 4-H Contests Feature Fair
4-11 .activities — centred around: Huron MP.; Fred Edwards, MPP; I
a new pole barn .erected espe• and Earl Boyes, Perth warden. i
eially for the purpose. -- high- Master .of ceremonies was Lee :
i
lighted the eighty' -ninth ;Kirkton Paul
Fell Fair on Friday.
The new livestock showman-
ship competition, which drew en-
trants from three counties, at-
tracted a majority of spectators In domestic science, Mrs. Ken
during the afternoon as beef and Ilogg. Mondale, edged Mrs.'
dairy cattle, sheep and swine William Rhode, R.R. 1 'Woodham,1,
were shown by the young far- in a close race for top honors,
mets. Mrs. Hagg captured. eight 1
Other features included the firsts, seven seconds and three'
largest midwayin many years, thirds. Mrs, Rhode, who won a]l'
theg traditionarschool children's of the pie prizes, collected nine
program which opens the exhi- firsts,
hition, and. by far the keenest A close third was Mrs. Everett
competition ever In the school Doupe, :Kirkton, with seven
classes. firsts and two seconds while
Pleased with the beautiful Mrs. John Barnett. R.R. 1 .St.
s
This year's midway featured
a monkey sideshow, a train bide
and pony rides. It was well pa-
tronized,
unnv day and the large crowd Malys captured four foists.
— about 500 -agricultural society Mrs. Delmar Skinner, R.R. 1;
officials described the fair as Centralia, won the ladies de -:firsts were Mrs. Thomas Hern,
one aur es . rest en e - par leen an J \vl 16 lis s
Farming Bette'
Than Politics?
la'oriner agriculture min-
ister James G. Gardiner, a
native of Farquhar, says he
has "never enjoyed life
more" now that he is back
at the farm. according to a
recent Canadian Press re-
port.
Defeated in the March 31
general election a f t e r 44
years in the political arena,
Mr. Gardiner, 74, has settled
down on his 480 -acre farm,
75 miles northeast of Regina,
where he has a herd of 90
registered shorthorns.
Harry
• n of best P 'd t W 1 l t handily •th f' t a ry and Glen Logan. Belmont;
and seven sect0.lds. Her closest and Ross Marshall, Kirkton,
competitor was Mrs. Tom Brock, I 7 f thetoughest -
R,R, 1 Granton, with four firsts' inions of the day, T. Alvin Crago
of R.R. 1 St M• • •s ca Lured
lington Brock said he was par-
ticularly happy with the success
ham. Fred Tiarling. Exeter.
Saddle horse --- Lorne Keller.
Exeter, F. Darling, Wilmer Fresz-
cator, Exeter, Harold Clarke,
Fred Darling.
Flag race. --F. Darling. 'Wilmer
Preszeatni Lorne Keller,
Working stock horse -•- Wilmer
Presacator. Lorne .Beller. F Dar-
ling, Lloyd Schwartentutier, Ba-
eter.
Lad, driver --Jack Innes, ;5crat.
ford, Mrs. Peter Caldwell, Shed -
Glen; single turnout, Fred Jones,
Mrs- Pete Caldwell
William Decker, Judge,
Beef .Cattle
shorthorns --. Buil 2 years or.
over, Lloyd Pepper. Seeforth, first
and second: row in milk or calf,
Pepper; heifer 1 year. Pepper.
Chas, ceShea, Granton; heifer
calf, Donald Bragg, fit. Mares,
Pepper, Da%id Tate. Granton.
Larry Sauer, 6 St. lti:arys: hull
calf. Pepper: hull 1 year. Pepper:
herd and sweepstakes, Floyd Pep-
per.
Hereford All bu11s, Whitney
eeates and Son. Centralia; milr•h
cow, ['nates; heifer r la s $ e s,
C'oates. heifer calf under 1 •ear.
Clare Bryan, 3 Granton. Coates,
herd and orale sweepstakes.
Coin One 0 tOtlg es COlnpe Brain; female sweepstakes, Clare
of the 4-H program. Aberdeen Angue--Heifer 1 year
Winner of the handsome live and four seconds Mrs Thomas end. Garfield Cornish, Woodham,
stock showmanship trophy was Vern, R.R. 1 ,1i'oodhaui, live -
wen t heifer 2 years, Cornish; heifer
p Pthe vegetable division with six calf 'inter 1, Cornish,
19 -year-old Gordon Hodgins, R.R. to ee fus ts• firsts and six seconds. Right be -
1 Granton, a member of the. Fred McCiymont of Varna led ;:hind hint. came Gal -
strong Kirkton 4-H beef calf the prizewinners in the fruit see i lop, Kirkton, with six and five.
club which won the inter -county tion anti showed the best collet• Harry .Logan won four and four
club competition at the Huron tion of apples. and Glen Logan captured. five
Perth championship show Huron -
Mrs. Reg Paul, R.R.. 1 Sl. i and 1. Mrs. Harold O'Brien,
re-
cently. A]arys, captured the flower tau- R R. 1 St. Marys, Fred AlcCly-
Gordon, one of the best beef rels with nine firsts and four hoot, and Joseph Taylor, Fuller-
1
illar
seconds, .including the hest di's-1 ton, each received three firsts,
showmen in the club, scored his
victor h i H entered play of annuals. Mrs• M, ,B, ,Gal
Y y, a sur
se, . e
Crain. and Seeds
Fall wheat sheaf. Mrs. 'Phomas
Bern, Wnodham: sheaf oats, Mrs.
HHorn, Mrs. Delmer Skinner. 1
Centralia; bushel fall wheat. New-
ton Clarke, 1 Woodham, Harry
Logan. Belton: oats. Harry Log-
an, Glen Logan; 'barley, Joseph
Taylor, 'Fullerton. Clarke; large
white beans, Glen Logan, Harry
Logan: golden bantam earn, Mrs.
Humphrey: Indian corn, Glen
lop. KJrkton was runner-up '141117 iinrs' • Logan: bellow sweet Porn. Ross
seven .first's and one Second. In lanes Be elton. Jacknnb'I'nnesn'Ffittrst sed talks�IF'1)41•11.:
ossl. Kerlfa shall Mrs ellernn
pion round where his experience chain -
third place came. Mrs. Thomas forrl; single• Fred Jones, first and ensilage torn ears, Harry Lagan,"
in showing.steers was a major Hern with four and three. 1 ih ev (single.
Stratford, Ross Marshall,
T th n
the sheep section and won it, p F
thereby gaining the grand sham -
Showmanship — Llharle$ O'Shene
Gordon Hodgins, Grant leadsini:+
Ron Jackson, Howard Ball. Pat
O'Shea, Allan Redglne. Monica
O'Shea, Donald Bragg, Axle liod*,
gine.
Kington d -l: Dairy ,Club
Senior heifers -.-Floyd: Dow 3$6.
Joyce ('rage 384. Wayne Pridhant
353. Orrie Thacker 381,
Junior heifers—Hazel Crago 5911.
Elton Baker 388, Elizabeth Thee,*
ker 387, Doug Webb 38e. Rose.
mazy Ratcliffe 83. Nova Bert%
rand .,384. Alan Dow 382.
Showmanship—Wayne I'ridharn
Jove e,"` ('rago, Flew.) Dow, 2iov
Bertrand, Hazel Crago. Alan Dow4„
Rosemary Ratcliffe, Doug W.ebb,.
Elizabeth Thacker, Elton: Baker.
Orrie Thacker,
Livestock Shownianehlp
Grand. champion, Gordon node
gins. Kirkton club: runners-up.
Charles O'Shea. Kirkton club.
Patsy Marshall, Exeter elub, John
Robinson, Sr. Marys club.
Beef -•- Charles O'Shea, Allan
Hodgins, Gerald Wallis, Grant
Hodgins, •Harold Switzer.
Sheep Gordon Hodgins, Roil
,lacksen, Howie Ballantyne, Pa,t
O'Shea.
Dairy -- Pat Marshall, Wan?
Wnlfgreen, Marlene Bridgeman,
Then Horne, Arthur Smith, Wal.,
ter Beatty,
Swing John Robinson, Wayne
Pridham, Floyd Dow, Allan Dos
Lien Beams,
School Fair Champions,
Boys — Senior, Gary Simpson,.
Plugiown. six points: junior, Billy
Brock, Zion, and Devld Marshall.
Kirkton, 11 each.
Girls --- Senior, Sharon Millet.
Winchelsea, 26; junior, Darien*
\fills, Winchelsea. 12.
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factor in helping him become op prizewinners to a grain 1 rl d p f ld
the first winner of the trophy, and seeds
Finalists Were champions of Clarke, R R. 1 1i oodham,
ton club,beef; Pat Marshall,
Exeter club, dairy; John Robin-
son,
obin
son, St. Marys Club, swine.
O'Shea also won showman-
ship honors in the Kirkton 4-H' [ J
beef club which held its achieve- f"ieldmart Comments
ment day at the local fair. Grant
Hodgins showed the top steer of
the club; Donald. Brag;;, the best Farmb Forum? P r 0/ e c ts
junior heifer and Monro O'Shea,
the hest senior heifer.
In the dairy club competition. Improvements
Wayne Pridhanl won showman•y/�
ship; Hazel Crago, junior heifer,
and. Floyd Dow, senior heifer. k f this
Nova Bertrand, C a r o l y n
('ren tandem nn% teams, Freri
Innes'
Among those who won two Palomino—Harold Clarke, Wend.
Sheep
Oxford Dnw•ns—Donald Dearing,
1 Exeter. swept this r_iass.
Leicester — Donald Graham,
Parkhill.
Shropshire Downs—Elmer Arm-
strong. 2 St, Pauls.
Lincolns — A, D, Steeper, Ailsa
Craig. '.
Suffolk — Ross Marshall Kirk -
ton.
Market class—Ars, Elmer Arm-
strong, St. Pauls.
Best ewe lamb, ant breed.
shown by hey or girl under 20
years, Elmer. Armstrong. •
Swine
Last year CKNX scored an - tile done to cep farm in is Boar after Jan. 1,'Joseph Tay -
other first in. TV broadcasting! finerness ofln
increasingly
complicated
to the nd_ Jnr. Fullerton, first and second.:
ow f Jan. 1 Joseph
Ta for
s after J n J
p
Y
gthird e fourth.
when it televized Farm Forum i , pth r Glen Logan, ue
tion, The answers to our prop- � Sow raised pigs, Glen Logan,
for the first time. This was for I nems can be found if all of us first and second boar after Tan.
only six programs but it aroused ;get together and discuss our dif• 1, Henry I,ngan, C,len Logan:
p g t+ g' tcnw after ,Tan I, Harry .Lagan.
Bearss, Grace Allen and• Vesta
Watson were top prizewinners
in the girls' vegetable club, the
fourth 4-11 feature of the fair.
Two sisters scored repeat, wins
lin the schoolclit 's
'classes
' in which several hundred entered.
Sharon and Darlene Mills, of
Winchelsea school, retained the
senior and junior division titles
for most points among the girls
which they won last year.
Tops in the boys' competitions
were Gary Simpson, Piugtown,
the senior champion; and Billy
Brock, Zion, and David Marshall,
Kirkton, who tied for the junior
title.
bacon sow, Emerson Ee 1
farm forum will he tel.evnzed b3I We would like to see someone . Woodham; 'pen of shoats, Einer-
CKNX for the whole season. If !le every school section invite San Fermate.
you find it worth while the CBC j as •many of his neighbors as Bacon R. li-hHogl e.1, ud `of fnur—
lias promised to televize farm possible to leis home Tuesday. sold for e28.60 fo Canada Packers.
forum on a national network Nov. 4, at 9,30 p.m. to see and Sah9 neernext year. I discuss "What Price Freedom?"
Township of Blanshard — Clar-
This is a real challenge to the •' Just how much do you want encs Switzer, 1 st. Marys; Ron
rural communities within the 1 government to do for you and .Sauer. a st.. Marys.
range of CKNX-TV. You are the !how much are you willing to C Township
ten son i of ce;t iiia hfiret3,
people who have the opportunity do for yourself? Democracy dis• second and third.
of showingthat rural people are! appears when individuals are eerieunurat society trade
pp steer under one rear — Norman
interestedinthe avelfare�of. the; unwilling to do things for them- .imdgins 1 Granton first and
and year meadows, ows andlater still
1 the first year alfalfa meadows
and young pasture fields. On the
younger alfalfa meadows 4 to 6
inches of top should be left and
on good ladino grass pastures.
about 4 inches should be left.
Late in the fall when growth
has stopped new seedings can be
pastured but 6 inches of the top
growth should' be left to help
carry them through the winter.
Fertility have the ` selves, If you attend faranother nother aspect of
Kirkton dominated the . school farm home. You will have seeend; 'rhos O'Shea. 3 Granton. good management.5alioto
parade competition. by winning opportunity of showing Canada um you will decide where the Helfer undctr one year Charles gGood pas re
that can discuss your rob control will be if you don't the O Shea, Granton, and hay crops use large amounts
first place for both. parade and youy p y Shea, n White, judge, r ,
drill, Prize for the best ban- leans and arrive at sensible solu-,control will be' by someone else, of fertility nutrients and it pays
ner went to S.S. 10 Blanshard. tions. Poultry . to fertilize these crops generous -
Earl decker, Deshw eed, and ]y. Early fall is a good tinie to
C
e
r George Douglas. Mitchell. were The' parade was led by the North 1 ' g , ig ors .. nett el , e
]li u
fertilize pastures and hay fields
P
s n
e
Easthope Pipe Band: 1 bl t the major prizewinners.
A junior pumpkin growingGrey, containing a good proportion of
p get the type o£ car insuralice. ; of Morris, Turnberry, and ic)rktan 4 N"neer" CraJ> legumes Another thing tt�hich
You have done this before:
When farmers were unable to
g
A Jett thosefalliter-
lie n o Inter-
ested in holding a faun forum
wilt be held for the townships
competition, sponsored by the at the price they were able W"Howick in Wroxeter Community n .runlnr heifers — Donald Brae should be done each fall is to
society, was another highlight of pay it was through the sugges• Hall, October 10 at eight o'clock. ;�� Jeff r an, O'Shea, David
� iaate harrow pastures to s read the
the school `fair. By supplying the tions of farm forums 10 this area Material for the first program saber 376 Rongayer31s: Larry droppins to make better use of
seed, the society assured itself that; Co -Operators Insurance
will, he. given out and proceedure Sentnr heifers :: Monica O'Shea
of a tremendous display of both Assn was formed. ('0 Operators; will be shown. Another meeting 3110. srold S Switzer 3e3.
ins 32s, c".
or -
large and pie .pumpkins, Insurance Ass'n now protects jfor the more westerly townships don Reagins 324. Ron Jackson
S.S. 3 Blanshard exhibited the some 10,(100 car owners in the lin the CKNX coverage will be ala, Charles O'Shea ..51, Allan
best display of pumpkins; Ron- CKNX area alone and is now the !held in Auburn on October 9 at Neeeins P.Sn. AVIS Hodgins ass,
nie McNaughton, R.R. 6 St. fourth largest in Ontario. This `eight, in the Orange Hall. Come Howard sail asr, pat (i Shea ass.
Marys, showed the largest: must have been a worthwhile`to whichever place is most con -
Bryan Bertrand, R.R. 1 St. idea. jvenient.
Marys, grew the best pie variety, Marniian Farm Forum group t We hear a great deal about
and Billy Brock won first prize in Grey County are responsible ' the opposition to farm organize -
for the bestcarving for 1-Iallo- for the Brucellosis Control Act i tions. marketing plans and ne-
we'en. now in effect in Ontario. More gotiating boards. The most dan-
Charles MacNaughton. Huron than hall of the local co - op ; gerous opponent to any of these
MP, officially opened the show eratives originated from the of !is "indifference". Don't let this
in a, ceremony which included forts of farm forum groups, !enemy ruin the opportunity that
speeches from President Wel- There is still many things to i is ours in the coining months.
lington • Brock, Elston Cardiff,
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