The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-10-09, Page 9' JUDGE TOP-RATED PASTURE — The farm of Murray Roy, Londesboro, was the
centre of attention Monday for forage crop experts concerned with judging an all -
Ontario pasture improvement competition. A pasture on the Roy farm, winner of a
Huron pasture competition, is one of four left in the running for the Ontario chanipion-
ship. Among those at the Roy farm to see the judges assess his pasture were, from the
left: Alvin Betties, Bayfield, former president of the Huron Soil and Crop Improve-
inent Association; Charles Kingsbury, Guelph, of the field crops branch of the Ontario
Department of Agriculture, and *Mr. Roy.
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JAMBOREE DRAWS RECORD CROWD—Over 1,000, largest crowd ever, attended Ex-
eter Kinsmen's Harvest Jamboree Friday night and most of them enjoyed watching,
the square dance competition won by a Thorn.dale group. Above, the "Kool Group",
composed of district youth, was one of the three who competed" for the Kinsmen.
trophy. —T -A Photo
Huron Farm Union Locals.
See Increase In Members
Increases in membership in
four of the F ar m Union
locals in Huron were reported at
A county meeting in Clinton,
conducted by Robert Taylor,
R.R. 3, Clinton. Carl Govier,
director of Auburn Local, Hugh
Johnston, Walton Local, Carl
gar Rathwell, Holmesville Local,
each said interest and member-
ship are growing.
Dalton, Seaforth Local, and Ed -
Presidents of Elimville and
Drysdale locals were not able
to be present,
"Farmers will only survive
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through their own efforts," said
Vaughan Douglas, Wingham
farm radio editor, who was the
speaker, at the meeting. "Farm
organizations seem to be reluc-
tant," he observed, "to follow
up the briefs they have prdsent-
ed to the government, ,and to
rely almost entirely on lobbying.
You cannot sit back and wait for
government to solve your prob-
lems, and there is no guarantee
that agreements made will be
perm a m ent."
Robert Taylor, in his report
as county director, said the inter-
provincial joint board meeting
will be held next year in Ontario.
"Ontario must make a,. strong
representation to the western
provinces," he said,
"Public relations ,must im-
prove,"„ said Mr. Taylor. "We
must take a broader view. We
need a strong organization, and
perhaps we expect too much
from commodity groups."
Mrs. A. Nesbitt introduced
Mrs. 13, Prosser, provincial
women's director who reported
on a tour made this fall of Farm
Union groups in Ontario. "I am
convinced that rabies is serious,"
said Mrs. Prosser. "Farm unions
should get on the bandwagon,
and get something done about it,
to get the government to realize
•this is serious, and to make
available some assistance to
farmers in affected areas,. who
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Enters i'Ontatio Pasture FinciIs
DST, Fairs
JF Topics
Daylight saving time, a caun-
ty fair, and training of rural
youth will be the tomes for Hu-
ron County junior "farmers at
their annual debates on Wednes-
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day, October 22. •..-
A team •of two members from .,
South Huron will defend day'
light saving time in a match on or Past Presidents
with Clinton.
Colwanosh members will argue
discontinued in favour of one f Juniors! • •
that "small Wig fairs should be
large county fair" with the ne-
gative side being taken by •a
North Huron team.
Seaforth will take the affir-
mative and Hawick the nega-
tive on the question "rural
youth in Ontario is being a'ile-
quately trained for modern agri-
culture.
The program, which will be
Presented in Seaforth district
high school, will also feature a
p u b 1 i c speaking competition
among representatives f r o m
each club, Variety entertain-
ment will also be presented.
Huron County Junior Farmers
and Junior Institute members,
present and past, gathered at
Seaforth and Clinton. over the
weekend to celebrate the coun
ty's 10th year of rural club
organization.
Old acquaintances were re-
newed on Saturday at a barbecue
held at the Seaforth Community
Centre with about 300 people
attending. This was followed by
a concert presented by the young
people, including numbers by
Fieldrnan Comments
Questions. Difference
In Prices For Cattle
By J. CARL HEMINGWAY
At an executive meeting of the
Huron County Federation of Agri-
culture, tentative plans were
made for the corning Prince and
Princess contest. We hope that
those interested will get their
entries in as soon as possible as
it is •difficult to make the neces-
sary arrangements until we have
some idea,of the number of con-
testants, Remember all farm
young people between 16 and 29
are eligible.
This Tag week or two I have
been particularly interested in
obtaining a few heifers to add
to my cow herd. I wanted rea-
sonably good quality, carrying
little finish, After attending. a
couple of community sales I
cannot 'understand the compa-
rative prices being bid. I will
give only one example.
A gbod quality shorthorn hei-
fer weighing 740 but carrying
little finish was bid up. to $20.10.
Shortly after a very similar bei-
fer, well but not over finished;
weighing 830, sold for $22.00,
I'm quite sure that the extra 90
lbs. was all meat.
If it had been a farmer want-
ing a good feeder or perhaps a
future cow I could have under-
stood hint bidding the first heifer
up to the $20.10 or even higher
but it was a packer who bought
both these animals.
I have always thought that the,
packer was really not interested
in cattle but rather in the ac-
tual meat from that animal. If
this were the case the meat from
the first heifer wouldn't be as
nice quality and would certainly
be much dearer. ,
There must be a great deal
for farmers to learn about the
processing of beef. , Either the
thin heifer was too dear or the
finished heifer was too cheap..
In the case of hogs the market-
ing and grading basis seems to
be quite effective and satisfac-
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HENSALL SALE PRICES
Prices at Hensall Community
Sale Thursday, October 2,
Weanling pigs .... $13.00 to $ 15.501
Chunks 16.00 18.60
Feeders 19.00 22,35
Sows 76.00 101.00
Holstein calves 17.50 26.00
Durham calves , 36.00 58.00
Fat cows sold up to 17.20 a
cwt; stocker steers up to 23.60
a cwt., stocker calves up to
28.50 a cwt'. 'There were 325 pigs
and 175 cattle and calves sold.
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For further information assistanet itt locating eali, eon.
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Stanley, tight MeXittley,Bert McBride; Tuckersmith, Stan
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tory hut with beef we seem to
he Inst.
Perhaps farmers should be
very seriously considering a
packing plant whereby they could
really find out what the. price
should be for the comparative
grades of :cattle. At present there
seems to be little way of know-
ing how much finish cattle should
have or what price differential
there should be for degrees of
finish.
This might make a very in-
teresting study for our Farm
Forums which will be starting
Nov. 3 for radio and Nov. 4 for
TV in this area.
Anniversary
Harry Hero,. Exeter; Doris and
Doreen Brock, Exeter; Bert
Pepper, Seaforth; Miss Doris
IJohnston, Clinton, and Sharon
Strong, Seaforth.
A highlight of the evening was
the presentation of ast- resi-
dents' pins to George Robinson,
Goderich; Anna Brock (Row-.
cliffe), London; Jack Currie, •
Wingham; Harry Dougall, Exe-
ter; Audrey Bradburn (Adair),
Listowel; Bob Allan, Clinton;
Isabelle Spiers (Harmen), Brus-
sels; Ron McMichael, Wroxeter;
Dorothy Patterson, Forest; How-
ard Pym, Exeter; Helen Johns-
ton (McLean), Hensel; Arnold
Alton, Dungannon; Lois Jones,
Toronto; Earl McSpadden, Sea -
forth; Catherine C a m p b e 11
(Keys), Chatham; Boyd Taylor,
Blyth; and Shirley McMichael,
Wroxeter. Miss Jean Smith,
Brussels, and Bill Dougall,
Exeter, made the presentation
of pins.
"Meeting Our Challenge" was
the, theme of Rev, W. A. Young's
address to the anniversary cele-
bration on' Sunday night at
Ontario Street United Church,
Clinton. Mr. Young is chaplain
at the OAC, Guelph. He was
assisted by Bill Dougall, Exeter,
president of the Huron County
Junior Farmers; Bill Strong,
Seaforth; Rev, Grant Mills, min-
ister of the church; and Miss
Jean Smith, president of the
Huron County Junior Institute.
Special music was presented by
the Huron County Junior Farm -
Down To
Earth
lay D. I. HOOPER
Bits And Pieces
Ever hear a a four-leaf clover
farm? Well. there is one. it's1
operated by a family in St.
Petersburg, Fla.
They grow Dutch white clover
selected through the years fora.
its ability to produce higher than
normal numbers of the "lucky
leaves." Every year they pro-
duce four . million four-leaf clov-
ers for use in good luck charms.
The story of this unique "farm"
dales back 40 years to when the
head of this family was. in Pan-
ama.
• One time he seeded his lawn
with a mixture that contained
some Dutch white clover, then
developed a hobby of looking for
four-leaf clovers. Soon he started
transplanting plants with four-
leaf clusters into one corner.
Twelve, years later, his daugh-
ter dried a "lucky" leaf and
fastened it to an original birth-
day card for her employer.
He liked it so well that he
ordered 100 similar leaves for
his own use. One of bis cards
bearing a clover fell into the
hands of a greeting card printer.
A few days later the family was
surprised to receive a telegram
ordering one 'million dried four-
leaf clovers.
When this "leaf farmer" -left
Panama he brought his most
prolific clover plants with him
to a hack lot in surburban St.
Petersburg, He grows the clover
plants in flats on raised bunks
or tables so that these "pedi-
greed" four-leaf clover producers
can't mix with the ordinary,1
non -aristocratic garden varieties:
Although the family have be-
come experts on Dutch white
clover, they still haven't deter-
mined why certain plants pro-
duce more than the normal num-
bers of four-leaf clusters. How -j the plants they grow do
produce great numbers of extra
leaf clusters. One cluster has
been found with 12 leaves.
The entire planting descends
from less than 100 Dutch white
clover plants selected through
the years for ability to send up
the lucky four-leaf clusters.
After coming to St. Peters-
burg, a processing method was
perfected which retains perma-
nently the natural green color.
This unusual farmer probably
knows as much as anyone about
the growth habits and plant
food demands of Dutch white
clever plants. "13tit I should have
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Mrs, Marie Douglas, Wingham,
A short fireside social was con-
ducted at the close of the serv-
ice. Jack Currie, Wingham. past
President, expressed the thanks
of former members:
Hibbert Hears
Drain Reports
The engineer's reports for the
Pridham and Glenn municipal
drains were read and provision-
ally adopted' by Hibbert council,
with courts of revision to be lield
at a later date.
E Templeman presented a re-
por • o livestockvaluator for 22
chickens killed by dogs on the
farm of J. D. Cronin and set the
value at $1.00 each. The amount
of .$22.00 was paid to the owner
by the council.
A grant of $50.00 was paid to
the Childrens Aid Society at
Stratfad.
A resolution was passed ac-
cepting the 1958 assessment roll
from the assessor, G. Carey,
with total assessment being
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52.368,277.00, a deer ea s e of
$268,00 from the previous year.
Three judges, accompanied by
Soil and Crop Improvement As-
sociation officials from acrosi
Ontario, Monday afternoon in.
spected pasture plots at the farm
of Murray Roy. Lonciesboro, as
judging in the finals for the
Ontario pasture competition
award began.
The competiti&i, organized this
year for the first time, is spon-
sored jointly by the field crops
branch of the Ontario Depart.
ment of Agriculture and tho
Canadian Seed Trade Associa-
tion.
Mr. Roy, a young Hallett
Township farmer, was earlier
declared winner in zone 2. In
the finals he is competing with
a winner from each of the other
three zones in Ontariq. In ail,
261 farms in 24 counties and ono
district in Northern Ontario en-
tered the competition on a
county basis,
Judging in the finals got under
way early Monday morning
zone 1, at the farm of Mac
Logan, 11.R. 4, Woodstock. Today
the judging cavalcade will be in
Victoria County to judge pas-
tures of the winner of zone 3;
and on Wednesday, the judges
will visit the farm of the zone 4
winner, in Dundas County.
A highlight of Monday after
noon's session was the presenta-
tion of a walnut mantel clock .10
Mr. Roy by Charles McNaughton,
Exeter, MPP for Huron, on be-
half of a seed firm, in recogm-
tion of Mr. Roy's success as
zone winner.
Maple sugar and maple syrup
were first made by the Indians
and there are recorded sales of
these products in Quebec and
Montreal as early as 1685.
Huron County
Crop Report
, Severe frost has finished the
growth of all crops.
Sugar beet harvesting is under
way.
There is still considerable
bean harvesting and silo filling
to be completed.
Grain corn has matured be-
yond expectations.
Fall plowing has started.
Released From Hospital
Hugh Wilson, who was involved
in a traffic accident in London,
Friday. was released from hos-
pital Tuesday and has returned
to work with his brother, Ted,
at Wilson Motors, London. Re-
ports immediately following the
accident that his back was
broken were not correct.
ickle's
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Wheat $1.40
Oats ...... . . ... . ..... bu.
Mixed Grain S'/O
Malt, Earley 1.06 bu.
Feed Barley — ... .96 bu.
Beans
Prices Subject To Change
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