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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-03-12, Page 9B.rucefield youth, 17 tops Huron A 17-y ear• -old Brucefield clic• Chet youth showed up. 7,000 Iiur- on farmers at this year's seed. air in Clinton. Bob Fotheringham, who start- ed early to collect awards, won the championship of the fair by compiling a total of 72 points in. Pine different eiasses. • Ile placed 13 points ahead of another Brucefield area farmer, Bob Allen, former titleholder and current world bean and hay king. Young Fotheringham copped the honor in his second Year of competition at the fair, Last year he won the tray for the new exhibitor with ,most points in grain and small seed, classes, The champion's laurels brought him a carving set, a trophy, $5,0Q in cash and a case of oil, At Middlesex seed fair a week before, the Brucefield youth won top marks in the inter -county judging competition and helped his team retain the champion- ship for Huron. }Ie also won reserve championship for his beans at the Royal Winter Fair. Besides belonging to three 4.1-1 clubs, he is a member of Sea - forth junior farmers and the young people's group at Bruce- Arrow fate field church, He and his dad farm 165 acres on concession three, T'uekersmith. Bob Allen, besides winning second prize for total points, captured the white bean cham pionship and the award for best 10 -bushel lot of oats. Luther Sanders, R.R. 2 Sea forth, captured for the third time see fair the Jones and IltacNaeghton shield for most points in small Seeds, lie also won in '54 and '.56 and tied for the honors in '55. A new -exhibitor this year, Oscar Keiffer, R.R. 5 Winghani, captured the hay championshile and the silverplated tray whiel goes with it. Other champions and winners. of special prizes were: Corn—Bob Fotheringham and Ross 'Marshall, R.R. 1 Kirkton. Timothy and red .clover -Luther Sanders, R.R. 2—Seaforth. Alfalfa—R. N. ,Alexander, Lon- desboro. Turnips -.-Rene Delberque, A. R. 2 Brussels. New exhibitor with most points in .grain and •small seeds --Jack Broadfoot, Brucefield, Feed grain—Luther Sanders. Wheat—Walter Shortreed, Wel- ton. Thirteen -year-old Billy Char. ters, R.R. .3 Kippen picked up• $10 in cash by winning The Tines Advocate a n d 1-knsall District Co-op specials for young, est exhibitor,. He won 16 points, Co-op stages es trader show "Farmers arein r rov through h their farm co-ops that gthey can be as progressive in salesman: ship methods as their industrial and urban counterparts," says Mr. Kenneth Hern, Manager of Exeter District Leo -operative, who has been attending the trade show staged by the United Co-operatives of Ontario at II- derton on March 2 and 3, "The Co.oporama '59, as the trade show is calletL is the sec- ond show to be held in the last two years," continued Mr. Hern. The show is packed with sales tips and ideas for Co.pp man- agers to use to' build •a stronger, more unified retail and whole- sale farm supply co-operative program for their farmer -mem- bers and users." The show has 12 exhibits covering gardening, feed, seeds, fertilizer and agricultural chem- icals, feeding equipment, con- tract farming information, grain handling .and distribution, paint- ing supplies, tires, batteries, anti- freeze and petroleum'.products, propane, home appliances, and barn and i dairy equipment, The two, days;''.areettal1en up with sales . talks, 1ecitires,: and volume building Sessions, as well as discussion periods for co-op managers and UCO staff from head 'office at Weston, These are designed to improve salest. tech- niques ' for local farm 'co-ops which will benefit the farmer members throughout by, increased volume for their 'off -the -farm business'—the local co-ops. Highlight of the Co-oporama '59 was the announcement of the new Co - operative contracting program, The new Contracts, which still allow.the 'farmer to be his own bogs,, were released to Co-op managers.; ; Also an- nounced were the latest.,�develop- ments in ',the bulk .eleli'very of feed and the assistance -with the financing of equipment end ap- pliances that is now available to Ontario farmers. ,IO,,,,,1,,,,, 1„a,1„,,,,,,,INIOU,1, 1„ 1,1„u„N,111,1 „p,11 torpoultry By J. CARL HEMINGWAY Huron FA Fieldman At a meeting of the Iluron county co-op insurance commit- tee, sales records were reviewed and showed that an ever increas- ing number are taking advantage of the protection and service be- ing supplied by this organization. The new CIA life has received its charter and policies are ex- pected to be available through the regular agents before long. The committee Th and agents agreed to arrange for a display at local, trade and fall fairs to promote sales. I would like ke to refer to the Avro-Arrow situation. Here we have a large company suddenly stopping production, The needed equipment will be supplied by the United States, I wonder if farmers realize that this could happen to agri- culture if large corporations take over control through vertical in- tegration? Almost one-half million pounds of chicken was imported from United States during January. We are told that the amount of grain in storage there equals three years' production. in Can- ada. It would then be possible for packing companies which have counterparts in the US to supply our markets with live- stock for some time. Broilers were being produced at 124 per pound to the producer in Georgia andthese are within shipping ,distance of Ontario. It might be' more satisfactory for our processors to bring these in rather than to produce here. Egg production could easily follow the same pattern as broil- ers if this industry gets away from producer control. This may be just a -bad dream but produc- ers would do well to retain con- trol of the sale of their product just in case. HENSALL SALE PRICES , Prices at Hensall Community Sale Thursday, March 5 were: Holstein calves .. $15.00 to $23.00 Durliam calves ... 38.00 to 61.00 Weanling pigs 7,75 to 1L30 Chunks 12.70 to 15.25 Feeders 17,85 to 20.25 Sows 50.00 to 66.00 Prices of cattle were easier, lacking top quality. Butcher steers sold up to $24.40; butcher heifers up to $22.20; cows up to $17.00; baby beeves up to $25.80. 1111111111111111111111111111 II„1,1111111111,11a Y,,,1111111111„l 10 oahtP l ,F a, MIK . CLOVER & GRASS SEEDS We have a complete stock of ALFALFA, RED CLOVER, ALSIKE, YELLOW & WHITE BLOSSOM SWEET CLOVER, WHITE DUTCH AND •LADINO CLOVERS, BROME GRASS, ETC.. Permanent Pasture Mixtures .. . .:Place .Orders While Stock Is Available We and quoting very attractive prices and replacement orders Would require higher retail prices. SEED GRAINS All varieties available in Registered .No, 1; Certified No. 1 and Commercial No. 1. 'Treated and Packed in New Jute 'OAT VAR STIES: Garry, Rodney, Registered and Cotiittiercial Brant and Herta Batley High gitali'ty "seeds” will be in short supply this spring. To be sure of your requirements. ORDER NOW! FERTILIZER Discount For' Early Delivery Still. Available Order Now We'll Deliver To Your Farm AMMONIUM NITRATE IN' STOCK 1. We are contracting f'or' malting barley, (IVlontcalin and kindred varieties are available.) 2. Registered seed oats. HAVE; ''OUR SEaDS CLEANED AND . TREATED AT OUR MODERN CLEANIND PLANT your seed can be delivered and cleaned without beirig bag- ged. Phone las aha arrange a date to clean and treat your •equireniente. W. G. Thompson & SONS Phone 32 LIMITED Hensel! h,iiit�diiiiYYlriYiY7nnrnuiiiiiiSlirilPPTIViiiiiit9YYtiti9'iiY1'IMIiiYi111tl 11(01111Wilifilif111Y1Ifli111111.VOTtililifilti Second Section 1117111 rh, EXETER.,..QNTARIO, _MARCH 12, 1959 ,rte WINS RESERVE HONORS—This junior yearling raised by Whitney Coates and Son, R.R. 1 Centralia, won reserve champion Hereford honors at the Ontario Bull Sale in Toronto recently, The bull, Hi -Lea Britisher Larry, was one of 135 Herefords in coin - petition. During the past two years, he has won two firsts at Western Fair and two seconds at the Royal, With the bull, above, are Whitney Coates, right, and the new owner, A. E. Neils, Peterboro. :Rose Photo Watch land acquisition, recommend area forums The majority of farmer mein- bers of farmforums in, this district have had no experience with land acquisition. Others felt compensations were fair when land was taken over by the De- partment of Highways and -when lands were sold for the RCAF Station, Centralia. A few said they had had no payment for lands required for roads, Farm Owners Should Take Time Members of Fairfield Forum, meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Hoist, suggested that farm owners should take plenty of time to secure all help possible even to contacting the federal member of parliament. It is understood that the Ontario Federation of Agriculture is making a study of acquisition policies and methods and are the best help the property owner can secure. It has its own legal advisor. Several members reported they received no compensation when their land was required for a road. Several in this group sold land to the airport and were fairly treated. HURON'S SEED CHAMP — Bob Fotheringham, 17, of Brucefield, copped these and other prizes at Huron's seed fair by compiling more points than any other exhibitor. He entered exhibits in nine classes, won the corn champ- ionship. —T -A Photo NATIONALCHAMP1ON HONEGGER LAYRS THESE HONEGGER LAYERS PLACED FIRST in interne over feed and Chick costs in the Florida Random Sampler Test, completed on August 9th, 1958. Here's their official record: • $4.97 Income over feed and chick cestS. , e 244 eggs per chick started. • 94% livability from clay. old • 4.3 lbs, feed per dollen eggs • Over 8O% large and extra• fere* eggs ' HONEGGER LAYERS ARE. TOP -PROFIT LAYERS On The Farm—In recently completed (1957) farm per- formance tests, ',113 Honegg- er Layers on 15 separate farms averaged 250 eggs per 'pullet housed on an annual basis. In E i.. .. Egg Laying Tests N>rW Honegger Layer's entered in randoni Sample egg .laying tests return consistently high incomes. Here are their oITi- tial retords from tests where they were entered: 1956.57— 1957.58... `(.!tali , . $4.6`7 New $4.0.t • Florida .. 84.22 Penn..._ keen Tennessee $3.88 SCHUMMER HATCHERY Linwood .Si Moorfleld jegat Of From 'Your Local Dealer 11101111011110111111111111.111.1111110111111 An organization would have more power than individual farm- ers in dealing with land acquisi- tion in Fairfield members' opinion. Next week the meeting will be held at the hone of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hoist. Consult Federation of Agriculture Members of Elimville Forum met at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Johns and, although they had had no experience with land acquisition, they felt the Federa- tion of Agriculture should be con- sulted in such matters because it has had considerable experi- ence with pipe lines, hydro lines, and highway appropriations. Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Elford will be hosts next week. Speed Up Settlement Parr Line Forum members, at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Stew- art Blackwell, felt there should be a speed-up in the settlement for land acquisition. They felt far too many land expropriations are signed by farmers who never take recourse to their farm organizations which can give valuable assis- tance, They suggested an impar- tial valuator should be retained to see the farmer is getting what he should. Several Parr Line members had had experience with the De- partment of Highways, and the results seemed satisfactory. Euchre winners were Mrs. Cloward Adkins, Mrs. Charles Robinson, Glen Weido and Charles Robinson. Results Were Satisfactory Hillcrest Forum at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Don Maguire reported :several members had had experience with highway, hydro ,and telephone companies. in land acquisition and had been treated fairly. Members felt that farm organ - Pape Nin. Criticizes 'kickers' inefficient farmers r Gaunt again best judge For the third year in a row, Murray Gaunt of R.R. 1 Luck - now posted the highest score in the junior farmer seed judging competition held in .conjunction with Huron seed fair at Clinton, The Lueknow youth led a rec- ord number of 119 candidates, including the first girls to enter, with a score of 764, He retains the crop and soil trophy. Only four points off the pace was Bruce Coleman, R.R. 4 Sea - forth, Placing third with 742 was Bob Fotheringham, R.R. 3 Sea - forth, who topped the inter -coun- ty competition at Middlesex Seed Fair this .year. Winner of the trophy for high marks in novice and junior sec- tions of the competition was Gary Jewitt, R.R. 1 Clinton, whose 737 actually placed him fourth over all. Runner-up was Don McKercher, R.R. 1 Dublin, with 733. Charles Houghton, R.R. 2 Clin- ton, led the novice section with 615. Howard H en Hendrick, ek Centralia, came second with 547. ' The Seaforth high school team of B o b Fothermgham, Jack Broadfoot and Don McKercher won handily the inter -school com- petition with 200 points mare than runner-up Clint o n. Wingham placed third, Goderieh fourth and South Huron last. The SHDHS team included Howard Hendrick, Robert Miller and Bob Woods. District contestants and their marks included: Novice—Robert Miller; SHDHS; 523; Bob Woods, SHDHS, 497; Lorne Gackstotter, SHDHS, 487; Louis Devereaux, R.R. 4 Sea - forth, 485; Curtis McDonald, R.R. 2 Seaforth, 480; Gary Little, R.R. 1 Seaforth, 480; Wayne Hu - gill, R.R. 2 Seaforth, 472; Neil Crozier, R,R. 2 Seaforth, 471; Bruce Papple, R.R. 4 Seaforth, 466. Junior—Robert Sharp, R.R. 2 Seaforth, 732; Den Crozier, R.R. 2 Seaforth, 715; Larry Beuer- ma.n, R.R. S Seaforth, 666; Rich- ard Watson, R.R. 2 Seaforth, 580; Bill Campbell, R.R. 1 Dub- lin, 534; Gerald McBride, Exe- ter, 508; Ted Oke, R.R. 3 Exeter, 505. Intermediate—Bill Strong, R.R. 2 Dublin, 025; „Ken, Ryan, Sea - forth, 612: Senior --Jack Broadfoot, Bruce - field, 733; Lawrence Taylor, Bob Broadfoot, Brucefield, 684, izations should take the lead in calling public meetings of farm- ers whose land is involved and should see that legal council is brought to the meeting to ad- vise farmers on their rights. Moreover they said companies acquiring land have a responsi- bility to deal fairly and in the open. They should also stay out of politics and squelch . untrue rumors. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Banting will be hosts for the next Forum meeting. Farmer Hill: "What did you take the bell off the cow for?” Farmer Furrow: "Because every time she moved the hired man heard the bell and would knock off for dinner," For more wheat per acre • top dress with AEROPRILLS* low! Winer t wheat shows increases averaging in g 10 to 15 bushels per acre when top dressed with 80 to 160 pounds of Aeroprills in early spring, Top dressing with Aeroprills supplies immediately available nitrogen to promote stooling, stimulate rapid growth and high yield.. So don't trust to luck to grow your wheat. Depend on Aeroprills to give it that extra boost daring the cold wet weather when growing conditions are poor. It's economical too. Aetoprills is your lowdst cost forth of solid nitrogen! See your fertilizer dealer today., *r.M, &e'a, r0IA.P .1'e?lie 1975 CVANAIMtlb bF cJ.lNADA LIMITED A successful Eastern. Ontario Winer, who braved one of the season's worst storms to be guest speaker at Huron seed fair in Clinton Saturday, lashed out at the inefficient operators on the land. "These people are always the first to kick about government Programs and the work of the farm organizations yet they don't know what they are talking about," said the outspoken Inject iron HS urges A grade nine SHDHS expert - Ment, basis of the school's ex- hibit at Huron seed fair, in- dicates injection of iron in pigs produces 10 percent better re- sults than feeding it through the mouth. The experiment was conducted on the litter of the school's pure- bred Yorkshire sow. Five pigs were given iron by injection once only three days after birth; the other five were fed five times by mouth. The in' cte e d pigs showed steady gains .ever the other five. At 18 days, they averaged 10 pounds to the others' nine; at 32 days, it was 171/2 to 16; at 46 days, 24' to 21%; at 57 days, 301 to 27 pounds. "This shows you can put iron in the pig's mouth, but that doesn't mean he will swallow it," commented Andrew Dixon, head of the agricultural department. The display also indicated the injection method requires less time and is less disturbing to thepig. experiment was super- vised by Bruce Perry, SHAHS agricultural teacher. Displays of the other high schools in the county illustrated use of hormones in finishing steers, a lesson in weed control and successful drainage. Can grade cows on 180 -day test By studying the milk yield for 180 days, dairymen can deter- mine with 90 per cent accuracy hoeir. cows rank. Tlus' was brought to light by a comparison of 180 -day and 305 - day .yield:? "ate• Central Experi- mental Firitir Ottawa. By taking advantage of the shorter period, breeders could decide earlier what animals to sell or cull; production certifi- cates would be available sooner; fewer incomplete records would be processed in milk -testing pro- grams, which would make prog- ency tests on bulls more accu- rate; and culling of poorer pro- ducing cows could be completed on official records well in ad- vance of subsequent calvings. Part of the lack of accuracy in the shorter period is because some of its high. and low points in production are not as ac- - Please Turn to Page 10 over 3.00 farmers attended. George McLaughlin, owner and operator of the famous Elnicrofl farms at Beaverton. "Farmers have no business criticizing the government or anyone else until they have put their own house in order. "The government spends the public's money sponsoring all kinds of prpgrams, like DHIA and ROP, to help the farmers but there are hundreds in every county who don't take the time or expend the effort to take ad., vantage of them. "They say 'what's good enough for my father is good enough for me'. "These are the kind of people who eventually end up as being the kickers. I maintain they have no right to kick because they don't know what they are talk+ ing about. These men have net business being farmers. "I am happy to see that these are the people who are being, squeezed out of farming today. Unfortunately ,some others who should remain on the land are also being squeezed out because they can't get the credit to fie nance their operations." McLaughlin, a former assist., ant ag rep in Perth and now re• garded as one of Ontario's fore, most authorities on pastures, described his efforts to grow and store quality forage. Hisoints include: Hay must have ahigh legume stand. Oats is an excellent cover crop to control weeds. He felt he could not afford to put manure on his pastures and that it paid him more to put fertilizers on his pastures than on ,his grain crops. Time of harvest is important because a drastic loss in pro. tein would result from two or three days' delay. Headvocated crushing and baling of hay because it pre. serves protein and improves palatability. "Protein is in its cheapest form in pastures,' he said. "It's next cheapest form is hay. The more protein you can save in your hay the less you will have to buy from the feed company. The Beaverton farmer refuted charges by a Toronto daily newspaper that agriculture was inefficient by painting out that no industry had matched the progress made by dairying whose production has increased 100 percent per man in the past decade. 14IcLaughlin participated in a panel on successful farming which was chaired by Bob Allen and included George Robertson, R.R. 5 Goderich, and Murray Roy, Londesboro, two pasture experts. Other speakers included Mel* burn Greenwood, R.R. 1 Mitchell, the new director for Huron, Perth and Bruce on the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Associae tion. He succeeded Harry Strang, now past president of the pro- vincial body. Huron Ag Rep Douglas Miles presided for the presentation of trophies. 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