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+���� deficiency payments.
i.•. re leve egg p
The government plans to make: the. difference in the estimate
deficiency payments to .egg pro -!.cost of production. It ''arses fro
dueers to prevent large-scale 44c per dozen in the Montrea
ctmmereial producers from reap- area to 40e per dozen in Saskat
big the benefit of egg price sup- chewan and Alberta. Our are
Wats which are being continued in south western Ontario is gua
for another 12 •months, rantecd 42c per dozen,.
' Agriculture Minister Harkness These prices are 11 grad
roblerns
d rantee to buy up an unrestricted
m
eveT-increasmg surplus of pro
duction fors which there is no
market outlet.
Kind hearted idealists say ...
give our surplus food to the star-
ving nations of the world. The
United States started cot on a
program of.this kind with wheat,.
and Canada raised a holler to
high heaven over the injustice of
it because it tended to ruin our
market for wheat. Canada tried
to give away .dried milk and we
immediately got a similar blast
from Australia and New Zealand
because we were destroying their
markets for dairy products.
These give-away programs just
don't work.
Before the days of price sup-
ports, production was controlled
' by price. When a surplus of any
commodity was created, the
price dropped until production.
was '"discontinued. This caused
wide price fluctuations that were
cruel on the fanners. Therefore,
we have devised price stabiliza-
tion to eliminate the harshness
of production control -by price.
Now, what is going to happen
Lo production? We can't forever
disregard the law of supply and
demand. If we control prices, we
will be compelled to control pro-
duction. This is a job best done
by the producers themselves.
The tobacco people are doing it,
and other commodity groups
should be doing it.
If the other commodity groups
can't do it, or won't do it, and if
the governments, provincial and
federal, do not wish to take on
the responsibility for production
S control, I' see little in the•way of
future usefulness for our Agri-
cultural Prices Stabilization Act,
It may serve to cushion price
fluctuations but it will never
serve to raise the status of agri-
culture in our national economy.
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announced to the Commons A large eggs. There is no sup-
. Thursday that the support price port prices on other grades of
of 44 cents a de= for Grade A eggs, The margin considered ne•
large eggs at- Montreal will be pessary by dealers in this part
continued until May 5, 1960. of the country is about 100 per
The continued expansion in egg .dozen so the rice of rade A
*eduction can be largely attn.- large eggs to.the producer .hpuld
bused to the growth in numbers be,about 32c per dozen. s o ...
and size of large commercial The trend in egg production. is
prcdueers, the said. The present upwards. The increase is a i-
aupport program was providing mated toat
air incentive to commercial °Per- he be about hi over sta.-
?tors to increase production. Dis- year.Th quantity which b the sw-
pdsal of the surplus accumulated bihzation board has to buy, how-
by the government was creating
"an extremely serious problem.
have therefore directed the
stabilization hoard to develop as
soon as possible a Method of pro-
viding price .Support for shell
eggs by means of a payment to
producers=commonly desgribed
as" a deficiency payment -rather
than to continue the present
Method of offer to purchase,
Pearson criticizes
His deficiency payment; re -
]narks niet with immediate crit-
icism from Opposition Leader
Pearson who charged the govern-
ment in "adopting the principle
of deficiency payments in respect
of one agricultural commodity
yet it refuses even til consider it Spring seeding operations are
in " respect of wheat and other practically completed in the
grain products." • p
The minister said the payment county, A few farmers in the
northern end have still to finish.
Spring sown grains, as well a.
hay and pasture are making
excellent progress,
Some corn has been sown, as
well as turnips and sugar beets.
There is flea beetle damage on
early turnips.
ever, in order to keep the mar
ket cleared is nearly doubled
over last year. '
The difficulty in stabilizing
farm prices is becoming ever
more evident, If a half decent
price is guaranteed, production
gets out of hand. It has happened
with hogs, with dairy products,
and now with eggs. It is impos-
sible for the government to gua-
Huron County
CropReport
By D. J. ROSE
Huron Summer Ass't
to egg producers "would• be cal-
culated on_ the difference be-
tween the actual market price
for shell eggs for the 'period con-
cerned and the prescribed sup-
port .price." •
"This- method, as in the case
of the arrangement proposed
with respect to hogs, would make
it possible to withold payments
from commercial organizations
operating under the so-called
vertical integration plan, or to
restrict payments to a specific
volume of eggs delivered by any
one producer in a given period,"
Mr. Harkness said that from
January to June last year the
agricultural prices stabilization
board purchased 354,412 cases of
eggs. at the floor price, but from
Jan 1 to April 27 this year it had
taken 503,073 cases.
Thomas explains
support on eggs
By W. H. A. THOMAS
Egg prices are stabilized by
the purchase method. The gov-
ernment guarantees to buy Grade
A large eggs from the dealers at
a stated price. Because the deal-
ers • are guaranteed a market,
they are expected to pay a fair
price to the farmers. The gua-
ranteed government 'price' varies
for different 1•egipns, because of
Testing corn
for hog feed
More and more Ontario far-
mers are feeding corn to, pigs.
They like it as a source of cheap,
easily digestible energy. But
cornhas one big shortcoming:
when overfed, it produces a fat-
ty carcass.
Farmers who self -feed corn
and concentrate ' run `into this
problem constantly. -A ;pig slows
down in growth after reaching
110. pounds, and .tends to put ex-
tra energy into fat instead of
meat.
Animal husbandry experts at
OAC ate working on this prob-
lem, They are carrying out tests
to find out what levels of corn
should. be fed at the different hog
weights. The researchers also
are trying to find out how much
protein should be fed with corn
And what level ]ow -energy oats
is • needed to cut down the
"strength" of corn.
In one experiment, two ratios
of corn to oats were fed to grow-
ing pigs, and three ratios of
cornto oats were fed to hogs
from 125 pounds to market
weight. Pigs were also divided
into two groups according to
their level of protein. The higher
protein level was 17% protein to
pigs up to 75 pounds; 15%••pro•
teen from 75 to 125 pounds; and
13% protein to hogs between 125
and 200 pounds. The lower pro-
tein level was 14% to 75 pounds;
12% from 75 to 125 pounds; and
10% from 125 to 200 pounds, Here
are the results:
Pigs on high protein gained
1/10 pound faster - 1.62 pounds
per day compared to 1.52 •pounds
per day ...then pigs on low pro-
tein. The high -protein pigs also
cost less to feed and produced
better carcasses than pigs• on
low protein feeding. The. corn:
, oat ratio studies showed "there
was some benefit from including
high levels of corn in the rations
of pigs up to 125 pounds." The
experiments are continuing.
WOOL
Any Government Deficiency
Payment will apply only on
properly gt'aded woole.
5er•.ure the utmost by pafrtinizing
the orga.iilzation that made this
possible.
SHIP ,COLLECT TO
Our Regtatered Warehouse No, 1
•, Weston,. Ontario
obtain seeks and twine
w1thout charge front
EXETER DISTRICT GOA
tort 7f, Exeter
er by shills); to'
CANADIAM CO.OPERATIVE
WOOL GROWERS LIMITED
11r' 'tsiiy street, ter.n"tb, Caiadd
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an pep up pastures
with nitrogen: OAC
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Should you plow down hay- Thomas. "This will make three
fields and pastures when the good flushes of growth through -
legume count drops way down; out the year instead of one, as
or will it pay to try and pep up is the case when you put on all
old fields so they'll be good for your nitrogen in the spring.
a few more years, thereby sav-
ing breaking and seeding costs?
"Try three applications of
nitrogen fertilizer per year on
any long-term, pasture and hay-
field with 'less than. 25% leg-
umes," suggest soil extension
expert, Prof, Norman Thomas of
OAC. His reason: the nitrogen
will boost grass yields enough
that with early grazing or cut-
ting, the field will produce like
new again,
The plan works best on hard -
to -work fields and those that are
too far from the home farm
(usually beef pastures) to merit
constant reseeding.
In two years of testing on five
different farms in Haldimand
County, Thomas found that hay
yields jumped an average of
7/10 of a ton per acre with an
application of 100 pounds of am•
monium nitrate and 1.2 tons per
acre when 150 pounds of am-
monium nitrate was applied. The
100 -pound rate netted an aver-
age of $6.07 more per acre than
the non -fertilized field (2i tons
per acre) and the 150 pound am-
monium nitrate netted $12.35
more per acre than the no -fer-
tilized feld:
"Put the rjtrogen on in early
May, June and September," adds
FORM SHEEP COUNCIL
Formation of a National Sheep
Council to promote lamb and
other sheep products has been
calledfor in a resolution at the
annual meeting of the British
Columbia Breeders' Co-op As-
sociation. Operations would be
financed by an annual deduc-
tion of one or two cents per
pound from wool deficiency pay-
ments.
What about phosphates and
potash to hold the remaining
legumes? "It probably won't do
much good if.. there's less . than
25% legumes, but you cantry a
0-20-10 or 0-20-20," answers
Thomas. "It's best to concen-
trate do the grasses, feed them
lots of nitrogen and aim for high
yields of grass alone, With early
cutting, you will still get a high
protein in hay,"
Yukon cleric
s
speaks here
Archdeacon Carman J. Queen,
diocesan commissioner for the
Diocese of Huron, announces the
forthcoming visit of the Right
Reverend Tom Greenwood, Bish•
op of Yukon; to the Diocese of
Huron.
Bishop Greenwood will give an
illustrated address on the work
of the Anglican church in the
Diocese of Yukon to the clergy
chapter and to the Woman's
Auxiliary of the • Deanery of
Huron on Thursday, May 21 at
Trivittt Memorial Church, Exe-
ter.
LARGE LOAFING BARN
A large pole loafing barn tised
to winter the .beef herd at the
Nappan Experimental Farm was
used as a confinement shelter
for chickens during the summer
months. 11 provided excellent
rearing facilities and extended
the usefulness of a building
which normally lies idle during
the summer,
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EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 14, 1959
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WINS $1,000 JACKPOT -Kenneth Scott, Brucefield, won
the $1,000 cash draw which featured Exeter Kinsmen's
spring stag at the arena Friday nf'ght. Above, he gets the
cash from President-elect George Rether and President
Gord Baynham. --T-A. Photo
OFA raps payments
charges price-fixing
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The 85 member organizations
of the Ontario Federation of Ag-
riculture, at a meeting Thurs-
day in Toronto, accused the fed-
eral government of "price fix-
ing activities," through its new
policy of deficiency payments
and consumer subsidies for
major farm products,
The resolution, which strongly
protested the "indiscriminate
use of deficiency payments and
consumer subsidies for farm
products," was passed after
lengthy and stormy discussion
by the producer representatives.
The
The milk producers, hog pro-
ducers and others affected by
the federalgovernment's re-
placement of last year's stabiliza-
tion program in favor of the new
policy, argued that their mem-
bers' industry would be crippled
by the move.
Producers of milk for manu-
facturing said that their market-
ing program had already been
Champion horse
goes to Quebec
"Stonewall Pot 0' Gold," grand
champion saddlebred Palomino
stallion, owned by Mrs. Alton
Wallis, Whalen, has been sold to
a Montreal .surgeon.
A feature attraction at local
and provincial fairs for a num-
ber of years, the .horse loft Mon-
day morning to join the Palomino
stable of Dr. Paul E. Chicoine
in Montreal, where he will do a
limited amount of showing and
will stand for service 'to regis-
tered saddlebred mares,
"Stonewall, Pot 0' Gold" won
the Palomino grand champion-
ship for Ontario in 1958.
MacDonald visits
rutabaga buyers
Doug MacDonald, local mana-
ger for Canada Packers, returned
this ]week from a two-week trip
to Florida where he niet a num-
ber of buyers who distribute
area -grown rutabagas in the
south.
"We talk to these Hien on the
phone frequently but had never
met them,,' Mr. MacDonald said,
""It was interesting to talk to
them about our product,"
Temperatures in the south were
well over the 90 -degree mark,
Mr. MacDonald reports,
.
Attention
FARMERS!
Don't Miss Our Service School
Thur., May 21 - 2:0013' E 7;30 p.m.
Machines being discussed include
Hay Balers, Mowers, Hay Conditioners
and the New Revolutionary No. 91
Self -Propelled Combine,
International Harvester Company be conducting thee service school
on our premises, Two schools will be held with the first at 2:00 p.m. in'
the afternoon and the second at 7:30 p.m, in the evening. This is your
chance to fire questions at the top brass. Make sure you get the inside
track on all International Harvester machines by attending at least one
of the sittings.
See Them - Hear About Them
Dora. Miss 1n
F. W. Iiux table
VOW' Local Interrtafion-Hat'vester Dealer"
I severely damaged by the reduc-
i tion in supports and the intro -
:duction duction of a direct subsidy to
producers,
Members dealt withother res-
olutions covering freight subsi-
dies, legislation on feed purchas-
ing by farmers, increased tariffs
for eviscerated chicken and tur-
key hatching eggs imported from
the U.S.A. and policy state-
ments concerning farm credit.
Two organizations, the Ontario
Turkey Growers' Association and
the United Dairy and Poultry
Co-operative Inc., were accepted
as members of the OFA by un-
animous vote of the full mem-
bership.
HENSALL SALE PRICES
Prices at Hensall Community
Sale Thursday, May 7:
Holstein calves .. $12.00 to $30,00
Durham calves .... 28,00 to 76.00
Weanling pigs 9.50 to 11,50
Chunks . 12.50 to 15.50
Feeders ..,. 16.50 to 26.00
Sows .. ..._ .. up to 80.00
Butcher steers sold up to $25.30
per cwt.; butcher heifers up to
$23.40 per cwt.; butcher cows
up to 200 per lb.; heifer cows
up to 210 per lb. and spring
cows, $240.00.
There were 500 pigs and 345
cattle sold.
Area heifer
tops at sale
Top priced heifer at the tenth
annual spring sale of the Huron
Hereford Association was sold
by Hirtzel Bros. Crediton, to a
Nova Scotian breeder for $550
Tuesday afternoon.
The heifer was purchased by
H. Armstrong and. Sons, Burlin-
gon, King's County.
Seven tested bulls averaged
$526 and eight approved bulls
averaged $421. Top bull was a
polled one consigned by Ernest
Brown, Clinton, and bought by
A, J. Campbell, Thorndale.
Ten bred heifers average
$331.50 and seven open heifers
averaged $182 each and three
cows with calves at side, $335.
For 35 lots, the sale averaged
$362,30.
Call tenders for briclgesfr
let contractsin Usborne
Usborne township council will
call for tenders soon on the two
bridges it plans Le construct this
year.
As soon as plans are available,
tenders will he sought for con-
struction of the Rodd and Quin-
ton bridges as well as for sup-
ply of cement and steel.
Contract for roadside spray -
Set cattle,
lamb props
ing was let to Fred Harburn,
Cromarty, at his tender price
of $1.50 per mile one side of
road. Only other bid came from
L. V, Uogarth, Exeter, at the
same price.
Exeter District Co-op will sup-
ply 125 gallons of 80 -oz, 2-4P
amine weed spray material at
the tender price of $3,96 per gal-
lon. Other bids ranged. to $5.38.
County weed inspector W. R.
Dougall attended the meeting to
advise council onthe roadside
weed control problem.
Warble fly inspectors Lloyd
Parsons and.Hubert Hunter re -
The base prices and mandatory •
support levels for cattle and Judge livestock
lambs, effective from April 1,
1959, were announced Friday by
theboard. agricultural stabilization
The board's basis of support
for cattle is on good quality
steers and the ten-year average,
or base price, for good steer;,,
live, Toronto market, is $22.28
per cwt. The mandatory support
of 80 per cent is calculated as
$17.80 per cwt. In 1958 good steers
averaged $22.90 per cwt., Toronto
market, and the effect of this
high price on the ten-year aver-
age has been to increase the
support by 30 cents per cwt. over
last year.
The base price for good Iambs,
live, Toronto market is $24.43
per cwt. The mandatory support
level of 80 per cent is $19.55 per
cwt. - the same as last year.
Good lambs at Toronto averaged
$22.35 per cwt, during 1958.
These grades of both steers and
lambs are now selling at around
$2.5 on the Toronto market,
next Saturday
Second of two Huron County
junior judging competitions which
decide winners of trips to United
Nations and Eastern Ontario will
be held Saturday May 23, at
Seafortli.
Three classes of dairy cattle,
beef cattle and swine and one of
sheep will be judged by junior
farmers and 4-H members fiorn
Huron. Competitors will be di-
vided into four classes, novice,
junior, intermediate and senior,
The competition will start at 9
a.m. DST.
The Canadian National Rail-
ways are experimenting with
heated box cars for carrying
perishable produce under winter
traffic conditions. The new heat -
produce than refrigerator cars
and have a much greater cepa-
ed cars are much cheaper to
city.
Calls payment plan
consumer subsidy' •
By CARL HEMINGWAY trade would find it advantageous
HFA Fieldman to divert milk into other prod -
During the past week there ! ucts. If the price of milk to the
has been some disturbing events
in the dairy industry due to the
announcement of Agriculture
Minister Harkness to the effect
that the support price of skim
milk powder would be lowered
from 154 to 100 and the support
price on cheese would be lower-
ed from 340 to 320, both with
deficiency payments.
This announcement has had
two unfortunate results.
First, the attitude of the con-
sumer is that the taxpayer is
being asked to give a handout
to the farmer.
In his first remarks, Mr. Hark-
ness made it clear that the sup-
ports were being reduced to re-
duce the cost to the consumer.
The deficiency payment is given
to the farmer in order that the
farmer may be able to continue
to produce this product for the
consumer. Who then gets the,
benefit? This isn't a deficiency
payment to the farmer but
rather, by the words of the min-
ister, a direct consumer subsidy.
Let's call it by its right name.
Second, the concentrated milk
processors have immediately de-
.manded that the price to the
producer must drop to the floor.
If this happens the government
has failed in its purpose.
The government lowered the
floor price in order that the
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producer drops in accordance
with the price of powder the
trade will have exactly the same
margin of profit that was attrac-
tive enough during the past year
to persuade some 17 plants to
put in powder manufacturing
equipment.
We need to realize that the
support price isn't necessarily
the market price. Beef as present
has a support price of 170 yet
cattle of this quality have been
selling for from 240 to 270 for
the past year. The support on
cheese is lowered 'but cheese
has been selling above the prev-
ious support so there is no
change in the price for milk go-
ing for cheese,
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ported completion of the program
with 7,111 cattle treated in the.
first spray and 5,977 in the sect
and spray.
Under amendments to the pub*
lic schools act at the last session
of legislature, council decided to
discontinue paying the former
statutory grant to teach public
school and that the secretaries
be advised to include these
amounts in their requisitions.
11 was reported that Engineer
J. A. Howes has been consulted
about the Prance Drain and that
he had sent in partial coin-
pietioncertificates on the Davis
and Glenn -Sommerville drains,
Tax collector. William Johns
reported no further collections
of 1958 taxes and council in,
structed him to turn over the
roll to the treasurer before the
end of the month and send the
uncollected 1958 taxes to the
county treasurer for. collection.
Councillor Harold Hunter was
delegated to investigate equip.
ment in connection with a Ceti•
tralia village trustee's proposal
regarding fire protection.
Because of county council
date for the next meeting 'will
be changed to Monday after-
noon, June 15,
OAC plans
4-H week
In order to recognize the
achievements of an outstanding
4-H member in each county and
district in Ontario, a 4-H Club
Leadership Week will be held
during the week of July 27 at
the Ontario Agricultural College,
the Ontario Department of Agri-,
culture announces. .
This year each. county and
district may select one .4-H Club.
boy who is presently active as
a 4-H member and will be .16
years of age by November 1.
The basis of selection will in•
elude total participation. in 4-H,,
a record of 4-H Inter -Club Com-
petitions, and participation in
community activities. The selec-
tion will be made by Depart-
ment extension personnel in each
county and district.
The group will be under the
se ervision of counsellor s
throughout the week, The pro-
gram will include instruction,
discussions, and tours in such
subjects as soils, field crops,
livestock, horticulture, farm safe.:
ty, farm machinery and farut.
business, .
Programs for recreation and
fellowship will round out a week
designed to develop qualities of
leadership important not only to
the 4-H Club members but also
to the communities they repre-'
sent.
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