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EXETER. ONTARIO, AI.IGUST 27, 19S9
Pato Nini
members from Gratiot county,
iscover farming, activities similar
Are 4-H members from Gratiot
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.Fledcounty, Michigan
mam co from those in 'Hiiron county?
, much different
Not much,
ime for forward
VW. That's the conclusion reached
steps by both officials and youths from
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in marketing prolects-
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US YOUTHS VISIT HURON -A necktie contest was .orie of the "get -acquainted" :
ties at .the reception in Clinton for 33 4-1i members of Gratiot county, Michigan,
who visited Huron this week, Above, Dolores Powell, Mich., ties knot around Edward By J. CARL HEMINGWAY I known of and controlled the pro.'
. ,*;} LI is iepoi e a vv t w e ey •ete
Hern Usborne The io ti • d " 'onde •ful t't h'l th • b IL f,', whars new?. s each{ duct. At present the growers
both counties when a Michigan
group arrived in Huron Monday
for a two-day visit.
As a matter cif fact there's not
much difference in the farm op.
erations being conducted in the
different areas either. 'rhe II.S.
liuran farms Monday and Tuesday nights. 'Wednesday •they took off for No th one of us would answer differ -I tta"Y the risk of loss ctr the Klee!
and other points in northern Ontario where the group intends to sleep under the it eas a new experience for me,
; • . for the profit if the price goes.
sing plant at London. j Has the negot a ng type an,
' outlived its effectiveness for the
This plant is just another while bean growers? Should this
example of what, can be accom-1
plished by farmers if they work.' group be proceeding to a 'market-,
ing agency plan where the pro -1
harmoniously together. Tiles e,,
men were not willing to stay in, duces would have the opportunity;
for profit as well as the risk of
a rut but I believe were the first' joss?
to introduce the "electric eye"'
bean picker in Canada, Similarly should the hog pro-,
Th. •
ducers be advancing from .Baymar-
entiv One afternoon last week' drops and the dealer opportunity
stars. -T-.A Photo to visit. the white bean proces-' P• t
Over 1,800 farm mishaps
recorded in three months
First report of the Ontario
Farm Aecident Survey set -up by
the. Ontario Department of Agri.
culture to determine the cause
and economic loss resulting from
farm accidents indicates that
more than. 1,800 'accidents oc•
carred during the months. ot
March,. April, and May, the Hon.
W. A. Goodfellow, Minister of
Agriculture for Ontario an.
flounces. Sixty-two of the acci.
dents were fatal, and one third
of the fatalities were suffered by
persons under 21. years of age,
ln .addition, medical. bills of
more than $80,000 property dam.
age of 'nearly one and a half
million dollars, and a total lost
working time of more than
16,000 days were inflicted.
"The fact that more than one
third of the fatal accidents to
farm people during this three-
month period occurred off the
farm, on our roads and highways,
shows the 'soundness of the de-
partment's safety program to
date which has been carried .on
in conjunction with the safety
program of the Ontario Depart-
ment of Transport," says Mr.
Goodfellow.
The survey has also indicated
that the farm kitchen is one of
the Most dangerous areas the
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Huron County
crop report
By D. J. ROSE
Harvesting Is practically com-
pleted in the south end of the
county. However, in the north
part of the county there are still
several farmers who have not
finished. As a result of the re-
cent rains and hot humid wea-
ther grain that is swathed or
Ptooked is sprouting.
White beans are ripening rap-
idly due to the blight condition
with the result that many of the
pods are not filling and the beans
are smaller in size.
Many farmers are reporting
excellent yields of second cut hay
throughout the County.
farm, with a total of 100 accidents occurring there, five of
which 'were. fatal.
Nearly one. -fourth of the ac-
cidents were caused by falls or
stumbles, with loss of balance
and frightened animals the two
leading causes. Power equip-
ment was Involved in half of the
fatalities,
"This first interim report clear-
ly shows the seriousness of the
farm accident picture," said Mr,
Goodfellow, "and indicates • the
wisdorn of establishing a safety
program for Ontario farm peo-
ple."
1 The report is the first of quar-
terly reports in the Department's
I Farm Accident Survey which will
I cover the one-year period from
I March, 1959 to February, 1960.
To limit bull premiums
nce tested'
to performs
Ontario cattle breeders, par-
ticularly in the•beef...field, are
learning that appearance isn't
everything when economical
gains are the goal. That has been
amply demonstrated ,under On-
tario's performance testing pro-
gram which has been conducted i
during the past nine years. •
"The results obtained clearly
show :that is is difficult to ap-
praise a beef bull on the basis
of appearance alone," said Hon.
W. A. Goodfellow, Minister of
Agriculture. "Some bulls that
are pleasing to the eye do not
possess the ability to inake rapid
and. economical gains, character-
istics that are of vital importance
to the farmer who ,es• raising
commercial beer cattle. On the
other hand the tests reveal that
it is possible to produce bulls
that are highly satisfactory, from
the standpoint ef type and per-
formance."
As a result of the findings the
minister stated that some changes
would be made in the bull prem-
ium policy by limiting the pay-
ment, of premiums to purchasers
of performance tested bulls.
As of January 1, 1960 only pur-
chasers of bulls that meet the
standard for the designation of
"performance tested" be
eligible for premium. In view of
the fact that several local breed-
ers' clubs have made plans for
fall sales in anticipation of the
present policy being continued
it was decided that the new, pol-
icy would not come into effect
until. the beginning ot next term.
Bulls must be purchased in
sales sponsored by breeders,
breeders' clubs or the Ontario
Beef Cattle Improvement As-
sociation, except in the case of
northern Ontario where the pol-
icy will. apply on private sales,
provided both parties to the
transaction reside in that section
of the province.
To qualify for the designation
"performance tested" a bull
must gain at least 2,30 pounds
per day on test, not less than
2.15 pounds per day between
birth mil the end of the test
period, and be graded "breeder"
or "commercial". Thus both per-
formance and type are consider-
ed in determining the bulls which
qualify for this classification,
Ontario's testing program pro-
vides for both station and home
tests. Station testing facilities
will be increased by the estab-
lishment of a new station at the
Western. Ontario Experiment al
Farm, :RAdgetow.n. This will pro-
vide Ontario with three stations,
the other two being located at
the OAC, Guelph and the Kempt-
ville Agricultural School. Even
with these stations operating to
capacity, breeders will be obliged
to test the majority of their
bulls at borne. a situation which
reflects the interest being shown
in performance testing by. the
beef breeders of the province.
Highest Prices Paid
. . .
for
all
Kinds •
of
Grain
IT WILL PAY YOU TO SEE US BEFORE SELLING YOUR
' WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, RYE, BUCKWHEAT CORN & BEANS
We Are In The Market:
REGISTERED. & COMMERCIAL GENNESSEE
and
REGISTERED CORNELL SEED WHEAT
0
So* Us Before Disposing
We Are Also Buyers Of:
TIMOTHY AND CLOVER SEEDS
And Are Agents VeJ.
MASTER FEEDS, C[MENT, INSECTICIDES & GRAIN TREATMENT
w.
G onipsori
.PHONt St OR
Limited
NIGHTS 42 OR 194
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keting agency to processing.
th d d ed
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e sco me an arnag
1 It seems apparent that. defic-,
beans much more cheaply than'oney
; payments in the hog in -
the hand pickers, By this means,dustry
will prove advantageous.
i I'm afraid, the cost to consutn-
to the large processor at the ex-
ers was reduced much more pense of the small. packer and;
than profits were increased to1
the producer. Is it now time fort
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increase consumption perm itting '
the producers, 'It did, however,'
the next step forward?
increased production of this crop.'
It also placed the Ontario grow-
er in a much better competitive Breed by weight
position on world markets,
Operating -under a negoliatine experts suggest.
plan the white bean board mustb
purchase all beans offered to it Breeding dairy heifers on a
at not :less than the minimum weight basis might eliminate
price agreed by the board. and many of the calving problems !
the trade. Many times it is neces- that occur with animals that are
sary to sell.on the world market bred too small, say dairy experts
at a ,loss and make up the di!- of the Ontario Department of
red deducted for equalization Undersized. heifers will have ,
Terence from the 850 per hund- Agriculture.
fund. their growth checked if they are
For many years this plan has bred too soon. And there's an -I
worked out quite well but diffi-
culties are now being encounter-
ed. By this plan the dealer can
buy large quantities of beans at
harvest time at the minimum
price and hold them for a rise
in price.
If the price. goesup the deal-
er gets a handsome profit but if
it drops he sells to the board
with no, loss. when an animal is ready for
While T. was at the plant a re- breeding.
cent assignment was being pick-
ed. The price nn the world mar- •
other reason why size is im-
portant. Cows will often produce'
an extra 20 pounds or more of ;
fat per year every 100 pounds 1
of body -weight. 1
If you don't have the facilities
for weighing heifers, using a
combination of heart girth meas-
urements and age will give you
a fairly accurate estimate as to
Fair price list
now available
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Exeter Fall Fair prize list, out-
lining competitions for over
$4,000 in prizes, has been re-
leased.
It's available from Secretary
Clark Fisher, Exeter, or the of-
fice of The Exeter Times- Advo-
cate,
Following major revisions in
other years, this year's com-
petitions remain much the same
as in 1958.
Exeter District Co-op has taken
over as sponsor of the bacon
hogs competition in conjunction
with, the society, Prizes total
$55.
A new competition in jams and
jellies has been added to the
women's division. A. General
Foods challenge cup, along with
other prizes, will be awarded
the winner and runner-up in this
category.
The Times -Advocate award for
champion cook has been made a
cash prize of $15.
HENSALL SALE PRICES
At Hensel] Sales Thursday,
August 20 prices for, cows was
strong up to 500 higher.
Butcher steers „ $25.50 to $26,00
Medium.steers .... 23.90 to 24,50
'Butcher steers 23.50 to 24.50
Fat cows ....... 14.00 to 15.50
Good cows 16.00 to 18.50
18.50 to 19.50
25.00 to 28.50
25.00 to 28.50
Light coves
'Babies
Veal calves
Small.ca ves , 12.00 to
Good bull .calves 26.00 to
Holstein hei'a- calves 32.00 to
Durham calves 44.00 to
Suitable breeding weights and
ket has dropped. and these bea.ns heart girth measinemens or he
will have to be supported hear. common• breeds Ontario .•
ily. "Holstein -17 month old, 65 'inch
Another dealer has informed heart girth, 750 pounds in weight;
the board that he has 3 carloads etsey-
which he will assign to the boardt 600 pounds; Guernsey -17 months, ,
shortly. These, too, will have to 60 inches, and 600 pounds; and
be heavily supported from the Ayrshire -16 months, 61. inches
contingent found ,crops much the
:salmbtyeiraslieithereeboysan
theyhadledft. girls
from Gratiot arrived in Huron
Monday afternoon and toured
three of the county's best farms.
Monday night they were enter-
tained by the county at a chicken
barbecue at the agricultural
park, Clinton.
Later they were joined by
Huron 4-11 members in a "play
party" designed to get every-
one acquainted. Then the Michi-
gan boys and girls were taken
to Huron farms at which they
were billetted Monday and Tues-
day nights.
Wednesday, the ITS. group
hused for North Bay where they
planned to sleep overnight.
• They'll also visit the Elliott Lake
, area and Sault Ste Marie before
, returning to Michigan where
they wilt tour an air force base.
The tourists are all members
of Gratiot county's 4-H service
club - a sort of elub within a
club, Each member must be-
long to another 4-H group and
be over 14 years of age before
he's eligible for the service 'club.
Through pop stands, dances,
'roller 'skating and other activi-
ties, the service club raises
money for a big trip every third
year. The fund for this year's
1 trip totalled $500, which pays for
the bus transportation. Other ex-
penses 'come out of the members'
pockets.
Similar farm operations were
1 noted by the Michigan group as
they started visiting Huron. Mon-
day, they saw fields of sugar
1 beets on the farm of. Lloyd
1Lovell, Kippen, and white beans
at the farm of bean king Bob
Allen, Brucefield. The crops
home.we
werethesame as they had at
The group also visited the pure-
bred swine operation of Bill
Turnbull, Brussels, where the
cleanliness of the buildings
im-
pressed the group, particularly
the girls.
Monday :night, when they talk-
ed to Huron members, the Miehi-
rrjnd more of the.
same. Youths of the two counties
compared notes on their beef
18.00 and dairy, grain. and COM clubs.
27.00 There were some differences,
44.00 ' however.
63.00 1 Big 'harvest in Gratiot at the
Weanling pigs .. 7,50 to 9.00 present time (it's almost over)
w. Chunks 9.50 to 12,00 1 is in pickles. Mexican nationals
Feeders 12.50 to 18.50 I are brought in by the hundreds
Sows 50,00 to 67.00' to help pick the acres and acres
There were 450 pigs and 220 i of cucumbers grown in Gratiot.
cattle sold. 1 There are some different 4-14
1 clubs in Gratiot, too. For example
' not a few of 'the visiting mem-
ualization fund cofiected fand 650 pounds.
rom Canada now ranks sixth in the hers belonged to horse clubs.
the equalization fund. collected These ages are :minimum, and
from the farmers. Holstein heifers should reach this!
In. the late winter T was told weight and heart girth, anytime
lh t these beans could have been between. 17 and 19 months. The ;
sold to Britain with little or no smaller 'breeds like 'Ayrshire, !
support if the bean growers had -Please turn to page 13
world in manufacturing output
and there are as many Canadians
directly employed in manufactur-
ing as in the combined industries
of farming, forestry, fishing,
mining and construction.
"This Nuffield Diesel
Is The Answer .
says Garnet Hicks, prominent Usborne farmer
actuat test, my diesel performed 35 hours of heavy slugging Avork on only 27
gallons of fuel! " Garnet *flicks is but one of many Nuffield owners in this area who
are singing the praises of the British -built machine. Ask any of them what they
think of it. We haven't had one complaint yeti
Save' up to '200 a season!
NOW ON DISPLAY Al'
Exeter Farm Equipment
,0140NE SO* It. 04 Jermyn, Peop.
• They also have "Handy Dandy"
clubs through which. the girls
take .a great variety of projects.
One girl, for example, had near -
if Top
it
ing a wide range.
1Y Completed 50 projects cove..
One person who noted the siMe
ilarities'in the youths thernaelvel
was Andrew Dixon, .S1-fD1$ ag-
riculture teacher. who lielperl
prepare the chicken. barbeette.
Ile told them: "You're a group
of elean-cut, nice boys and girls
who are just like the pupils
teach here in Huron. I feet right
at home with you."
The visitors were officially
welcomed to Huron by Warden
Bill Jewitt who noted other shni•
brides. "Officially, I understand,
Gratiot is the sixth ranking
county in Michigan but you feel
it's better than that. Well, Huron
is the. second ranking county in
fOirnsttaLio and we think it's the
MC for the program was Doug.
las Miles, Huron ag rep, who
organized the reception. Speak.
ers included Ivan Forsyth, reeve
of Tuckersmith and chairman of
the county agricultural commit.
tee; Mrs. Ron McMichael, jtmloi
institute president; her husband,
chairman of the county 4-11 lead'
ers' ass'n; and Ken Campbell,
junior farmers' president,
Organizers of the play party
were Miss Eleanor Walsh and
Bill Strong, two Huron junior
farmers who had attended a
leadership camp this summer,
Here are examples of some of
lhe thfsa operations conducted
by parents of the Michigan
you:en
Norman Feichtenbiner, 16 t^s•
His dad runs a 210 -acre farm
which specializes in eorn, wheat,
oats and soya beans. He belongs
to the beef club.
Phillip Schleder, 16 - Beanit
are the principal crop on hie
father's 180 -acre farm, which
also includes a dairy operation..
He belongs to the dairy club.
Dale Weburg, 16 - On a M -
acre farm, his father raises
dairy and beef cattle, beans,
corn, oats, wheat and cucum-
be jrins.,
Sharrar, 15 - A member
of dairy and horse clubs, Jim
helps his dad with 120 acres oi
beans and corn.
Bernard Harrier, 14 - Eighty
acres, 10 of which are in pickles,'
The rest is mainly beans, along
with some corn and wheat.
Judy Boole, 18 - Corn, beans,
pickles and beets are. the crops
on her father's 80 acres. She be-
longs to the beef and handy
dandy clubs.
Sharon McIntosh, 16 - Her
dad has 160 acres in beans, corn.
and wheat. She belongs to the
"Elegant Elves" and horse
clubs.
Nancy Hamer, 16 - On 80
acres plus rented land, her father
raises beans and pickles. She
a handy dandy member.
Prices
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POWN MORE JOBS THAW
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Mixed Grain _
TIRED PASTURES
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will not maintain milk production al; this time of the t
year. Now is the. time to start feeding that extra
Vitamin "A" and other nutrients that cows do not I
get from pasture.
Feed Purina Dairy Supplements
$ ti
PURINA COW SUPP. . 4.10
PURINA COW CONC. 4.60
PURINA BULKY -LAS 400
PURINA LIVESTOCK MINERALS .. . .. . ..... .. ....... 4.00
Purina Dog Foods Are Tops
and will keep your dog in excellent condition whether
it's a HUNTING DOG or a HOUSE PET. Available
in meal, checkers or biscuits.
25 lbs, - $2.95 50 lbs. - $5,25
Contracts For
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