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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-09-17, Page 11NEW CROP FOR DISTRICT -A Klondyke marsh farmer and his family are havesting new type crop for this area. They expect to get about 18,000 bags of onions from a 35 -acre field of muckland near Crediton, Above, a crew of seven uses a potato picker to Joad the crop into bushel baskets. -T-A Photo BIG INVESTMENT -Theodore Soudant and sons, RR2 Grand Bend, have invested $14,000 in' this crop of onions, which will take a month to harvest. The vegetables are being put through a topping and bagging machine, above. The crew includes Henry, Francis and Gus Soudant, Gene Brenders, Bill Hurkmans and Xavier Booge- lit ans. T -A Photo Hydro dickers to buy transmission line land By J. CARL HEMINGWAY HFA Fieldman On Tuesday evening, Septem- ber 8, a car load of interested persons attended a meeting in Woodstock with hydro repre- menta tiv es, At the previous meeting the landowners had reco.mmencled that easements be for a limited period, 20 years; that' right of way be paid for on a basis of actual land value and that due compensation be given for loss of re -sale value of the farm. These recommendations were apparently taken to the Ontario Hydro Commission and flatly refused • Instead. of Making any offer along the recommended line of settlement Hydro representatives told us that Hydro would now offer to purchase outright the land neededat appraised land values. This they stated would give a total settlement of about 40'' more than under the ease- ment plan. Ken contest In field corn Only three points separated the aix top winners in the corn crop competition sponsored by Exeter Agricultural Society this year. Winner Clarence Down, RR 1 Hensall, scored 97 points. only one more than runner-up Paul Coates, Tom Triebner placed third with 95. Three men were given 94 marks with fractions separating them. Harry Jeffrey scored 94- 3/4, Lloyd Reynold 94-1/4 And Robert Jeffery, 94. Other competitors were: John Pytn, 93; Harry Dougall, 91; Rus- sell Ferguson, 90; Archie Ether. ington, 89; Hugh Rundle, 88; Ar- thur Rundle, 87; Edgar Cudmore, 86; Lloyd Ferguson, 85.1/2; Ron- nie Oak, 85; Harvey Hyde, 84. Judge Hugh Berry, Woodham, described this year's crops as 'average' but better than last year. He noticed a lot of corn borer,in the 16 fields. IF .E11010, / i AUTOMA1KALL1' wiTH OIRTHL itattirortaiiett'.; sito"bNLOADER Aro.31'ypEs OF:,t1UNK PEEbEPS LAYOUT-71:610ALLATIOP:4 skivict PrOduet fOaelaor Northliind, Inc, HAROLD ROW & SONS tribular *R1 Rehnont SPA YAW" Leta( Dealer Pee DernensteSfien R.fl. WILLIAMS 440 kirktott RR I Itaatat When • asked why Hydro was willing to pay more, Mr. Hostler of Ontario Hydro replied that Hydro would gain greater con- trol over the property. I Thus it is clear that the farmer is not getting a better deal but simply that he is get- ting a few more dollars because he is giving up that much more. While a farmer .might be.quite HENSALL SALE PRICES At Hensall Sales Thursday prices for steres were strong with a top of. $27.20, Butcher steers $26,50 to $27.20 Medium steers $25.00 to $26.00 Butcher heifers $22.50 to $25.30 Fat cows $13.00 to $14.50 Good cows $15.50 to 51.7,00 Light cows $17.50 to 518.50 Babies $25.50 to $27.00 Veal calves $25.50 to 5:30.00 Smallcalves $12.00 to 518.00 Good 'bull calves $25.00 to 535.00 Holstein heifer calves .,.. $28.00 to $46.00 Durham calves $35.00 to $60.00 Chunks $8.50 to $11.50 Weanling pigs . $6.50 to $8.00 Feeders $12.00 to $16.50 Sows $48.00 to $60.00 There were 420 pigs and 316 cattle sold. willing to sell his whole :farm on the appraised value per acre, he can hardly be expected to sell a strip of three acres across his farm for the same per acre price. If Hydro insists on purchasing a strip of land 100 feet wider at whatever point Hydro desires for the erection of a transmis- sion line to supply power very largely for industrial purposes then the appraisal shduld be made as on industrial property rather than as on farm land. This would be something like $1.,000.00 per acre. When Hydro is willing to com- pensate landowners on a realistic basis the plan wo.n't make much difference and settlement should not be difficult. CROP REPORT By D. H. Miles An increased acreage of fall wheat is being planted in excel- lent field conditions. White bean harvesting is pro- gressing rapidly with good qual. ity and yields reported. A few farmers have filled their silos with e01,n. Ear corn is maturing rapidly with what should be excellent yields. Second Section e (Exam imes4Vvocafe EXETER( ONTARIO, SEPTEMhER 174. 1959 Page Eleven rantform Crediton muckland to yield 18,00.0bu„ of onions European immigrants, whose energy and resourcefulness OFUcondemns groups .toon,gyiwed„,tahres,, l'eearwor(tPriaeg J3end into lush vegetable farms, not backing payments The executive of the. Ontario ,Farmers' Union has passed a resolution condemning the Can-, adian Federation of Agriculture, The Ontario Federation of Agri- culture, the. Ontario Hog Pro- ducers Marketing Board and the Ontario Poultry Producers As- sociation for their recent attempt to scuttle the government's new deficiency payment. program. OFU President Gordon L. Hill said their action clearly in- dicates these organizations are no longer' interested in the fern.' ily type farm, but appear to be,' working for commercial inter- ests. Offer to purchase type. price supports have failed miserably, Dearings top class at CNE Preston Dearing, whose Dor.' set Horned sheep have been Ca- nadian champions for years, says this year's competition was; tougher than it has been for a number of years. The RR 1 Exeter breeder said quality of the sheep in the class was high. The Dea rings captured grand championships for ram and ewe', and the reserve for ram Taft mis- sed. the runner-up for ewe. However, they also captured a majority of class prizes includ- ing: first and second for aged ram, yearling ram, lamb ramh; first and four for aged ewe; first, second and third for year- ling ewe; second, third and fourth for ewe lambs, first for four lambs, flock, get of sire and yearling flock. Areajuniors winjniors win prizes Thirteen young farmers from Huron County made an excellent showing in the 441 and junior farmer judging competitions at the CNE last week. In the junior section of the swine judging, Mac Stewart, RR 5, Seaforth, was the win- ner, with a score of 174 out of 200. Gary Jewitt, RR 1 Clinton, placed fourth in the same class. In the senior section of swine, Ron Smith, Brussels, placed fifth. In the junior section for dairy cattle judging, Lorne Hern, RR 1, Woodham, was tied for third, out of 59 contestants. Prior to the start of judging, contestants wrote a farm safety quiz, and in this class, Bob Broadfoot, of RR 1, Brucefield. came out second. There were 1294 eat:lies in this class. Following the conclusion of the judging competitions, all contestants took part in a pa- rade, .and were then entertained at dinner, and the evening grandstand show before return- ing home. The Bean People! W. G. THOMPSON HENSALL and Sons Limited • Phone 32 See Us Before You Sell! Highest Prices Paid for WHITE BEANS FAST UNLOADING FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE HOIST FOR UNLOADING SEMI TRAILERS W. G. Thompson .& Sons PHONE -32 OR 33 NIGHTS 42 OR 194 HENSALL 4 to maintain realistic prices tn producers, Mr. Hill said, but have resulted in the government ac- quiring burdensome storage stocks, that threaten the whole price suppor 1. program. This year to date, he continued, the government has purchased 2Orn of the eggs handled by register, ed grading stations. In addition the government now owns 108,- 000,000 lbs, of pork. Very limited markets are available for these commodities, and with storage facilities taxed to capacity the stabilization board is in an im- possible position, Any suggestion that the board continue to pur- chase is completely unrealistic, Mr. Hill stated, because vertical integration will completely bury the board in product. The Ontario Farmers' Union, through the interprovincial Farm 'Union Council, has advocated deficiency payment for several years "and although not com- pletely satisfied with mechanics of the program we appreciate that Mr, Harkness is attempting to overcome some of the in- adequacies of the previous plan," said Mr. Hill. are discovering new fields to conquer ih this area, A .Duteh farmer and his fam- ily who operate 60 acres in the marsh are in the prncess. of har- vesting some 18.000 bushels of , onions from muckland near Cre- diton which only three years ago grew marginal pasture. Theodore L. Soudant and his son, of RR 2 Grand Bend, have grown the crop on 35 acres leased from Garfield Hill, about two miles west of Crediten. growing'rhehdtigaeily, onionmay hsetnewkpoirlteh. anywhere between $14,000 and $60,000, depending on the win- ter price. "11',s a risky business," lcon- fides Mr. Soudard. "We'll have over $14,000 invested in the crop before we get it off. 'Phe price right now is lousy - only 80 1 cents a bag." It's likely to improve before spring, however. Last year, the market went up to $3.50 a bag. Soudant, a market gardener in 'Under the new plan producers will be required to register with, the stabilization board, and wili1 receive payment according to' the amount of produce market- ed. A limit to the amount of payment any one producer may receive will be imposed to elim- inate discrimination against fam- ily type farms, Mr. Hill said, The Ontario Farmers' Union favors a deficiency payment pro- gram covering all major farm products, and on a specified amount of total production to en- able farmers to specialize in certain products if they wish, There is a possibility that the commodity basis may encourage diversification. However, Mr. Hill said, the Ontario Farmers' Union expects that. as additional com- modities aro added to the plan a method will be found enabling producers to collect their entire( deficiency payment on one com- modity if they so desire. Area poultry job to parkhill man Joseph A. Morrison. of RR 5. Parkhill, hasbeen appointed a district supervisor for the poultry division of the Federal Depart- ment of Agriculture. Mr. Morrison is the eldest son of John A. Mormon, former chairman of I h e, Ausahle River Conservation Authority and a farmer warden at Middlesex County and reeve. of East Wil- liams. The younger Mr. Morrison will work out of Toronto and will be bury, of Toronto, who retired responsible for most of Western recently after four years as Ontario. He succeeds John Brad- stipervisor. Sees rabies Holland, came to Canada 10 !since drained the muckland. HO's years ago and moved to the putting in more drains in neigh« Kiondyke in 1053. "We're mak- boring fields in the hope that ing a living all riglit but we're similar results man he obtained, not getting the money we should; Mr. Soudant says the Credi. be for all the work we do." ton soil doesn't yield as well as Bis inference about work isn't that at the Klondyke but it an exaggeration. Seven men will grows a creditable crop. He ex. he working from early morning pects an average of 500 bushels to sunset for a mmth at the to the acre, coin erect to the harvest on the Hill farm. And 600 or 800 bushel yield at the then they'll still have a hig job , Klondyke. lifting their crops at the Klan- His estimate of 514.000 in dyke, ! vested in the crop near Credi- Owner Hill, whose family has ton includes a considerable held the land since it was amount; of fertilizer (a hall ton cleared, admits he . wouldn't to the acre), quality seed, ma. swap farming jobs with his ten- chinery, baskets, hags and la - /mots but be nevertheless ad- bor. mires th e i r industriousness. Harvesting machinery include "Why, l've seen as many as 18 a potato picker which the Sou. men pulling weeds at one time dants use first to dig the miring in that field. You've got: to hand and then it to them - they know how to Chet bleanaketota,loand ethbemaakienttao abr ui;. woroku.;loaded on wagons and taken to ant and his family broke a topping and baggingmachine. S up the pasture land three years After the bags are weighed and ago to grow a variety of vege- stitched they are piled in large onions,earetttables on an experimental basis. mounds protected by heavy LasI y hleeuGcrie,rO fthecriarbistsand T crops sheets oefpPitahsetiec. 10 Last during the bPeostaLtohees:s gSainljlebeledoanlilo3n5s acresOnwinter, as the Soudants plan to n do at the moment, they have to them this year, move ibem to a large Part of the rich, black onion and then have them reprocessed land grew only brush before the to improve their appearance to Soudants came. Hall a century catch the housewife's eye. ago it was still in trees and it And all the work is a gamble was covered with water much of that depends on price, "It's on increase the time. A ditch was put worse than playing the stock through in 1921 to take the water market," says Mn, Soudant with into Mud C 1 d M Hill h 1 it A resurgence of rabies this fall and winter "is very likely" Hu- ron MOH Dr. R. M. Aldis warned this week. In a memorandum to county of- ficials, he revealed that wildlife authorities predict there will be an increase in, the fox popula- tion of Ontario. This, coupled with the fact that rabies continues to he reported in Huron, indicates the possibi- lity of a renewed outbreak, he suggests. Dr. Aldis urged officials to continue their control measures and repeated earlier advice re- garding discovery of the di- sease, His memorandum follows: "1. Rabies continues to be re- ported in Huron County. "2. Wildlife authorities con- firm an increase in the fax po- pulation of the province. "3. A resurgence of rabies this fall and winter is very likely. "4. Continued co-operation of all municipalities and individuals is needed. "5. Report all suspected cases of animal rabies to your veteri- narian or the Health of Animals office, Seaforth. "6. If a human should suffer injury by a possible rabid animal, promptly wash the wound or place of exposure with soap and water. Consult your physician. Notify the Health Unit, Goderich. Confine the animal under veteri- nary supervision for at least. 14 days. Avoid shooting or destroy- ing such an animal if at all pos- sible." - BIG THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU TURN '- THIS KEY SAVE CORN SAVE TIME ...SAVE DOLLARS z;, AO* 4 WITH A NEW MCCORMI(K • McCormick 1.1.1C-I•utoo brovy•eloy pull lip•-• plo Pick cleaner, finish sooner! It pays all ways to own a new McCormick Corn Picker and he ready when your crop says, Go! 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