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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-11-12, Page 1SCOUT LEADERS AT CONFERENCE HERE—Over 150 leaders from as far away as .Staynor attended the Blue Water regional conference at James St. United Church here Saturday. Shown in front of the teepee erected at the entrance to the auditor- ium are, from left, Commissioner, C. C. Middlebro', Owen. Sound; R. St. J. Terrett, provincial executive commissioner, Toronto; Cub John Pryde, Exeter; and Ralph Sweitzer, Exeter Scoutmaster. Officials described the meeting as one of the top con- ferences held in recent years. —T -A Photo xc ...,yw r. xm : '`...;"3k, tYp' e,,aw. .. ., . n ., .:�M.�r. �.'� . `'�. n •,.... n ...•. n::zi �acn. tia..�..'.::a �•A:..:wtn ....., w�:...,..:F+�x�.:S.aK�:,ww.w�.Y.Yir....i,.m �eti. ,..d.w...,t :.;,... .,. .:. �� ..t N Farm News S'OUTN //URON and NORTH NIDOLES'EX —r r 110,1 SH confirms fransplants Second Section !inies-,,buocafc EXETER !,ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 12, 1954 Pogo Hint Give deficiency payments a try, Huron MLA urges Federation Farm forums di..sagree on deficiency payments Opinions on Monday night's farm forum topic, "Deficiency Payments" differed. Elmville Three area brothers forum members were in favor of deficiency payments on hogs bers were not in favor of any compete and eggs. Unique Forum mem- or news deficiency a m.ents and Parr Gui Line were not sure although thay favored payments on products in short supply such as wool, ho- ney and sugar beets, Against deficiency payments Unique Forum held its first meeting on Friday, October 30 in the form of a Hallowe'en party including a pot luck sup- per. Progressive crokinole was played with Mrs. Delbert Geiger, winner for the ladies, Carl Oest- richer for the men and Ruth Ann Geiger and Harry McAd- ams, consolation winners. The McAdams family who have recently roved from the community invited the forum members to meet in their new home at Arva for Monday night's meeting. About 20 members at- tended. The topic on Deficiency Pay- ments was led by Carl Oestri - cher. After a lively discussion the group decided against defi- ciency payments. , The second question as to whether farmers should cut pro- duetion of commodities under deficiency payments was also answered in the negative claim- ing that the farmer should use his own good judgment on the quantity he produces. The next meeting will be held increase sugarbeetyie By ANDREW DIXON Former Agriculture Teacher South Huron District High School Under the sponsorship of the Huron County Crop Improve - anent Association the South Hu- ron District High School car- ried out its second test of the increase in yield of Sugar beets, grown from transplants. In the summer of 1958 they did their first experiment, but had difficulty with damping off of the seedlings and the plants at transplanting time had prac- tically no roots. As a result, the stand was spotty, but the yield from the transplants determined from 100 beets taken at random and calculated on the basis of a perfect stand, was fantastic. This experiment left us with three questions unanswered. (a) Given healthy plants can you secure a good stand by transplanting? (b) Were the -badly splayed roots of the transplants the re- sult of root -rot or of injury due to transplanting? (c) Was the great increase in yield due to the increased length of the growing season, or mere- ly because the stand was sparse and greater individual root size resulted? In order to answer these ques- tions experiment No. 2 was car- ried out. The sail of the school garden Is Huron clay loam, well drained .and in a good mechanical state. Three crops of green manure had been turned down the pre- vious year, and prior to planting 600 lbs. of 3-15-10 fertilizer per acre was disced into the soil. Three plantings were made, each consisting of two plots of 5 rows, 28" apart. The one plot contained beets that were trans- planted and the other was sowed with seed by means of a Planet Junior seeder. The transplanting was done by Grade X agricul- ture students using dibbles. The system was as follows: (a) The rows were marked out, (b) The students worked In groups of three, One boy sepa- rated the plants and handed theist to the boy with a dibble.: He poked this into the ground to make a hole, then held the beet in the hole while the third boy spilled a cup of water into the hole, so washing enough loose sail around the plant to cover the root, The plants were grown in Re- der's greenhouses in Bayfield, and were all seeded at the same time. They were reasonably healthy, but some showed signs of diseased roots. A sample was sent to the Botany Dep't. at OAC and word was received that the plants were suffering from , damping off. Three plantings were made; No. 1 on May 7, No. 2 on May 19, and No. 3 on May 28. Thus we had, as subsequently proved, an interesting start. Plot No. 1 — Small plants, some roots suffering from damp- ing off, persistently cold wea- ther with some frost, but am• ple moisture. Plot No. 2 — Larger plants, mucked in, with hot rainy wea- ther for 3 days after planting, with roots in good shape. Piot No. 3 Big plants, some root damage evident, but care was exercised to choose healthy roots and a. hot sunny day for transplanting. The general result was a le- velling off effect. The first transplants showed a bit set- back, the second and third plantings very little. So what was gained by early planting was lost in slow development. It is fairly obvious that large plants suffer less set back than small ones. It is also surprising to see how bad a beet plant can look after transplanting and still sur- vive. MI three plots have a good stand, and it is apparent that given healthy plants, transplant- ing can be successfully done. The seed that was planted in plot No. 1 showed up on May 19, the May 19 plot was up by May 28, while the May 28 plot was showing up by June 5. The pupils blocked the first two plantings during the week of June 10, Restore New Car Performance With A Full Service Inspection Snell Bros. Limited. Clow PHONE" 100 Olds while the writer blocked the third plot on June 20. The beets were si;uffled twice and hoed twice during the, sum- mer by the writer and were weed free, at no time suffering by weed competition. A crooked row in No. 2 plot of transplants suffered a twenty foot casualty during scuffling which could have affected the yield results. We had a very good, growing season with ample moisture at all times. August was very hot — Please turn to page 10 Milk producers told about plan Annual meeting of milk produ- cers in the St. Marys local of the Carnation Milk plant was held November 4 in the St. Ma- rys arena. Over 400 farmers and families attended to hear reports from provincial board members and other speakers. Everett Biggs, dairy commis- sioner for Ontario, gave an in- teresting talk on the new mar- keting scheme for milk. - Officers elected by ballot for the coming year were: presi- dent, Allan Moffat, St. Marys; vice-president, William A 11 e n, Winchelsea; secretary, D o n Scotland, Thamesford; direc- tors, Jack Adams, Arva; Clar- ence Woods, Thorndale; Bill Langdon, Lakeside; Bern Kel- lar, Stratford and Leonard Thac- ker, Woodham. Help 'em grow! Stilbestrot Buy it in CO-OP FEEDS or inject in thruv the ear We Now Have Sttlbestrol Ear Implants And Gun Stilbestrol ear implants are easy to use, increase rate of gain and itnprove feed efficiency of beef cattle. Cost is 354 per head, You may rent our auto- matic implanting "gun". Dae -Mar Insecticide Dispenser Controls lice in winter, flies in summer on cattle, sheep and hogs. The long pole -like dispenser on Which animals love to scratch. Costs as low as 3¢ per head per month, Dae -Mar Rotary Hog Feeder Rotates on nylon bearings. Never plugs, conies hi both 5.22 and 16•gauge steel $49.50 EXETER DISTRICT PHONE Is/ 'COLLECT BESIDE CNR STATIO... ttttIt riiunidhliYiiOtum�ViY7 iYY�if'iiYrYYViYifi�Y�irYl,Pil'l1iYfYYl��ii� at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Klopp with the topic "Where is the Market Place?" under the leadership of Mr. Aaron Oestricher. Should not cut production Members of Elimville Forum meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Johns Sr. favored deficiency payments on hogs and eggs and they did not think the average farmer should cut production on these products as, any surpluses would be taken care of. There were 15 members pre- sent. They will meet at the home of R. Williams next week. Cut hog production Parr Line members at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robinson were not sure defi- ciency payments would be a good move because "it is diffi- cult to tell what results to ex- pect." They felt in the case of hogs with a floor price of $23.65 a reduction in production might result without the expensive ad- ministrative costs of deficiency payments. They favored cutting hog pro- duction approximately 25% to make production equal the de- mand. Euchre winners were Mrs. Ross Love, Mrs. Keith Love. Ross Love and Keith Love. Discussion not clear Hillcrest forum members meet- ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Atkinson felt the speakers on the Forum radio Four members of the Kirkton 4-1-1 beef calf club, including three Hodgins brothers, will carry the honors from this dis- trict into the Queen's' Guineas competition .at the Royal winter Fair next week, Gordon, Grant and Allan Hod- gins, of RR 1 Granton, and Pa- trick O'Shea, RR 3 Granton, are among the 21 411 members from Huron and Perth who will show their steers on November 19, The Angus steer owned by Gordon Hodgins, 19, already has captured some impressive awards. It was grand champion at Stratford fair and reserve champion in the open class at London. Grant, 16„ also has an Angus but Allan, 14, will show a Here- ford. P'at O'Shea will try to follow the example set by his brother, Charles, who won the Shorthorn championship in the guineas class last year. Charles, incl. - dentally, won first prize for beef showmanship at Walkerton Christmas fair last week. None of the members of the Exeter and Stephen clubs will be vying for the guineas but there will be 12 Huron competi- tors in the contest. These include Bill Strong,' RR 2 Dublin; Charlie McGregor, RR 2 Seaforth; Ken Black and Lila Black, RR 1 Belgrave; Bob Higgins and Glenn Coultes, RR 5 Brussels, all of whom have Shorthorns; Frank Yeo, RR 3 Clinton; Leslie Campbell, RR 1 Seaforth; Leroy Rintoul, White- church; and Roger Meyer, RR 1 Wingham, all Herefords; and George McKiever, RR 1 Wing- ham, who has an Angus. Marie C o u 1 t e s, Belgrave, showed the champion llereford at Walkerton fair and the Brus- sels club captured first prize for the champion group of three. The team included Barbara Turnbyll, Geraldine Dennis and Gary Wilson. Urges classification of Huron dairy herds three different awards during the presentations. They included an honor list certificate for pro- duction records, a long -terns pro- duction certificate and a special award for the best senior get -of - sire at the black and white show in Seaforth this fall. Wellington Brock and son, RR 1 Granton, also won a special award for runner-up in junior get -of -sire. Alvin Bottles, Seaforth, was elected president of the club, succeeding Peter Simpson of Seaforth. Vice -presidents are William Boyd, Walton and Ho- ward Feagan, Goderich, while Clutton, Goderich, remains sec- retary -treasurer. South Huron directors are Wellington Brock and Tom Hern. Club activities in the past year included a barn meeting at Go- derich in March, bus tour in in May, twilight meeting in June, participation in the Western Fair .and the black and white show at Seaforth where club members entered a total of 130 Holsteins, and a heifer sale in Clinton which realized an aver- age $332 on 29 bred heifers, Dr. J. C. Rennie, animal hus- bandry dep't, OAC, urged Ilu- ron County Holstein breeders Monday to have their herds clas- sified. A Holstein classifier will in- spect herds in the country from November 18 on and Dr. Ren- nie recommended breeders to take part in the program. A former ass't ag rep in Hu- ron, Dr, Rennie was guest speaker at the annual meeting of the Huron County Holstein Club in Clinton. He discussed dairy herd im- provement through breeding, stressing the importance of re- cord of production charts. Ross Marshall, prominent RR 1 Kirkton breeder, received program were not too sure of their statements. They themselves were not too clear on the meaning of defi- ciency payments but "are in favor of anything that would help the farmer." In their opi- nion "unless you raise grade A hogs you get no deficiency pay- ment .— that means the pay- ments would only be on about 40 per cent of all hogs shipped." They thought it would be bet- ter to use the money to. estab-' lish the export market that has been lost and by getting the sur- plus out of the country the home market would be Stabilized. Next week they will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ar- thur Simpson. CHECK FOR BROKEN BULBS Check for broken light bulbs and fixtures now when the hay mows are high, suggests Hal Wright, safety expert with the Ontario Department of Agricul- ture. Install niason jar type fix- tures to cut fire hazards. Highest Prices Paid for White Beans and RODNEY AND GARRY OATS THAT WOULD MAKE GOOD SEED Bring In Your Samples For Fast Service W. G. THOMPSON • HENSALL and Sons limited • Phone 32 See Us Before You 5ei 1 PAST UNLOADING 'FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE*- HOIST FOR SEMI•TRAILERE Huron MI,A C. S. MacNaugh- ton, speaking in Goderich, town- ship Tuesday ,night, urged the Federation of Agricui:ture to give the new deficiency payment pro- gram of the federal government a try. Admitting he was treading on dangerous ground the MLA said "it is my honest opinion that the plan .offers us the best approach to a solution to our problem that has so far been devised." "While I must confess I had some early misgivings about the proposal, frankly I must admit it grows on me. Certainly it is. designed to protect the majo- rity of producers and at the same time reduce production to what markets will absorb." Tracing the recent history of agriculture, Mr. MacNaughton pointed out that the method of support by subsidies and floor prices had created overwhelm- ing surpluses and encouraged large operators to launch mass production enterprises. "If the recent support plan was allowed to continue indefi- nitely, the burden of financing by governmenit would become insurmountable and snore im- portantly .. the situation would. eventually have deteriorated to the point where it was complete- ly unmanageable." Examining the hog situation in regard to the new deficiency payment plan, Mr. MacNaugh- ton said"The records revealcal that 79.7% of all hogs in Can- ada were produced by farmers who raised from 12 to 62 hogs. These farmers numbered 96.5% of all producers which means that the remaining 20.3% were produced by 4,5% of the far- mers." "With the quota of 100 hogs per farmer, the great percent- age of producers will receive full support price. The large or contract producer will not be encouraged to continue. "In the words of the minister (Harkness) — 'the method of support by purchase has been given a fair trial and failed be- cause overwhelming surpluses have developed.' Is it not fair • then to try a method which ,ot• the surface at least, looks like a sound sensible approach to the - problem?" "I believe that you can pro- vide no greater service to your great, basic .Canadian industry than by encouraging with your endorsement, the government. which by its introduction of this plan is making a sincere effort in your behalf," Mr. MacNaughton also touched on the problem of Canada's pre- mium dollar and the need for an expanded domestic market, "I believe this country of Dune can no longer afford the lux- ury of a premium dollar, If the U,S, were to impose an across- the-board cross-theboard tariff of 5% it would be no more effective than the aradox which confronts us to - ay, Canada must export to sur• vive. Our domestic market can. not cope with our production ca- pacity. T cannot see how we can hope to reverse the unfavorable balance of trade and expect other countries to pay a pre- mium for the privilege of doing business with us, By the same token, our dollars are attractive in foreign markets to the point where too few of them are being spent at home, • "In addition to a constant ef- fort to be competitive in foreign markets, we need an expanded domestic market. What then is our greatest import require - i people. menu. I contend t is Let us swell our population, on a selective basis, with the kind of people who believe in our free enterprise system. Other. wise I fear the day may be clo- ser than we realize when the privilege of selecting future Can- adians may be taken out of out hands entirely." Prior to 1873 all butter made in Canada was churned on the farm. In that year a creamery operation was commenced it! 'Athelstan, Huntingdon County Quebec. 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