HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-10-29, Page 11COFFEE AND BIGGER CROPS -Four Turnbull brothers of Grand Bend, Ont, Carl,
Ross,
Alan and Fergus, sip coffee while discussing how to increase their farm pro-
duction by scientific use of fertilizer with Jack Stephens (centre), C -I -L agricultural
chemicals representative at Wingham. The brothers were guests in the C -I -L tent at
the recent- international plowing match at Dundas.
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Test new beef insecticide
on herds in Huron, Bruce
Gov't .reveals details
on new hog payments
Agriculture minister Harkness
has announced that the "de•
ficiency payment" program for
providing price support for hogs
will go into effect January 11,
1960, and the federal govern-
ment will discontinue the present
"offer to purchase" policy Jan -
eery 9.
He said the method of support
by purchase has resulted in a
large increase in hog production,
and thus the accumulation of a
surplus amount of pork, which
it is becoming increasingly clif•
ficult to dispose of. The change
to support by deficiency pay-
ments,
ayments, with a quota on the
amount of production on which
each producer will be paid, is
designed to bring production into
line with the amount of pork
which can be marketed.
Under the deficiency payment
plan, the quota of 100 hogs on
which a producer may' collect
deficiency payments, will mean
that at least 85 per cent to 90
per cent of farmers will, on the
average, receive the same price
for their A and B hogs as they
are guaranteed under the pres-
ent purchase • method. These
farmers produce 70 per cent of
the hogs.
Under this deficiency payment
method of support, the market
price of hogs will be determined
by the ordinary laws of supply
and demand. When the price is
below the support level the con.
sumer will secure the advantage
of the subsidy paid, through
lower prices of pork.
The deficiency payment will
be the amount by which the na•
tional average market price cal -
1 culated onthe marketing year
beginning January 11, 1960, falls
below the support price which is
equivalent to $23.65 per hundred
pounds, warm dressed weight
from Grade A carcasses at To-
ronto.
Basis of the support program
by means of deficiency payment:
1, Deficiency payments to any
one producer during a 12 -month
period will be limited to total
marketings of 100 Grade A and
Grade B quality hogs.
2. To be eligible for payment,
producers must market their
hogs through federal inspected
and approved grading establish-
ments.
3. The board will establish a
national average market price
calculated to be equivalent to
the support price of $23.65 per
hundredweight at Toronto and
this will be used in determining
the amount of payment.
4. The rate of payment,to pro-
ducers will be uniform in all
parts of Canada regardless of
the market price received , by
various producers.
5. Payments will be calculated
on an annual basis, but considera-
tion will be given to making,an
interim payment if the average
market price falls substantially
below the support price during
the period.
6. Payments will he made only
to registered hog producers, and
registration will be limited to
bona fide farmers, exclusive of
commercial organizations.
The agricultural stabilization
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An experimental program to
test Co-Ral, the new systemic
insecticide for beef cattle, will
be started on selected herds in
Huron and Bruce counties this
week, it was announced Tues-
day by Douglas H. Miles, Hu-
ron ag rep.
The new chemical, which • is
applied in the fall, is formulated
to kill the grubs which 'would
hatch into warble flies in the
spring. It will also control lice,
its manufacturers claim.
The spray will be used on
some 500 steers in the two coun-
ties. Half of each herd will be
treated with Co-Ral while the
other half will be treated with
Lindane for louse control only.
The cattle will be weighed at
treating time.
The cattle will be weighed
again on May 1, the number of
grubs will be checked.
Cost of the Co-Ral treatment
at present is about $1.00 per
head, said Mr. Miles, but it is
possible this may be reduced if
it becomes widely used.
If it is effective, the spray
will prevent grubs from feed-
ing off the animals throughout
the winter.
Its manufacturers claim that
when Co-Ral is sprayed on the
animaland the skin is wet, it is
absorbed through the hide and
moves through the animal's
system, where it comes into con-
tact with and kills cattle grubs.
The chemical, which cannot
be used on dairy cattle nor on
calves under three months old,
came on the market about one
year ago and is now available
for general use. However, this
is the first year the Department
of Agriculture has been able to
test it.
Second Section
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EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 29, 1959 ., Page EleveN 1
Put machinery under cover
police urges district farmers
Zurich man
to get boar
Ian McAllister, Zurich, was
one of 53 farmers across Can-
ada who won the opportunity to
purchase a Lacombe boar in
the chance draw held at the
Canada Dep't of Agriculture sta-
tion, Lacombe, Alta.
He was one of three in Onta-
rio who were able to purchase
boars of the new breed.
In the same draw, new own-
ers of 39 breeding groups con-
sisting of three females and a
boar were chosen by draw. Ele-
ven of these carne to Ontario..
Emerson P
Wood-
ham
RR 1 VI ood-
ham has been a winner in this
section for the past two years.
The Lacombe breed is the re-
sult of a hybridization and se-
lection program initiated by the
dep't in 1947, which combined
the blood of the Danish Land -
race, the Chester White and the
Berkshire breeds.
To discuss
farm change
Next Monday is the beginning
of the twentieth of Farm Forum.
This year the theme of all
Farm Forumsubjects will he
Adju1';meet in Agriculture; a
reflection of the fact that strat-
ling changes have been and are
taking place in Canada's farm
communities.
The topic for Monday night
"The Small Parm - a Special
Case?" deals with the trend to
larger and fewer farms and
questions the position of the
small farmer who has a prob-
lem in making a living. Should
special policies be designed to
assist him?
Elimville and Parr Line Fo-
rums plan to start meetings on
Monday night.
More than just distributing to
Canada's textile industry is the
fact that at $2,2,000,000 in 1958
imports of cloting and textiles
from Japan were five times
greater than four years ago.
• One beef man, George Robert-
son, Auburn, used the chemical
last year and reported quite sa-
tisfactory results.
Present county awards
at Holstein club fete
One hundred and fifty persons
sat down to a turkey banquet
at Blyth Wednesday evening,
sponsored by the Huron County
Holstein Club. Peter Simpson,
the club president, was master,
of ceremonies.
The guests at the head table
were introduced by Simon Mana-
han, They were: Reeve and
Mrs, William Morritt, Warden
and Mrs. Jewitt, past, president
Clens Galbraith and Mrs. Gal-
braith, Rev. and Mrs, Evan, Mc..
Lagan, fieldman Gordon Bell of
St, Marys, Mr. and Mrs. Peter
Simpson, agricultural representa-
tive Douglas Miles and Mrs.
Miles, assistantagricultural rep-
resentative Don Grieve and Mrs.
Grieve, Elston Cardiff, MP, and
Mrs. Cardiff, Hardy Shore of
Glanworth and David Stephens,
directors of the national associa•
tion.
Mr. Simpson gave a brief
resume of the activities of the
club during the year. Elliott
Lapp of Mullett township con-
tributed solos.
Mr. Shore stated that the na-
tional association has had a good
year, "but a strong, county .club
such as Huron county has,
makes for a • strong , national
Club."
Mr: Galbraith introduced the
guest speaker, Rev. Evan Mc -
Lagan, whose theme was: "11
you want to live you've got to
give." •
"You must take an interest in
something to give yourself to,"
the speaker. declared. "Don't be
too much concerned about your-
self if you would save your
sanity," he continued. "There is
still only one way to find life,
and that is to give it away."
Mr. Cardiff, club presidents
Bill. Hammond of P'erth and Ken-
neth Robb of Middlesex, Warden
Jewitt, Reeve Morritt of Blyth,
and Reeve Ian Forsythe of
Tuckersmith each brought greet-
ings.
Fieldman Gordon Bell congrat-
ulated the club on the Black
and White show at Seaforth
Fair, also on the sale of Hol-
steins.
Awards ,presented
Past president Bell presented
the following trophies and a-
wards:
Less but larger ponds
assisted by Authority
• Fewer farm ponds hape been
construoted through the Ausable
Authority this past year but the
ones which have been estab-
lished are larger than earlier
ones, it was reported at a meet-
ing of the Authority's land use
advisory board recently.
New regulations limit Autho-
rity assistance to ponds of 5,000
square feet or more. Despite the
decrease in the number which
received grants, the total finan•
cial assistance remains about
the same because larger subsi-
dies have been paid on the lar-
ger ponds.
The Authority still provides
engineering services without
charge to any farmer in the
watershed, regardless of the
size of pond he wishes to build.
The board helped'to sponsor
one land judging competition in
Lambton county this year, don-
ating $100 in prizes. Plans were
made to conduct a similar con-
test in Huron next year.
The board hopes to launch
some gully control projects next
year on watershed farms. It is
considering tackling some small
gullies on the farm of Harold
Corbett, Lucan, and may work
on a larger chasm if one is
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Premier exhibitor, silver cup,
winner, Thomas Hayden and
Sen. Runner-up, $5.00, Ross Mar-
shall, Kirkton, Third prize, 10 -
pound cheese, Alvin Betties, Bay-
field.
Premier breeder, silver cup,
Thomas Hayden and Son, Run-
ner-up, 10 -pound cheese, Ross
Marshall.
Cash prize's went to Allan Bet-
ties. and Wellington Brock and
Son.
Best aged cow, having produc-
ed over 100000 pounds of milk
a silver trophy, won by Thomas
Hayden and Son.
Best junior herd, silver sugar
and cream • set, Thomas Hayden
and Son.
Grand champion male, William
Storey.
Grand champion female, Peter
Simpson.
Huron teams
in 4-H tests
Six 4-H teams from m Huron
county competed in the inter-
county contests at Guelph on
Friday.
Top placing was scored by a
dairy team which came sixteenth
in a field of 87. Members were
Dennis Jewitt, RR 1 Clinton,
and Murray Pepper, RR 4 Wal-
ton.
The swine team of Gary
Jewitt, RR 1 Clinton, and Mac
Stewart, RR 5 Seaforth, placed
ninth out of 20.
Ed and Lorne Hern, RR 1
Woodham, stood seventeenth out
of 31 teams in the grain com-
petition. Another grain team,
Peter Doig, RR 2 Wroxethr, and
Keith Woods, RR 1 Wingham,
came twentieth.
The tractor team, composed of
Wallace Black, RR 5 Brussels,
and Murray Hoover, RR 3 Brus-
sels, came twenty-third among
36.
Fieldman comments
Soybeans get subsidy,
why shouldn't butter?
By J. CARL HEMINGWAY
HFA Fieldman
Huron County Cream Produ-
cers held their annual meeting
in Clinton, October 23rd. Attend-
ance was only fair but perhaps
this could be expected since far-
mers are prone to stay at home
,unless there is real disatisfac-
tion.
The meeting seemed to be
quite well satisfied with the
price of cream as giving the
farmer a fairly reasonable re-
turn and yet providing the con-
sumer with the cheapest butter
in history in comparison to
wages per hour.
Surplus butter at the moment
is a problem but this surplus is
due to a reduction in consump-
tion rather than to over -produc-
tion. Even though butter is the
:better product margarine does
'Cost less money
Margarine is produced large-
ly from imported oils from low
income areas therefore it doesn't
seem fair that ;'cream producers
should be forced to accept a
comparative standard of living
to compete with imported vege-
table oils. Rather than impose
duties on oil imports a consumer
subsidy has been applied to the
production of soyabeans.
Officers elected were Simon
Hallahan, Belgrave, chairman:,
Horace Delbridge, Woodham,
vice-chairman; J. C. Heming-
way, sec-treas; directors, Rae
Houston, Brussels; Jas. Elliott,
Bluevale, Gordon Richardson,
Brucefield; Delmer Skinner,
Centralia; Doug Fraser, Brus-
sels; alternates, Jas William-
son, Walton; Wilfred Penfound,
Londesboro; Allan Armstrong,
Varna; Hume Clutton, Goderich;
Cliff Ritchie, Walton.
To achieve similar equality
for cream producers the follow-
ing resolution was passed at this
meeting.
Whereas the support price of
64c for butterfat is providing
only a reasonable return to the
producer and is not encouraging
over production and
Whereas the consumption of
butter is r dropping in favor of
butter substitutes that are manu-
factured largely from imported
oils from cheap labour coun-
tries,
Farmers risk loss and damage
to farm machinery if they leave
it in fields over the coming Hal-
lowe'en weekend, members of
the local OPP detachment"said
this week.
Constables are urging district
farmers to; get their equipment
inside buildings or beside their
homes, where it will bedifficult
to remove.
"Every Hallowe'en we
many reports of lost machinery,,"
states PC C. E, Gibbons, head
of the detachment. "Sometimes
it takes a month or two before
we can locate it,"
Pranksters seem to take a de-
light in carting farm equipment
of any kind around the country.
In some cases, it's been removed
as far as 30 miles.
Thearnin includes w nc u
g
d
es saw
equipment which may be left
out in the bush.
HENSALL SALE 'PRICES
Butcher steers .,.. $21.00 to $25,60
Medium steers .. 19.50 .20,50
Butcher heifers 18.50 22.00
Fat cows 10.00 12.50
Good cows „r,..,13.00 15.50
Light cows ..., 16.00 17.50
25.00 26.50
22.00 29.25
12.50 25.50
Babies
Veal calves
Small calves
Holstein
Heifer calves .... 23.00 52.50
Durham calves .. 32.00 46.50
Weanling pigs ..., . 6.50 8.00
Chunks 8.50 11.50
Feeders , 12.00 17.50
Sows 32.00. 61.00
There were 480 pigs sold.
Therefore be it resolved that a
consumer subsidy of 10c per
pound be applied to the sale .d
butter.
Other, resolutions approved by
the meeting were as follows:
Resolved that Huron County
Cream Producers support the
Ontario president in requesting
the retention of present support
price rather than deficiency pay-
ments.
Resolved that more emphasis
be placed on the beneficial food
value of butter in promotion of
sales and also that all possible
publicity be given the fact that
less labor time is required to
purchase a pound of butter than
at any time in history.
• • THIRD ANNUAL SALE
Middlesex .Yorkshire Breeders
Association
MELBOURNE SALES ARENA (Cattle Pens)
Sat., October 31 - 1:30 p.m.
Bred Sows, Open Gilts, Boars -- Health Inspected
Featuring 4.H Club gilts and consignments from
leading Middlesex herds.
J. C. Robb, Sales Manager, RR 2 Ilderton, Ont.
Yorkshire weanling gilt donated by C. M. Playter
to be sold by Dutch auction.
Auctioneers -TOM ROBSON & HUGH FILSON, RR 4 Denfield
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economical tractor I've ever heard of. I like it fine in every way: It did
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