The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-10-22, Page 1TOP HURON SALE — Spring Pond Trademark Jessica,
owned by William J. Storey, Seaforth, left, brought $410
at the annual Huron County Holstein sale on Wednesday
in Clinton. The animal was bought by Peter Simpson,
centre. The female calf was old by John Lindsay, right,
Clinton, for $75. —B-H Photo
OFA offers
Jamaica trip
A five-day, expense paid trip
to Jamaica will go to the win-
ning boy and the winning girl
in the Ontario Federation of Ag-
riculture's annual prince and
princess competition.
The contest is especially de-
signed for Ontario's young rural
people from 16 to 29 years of
age, and is a competition of
knowledge, poise and ability to
think. Beauty does not enter
into the contest at all insofar as
the girls are concerned.
The annual contest is designed
to create greater interest and
understanding in farm organiza-
tions, farm problems and general
agriculture. Contestants must
enter a county contest, and a
winning boy and a winning girl
move on to zone eliminations.
From the zones a winning boy
and girl is sent on to the finals to
be staged at the OFA annual
convention at Toronto Novem-
ber 2, 3 and 4.
Contestants answer written
questionnaires at each level, and
must deliver a short speech in
the county and zone contests.
Each finalist will be interyiewed
by the judges as well as writ-
ing part of the final test.
Last year more than 150 con-
testants entered the contests in
the counties. 1958 winners were
Alan Murray of Caledonia and
Mrs. Mary ' Hinan of Peter-
borough. They won a trip to
Saskatchewan to attend the an-
nual convention of the Canadian
Federation of Agriculture.
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Top heifer gets $410
at Huron Holstein sale
Thirty-one animals sold at the
annual Huron County Holstein
sale in Clinton brought an un-
official average of $318.
Top • heifer in the sale was
owned by William J. Storey, Sea -
forth, and was purchased by
Peter Simpson of Seaforth for
$410. A calf brought $75, bought
by John Lindsay at Clinton.
The following is a list of con-
signees and purchasers: Edward
Bell, Blyth, to Francis Cante-
don, Clinton, $285, and calf to
Leroy Erb, Zurich, $90; Edward
Bell to Harold Widrick, Zurich,
$225; G. Allen Betties, Bayfield,
to John Vender Cyk, Watford,
$400; Bisset Bros, Goderich, to
Francis Cantelon, $260; G. A.
Betties to W. D. Sprung, Londes-
boro, $345; G. A. Betties, to
Peter Simpson, $400; Bisset
Brothers, to John Vander Cyk,
$230;
Donald Campbell, Bayfield, to
Menno Steckle, RR 2 Zurich,
$225; Sandy Elliot, Exeter, to
John Vander Cyk, $305; Howard
Feagan, Goderich, to William
Sterling, Goderich, $310, and
calf to Francis Cantelon, $80;
Howard Feagan to W. D. Sprung,
$360; Walter and Donald Forbes,
Clinton, to Harold Widrich, $300;
Walter and Donald Forbes to
Le Beau Brothers, Clinton, $300;
W. and D. Forbes to William
Sterling, $335; William H. Gow,
Auburn, to Bob Shore, St. Thom-
as, $165; William Gow to Bob
Shore, $175; W. Gow to Howard
Renfrew district farm
wins pasture contest
The Canadian Seed Trade Tro-
phy, emblematic of supremacy
in pasture management in On•
tario, has been awarded for the
second successive year to East.
ern Ontario, this time to Cardiff
Brothers on the Bonchere River
near Renfrew.
The province -wide pasture
competition originally included
590 farms in 25 counties and
two northern districts. Through
county and zone eliminations,
the final five farms were judged
last week. Behind the Cardiff
brothers in order were: Jaffray
Rutherford, Leith, Grey County;
Herbert W. Watson, Inglewood,
Peel County; Donald Hart, Wood-
stock, Oxford County, and Bruce
'Harper, Stouffville, York County.
Cardiff Brothers have a large
herd of Jerseys, with 68 cows
in milk. Their 170 acres is oper-
ated on a grassland program
with irrigation. Jaffray Ruther-
ford has a herd of milking
Shorthorns, including 38 cows on
100 acres. Herbert Watson milks
36 Holstein cows, Don Hart car-
ries 110 cows and ships 3600
pounds of milk daily. Bruce
Harper has 78 acres and milks
30 to 32 cows, ships an average
of 12 cans daily, but keeps no
young stock.
Carrying capacity of the top
five farms was in the neighbor-
hood of two animal units per
acre or better, or about three
times the capacity of the aver-
age pasture. In addition to ap-
pearance and density of stand,
the judges also took into con-
sideration the fertilizer pro-
gram, efficient use of manure,
rotational grazing, location of
pasture fields, length of grazing
season, amount of grain and sil-
age feeding, efficient utilization
of the forage grown, weed con-
trol, and carrying capacity.
Competition at the county level
was organized by personnel of
the Extension Branch of the
Ontario Department of Agricul-
ture, through local branches of
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McNaughton, Monkton, $250;
Thomas Hayden, Gorrie, to Clar-
ence McCallum, Wroxeter, $335;
Thomas Hayden to Howard Mc-
Naughton, $360; James Hogg,
Seaforth, to Howard McNaugh-
ton, $335; George Hudie, Bay-
field, to William Sterling, $375;
Vernon Hunter, Lucknow, to
Cameron Taylor, Mildmay, $415;
Huron County Home, Clinton,
to Harold Erb, Zurich, $320;
Reginald McKeil, Clinton, to Le
Beau Brothers, $370; Ross Mar-
shall, Kirkton, to John Vander
Cyk, $275; Gordon Reynolds,
Seaforth, to Harry Bateman,
Wingham, $320; Leo Ruttan,
Gorrie, to Leroy Erb, $280; Rus-
sell Rutan, G-orrie, to John Van-
der Cyk, $315; W. J. Storey, to
Peter Simpson, $410, and calf to
John Lindsay, $75; Baxter and
Turton, Goderich, to Harold El-
liott, $355; Thomas Hayden, to
B; J'. Voss, Exeter, $335.
George E. Earl
Usborne Farmer
George Edward Earl, a na-
tive of Usborne and a former
resident of Exeter, died Sunday
in St. Joseph's Hospital, Lon-
don, in his eighty-third year.
Mr. Earl was a farmer in
Usborne Township before retir-
ing to Exeter. He was united in
marriage with Mary Maretta
Horn, who predeceased him on
January 25, 1948. Following her
death, Mr. Earl has resided
with members of his family.
Surviving are Mrs. Harold
Hern (Gladys), Mrs. Norman
Brock (Myrtle) and Angus Earl,
all of Usborne Township; Mrs.
Milne Pullen (Hazel) of Blan-
shard; one brother, James Earl,
and one sister, Mrs, Christina
Hern, both of Exeter.
The funeral service' Wednesday
afternoon was held from the
Hopper -Hockey funeral home
conducted by Dr. R. S. Hiltz,
of Main St. United Church, as-
sisted by Rev. J. Wareham, of
Woodham United Church. The
bearers were James Anderson,
Thomas Hern, Ward Hern, War-
ren Brock, Garfield Thomson
and Everard Miller. Interment
was in the Exeter cemetery.
County team
places eighth
Plowing team from Huron
county placed eighth among 16
teams competing in the inter -
county contest at the interna-
tional match near Dundas last
week.
Two Huron members were Do-
nald Perrie, RR 3 Brussels,
and Bob Fotheringham, RR 3
Seaforth.
"I think that's a good record
since Huron is not a plow coun-
ty," said Ag Rep Douglas
Miles.
The teams competed in two
classes, one of which allowed
handling of furrows and coach-
ing, the other which prohibited
either.
Holstein breeders meet
I-Iolstein breeders from Huron
county held their annual meet-
ing in Blyth Community entre
Wednesday night,
Guest speaker was Rev. E.
McLaghan, Blyth United Church.
Upcoming meetings
Agricultural society represen-
tatives from Huron and P'erth
wlil meet in Milverton Wednes-
day, October 28, to hear Roy
Jewell, CFPL-TV commentator.
Directors of Huron Soil and
Crop Improvement Association
will meet Thursday, October
29, to make plans for the an-
nual meeting and next year's
seed fair. A new location will
have to be found for the fair
since the Clinton Collegiate In-
stitute auditorium is now being
used as a classroom.
Turnip crop
one-third up
Over one-third of the turnip
crop in this area has been lift-
ed, according to local buyers.
An early start on the harvest
was made in this district. Ship-
pers have already sold a con-
siderable portion • of the crop.
The crop is described as
"very. good". Little trouble from
disease has been experienced.
Current price is about 55
cents. Some farmers are hold-
ing for more.
The forests generate one-
quarter of all the income of all
Canadians. I
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Second Section
EXETER, ONTARIO, OCTOBER 22, 1959 Page WIN 1
Top price at first 'off grass' sale
goes to Huron Shorthorn breeder
OFU studies
federal plan
Ontario Farmers' Union dele-
gates will re-examine their stand
on deficiency payments at their
annual convention which is to
be held at the Ontario Agricul-
tural College October 26, 27, 28.
The Farmers' Union was the
original body which had pressed
for deficiency payments, Re-
cently the government has in-
augurated a plan but not with-
out considerable opposition from
other farm organizations and
some of the faun press.
L. W. Pearsall, chairman of
the federal agricultural prices
stabilization board which is re-
sponsible for administrating the
deficiency program, will be a
speaker at this convention. The
delegates will try to get a clear
picture of how the government
intends to implement its de-
ficiency payment program.
If it does .not meet with the
approval of the delegates there
will possibly be amendments or
recommendations to be present-
ed to the federal government.
If the delegates should feel the
government's plan is adequate
and will bring a better deal to
the fancily farm then it is ex-
pected that the convention will
resolve to go all out in opposing
these organizations which, say
O1 U officials, are trying to
wreck the government's plan be-
fore they have a chance to
prove themselves.
Fieldman comments
New CFA secretary
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By J. CARL HEMINGWAY
HFA. Fieldman
Huron County Federation di-
rectors' meeting was held in the
agricultural board rooms Octo-
ber 14.
Plans for their county annual
meeting were completed with
Bob Carbert as guest speaker.
Bob is now secretary to the
CFA and tvi1l no' doubt bring an
interesting message on the na-
tional farm program. Full par-
ticulars will be sent out through
the federation survey shortly
before the. annual meeting.
The directors were asked for
a report on the voluntary mem-
bership canvass that is being
carried on by the poultry direc-
tor in each township but infor-
mation seemed to be lacking.
One township reported that to
date they had 50 members, It
seemed apparent in many of the
townships that the family flock
had disappeared to a large
extent. This seems unfortunate
as in years past a flock of a
couple of hundred hens provid-
ed ready money to purchase a
fair portion of the groceries. I
wonder if this is the reason that
so many farm women are taking
employment at other jobs?
Hog co-op hints entry
into processing field
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In a comprehensive brief sub-
mitted Wednesday morning to
the Agricultural Enquiry Com-
mittee, the Ontario Hog Pro-
ducer organizations re - stated
their opposition to any form of
auction selling that would "en-
courage price collusion and per-
centage agreements among the
larger processors," prevent their
co-operative from using skilled
salesmen and market knowledge,
and thus deprive them of "a
long -sought-after b a r g a i n i ng
equality".
While the dutch -clock system,
a completely automatic device
advocated some time ago by the
Ontario division of the Meat
Packers' Council of Canada,
might receive "very serious con-
sideration if hog carcasses were
to be auctioned," the OHPC
takes a firm stand against its
adoption as • a method of title
change for live hogs.
The perishable nature, of live
hogs, it claims, renders the re-
serve -bid clause of the dutch -
clock proposal' entirely meaning-
less and would place the pro-
ducer at the mercy of the buy-
er.
Auction selling "would re-
introduce conditions Ontario hog
producers have worked 20 years
to correct" and, • if completely
mechanized, would tie small
packers to the teletype ma-
chines "and place them at a
serious Cost disadvantage".
An indication that the hog pro-
ducer organizations will seek
"the same freedom of action as
the corporations with which they
deal" is found in the concluding
section of their brief where they
refer to "a more meaningful
product variation policy" and
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HOIST FOR SEMI,TRAILERS
hint at a possible broadening of
their present operation to in-
clude slaughtering, preliminary
processing and storing as being
entirely compatible with "the
spirit of enabling legislation".
The document also reviews
past conditions in hog market-
ing, the history of the hog pro-
ducer groups, the advantages of
the present selling method, the
attitude of trucker and small
processor, groups, as well as
some of the problems, such as
overproduction, price supports,
deficiency payments, contract
farming and vertical • integra-
tion, which have come to the
fore in recent years.
Another section of the OHP
Presentation to the Enquiry Com-
mittee deals at length with "the
concept of producer self-help"
and lists a number of specific
recommendations for f e d e r al
and provincial action. Among
these is the suggestion that the
Ottawa government should cre-
ate "additional sources of agri-
cultural credit" and establish a
special Agricultural Development
Bank to help "new co-operative
ventures and commodity groups
undertaking storage and initial
processing" functions.
Other recommendations sub-
mitted earlier to the committee
by the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture and the United Co -
,operatives of Ontario are form-
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Farm forum programing over
CKNX carne up for discussion
and we were reminded that this
will begin Wednesday, Nov. 4,
at 10.30 p.m. Since the hour is
late forum members are urged
to listen to the radio forum
Monday at the usual time and
then meet Wednesday at 8.30
and have the discussion before
the TV broadcast. Then over a
cup of coffee they could revise
their reports if the TV made it
necessary. This is your program.
Don't miss it.
I was told by our co-op insur-
ance adjuster that in the past
week he has been called out
four times to accidents where
cattle had been struck by cars.
"Why 'don't farmers keep their
cattle off the roads?" was his
question. For a quick answer it
seems to me that farmers have
been forced to extend their pro-
duction to the limit in order
to make a living and by so do-
ing they have found that they
can look after the work but they
cannot keep up repairs.
In too many cases farmers
have been forced to live on their
depreciation. That is they start-
ed off with fences, buildings and
machinery in good condition. In-
come over the past few years
has provided a living but now
fences need fixing, buildings
need repairs, and machinery is
wearing out. Money is not avail-
able for these things so we have
too many cattle getting out.
A number of years ago the
farmer was fully responsible for
any damage to cars or people if
his cattle caused an accident.
As I understand the law at pre-
sent the farmer is not liable for
damages unless he is proven
negligent. But neither is the car
driver liable for the damage to
your cattle unless you prove the
driver negligent. Remedy: fix
your fences and just to be safe
get some farm liability insur-
ance.
New red clover
increases yield
Tetraploid red clover, which
has double the number of chromo-
somes of the ordinary or diploid
strains, yielded 15 per cent more
fodder than the diploid strains in
tests at the genetics and plant
breeding institute at Ottawa,
states J. M. Armstrong.
The difference in yields of al-
sike was more striking, the tet-
raploid strain yielding 42 per
cent more than the diploid types.
On a percentage of dry mat-
ter basis, the diploid strains of
red clover and alsike were 5
per cent and 2 per cent higher
respectively. ' The seed yields,
which were low in the early
stages of breeding tetraploid
strains, have been improved.
Seed production of tetraploid
alsike is now on a par with the
diploids, while tetraploid red
clover can be expected to yield
three-quarters that of diploids.
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Top price at the Shorthoss
"off the grass" sale at Sing.
hampton, $410., went to Thome,
Webster, Auburn, for a beam' -
fill two-year-old heifer with bee
10 -day-old calf,
Other Huron County consign.
ers were: A. C. Gaunt, Lucia
now; McKinley Farm & Hatch.
ery, Zurich; Roy Pepper, Sea..
forth, and Harold Pepper, . Sew
forth.
First of its kind in the prov-
ince, this sale was sponsored by
the Ontario Shorthorn Club and
was organized for dual reasons:'
first, to bring together a volume
of strong, sound females to meet
the existing demand, and sec.
ondly, to provide a market for
the smaller breeders. In both
respects, the sale seems to have
fulfilled its mission.
Purchases were made to gee
into 13 counties, all the way
from Timiskaming in the north,
Hastings in the east, and Perth
in the west, and including Parry
Sound, Simcoe, Bruce, Grey,
Halton, York, Ontario, Welling.
ton, Dufferin and Waterloo,
Biggest buyer of the day was
Tom Josefowich of New I4s•
keard, who took 11 head. John
Brockie, Brechin, purchased 7;
Dr. J. H. Bateman, Belleville,
5, and Colin Parker, Everton,
6 head.
Joseph Harrison
Hibbert farmer
.Joseph Harrison, 85, resident
of Exeter North since 1942, died
in .Clinton on Sunday, October
18.
Born in Goderich Township,
Mr. Harrison farmed between
Bayfield and Goderich on the
Blue Water Highway until mov-
ing to Hibbert Township on the
Thames Road in 1919, retiring
to Exeter North in 1942.
He was a member of Cave*
Presbyterian Church.
His wife, the former Ida Al-
vida Halstead, predeceased him
in 1951, also four sons, Arlie,
Mervyn, Oscar and Herbert.
Surviving are Cecil and (Emily)
Mrs. James Oke, Science Hill,
and (Blanche) Mrs, .Allen Johns,
Exeter; six sisters, Mary Jane
Smith, Grand Bend; (Anne)
Mrs: George Proctor, (Irene)
Mrs. Ernest Townsend, (Ella)
Mrs. Lorne Thurlow, all ' of
Goderich, (Della) Mrs. Will
Scotchmer, Egmondville, and
(Florence) Mrs. Jack William-
son, Vancouver, B.C.
The funeral service was held
from the Dinney funeral home
on Tuesday, October 20, con-
ducted by Rev. George Lamont,
Mitchell, with interment in Bay-
field cemetery.
Pall bearers were Chester
Hackett, Bill Townsend, Albert
Taylor, Wilfred Harrison, Alvin
Proctor, and Kenneth Harrison.
Flower hearers were grand-
children, Robert, Gordon, Betty
Oke, Shirley Johns, Marylin
Johns and Muriel Harrison.
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