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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-11-26, Page 13Second Section GRAND CHAMRJON$HIP HEREFORD .0t4.1, --Old Orchard Lord Vent 244, owned by Whitney Coates and Son, RRl Centralia, captured highest honors for Canadian Here- fords Thursday when it won the grand championship ribbon at the Royal, The three- year-old bull was also a member of the first prize get -of -sire group. Last year, Lord Vern was reserve' champion at the Royal. He has also captured grand championship honors at the Western Fair. -Rose MFn,.xrxnXr'•vFF., rn {/.n.nvr•.. ZEMNOa",.as :�.As w'»M..�... »�...wZw..M".;:E:C2'a`�. w>Yr vEv"r arm iews sof S'OUTY HURON and 'NORTH, MIOOLESEX :. r r r z ::.'..10.7:.,>,i;;awn t,.wE.....5:::.:tx.xrwiIM ...'..fvi.,,.: x :7.21 n v.-:..:;; ws,3.:w 4.':.. .v .t..f:,=ti.,..M,..w,w"�ISEE.':.pvY.z''MMI.s..Si.,t,..,.:.. Beef to weaken slightly? states Ontario forecast (By the Ontario Department of Agricuitiire) BEEF CATTLE The number of cattle in the BUTTER Situation continues to dfyterio- rate; at end of September stocks were up 20 per cent; home con - U.S. continues to expand rapid sumption was down 4 per cent ly and is now at a record level from 1958 and 8 per cent from and about 5 million head greater 1957; margarine consumption than last year. Cattle numbers was up 5 percent from 1958 and are expected to expand for sev- 15 per cent kern 1957. Price sup eras years, with consequent part at 64 cents. downward pressure on prices. Present predictions are that U,S. cattle prices have reached their peak and are likely to be weaker, although no ,sharp break is expected well into 1960. Canadian prospects are at least as t goad or perhaps better than in the U.S. Beef cattle num- bers are almost the same as last year, the heavy exports of early 1959 have fallen off and Cana- dian prices have advanced $2.00. to $3.00 relative to U.S. prices. Beef prices likely to be Only slightly weaker in 1960; 'FAGS U.S. prices have fallen one- third with a sharp increase in production from last year. Cana- dian prices are likely to remain at the floor of $23.65: until de- ficiency payments' are intro- duced on January 11. Some dis- location is •likely at that time; the market - price would be con- siderably lower for some months after January. It pays to store farm machines "You can save up to 50% of the life of a disc or harrow and 90% of the useable life of a combine with winter storage," says Jim Scott, Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture researcher at the O.A.C. When asked if a dirt floor ON OAC STAFF -John Stephen 'Murray, BSA, MS; Seaforth, has been appointed lecturer in the dep't of soils at OAC. Besides teaching, .he will do soils exten- sion work and applied research, among farmers in Huron, Perth, Grey and Bruce counties. Mrs. Murray, the former Margaret Mulhall, is •a graduate of Mac- donald Institute. They have two. children. • -OAC photo Shouldy ou storage shed, was .enough, Scottcull Cow agreed that it was --"providing that you ' remember moisture condenses in such a non -insulat- ed building when the tempera- ture goes up. This leads to more rusting andrapid breakdown if the machind is not properly stored." Here's how Scott suggests it: Clean and inspect each ma- chine; remove all canvasses and V -belts and store them in a dry place; paint ti,00d sections and smear metal parts with grease or oil to prevent rotting and rusting; keep harmful moisture out of bearings with grease; end block up rubber -tired. Wheels to cut down cracking .and rotting. Used motor Ail is not recom- mended for rust prevention. The reason: it's f olluted with acids. It can cause severe corrosion, One of the modern rust inhibitors would be muchbetter, isn't there just room for all your. machinery inside, try one of these new rust preventatives. It will certainly cut dowel rust losses on machines that must be left outside. In cases where this has been done no breakdown was seen, every though the machines Were covered with ice and snow. Ontario Department of Agri- culture livestock specialists wish they had a magic formula for culling out unprofitable cows, It would make the job a lot easier. They do 'suggest .you ask your- self these two questions though: • Will it pay xne to. replace that cow with a higher produ- cer? • Will it pay . me to remove that cow without replacing her? Most cows 'produce about .half of their total lactation during. the first. 4 months. If you want to keep a coW •at the break-even point of say, 300 pounds of but- terfat, the cow must produce 150., pounds during her first • 4 months of lactation. .If she doesn't you can be fairly sure she won't ,reach that break-even point, The breakeven point above 'IS just an example. It's different in every herd and is a figure you get from calculating your cost against 7 your .milk • cheque. • Pick the one that best suits your herd and then aSkyourself the two questions. B0! Gef Our 6AA1Y EnRt! TR IEER'S EONUS 0 D inferellf pet' annum 0 on trade in . on cath The earlier you (rade, the bigger the ?lotus �mma�lh\1\\ COME IN TODAY I F. W. Huxtable PHONE .1334/ EXETER CHEESE Stocks are down 8 per cent and the U.K. market is strong. Present prospects in U.K. and thus in Canada - good. SKIM MILK POWDER Stocks are becoming manage- able with heavy subsidized ex- ports and a slight decline in out- put. Prices are likely to be fair- ly stable, though perhaps with spray powder weakening. FEEDS Ontario produced feed grains are in lower supply; the Cana- dian supply was down very slightly even before the early snow on the prairies. Hay and ensilage supplies are adequate. WINTER WHEAT With a crop only one-half as large as last year price pros- pects are good. Leave ewes on pasture How long should the ewe flock be left on pasture in the fall be- fore being brought into winter quarters? As long as the weather is suit- able and as long as they have enough to eat, says E. N. Need- ham, Animal Husbandry De. pertinent, OAC. They will bene- fit from the exercise they will get from pasturing outside, but they should not lose flesh while doing so, or expensive feed will he needed to bring them up to proper weight once they are .in- side, Sheep are by nature active outdoor animals, and exercise cuts down the chances of com- plications around lambing time. When sheep must be brought inside, expensive shelters are not necessary. The shelter should be draft proof and give protec- tion from driving rain and snow. Sheep do not like to be kept -Please turn to page 14 Dearing . tops record entry Freston Dearing, and son, Ge- rald, RR 1 Exeter, captured every major prize in the Dorset Horned sheep competition at the Royal again this year despite an increase in the number of en- tries in the class. The Dearing Dorsets won grand and reserve championship honors for both rams and ewes and won first and second prizes in every other class. The Dear- ings only entered two sheep in each class. Entries in the class were the Most in the history of the Royal time Live Poultr Wdn;t4d! oates EXETER, 'ONTARIO, NOVEMBER '26g 1959 ree-y grand champion at ii0 'Ave'Tlllri Fieldman comments Defic iency payments a still misunderstood By ,I, 1r1RL HEMINGWAY HFA Fieidman I didn't think another article on deficiency payments would be necessary but from the ques- tions X am being atisked, ap. parently there are a large num- ber of people who do not Under- stand how it will operate. First, there is.a basis of sup- port price under deficiency pay- meats. aymeats. This is the weighed aver• age of the present support prices acro'ss.Canada and is calculated to be• $22.64 per cwt. From here we have to suppose prices on the market to explain the opera- tion peration of this plan. It is being forecast that the price for hogs after January 11 on the market will he $18.00 per cwt. It is also being forecast that the price will be $25.00 next fall. (Please do not let these figures influence your opera - Deficiency payments will be based on the average price for the whole year. If the $18.00 price lasts for most of the year the average might be $19.64. In this case a deficiency payment of $3.00 would be paid on all hogs (grade A & 131). Thus if you sold your hogs at $18.00 you would end up with $21.00 per cwt. and if you sold for $25.00 you would end up with $28.00. If the $18.00 price lasts for a short time and the $25.00• price lasts for most of the year the average price could easily be $22.64 or higher in which case there will be no deficiency pay- ment. I would like to make it clear to everyone that support by of- fer to purchase has been very satisfactory for butter. Over the past 12 years there was surplus production six years and insuf- ficient production" for six years. While over the whole period, the government has spent some money insupport there have been no years when the govern• ment reaped .a nice profit on storing butter. The cream pro- ducer has received a satisfactory return and the consumer has had a steady supply . at a very reasonable comparative price. The total cost to government has been negligible. The key to success of support by purchase is the level at which the price is set and the amount of ' promotion that accompanies the announcement. This was quite apparent at the time hogs {{ were set at $25.00 and milk powder at 170. The government has stated that they must support the fam- ily farmer but they apparently have no concern for the small family packer who has contrib- uted a good deal to keeping the market price high to the same small farmer. • Juniors conduct dance, debate Huron' county junior farmers will dance and debate during the next week. 'Friday, the county group's an- nual formal dance will be held in Wingham high school: ' Monday, the county debating team will enter the first round of the provincial competition against Bruce speakers at the Wingham school. The topic is: "`Resolved that Ontario farms should be larger," The Huron. team includes Lawrence Nesbitt and Jim Ren- wick, affirmative; Larry Wheat- ley and Bill Strong, negative. The big 4-H achievement night for the county will be held Fri- day night, December 4, in Wing - ham. Guest speaker will be T. R. Hilliard, director of exten Bion. i stn m l m m m m t11111 m i i1,111111)011111016 TOP CASH PRICES FOR YOUR ENTIRE FLOCK Regulate Weekly Pickups Public arrangements rive been. made. to handle live poultry. GET OUR PRICES BEFORE, YOU SELLI LLOD CUSiMAN PHONE 9954 EXETER :41itiltittto in ill riulYYiinfinuUltmlu,umuulmuitmm lin W;mutton mium iillittituiitunttallititii nYlnv ri Yes, the government professes to support the small farmer but they do it in .such a way that most of the benefit will be lost in the market place and in such a way .that it will give a defi- nite advantage to the LARGE packer, through reduced com- petition. Truly there are many ways of skinning a cat. Area forums hear reviews Monday night at Forum meet- ings was review night with fo- rums choosing their own eve- ning's program. Discuss agriculture news The Parr Line Forum met Mon- day evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Jarrett with the subject of the meeting "Review night." News was presented on agri- cultural highlights in Canada and United States. Crop condi, tions on the prairies* and loss of crops due to early snows were described, News carne from the Dominion - Provincial Agriculture Confer- ence and from Washington on surpluses in the United States. Euchre winners for ladies were Mrs. Ross Love, Mrs. A. Reichert; men, Morris Hoist and Stewart. Blackwell; lone hands, Mrs. Stewart Blackwell. Mr's. A. Reichert will be host- ess for the next meeting. Plan Christmas party The Zlimville North Farm Fo- rum met at the home of Mr. 'and Mrs. Philip Johns with 17 adults present. It was decided to hold a .Christ- mas party on Monday- Decem- ber 28 in the Elimville Hall. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr.- and Mrs. Will Elford, Weber entry wins prizes Three horses from this area captured significant prizes at the Royal Winter Fair last week. Highland Nugget of Garma, owned by Mrs. Hazel Wallis, Granton, won the junior cham- pion stallion ribbon for palomi- nos. Two Arabian horses shown by J. W. Weber, Exeter, in his first appearance at the Royal, placed in the money. Ibn Imaraff placed second in the stallion class, losing out to an Edmonton horse. The mare, Melissa, captured fifth prize and, in doing so, de- feated a former champion. It was the first time she had been shown. • HURON 4-H GUINEAS WINNERS. - Huron entries won three of the six championship awards in the Queen's Guineas class at the Royal Thursday. Top, Rodger Kiever's Shorthorn was named reserve champion after capturing top honors in his class. Bottom; Ken Black's Hereford was the champion in this breed and it attracted the second highest price of 51 cents in the auction. -Grieve photos Middlesex and Huron split Guiheahoriors...,..t.,:i. Queen's guineas •competition f the 1d entries in first prize at the Royal this year was a groups,;..i, f; Middlesex Huron show. Bill ,.Strong, Charles McGregor The two counties split the six and• Lela Black were in the top cgroup of Shorthorns; Bud Yeo, championships, winning three Leroy Rintoul and Leslie Cam - each. bell made the first group of Guineas ($250) went to George Herefords, Earley, 16, Kerwood, who also f Bud• Yeo' also •showed the re - received $1,947 for his champion serve champion Hereford steer Angus. The black sold for $2.20 in open class: a pound. Reserve guineas winner was Ken 131ack, 15, Belgrave, who won the Shorthorn champion- ship with Hi Hill Elgin, His steer brought $374 at 45 cents a pound. Rodger Kieffer, 16, Wingham, showed the champion Hereford and claimed second highest price in the auction, 51 cents. Reserve champions were Les- lie Wenham, 15, Denfield, Short- horn; Wayne Watson, Denfield, Angus; Earl McEachern, 17, Glencoe, Hereford. Huron c aunty competitors Reason people do so much made one of the strongest show- ` driving around nowadays is that ings ever by placing eight of it is cheaper to drive it than to park it. oval Old Orchard. Lord Vern, three, year-old buil of Whitney Coatet and Sen, RR 1 Centralia, cli- maxed a prizewinning show career Thursday by capturing the grand championship zn the Hereford class at the Royal Winter Fair. Reserve champion last yea Lord Vern won a class' 12 bulls representing the 'best in Canada to bring top laurels to the Usborne breeders in their fifth year of competition at the Royal, Lord Vern also won the senior championship and was .a member of the champion get of Are group. For the latter competi. tion, be was shown with two fe. males from Old Orchard Farm/ Millbrook. One of Lord Verne's dough- ters 'captured first prize in the junior heifer class. • A junior calf sired by he champion placed eighth. Other prizes captured by the Usborne breeders were get of sire, seventh; herd, fifth;; three calves, fourth. For owner Whitney Coate! t.ord Vern's victory was She Brill of a lifetime. "I'm not usually stumped for words but I couldn't say a thing when the ribbon was presented. It's what every breeder works fbr an dit'a really something to get." "Years ago I used to watch from the sidelines when the pre- sentations were made and I'd think what a thrill it would be to get one. It's even better than I thought it wouidbe." The win marked a rather sen- sational rise for Mr. Coates in the purebred business. He se- cured his first purebred in 1952 and began showni gat the Royal in 1954. He now has a herd of 60. Lord Vern's sire, W. H, R. Lord Vern the eighth, was a grand champion two years ago. Female champion this year was shown by the Jarvis farms, on which Bob Hern, former out- standing 4-H member here, is employed. HENSALL SALE PRICES Good steers 421'103 -to $25.80 Medium steers 22.0.0 ,to 23.50 Butcher heifers 21tpo•:to 23.30 Cows 11.00'to 15.00 Jiight cows 15,50' to 17.10 Babies 25;00 to 26.50 Veal calves 22.00 to 29.25 Holstein calves .... 8.50 to 24.50 Holstein heifer • . calves 22.50 to 36.00 OAT Area syrup • GROWERS `� p tops at Royal H. M. • and C. P. Corbett again took top place, at the Royal Winter Fair with their maple syrup. This is the second time they have placed first in this class in three years. BONUS DAYS ARE HERE! DEAL NOW for your 1960 machinery needs Well Pay You a Big EARL, TRADER$ BONUS! ■ Collect at the rate of b0% on your down payment • Collect 6% per annum on your trade-in ■ Got double value w o cosh bonus plus IH features, quality • The sooner you deaf .: the more you save Lei us figure your deal 10DAY PHONE 60* ri. L. Becker 6c Sons DASHWbOD We need a limited quantity of Garry and Rodney Oats to clean soon for commercial seed. We will pay the highest price. Will buy on sample, or uncleaned or cleaned basis. Alex M. Stewart & SON LTD. Ailsa Craig nnmuumummmmtnmimlltirmtilirttrtllum,mllilltlttwin ummuummimumnmu initutruumummnttuum See Your Co -Op For a Stable Equipment Beatty Litter Carrier, Buckets & Parts . 3 Barn Fans • Cow Bowls And Parts Egg Washer '- Detergent Don't Forget Ablut The $ 5.00 REDUCTION Por Tori On Co-op Beef and :Dairy Feeds EXETER DISTRICT PHONE 287 COLLECT CO.OP s 3 a 3 3 a aESIDE cNR STATION ..hYiIV'illiYiliYlYliViY1(iiY'YYm'h'11't1Yi1'Y'IYYYII'IYtIlYYVi`1TPY17YInmlTtY17YYYYitilYi"IIiVPellVbtYitifettif'VttatffittolfYl'IYiiYYtlt'tilYllYl'/�