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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-12-10, Page 11,1TH HURON CI -UE WINNERS—These three young fanners were among those lvllo $cored highest marks in South Huron 4-1-1 clubs this year. They received their prize- ' Morey at the achievement night in Wingham Friday night. Edward Hern, centre, led both the calf club and the grain club. Bob Galloway, left, won the corn club championship for the second year in a row and Jim. Hyde, right, was top scorer in thelarge sup r beet group. --T-A Photo sugar g p HURON'S TOP 4-H MEMBER—Don Lobb, RR 2 Clinton, won the two top 4-H awards in Huron county Friday night. He holds the Elston Cardiff trophy for citizenship and the C. S. MacNaughton trophy for highest marks. Lobb, u second year student at WOAS, has also won three `scholarships this year. —T -A Photo Fieldman comments Cut in egg production could solve problems By J. CARL HEMINGWAY The price of eggs has been. * very lively topic of discussion for the last few weeks. About the end of October, eggs were quoted up to 490. They dropped to a. ]ow of 230 in November and are now about 300. Last week a salesman for a hatchery called at my home and proceeded to tell -me what a good price eggs would be next summer ,and fall and urged that I order day-old pullets now to take advantage of the scarcity. He showed me that the number of eggs going into incubators for egg production was down over 37 percent. Let's look at some facts. The production for eggs in Canada is now established for the next eight months. Apparently we can look for reduced peroduction after that time but we can be sure? 1f this salesman is suc- cessful in persuading present egg producers to continue at the present level end should happen to sell layers to even a few broiler producers who have empty broiler houses then the production will be just as large next summer and fall as it has been this year,• In this case the price will not be attractive. Rather than encouraging pro- ducers to load up it would seem to me . that a cut of about 5 percent by everyone would en - Mire Sufficient production for our market and probably return fairly reasonable return. Apparently it was the imports from United Stet`s and the threat of further intporte that dropped the price to 300 in No- vember so we 'cannot expect high prices regardless of our reduction in production. 1 have been told that the est port market, will return about 250 Grade A large to the pro. OAT GROWERS We need b iimited quantity of Garry 'and Rodney Oats to clean soon far cehImetcial seed We Will *by the M+ighest price. Will hey on sample, or u'ni:iianed er cleaned basis. Alex M. Stewart SON L1•D, Aliso tri 1 ducer for a reasonable quantity. If there is too many to sell as shell eggs and we are forced to break and sell mallenge this portion could return to the pro- ducer as little as 150. The other factor is the price of feed. In the past year and one half oats have risen from 670 to a high of 810 per bushel on the Winnipeg stock exchange. Oats on the Chicago market are quoted at 660: How much can Canadian oats rise before im- ports of grain are possible from the U.S.? I don't propose to offer the answers to these problems but would give a word of warning that what might be a good de Can't expect ect C e p egg cheque "`Many egg producers in On- tario don't understand the de- ficieney payment plan for Grade A eggs", claimed Tom Robson of Leamington, Ontario. Mr. Robson, president, was speaking at a board meeting held recently in Toronto. "Price of Grade A eggs has dropped to less than the 33 cents to the farmer prescribed by the Agricultural Stabilization Board in Ottawa. Many egg men think they will automatically receive a cheque in a few weeks to cover the difference between the local market price during re- cent weeks and the prescribed price level. There is no truth to this thinking at all," he said. "Egg producers will have to wait for another 12 months. If the national average market price over that 12 months is below the support price, then and then only, will they receive any money from the stabiliza- tion board," Mr. Robson report- ed. The deficiency payment plan, which has been under fire from the egg producers organization for eight months, has created utter confusion in some areas. Basically, the method is simple. The stabilization board pre- scribes a price level of 33 cents per dozen Grade A large or extra large. All eggs are sold on the market for the price which will move them into do- mestic channels. At the end of the year the daily market prices across Canada will be averaged. If this average price ,is below the prescribed support price, then all the egg producers reg- istered with the stabilization board will receive the difference on the eggs they have sold. For example, if the average price of Grade A eggs is 30 cents at the end of the year, the difference between this and the support level is three cents. If a producer has sold 1,000 dozen Grade A large eggs, he will re- ceive one thousand times three cents, or $30, in deficiency pay- ments. ay m ents. "The Stabilization Board has placed a quota of 4,000 dozen Grade A large or extra large eggs for each producer," con- cluded Mr. Robson. "Any A large eggs over this quota will not receive any deficiency pay menst." w a r mi . I vision for you to make as ant is estimated that current individual might be a bad one plans for expansion of the nater if your neighbours all 'make the al gas industry in Canada --•in- Canada—in- chiding new distribution lines, pipe -making plants and feeder and supply industries—will cost $2 billion. The Spanish town of Llivia was left 'out in the cold -:`of France—when the boundary line between the two nations was drawn. World Book Encyclo- same decision. The victim of an auto wreck had been brought into the doc- tor's office. "I can't do anything for hint," said the doctor. "I'm a veterin- ary surgeon." "That's all "right," said the pedia explains that the boundary victim, raising his head a little, was drawn along the crestline "Go ahead, I was a jackass to of the Pyreness Mountains; leav- think I Could do 90 miles art. Ing Ilivia, to the north, entirely hour." surrounded by Prance. 11,1111111 1 i111u111ti,11111i .._ Ueotlt1Yaultinti111,11i Tree Planting Spring 1960 Small hard to get at field corners, wet or rough land can often be made a valuable Asset to a farm by the planting of trees. Now is the time to order trees for planting next spring. Order forms may be obtained from the Ontario Iiepartmelit of Lands and Forests 111 Stratford or Aylmer, or from the Ausable River Conservation Authority in Ex- eter, To help plant trees the Ausable River Con, servation Authority will: 1, Plant from 2 to 5 acres, 2, Supply a tree planter, three Men laid a tractor, 3. The charge for this service is $5.00 for any acre- age tip to 5 acres,. 4. This assistance is available to owners planting trees of which not 11i0re tin 50% are -notch pine, A sttbsIdy of $10,00 pot thousand trees Will be paid after hattd planting, provided that an in, apection shows that planting was dobe with suf, fieielit tare ' to ellipse a reasonable Survival. S. �i1YYtYYifYbuiViiiltTiiYYti5i11'Yi'iYi'iiYiti lufu fitYiTYYtf111iiY7YiiYiiiYiiYYnitY'YYYYftp1iYYYlY1`Yip?r�YYUiYinYYYliiilYYtYrtdYYY'YIYt�.. Second Section EXETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 1•P, 159 cafe Pogo :E•hvi Clinton youth becomes first to cop two top 4-H trophies �4t�ea !orur.rs disagree on security for farmer Discussing the topic "Social Security on Canadian Farms" Monday night, opinions of forum members differed as to unem- ployment insurance for farm workers, whether it should be on a compulsory or voluntary basis. Attract more farm workers Parr Line forum members thought unemployanent inst- ranee for farm workers who are employed on a yearly basis might attract more workers to the farm industry. They felt many difficulties could result in administering it for migrant workers but if it were on a com- pulsory basis it could be carried from one farm job to another. Some farm labor wage agree- ments do not lend themselves to the payment of unemployment insurance so compulsory insu- rance would be objectionable, Members favored private pen- sion plans for farmers but there did not seem one "best" way of providing it for eaeh individual farmer because individual con- tributions by farmers might be difficult to keep tip •a•t times and in order for equal payments to be made to each farmer a pen- sion plan would have to be compulsory. Euchre winners were Mrs. A. Reichert, Mrs. J..McAllister. Mr. and Mrs. Ian McAllister hsoted Monday night's meeting. Pension plan not needed Elimville North forum mem- bens, meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Allen Johns, fav- ored unemployment insurance on. a voluntary basis and could not see the need for 'a pension plan now that the old age :pension is OAC stages . farm courses Ontario Farmers who wish to enroll in the annual winter short courses at OAC, Guelph, from December 28 to December 31, are advised to secure the. no- cessary application forms from their county agricultural repre- sentatives `mmedi•ately, states J. A. Eccles, director of pub- lic relations. The deadline for applications is December 15, and many cour- ses are filling up rapidly. The winter short courses are designed to help farmers equip themselves to deal with the many problems of modern farm- ing. Four main courses are be- ing offered; •agricuiltural mecha- nics (farm shop and faun engi- neering) livestock, soils and land use, and milk production. The evening program will in- clude panel discussions on cur• rent agricultural topics with members of the college facul- ties. At the same time the annual marketing and co-operative con- ference will be held at the col- lege in the Department of Agri- cultural Econoniics. available to all. They felt eaeh farmer could look after some plan of his own to supplement the old age pen- sion. Nineteen members were in at- tendance, Next week they will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Weber. Opinions differ Members were divided In their opinion following the dis- cussion at the Fairfield Forum at Mr. and Mrs. Melvin King's Monday night. Some thought the compulsory plan for unemploy- ment insurance . would be the better basis while others argued for the voluntary basis. In either ease adjustments would have to be made. They felt there were enough satisfactory plans available at the present time without taking on new pension plans for far- mers only. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Murray Neil. Let them pay for it Hillcrest Forum members met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Newton Wasnidge, Luean and concluded "if farm workers want unemployment insurance let them pay for ti themselves." The group favored a pension plan for farmers but they added "those in our group are up to the age where pension plans wouldn't be much good to them.". The next meeting will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Atkinson. The mother of a three-year- old sent the child outdoors for a switch with which to be punish- ed, After being gone for some time the child finally returned and the mother asked her for the switch. Between sobs the little one managed to say, "The tree was too high for me to weach, but here's a wock you can frow at me." Tall, thin and modest, Don Lobb, RR a Clinton, reigns as the undisputed king of Huron county's young farmers this year, The 20 -year-old son of AIr. and Mrs, Mervyn Lobb became the first double winner of Hu - roe". two top 4-H trophies Fri- day night at the achievement night in Wtn'gham. He captured the Elston Car- diff trophy for citizenship and the C. S. MacNaughton trophy for highest marks (903 put of 1,000). He also won the A. Y. McLean ward for champion dariy showman and the Bank of Commerce award for highest marks among daily calf club members, alt ough he had to forfeit the latter because he'd already won it in 1954, In addition to this the Clinton district youth. has won three scholarships this year at West- ern Ontario Agricultural School, Ridgetown, where he is in his second year. These included awards for best citizen , high marks in veterinary science and a Junior Farmer prize. And that's not all. At Kirkton in September, he won the tri phy for best all-around 4 -It show- man in competition with cham- pions from four other district counties, That adds up to a big year for the eldest of a family of six on a 400 -acre farm. Only major award which name to South Huron this year was the trophy far champion Here- ford, won by Morris Renney, Mi- chigan. A nephew of the Ilirt- zel Bros., Credito, Morris tra- velled all the way from the bor- der state to be present for the ceremony. Other major award winners were: Sandra Finnigan, Goderich, warden's novice ' trophy; Don- ald McKercher, McKillop, top score in grain; Jack Broadfoot, Brucefield, highest score for swine; Marion Turnbull, RR 2 Brussels, champion gilt; Ken- neth Popple, RR 5 Seaforth, champion swine showman; Charles MacGregor, Seaforth, highest score in beef (by rever- sion from Bill Strong); Bill Strong, Dublin, ch'ampi'on beef showman; Gloria Boyd, Sea - Pea Ensilage For Sale Will Open Dec. 1, 1959 PRICE $2,50 TON TERMS CASK Canadian Canners Ltd. EXETER, ONTARIO tlhnittlttitntnttiiutittttn/quttt tbuinuiinutttituttintnNttltttttttl� Highest Prices Paid for White Beans and RODNEY AND CARRY OATS THAT WOULD MAKE GOOD SEED Bring In Your Samples For Fast Service W. G. THOMPSON and Sons Limited FAST' UNLOADING FOR TOUR CONVENIENCE' HOIST FOR SEMI,TRAILNRS 1 If: forth, highest score in dairy; Bill Kieffer, Howick, :champion grain sample. Ross Marshall, RR 1 Kirkton, and Howard Pym: RR 1 Centra- lia were two of sax leaders pre- sented with fide -year voluntary service certificates. Guest speaker for the pro- gram was T, R. Hilliard, direc- tor of extension, Ontario Dep'C of Agriculture, who revealed the growth of 4.14 work is taxing the time of the ag reps and their staffs, who are also required to look after other expanding pro- grams, He indicated that it may not be possible to provide as much 4-11 leadership in the fu- ture. Over 350 members of county clubs were presented with prize - money for co^npletion of their projects during the year. Near- ly 90 percent of those who en- rolled qualified. In South Huron, Edward Herm led the winners in capturing first prize in two clubs, grain and calf. Other club winners were Robert Fotheringham, RR 2 Seaforth; Jimy Hyde, RR 1 Hensall; Bob Galloway, RR 1 Crediton; Ron Thiel, RR 2 Zu- rich; Emerson Gill, RR 3 Park- hill. In charge of the program were Ron McMichael, president of the leaders' association; Douglas Miles and Don Grieve, Jim Hyde wins sugar beet title Winner of one of the largest clubs in the county, the South Huron sugar beet group, was Jim Hyde, RR 1 Hensel', with a score of 924. He jumped from fourth place last year to edge out the 1958 winner, John Etherington, also •of RR 1 Hensall, by 11 points. Brother Fred Hyde captured third spot and Carolyn Oke, one of 10 girls in the club, came fourth. The members placed in 'this order: . Jinn Hyde, 924; John Ethering- ton, 913; Fred b4Yde, 909; .Caro- lyn Oke, 907; Ronald Oke, RR Exeter, 901; Bob Galloway, RR 1 Crediton, 901; ,lune McLachlan, RR 3 Kippen, 900; John Oke, RR 3 Exeter, 898; Kathryn Oke, RR a Exeter, $95; Margaret Oke, RR 3 Exeter, 881; Rill Ether* ington, RR 1 Hensall, 893; Shire ley Reynolds, RR 1 Hensel', $64; John McLachlan, RR 3 Kippen, 860; Bobby Reynolds, RR 1Hen- sall, 805; .Lois McLachlan, RR 3 Ifippen, 843; Doris Cornish RR 1 Woodham, 839; Muriel Cornish, RR 1. Woodham, $28; Margaret Brock, RR 1 Granton, 817; Wayne Prance, RR 1 Wood- ham, 800; Ted Oke, RR 3 Exe- ter, 753; Don Hendrick, RR 1 Crediton, 720; Milo Westlake RR 3 Exeter, 615; Walter West- lake, RR 3 Exeter, 592; Grant Westlake, RR 3 Exeter, 584; Mabel Westlake, RR 3 Exeter, 470. Leaders were Robert Millard, Exeter, and Charles Broadwell, Wallaceburg, and completion per- centage was 92.6. Ronald Thiel tops in Zurich group Although his calf tied for fourth highest marks, Ronald Thiel of RR 2 Zurich picked up enough points in other sections to capture first place in the Zurich calf club. He was third last year. Bob Hoffman, Dashwood, a first year member in the club, captured second place, only 18 points behind the winner. Ger- ald Thiel, RR 2 Zurich, jumped from sixth to third place and fourth was captured by another new member, Robert Becker, Dashwood. Club scores were: Ron Thiel, 878; Hoffman, 860; Gerald Thiel, 859; Becker, 839; Larry McClinchey, RR 2 Zurich, 814; Larry Merner, RR 3 Zur- ich, 814; Gail McBride, RR 1 Zurich, 789; Keith Rader, RR 3 Zurich, 723; Norman Eckel, RR. 1 Varna, 717; Raymond Eckel, — Please turn'to page 12 ttt,t11t11) ttt1 tt11/111$111H1111 ttttttit11 lttltt 1 tttlttb` Waterloo Cattle BrEeding Ass'n "Where Better Bulls Are Used" Notice of Annual Meeting for Huron County Members DATE—Tuesday, December 15, at 1:45 p.m. PLACE—Meeting room above AGRICULTURAL OFFICE, CLINTON. PURPOSE–, 1. To hear reports on the progress made by the Waterloo Cattle Breeding Association, financial standing, future plans, ' etc., from the Manager, Veterinarian and Huron County director, A. 0. (Sandy) Elliot. 2. To noniinate a director from Huron Ciunty to serve on the board of the Waterloo Cattle Breeding Association. 3. There will be opportunity given for questions. SPECIAL SPEAKER— DR. W. R. 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