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SHDHS RAISES FOUR -LEGGED ;CHICK—Active, healthy and Apparently normal in
• every other way, this freak four -legged chick is attracting considerable attention on at
SHDIIS where it is being raised in the agricultural. department. The chick hatched
at the Bray I-Iatchery here, will be two weeks old Fridayand its
Yelp in• as feathers cathel•s are de -
p g quickly as its more normal cousins, It has a double vent, one on each
side at the rear. —Doerr photo
Down heads board
New growers president
sees drive for exports
orts
Clarence Down, RR1 Hen• corn, cabbage, carrots, green as much crop as before,"
sail, recently elected chairman and wax beans, pumpkins and' flown noted
of Ontario V
egetable Growers'i squash, red beets, and long1 The marketing hoard's reve- f
Marketing Board, says both green cucumbers. I nue is derived from a levy of
processors and growers ares The board is one of die old -i one-half of one percent of gra-
hoping to increase exports of est marketing groups in the, wer returns, which are deduc-I
Canadian canned goods. •
province and it has an. out - ted by the processors. A per-
Processors,- he said, plan to standing record of amicable re -1 tentage of this amount isre- l i
make a strong bid for LJK and lations in its negotiations with turned. to local .groups through-, s
other European markets. Gro -1 processors. On only a few oc-i out the province.
wers are co-operating through, casions has it resorted to arbi
grants toward displays in na- tration since it began opera-' The obffice
ed in Hamilton
a full- t
tional food exhibitions over-, tion in the 'early '40's, time office 1laniilt:on tyre r
seas. l This doesn't. mean., however, two ful.t-time staff and one
The new growers' president
that it hasn't been effective, Part time stenographers It i
Glowers have received bund- (nails about half a dozen news s
Second Section
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EXETER, OttiTA�RiQ( JANUARY t9,, 1961
Page .Eleven:.
Find protein level down in grain,
urge adjustment in mixing rations
Biggs optimistic
over hog change
Anti -combine legislation i
one method of preventing an
collusion among hog packer
that might come as a result o
changes in the present ho,
marketing plan, Everett Bigg
Ontario's deputy minister o
agriculture (marketing sec
tion) said Thursday night in
Clinton,
Mr. .Biggs told an estimate
150 persons attending a specs
meeting of the Huron local o
the Ontario Farmers' ',Jill()
that he was optimistic that a
agreement on the controvcrsia
question of hog sale method
would. be reached between th
Ontario Hog Producers' exec
utive, the Ontario Farm Mar
keting Board,• and. :represents
tines of. the. Ontario Federatio
of Agriculture, •
"The department," said Mr
Biggs, "will co-operate to th
fullest extent with the .Hog Pro
ducers' board to see that n
such (collusion) practices ex
ist.
s but be warned that they must
y not be all co-op controlled, He
s felt a balance should be cr.e-
f ated between co-op and pri-
g vale net processors to
Biggs
keep the industry on its toes,
Biggs also said the dep't had
- not been able to cope with the.
marketing board in getting its
side of the hog controversy to
the public,
d, "The hog producers have
of been telling their side through
the Market Place" which rea-
n
ches 90,000 homes. Our dep't
1 is not able financially to cora-
,
pete with this type of publicity,
We have been dependent on the
press and we haven't got .our
story across, In the future we
hope to get out and meet the
pcaple at meetings through the
country."'
Robert Taylor, of RR 3 Clin-
• ton, president of the .local, con-
e 'ducted the m e e tin g. Don
- Grieve, associate agricultural
o representative for Huron Coun-
- ty introduced Mr. Biggs.
"We felt," he said, "that an
agreement could be reached
with the hog producers' execu-
tive whereby changes in the
plan might result in a sounder •
operation This has not to date Scores differences
proven possible and it was for
this reason that. the Ontar'
Farm Pr o d u c t s Marketin
Board issued regulations whit
first of all made provision fo
democratic elections withou
members -at -large,"
Mr. Biggs said "that th
nethod of sale has been con
trued by• the leaders of th
Hog Producers to be the what
marketing plan, In my opinion
his is nothing but a red her
ing to confuse -the issue. The
department desires a market
ng plan even more so than
ome other people concerned
act of acceptance
"The basic problem I be
'eve has been the lack of ac
ceptance by some people o
he true responsibility of the
Ontario department of agri
ulture and. the Farm Products
Marketing t Board in thislegis-
ation."
}e i,
g
ation." He said: "These pow
rs which ere narinally don
There is some evidence f n. i year these grainS will probably
dieate that ,the protein levels ;average 10.5% total protein, By
4 1 'of 1960 Ontario -grown grains ' using 84 parts farm grains and
are down,16 parts of•a 38% hog concen-
Dr,, D N. Huntley, bead of trate, a 16 o hog -grower ration
the .OAC ;field husbandry, de . could made with last year's
pertinent, states that "some of mixtur
our biggest feed manufactur- I If the same ratios of grain
ers .have reported low protein and concentrate are used this
content in wheat, oats and bar-. year, the feed, will be .about
ley, When averaged out, the i 15% total protein or 1% lower
protein level for oats is 9.5 per- ,in protein than last year's
cent, for barley is 10 percent, feed."
and for wheat is 9,5 percent." "'A hog-�rnwer ration tvould
If these figures truly repre-; be :at the grn'nimum range: alid
sent the protein levels of Onta- , a farmer might have to slight-
rio's grains — and Dr. Huntley;.ly increase the :amount of.pro-
cautions that his sampling is r tein concentrate in the feed this
"by no means complete" --"year."
the proportions of grain to eon -i How can you tell if .the ra-
centrate in home -mixed rations tion is low or borderline in
might well be adjusted- Pig protein?
feeds especially,will be affected. Slow growth is the most oh -
Garnet •I\orrish, of the OAC vious sign, says Norrish. Far
animal husbandry deg t, recon j.
mends 17°1 protein for creep mels who have fed m'n'muln
feed and starters; 15 to 7.6% amounts of protein in the past
protein from weaning to 110' will. be most affected, An addi-
pounds; 13 to 1:4% protein from , tippet 25 to 50 pounds per tan
110 pounds to market weight; ; of a 38' hog concentrate
HEADS GROWERS' BOARD XJ5 to 16% for breeding boars, should be enough to obtain a
good growing feed. Other hog
Lein for dry sows. 1 feeds need a proportional in-
n the past, Ontario farmers •
have obtained these feed levels j Beef and dairy cattle rations
using an oat and winter wheat i wont be affected as much as
protein percentage of 11 and a swine rations but some adjust -
barley percentage of 12. Obvi- r inents night be made. If win-
ously, a pig feeder who feeds ter milk production hasn't held.
Clarence Down and nursing sows; and 14xt ,pro-
of his dep't will provide for a
market developing b r a n c h
which will help to expand pre-
sent markets and, develop new
ones.
Be indicated the 1961 budget
Fieldman comments
I crease
to borderline levels would find up as expected,, a deficiency
himself in trouble if he mixed Protein might be the cause,
the same proportions of this r says Bruce Stone, of the ani -
year's grains: concentrate as : mal husbandry dep't, A, dairy
he did last year. (raison containing 1 to 2^'o more
"Concentrate prices ar,e lower protein might be needed,
this year," says Norrish "Soy-
bean oil meal, for instance, is
o down considerably from 1959.
g It won't be too expensive to
h over raise the concentrate levels in
boars co-op ® therein'
ration if you feel the pro,
Lein levels in your grain might
be down."
A grain mixture of last year's
barley, oats, wheat in a 5-3-2
mixture averaged just slightly
less than 12%, be reasons. This
r,
t By J. CARL HEMINGWAY
OFA Fieldman
e I'd like to give you. my gen-
e gen-
eral impressions of the recent
discussions at the marketing
e and co-operative short course
at OAC.
It seemed to me that far too.
much attention was given to
- differences of opinions among
the farm organizations rather
than trying to extend the much
more numerous points of a-
- greement. Again and again
- the problem of how the activi-
1. ties of marketing boards and
co-op boards could be recon-
.: cited was introduced.
i This point was probably first
:introduced bythe minister of.
s
agriculture in reference to the
hog producers marketing board
and the organization of the
"Fame" co-operative,
This problem seems to be of
great concern of those who are
doubtful supporters of either
co-ops or marketing hoards,
There seemed to be some
, slight possibility of conflict in.
the minds of co-op board mem-
bers but members of market.
ing boards seemed to feel. that
there was no need whatever
for any point of dissension be-
,
tween the two groups.
Since both of these groups
I have the ,same objective of
imprgvi,ng the conditions of
the farmer I can see no reason
for a quarrel and as long es
this remains the purpose there
need he no battle,
Could it be that because
indicated this export drive. reds of thousands of dollars letters to its members each
may become one of the factors
through price3'
in negotiations over prices for g increases nebo• ear Co keep them abreast of i
tiated by the board," lie activities:
pea conr crop. i and other f
or
1961. I stated. The Usborne farmer, who: 1
Growers decreasing
succeeds, Carl Nicholson, Am-{ t
"At ]east one canning cam-� g herstburg, has•represented Hu
pany official has called for the 1 The number of growers has ron and La mbton growers- on !
co-operation of growers, pro- decreased considerably, how- the, board' since 1954./ c
cessors and merohandisers tct9, ever, principally because of Four members of the board
increaseexport 1
par sales. He felt; the substantial. gains made in .come from western Ontario, 1
efforts should be made to; production. "Today, one-third four from the eastern and four. e
Iower nr`
m•; of the growers produce. twice) from the central regions.
pete with products from other.
countries," Down said.
Because of this, coupled with
competition with Canadian in- iFrstbreeclingsiilent expected thprocessors,unit
e
would ask farmers to take to-'
p
noted that ,the board had diffi•
wetrices for their crops, He to mark r 20. rs
ct1
dry holding prices last year.
Processors are under heavy Canada's first artificial breed-� while Herefords were second
pressure 'price -wise from chain ing unit will be twenty years with 25 percent, and beef Short-
store buyers who wield a large ' old in 1961. I horns third •with 9 percent.
influence in the buyers field,1 This is. the Waterloo Cattle Other breeds included: Jersey,
according to Down. Breeding Association, which is 15 percent; Guernsey, 2 percent;
not lar e
planning to celebrate its twen- Ayrshire, 2 percent; Charolais
Surplus
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tieth birthday later this year, 3 percent; Dual Purpose Short-
'1'he provincial president said according to an announcement •horne, 2.16 percent.
the outlook for peas and, corn • made by President Joseph S. I In its 20 -year history the Wa- g
in .1961 appeared bright since Dunbar at the annual meeting' terloo Unit has grown from an pg
rnment powers, are only Bele-
gated. to farm marketing
boards. These powers are
powers of 'compulsion on many
people who may not agree with
the principles of the marketing
plan at all. Under such circum-
stances the .hog plan or any
of the marketing plans can
only work if they appreciate
that these powers are only
delegated and deliberately so,
so that supervision can be
given."
Mr. Biggs- felt the real prob-
lem in the -hog issue was "atti-
tude." .
the crop surplus last year was'of 5.8 percent in ,its first ser- experiment to an organization 11
not large. This was not the in Kitchener. employing 44 full time employ-
case with the tomato crop, The Waterloo showed a gain ees and having annual receipts p
which had an exceptional vices last year with a total of f $44 4
yield.
Mr. Down heads the 12 -man
marketing board which nego-
tiates prices for nine proces-
sing crops — tomatoes, peas,
178,861. This included services
for eleven different breeds of
;cattle. Holsteins made up al -
;most half of this business, with
almost 47 percent of the total,
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We will take your milker 't:o the area clinic which
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QP on, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25,
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DISTRICT
0.0..f4Oft 2R1 ca i e i i sial SNR STATION
Se v era 1 in the audience
oiced the suspicion that the
ov't was on the side of the
ackers. Answered Biggs; "If
ie gov't is on the side of the
ackers, how come the other
lens are successful?"
Th
Manager Roy G. Snyder. re- agreed
marketing branch official
agreed there was a definite i
— Please turn to page 12 need for co-op processing plants
buy
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C ti' A N
AM l b f 1, A. N Af
many of the marketing board
members have at some time
previous been directors of
local co-ops they now have a
very detailed -knowledge 'of
both co-ops and marketing
boards and therefore have no
fears. 'Phe co-op director has
full information of his co-op
but lacks something of the
same level of understanding
of the marketing board and
therefore has a fear proper.
tionate to his lack of know-
ledge?
This would then explain the
great fears of conflict that
seemed to be in the minds of
those not closely connected
with either.
Word. problem
It's amazing the difference
in meaning one little word
can make.
At a resent meeting the
statement was made that the
hog producers had claimed that
they would stabilize the price
over a three month period. If
we think of a stabilized price
as one that remains the same
we immediately see that a bid-
ding method as is note in ope-;
ration could not do this.
However I f eel quite sure
that the word was equalize not
stabilize and this could be done
by the hog producers market-
ing board if the producers ap-
proved it. This could be done
lby the board simply paying
--Please turn to page 12'
Former ag rep
gets promotion
Former Huron ag rep, G, W.
Montgomery, has been ap-
pointed CNR agricultural de-
velopment officer for the
j Great Lakes region.
In his new position, Mr.
Montgomery wi 11 maintain
I close liaison with agricultural
officials, organizations tions a n
d
farmers, In addition to assist-
ing producers in the produc.
tion, marketing and transpor-
tation fields, he will also work
with industrial clients of the
railway engaged in the proces-
sing of farm products of sup-
plying farm needs,
Mr. Montgomery joined. the
CNR. as agricultural agent at
Toronto in 1957. He was later
appointed district sup't.
Average carrying capacity of
freight cars on Canadian rail-
ways has been increased from
35 tons to 46 tons since 1920
and speed of freight trains be-
tween terminals has been in-
creased by 60 per cent, factors
that have combined to increase
the utilization of freight cars
by 70 per cent.
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