The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-09-21, Page 9•
. GOOD FOR A MEAL OR TWO—This over -sized puff-
' ball, held here by Mrs. Gerald Prout, measures 20 inches
in diameter and weighs over 14 pounds. it was found
by her husband in, the bush on their farm on the fifth
concession of Usborne. Another puffball found in the
same area was larger but was disintegrating.
Fieldman comments
Lauds farm success
in self-help program
By J. C. HEMINGWAY
Federation Fieldman
Some 24 Huron County agents
and committee men•and their
wives attended a chicken bar-
becue at Inwood Sept.. 13 in
honor of the most successful
agents of Co -Op Insurance in
the London Division.
This co-operative, originated
by the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture and later co-spon-
sored by the federation, the
Ontario Credit Union League,
the United Co -Operatives, Co-op
Union, and the L'Union des Cul-
tivateurs Fran - Ontariens has
in a matter of 12 years risen
to second position in the cas-
ualty insurance field in On-
tario,
It was originally organized
to provide farmers with auto
Coinsurance with satisfactory
verage at a price they could
pay. These policies have now
become so popular with urban
people that these now outnum-
ber the rural policy holders,
We owe a debt of gratitude
to the devoted efforts of those
who have made this self-help
program a success. We of Hur-
on County were proud to see
our representatives at the top
of the list in sales achievement
and safe -driving promotion, on
which the awards were based.
We would particularly congrat-
ulate Russell Knight of Brus-
sels who received the highest
award in the ;whole south-
western Ontario division.
Work together
would like to quote a few
sentences from an item in the
Zurich. Citizen's News. "It re-
quired an investment of $13,-
377.00 in 1960 to provide one
employee with a job in the
manufacturing industry. Few
manufacturing employees real-
ize anything like this amount
is needed to provide them with
a job."
I would also like to suggest
that few manufacturing em-
ployees realize that it requires
over twice that capital invest
nient to provide one farmer
with a job,
In spite of this investment,
farmers in Canada have been
providing their city cousins
with the cheapest, food in the
werld.
feel quite sure that, if in
turn our city cousins could say
that they were providing us
with •the cheapest manufactured
products in the world, the prob.
lents of agriculture would
quickly disappear. This in turn
could very well clear up Most
of the problems of urban in-
dustry,
r wonder will the day ever
come when we will work to-
gether rather than compete
against each other? Will we
ever realize that the greatest
good comes when we work for
each other rather than when
we strive against each other?
With the competition ,current-
ly going on I wonder if there
will be time for this revolu-
tion to take place.
Second Section
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EXETER, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 21, 1961
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Pa9* Nns
Huron gets $15,548
from rebate on wheat
Huron growers ' receive
.$16,648 of -the return payment
for wheat authorized WI the
Ontario Wheat Prodneers" Mar-
keting Board last week.
Some 887 Huron farmers
marketed mins bushels: during
the period July 1 1960, to June
30, 1961,
Over 2,000. Middlesex grow-
ers, who :marketed 722,783 busti-
els, will receive $36,139 and
226 Perth farmers, who grew
66,238 bushels,will get $3,311.
Dearings,
Coates win
Preston Dearing and sons, RR.
1 Exeter, monopolized awards
for Dorset Horned sheep at
Western Fair last week,
Besides capturing champion
and reserve champion ram and
ewe ribbons, the Dearing sheep
won all firsts and seconds in
the individual classes as well
as pen and flock prizes.
Win female championship
'Whitney Coates and son, RR
1 Centralia, won the senior and
grand championship f e ni a 1 e
award with their Hi Lea Lady
Vern in. the Hereford show at
Western Fair last week,
The Coates' herd bull, Hi. Lea
Lord .Vern, sold to Harry W.
Watkins of Clinton last year
was named junior bull cham-
pion and was top winner in the
junior yearling bull competition,
Coates' Herefords captured
second for summer yearling
bull; fourth and fifth for sen-
ior bull calf, fifth and sixth for
junior yearling bull.
Besides first, second and
fifth in senior yearling female,
the Centralia entry also won
second for two-year-old and
junior yearling heifer, third and
fifth for senior heifer calf.
In addition, the herd won se-
cond and fourth in get of sire,
second and sixth in breeder's
herd and third for calf trio.
Explains his position
in hog co-op merger
By ROSS LOVE
RR 2 Hensel!
The annual meeting of the
Ontario Hog Producers Co-ope-
rative was held in the Seaway
Hotel, Toronto, on Thurs., Sept.
14. The main topic on the agen-
da was the merging of the co-
operative and the marketing
board.
This action had been dis-
cussed at a former meeting on
Aug. 9, at which meeting a
motion was passed to merge
the two organizations but le-
gally it had to go before the
annual meeting and sanctioned.
To my surprise a number of
delegates from Huron opposed
the merger.
1, representing Hay township
at the meeting and after discus-
sing it with several prominent
producers in the township,
voted for the merger of the two
organizations. In their opinion
and I agreed with them, it was
very confusing with two organ-
izations to market ourhogs
when one could do the job as
well with less expense.
Several delegates from Huron
opposed the merger, and one op-
posed it on the grounds that if
some future government abol-
ished marketing boards, the
hog producers would still have
the co-operative to market their
hogs. We also not agree with
this point as we are the gov-
ernment and if we elect the
right men to represent us in
parliament in the future we
will have nothing to fear in
this regard.
TIMEL" TIPS
Clean up rats before winter,
advises Prof. R. H. Ozburn,
OAC zoologist. Destroy rubbish
piles such as any old cartons,
boxes, and old lumber — they
could serve as a home for
rats. Pile lumber away from
livestock feeding areas. Keep
scrap metal piles on stands at
least 5 or 6 inches off the
ground.
Total return payment for the
Province, which rePresents the
unused portion of the nine cent
per bushel levy collected on all
wheat marketed during the
period and amounts Lo five
cents per bushel return, ex-
ceeds $450,000.
In announcing the payment,
Otis McGregor, assistant secre-
tary -manager of the Marketing
Board, said the total amount
will be shared by 24,232 pro-
ducers who marketed a total of
9,054,367 bushels of the 1960
soft winter wheat crop.
Mr, McGregor stated that of
the total markelings, 1,184,737
bushels were offered as sur-
plus wheat from dealers and
that the board had purchased
th'
mb w
ful in selling it all on the ex-
port market,
The costs of exporting the
surplus wheat involve freight,
storage and handling from ]o
cal points into xp positions,
and are covered by funds pro-
vided by the nine cent levy,
Demand for Ontario soft
winter wheat on the export
market, during the 1960-61 crop
year was comparatively weak.
As a result, the average sale
price per bushel for the 1,184,-
737 bushels exported amounted
to only $1.52 f.o.b. Montreal
while the average cost per
bushel amounted to $1.82 — a
loss of 30 cents per bushel on
all surplus Wheat exported. 1
Declare Blyth farm r
ion
1 past
JOSOPI1 Bab ock Bi th
been declared the winner of
Merge hog co-op, board the 1961 Huron County Pasture
Competition and will receiyp
the Mantle elock, donated 14.t
, Jones, MacNeughton e
despite Huron opposition The award will be resented
of Exeter.
Despite opposition from, somthee reirdincial. government ever de-
jitiron county delegates
Ontario Hog Producers' Co-op- boaerds, totle awas b9iish marketing
an a statement this week,
supported by
to Several "
Love of RR 2 Hensel',
erative agreed last weekllama delegates.
the former president of Huron
hog producers' ass'n, Ross
jndicat-
ed he was not among the Hur-
on delegates who opposed the
merger. See adjoining story.)
If. E. Harris, QC, solicitor
for the co-operative, said the
government has more control
over co-operatives in the mar-
Icetin.g business than over mar-
keting boards,
The delegates learned the co-
operative suffered a net loss
of $38,187 in the year ending
May 1961 as compared to a
net gain of $32,266 in 1960.
Chief reason for the deficit
was the decline in the number
abolish itself.
The co-op will transfer its
powers to sell hogs to the On-
tario Hog Marketing Board,
thus simplifying the complex
producers' organization,
There were two principal
reasons for the merger—to end
the confusion both among
,feriners and delegates over the
division of powers between the
co-op and the board, and to
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eliminate the expense of main -
taming another organization.
Huron Federation Fieldnian
Carl Hemingway, Clinton, op-
posed the merger suggesting
that the producers could con-
! tinue to market their hogs
through the co-operative of the
Salesmen do better job
under new hog method
By DON FAIRBAIRN
Ontario Hog Producers last
week held the most, quiet an-
nual meeting (that of sales
agency, OHPC) they have had
in years.
We won't say we detected a
note of wistfulness in president
Lance Dickieson's remark. that,
"With the new method of sale
operating and aur differences
with the Farm Products Mar-
keting Board no longer re-
ceiving press coverage, there
could be concern that the board
has become less active."
We will say three things,
though: first, we know the
board has been doing a good
job for farmers — hog prices
prove that; second, there
hasn't been much coverage of
differences because there aren't
very many, and third, the tele-
type method of sale seems to
satisfy, especially producers.
Remember all the Jtalk a year
ago about salesmanship going
out the window under a tele-
type auction system? General
manager, Jake Kohler, in his
report said: "Our sales staff is
of greater value than ever un-
der this method of sale," Not
only that, the new system has
spread deliveries of hogs to
assembly yards over more days
of the week and increased the
bargaining position of the
sales agency.
Even through the OHPC op-
erated at •a small loss because
of decreased numbers of hogs
sold, the average price per
bog was higher although much
of the increase is naturally
attributed to decreased offer-
ings.
Nevertheless, as Clare Curtin
Name area
fieldman
Ontario Federation of Agri-
culture announces the appoint-
ment of Albert Bowman as
fieldman for the counties of
Perth, Huron, Lambton, Elgin,
Middlesex, Kent and Essex.
Mr. Bowman will begin his
duties on October 1, 1961.
-Mr;-Bowman presently oper-
ates his own dairy and hog
farm near Fullerton, in Perth
County. He is a 1946 graduate
of ICemptville Agricultural
School.
Federation work will nol be
new to Mr. Bowmau since he
has been secretary of Perth
C Judy Federation of Agricul-
ture for the past eight years,
and was a director and secre-
tary of Fullerton Township Fed-
eration of Agriculture for six
years prior to this.
He is, chairman of the Mitch-
ell Credit Union, a director of
Perth Co-operative Medical
Services and a 441 Leader in
Perth County.
He is married and he and
his wife have a family of sev-
en children.
Says Harry Swartz:
"I like her awful well!"
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pointed out in his directors'
report, Lowest Ontario prices
experienced are substantially
above markets in Chicago and
Buffalo, to say nothing of
prices prevailing at country
points in the United States or
in other provinces,"
A resolution, which would
have caused more than a flurry
of excitement six months ago
asking that the Hog Producers
Marketing Board take over the
powers of the sales agency,
the co-operative passed with
very little opposition. This was
one of the recommendations of
'the Price, Waterhouse report
last year that caused such a
furor. As far as the business
operations are concerned, Clare
Curtin pointed out it would
mean only the changing of
labels.
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of hogs _marketed of about
6000,000 to a total of 2,185,000
hogs marketed, and a reduc-
tion in the service charge.
Urges FAME support
An official of the United Co -
'operatives of Ontario urged
producers to get behind the
FAME campaign to establish
their own meat -packing enter-
prise.
Julian Smith, marketing di-
vision manager of UCO, said
farmers should get into the
procession business in order to
cut marketing ..osts and keep
an eye on private packers. He
felt a co-op plant would stimu-
late competition in the pack-
ing industry and would ensure
that farmers get the best pos-
sible return from their product,
Charlie McInnis, president of
FAME, revealed that half a
million dollars of the two mil-
lion objective has been raised
in the FAME campaign thus
far and he felt confident the
target would be reached.
He revealed another province -
wide canvass will be held in
October to complete the drive.
He pointed out that one of
the major processors recently
offered shares with a guaran-
teed return of nine percent, in-
dicating the high profit made
by packers at. the present time.
Huron county
crop report
By D. H. MILES
Huron Ag Rep
Fairly good harvest co -
tions during the past week ht
allowed most of the farmers tt
wind up harvest operations.
Bean harvest is progressing
favorably with very little, if
any pick.
Some farmers have started
to ensile their corn. It is quite
mature.
Calf prices '-have taken a
jump and are hard to secure
at the moment.
diNIMMIL
by a representative of Jones
MacNaughton at the time of
the Huron County Soil and
Crop annual meeting towards
the end of November.
Bob Allan, Brucefield, win-
ner of the 1960 Huron pasture
competition, judged the 19 pas-
tures that were entered,
Joseph Babcock had g7.4
an-
imal units pasturing an his 14
acres of pasture, practically
two animal units per acre.
Second place and the Top-
notch Feed award went to
Archie Etherington, RR 1 Hen -
sail. Archie had 107 animal
units on 72 acres pastured with
about 1,4 animal units per
acre.
In third place was Doug
Farguhar of Clinton, a first-
year member of the compell-
don who is the winner of the
award donated by J, E. Broeze
of the Varna Feed Mill.
The winners with their total
scores are as follavvs:
Joseph Babcock, Blyth, 208,1;
Archie Etheriogton, RR 1 Hen -
sail, 198.7; Doug Farguhar,
RR 1 Clinton, 198.3; Peter de
Groot, RR 3 Blyth, 197,3; Robt.
Fotheringham, RR 3 Seaforth,
191.0; Ian McAllister, R'R i.
Zurich, 187.3; R. Koopman,
RR 2 Auburn, 185.9; John Cur-
rie, RR 3 Wingham, 183,9; Bill
Turnbull, B r u s,s els, 182.0;
James C. Drennan, Dungan-
non, 180,8; George McGee'
.HR
3 Wingham, 180.5; K. Amsinga
& Son, RR 2 Goderich, 177,0;
Robert Down, RR 1 Hensall,
176.1; G. Winkel, RR 1 Ford-
wich, 173.5; Howard Pym, Cen-
tralia, 171.8; W. Eckel, RR 1
Varna, 169.5; William H. Gow,
Auburn, 167.4; John Broadfoot,
Brucefield, 164.8; Art Bolton,
11R 1 Dublin, 154.3.
TIMELY TIPS
Store potatoes in a cool, dark
place with high humidity, ad-
vises Professor E. W. Frank-
lin, OAC specialist on fruits
and. vegetables. An unheated
basement at 40° is good. Heat-
ed basements are too hot for
potato storage unless there, is
a ventilated storage spot. High -
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