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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-03-01, Page 9Here's the form .hog Producers will be required to complete to be eligible to vote for c91-rimitteemen to the County Hog Producers Marketing Board on March 6 REGISTRATION OF PRODUCER FOR THE YEAR 19 THE ONTARIO HOG PRODUCERS' MARKETING PLAN I hereby apply for registration as •a producer of hogs on the farm located at Lot No, Con. No, ,,,,,, ...... in the Township of County of „,....„.„„,„ Hogs are produced on the farm and i submit for examination by the Registrar the following settlement statement for hogs sold in my name during the past year under the Plan; No. ; or I am qualified for registration as a producer by reason of qualification under Rule No. of the Rules Stated below; Date: ..... ..... (signature) (mailing adril.P 8,4 ) RULES FOR QUALIFICATION OF PRODUCER I. Hogs are produced on the property mentioned above and the ap- plicant is the owner of the property and of the hogs. 2. Hogs are produced on the property mentioned above and the ap- plicant is the tenant of the property and is the owner of the hogs. 3, Hogs are produced on the property mentioned above and the ap- plicant has been designated in writing by a corporation, partnership, or joint owners that sold hogs during the past year under the plan as the person to be recognized as the producer by the Registrar, 4. Although hogs are not produced on the property at the time of this application, the applicant is the owner or tenant of the property and was a producer of hogs during the past year. The applicant is recognized as a producer. (xignalin.p or initials or Registrar or Assistant rtRaaRtrari Recommend changes in marketing of wheat 1 Expect big vote here Tuesday Notice The following solicit your support in the March Gth Hog Producers' election, These men sup- port regulated marketing by which farmers control the sale of hogs to all buyers ill the province: ROBERT ALLEN ED HENDRICK MARTIN BAAN ELMER HARDING ALBERT BACON ELMER IRELAND WILLIAM COLEMAN ROSS LOVE GORDON ELLIOTT ALEX McGREGOR RAYMOND FINNIGAN ROBERT. McALLISTER LEONARD FISHER HARRY MULVEY GEORGE O CAMPBELL LLOYD STEWART OIER ALFRED WARNER HARRY 14ERN Tue,5-doy,, March 6' Polling tittle: 11 a an, to b p.m, Voting Places EXETER litoWt,t 14ALL, #XEttlt AGRICULTURAL toAtiiti .CLINTON 'ORME COMMUNITY HALL,. 'OWE. WALTON COMMUNIHALL SRERWOOD'S HOUSE titiN4ANtss VIALtONsti4 Public Meeting ON Weed Control in Corn WITH USE OF ATRAZINE For pre-emergence and early post emergence control of grass and broadleaf weeds. PLACE: EXETER LEGION HALL TIME: 8:00 P.M., THURSDAY, MARCH 8TH Plan to attend this interesting and informative meeting and learn about this Chemical that gives you next in perfect weed control with absolute safety to your corn crop, Learn how freedom of weed competition and ab- sence of cultivation close to row give better roots, fuller plant stands, healthier plants and higher yields, COLORED SLIDES WILL SHOW RESULTS OBTAINED SPEAKERS WILL DISCUSS TOPICS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS ON: • SPRAY OR GRANULAR. APPLICATION? • PRE-EMERGENCE OR POST EMERGENCE? • RAND OR OVERALL TREATMENT? • CULTIVATION AFTER APPLICATION? • HAZARD TO OTHER ROTATIONAL CROPS? • CONTROL OF TWITCI4 GRASS, • INCREASING 13110FIT PER ACRE, • DAMAGE TO CORN FROM 24D APPLICATION. • AND MANY MORE TOPICS PERTINENT TO WEED CONTROL, Everyone Welcome Bring Your Neighbor This Evening Will Be Most Profitable To. You Refreshments Will Be Served Sponsored by Cann's Mill Ltd . Russell Oats And Russell Mixed Grain 111111111Mmilimmomm"mm..... FOR A BETTER CROP PLANT COOP SEED ininsinimirmumummillE111111111111. — Ontario Adapted — High Germination — Fine Variety — Reasonably Priced ORDER YOUR SEED REQUIREMENTS EARLY WHILE SUPPLIES ARE PLENTIFUL Seed Grain Grass Seeds You will find CO-OP QUALITY packed in CO-OP Bags WE HAVE A NEW SEED MIXING MACHINE Well be glad to prepare a custom pasture mixture to meet, your particular requirements EXETER DISTRICT PHONE 235.2081 EXETER Attention Huron County Hog Producers For orderly competitive selling under a free enterprise system vote for the following, March 6: ADAMS, GEORGE ADAMS, JAMES ADAMS, HAROLD BATEMAN, CECIL CAMPBELL, GEORGE COULTES, C. R. DUNCAN, JACK WRIGHT, GORDON GREB, MELVIN JOHNSTON, HUGH KERR, CAMERON McGREGOR, RONALD LAMONT, MELVILLE PROUTY, MILFRED WILSON, WILLIAM TURNBERRY MORRIS ...... ASH FIELD GREY McKILLOP EAST WAWANOSH USBORNE HOWICK STEPHEN GREY COLBORNE TUCKERSMITH GREY HAY . HOWICK TWP. TWP. TWP. TWP. TWP. TWP. TWP, TWP. TWP. TWP. TWP, TWP, TWP. TWP, TWP. A vote for all of the above will ensure a plan whereby costly assembly yards which entail extra delays in hand• ling and much bruising will be reviewed, which in itself will ensure a more stable higher net return. Huron County Group of ONTARIO FREE ENTERPRISE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS ORDER YOUR Spring Seeds EARLY We have available OATS RODNEY, GARR)! & RUSSELL BARLEY HERTA, PARKLAND & MONTCALM at competitive prices. BEAN SEED MICHELITE, SANILAC & SEAWAY CONTRACTS Unlimited Malting Barley Contracts Last year Malting Barley prices averaged between $1.30 and $1.37 per bushel. Feed Oat Contracts Delivery accepted from the field. Bean Contracts A choice of Michelite, Satillac and Seaway Seed to choose from. .„ FERTILIZER. We are selling fertilizer at a new low price. Contaet its before you buy., E. L. Mick& & SON LIMITED PHONE 103 HENSALL, Owr, HOG CANDIDATES EXPRESS VIEWS Significant changes in the operation o fthe Ontario Wheat Producers' Marketing Board were recommended. at „the. an- dnial meeting of Hurog„zodu.- cars Wednesday, Feb. 121, in Hensall town hall. The local producers would like to see some regulation pro- vided whereby the board, could secure a percentage of the marketings in the fall to sell to the export market, princi- pally Great Britain, before lake transportation closes. At the present time, the Possibility that the teletype method of selling hogs may someday be used to market beef cattle was suggested by Robert McGregor, Kppen, pre- sident of Huron County Beef Producers' Assn, who chaired the annual meeting Friday af- ternoon in Clinton. Mr. McGregor said that there was growing support within the province of teletype sale of beef, similar to that of bogs. He was critical of 'the "feed lots" of large commercial companies and Mr. McGregor appealed for support of FAME. Douglas Miles, agricultural representative for Huron, was dubious about the reported ces- sation of Ontario bull auction sales. They should be conti- nued at least on county levels, he felt. R. G. Bennett speaks Mr. Miles introduced R. Gor- don ,Bennett, chief of the mar- keting division of the .Depart- ment of Agriculture of Onta• Mr. Bennett, a former agri- cultural representative of, the board does not secure wheat -until after ,freezeup and can- not export until spring, Officials also hope to estab- lish minimum prices for feed quality wheat which has not been under the board's con- trol :in the past. Kenneth Standing, Chatham, secretary-manager of the pro- vincial association, reported. that of the 91/i million bushels marketed last year, 40% was .feed. quality. Members of the four-man pa- nel who discussed the market- county, said that ie the past few years the beef producers had emphasized production of better beef and had succeeded to a great degree, but the mar- keting of it, had only more re- cently been seriously consid- ered. In marketing beef consid- eration must be given, he said, to every link in the marketing chain. The beef industry, he noted, was enjoying a fine sta- tus at present and therefore producers should maintain it. Prospects for beef cattle raising in northern Ontario, Mr. Bennett declared, were good, since much available land could be used for the pur- pose. He said that at New Lis- keard government farm, calves are , being shipped to OAC, Guelph, for further test feed- ing. Douglas Miles conducted the election of the directors for 1962, The directors elected were: Robert McGregor, Rob- ert Campbell, John Armstrong, Elmer Robertson, Stanley Jackson. ing picture included Mr. Stand- ing; Howard Pitts, Toronto, manager of the grain division UCO, selling agent for the wheat producers association; James O'Shea, Granton, Zone 4 director; Russell Bolton, Sea- forth, zone 7 dikeetor. Mr, Pitts told producers that wheat export prices were 10 cents a bushel higher so far Lhis year. Mr. Bolton said the associa- tion was still having problems with wrong names and ad- dresses on sales slips making it impossible to get rebate che- ques back to producer, Elected committeemen were: Alex Chesney, Seaforth; Bob Welsh, Bayfield; Russell. Bol- ton, Seaforth; alternates, Bob Henry Blyth; Gordon Ratz, Dashwood; Lloyd Lovell, Kip- pen; secretary - treasurer, Carl Hemingway, Brussels. Chairman of the meeting was Mr, Welsh, FARM FORUMS For fourth, review and rec- reation night for farm forums Fairfield members met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin King with 21 in attendance. A short program included readings by Mrs. Russ ell Schroeder and Mrs. Ted Lam- port and a riddle contest. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and MrS. Ted Lamport. To help guide Huron hog Producers in the March .6 vote, The 'Ilimes-Advocate has re- quested each of the 33 condi- pdtaibteilso'ttfo.n,state his views for All hut a few of the candi- dates have Sktbrnitted their op,- Mons, which are reprinted be- low, ,Because -of space limita- tions, The T-A asked that the submissions he kept under 75 The T-A asked each candi- date to state if he was in fa- vor of or opposed to the pre- sent plan and the replies are arranged below according to the answer to that question. Only exception is Cecil. Bate- man, Ethel, who did not indi- cate either position. Said Mr. .Bateman; "There appears to be no middle ground and this is one of the things I deeply regret. There has been so much ill-feeling generated in the past that both sides ap- pear to have lost their Per- spective and instead of co-ope- rating to the benefit of produ- cers, expend their energies on fighting each other," Here are the other opinions: Favor system ROBERT P. ALLEN, RR 1 Brucefield am in favor of a farmer elected board in. charge of selling all our hogs. MARTIN BAAN, RR 3 Wal- ton Because farm prices have been dropping since 1947 and farm costs have risen by one third farmers are forced to market their produce (in this case hogs) collectively in order to provide them with a higher price. For this reason am in favor of the present marketing plan, And am ready at all times to make further improvements when and where ever possible to provide satis- faction to most farmers, ALBERT G. BACON, Bel- grave — I am in favor because I want every farmer to get all the profits in his hogs, if this is not hurting the drover, truckers, and pac- ker Agents, why are they mak- ing so much stink? They have not offered us anything bet- ter, So let us farmers do our own job of selling, We do not want to be hired. men. WILLIAM COLEMAN, Kip- pen — How often we've heard, be more efficient, produce more, cheaper. Why produce if you don't do a job of sel- ling? Teletype hog selling is bringing higher prices. Con- sider how vertical integration could push the family farm out; producer-controlled. mar- keting can help stop this, I favor amalgamation of asso- ciation and marketing hoard directors, thus saving two elec- tions plus confusion of the two organizations. GORDON. ELLIOTT, RR 5 Seaforth — Let us support the present teletype system and try to help the management to hold the price range more uni- form, RAYMOND FINNIGAN., RR 1 Dungannon — I am in favor of the present operation of the marketing board. LEONARD M. FISHER, RR 4 Goderich — Progress is our aim. Whereas some oppose the present marketing system, I favor it 100%. I intend to con- tinue to do so 'till someone can offer a better plan that is an improvement for the hog producers' benefit, CARL G. GOVIER, RR 1 Auburn — We need a selling agency whereby we .can :sell our own hogs. It is my opinion .1yestsi Tog ull1.11,01:I tasseeicl.on,a trpo r odfuei tt 1. am not in favor of assembly yards but am .quite willing to go along with same until a bet- ter method is found. ELMER HARDING, RR 1 Gorrie — Now farmers have the advantage of economic transportation with assembly yards. Processors are willing to pay higher prices for hogs assembled .close by. It has les- sened the threat of integration by big business because hogs have to he offered to all buy- ers. No farmer or transporter could possibly do an effective job of bargaining with the large, processors while imports are allowed in from other pro- vinces, No let's all, support what we have and build it even. stronger. ED HENDRICK, Crediton I believe the hog producer should have some control of the price at which his hogs are sold, individually we are help- less but I believe selling col- lectively through our trained salesmen does give us at least some bargaining power so let us keep what we have and strive to improve. HARRY A. HERN, RR 1 Granton — I am in favor of the present operation. No longer can individual farmers bargain. with hog business. We must sett our product collectively. To do this we must have all hogs where they can be 'put in lots, made ready for sale for alt packers large or small. Some farmers condemn assem- bly yards; I see no other way at the present time of getting hogs assembled to be sold to the highest bidder. ELMER IRELAND, RR 5 Wingha:n. — The hog market- ing plan and teletype method of selling assures the producer of orderly marketing and the highest possible returns for his hogs. A spokesman for the meat packers council states that the packers are paying more for hogs now under teletype selling than they would other- wise, Bruce county hog produ- cers indorsed the hog plan without a vote. Huron produ- cers should note that chief op- position to the plan comes from drovers. ROSS LOVE, RR 2 Hensall — The 'producer has control of sale of his hogs, Hogs are sold to the highest bidder at all times and the competition im- proves the price. This is pro- ven by the fact that Ontario hogs are selling higher than any on the North American continent, ROBERT McALLISTER, RR 2 Auburn — I think we need regulated marketing and con- trol of pigs so that we can get the most for 'them. believe the new teletype system of marketing is working out very well in favor of the farmers, ALEX McGREGOR, RR 2 Kippen — I believe in selling my hogs through 'the farmer- controlled marketing b o a r d which sells my hogs to the processor that bids the high- est price. In doing so, we as farmers control the sale of our hogs in Ontario. HARRY :n/4vgr, Wroxe- eter I .am in favor of the present operation of the On- tario Hog Producers Market- ing Board, LLOYD ,$TgWART, RR 1 Clinton — I want to be sure that I can continue to sell my hogs without being tied to a contract with a processor. Without a farmer - controlled. open market, hog producers will he forced into the same vertieat integrated • eorporation controlled position of broiler growers, As long as producers have an open market, I can he a farmer—not an employee, ALFRE D WARNER, RR 1 Bayfield. — I am in favor of the present system because the producers control the sale of all. hogs in Ontario. They control the selling system by their vote March 6. This way, collectively they have strength; whereas, divided, big business would soon take over, as they have done in the broiler indus- try and you the producer will just become the hired man. Oppose system GEORGE ADAMS, Wroxeter — 1. would like to see the mar- keting board operate without compulsion, as this is the only way it can avoid interference from government officials. The small price increase claimed by the board is small payment for one of the basic freedoms of farming' — freedom of choice. Freedom lost is seldom easily regained. Each lot of hogs is sold on one bid only which in my opinion will not get the most money, JAMES ADAMS, Bluevale — I don't like the time lost and bruising of hogs in so much loading and unloading and I do not think the •time has come for a few people to tell us what to do with our stock. There is too much expense with this present marketing of hogs. Cattle could be next, I would like to see the old method of marketing hogs at the packing plants. HAROLD ADAMS, RR 3 Go- derich — There is too long a 'period from the time they leave home, until they are slaughtered, There's bound to be more shrink. The difference in price ranges from 500 to $1.00 sonic days. I would think we should be paid on a weekly average. We want to know how much we'll get for our hogs before they leave home. Now we never know until we get our returns. GEORGE R. CAMPBELL, RR 1 Seaforth am in, fa- vor of the marketing building, Our price spread has caused sorn: confusion with some pro- ducers, There has been a reso- lution sent to Toronto on this, I thank you for your support to the Hog Board in 1961. I ask for your support on March 6. C. R. COULTES, Belgrave — Too much fluctuation in the price of hogs. When the price fluctuated $2.00 per cwt in the matter of a few minutes is am- ple proof that there is no con- trot over the selling of hogs. Assembly yards are expensive and unnecessary. I would like to have a vote on the questions Are you in favor of compul- serY marketing of hogs? Until such time as there is a vote, there always will be dissatis- faction. JACK DUNCAN, Kirkton — We must realize what's hap- pening under compulsory con- trol, Quota production may be forced in the future. Fluctua- ting prices, shrink, slaughter delay, producer fees, distant trucking, insurance, etc. are expenses from producers' che- ques. Take this into consider- ation when comparing prices, Results certainly don't com- pare with promises. Perth has taken a stand to guard against these' setbacks, Huron must go ahead not behind as in the past, MELVIN GREG, RR 2 Dash- wood — I am opposed to com- pulsory direction because it is not 'only dictatorial but it has not sold a hog yet for one red cent above what hogs sell for on the open market in Quebec where there is no marketing board. In fact hogs in Quebec self consistently higher which proves that our present system is useless, besides the heavy loss we are taking in shrink- age and bruised hogs on ac- count of our assembly yards. MELVILLE L, LAM0N T, RR 1 Ethel — Because under free enterprise system of sel- ling hogs which we had, until a few years ago, I could know before I delivered my hogs what the price would be, My records, dating years back do not convince me that compul- sory direction, with all its ex- tra handling, and costs, have been to my advantage I have no objection to co-operative marketing, until it becomes a monopoly, I am against the compulsory features. — Please turn to page 10 Exeter Town Hall is expected to be a busy place Tuestlab. March 6, when Huron hog, prop ducers elect their co.Mraittee,r, man to the Ontario. Hog Prodtf, cars' Marketing :Doard. Exeter is one of the five. poi" ling subdivisions .which have been established in Huron, Others are, at Clinton, Dungan-. non, Gorrie and Walton. Polling hours will be 11 to 6 p.M. Thirty -three candidates are standing . for the 19 positions, Each hog producer will be required to register before he can vote and he must submit a settlement indicating that he sold hogs during 1961 or 1962, This regulation was incorpora,, ted after charges were made. last year that a number of farmers who were not hog pro- ducers cast ballots in the elec- tion, Returning officer Douglas Miles, Huron ag rep, said he hoped ballots at the five sub- divisions could be counted the night of the election in order to give unofficial returns as soon as possible, Mrs. Smith: "Where did that naughty little boy of yours get that gash on his forehead?" Airs. Brown: "Your little angel hit him with a brick!" BARN CLEANER, SILO UNLOADER: & BUNK FEEDER YOU'LL GET BETTER PER- FORMANCE AND LONGER WEAR FROM A BADGER SALES - SERVICE • INSTALLATION John Beane BRUCEFIELD Phone HU 2-9250 Collect Teletype bid method for beef sales, too?