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Pa9* gleve.n 5econ4 Secticin pcwrgR, :QNTARIQ, MARCH, 22i 190
Laud work
of ARDA
Members of Fairfield Forum.
is considering ways in which
the Agriculeral Rehabilitation
and, .Development Act could be
of assistance in the
unity felt they "must he live
ing in Paradise" for there did
not seem to be any lend or
area they knew of that could
be improved Ppm
The ARDA (Agricultural Re-
habilitation and Development
Act) was passed on May 31,
1961 and is an act to provide
for the rehabilitation of agri-
cultural lands and the develop-
ment of rural areas in Can-
ed—
Members felt that people in
this community were fortu-
nate in having the Ausable
River Conservation Authority at
work here for the past 16 years
and it has done considerable
reforestation and water conser-
vation which is proposed under
the ARDA.
The forum met at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lamport
with 22 in attendance and the
next meeting will he et the
home of Mr. and Mrs. George
Hepburn.
Decline in earning.s.
reflects COMpetition
re flects
$683,879, up about: $4,000 from
the previous year. But savings,
or profits, were down to 827,-
052, a decrease of about $8,000
il';‘ declared last year. Twenty-
reserve fend,
annuat meeting Tuesday 'night hers of the. board. There now
the
'
farm
from 1961.
vidend, approved by the :mem-
bers, will be re instead bf the
ings will be transferred to th e chaired the meeting, attended five percent of the net earng
of seven.
Sates reached a new high of
Financial statement presented elected as a result of an in-
Three new directors "were Nensall town hail,
As a result the, patronage di-
Hensel' District Co-op at its crease in the number of mem-
s greatersuppl; fcioemlci petition in will he nine directors, instead
. , by about 70 members, in the
IICO feed and fertilizer depart-
the recent developments learned
ing was Don Slinger of the
ment. He discussed feeding pro-
through research.
Manager Garnet Mousseau,
grams for hogs, beef, dairy and
poultry, pointing out some of
Mr. Slinger was introduced by
President A 1 1 a n Armstrong
Guest speaker at the meet-
more interest is being shown
in sugar beets by area farm-
ers this year as a result of the
new contract, according to
Lloyd Lovell, Kippen, Huron
county director on the grow-
ers' marketing board.
"Our new contract is the
best we have had since I've
been growing beets," Mr, Lo-
veil stated, "I think Inc grower
should benefit from the chan-
ges which have been made."
"The figures used in the new
contract are more realistic
than they ever were before.
Both . the average selling price
of sugar and the average
sugar content in the beet crop
will enter into the grower's
The new contract provides a
price increase to growers of
Iron, 25 to 30 cents per ton.
Following recent negotiations,
the board and company issued
a joint statement which said:
return,"
Liquid fertilizer will be avail-
able this spring for the first
time in this Area, it was an.
trounced this week.
Cenn's Mill Ltd. plan to in-
stall the equipment shortly to
provide the liqUid. service,
The firm will emit four
2,500 gallon storage tanks on
its. Main' St. mill property. It
also will provide three mobile
nursing tanks of 500 gallons
eoch, as well as an .applicator
with a 300-gallon tank.
(;een's will also supply a
four-row corn planter which
applies fertilizer below and to
the side of the seed, and applies
ere-emergent herbicide in one
operation.
Carfrey Cann emphasized that
liquid fertilizer is pot a new
development, even though. it is
new to this area. "Fanners
have been tieing liquid for the
past •ten yeare, in the Chatham.
TlibilrY area," lie said, "and,
.Of (verse:, it's. been Available
in the 'pfliM.4041lvy.allyte4Agres$."
of
liquid are ease of application
And the saving of time during
a, busy season. in addition, the
liquid form makes the plant
food immediately .available to
the soil, which is partinularly
important during a dry season.
The fertilizer is applied on
grain crops with. a boom spray-
er and .on corn and row crops
with the knifing-in machine.
Hays and pastures are top-
dressed with the sprayer boom.
A. gallon of liquid fertilizer
equals 1.0 pounds of the dry
variety.
Fieldman comments
Huron FA supports
FAME enterprise
teeeer:e`eseetee
,,..•
We Are In The
MARKET
For
a MILLING WHEAT • SPROUTED WHEAT
el OATS
Rodney and Garry Oats That Will
Make Seed
• BARLEY
MOntcalm, litetze and Parkland Barley
That Will Make Seed
Bring in your samples and we will bid
you A price.
CONTRACTS
We have contracts for Seed Oats and Barley),
also contracts for Malting Barley'
G, Thompson
fit 'Sons Ltd,
PHONE HENSALL 32
ATTENTION
FARMERS
We have _arranged, a conducted tour of Inter-
national's Farm Machinery factory in Hamilton on
Monday, March 26
F uses will leave ()Ur premises at 7;30 a,m, sharp,
Dinner will be served in the cafeteria at the factory
and buses will leave Hamilton for home at 4:00 p.m.
There, is no charge for bus trip or dinner,
.8V8ItYTHING
It interested, please leave your name at Our office
•
no 'goy than noon- Friday„ March 28,
F. W. Huxtabie
YOUR IN1'k11NATIONAL 14ARVPSTFA
DEALER
Phone 235.118'2
Announcing Gro-Gold Complete
iquid Fertilizers
111111/11111101.1.11111$11,1111111 1 /1 1111111 ,11111,0/1111I1111111111 1111 1111M,
Why liquid
instead of
solid
Fertilizer?
1. All plant foods are in liquid
form, readily available im-
mediately. This is a definite
advantage in a dry season.
Moisture is not required to
make plant food available.
2. Ease of application. No lifting
or slugging - materials.
Liquid handled'-by tank and
pump.
3, Speed of applying liquid over
solid is extremely important to
farmers, with weather an ever
present factor in gettting ter.
tilizer on the ground.
4. Liquid is recognized as the best
method of fertilizing hay and
pasture. Response is immed•
iate,
(For Root Feeding)
New in this area? Yes! But
liquid fertilizer is not really' new
it has been accepted for many
years in the U.S. and 'throughout
the Chatham-Tilbury area.
Method Of Application
1. FOR GRAIN CROPS—Broadcast with sprayer boom anytime be.
fore the last cultivation prior to seeding,
2, FOR CORN AND ROW CROPS —Planted with special knifing-in
machine below surface, next to seeded row
3. FOR HAY & PASTURES—Broadcast with sprayer boom during
May and June.
AU Liquid Application Equipment Supplied
machines with boom Attachments, knifing-in NEW 4.,ROW CORN PLANTER AVAILABLE w'th liquid
attachment and granular herbicide aftachnient as well.
Plan to have your corn planted, liquid fertilizer applied
and atrazine granular herbicide applied on bank strip
all at the same time with this neW machine,
Sprayer
machine
tanks.
for corn, nursing tanks and wagons and Storage
LIQUID ANALYSES AVAILABLE
3-11-11 5-10-10 6-18-6
9-9-9 14-7-7 8-24.0
Remember, this is the same solid fertilizer except that it is in liquid form.
It is NOT a foliage fertilizer and should not be used as such,
Get up to date on fertilizer application
GO GRO-GOLD LIQUID!
Cann's Mill Ltd.
one 235.1782
Exef r
ovell lauds beet price
says contract best ever
''eter firm establoshes
liquid 'fertilize.....r plant
Farms must be prepared for
rapid changes in the agricultu-
ral industry, Roy Jewell told
members of Usborne Federa-
tion of Agriculture at their an-
nual meeting Thursday night.
The farm director of CFPL
London predicted farming me-
tirade will change as much as
five times in the next genera-
tion, making it important for
the farmer to look into the fut-
ure.
Mechanization, he said, has
brought most of the changes as
well as new hazards. It has de-
manded more credit which was
an untaiked about subject in
days gone by but which today is
a vital tool. •
The diminishing farm popu-
lation does not mean that agri-
culture has a smaller voice,
he said. People in the petrole-
um, farm machinery, electrical.,
fertilizer and chemical fields
Roy Jewel predicts
rapid farm changes
By .1, CARL HEMINOWAY
Federation Fieldman
Huron County Federation of
Agriculture directors and .affi-
liated group represeetaeives
met, March 13.
Elmer Ireland, president, ex-
pressed appreciation to the
presidents and their township
directors for successful assist-
ance and support in encoura-
ging hog producers to go out
and vote for committeemen of
the hog producers marketing
hoard. It is only when a large
number vote that a definite
opinion can be. expressed. Too
often important decisions are
left to a small number which
greatly lessens the power of
the organization,
Ab Bacon, president of the
county hog producers, also ex-
pressed appreciation to the
federation for their efforts in
getting enough producers out
to vote to give a true picture
of the thinking of the Huron
hog producers.
A resolution was introduced
by Alex McGregor stating that
Huron federation of directors
support the principles of co-
operative,. processing plants for
farm produce and approve the
actions taken by the "FAME"
board of directors in establish-
ing these plants.
Carl Hemingway, director of
the FAME board, outlined the
studies, investigations in a d e
and authorities contacted over
the past three years in organ-
izing the. FAME program.
With little further discussion
the resolution was approved
unanimously.
Several townships reported,
good reception of the petition
Perth elects
FE group
All but two of the 26 com-
mittee elected by Perth hog
producers last Tuesday are
members , of the Free -Epter-
prise Rog Producers' Ass'n.
One of these, however, top-
ped the polls. He was Lorne
Albrecht, RR 1 1V1liverton, who
favors compulsory marketing
of hogs. The other compulsory
marketing supporter who won
a seat was John Barnett, RR
1 St. Marys.
Winners were:
Lorne Albrecht, RR I Milver-
ton, 984; Roy. Dill, RR 1 St.
Paths, 7.18; Norman Chaffe,
RR 4 Mitchell, 714; Howard
Bearss, Science Hill, 709; Nor-
man Coghtin, RR 2 Atwood,
700; Ross McTavish, Shake-
speare, 697; Lester' Caldwell,
RR 2 Stratford, 696; Wilbert
Herman, Sebringville, 690; Ed-
ward. Ament, Gowanstown, 688.
G e o r g e Eickmeier, Beod-
hagen, 687; James Murray, RR
2 Gadshill, 683; W. R. Tuer,
Mitchell, 683; Wilfred Cook,
RR„ 1. Stratford, 682; John
Barnett, RR 1 St. Marys, 679;
Clarence Hawkins, RR 1 St.
Marys, 676; Robert Burchill,
RR 2 Dublin, 671; Sheldon
Hahn, HE. 1. Milverton, 670;
Alex MacDonald, RR .1 Gads-
hill, 670.
George Youngblutt, Gowans-
town, 667; Cliff Miller, Staffs,
666; Joe Semple, RR 1 Atwood,
666; Melvin Zehr, Shakespeare,
requesting a marketing plan for
eggs. There arc still a large
number of producers to he con-
tacted. It is important that
these petitions be returned to
the federation office, Clinton,
before the end of March.
Discuss education
Several townships invited the
directors and township coun-
cils to attend a farm forum on
``Taxation for Education" on
Monday evening, March 12,
Attendance was poetic:Waft'
good, with several good sug-
gestions developing from the
discussions.
In view of this interest, the
county federation has spon-
sored a public meeting in the
Clinton District Collegiate for
March 26 at 8:30, It is hoped
that federation directors and
all township councils and as-
sessors will attend.
Provicial post
to Huron junior
Marjorie Papple, Seaforth,
the new president of Huron
County junior Institute, has
been elected girl director for
zone seven on the Ontario
Junior Farmers' executive.
She won the post at the pro-
vincial conference held in.
Guelph recently.
Murray Gaunt, C.KNX. farm
reporter, Wingham, is the new
president of the county junior
farmers. He succeeds Bill
Strong, Seaforth,
On the junior farmer execu-
tive are Vice-Presidents Ivan
Dow, North Huron, and Jim
Dougall, South Huron, Secre-
tary is Tom Cunningham, Clin-
ton.
Vice-presidents of the junior
institute are Joanne Alton,
North Huron; Mrs. Doreen
Strong, Seaforth, Secretary is
Mrs. Bessie Johnston, North
Huron, and the past president
is Mrs, Ruth Alton. North
Huron.
Larry Wheatley, Seaforth,
was named provincial director,
with Bill Strong his alternate,
Press reporter is Marilyn Mar-
shall, South Huron.
By BILL STEWART
Middlesex. North MPP
The third week of the, winter
session gets off to a start with
the presentation of the esti-
mates of the department of
Agriculture.
Needless to say, your local
member, as minister of this
department, was more than a
little unnerved by this trying
experience,
For any minister to present
the budget estimates for his
department is always a chat.,
lenging experience, but to pre-
sent them for the first time,
after having assumed office
less than four months ago,
was to say the least unique.
To be at least reasonably
conversant with the working
of a department on whose pay-
roll there are approximately
1,700 employees and whose an-
nual budget is in the amount
of $17,443,000, requires what
might be said to be endless
study, Your local member fully
understands the old saying
"burning the midnight oil"—
those who have homework to
do are not all in school.
Estimates are presented for
each branch of the depart-
ment, compared with expend-
itures for the branch in the
last year, The opposition of
course is always seeking, as
is its privilege, to pick holes
in the government's program
and policies as well as to criti-
cize for spending too much m-
ine spending too little on any
given item.
It is interesting at times to
hear opposition in emb ers
speaking on the same item ad-
vocating less spending on one
hand and more spending on the
other, It is indeed difficult to
know at times whether or not
there can ever be a policy or
government .satisfactory to the
opposition; perhaps, as one
member of the opposition in-
ferred, it is their job to needle,
cajole, inhibit, delay and per-
suade the government.
After nine hours of debate
providing good warm, dry far-
rowing and nursing quarters.
If the disease occurs a spec-
ial effort should be made to
isolate the infected litter, The
infection may cause serious
losses, consequently a veterin-
arian should be consulted and
treatment started at the earli•
est possible time, Cleaning and
disinfecting the .farrowing pens
between farrowing is import-
ant. If this procedure is not
carried out the infection may
become seeded down in the
pch and affect subsequent lit-
ters.
OFA PUBLICIST It. W.
"Bob" Carbert, former CKNX'
TV broadcaster, has been ap-
pointed director' of information
for the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture. A native of Perth,
Carberl directed CKNX farm
coverage for nearly 10 years
before moving to Ottawa in
1958 to become director of in-
formation for the Canadian
federation,
the estimates were finally an'
proved. Many valuable sugges-
tions were. advanced by both
gayer n in ere, and opposition
members, While tire debate
can be trying for the minister
whose estimates are before the
house, it is nevertheless one of
the priceless traditions of our
way of government that all ex-
penditures are open to public
scrutiny and every policy open
to public opinion, he it favor-
able or otherwise.
One of the more difficult of
the experiences of being a
Minister is to take the criti-
cism of the opposition, the
press and the public on matters
which c oncern government
policy, oftentimes policy under
cabinet consideration, and yet
not be in a position to reveal
that such is the case. The
oaths of office clearly prohibit.
even the least suggestion of
cabinet discussion or govern-
ment. policy until it has been
fully approved and is ready
for public presentation.
Mastitis project
The department of agricul-
ture announced, in the minis-
ster's statement before the
estimates, a pilot project in
mastitis c n ii trot for dairy
herds. It is proposed to con-
centrate This initial program
in the Ridgetown area where
Dr. G. R. Doidge has made
such great progress in mastitis
control on an area basis,
It is hoped at least 150 dairy
herds will be used as a basis.
All lactating cows in the herds
of the participants will be sub-
jected to tests at six-week in-
tervals in the nine months fol-
lowing enrolment and at three-
month intervals thereafter.
Each voluntary participant
will he required to sign an
agreement obligating himself
to have infected cows treated
under the direction of a veter-
inarian and to eliminate from
his herd all . animals that fail
to respond to treatment.
This project is to be con-
sidered as a way of ascertain-
ing whether, or not it is pos-
sible to establish and maintain
herds that are free from mas-
tills and, if possible, to .formtie
late a province-wde compre-
hensive mastitis policy.
Keep your green house seed-
bed moist at all times when
the seed is germinating, re-
minds Milt Watson, tobacco
fieldman with the ()Marie De-
partment of Agriculture, On
bright sunny days you will
probably need to water 4 or 5
times each day. On dull cloudy
days, the seedbed may not
need watering at all.
"The support pi.mgraM, as
announced by the federal goy,
eminent last December. pro'
tests the industry against price
uncertainties due to lo
world raw sugar prices."
"The sugar beet contract,
negotiated together with estie
matco stabilization payments,
assures sugar beet growers of
more than $13 for 16-per-cent
beets at current sugar prices,"
Mr. Lovell said he hoped
more contracts would be signed
itrialothlisoaadrine ga, sitnatioornciserattoKtniPaPlell. n
and Centralia. Area growers
have been assured they will
continue to operate this com-
ing season.
There was a drastic decline
in the number of growers In
this district last year,
A number of contracts were
signed Monday night at a
meeting with officials of the.
ICiearne.ada and Dominion Sugar
Company in the Legion hall
Growers were told that Jaen
year's average yield of 17.5
lions per acre in southwest.
ern Ontario was the .highest in
the company's history.
However, the sugar. yield of
14,4% was quite a bit below
the long-term average of 16%.
Adverse weather conditions
were, responsible for the de-
,
Taking part in a question
and answer period were George
Higgs marketing board direc-
tor' from Dresden; B. E. Fai-
ton, agricultural sup't for
C&D; and, Frank Huff, St, Ma•
rys, the company's fieldman.
Mr. Lovell was chairman of
the meeting.
Spend a few days now pre-
paring your 'farm machinery
for the spring rush, advise
engineer's with the Ontario De-
partment of Agriculture, It
might save you up to a week
in lost time in breakdowns
during seeding. Cheek for worn
bearings and chains, clean
rusted mechanisms, and re-
place broken parts.
are sympathetic to agriculture.
in' turn, farmers are dependent
on these industries because of
the vital services they provide.
Mr. Jewel maintained that
"if we are determined that yes-
terday was right, we are in for'
a rough time", He asserted that
the family farm will continue to
play an important. part in agri-
culture.
President Phil johns, who was
chairman for the banquet, was
re-appointed to his position in
the election of officers,
The 1962 directors include
Hugh Rundle, Gordon Hamil-
ton, Lloyd Ferguson, Allan Eve-
leigh, Jack Coates, Ray Jaques,
Lorne Elford, Bill Johns and
Lorne Johns. The new vice-pre-
sident will be chosen by the di-
rectors.
Ag Rep Douglas Miles pre-
sented the federation's 4-H Ira-
- Please turn to page 12
White scours
little problem
Veterinarians in Ontario re-
port that infectious white scours
presents one of the major prob-
terns in the nursing litter.
Anything that lowers the re-
sistance of very young pigs
may increase their susceptibil-
ity to white scours. Anemia,
vitamin A deficiency, cold,
draughty quarters may contri-
bute to the development of the
disease. Once the infection oc-
curs in one litter it may be
spread to neighboring litters
on the feet of the owner or
by direct contact if the pigs
are allowed to a communal
creep.
The main sign of the disease
is a whitish . or creamy diarr-
hoea. The pigs rapidly lose
condition and become very
rough in appearance.
Dr. Howard Neely of the On-
tario Veterinary College re-
ports that prevention of the
disease consists of keeping the
663; Andrew Park, Mitchell, pigs' resistance at the highest
653: Robert Wilhelm, Shake- possible level, Do Hite by pre-
speare, 638; Floyd Smyth, RR venting anemia, feeding bai-
t Stratford, 633. anted rations to the sows and
MPP 'on carpet'
Burns midnight oil
to present estimates
elected for 1962. They are Stan
Mitchell, Hensel; Harold Erb,
RR 2 Zurich, and Allan
Brucefield.
George. Clifton, Brucefield,
automatically retired after ser-
ving three two-year terms,
which is the longest .period. a
director can remain in office.
The other two directors were
Harold Hein
heads leaders'
Herold Vern of Granton has
been elected president of the
Huron County 4-H Club Lead-
ers Association.
He succeeds George 'Under-
wood of Wingham,
Other officers elected: Vice-
presidents, Clifford Bray,
Brussels, end Ted Dunn, Bay-
field; secretary-treasure r,
Maurice Hallahan, Belgrave.
Named director s: Beef,
George Kennedy, Lucknow;
dairy, Ronald McMichael., Wro-
xeter; swine, Donald Dodds,
Seaforth; grain, Murray Hoo-
ver, Brussels; field crop s,
Bruce Coleman, Seaforth.