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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-03-22, Page 11f , 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.