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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-04-05, Page 13Need a Herd Sire? 1, Scare your wife, children and neighbors. 2. Spread Vibriosis and Trichornoniasis, 3, Cost over -$2011 to raise, 4. Kill you or the hired man, 5, Take the stall space of a cow that makes a profit. 6, Leave a barn full of miserable offspring and 5.0 your breeding program years behind. 7, Knock off the water cup and flood the barn. 8, Break stanchions and pens with regularity,. 9, Eat a nail or wire and die on the way to the stockyards, 10* Seller when your favorite program is on the radio in the harn4 Ur da you need the Waterloo Cattle Breeding Association? For local service phone weekdays 7r30 - 9t30 $oftrrtlay evenings 6:06 8:00 Nil, for CLINTON OPrICE, ZENITR 9.$6$0 Hay ,council approves telephone debenture . . Turnip growers, too„ concerned over on government grade basis eef producers seek returns og Ir xetere EXETER ONTARIO, APRIL. $, 1942. 1-lay township council approv- ed a debenture issue of $1511,400 for the municipal telephone system, Accepted petitions for three drains .and granted gravel And warble fly tenders Mon- day .night. The debenture loan will be floated for the telephone sys- fem to finance installation of dial exchange at Grand Bend and make ether improvements to the system. The system made applica- tion to Grand Bend vottneli the same clay for a building per- mit to erect the exchange PK •three drains Petitions for drains were ac- cepted from Andrew C. Ander. son, G eer ge Gossman and Floyd Wein of. Dashwood; Har- old Elder and Alex Mousseati, on lots 18, cone. 3.4; and Donald Munn and Alex Mous- eeetr on lots 1 land 18, cone, 4. C, P. Corbett, 0.L.S,, Lu- can, was appointed engineer in each ease. Contract to GB man 1-1. Jennison, Grand Bend, was awarded the 1962 gravel contract at his rate of 98 cents per cubic yard for crush- ing and hauling and 28 cents for crushing and loading the township truck, Robert C. Peck, Stanley township, will supply the warble fly powder at his ten- tier of $4.73 per 15-ounce bag. Council agreed to place. no. flees in district papers urging property owners who wish to subdivide. their property to consult council before making their plans. Council believes that much negotiation and al- Stephen township council agreed Tuesday to pay in- creased fire protection fees to Grand Bend providing the lat- ter' fulfils its promise to pur- chase additional equipment. The new rate requested by Right boar builds herd teration could he avoided if the owners would discuss their plans with council before pro- ceeding. A grant of 340 wits approved for the South Huron Agricul- ture Society and payment of the unwed levy of $691.66 of the Ansa)* authority was passed. A building permit was grent- ed to C. R. Bergess, St. Jo- seph:, for renovations to his house. Reeve V. L. Becker presided and all eouneillors were pre- sent, Next electing' will be May 7, Grand Bend is a $300 annual fee plus $60 for the first hour at any call ,and 335 for each additional hour, Stephen's acceptance, how- ever, is conditional on the purchase of a portable pumper by Grand Bend to supplement the truck, Council accepted a petition from John Morrissey for pro- posed drainage works on his property on the boundary, Road Sup't Lawrence Hill was authorized to attend the department of highways school in Toronto May .14. Councillor Ed Hendrick re- ported on the Ausable tour and information meeting March 30. In a bylaw amendment, Deputy-Reeve .fim Hayter was named chief of the Dashwood. volunteer fire brigade and Har- ald Schroeder was appointed deputy-chief. Council approved a grant of $30 plus another. $8.00 per member for participants hi the feeder calf club sponsored by the South Huron Agricultural Society. It was reported that tax ar- rears totalled $37,785 over the past three years, which is not abnormal, according to Clerk Ross Haugh. Huron county crop report By 0. G. GRIEVE Associate Ag Rep Very mild weather during the past week has removed all but, a trace. of the snow. No spring work has been done on the land as yet. Fall wheat seems to have come through the winter very well although no growth is evident. Timely tip Don't risk feed flavor's in the milk just because you pre- fer to feed silage before you cautions F. W. Hamil- ton, Ontario Agricultural Col- lege dairy specialist. Corn sil- age fed one hour or less before milking could cause objection- al flavors. Feeds given five hours before milking generally do not cause flavors. boar premium policy, the On- tario Department of Agricul- ture will give financial assist- knee to anyone 'purchasing a hoar, Farmers can investigate these possibilities through their tercel agricultural tepee:septa:- five. "Tate time out to learn the six steps of safe lifting. They're all based on the idea that the strongest muscles are in the legs, thighs, arms and shoul- ders, not in the back," says Wright. Here is his system; First, make sure, you have a solid footing. Back strains (wrenched back) result from losing your balance and throw- ing too much weight. on the ha ck muscles. Next, squat down close to the object. The idea is to bend your legs and keep your back Then, grab the load firmly. A sudden shift in the load could throw the weight on your back. Result: a strain. Now, take a deep breath while you are lifting so that your muscles are tensed. You avoid strain that way too. Next, carry the load close to you. You distribute the load over your' whole body, keep better balance and less weight falls on the muscles of the lower back. Finally, get help if the load is too heavy. Don't aim for weight lifting championship, New mobile feed service A new farm service that brings a feed processing plant into customers' farmyards has been started in the Dashwood- Zurich area by Marian Vander- hock of RR 1 Dashwood. The mobile unit, similar to orie established last year at Kirkton, is built by the Daffin Corporation, of Lancaster, Pa,, and consists of feed mill that grinds all farm grown grains and rougha.ges according to the farmer's specifications, mixes the round material with feed concentrates, and blends in liquid molasses to produce any desired formula. Atrazine -price up one-third T"isons (Canada) L i to ited have, announced that the price of Atrazine 50W is to be cut by 33% below last year's price, The new price will be approxi- mately $1.95 a Pound, Vertical integration is caus- ing concern among the turnip growers of. Ontario. There is a trend towards large scale production by fe- wer growers, and in some eases, shipper's are erectile:rig their own turnips. The situa- tion is further complicated by the fact that many factory workers living in the country are, growing turnips as an ad- ditional source of income, With good growing condi- tions as experienced in 1961, family . type farmers have had difficulty in maintaining their volume of sales although ex- port shipments are above nor- mal and domestic consumption has definitely improved. The turnip section of the On- tario Soil and. Crop Improve- ment Association, meeting at OAC, passed a motion to ask the committee on vertical in- tegration, appointed by the minister of agriculture, to in- clude turnips in their investi- gation. Members from the :Exeter district, the most concentrated turnip growing section in On- [wee, requested the support of the provincial group to ap. gets lington, Waterloo and. Perth. but as yet have only about 15 member municipalities. Grand Bend. Chamber of Commerce is the only member from the im- mediate area, Elmer G o e b e I, Stratford, chairman of the group, said there was not as much enthu- siasm and support as the group would like to have. "Many don't think we are a tourist area", he stated. "We definitely are", he ad- ded, "and if people would real- ize that tourists coming into the area are the same as they are when they are on vacation they would realize this," He pointed out that persons from the area who travel to other sections of the coentry travel through small commu- nities, shopping and eating in, them, and looking for places of interest to visit. Goebel said the money re- ceived would be used mainly for prom.otio and development in the area. covered by the four counties. Some of the money will. be used to reprint 40,000 regional guide maps that were prepared by the MWODA last year. He said they also plan to ask the department, of high- ways to erect several signs throughout the area telling people they are now entering the MWOTC section. "We hope to de considerable. promotion to attract: more tou- rists into the area", he, said, "and we also hope to spend some of the money to develop attractions throughout the area." The .councit also plan to pub- lish a regional director that will list Places to eat, accom- preach the Ontario Farm Pro- ducts Marketing Board for leg- islation to stabilize the turnip market through an agency to establish ,minimum prices and quotas. A recent survey reveals that the number of turnip growers in one area has been reduced from over 1,000 to 150 in the past few years, due to spe- cialization thus eliminating an important source of income for the family farmer. Dealer's who were present agreed with price stabilization, but pointed out that the poten- tial for increased production was tremendous, and control might he constitutionally dif- ficult, Officers elected for 1962 were: Honorary chairman, Eric Loveys, Hickson; chairman, Lester Wettlaufer, Stratford; vice chairman, Smith Griffin, Acton; secretary, R, E. Good- in, crops branch, Ontario De- partment of. Agriculture; di- rector's, Neil Sutherland, Guelph, and. Lewis Thompson, lain bro, Attending the meeting from the Exeter district were the members of the local grower's committee; Bernard Benn, Roy- gran First litter through Al First venture by a Canadian breeding organization into the artificial insemination of swine met with success on Thursday, March 8, when a litter of 12 piglets was barn on the farm. Manassa Weber, RR 3, Wa- terloo. Ron Hofstetter, technician in charge of swine insemination for Waterloo Cattle Breeding Association and Mr. Weber were in attendance at the de- livery, and were both well pleased with the "artificial." pigs. Th.-y are Yorkshir e- Landrace cross, and are quite strong and rective, Dr. C. A. V, 'Barker, head of the division of animal re- production at OVC has acted as advisor' for the swine inse- mination program. Dr, Barker has been experimenting with AI in swine for several years and has gathered information on techniques used in England and througl out. the world. Waterloo Ass'n now has over 60 sows in their prOgra m, which is still on an experimen- tal basis. Conception rates have .so far been very satisfactory and, if the first litter is any indica- tion, litter size should not be a problem. "No full scale swine breed- ing service is expected for' the :meantime", says Manager Roy (I, Snyder, "but we will con- tinue breeding experimentally trail we have the facts we need", lance 'Westeolt, Hugh Rundle and Harold Dignan. Roy Westcott reported that the provincial committee ,agreed that some means must be taken to stabilize prices for grower's in the industry. He said the Ontario group will assist the local committee in studying the problem, By J. CARL HEMINGWAY Federation Fieldman On March 26, a large group of Federation of Agriculture members and township coun- cillors along with a few from Clinton met in. the collegiate, auditorium to discuss taxa- tion for education. The general opinion of the meeting after - hearing Don Middleton, head of properties dep't of the OFA, discuss the problem, seemed to he that people rather than property should be responsible for the costs of education. Costs have increased greatly and it seems that local muni- cipalities are bearing an ever increasing share. 'The future appears even more expensive. it is forecast that in the next 10 years new classrooms, equal to the pre- sent .number will have to he built, Some of this will be due to increased population and the balance to replace worn out buildings. In 1946 public school per pu- pil cost was 395,00, high school per pupil $206,50. in 1959, the figures were $268.00 and $580.00. I wonder if our students real- ize how much is being spent in order that they may receive an education. Wasting large sums Aside from the :meeting there have been many comments from time to time to the effect that we are wasting large sums on pupils who haven't the ability to master high school subjects. In this I find education is somewhat inconsistent, We are told that we only use a small percentage of our mental ca- pacity. Speaking from a. somewhat limited background of experience I agree with the statement. Can we then say that our pre- sent high school students have- n't the ability to graduate from Grade 13? am much more inclined to think that we have failed to Zone beef producers, at their' annual meeting Tuesday night, passed a resolution asking that packers be required to pay on a gov't grade basis when .cattle are shipped dres- sed weight. The resolution was approved by over 50 producers from Middleeex. Huron and Perth at the zone meeting at Duffe- rin Hotel, C-entralia. Russell Hill, Perth president, who presented the resolution, showed a personal settlement form on which the packer's had paid on the basis of their' own grade, not that of the gov't inspector. The group also felt that the provide an educational system that creates the desire and en- vironment to cause the student to use the necessary percent- age of his mental ability to succeed at school. it was interesting to see, at the meeting such a sincere de- sire to improve what seems to be an out-model method of taxation. and while the cost of education is high there was no complaints made, How- ever I do feel that there is some question on the value per dollar we are getting. Perhaps while some are busy on the method of taxation of education the rest of us might concentrate on ways and means of a little more milage out of available brain power. grade markings on carcasses should cover more. of the meat to provide identification of all cuts for the consumer. Bob McGregor, Kippen, who chaired the meeting, was re- elected zone director. Carl He- mingway is secretary. Guest speaker Clar'e Burl, Brampton. free lance. farm commentator, predicted. the cattle market will remain healthy for a number of years. Canada's export to the U,S, was at a record level in 1961. and probably would .centirele. He warned, however, that the gov't has sent teams of veterinarians into Argentina to try to clear up the foot and mouth disease there in order to permit export to [he U.S, He also said that large sup- plies of grain in the U.S. will mean a plentiful supply of broilers and pork, which would have a restrained influence on heel prices. Director sees progress Bob McGregor reported that the Ontario board is making progress with its bill of lading plan under which a voluntary donation. of 10 cents a head can be made to finance the organ- ization and promote the sale of beef. Charles Sommerville, Perth, read a news item from a western paper which pointed out, that top quality beef costs a family less than cigarettes, if two adults are moderate smokers. Elected voting delegates to the provincial annual meeting were: Huron — Elmer Robertson, Bob Campbell, lack Arm• strong. Middlesex — 'Murray Car- ruthers, Bob McCubbin, Emer- son Perth — Russell Hill, Don McTavish, Oliver Zehr, He noticed in the study that net returns from turnip grow- ing improved as; acreage per farm increased: sales per acre increased; labor require- ments decreased; and crop value per dollar invested im- proved. While strength in each of these factors tended to im- prove earnings, weaknesses in any one was serious. These production factors p- - Please turn to page 14 Poor feeding practices will make go od hogs poor and poor hogs poorer; good feeding will bring out the best in good hogs and even improve poor breed- leg stock, says Ontario Agricul- tural College swine researcher Garnet Norrish. "To market a quality hog, you have to combine the best of feeding and breeding .prac- tices—neither will work alone," he warns. Moving to the breeding side of the picture, Mr. Nor- rish suggests that producers consider the present faults of their sows and then attempt to select a boar that will cor- rect these faults. The best method of evaluat- ing any boar is through the in- formation that is provided by the record of performance test for swine. This information shows a farmer how a boar's litter-mates or parents have performed in feeding trials, Boars with the best perform- ing litter-mates or parents may not always be the boars that will do the best job in this particular swine herd. He suggests that farmers ob- serve the following points when selecting a sire for the swine herd: The reputation of the man selling the boar'; The number of litter-mates o/ the boar'; The general health of the herd; The record. of performance of litter-mates or sire, or dam, and here consider the carcass scores of the tested individuals, their maturity and .feed effic- iency; Strong feel and legs; The breed of your choice.. A survey has indicated, says Mr. Norrish, that the use of boars with low ROP scores re- duced the percentage of. Grade A pigs front 51% of the first generation to 23% in the second -generation and to only 9% Grade A pigs in the third generation. However, the con- tinued use of boars with high 110P stores improved the per- centage of Grade A pigs frail. 66% to 69% and then to 81% Grede. A hogs in. their first, second and third generations. lie advises that under the Stephen accepts fire fees increase THIS SPRING SOW Contract Barley Barley price the past, year has averaged $1.35 per bushel, The Dominion Bureau of Statistics states that this year's Western Barley acreage is down 29% on the five-year average, Barley prices are expected to remain good. it is one of the easiest cash crops to handle with seed and fertilizer supplied. Delivery is taken directly from the field, Free storage supplied, SEE US FOR YOUR SEED GRAIN COOK VIOS, MILLING CO, ,TD Phorio 24 Hensel!' mes0 4,H clubs ylcg-cHAIRMAN --Russell T. Bolton, RR 1 Seaforth, has set dates been elected first tree chair'- . man of the Ontario Wheat Dates for th e f ormati on of Producers Marketing Board. 4-.1-.1 clubs in this area were an- The new president is Roy Cow, .nounced this week by Don ter, Halton county, James 0'. Grieve, association ag rep for Shea of (;canton has been Huron. named delegate to the Ontario Stephen 441 beef calf 00 ' will be organized on. April 11 Winter Wheat Improvement at the township hall in Credi- Committee, ton. 'rile Zurich calf club will meet. Monday, April 16, in the town hall there. Two South Huron clubs — Dont ! strain calf and sweet. corn, will be • - - formed on Tuesday, April 17, at South Huron Distric t :H igh your back School, Mr. Grieve indicated there , may he a tractor maintenance poor job of lifting a heavy club formed in the Zurich bag could cripple your back for area if sufficient .people arc life, says H. E. Wright , farm interested, safety specialist with the On- Age limit for the clubs is k „. tario Department of Agreed- tween 12 and 21 years, " tUre S and not your back do the lift- straight, In this way, your leg's ,Area tourist council ing. Don't get down to a full squat—the weight of the load won't let you straighten your' legs. Just crouch so you can exert your full leg power. Keep your hack. fairly straight but not like a ramrod; the idea is not to bend at the waist where your back has to do the lifting. T 11 e Mid - Western Ontario modation and where to shop, Tourist Council was presented. Only persons who belong to a with a provincial grant of local businessmen's group or a $5,000,00 and matches t h e chamber of commerce or simi- amount of money raised for tar organization will be al. tourist promotion in the area lowed to advertise. in the previous year "We hope this will help The MWOTC takes in the strengthen some of the, local four counties of Huron, Wel- groups", Goebel explained, Fieldman comments Wasting HS funds on inept students? The study included 193 fields of turnips grown in the main shipping areas of Ontario. He found that labor requirements are about the same as for po- tatoes, and about 10 times that of cereal. crops. "The average profit margin of 29te over measurable costs is sufficient to justify the crop as a main farm enterprise in areas of suitable soil, climate, and marketing facilities," re- ports Dr. Patterson. Carfrey Cann's TIPS ON A FAST, SAFE START FOR CALVES Fleifers on the Purina Farm calve 4th 8 months ahead of average. That means they give around 3,000 lbs. of milk before most heifers have even started producing. Why don't you try it! 1. As soon as the call is dropped, cut err the navel cord about 2 inches from the calf's body and soak the stub in iodine to prevent infection, 2, For the first three days leave the calf with the MOther so it can. get the first colostrum milk which helps regulate the. digestive system. 'Milk to even pressure in all 4 quarters, but do not empty udder completely. Guard calf Against draughts and dampness. For the next ten. days, keep calf in an individual pen, Pen should Frave clean bedding and. be disinfected with Puriftti Disinfectant before calf is moved in. 4, On the fourth de strut feeding Purina Nursing Chow in gruel forth 1 lb, re- places 1 gal, milk. Continue for four Canadians who want bigger profits,. tomorrow Pogo 'Thirteen. Profit margin 295 • in turnip production Turnip costs are about four He feels that a5 long as the times those for spring grain crop can he handled with. the due largely to high machinery regular farm labor and equip- use in land preparation and meet, the gross returns per high labor use in summer acre are sufficient to make the work and harvesting,. crop a satisfactory secondary But cash outlay may not he enterprise even on small acre- high, ages. So reports Dr, 1-r, 1.. Patter- "Profitable produ etion is son, Head of the Farm Econo- based on marketing a substan- mica and Statistics Branch, On tial part of the crop, and sal- tario Department of Agricul- vaging the remainder a live. titre, after a recent study on stock feed Yew growers were turnip production costs in On- able to keep their costs below tario, the feeding value of lee per bushel. for fast, efficient feed servfce call weeks, Calf should have clean water and rock salt available free choice. 5.0Self -feed Purina Gall Startena From 4 days to 4 months, adding bright leafy hay at 2 months. 6. After months change to a Purina !leiter growing program, Why not give me a .c8:11, or drop. in at my Store with. the Checkerboard Sign and let. me tell your how Purina feed- ing has been paying off for many of your neighbours, niter Phone 23.S.1742. Whalen Corners Phone .W1.5 Kirkton Coon's Mill Ltd. feedPURINACHOWStodayf 'or S