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Ei9hty.Eighth Year EXETER, ONTARIO, MAY 17, 1962 Page Thirtegn
Noose Winchelsea farm.
r district Drainage Day.
Three triplet Angus calves, all heifers, were born on the "Palatigus" farm of G.
K. "Pete' Crocker, RR 1 Hay. Statistics reveal the event happens only once in
107,000 births in beef cattle. II was the first multiple,birth in the purebred herd
established 10 years ago by the refrigeration specialist who operates his 200acre
farm as a hobby. The calves belong to the strain of Kinlochmere 99th, a former
grand champion bull at the Royal, The Crocker herd has 30 brood cows, and 15
of them have delivered 17 calves so far this spring for a 113% performance,
Angus triplets a one-in-10 7,000 event
Service charge 'for hogs.
may drop 'back in year
The 10eacre farm of Will am
Lloyd Allen, of Winchelsea,
has been chosen as the site of
by the Perth and Huron county
as 1) .0(,iortaisoinnas.ge. Day., co-sponsored.
soil and crop improvement as-
This special event, planned.
for Wednesday„. July 11, is to
pend upon production. If pro- Monday. the operation of a balanced
duction stays at its 'present The increase was approved farm program.
level tbetween 4,000 and 41,000
hogs per weeks, it will take
from. 'nine to 14 months. If pro-
duction drops, however, land
there are indications it will l,.
it will take a longer time to
build tip the capital."
The Huron county secretary
Margarine women
'pursue' ag minister
Mr, Klumpp and Mr. Ethan
each conducted a group of la-
dies through the plant explain-
ing in detail the function of
each machine and the ma-king
Of windows from the raw lum-
ber to the stacked completed
windows.
On behalf of the ladies, Mrs,
Ken Keller thanked the plant
for a pleasant and informative
evening,
Mother and daughter banquet
The. annual mother and
daughter banquet .was held in
Zion Lutheran church Mon-
day, May 14 with seventy-nine
present. Mrs, Chas. Martene,
convened the. group in charge.
Jo-anne Martene proposed a
toast to the. mothers and Mrs,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Maine
and girls of Kitchener, and Mr.
and Mrs. Colin Itindley a nd
family of London with Mr. and
Mrs. Reinhold Miller.
Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Rader
and Darlene with Mr. and Mrs.
Ervin Latta and family at :Kit-
chener.
Mrs. Mary Martene and Ed-
win, Mr. and Mrs, Ernest Koeh-
ler and Mrs, Verna Keyes of
London with Mr, and Mrs.
Gerald Martene and Peter.
'Mr. Henry Hoffman, who is
a patient in South Huron Hos-
pital, is improving nicely.
Be wary of taking chances
with short - tempered sows,
especially a r o u n d farrowing
time advise Ontario Depart-
ment of Agriculture swine ex-
perts. Sows with pig can be
vicious and will mangle a
hand or leg, Always carry
some protection when it's
necessary to go into the pen
with such animals. A light gate
or hurdle, or even a scoop
shovel, will do the job.
The women are after Agricul-
ture Minister Bill Stewart.
The Ontario Margarine Com-
mittee, which claims to repre-
sent 40,000 Ontario housewives,
is angry because the Middlesex
North 11:1PP won't. grant them
an interview,
The committee sent an open
letter to all Ontario newspapers
claiming the minister has failed
to acknowledge its written re-
quests for appointments.
Written by Mrs. G. C. Coombe
chairman of the committee, the
public letter says 'this to the
minister.
".As you know, we have tried
to see you and. have written to
you. for an appointment three
times — on November 17th, on
January nth and on March
29th, but you have not even ac-
knowledged our last two let-
ters, although you have seen at:
least, two delegations of dairy
representatives, When can we
see you, please?
"Margarine is used by mil-
lions of Ontario urban and, ru-
ral housewives and. especially
by pensioners, low income fam-
ilies and those on special diets,
Why should they have the drud-
gery of blending the color into
.margarine at home, Now we
read that those who eat marga-
rine are going to have to pay in
taxes for the. 'new 12r butter
consumer subsidy. We don't
think it is fair that, we have to
subsidize butter and still mix
our own yellow colour into mar-
garine.
"We realize that the dairy
farmer is important and we
think you. should. encourage peo-
ple to drink more .milk instead.
of trying- to force them 'to eat
butter which many can't afford
today and which others can't eat
for health reasons. 'We are in-
terested in greater consumption
of milk and think the dairy in-
terests ought: to be too.
"Our numbers are growing
every day and frankly, Mr.
Stewart, we think you. should
have answered our letters. We
are busy women, many with
children, and have neither the
time nor the money to write to
all our thousands of members,
That is why we are making this
letter public. -
"'Will you please acknowledge
this letter and let, us know
when we can meet with you,"
Hirtzel. Brothers of Credilon
received. lop price of $,500 for
a lta-year-old hull they con-
signed at the 13th annual Huron
spring sale of registered Here-
ford cattle at Clinton, Tuesday.
One of 24 animals sold, 1.1, was
Purchased by a Dublin farmer,
James Delaney.
The highest priced female, a
bred heifer,. sold for $400.00 to
John R. Dickson, RR 5 Brus-
sels from, the herd of Whitney
Coates and Son, Centralia.
Another bred. h. el f e r con-
signed by Mr, Coates brought.
$380.00 from W. Earl Brand and
Son, Forest.
Hoffmann Brothers of Dash-
wood took home two females,
Paying a total of $520.00 both
from Hirtzel. Brothers' herd.
The }turon Hereford Associa-
tion reported a total of $8,015,00
in receipts, bringing an aver-
age of $344.00 for the animals
sold. A large crowd was on
h
brisk
ancl . andthe bidding was
Last year's average prieP wa s
$331.74.
W. S. O'Neil of :Penfield was
auctioneer.
McGillivray
ends. spray
McGillivray council learned
that over 13,000 cattle had been
sprayed for warble fl,y in the
township and ordered, accounts
amounting to 82,216,80 be paid
to cover 'the expenses.
Jack Hutchinson was paid
$1,233.90 for spraying some of
the cattle while another $389.80
was paid out to sprayers work-
ing the township's own
The inspector received a total
of 8474,35 for his salary and
mileage and the materials cost
8118,75,
Council also discussed. the en-
gineer's report on the Worrell
drain but left it in abeyance
until they had had a chance 'to
view the area.
They also voted to make a.
loan of $1,500.00 to a -township
farmer for a drain on his prop-
erty.
In other business, council:
Made a 'payment of 5255.00 to
Archibald, Graham, McKay for
a plan. and survey on a bridge.
site on the north town line
which is an alteration of the
Carey drain extension.
Made grants of $25.00 to the
'Baptist cemetery hoard and
the Mt, Pleasant' c e to etery
board and $1.0.00 to the Park-hitt
community centres board.
Paid a bounty of 832,00 for
eight foxes bagged by Otto
Darling. •
Approved payments of
$5,000.00 to the North Middlesex
high. school board; $507.85 for
nursing home care and $250.00
for relief.
Employer: "For a man with
no experience, you certainly
ask a high salary."
Applicant.: "Well, the job's
much harder when you know
nothing about it."
GET YOUR
Service charge for marketing
hogs in Ontario, which rose to.
50e Monday, will return .to the
40r level within a year or so,
according to Alf Warner, sec-
retary of Huron Hog Producers'
Association,
"The. 10-cent increase will re-
main in effect until the market-
ing hoard builds up sufficient
working capital to he able to
guarantee. payment to produc'
ei's," Warner told , The T-A.
Tuesday night. "After that, it
will he lowered, definitely,"
Ernest Fyn'', R.R 3 Exeter,
salesman for FAME shares in
Huron and Middlesex counties,
said this week- an announce-
ment will 'be made "in the. -very
near future" outlining the es-
tablishment and location of the
first meat-processing plant.
"Almost all of the details
have been completed," he 'told
The T-A. "Only a few technical-
ities need to be cleared tip."
Mr. Pym indicated, too, that
one of 'the first .three or four
plants is expected to be erected.
in the 'Huron -Perth - Middlesex
Store show
gets crowds
Annual spring home improve-
ment show presented by Gin-
gerich's Sales and. Service at-
tracted capacity crowds to the
Zurich, comet un.i t y centre
Thursday and 'Friday nights.
P'residenl Gerald Gingerich
and. his staff presented their
own show this year — a pro-
gram of skits, comedy, music
and magic
Those who took part in the
program included Mrs. Ginge.-
rich, Carol Erb, Marjorie Love,
Kathy Erb, George Ru.mball,
jor Corriveau, Ray Bier-ling,
Ted Robson, laek Uphall„ Jim
McDonald, Earl Horner. 'Bob
Oesch and Paul Steckle,
A total of 11 area persons.
won prizes throughout the week,
which featured sidewalk dis-
plays at the Zurich store. Sal-
u rday's winners were: Mrs.
,toe Miller, Dashwood, who re-
ceived a large mural; Babe
MacGregor, Kippen, radio; Jim
Parkins, Zurich, cooler; Mrs.
W, B. Smith, London, paint;
and Ken. Gooch°. Zurich, a fish-
ing pole,
Ken Gesell° also won paint in.
one of the daily door prizes.
Other paint winners were Mrs.
jack Turkheim, Jack Eekle,
both of Zurich, and Mrs. Harold
,tones, Rensall. A picnic jug
was won by John Paul Rau, Zu-
rich,
'Bonnie Pollock, Varna, won a
Ica ster
area, He said the exact loca-
tion could not he divulged at
the present time,
"Our share selling drive is
progressing quite well", he re-
ported. "Huron has raised over
50% of its quota which is
$106,000. The, county now stands
in eighth place in the campaign
across the province."
He revealed that Halton coun-
ty leads the drive, having pas-
sed 'the 100% of its objective.
Perth county is in. fourth
place.
The hoard of directors of
FAME, the farmer-owned meat
packing co - operative, have
taken a big step forward to-
wards the construction of its
proposed chain of packing
plants which will span the prov-
ince of Ontario.
A company of packinghouse
consultants, Troy Sc. Stalder, of
Omaha, Nebraska, have been
engaged for professional ad-
vice, as well as architectural
and engineering services. The
firm. already has completed a
survey of the meat processing
trade in Ontario and has .re-
ported its findings to the FAME
Board, At, the present time they
are engaged in scrutinizing site
loations for the first plants.
Trip prizes
for Ridging
Junior farmers and 4-H' mem-
bers from Huron will be vying
for the privilege of participat•
int,: in U.S. and Eastern Can-
ada bus trips at the annual
livestock- judging competition
Saturday- at Sea forth commun-
ty centre.
'Prizes also include shields,
cups and cash in loin' sections
— novice, junior, intermediate
and senior.
The competition starts at 9
.and is open to all young
men and women between 12 and
30 years in Huron.
at any tme without the sanc-
tion of the government board,
The Huron secretary said. the
number of assembly yards has
increased from 15 to 40 since
the time the 4.0e service fee
went into effect., it had been
estimated the system could be
financed for 400 providing pro-
duction remained at 45,000 hogs
Per week. This year, 'however,
marketings have been down.
The gov't order in 'the fall of
1960 cutting the charge from 40e
to 300 for a period of nine
weeks, "left us short of funds,"
Mr. Warner stated.
Huron county
crop report.
y D. H, MILES
Crop prospects continue to
look good for all spring seed-
ed grains,
A warm rain would do won-
ders for sugar beets. peas,
turnips, corn etc. that have
been sown the last 10 days.
A high acreage of corn will
likely be sown this week.
Livestock is nut on pasture
but they are getting ahead of
growth of grass. The warm
rain would help here also.
Land is easy to prepare prior
tn the sowing of crops.
The Allen farm, specializing
in a concentrated milk. enter-
rise, is typical of soil type p
or thousands of acres in Perth,
Oxford, Middlesex and Huron
and this day will give. the
farmers of these counties an
opportunity to view properly
.stalled drains and outlets, and
to personally hear the com-
ments of Mr. Allen about the
installation of tile drains and
what they have meant to him
financially.
Co-operating agencies in this
project. will he the Ontario
Farm Drainage Contractors
Association, the Tile Manufac-
turers Association, A its a bl P,
River Conservation Authority.
and the engineering, soils, field
husbandry and extension
branches of the Ontario De-
partment of Agriculture.
Huron Ag 'Rep D. H. Miles is
chairman of the committee in
charge of the program.
A boy appeared in court as
a witness arrayed in clothes
many sizes too large for him,
On being asked the reason
why, he pulled a summons
from his pocket and read: "Aps
pear in court in your father'a
suit."
HENSALL
Ladies impressed
with window.plant
By MRS. ERVIN RADER Ken. Keller replied. Following
a sing song, bunco was played, DASHWOOD Winners were Ann Koehler and The qua rlerly missionary Mrs. Albert Racier,
Meeting was held Wednesday, Mother's day visitors May 9 with the, pastor Rev.
Gatz taking as his topic, Mr, and Mrs, Milne Rader
"Love begins at Home," with of Zurich, Mr. and Mrs. Hr.
discussion, ban Nile, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Mrs. Milford Merrier, the Van Dorsselacr and Mr. and
president, conducted the husi- Mrs- Elmer Racier an d .fam •
ness. Twenty-five dollars were 1,-1-3„' Hau gh,
Mr, and Mrs. Win,
donated to the Coneordia '11 '4",
lege Guild. 'Edmonton, Albers- Mr, L, H. Rader, Mr. and
la, The mother and daughter Mrs. :Elgin Rader and boys.
banquet will he Monday, May Mr.' and Mrs. Lloyd Howe, and
14 with group in charge. The Miss Ruthanne Rader of Lon-
strawberry su pper w ill no t be don and Mr, and Mrs. Fred
held this year, Miller of Zion with Mr. and
Some forty ladies and the Mrs. Ervin Rader and family,
Sharon and 'Brian Rader also pastor toured the Dashwood
Planing Mills Ltd. Those who celebrated their birthdays.
are familiar with the slogan, Mr. and. Mrs. Tom Hern and
"See Canada First," might do family of Zion with Mr, and
well to, "'See Dashwood First". Mrs. Cliff Salmon and girls.
Some have passed the mill day A surprise birthday party
in. and day out. and gave very was held for Mrs. Ed, Stire
little thought to its planning, Sunday on the occasion of her
careful management, and the 73rd birthday at the home of
vastness of il, Thousands of Mr. and Mrs. :Harold &ire.
pre-fit windows are made and Present besides her husband
thousands of dollars are trans- were Mr. and Mrs. John Barr,
'toted each year. Marlene and Kevin . and 1\11".
After being welcomed by Mr. and Mrs. Curd Mullet% Don-
Howard "Boots" Klumpp, Mr. ald and Brian of London.
Jim Elnan, sales manager, ex- Mrs, Adeline Kraft and Mrs,
plained in detail the set-up of Flossie Stade with Mr. and
the plant; where automation is Mrs. Melvin Stade and Sherry,
the keynote. Just as in all in-
dustries less and less man-
power will be needed in the
future so it is with the mill.
Again a warning to parents to
keep their children in school,
Returning to the conference
rooms movies were shown and Personal items
coffee and donuts served under
the supervision of Miss Anne
Koehler, a member of the of-
fice, staff.
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Thursday and the order was
made Friday for the new soe
Expect details soon
of first FAME plant
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the FPMB must approve any to install more this summer.
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