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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-10-18, Page 11:EXETER, ONTARIO, et?. ..„•••••,, A COOP WEEK Specials CO-OP CATTLE MINERAL, Reg, $5.20, Sale $4.70 CO-cm CALF STARTER PELLETS, 50-1b...., $3,00 PLUS $1.75 pail for 50¢ With each cwt. CO-OP PIG . PRE-STARTER, 50 lbs. $3.40 Plus FREE feed scoop with each cwt. DOOM DUST, louse powder, 2 lbs. .„.. ...... . 630 THRIFTY STEEL WHEELBARROW ..... $23.88 ROTARY HOG FEEDER; 11 bit, capacity .. $31.97 PLASTIC PIPE 00-113., 60 Ft, $5.60, 100 FT. FREEZERS, 17 cubic lOot $238,95 21 cubic foot ........ „, $258,05 CO-OP VISCOUNT DRYER $159.95 EXETER DISTRICT PHONE 235400 It has been calculated that.n jug one year, a family of rats eats (or ruins) as much feed as a steer—about $80 worth, They also damage buildings, spread disease and cause electrical Ares. Purina Research has developed a new effective rat killer—Purina Rat-1<ill. It's a "carry-home bait. 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IC Building .together (One of a series) By PAUL WILSON OCTOBER 11, 19.62. • Some land under water in the west, couple finds Pa ge .E lova t.s. PRODUCE YEAR BOOK—The task of producing the annual year book at SHDHS will fall to the above pictured students who were elected to the executive of the Ink Spot, Tuesday. They include, back row, left to right; Bob Hoffman and Peter McFalls; front row, Bonnie Turvey, Joan Francis, John Snell, Valerie Desjardine and Marion Kerslake, Absent when the photo was taken are Qrace Kellar and Fred Sanders. —T-A photo Furrow and Farrow appoints director bilitati•n work We arrive in Saints/441S aft, er a jolting five•hour train ride in the second-class carriage brimming with people, sacks of grain and assorted livestock, in- cluding an indignant chicken held captive by a string tied around its feet. At the station, a bus is waiting to take us to the city's technical Lycee, where we will be boarded for the next five weeks, The few days before the proj- ect begins are filled with tours of the city, meetings with the governor of the region and municipal officials, an inter- view at the local radio station, an afternoon at the seashore, and a tour of sonic of the sur- rounding communes and vil- lages. The whirlwind of official tours and meetings which, while nec- essary allow us little real con- tact with those we meet, ceases abruptly with the arrival of our African co-workers on the train from Dakar. They are high school students from a Lycee at Zigttinchor, the capital of the region of Casamance in south- ern Senegal, and they are some- what shy when we meet them at the station, Their shyness is understand- able: they are meeting Amer- cans and Canadians for the first time, and furthermore they will be living and working with them for several weeks. They have heard a great deal about the problems of segregation and in- tegration in the United States, and they wonder whether or not we will display any racism, either among ourselves, for there are three negroes in our group, or towards them. But they keep these apprehensions almost perfectly masked. Off to the project On the first day of the project, we arise at seven o'clock, bolt our continental breakfast of cafe au lait and bread, clamber aboard the large Mercedes truck, and drive to Tassinere, 20 kilometers south of Saint- Louis and about a mile from the mouth of the Senegal river. The truck takes us over a dusty road winding through a dry semiarid countryside sparsely set about with low bushes and a few taller trees, From time to time, we will slow down, now for a straggling herd of cattle wandering aim- lessly across the road, now for a string of donkeys, now for a caravan of camels. The Sahara is not very far. Just before the truck reaches the village we pass a large open sandy area which has been graded level by a bulldozer. In five weeks, if there are no ma- jor difficulties, a building will WORKING TOGETHER A Massachusetts university stu- dent and an African youth work side by side on the Crossroad- ors' project at Tassinere, Paul Wilson said the Africans ap- peared somewhat apprenhensive at first, having heard a great deal about the problems of seg- regation in the U.S. be standing there; more exact- ly a dormitory for the work- Carrip school of Tassiaere. Here, boys 16 to 19. years of age who have no employment will come as students, They will greet more dormitories, class- rooms, dining, halls, kitchens, They will plant and tend gar- dens, and keep livestock, so that the school will be, as far as possible, self-supporting, le this way, they will learn a useful trade, At the same time, they will be introduced to the problems facing a de-eloping country like their own, so that when they graduate after two years, they will be able to play an active and useful role in Senegal's self-development program, This school at Tassinere will be the second in Senegal: ten more are being planned, The project, then is not Crossroad's project, it is the government's. We are only here to help. Never be the same again We pull into the village square which is shaded by tall trees, and fanned by .a cool breeze blowing off the river and the ocean beyond. Curious children stop their play and gather near the truck as we descend; women in the market place turn to watch us, and the men, sitting about in small groups, cease their conversation, The normal pattern of their daily life has been interrupted, and I sense that the village may never be quite the same again. At the same time I sense that these people may change me as well. Work begins almost immedi- ately. We throw pieces of can- vas over a pre-erected frame- work to make a tent under which we will eat our mid-day meal. We assemble a dozen wheelbarrows, fasten handles on shovel blades, hammer together tables and benches for our lunch, and in general, prepare for the five weeks of construc- tion ahead. Working day pattern Each day has its set, pattern. We arrive at Tassinere about nine, and work at various tasks until noon. Some of us make cement blocks for the founda- tion, some dig the foundation trench, some go to the coquil- lage pit and, with picks and shovels, remove deposits of earth and sea-shell which will serve ns gravel for construc- tion. Each day at noon, we stop work, return to the village, and eat the lunch of rice and meat which has been brought in from Saint-Louis. After a prolonged rest, we return to work at three o'clock, continuing until five, when we store the tools in an warehouse, and go back to the city. Within this predictable pat- tern, there is always the unpre- dictable, like the violent rain storm which sends us scramb- ling into nearby grass huts for shelter; or the lulls in the work when we can talk with our Afri- can co-workers. During one such conversation when talking of the Great Wall of China built by the Chinese to protect them- selves from barbarian inva- sions, Marcel, a very bright student, said casually, "The Americans are barbarians too: they have built bombs big enough to destroy the world." Tassinere and its people pre- sent a fascination which draws us out during the three-hour siesta period, to play With the many children who are always around, and always willing to share their friendship, even though many of us cannot sneak French, and so cannot talk to us; to wander through its nar- row sandy "streets" winding among the compounds; to visit the three-room schoolhouse, at the moment, capable of handling only half of the children eligible to attend; to Walk along the river-batik, always alive With some kind of activity — girls Washing the dishes from the noon meal, fishermen mending or drying their nets, or repair• ing their pirogues, the little boats whice have remained tine changed in design for genera- tiOnS, or groups of children at a Koranic school where one Ontario for reha By DON FAIRBAIRN Ontario will be the next pro- vince in Canada to appoint a full time director for ARDA when H. F. `Herb' Crown as- sumes those duties October 15. Agriculture Minister Stewart announced at a testimonial dinner for retiring Haldimand county agriculture representa- tive, Gord Skinner, last week that this department was estab- lishing an Agricultural Re- habilitation and Development Branch with Herb Crown as director. The ODA recently assumed full responsibility for the AR- DA program in the province after representations from the Federation of Agriculture. Mr. Crown appears to he a 'natural' for this job. First, lie is a graduate of the OAC and second, he has had wide ex- perience in the conservation field, both with the river val- ley authorities in Ontario and with the Department of Lands and Forests, He was also sec- retary of the select committee on conservation. Mr, Stewart said the ARDB will be responsible for co- ordinating and promoting a program leading to the best utilization of the province's natural resources under the provisions of the federal AR- DA program, The program will naturally vary considerably from area to area but the ODA will work closely with local organizations to develop the generation teaches another to read and chant the verses of the prophet Mohammed as they were written 14 centuries ago. I feel very much in touch with a rich heritage, and very close to the past, until I see one of the native pirogues mounted with a 1961 Johnson Sea-Horse 18. Past and present are very close together in these develop. ing nations. And on the out-. skirts of the village, a school is rising, which for us symbol- izes our willingness to become involved in Africa's great new adventure, i n independence which, I hope, will preserve the best from both the traditions of the past, and modernization. In the meantime, we will build together in mutual friendship and respect, best type of program for their particular district. Generally, individual ARDA programs might include such things as the development of alternate land uses (other than farm), reforestation, drainage, establishment of community pastures and so on, "The broad concept of ARDA can be an extremely effective instrument for good in rural Ontario," Mr. Stewart concluded. Meat sire policy Another development just an- nounced is a quality meat sire policy for Ontario beef pro- ducers, This policy, which starts immediately, is design ed to identify sires capable of producing top quality offspring —that means, percentage of lean meat, relationship of fat to lean, and marbling. The ideal carcass possesses a high percentage of well marbled, lean meat and has an even covering of fat. Scientific tests have shown that there is a direct correla- tion between the area of lean meat in the ribeye and the total amount of lean meat in the carcass. A test has been devised to measure meatiness by the area of the ribeye. In a really meaty carcass there should be at least two square inches of ribeye for every hundred pounds of carcass weight when the cross section cut is made between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs. So a 500- pound carcass should have at least 10 square inches of rib- eye. Fat covering is obtained by measuring at three points over the ribeye and averaging the three. In a choice 500-pound carcass the fat thickness should not exceed two-thirds of an inch. Also important in beef pro- duction is weight for age—the fastest growing animal makes the most economical gains. So rate of gain is considered in this quality meat sire pro- gram. Agriculture Minister Stewart says, "This policy complements performance testing policies already in operation, and will -be administered by the Ad- vance Registry Board. More stress on markets Continuing the trend toward 1011:111•1•0•1•11.101k • greater emphasis on marketing within the department, R. E. `Dick' Goodin has been ap- pointed markets development officer for special crops. In making the announcement, Mr. Stewart said that tremend- ous progress has been made through the years in the ef- ficient production of farm crops but, he added, "We have now reached the stage when more concentrated attention to marketing development is es- sential." Dick Goodin has had long experience in field crop work and the marketing of agricul- tural products, especially tur- nips and potatoes, and he will expand this type of work, Zurich pair in 4-H test Two members of the Zurich 4-H tractor club will comprise one of seven teams Irons Huron county which will enter provincial 4-H competitions at OAC Guelph this Friday. Robert Becker, Dashwood, and Larry McClinchey, Zurich, will represent the tractor club. Other Huron teams have been chosen from beef, dairy and calf clubs. The partici- pants, who must be 16 years of age, are selected from those who have entered county com- petitions. Dairy—Charles and Barbara Bray, Brussels club; Mac and Amy Stewart, Seaforth club; Sandy Kolkman and Bob Mc- Neil, Dungannon club. Beef—Marie Coultes and Ann W i g h t m a n, Blyth-Belgrave; Toni Powell and Julia Thorn- ton, Turnberry. Swine — Jim Papple and George Townsend, Seaforth. club, Meat packers are noticing a larger proportion of condemn- ed livers in swine as a result Of roundworms. The problem is controllable; hygienic and treat- ment measures are effective, says Dr. Howard Neely, exten- sion veterinarian at the Ontario Veterinary College, Mr, and Mrs. Roland Wil- liams, who live just south of town on No. 4 highway, re- cently returned from a trip to Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Here is their account of their experiences; On our way out we went by No, 17 Highway which is a new road from Sault Ste. Marie to Nipigon. The scenery was beautiful—there are some very high mountains, deep cuts, sharp turns and beanti- ful little lakes. We took about three days to go out. When we got on No. 1 Highway at the boundary of Manitoba and Ontario it was a wonderful road, fairly straight and even some of the shoul- ders of the road are paved. On our way west from Win- nipeg it was very wet, There were crops and summer fal- low under water and it was still raining. The grain was green instead of ripe because of the late wet spring. We Went on to Carnduff where we helped Fred Thomp- son, son of John Thompson, an old Exeter boy, harvest his crop which was a good one. His wheat acre. averaged over 30 bushels per Oat crops of an bushels were common; some went to 100, The weather was good and with the big machines they soon get the crop in. There was grain all over the place, stored in anything that would hold it, even lots piled on the ground. This is how a lot of the small towns get a bounti- ful skating rink.. They borrow moneyears , to build it then rent it for wheat storage. They told us it would pay for itself in three y From Carnduff, we went to Bengough, Sask. Crops there were good for that part of the country. You can not see a tree in the country and there are only a few in town — just rolling hills and grain as far as you can see, From here we journeyed north to Macrorie where crops were not so good. They have had more dry weather all summer, but just before we went they had about three inches of snow and rain over a period of. two days. We visited the South Saskat- chewan Dam, twice seeing it from both sides of the river. There has been a tremendous amount of earth removed since we were there three years ago, It is no wonder when we realize how much dirt those earth movers carry—about 60 Huron county crop report By D. G. GRIEVE Associate Ag Rep A large number of white beans remain unharvested due to showery weather, Silo filling is progressing well. Grain corn harvest. is barely started with corn retaining a high moisture content, ton at a time—and they have been going day and night ever since they started and there are a lot of them. The dam is about a half mile thick at the bottom and will be 210 feet high and three miles long at the top. From here we went to Sask- atoon which is a beautiful city with lots of flowers—more than you see in Ontario cities—and nearly every lot in town has a fence around it, which looks funny to us easterners, We made a trip to North By MRS. JOHN W. ELLIOTT Huron Federation Secretary The annual meeting of the On- tario Cream Producers will be held on Tuesday, October 23 in the council chambers of Clin- ton town hall, at 8.30 p.m. The guest speaker will. be William D. Hotson. Rebate for wheat Roy Coulter, Campbellville, chairman of the Ontario Wheat Producers' marketing board says that Ontario Wheat Pro- ducers have been informed that they will receive a rebate from the monies deducted from their 1961 crop returns for stabiliza- tion purposes, Of the nine cents per bushel deducted in the 1961 crop year, only 1.70 was re- quired to cover the board's cost in purchasing, handling and ex- porting of same 1,600,000 bushels of wheat. The remaining 7.30 amount- ing to a total of about 6857,107 will now be rebated to the more than 26,000 Ont .rio wheat pro- ducers who participate in the marketing program. Approxi- Nelson J. Prior native of Exeter Nelson .1. Prior, a pioneer merchant of Portage la Prairie, and native of Exeter, died quiet- ly a t his home on Sunday, Oc- tober7, liew was born in Exeter No- vember8, 1878 and spent his life in the field of merchandising. He went west at the turn of the century. In 1908 he purchas- ed a dry goods business which he operated with his brother, Herman G. Prior. In 1916 they purchased another business which they operated until re- tirement in 1956, Surviving are his wife, one son, Thomas of Sudbury, three daughters, six grandchildren; one brother, Herman G. Prior, Portage la Prairie and one sis- ter, Olive, Exeter. Funeral service was held Wednesday, Oct. 10 from Trinity United Church, Portage la Prai- rie. Hattleford and LlOYdnlinater to get feeder cattle, These will he coming off Pastures any time now and there will be lots available, they thought, We returned to Winnipeg for a few days, made a side. trip back to Stonewall and Portage. la Prairie and still IMMO the land very wet, Some was even under water, but they were combining on the higher land. We returned to Winnipeg and left for home on October 2. We travelled 3,240 miles an did not even have a flat tire. mainly 11,740,000 bushels were marketed in 1961. Individual cheques will be mailed later this fall. Meanwhile the board is en- gaged in marketing the 1963 crop of Ontario winter wheat. How important? How important is Ontario ag- riculture to the economy of rural Canada? Most economists and politi- cians seem to have underscored the importance of the Ontario farmer in the national economy. We hear a lot about the indus- trial wealth of the "Golden Horseshoe", the role of the business communities in Toron- to, Montreal, Hamilton and Windsor, We are constantly re- minded of the value of western wheat in the export market, of the wealth in our forests and our mines. And all the while there is to be found around our very feet the busiest, most pro- gressive, and versatile agricul- tural machine to be found in the nation. How important is On- tario Agriculture? According to the Dominion Bureau of Statistics, the Ontario farmer in 1961 played a real important role. The farm cash income from the sale of farm products in Ontario amounted of $900 million in 1961, and this is by far the greatest provincial production, Lccording to some 31% of the total Canadian cash sale of $2,058.5 million, it s.. • '01. . 1. FREE BALLING GUN Buy the NEW 24 Tablet Economy Pack of Potent Terramycin A& D Scours Tablets and get a FREE falling gun—$1.98 value. STOP SCOURS IN FIOURSI Potent TetrarnYcin A&O SCOUTS" tablets provide the tallest, -truest effetiVe treatment Of scours for farrn animals, GO prepared? Get this safe, convenient and ecenernital treat- went ri s • „I' Conn's Mill Ltd, BIG BONUS BUYS IN Osictita HEALTH PRO TERRAMYChr 11, ANIMAL DUCTS The following 2 big bonus buys are available at Animal Health Departments of Drug Stores and at Feed Dealers. 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