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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-11-22, Page 11esatwocafe Second Section. EXETER, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 22, 1961 Price Per Copy 10 Co*, Fall farm outlook See little dro in farm prices From "ONTARIO FARM BUSINESS", Fall 1902 BEEF CATTLE Slaughter — With total cattle marketings to date in 1962. little different from a year ago prices have moved upwards under pressure from a strong domestic and U,S, demand. With large numbers of ,cattle on feed in the U.S., there is, some indication that prices may soften slightly in the lat- ter pert of 1.992 and first few months of 1963. However no „sharp price break is expected. Feeder — Adequate feed sup- plies west and east, a strong U.S. demand together with a good past year for cattle feed- ers, all point to a brisk de- 'mond for available feeders with prices strong, Supply of calves may be adequate but heavier feeders in short sup ply, - HOGS The present relatively low level of marketings is expect- ed to continue through to the summer of 1963 with the usual seasonal fluctuations. Hog prices will remain strong and fairly etable. Fer the next six to nine months prices should average close . to the $30,00 mark (Grade A Toronto) with the usual seasonal lows in late fall eind early spring and peak. ing out in the summer months. to a year ago broiler growers have enjoyed firm .markets and steady prices through most of 1962. With good mar- kets and limited hatchery egg supplies, broiler price prospects for the next .few months look bright, DAIRY PRODUCTS Cheese — The cheese situa- tion is the one bright spot in an overall dairy picture of excess supplies and govern- ment supports. As of August 1962 both production and stocks of cheese' were down from a year ago. Export prices are firmer under the influence of a strong U.K. demand, As in the past year there may be a i problem in the coming year n meeting export commitments, Skim Milk Powder — Prices have been stronger than a year ago due to government support measures. Prices for the coming year are largely contingent on government pur- chases, Butter — Beier production is up over a year ago, Although recent price support changes have apparently resulted in an increased domestic disappear- ance, government held stocks are still large and burdensome, FEEDS POULTRY Eggs — Egg prices have re- cently firmed up from the relatively low prices earlier in the year. With the replacement hatch of 1962 down substantial- ly from a year ago egg sup- plies should be lighter than in the past year, For the last part of 1962 and first part of 1963 prospects are for better egg prices than in the past year, Broilers — In sharp contrast Feed Grains — In contrast to the situation of a year ago, 1962 feed grain supplies ap- pear adequate with lower prices already apparent, Pro- duction of oats and barley in Canada are estimated at up 66 and 44 per cent respectively. Increased acreages of feed grains, particularly of corn, to- gether with good yields have boosted Ontario's production substantially. The one notable exception to lower feed grain prices is American corn. Don't switch to d iry advises Huron ag re • it ,,,ittigtzti Fire destroys feeder shed on No. 83 highway One of three rural fire calls answered this past week by the mutual aid brigade was this feeder shed blaze on tille farm of John Berendsen, No. 83 highway, in Usborne, The fairly large shed, in which dairy cattle were fed, was destroyed along with a load or two of hay but an abutting machinery shed. was saved, thanks partly to a strong wind blowing the flames away from it, Because of the stubborn blaze in the hay, firemen Stewart on milk. remained at the scene for nearly three hours. Water supply on the truck and in the farm well was ex- hausted but firemen refilled the tank from a creek nearby. Two other fires Tuesday, one involving a tractor on the farm of Edgar Cudmore, Hurondale, and another in the chimney on the farm home of Lorne Johns, near Elimville, were not serious. —T-A photo r f re such conflict in any way its dairy industry purely to solve a Canadian prob- lem unless the solution is equal- ly shared by the other provinces contributing to the surplus. "We as a department can do much to help the dairy industry with its problems but we will have to count upon the co-op- eration and understanding of the majority of the producers. We believe there is a solution. We believe it will be found and, with your co-operation we will make it work, Area steers top market In the weekly report of the Stratford Livestock Exchange Ltd., issued. Friday it was noted that Don. Easton of Exeter top- ped the market with two steers weighing 822 pounds which sold for 30.50 cwt, Choice steers, cows and heif- ers sold steady, with medium cattle slightly easier. 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Our 'Purina Check-Ft- Mht service is custom vincling and mixing or your grains With Purina Researehtested coneentratesat makes no difference how much grainyott bring The dairy situation "might be considered the worst we have in our agricultural program at the moment," Agricultural represen- tative Douglas Miles told Huron council Tuesday in an oral in- terpolation to his prepared re- port. "I would not suggest that a dairy farmer who is set up go out of dairying and get into feed," lie said, "but I also would not encourage any beef man at the present time to change to dairying, unless in certain cir- cumstances that would almost force him into it, "I do not think there is any need for alarm, but there is a great deal of work that has to be done by the dairy groups in ironing out some of these prob- lems, It is not anything caused by Ontario but is an overall Do- minion picture. Ontario is a high producing province. Dairy. News from North Bosanquet ...... Personal items Mr. and Mts. Peter Burley and family visited in Port Hur- on last Sunday, Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Gate. leer Sr., of Ridgetowil, spent the weekend with Mr, and Mrs. HAMM Pratte, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Davies, of Fietest, Visited Me. and. Mrs, Oscar Nordstrom last Sunday at the Haig Pam Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Goto- loci Jr. spent'few days recently in Queheo. Mr, and Mrs, Jos, Frost, of St, Catharines, visited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burley on Sunday. Mrs. Burley Sr, returned hotte with them, The townline (smith) is boo, Mg gravelled and graded three Mike WeSt of the new bridge to the Bluewater highway. Mr. and Mrs, .1, Sierpier and Patsy Were in. Bletiliehri over the Weekend, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lath and family moved from the Haig Farm to their new home on their farm last Week, David Cotelaer spcnt a few days recently with. grand- atents, Mr. and AIM hi. Preece, Mr. and Mrs. tiara Prance Were pleatantly siirPrised lasI Saturday evening wh 6 it 35 friends, neighbets and relatives, gathered to Celebrate their 39th wedding anniversary. Their family presented Mein With TV tables, and stanch, "They also te- allie Malty other gifts, Though torn has been very good,ninth of it has "gone down" i nth" nuck land with seine arler frost the ing means as much to Ontario as wheat to the west. "We have bad quite a switch to dairying over 10 years, and yet we produce only about what we require in Ontario, as far as dairy production is concerned," Mr, Miles announced that his assistant, D. G. Grieve, is leav- ing at end of this month to be- come assistant professor of dairy production in the animal husbandry department of the Federated Colleges, Guelph, About the first of December the agricultural offices will be moving to new leased quarters. adjacent to the ILIA store in the Levis Block at Clinton. Electronic analysis? "It may not be too long be- fore we will be analyzing our farm business operations elec- tronically on IBM machines," Mr. Miles predicted. He men- tioned a test at Guelph, when data Led into the machine came up with the answers to mime, roes questions in one minute and 10 seconds, "Before another year rolls around," Mr. Miles said, "it could be that we can give a lathier a report of. his farm business , at the end of .each month of the year and within. a few days. after the end of the Year a, complete report, They may have to pay for the service, This program is still in the ex- perimental stage, but it would appear that it will be worked out to that it can be an advan- tage to mu' farm people, "1. have never Sett as many silos go up as this year. There has 'both a great deal of grain corn gtown. the county and Our s have invested great deal of money in grain corn harvesting equipment such as .torti.pleker, shelters and oombines. I saw . one outfit worth $39,000, and .a farmer can easily invest 51'0,000 to $15,000 in equipment for harvest- ing and picking corn," The representatiVe mentiblied that the -winner of the Huron County 'pasture 'competition was Win at Royal :Preston Dearing and Son,. RI Exeter, and Whitney Coates and Son, rtit 1 Qeetralia„, were prize whiners again at the Roy-- al Winter Fair this year. The Dearing Dorset Horned sheep copped all the chempion- ship and reserve championship ribbons as well as all the first prizes in, the Class, Competing against two Onta- rio and two B.C. flocks, not one of the Dearing sheep was bet- tered, "We were able to get everything we tried fort" said .Preston Dearing, Each entry wins Hereford breeder Whit cc y Coates won a prize .for each of the seven breed cattle and three steers he entered in the Reyal, competitions, His two-year.old heifer and three calves both received sec. ends. The Usborne farmer won fourths for get-of-sire and sen- ior yearling heifer; fifth for junior bull calf and sixth for junior heifer calf. The steers took sixth and seventh prizes. Although there were no U.S. breeders in the Hereford com- petition this year there was a large entry from the Western provinces. Darold Armstrong, of Falkland Farms, Penn., as- sisted Mr. Coates in the show- ing of his entry. Men's club picks slate The AOTS of James Street United Church met Monday evening in the parlors of the church with President Carl. Cann in the chair, An invita- tion was received from the Carlingford Club on the Ful- larton circuit to install their of- ficers on. November' 28 and ar- rangements were made to visit the club. As a means of raising some money it was decided to offer for sale mixed nuts far Christ- mas. It was also decided to raise the price of the meals from $1.25 to $1.50, 25c of which remains with the club for ex- penses. Unit 6 of the UCW served the meal. Devotional exercises were conducted by Don Rooth and the program was in charge of Clarence Down. Ray Mills led in a sing song, The speaker of the evening was Rev. E. Rout- ston who suggested various ways in which members of the club could be of assistance to the pager in carrying out the work of the church. Mr. Roul- ston was introduced by Rev. E. Lewis and thanked by Ray Mills. A slate of officers for the coming year was presented by Gerald Godbolt and accepted as follows; President, Percy Meralls; vice - presidents, Aub-, rey Tennant and Art Gaisem secretary, Gordon Cudmore; treasurer, Don Booth bulletin editor. Dr. R, W. Read, a new Canadian, Peter de Groot of Blyth, who did not have the best laud, but made a real achievement in past= im- provement, The presentation of a clock will be made at the 'an- nual meeting of the Huron County Soil_ and Crop Improve- ment Association, Only one in Ontario Larry Scales reported on the Huron County reforestation scheme, which he described as the only one of its kind in On- tario, "It makes use," he said, "of marginal a n d sub -marginal land, and I would ask all of you to keep an eye out for pee pie interested in reforestation and get in touch with mg. We have one or two projects in every township by now, Adte ally, I think the scheme has been a great success, atel it has made use of a lot of poor land. "Our fire equipment at Strat. lord is strictly for mop.up pre- tess. We cannot get to a fire as soon as the local brigade, but we do have a pump and other equipment which could be used to mop up." At the ShephardLon forest, north of Goderich, there is an extensive poisoning program to eliminate poor trees. There will be 5,000 White pine planted there in the spring." At the Ontario Federation of Agriculture annual convention in Toronto Nov, 12.14, this was part of an address by Hon. Wil- liam A. Stewart, minister of agriculture: "I don't believe that, in my experience as a. farmer or one associated with government, I have ever wit- nessed a situation so mixed with conflicting opinions, diver- gent efforts, and misleading and misunderstood information. I have no hesitency in suggesting that possibly this bubbling dairy pot is being stirred with the. spoon of discontent and dis- unity by some people who may have interests at heart other than those of the well-being of 'the dairy industry, "While my comments to you tonight may be rather pointed, by the same token I am asking you as representatives of the senior farm organization of On- tario to accept them as a result of some serious thinking which has stretched over several weeks and also several nights. "Nothing can be accomplish- ed, or will be accomplished, in the dairy industry without some co-operation or effort a n d thought on the part of all peo- pie concerned. Many of us ]rave thought that we were proceed- ing within such a framework,. only to find that, when the posi- tion of decision-making was reached, any attempts at the consolidation . of 'thought and policy of the dairy industry were nullified by stumbling blocks of insular thinking,. wa- tered down by individual dairy commodity group interests, These statements are not criti- cism , . . simply the current situation, "Sometimes our past speech- es come back to haunt us, Last Friday I read over again the notes of my address to the whole milk producers' banquet in the royal York. Hotel on January 4 this year, The speech of January 4 does not haunt me in the least, It is entirely ap. fineable today except that the situation is far more serious, with far more reason for gloom. "A year ago, the industry problems wore . reeognized by most people. General opinion indicated that some action should be taken by the industry within the year 1962 to attempt to solve some of the problems, I stated at that time and I quote: 'Yet I am sure that 'all of you realize that, because of the four divisions in the dairy producing marketing efforts, your executives have found themselves in an almost im- possible position in attempting to develop realistic policies and action.' Had hopes of sotetion "I had hopes, as had many others, that the solution to On- tario's problem could be found by the industry itself with some corresponding action from the province of Quebec, I felt that the Ontario Department of Agri- culture could help at least in initiating the meetings, and I invited the four producer exec- utives to meet with me and my officials on the afternoon of January 9. From this date on the producer executives worked untiringly. "A provisional board repre- sentative of four executives was formed, with a representative of the Channel Islands Milk Producers. A suggested market- ing plan was developed by the provisional board and most peo', ple are aware of what happen- ed. There were strong differ- ences of opinion with reference to the principles involved in the plan by the four milk producer executives. Many :letters were written to the press in opposi- tion. "Under date of November 2, I was advised by Emerson Farncworth that he was resign• nig as chairman of the . Pro- visional Milk. Marketing Board. I wish, on behalf of the govern- ment of Ontario, and the of- ficials of the department, to publicly express our warm ap- predation to Mr. Farnsworth,. a fluid milk . producer,. for his sincere and dedicated efforts as chairman of the Provisional Milk Marketing Beard to bring the respective dairy groups to. gother and form a marketing pine acceptable to dairy pro, Linters in Ontario. "Under dale. of November 5, I. was advised by letter that the provisional in , k Marketing board had been dissolved, We understand that no progress has been made to date in the- prov- ince of Quebec for the establish- ment of a milk marketing plan, although it had been hoped such a plan could have been develop- ed and in operation with the proposed Ontario plan. We are back where we started, only more so, with an apparent feel- ing of helplessness in the minds of many that the four dairy groups cannot apparently get together in some co-ordinated effort. Solution not hopeless "This helplessness is 1, ged with bitterness as well and there is a growing possibility that strong rifts may develop be- tween some of the producer groups. Certain charges and counter-charges have been made in the industry as to who is re- sponsible for the creation of cur- rent problems. It is quite ap- parent that the four commodity groups each feel that they have a individual destiny in the pro vincial milk program. It is now quite evident that by maintain- ing this individuality of effort they will weaken each other and, in doing this, will create farther chaos within the whole industry. "I can't see any logical or sound reason why well estab- lished dairy farmers in this province, which has been re- garded as the dairy province of Canada for Many years should disrupt, decrease or cut back EXETER fAIIM :EQUIPM NT PHONE 14$4166 it 'D. jERMYN txtttct Bill Mickleis ON HOW YOU CAN GET THE MOST FROM YOUR GRAIN eedPU RI NA CHOWS today!