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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1962-12-06, Page 11nuesiakoveaf 'age ,EIPmi PETER, ONTARIO, DECEMBER 19.6 ',Second $OOPII Htion Soil and: .Crop • elects nson McKinley !•,.•• ' •.'0A " v 44.; , ...•54f:•14 Ass ss'se'.siss. • .:•"•. v., • ..... ,., ../i."*"•;4/4n1rZ;I: as ' •,,,te.y.r.", • NEW VENICE CORPORATION'S NEW CORN HARVESTING OPERATION INVOLVES RECEIVING PIT, DRYERS AND STORAGE BINS New Venice Cori:tin launches major corn operation, harvests, dries, stores 1,000 acres in 10 days Undoubtedly if. Great Britain joins the European 'Economic Community Canadian agricul- ture will be effected, This was the concensus as members of Fairfield Farm Forum discus- sed the topic Monday night, Although this subject has been in the news for the past two years members thought they did not understand the implica- lions too well but if it will ef- fect Canadian farmers it should be studied and discussed at length. Members felt if the E E C countries are encouraged to produce more of any commodity than before, then less of that particular commodity will be required from Canada. Also if the European product is an acceptable substitute for the Canadian product then the market for Canada may be de- pressed for a long time, Members suggested that Ca- nadians raise the standard of their products especially since they are being continually ask- ed to buy in Canada, The meeting was held at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Russell Schroeder with 26 in attend- ance, They will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Welling- ton .1-laist, Exeter, next week, • You ought to teach him to pick up after himself. You hays enough to do pieYdrtg up aiter me:" *z. - ser4 I1 subsi f F ri Bob Orasby, all 1 Brussels; West Wawanosh, Torn Webster; HSCIA PRESIDENT $ . Anson IVIekinley GET A BARN CLEANER SILO UNLOADER at BUNK FEEDER YOU'LL GET 11ETTER PER, FORMANCE AND LONGER WEAR PROM A PADGER Mitt StRV10E INSTAttAtiON John Btane JR, tRUCEPIELD Pilo* HO '2.1254 Colldtf Grade A hogs from the present $2 level to $3. A request to abolish the reg- ulation requiring a permit for farmers for 'the movement of farm machinery exceeding eight feet on the highways will he made to the provincial govern- ment, This resolution termed. the regulation "an inconven- ience and significant to every- one." Returned Elmer Ireland, 'Wingham, was returned to office for the sec- ond consecutive year as presi- dent of the federation. Also re-elected were Alex McGregor, Nippon, first vice-president and Charles Thomas, Brussels, sec- ond vice-president. Serving on the resolutions committee were: Lloyd. Stewart, RR 1 Clinton; Walter Woods, Wingham; Ted Dunn, Bayfield, and Stan Hooper, RR 5 Brus- sels. Returning to the county in which he served as agricultural representative from 1948 to 1951, R. Gordon Bennett, assistant deputy minister of agriculture of Ontario, was guest speaker. Mr. Bennett, by use of colored slides, illustrated his trip last summer to southern Rhodesia with a group from the Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers' Marketing Board, 'In his president's address, Mr. Ireland said; "We have the, best, farmland here in Huron County, we have the best, faint legislation in On- tario to be found in North America and we can have a good marketing plan for all farm products if we will just join our hands and say so." Robert. McGregor, Kippen, head of the Beef Producers in Huron, stated his belief that the proposed idea for a beef improvement association in On- Chow Checkers according to produc- tion. In 80 days we'll re-weigh the cows, and the milk, You'll see the results for yourself—the extra profits you'll get from feeding this body,- building Purina Chow. Why not call me today, or drop in to our Store with the Checkerboard Sign and let's talk about doing a Purina feeding-for. profit test right on your own farm, for fast, el cient feed service call Cann's Mill Ltd. Molar 1ihene 23.1782 Whalen Connors O'hone 35r1S kirkton ked PURINA CHOWStodayl /lion McKinley, .R3 1 Zur- ich, was elected president of the Horan Soil and Crop prevenient Association at its an- neat meeting in Bolgrave on Thursday, Mr. MoKinley sueceeds George Wheatley, 'Rft 1 Dub- lin, who served in that position for two years. Others elected include; vice. presidents, Ralph Foster, .RR Goderich, and Tom Webster, Dungannon, D. II. Miles, Clin- ton, egricultural representative for 'Huron County, is secretary- treeeurer. Township directors elected are: East Wawanosh, John Tay- lor, RR 5 Wingham; Hay, fan McAllister, RR 1 Zurich; Stan- ley, Anson. McKinley; Stephen, Elmer Powe, RR 2 Centralia; Usborne, Robert Down, RR 1 Tuckersmlth, B o b Broadfoot, Brucefieid; Hullett, Norman Alexander, Londes- bora; Grey, James Knight, RR 2 Brussels; 1-lowick, to. be selected; Turnberry, George Underwood, RR Wingham; Ash- field, Ralph Foster; Morris, Huron County Federation of Agriculture will request the On- tario minister of agriculture to encoura.ge the federal govern- ment to continue the price sup- port in the milk industry until a national plan is developed and voted upon, This action was taken Wed- nesday at 'the federation's an- nual meeting at Londesboro, at- tended by 175 members. "Ontario is not largely re- sponsible for the milk surpluses .n Canada," were the words used in the resolution as it was drafted by the Federation's resolution committee, comment- ing on the collapse of the milk marketing plan in Ontario, Seek inspe tor Federation members will also ask the Federal Government to establish a regulating testing station and to appoint an in- spector in Huron County for the grain trade. The resolution noted dissatis- faction in testing and. grading grain, beans and corn in Huron, particularly in the Hensall area, as well as dissatisfaction over the considerable distance. to the nearest testing station. in an effort to encourage the production of quality carcasses the federal government will be, asked to return the subsidy on. Cost not cut for Ontario Canadian farmers will berm- fit from a new method of clas- sification which is to be intro- duced by many automobile in- surance companies in 1963. Farmers .have traditionally paid less for their insurance since most farmers use their ears sparingly and on light- traffic roads. Insurance com- panies have given farmers a discount from the prevailing rural instirance rates.. This year for the first time separate listings have been com- piled for farmers and most ,armers will benefit from the change, About 220 thousand farmers are involved. Ontario farmers, the greatest single group, numbering about al thousand .drivers, are one exception to the trend, Accident statistics ;for Ontario indicate that farmers in that province will probably' face a rate in- crease similar to the average for all drivers in the country— about 10 per cent, Rating committees from the various insurance companies and groups are currently study' lug the accident. cost statistics. These statistics give only a gen- oral indication of the way that rates will go since various fac- tors which Mid affect the statistics must be considered by the insurance Man. Rates also individual farmers could 'affected by change itt their classification caused by a claim during the year be a new .utider-2.1 driver, A year of accident-free driving could also bring about lower ru ses. McKillop, B a el McSpadden, RR 1 Seaforth; Goderich, Ed- ward Grigg, RR a Clinton; borne, Douglas McNeil, RR 6 Goderich. 1), L, Parks, the recently ap- pointed director of the soils and. crops branch, Parliament SuijdingS, Toronto, gave an illustrated talk on a recent trip to Sweden, in eonnection with grasses, legumes and other fartil practices there, Pasture competition prizes were awarded at the meeting to Peter de Groot, RR 3 Blyth; Bruce Betties, Bayfield; Martin Bean, Walton; and Bob Father - Ingham, BR 3 Seatorth, At 'the banquet preceding the meeting, congratulations were extended to . Robert Allan, 13rucetield, a past president of the association, who for the second time has captured the world hay championship. Bob Fotheringham, an active member of the association, was also congratulated on being the reserve bean champion at the Royal Winter Fair, Toronto, earlier this month. tario would not go far enough, that they needed funds to in- vestigate certain things that came up. He announced that a group of Ohio beef producers would visit 'the county in Feb- ruary. Lloyd Lovell, Kippen, report- ed that sugar beet consumption is dropping each year, to 200 acres now in the county, How- ever, he noted that, Canadian sugar refineries make the larg- est profit of any in the world, and they do it on imported sugar, All Warner, Bayfield, advis- ed hog producers that the Mar- keting board was trying to have a more useful price quotation made available, rather than just the Toronto price. Emer- son Crocker, zone director of the hog marketing board, spoke briefly, and so did Albert Ba- con, president of the Huron Hog Producers Association. Carl Hemingway commented on FAME, and urged farmers to become a part of vertical integration and profit from it as the pioneers of the country had clone, Horace Delbridge, of the Hu- ron Cream Producers, remark- ed upon the improved quality of milk produced in :Huron, and said that the government load done several things to put cheese factories out of business, and thus help increase butter surplus. The answer is in get- ting cheese factories back in business. ELECTRICITY ON THE FARM Cost of goods and services to Ontario farmers rose 19 per cent in the 10-year period ending in 1961, During the same time the average cost per kilowatt-hour of electricity dropped 31/2 per cent, Legislature report Sees lively session, urgent farm issues By BILL STEWART, Middlesex North MPP Fourth Session of the 26th Parliament of Ontario open- ed at Queen's Park, Toronto, on Tuesday, November 27th, at 3 p.m., amid the traditional. pomp and ceremony associated with the official opening of the Legislature. This year the Lieutenant Governor and Mrs. J, Mackay rode in an open carriage drawn by four pure white Arabian horses with members of the Governor General's 'Horse Guards providing a guard-of-hotor. It was a most colorful pro- cession on a very beautiful, sunny afternoon with the tempera- ture in the 40's. This year's Speech from the Throne introduced a legislative program in keeping with the progressive ap- proach in the prime minister's program of provincial de- velopment. Medical insurance was accepted in principle on a volun- tary basis with the government offering to provide medical hp surance to those who, for a variety of reasons, could not obtain medical insurance in any other way. A committee will be ap- pointed to study health insurance and will report to the govern- ment on the providing of health insurance for our people. The junior Farmer Establishment Loans Act will be re- instated with special emphasis being directed to the establish- ment of a family farm business, including father-son, or brother-brother partnerships. Further assistance in farm business management; will be provided under the loans act and special farm business ar- rangement assistance will be provided in order to advise farm families in matters pertaining' to the strengthening and de- velopment of family farm units, The session has all the ear-marks .of a lively affair —it is rumored a provincial election is in the offing, and this always stirs up the opposition, Milk marketing, tobacco marketing and a host of routine matters keep your local 11IPP very busy in the portfolio of minister of agriculture, While no easy answers are to be found 'foe many of the problems confronting agriculture, the challenges of these matters command our closest attention and our appreciation of the necessity tor farm people to work together, rather than pull in all directions, for the good -of a.griculture, as a whole, regardless of individual interests. It's faster, more efficient, re- quires less labor, and it brings in more revenue. That's the list, of advantages cited by New Venice Corpora- tion Ltd. officials about its highly mechanized corn harvest- ing operation. Established this fall for the first time, it ex- emplifies a new trend in corn handling and marketing, Both New Venice, under gen- eral ;manager George Hunt, and the Haig Farm, operated by Bill Schlegel, swung into the new system this year and they're happy with the results. The farms are south of Grand Bend. In the field, the farms switch- ed from pickers to combines, which pick and shell in one operation. For handling, they erected their own drying, trans- porting and storage systems to provide a crop which can be marketed direct to the farmer, In the case of New Venice, the new operation permitted the harvesting of 1,000 acres of corn in 10 days, as pompared to six weeks the previous year. They used five combines, which took off roughly 100 acres a day, despite the soft -fields which resulted from the wet fall, Without, the faster opera- tion, the New Venice people figure they might not have been able to get all the crop in before winter this year. Labor costs reduced The speed of the operation did not. increase labor costs, Actually, New Venice hired only two extra noon this year, com- pared to five last year. With the use of bottom-un- loading grain carrier, New Ven- ice dumped its crop into a ma- jor handling installation, erect- ed this summer. The crop of wet torn is dumped into a holding bin, from which augers take it to two continuous dryers where the moisture content is brought down to the correct storage level-15'1, Using high-powered fans and bottled gas, the dryers not only reduce the moisture but also cool the grain before it's angered into a relay of six metal storage b n s, which stretch over a length of 110 feet. Thermometers installed in the bins permit constant checking of tbe temperature of the grain and a simple fan installation can is provided for cooling purposes, if required, An auger system is also pro- vided for unloading of the bins. Additional revenue "Price-wise, the system gives us a big advantage," says Hunt. "In most cases we can sell direct to the farmer at feeder prices. Before, we had to send it to 'the elevator to he dried before it was sold through them to the farmer." He estimates the firm receives about a 10-cat per bushel gala through the operation. With the New Venice crop of seine 70,- 000 bushels, the additional re- turn goes a long way toward justifying the major invest- ment. Yield of oats sets record Despite unusually dry con- ditions which prevailed through- out the early part of the seat son which resulted in odd growth patterns, 1962 will be recorded as a record oat year on dos basis of yield. According to the crop scienca department of OAC,, "Russell oats performed %yen. in Ontario variety trials yielding more than Garry in several zories and with equal yield in two other areas. Garry however, had a heavier yield in one zone. Average yield for the -tests over the entire province indie cates an advantage of five per cent yield of Russell over Garry, Results of the variety -trials in the eight provincial vines '-are as follows: In central and western On , tario, Zones 3 and 4, the aver- age showed a fite advantage for Russell over Garry, while — Please turn to page 13 ECC hurts agriculture. • Cart Cann s ON INCREASING MILK PRODUCTION Thousands of dairymen who have switched to Purina have upped pro- duction per cow as much as 1,000 lbs. per lactation. Extra milk for extra profit. That's why we say Ptitina feeding costs less! Because in the long run it's actually -cheaper to feed ti top-quality ration than to skimp your CoWS On poor feeds. 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