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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1963-02-28, Page 8. Inclycle4 .rnUSIC Maurice" Next •week the forOm will meet at the borne of Mr. and Mrs. Russell. King. The value of experience is not in Seeing much but in seeing Wisely, --Sir William Osler. Hog premium back to $3.00 A quality premium Paid by the federal, government on Grade A hogs will he restored to $3 on April 1, the beginning oc uf ttuhree new fiscal n ister Alvin year ton has announced, lie recalled that the pre- millea was reduced from $3 to $2 per Grade A hog effective Sept, 4, 1962, as a contribution to measures curtailing govern- ment expenditures at that time. It is estimated that a searing of $1,345,600 will have resulted from the U tuitrihrtOsnctst end of°ihusercreael4y,71a9rt:e0, Pr oo-f ducers received a $2 premium on a Grade A hog and $1 on a Grade B hog. On that date, the premium on Grade B hogs was discontinued and the Grade A premiern was increased to $3. In the 1961 calendar year Grade A premiums paid by the federal ;6r a1,317g, government nm tehnet first eiamountedgtlt months of 1962, before the a- mount was reduced, premiums totalled $4,635,558. nications field, involving seve- ral years in the field of farm writing and broadcasting, with particular emphasis on farm organization activities, makes him an ideal choice for this key position in farm organiza- tion," said Mr. Musgrave. SEE F R 1963 . Best varieties ® High germination . Reasonable prices You would have to be a super- expert to look at two samples of seed and be able to tell which one is better. But if one sample bears the name "Jones, Mac- Naughton" you know at a glance that it is reliable, dependable and top value for your money. Over the years, Jones, Mac- Naughton Seeds have built up a reputation for reliability and fair dealing, that is your best insurance against disappoint- ment. Buy from your local dea- ler--complete list on request. JONES, MACNAUGHTON SEEDS Exeter, 235-0363 Crediton, 234-6363 London, 432-2258 Vote For Sound Hog Marketing The fpllowing men have been nominated to stand for commit- teemen for Huron County and all stand for good sound pro- decer coetrolled marketing. Vote for the following men and vote for a full elate of 19 men March 5th between 11 am and 6 pm, NOMINEES ALLAN, Robert P. BRAN, Martin BACON, Albert CAMPBELL, George COLEMAN, 'William ELLIOTT, Gordon FINNIGAN, Raymond FISHER, Leonard GOVIER, Carl HARDING, Elmer IRELAND, Elmer LOVETT, Ross LOVE, Ross McALLISTER, Robert McGREGOR, Alex MULVEY, Harry RUNDLE, Hugh STEWART, Lloyd WARNER, Alfred H. it is TOWNSHIPS Tuckersmith Grey Morris McKillop Stanley McKillop Ashfield Colborne East Wawanosh Howick East Wawanosh Hullett Hay West Wawanosh Tuckersmith Turnberry Usborne Hullett Goderich 41011011.111.1.111111.111, Injectable Penicillin Scourex Tablets 1-Calf Treatment , . $1.15 Double Size . .... $3.00 UNTLEY DRUG STORE ► fiti '/./ Everything Needed for Calving Time! Calving time has hazards for both the calves and the cows. Be prepared for trouble. Injectable Vitamin A 30 cc's . . . . . $2. 15 Aat.,7,1 EXETER DA Telephone Ontario vs,_ 235.1070 •1•01111•MIIMMIl• Silo Unloaders We can install a Barn-O-Matic Silo Unloader with 48 hours no- tice in any silo. The Barn-O-Matic really does a job in this frozen corn or no sale. Our price and terms are the best in the land. FARMERS INTERESTED IN NEW 6" SLOP WALL SILOS FROM 13' x 50' to 20' x , GET YOUR ORDER IN OUR BOOKS NOW AS LATE ORDERS HAVE TO TAKE SECOND PLACE. JONATHAN E. MILL & SONS 30 Years Building Better Silos any place in Ontario RR 2 Seaforth Phone Clinton HU 2-9822 SHOW AND SALE of BEEF BULLS Under the auspices of THE ONTARIO BEEP CATTLE IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION HAYS SALES ARENA Trafalgar 5 miles north of Oakville on Highway #6 118 - HEREFORDS 26 - SHORTHORNS 6 - ABERDEEN ANGUS 1 -GALLOWAY Anous, Shorthorns arid Galloway sell onMarch 12 Herefords sell on March 14 Showing Scheduled for 8:30 A.M. each day Sales will eminence at 1100 A.M, each day Every Ontario farmer buying aaqUalifiedperformariceteSt. ed" bull at these saleS will be eligible for a premitirri Of 20 Peecent of the etirehase price, bit not more than $169.00i in accordance with the terms of the Hull Premium Polley. CatalogueS May be obtained froth the Secretary-Treasurer C. carman Lyons, President 'ff. orabata ) 8ecretary Wallacetowny Ontario Parliaitent Toronto, Ontario What's The Score? For the many farmers who've been asking, here are the far- rowing figures on our first group of artificially bred sows. Number of sows bred - 75 SoWs producing litters - 65 Pigs born per litter (avg.) 9.6 "First litter" sows - - 30 A pioneer venture doesn't often produce such satisfactory results. The "pioneering" is over now, (we provided service for 300 sows lest month) and every day more farmers are putting an extra sow in "the space the boar took". You toe can have this extra income, and Use the best boars available through the service of WATERLOO CATTLE BREEDING ASS'N Phoning :hours. till 10:00 A, M. Offices in Waterloo, Clinton, For- mosa, Kincardine; Tara, Paltrier= stun, Arthur, Guelph. You can reduce your farm costs by using High- Analysis CO-OP Semi - Granular, Free-Plowing Fertilizer. 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There were six perfect scores of 140 points among the 644 contestants from nine pro- vinces who competed. A group of judges at the major shows across Canada select an All-Canadian and a reserve in each of the 14 re- gular show classes, the compo- site opinion representing the official choice. From photo- graphs of the six leading con- tenders of each class the 4-H boys and girls make their sele- ctions for All-Canadian and re- serve. These are compared with the official choice, the winners being those closest to the of- ficial placings. Confirm six rabies cases During January, six cases of rabies were confirmed in Hu- ron, according to Dr. J.C. Mac- Lennan, of the health of animals branch, Seaforth, Included were three foxes, two skunks) and one cattle beast, and all originated in the area north Of No. 8 Highway. During the period, April 1, 1962, to the end of January this year, 36 cases were confirmed, and included 20 foxes, two skunks, six cattle, four cats, and one dog. Since February 1, 1963, Dr. MacLennan said, several eases of rabies have been diagnosed in cattle at three separate pre- thises--two in HullettToWnship and One in Howick Township, All are believed to have origi- nated from rabid skunk - Please turn to page 10 TitTtalAcIVOcate, February. 28, 190 Hog men vie for selling control forum. review It, was, review night for farm forums Monday night and Fair- field Forum meeting at the hetne of Mr. and Mrs, Earl Neil enjoyed a program including a men's trio 4of Jae); Hepburn, Maurice Ilaist and Earl Neil, a reading by Mrs. Earl Neil and ,contests conducted by Mrs, gRIWOOOPlaraMIOMMOMatgra. _ 1011114 WC.ASE AT FARM SUPPLY 2 mg4gpsopTg•OF ZURICH NEW OFA SECRETARY Bob Carbert Carbert new OFA Sec- 'TUES., MARcli I and pm GUEST :SPEAKER - ME..cIAM LA .VALLEY SLIDES on new Case farm machinery afternoon. FILMS modern farming and farm safety - evening DOOR PRIZE - 12 pc, set ,ovee-propf Corning-ware REFRD5IIMNTs. PROVIDED Plan to Attend. Everyone Welcome I3ut Still the hog producers points for the careful conside- collect their fee which at pre- ration of the hog men of Huron sent is 42e per hog and when County, some of the directors go on a 1, The present m a ree tine bus5cv p trip, oiitey raise the price to system is compulsory, If, as its surneerters claim, it is a supe- Noe( this marketing system rior form of marketing, why was not put to a vote of the must it be compulsory? Let us farmers of Ontario. I would market our hogs as we wish, like to challenge the hoeproclue ceps with a vote such as this: 1. Are you in favor of free enterprige for marketing hogs? 2. Are you in favor of com- pulsory marketing of hogs? Now farmers of Huron there is a vote on March 5, There will be polling booths at Exeter town hall, the agricultural board room, Clinton, Gorrie pity 1 and Sherwood's, Dun gannon. - Stephen Dundas Ross Love RR 2, Hensel]. Larry Snider invites You, Urges support To the editor: Again this year Huron County Hog Producers are being given an opportunity to endorse the present hog marketing plan. The annual meeting of the Huron Hog Producers on February 12 gave many an opportunity to express their views on our pre- sent hog marketing plan and many interesting facts were revealed. Ontario Hog Producers re- ceived a higher price for their hogs in 1962 than producers did in any other part of this conti- nent so this speaks well for our method of selling hogs and the Ontario Hog Marketing Plan. One of the speakers, Roy At- kinson, of Saskatchewan indi- cated that hog producers in the three Prairie provinces were looking upon our plan with great favor and stated that a hog mar- keting plan was about to be organized for the producers in the west. Through a great deal of effort and time in past years on the part of our Federation of Agri- culture we obtained farm mar- keting legislation and by this we were able to have a marke- ting plan for farm commodities. There is likely to be a vote on an egg marketing plan this year and producers are gener- ally agreed that it should benefit them. e I regard it my duty to express my views on producer marke- ting and I therefore advise all producers to support the mar- keting plans for farm commo- dities that will come before you in the near future, Elmer Ireland President, Huron County Federation of Agriculture R.W. 'Bob' Carbert has been appointed Secretary 'Manager of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. The announcement was made by President A.H.K. Musgrave this morning. Presently director of infor- mation for the OFA, Bob. Car- bert brings to his new post a wealth of experience, knowledge and ability which will be in- valuable to the federation. As the spn of a purebred Hereford Breeder, Bob gained practical knowledge of agricul- ture, early in life. This know- ledge enabled him to make an outstanding contribution as di- rector of radio and television farm programs for almost ten years with CKNX, Wingham, Ontario's farm station. In 1958, Bob joined the staff of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture in Ottawa, as direc- tor of information, coming to Toronto to head up the 0.F.A. Information Department in 1962. With the exception of a tour of active service with the Cana- dian Army during World War 2, Bob Carbert has been assoc- iated with Ontario and Canadian farmers all of his life. "His wide experience in the commu- Inefficient board To the editor: We the undersigned hereby wish to state our reasons for opposing the Ontario Bog Pro- ducers' Marketing Board in the forthcoming election of direc- tors in the Countyof Middlesex. 1, We feel this board is not being operated efficiently, or to the best interest of the pro- ducer. 2. We feel that lack of com- petition to sell our hogs is causing the present hourly fluc- tuation of prices. 3. No financial statements itemizing individual salaries, donations, travelling expenses, cost of operation of yards, tele- type machines etc. are pub- lished for the farmers who are financing this organization. Our suggestions for improve- ments to the present board are as follows: 1. We wish to state positively that we feel the present system should not be discarded. 2. We feel that if this board is operated efficiently, it should have no fear of competition and the world COMPULSORY could be discarded. At present other farm mar- keting boards do not direct the producer as to where his pro- duct must be sold and proces- sed. These other boards are also capable of quoting a quite stable price to the producer before his product leaves the farm. 3. We feel that, since the Sees no benefit hog producers finance its oper- ation, the board should publish a yearly statement to all hog producers. This statement should list salaries of executive and employees, donations to other organizations, c o st of operation of each individual yard, cost of teletype machines and all other costs incurred by the board. We respectfully request the support of all fellow hog pro- ducers if Middlesex County on March 5 to help us put these Policies into practice. Signed--Bernard Benn, Do- nald Campbell, Jack Crosby, Pat Crunican, Bill Dortmans, Harold Hartwick, George Ken- nedy, Jack Moir, Jack Ryan, Donald Scott, Hubert Scott, Bill Siddall. Lists objections 2. The teletype system. The supporters of this system tell us it is so superior that it is being adopted in other coun- tries. What they alwaye omit is that where it has been adop- ted, its use is voluntary and it must compete with other me- thods of sale. 3. Price fluctuations, During recent marketings, according to newspaper reports, hog prices have fluctuated as much as $4.30 per cwt, in one day, When packers buy, they buy at a price that will allow a margin of profit. If a packer buys at $32, for instance, and no doubt makes a profit, what profit must he make when the price drops $3 or $4 before the end of the day? 4. Shrink. Under the present arrangement, hogs are loaded and unloaded more often than necessary. Often they are trucked farther than necessary. This causes unnecessary car- cass shrink and damage and lowers the return to the farmer. 5. FAME. In recent news items about FAME the promo- ters have been quoted as saying that a price will be given a week in advance. How can this be done under the present com- pulsory marketing scheme? Are FAME shareholders going to work within or outside this pre- sent compulsory marketing scheme? Why are some of the same men who promoted this compulsory marketing scheme, now promoting a packing plant? 6. Condemnation Insurance. When a packer buys hogs, he must take into consideration that some hogs will have to be condemned. This must be a factor in determining the price he will pay. If the farmer paid condemnation insurance, as in former years, it would have a bearing on the price paid for hogs. When a farmer buys a trac- tor, a car, a farm, a bag of feed or fertilizer or anything else, he makes comparisonsfor quality and price. For the co- ming federal election, voters are making comparisons among the various candidates and par- ties. Should we not be allowed the same privilege of choice in the Marketing of our hogs? I have no objection to far- mers operating co-operatives or co-operative packing plants, etc. My objection is to the com- pulsory part of this system and To the editor: what this compulsion couldlead In view of the election for to. hog producer committeemen, I Ronald MacGregor would like to express some RR 3, Kippen One percent fee them any Other, piece end by the driver Win) eauet deliver tp an TO The Editor, assembly point. I have just finished reading, In closi ng,sir, I would like with a. great deal of interest, to urge every hog producer to Roy colemn in the cast his ballot, the decision will London Free Press, We con- he made by the majority. Let gratulate those gentlemen,us hope Producers will have under whose names, the various interest enough In the 90.100 comments and statements of million dollar business to gte Policy were made-eatleast they and vote and ensure that they had the eel:rage to make them place their businessin the hands the Open. of the most capable men pos- We cannot agree however, Sible• with what they have to say; Joseph F. Conlin, and I would like to deal with Pregident, Middlesex County each item as they list them. Rog producers Association. That, the board (or selling agency as it now is) is not being pperated efficiently. Do you realize that for 421 you can sell a $42.00 hog, or for a charge of 1%. Wnere else can you sell $42.00 worth of live- stock for a 1% charge? 2. As to financial statements, these are mailed to each dele- gate to the annual meeting with the notice of the meeting, They are available to anyone present or any producer requesting one. They are also published in the March issue of the Market Place, which circulates about 90,000 copies to hog producers in the province. 3, The daily fluctuations in price is the best indication of true competitive bidding for your hogs. A static price would indicate collusion and a static price situation. If you look at a given area i.e. London Wind- sor, Kitchener, the daily fluc- tuation is very small. There are transportation costs, etc. that are always taken into ac- count in the bid for hogs, and these vary from one area to another. We heartily agree the plan should not be discarded. It re- presents 15 years of progres- sive planning, and, rather than be discarded, should be impro- ved. As to publishing detailed lists of statements concerning costs of operation to each pro- ducer, we feel the cost of this would be prohibitive. In order for the plan to be effective it must be compulsory, the compulsion aspect is shared by the farmer who is compelled to deliver his hogs to the yards by the packer who cannot buy continuance of our present sys- tem of marketing hogs. In spite of the oPPositiell we are receiving from avert' small group, the eyes of the world are looking at this new tele- type system of selling. A num- ber of delegations have been over from the United States taking a look at our system and already some of the south- western states are adopting our ideas of selling. Alberta, Sask- atchewan and Manitoba have all had delegations here to see our teletype system and they say that inside of a year they will be organized and selling their hogs under this same system. We have been receiving the highest priges of any place on the North American continent, around $6.00 a cwt higher than the U.S. and about $3.00 a cwt higher than the western pro- vinces, Surely this is proof enough that the system is good. We know that at times the spread in price from day to day is great but under auction selling where you are selling to the highest bidder at all times this is impossible to Overcome. When averaging up their total sales for a year I think the producers are all receiving about the same. Pooling of prices has been considered but this has received very little support so far. Our opposition say they want a hog selling plan without compulsion, but they offer no alternative. Without compulsion we go back to the old system of dumping our hogs at the back door of the packers and they set the price. In almost every case these producers who are opposing our system of selling are increasing their hog numbers. This is one thing that amazes me. The hog vote is on March 5. It is to be hoped that everypro- ducer will get out and vote on that day, so that we will be able to continue to market our own product. Your Family & Friends to attend a Tractor Owner Meeting Wednesday MAR. 6 To the editor, At the hog producers' meeting at Clinton Feb. 12, I was going to speak about the system we farmers have had forced on us- - I mean the marketing of hogs-- but time restrictions proposed by the chairman, Mr. Miles, didn't allow me to give my per- sonal views. In my estimation, I think this compulsory system is of no benefit to the farmer. One of my reasons is the unstabilized price. Now accor- ding to one of the packers they like to deal with the hog producers for the simple reason they can make more profits by buying through the hog produ- cers than they can by buying direct from the farmers. When buying from farmers, the packers set the price for a whole week. When buying from the hog producers, after the To the editor: packers get their quota, they On behalf of the Huron County refuse to pay the price so the Hog producers, I would like to hog producers sacrifice the extend my thanks to the produ- price ranging from '75e to$3.00 cers who have supported me and cwt. so they can get rid of all my fellow committeemenfor the hogs in the assembly yards. Receive top prices 8 p.m. in our showroom Movies - Door Prizes - Entertainment DON'T MISS THIS! 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