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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1966-01-20, Page 12Attention All Farmers Admission and Bus Fare to the Canadian FARM AND INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT SHOW Exhibition Park, Toronto, Ontario, on Friday, January 28, 1966. Bus leaves at 8:00 a.m. PLEASE PHONE TO RESERVE YOUR SEATS HYDE BROS. Hensall, Ont, FARM EQUIPMENT Phone 262-2718 ANIMAL HEALTH NEEDS NIXON ANTI MAST .17 HERD PACK $2" 3 TUBES 3 TUBES $350 $500 POWER PACK 6 TUBES LIQUID MASTITIS INFUSION 402 SCOUREX TABLETS $1.75 — $3.00 $4 9 ° 9 UNTLEY 11 DRUG STORE inniirrrri rk EXETER DA 235-1070 A Drugstore Open This Friday Night Middletons Drugstore - At 5 weeks use Co-op* Pig Starter Start feeding at 5 weeks and continue until pigs reach 75 lbs. in weight. Each pig will consume about 100 lbs. CO-OP Pig Starter Medicated is available with broad spec- trum antibiotic to combat stress, mild intestinal dis- orders and maintain weight gains. Co-op Pig Starter Grower Should be used in place of Pig Starter when: 1. Non-infectious scouring has been experienced with regular Pig Starters. 2. Pigs have been pur- chased from sale barns or shipped a distance without proper provi- sion for regular feeding. 3. Pigs have been weaned with no previous access to Pig Starter, Available from Exeter District Co-operative eitEGISIttiEn TRW, MARN CO-OP Feed now better than ever "PIG STARTER OR CO-OP* PIG STARTER GROWER when required Page 12 Titres...Advocate, January 20, 190 New „hog production study planned for Huron County NEVER Assume the public knows as much about your business as you do. That's why advertising is so indispensable The Huron County Hog Prod- ucers Association and the Ex- tension Branch, Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture, Clinton, plan to study the effects of type of boar on grade of market hogs under field conditions in the near future. Under the guidance of Professor R. P. Forshaw, Animal Husban- dry Department, University of Guelph, this study is designed to augment the Huron County Boar Survey project of 1965. The re- sults of this study may assist in providing information to in- crease the percentage of grade A Hogs marketed from Huron County. Until tested, a boar is to vary- ing degrees an unknown quantity. R.O.P. ancestry and breeders records are aids to improvement, Just what differences exist and to what extent they occur finally show up as differences in per- formance. A fair indication of these differences can beobtained by following the progeny of s e 1- ected boars to market, In this project, boars will be selected at random from the list of boar owners compiled from Top 1965 award This saddle and trophies were presented to Len Veri at the Western Horse Association banquet held in Toronto recently. The trophy saddle represents the grand champion performance horse for On- tario with a total of 370 performance points for all classes. Shareholders to vote on future of FAME Local horse owner receives top award X1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111ll llllll lllllllllllllllll llllllllll llllll ISM lllllll lllll 111.11111 Speaker for Rural Learners . Guest speaker at the meeting of Fairfield Rural Learners at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mur- ray Elliott Monday evening was J. T. McCauley, Exeter, field- man for the Ausable River Con- servation Authority, The radio broadcast and the discussion which followed was continued from the previous week on water. To the question "Can we con- ceive of exporting water to the United States?" members felt "We should not be dogmatic a- bout the export situation but there is no substitute for water so we must be sure our own needs will be' met both now and in the fu- ture. Water has been the source of cheap and abundant electric- ity for Canadian Agriculture and Industry and remains at the base of farm prosperity. Increasing amounts are needed for chemi- cal and industrial processing." It was noted that an Inter- national Joint Commission has been established to iron out ques- tions of water use and control between Canada and the United States but the issues are not being resolved very fast. The question is asked how well is Canada bargaining and the answer seems to be — if Uni- ted States is really hard up Canada will bargain. A consensus was that the wa- ter situation will be worse as time goes on if no attention is paid to the pollution of water. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Heist. ing per day. There were 40 W.H.A. point award shows inOn- tario, and with the competition you had to try and make all shows as there were so many horses competing for the trophy saddle. Smokey Buzz will be retired this year as there is no higher award he can receive by showing in Ontario. the 1965 Huron County Boar Sur- vey. The identity of owners will not be made public. This will insure that those with boars of unknown ancestry, and therefore, not at present recommended, are not subject to perhaps unfair comparison with others. Three litters from each of ten boars in five categories (five categories of quality according to the Huron County Boar Sur- vey — 1965) shall be tested. Pigs are to be ear notched for Identification purposes by a rep- resentative of the Ontario De- partment of Agriculture before the litter is three weeks of age. The first three litters born after February 1st, 1966, and sired by selected boars are to be tested, When a producer sells wea- vers, the litter of ear notched pigs shall be sold intact but may go to different feeders. In this case, the number of litters may be increased up to three per finisher. All pigs are to be marketed through the normal channels but with separate tattoo markings. Co-operators will be supplying information re weight, grade, and market date. After all the test litters have been marketed, the various boars will be evaluated according to the grade of their market hog pro- geny. Results from the project will be completed by this fall. $1,500,000 in its bid to purchase the Burlington company for a total of $3,000,000 when it de- faulted on a $1,000,000 second payment due 90 days after the down payment was made. Since then, new directors have been elected and the present executive has been trying to re- vamp the program in an attempt to get into farmer-owned pro- cessing of livestock. The meeting at the Stratford Agricultural Coliseum will start at 1.00 p.m. Propose committee to study development Need strong control measures for maggots The Western Horse Associa- tion banquet was held in Toronto on January 8, and the awards for 1965 shows were presented. Smokey Buzz, quarter horse stallion owned by Len and Noel yen won the "Trophy Saddle" for grand champion performance horse for Ontario with a total of 370 performance points for all classes and 101 points ahead of the second place horse. He also won individual trophies for Grand Champion pleasure horse for On- tario 1965 and Grand Champion reining horse for Ontario 1965, and he received certificates to show he placed third for Ontario in trail horse class and third in stock horse class (he lost first place by 6 points) also placed first in western riding, but there were not enough classes to re- ceive a trophy. Smokey Buzz went in training in April to compete in these shows. With the show season running from May until October he was trained and shown by Joe Farren of Hespeler and won this honour as a junior horse (four year old) when the horse was not showing he still received approximately two hours train- Registered or Certified Canada No.1 "We're buying" GARRY, RUSSELL & RODNEY We are now handling CORN shelled and on the cob HIGHEST PRICES PAID Give us a call tHOMPSON complete crop failure, the bene- ficial insects could do some sal- vaging." Other cole crops, including cauliflower and cabbage, host maggots. Unlike the underground turnip, the consumer product of these crops is unharmed. How- ever, cole crops are maggot- transmitters, so turnips should not be grown near them. Neither should early or late turnips be grown on. your own or near a neighbor's fields that produced them last year. Sowing late in the season, when the maggot population has decreased, might counteract this increasing dis- aster. Spring Fair & Sons Ltd. HENSALL 262-2527 A mass meeting of share- holders of Farmers Allied Meat Enterprises Co-operative Ltd. has been called for Feb. 2 in Stratford, where it is expect- ed, the program will either go ahead or die. William Anderson, of Stratford F. A. M.E. president, said yester- day the executive has called the meeting in an attempt to find out what shareholders on the back concessions feel about F.A.M.E. chances of reacquiring the F. W. Fearman Packing Company plant at Burlington. Mr. Anderson said several meetings at county and zone levels have been held over the past few weeks and have indicated share- holders want to go ahead with their program of co-operative meat packing and processing in Ontario. He noted the meetings were attended by persons who have been " real supporters" of F.A. M.E. since It was founded seven years ago. "But now we must find out if the farmers ( shareholders of F.A.M. E. ) on the back conces- sions want to go ahead with the program. "If they do, that's fine, but they have got to support it finan- cially." Mr. Anderson said details of a new approach to financing far- mer-owned meat-packing will be outlined at the Stratford meeting. He noted the annual meeting o! F.A.M.E. in Brampton last December voted to go ahead with the program. However, he said, this did not indicate whether the majority of shareholders would back the pro- gram with additional funds. "It's one thing to say they will support it but it is another to say they will finance it," said Mr. Anderson. In late 1964, F.A.M.E. lost llllll 10111111119111 lllll 1111111111 lllll 1111111 lllll 11111111111111111111111111111111111111 100111011111111111111111111:111111111 lllll A planning committee to stop "helter-skelter development" in Huron County's 16 townships was proposed by the county's feder- ation of agriculture vice-presi- dent recently at a board of di- rectors meeting. Elmer Hunter, of RR 3, God- erich, said it was time for the formation of a committee to set up zoning and effective planning throughout the county. He said the step was necessary to preserve agriculture and in- stitute conservation policies. He suggested the hiring of a qualified resources official to direct town- ships in planning matters. A plan to place snow fences or protective hedges along Ontario highways was opposed by board. Vice-President Hunter said the education committee objected to the department of highways plan since it would prevent the use of "good agricultural land." The committee suggested the department's snow removal equipment made the protective measures unnecessary. The amount of rain alone does not determine the amount of soil loss from erosion on your fields. The size of the raindrops, in- tensity of the storm, slope of the field and type of soil involved all help determine your erosion loss. Substitutes for straw stop bedding shortage Mr. Hunter said if the plan was "forced" upon the farmer then the committee would prefer a 20-year easement of the prop- erty used. He said the report also asked that the farmer be allowed to work the land between the barriers. The department has offered easements of purchases of the land to erect the windbreak sys- tem. Directors were asked to con- sider a request from a New York State man concerning information on suitable locations for a 1000- acre combined beef operation and boys' camp. The request was relayed to the Huron directors from the Mid- Western Ontario Development Association, on behalf of Harold F. Abernethy, of Harrison, N.Y. Mr. Abernethy requested the land be near a beef market and a few hours drive from a commer- cial airport. Charles Thomas, president of the Huron group suggested this might indicate Huron County is more important as a tourist, rather than agricultural centre. Leaders meet The 1966 South Huron Agricul- tural Society spring fair will be held June 15, it was decided here Friday. James Doig, of RR 4,Seaforth, was re-appointed society presi- dent for 1966. Other officers in- clude: First vice-president, El- gin Thompson; second vice-pre- sident, John Corbett; secretary- treasurer, P. L. McNaughton; directors, John Corbett and John Ingram for Hay Township; Wil- liam Coleman and Harvey Taylor for Stanley Township; Stan Jack- son and Elgin Thompson f o r Tuckersmith Township; Jack Kinsman and Earl Dick for Hib- bert Township; Sam Dougall and George Frayne for Usbor ne Township; Russell Br own and Otto Willert for Stepehen Town- ship; William Decker and Bert McBride for Zurich; Lorne Hay, George Armstrong and Norman Jones for Hensall. Having a hard time stretching your food budget? In test after test we have proven that you save from 12% to 15% by buying in wholesale cuts of 1/4 or sides of beef. After more than ten years of being drenched with aldrin and heptachlor, root maggots have developed resistance and none of today's registered insecticides are very effective combatants. This new strain of maggots first caused complete turnip- crop losses on six Ontario farms in 1963. Crop losses have since increased and more are expected this year. Even one hundred times the usual amounts as tried by the Canada Department of Ag- riculture, are useless against the a l d r i n-heptachlor - resistant strain. What's more, farmers adding these amounts of insecti- cide to their crops can expect to have them confiscated as dan- gerous for human consumption. How, then, can turnips con- tinue to flourish? "The real ques- tion is, are you going to be grow- ing turnips or not? " replies Professor H. W. Goble, Provin- cial Entomologist, Ontario Ag- ricultural College, Guelph. "If so, don't plant a new crop within one mile of maggot-infested areas or at least grow the crop as far away as possible. To many turnip growers, that means moving to another farm. Aldr in and hep- tachlor once killed both maggots and the beneficial insects which preyed on them. Now, only the maggots survive. In areas where these chemicals have been the control, it would be better to grow turnips without insecti- cides", Professor Goble advises. "Bather than having a possible Rent a frozen food locker for less than 30 a day. All meats sold fully guaranteed as to quality and flavor. The Huron County 4-H Agri- cultural Club Leaders will hold their annual meeting at the On- tario Department of Agriculture Board Room in Clinton on Wed- nesday, January 26th at 11:00 a.m. 4-H work during the past year will be reviewed and plans will be formulated for the coming year. Mr. R. F. Heard, Farm Man- agement Specialist, Ontario De- partment of Agriculture, Lon- don, will be the guest speaker. In 1965 there were 21 4-H Agricultural Clubs with 50 lea- ders in Huron County. Mr. Ken- neth Baker, #2, Dashwood, is chairman of the 4-H Leaders Association. Buying a Herd Sire? straw, three bales of chopped stover (35 pounds each) can re- place five bales of straw as bedding; and stover yields per acre are considerably higher than straw. Corn cobs, sawdust, shavings, or wood chips can also be sub- stituted. When dry, these ma- terials absorb approximately the same quantity of liquid as chopped straw. The necessary amounts of this bedding can be reduced by using commercial rubber mats in each of the stalls, If livestock buildings are kept draft-free and the floors are kept warm and dry, it's even possible to elimin- ate bedding entirely. Pens with sloping or slotted floors empty- ing Into liquid-manure tanks fa- cilitate this and lessen labor requirements. Many of Ontario's farmers are confronted with livestock bedding shortages because they regard cereal straw as the only source of bedding, according to Dr. N. C. Stoskopf, Crop Science De- partment, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. "Then, with their modern techniques, they raise their combines or swathers to reduce the volume of straw being harvested. Actually, with the increase in yields, there's now more straw available than there was in the past." As an alternative, however, Dr. Stoskopf recommends corn stover. The water-absorbing ca- pacity of shredded corn stover is equal to that of oat straw harvest- ed with a combine. Because cattle don't trample and cut corn stalks into mulch so readily as they do WANT TO CUT FOOD COSTS Check to make sure he . . . ID Isn't a big eater El Keeps himself clean 0 Sleeps in an unused corner Control parasites for profitable pigs EXETER FROZEN FOODS 502 Main South 235 — 04'' 0 Never loses his tem- per C Has a priceless pedi- gree, but can be bought cheap 0 Will indicate in ad- vance how his off- spring will "do" Should you have difficulty in finding such an animal, contact 28.2697 Exeter WM. GREEN 235.0897 Beef producer Mr. Lawrence Markusse, well known Beef Producer of Wyom- ing, Ontario, will be the guest speaker at the Annual Meeting of the Huron County Beef Producers Annual Meeting in the Board Room, Department of Agricul- ture, on Tuesday, January 25th at 1:45 p.m. Mr. Markusse will discuss "How he personally operates and manages his beef enterprise and why he does things the way he does." This should be an interesting meeting, including the election of township directors. IIIIIIIIIIIIII11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111, another, swine can usually con- tact sarcoptic mange mites from pens where former swine have been infected with mites. Several control m e as u r es should be taken. New animals added to the clean herd should be quarantined and examined for lice and mange mites. If neces- sary, these parasites should be exterminated. Three chemicals, relates Mr. Norrish, are effective in com- bating these parasites—co-ral, lindane and korlan. Of course, for effectiveness and the herd's safety, the manufacturer's direc- tions should be followed. And, since these chemicals are ab- sorbed by the hog's skin, pigs should not be t r e ate d within thirty days of slaughter. The number of external parasites will also be reduced by a well-man- aged sanitation prograrn. LIVESTOCK REPORT "Parasites are controlled in profitable pigs", advises Mr. J. G. Norrish, Department of Animal Husbandry, Ontario Agri- cultural College, Guelph. According to Mr. Norrish, ex- ternal parasites create more of a problem during the winter months because pigs are housed in warm surroundings protected from the weather. Of the external parasites irritating to swine, hog lice and sarcoptic mange mites predominate. Hog li ce are bloodsuckers which live most of their lives on a pig. They cannot survive long in any other livestock environ- ment. If present, they are found on the more densely-haired parts of the pig, like the legs and ears. However, hog lice or their eggs may become separated from their host, so infected premises should be cleaned and disinfected before clean hogs are admitted, Sareoptie mange mites are microscopic, burrowing beneath the skin to produce lesions. The pig's skin is generally rough, cracked, and peeling. While ini- tial outbreaks occur around the snout, eyes, ears, tail, and 10- side of the legs, this condition can eventually cover the pig's entire body, While hog lice and sarcoptic mange mites can both be transmitted from one pig to WATERLOO CATTLE BREEDING ASSN These are a few of the best prices received for cattle sold by United Co-operatives On- tario Stock Yards, Toronto. GEORGE LATTA, Parkhill Steers, 1100 lbs. . .@ $28.25 HAROLD LEE, Ailsa Craig Cow, 1150 lbs. , . @ $16.75 CLEMENT BOLAND, Ailsa Craig Cow, 940 lbs. . . . @ $16.50 CARMAN CANN, Exeter COW, 970 lbs. . $16.50 ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION SERVICE FROM A.I. PROVEN AND SELECTED YOUNG SIRES For Service Call R. B. WILLIAMS Never use mote insecticide than recommended on livestock. Young animals, particularly calves, are susceptible to over- doses of most preparations. Too little may not control the pest, Bovine tuberculosis infects not only cattle, but people, pigs, dogs, cats and even Zoo animals. A program is underway to eradicate it from the U.S.