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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-12-04, Page 8Down to Earth as seen by Bill Stewart Canadian. Al units have had a major impact on improving Western Canada Holsteins. The Canadian Holstein-Friesian Association has done a remarkable job through their own initiative and courageous culling and grading program, in having reached the enviable place of being the source of the world's greatest Holsteins. The concern that Agribition would conflict with and injure the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto, expressed by some in Eastern Canada five years ago when it was started in Regina, appears groundless now. The two shows complement each other. It might be advantageous if they could be spaced a few days apart, so that both the animals shown and the livestock handlers involved in both shows would not be pressured to the current degree in exhibiting at both shows. Surely this can be achieved with a little give and take — we're all Canadians! I found the warmest Hospitality extended by every one. There appears to be a genuine desire to work with the Royal rather than against it. This being my first visit to Agribition I was impressed with the down-to-earth stockmen's common sense approach to developing such an enormous show in the space of 5 years. While I have always been a staunch supporter of the Royal, I also firmly support the idea that Eastern Canada should become more interested, both in entry participation and attendance, in Western Canada's Agribition. Plan a trip to Regina in 1976. There are non-stop jet flights from Toronto and return every day. You'll enjoy the friendly Western hospitality and see some of the greatest livestock to be found anywhere in the world, There is no doubt beef producers, particularly the beef calf producers, have been hard hit financially by the combina- tion of an over-supply of cattle, high grain prices and consumer resistance to over-the-counter meat prices. Many beef calf operators are simply selling all their cows, others are severely culling their cow herds. The reported cow and heifer kill at federally inspected abattoirs in Canada over the last 3 months is at the highest level for such a period in Canadian history. Bas- ed on U.S.A. and Canadian statistics we will likely see stronger beef prices by mid 1976, with fewer beef calves being produced, particularly with every prospect of continuing high grain prices. Like many lifetime beef producers I believe the current depressed producer prices will strengthen with the next few months, With the quality of breeding stock available in On- tario and Western Canada, con- By MRS. M. H. ELSTON 4-H club Elimville III 4-H club met at Mrs. Kints November 25. The roll call was the supper dish mem- bers made using bread as a main ingredient. It was answered by 10 girls. 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Carrel man back from hospital In speaking of Mr, Charles Dietrich last week, I mentioned that "you can't keep a gopod man down." Sure enough, Mr, Dietrich, a well-known resident of Mt. Carmel, is back home from his brief stay at St. Joseph's Hospital, and is resting com- fortably. Although weddings are joyous affairs, the folks at the Hubert Carey residence must feel that they've had more than their fair share of them in the last while. On this past Saturday Mr. & Mrs. Carey attended the third wedding in the space of only one month. At this most recent wedding, held at St. Bazil's Church in Toronto, Mary Eileen Carey was married to James Hill of Toronto. Mary is the daughter of Mrs, Rita Carey, and a niece of Mr. Hubert Carey, An exceptional reception followed, and it was held in the Church of St. Vincent de Paul, also in Toronto, Other weddings have taken the Careys all over Ontario, and in the last month they have attended weddings in Simcoe, Windsor, and now more recently, Toronto. Friday, Mr. & Mrs. Terrance Roche of Hamilton spent the day with the Carey family. Two ladies of the Mt. Carmel area recently decided to take the initiative and do what many ladies would like to do: get away from the rare-and-tear for just a while. Thursday, Mrs. Marlene Jeromkin and Mrs. Pat Darling headed to Detroit, for a few days of shopping and visiting. They stayed until Sunday with the family of Mrs. Darling's parents, Ann and Ernie Fields of Windsor, before heading home. WATERS ELEVATORS LTD, Parkhill J. LORNE ROSS St, Marys THORNDALE FARM SUPPLY Thorndale Horned Herefords by about 3 to 1. There is no doubt that the Province of Alberta has outstan- ding horned Herefords, the breeders having carefully selected and improved the quali- ty of their cattle with special attention to size, length, heavy bone and easy feeding characteristics. It would be hard to imagine better cattle could be found anywhere. The Shorthorn classes, while not as large, were of exceptional quality. The Aberdeen Angus breed is making a very strong come-back in the West with their longer, higher, growthier cattle, There were over 300 Angus shown with Prospect Farms, Arva, cap- turing the Premier Exhibitor award with their outstanding quality entries. Of course most, if not all, the exotic breeds were represented, either in competition or as dis- plays. Perhaps there is a place for some of the exotic breeds for cross-breeding with the British breeds but one wonders if the ex- otic fad may be waning somewhat, particularly since the well established conventional breeders have done such an ex- cellent job of producing growthier, heavier cattle, One just must be struck by the involvement of livestock producers from all over Western Canada, particularly From Saturday, November 22 to Friday, November 28, the City of Regina, Saskatchewan, became host to what was described as the World's Largest Livestock Show, Held at the Regina Exhibition grounds there were over 4000 cattle. 192 breeding hogs and over 100 breeding sheep entries, I have never seen as many high quality breeding livestock and market steers exhibited. There were 1050 purebred Hereford cattle entered from Canada and U.S.A. Even with a few not shown, it could well be, as we were reminded, the world's largest Hereford cattle show ever held. The Polled Hereford classes were so large that the entries were brought into the ring accor- ding to their days of age within certain months of the year. Usually there would be 20 to 24 entries after this method of sor- ting. There were two judges for the Polled Herefords who would then pick their top choice of the class. One judge would place the top end of these while the other judge would place the lower end, then they would go over each other's placings before finalizing the awards. This method worked well and everyone seemed reasonably satisfied with the placings. The Polled Herefords, of ex- cellent quality, outnumbered the WRIGHT'S FEED SERVICE Ailsa Craig BEV MORGAN & SONS Hensall JIM E. 0, C. ZEHR DUFFIN & SON RR2, Thorn dale Sebringville Saskatchewan and Alberta. There were over 300 individual cattle production units represented. Another special feature was the exhibit of 500 "pre- conditioned" feeder calves. All were exhibited in outside pens for the entire week, even though the temperature was -18°C with a wind chill factor on some days of down to -40°C, I never saw any sick calves. All were sold by auc- tion with many coming to On- tario buyers. The top pen. averaging just under 600 lbs. each, sold at 73e with the general run of these good calves selling at strong, or above general, market prices for such feeder calves. Many of the fat market steers in this year's show had been purchased at last year's commercial calf auction. One thing that struck me as in- teresting was the fast walk, almost a trot, at which the beef cattle, in all breeding classes, were moved. It was explained, on making enquiry since this is not the method used to show beef cattle in Eastern Canada, that breeding animals on the Prairies, or on rougher ranching country, must be able to move easily and quickly. It's sometimes a long way between watering holes! Hence breeding animals must have strong bones and good feet and be able to move well. Sounded like prac- ticality in the show ring. I was amazed, and with my Scottish name more than pleas- ed, to find no admission charged for Agribition. Naturally this prompted me to ask the Manager, Alex. McTaggart, formerly of Appin, Ont., and a former active member of Middlesex Junior Farmers of my day, how the Show was financed. I learned from Alex. and the President, W. J. Small that Agribition, now in its fifth year, receives a grant of $18,000 from the Province of Saskatchewan, $5500 each from Alberta and Manitoba and $2500 from British Columbia. The Government of Canada then provides up to $5500 in matching grants for each of the 4 Western Provinces with an additional $20,000 grant in lieu of prize money. The Cattlemen's Association of Saskatchewan provides a $25,000 grant and the Saskatchewan horn trust fund puts up a $30,000 grant. The horn fund is generated by levying a charge of $2 per head on every animal marketed in Saskatchewan carrying horns. No wonder Saskatchewan now has the largest number of polled breeding battle of any province in Canada, but it's an effective way to get the horns off feeder cattle. An entry fee of $10 per animal is charged and 2% of the gross amount received on all animals sold by auction during the week is collected. This can be a sizable figure when one realizes that in 1974 over 3.8 million dollars worth of cattle were sold. The Grand Champion steer, a Simmental weighing 1255 lbs., brought $18 per lb. from the Canadian Simmental syndicate, surpassing the record $17.25 es- tablished at the recent Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. The Reserve Grand Champion steer sold for only $1.10 per lb., far short of the $5,75 figure at Toron- to, The average run of the market steers, and they were all choice quality, sold at about 20 over Western market prices. For instance, the champion pen of 5 Charolais x Herefords, averag- ing 1200 lbs. sold at 55e. All steers carried a 3% shrink from the ring sale weights. I was impressed with the large (10 to 22 entries) and very strong classes of Holstein dairy cattle, It was obyious that Eastern Hockey In Sauble Hockey League action over the past week, Mt. Carmel lost a close, high-scoring game against Parkhill, on Thursday, November 27, and the final score was 9-8. The fact that Parkhill scored with only 27 seconds left to play in the game made it all the more disheartening for the hard- working Mt, Carmel team. Paul Glavin again had a sen- sational night, scoring four of the Mt. Carmel goals, while Larry McCann scored twice,, with Mike Tiernan and Paul McCann adding single goals. sumers can rest assured that if the price they are willing to pay for beef is commensurate with its cost of production, they are still going to be able to enjoy beef in the future. 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