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FRIDAY, OCT. 17 AT OUR SHOP CA2028J (RAIN DATE SAT., OCT. 18 INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER CANADA N. T. MONTEITH EXETER LTD. 235-2121 "The,best in service tvhen you need it most!" 1, Convenience stores ltd. Announces the appointment of June Dougherty as the new dealer at their Exeter store Come in and see June. She and her staff will be pleased to serve you. Now on special 6 • Coke&Sprite 750 ml.- 39e Open Daily 7 to 12 A SMALL COMPETITOR — A class for garden tractors was added to this year's Middlesex plowing match. Shown in ac- tion with his small machine is Dave Small. T-A photo Expect cattle to be strong Your profits may be eaten before your cattle get ta market from the inside! ISF TRAMISOL DEWORMER Cle.41AIALAWIL7 Beef cattle have worms. You can't see them hut there can he up to nine types of worms eating away at your cattle from the inside, preventing your cattle from gaining valuable pounds. And, at today's prices, you'll pay dearly for those lost pounds later. Tramisol is Canada's most popular heel dewormer. It is effective against all nine types of worms. And free of that worm burden, cattle are likely to gain more weight faster and you'll gain more at the market. Why lose weight to worms when you can profit at the market with Tramisol? Ask your dealer about Tramisnl. tell you it pays off hn-ause it works. W. • ' ' ^ • • .1,4 4 It -41 down competitors at county Plowing match. Saturday's 1980 Middlesex According, to match el- fielals, this. year's event held on the.London township farm of John Walls drew more contestants than last year. Director Clare Paton of Lucan said two of the classes which were open to anyone drew contestants from Huron, Kent and. Elgin counties. Penny Hodgins of Lucan who was Queen of the Furrow in 1978 and is a contestant again won the plowing portion of the. contest. Penny and her only 0P- ponent, Karin Peterson will be taking part in the balance of the competition at Friday night's annual banquet to be held at the Komoka Com- munity Centre. The two young ladies will each give a speech on "the role of women in the 80's• and also be judged on ap- pearance and deportment. The winner will be e crowned by lastyear's .Queen of the FurroW Carolyn Adams. Carolyn won Queen's plowing competition at the regent Elgin bounty. plowing match. Revell Shapton of Exeter won the open tractor class. for competitors under the age of 18 by November 1. -Janyee Lyons of Wallacetown was second and Brian .MeGavin of Walton Was third. Rev, Ken limes of Brussels was the winner in the senior tractor class followed: by Art Manning, Highgate and Mary Walls, wife of the host farmer.. In clasp. four for. Middlesex residents under the age of 18, Darlene Paton of Lucan. -was. the winner. Next came Dwayne Lyons, Lucan and Darcy Duffin, Thorndale. Jim Paton, Lucan was the top Middlesex county high . • school student plowing, Doug Duffin, Thorndale was the winner for contestants from 1 leader in barley and fodder corn, placed second in grain corn and fourth in mixed grain. The Huron value for winter wheat was $5,149,000; oats, $829,000; barley, $5,715,000; mixed grain, $8,418,000; grain corn, $54,430,000; fodder corn, $17;238,000; hay $13,083,000. The $273 average return per acre on grain corn made it the most profitable of all the crops listed in . the statistics. In the livestock section, the figures show Huron farms with 190,000 dairy and beef cattle down from the 207,400 of 1978. The number of pigs in- creased to 280,000 "from 233,000 the previous year and sheep increased from 6,100 in 1978 to 8,000,Iast year. In 1979 Huron farms sent 111,760 cattle, 3,955 calves, Slaughter cattle prices in North America are expected to remain strong during the next year according to Agriculture Canada economists. The economists anticipate that a steady improvement in beef demand by the e.insurner will largely offset an increase in beef supplies through 1981. The strengthening demand for beef is largely the result of sharply higher pork prices in recent months. Pork supplies are expected to continue to decline in coming months which will keep pork prices high and encourage consumers to buy more beef. Earlier forecasts that beef supplies would continue to decline have not been realized. More heifers and cows have been placed on the market than previously anticipated. This is due to higher feed grain prices which have discouraged herd expansion. CROSS COUNTRY — Gary Birmingham, principal of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Separate School gives instructions prior to Friday's Huron-Perth Separate School cross country meet. • T-A photo r ...siumaimmipromimmuminsi ion INEN) Agriculture statistics for 1979, released this week by the ministry of agriculture and food, show Huron con- tinuing to lead the way in several crop areas. Once again, Huron topped the white bean production with 33,000 acres and an average yield of 16 cwt. per acre. The total production was 528,000 cwt. for a total value estimated at $8,559,000 or $259 per acre. Perth County followed in second place with 320,000 cwt. for an estimated value of $5,187,000 and Middlesex was third with a value of $3,858,000. The figures are subject to revision as they include partial and interim payments only. The soybean figures' are also imcomplete but show that Huron had 12,500 acres in 1979 with a harvested value of $2,728,000. Huron remained as the News from Centennial Central School Open House was held October 1st at Huron Cen- tennial School. The level of participation was excellent, A highlight of the evening was a video tape of the Classroom activities. Camp Sylvan, the outdoor Education Centre, was alive with students and teachers where the Grade VIII students of Huron Centennial spent 2 days and one night the last week of September. Forestry, Survival games, orienteering, cemetery study, fossil hunting and, the study of an abandoned village were all included in the curriculum. Student Council elections were held in late September. Final results were president - Darryl Finnigan, vice president - Nancy Taylor and secretary - Jay Brandon. Also elected were representatives for each class. Middlesex between the ages of 18 and -2$ and Clare Paton won the Middlesex senior event with Floyd Wills, Thorndale placing second, Joan McLean of qienoe won class nine while the O'Neill clan dominated the four or more furrow class for Middlesex residents. Doug and Dennis of Denfield finished one-two while Ralph from .Thorndale was third, In class il, the winner were Ron Abbott, Thorndale and Dave McLean, Glencoe, The competition for heads of municipalities was won by Bill Skinner of Caradoc followed by West Nissouri reeve Harold McCutcheon and Westminster deputy- reeve Sam Richardson, Middlesex Plowman's Association secretary Marion Weldon who is alio reeve of Westminster was too busy to plow Saturday. She was second in a similar competition at the recent International match. held at 425,619 hogs and 1,785 sheep and lambs to slaughter. These figures are for livestock marketed at public stockyards, plus livestock shipped directly to federally inspected and federally graded packing plants. Huron dairy farmers shipped 102,720 kilolitres of milk to processing plants, down slightly from the previous year, and well, below the totals since 1972. The highest year on record was 1975 when the figures was 115,021 kilolitres. The farm value of crops in Middlesex was as follows; winter wheat, $8183,000; oats, $1,708,000; barley, $2,016,000; mixed grains, $2,535,000; grain corn, $46,928,000; fodder corn, $12,432,000; hay, $11,600,000; soybeans, $10,545,000; white beans, $3,858,000. If feed grain prices remain strong, as is forecast by Agriculture Canada grain economists, this will further. weaken feeder cattle prices and encourage even further slaughter and higher beef supplies Slaughter levels are now expected to be about the same as or slightly higher than, a- year ago. Later in 1981, slaughter levels could increase even further as the five per cent increase in the 1980 calf crop reaches the market. However, beef demand should hold strong and maintain slaughter cattle prices. Al and 2 steers are ex- pected to average $86 to 88 per hundredweight in Toronto during the last quarter of 1980 and $81 to $85 in western markets. During the first quarter of 1981, prices could average about$90 per hundredweight in Toronto. Woodstock, icoTritiee nt,tlyvoiuce, 7ainiderix...RiTse White, both of Liman and Ken McConnell, Denfield, Doug Duffin won the home plowing- competition with Jim Paton second followed by Darcy Duffin, Thorndale; Wayne Hudgins, Lucan and David. cobbon, Mount Brydges, In the specials depart- ment, Darlene Paton, Doug. Puffin, Ron Abbott and !Orig. Lyons each won two prizes while single awards went to Darcy Duffin, Dwayne- Lyons, Steven Bedgood, Bill Skinner and, Rick Guy. The antique plowing competition was won by Rick Guy of Denfield followed by Tom Shoebottom and Bev 11141-1 horseshoees pitching, Lloyd Venner and Murray Christie of Hensall teamed up to win the open com- petition. • OPERATE BOOTH — Members of Bethel Presbyterian Church in London township operated a food booth at Saturday's Middlesex plowing match and sold souvenirs of their 150th anniversary. From the left are Boyce Powell, Katherine MocNaughton,MargarefCar- michael and Laura Powell. T-A photo Despite rain Middlesei plow match is Successful Rainy weather along with cold winds failed to; slow HONDA POWER dam MIDDLESEX PLOW QUEENS — Contestants for 1980. Middlesex Queen of the Furrow honours plowed Saturday and the winner will be selected at the annual banquet Friday night. Above, 1979 Queen Carolyn Adams is shown with Karen Peterson and Penny Hodgins. Penny was also Queen in 1978. T-A photo Tops in beans, corn, barley Huron a crop leader Cattle men prosecuted Two Ontario cattle dealers have been convicted and fined 'for infractions of the Animal Disease and Protection Act, Clarence W. Poortinga, an Auburn cattle dealer, pleaded guilty at the provincial court in Goderich and was fined $500. Under the Act, dealers are required to keep records of any cattle moving on or off their premises. During • a - routine bruc ellosisinspection, it was found by Agriculture Canada inspectors that Mr. Poortinga had no certificates of sale or transfer for some of his cattle. Ronald McKelvey of Rosemont has also been convicted for violating the Act in a separate action. At the provincial court in Collingwood, Mr. McKelvey was found guilty of moving cattle from Manitoylin Island to Stayner, Ont., without a change of ownership test as stipulated • in the Act. Mr. McKelvey was fined $500. The regulations under the Animal Disease and Protection Act give the federal agriculture depart- ment the authority to control infectious and contagious livestock diseases such as brucellosis in Canada.