HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1956-02-29, Page 6The iiingliain Advanee,Thaes) Wednesday, Feb. 29: 1•951
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Bringing in last season's apple 'harvest was a big
chore with a reeord crop coming from Canadian
orchards, Private cold storage plants, such as this
• one on the farm of Mel Hall near Brockville,
helped ease the resulting marketing probleni,
SCOURER
(NIXON)
Will Save Your Calves
FROM "WHITE" SCOURS
• Removes irritation from
the intestinal tract over-
. night,
• The "combined sulfas" in
Scourex work fast to
stop the infection.
• Promotes appetite for rapid
recovery.
SAVE EVERY CALF
THIS YEAR
Builieboro, Ont. Oakville, Ont. '
PURINA COW CIRYW balances your grain
to make a top milking ration — (me that
keeps up the milk and keeps up the eow.
PURINA CALF STAR:PENA grows yoU
bigA-framed deep-bodied calf aaves you
time, work, milk, and money, too, Try
011411e-farm 'pre-packaging is A.
WOIghs•gtatIS Ond McIntosh apples
A Wire4Wist eleatite cOnipletes the
simple operation. Mere, Mel Mil
into his btand-riame PO/Yaione
package,
Value of Seed Cleaning ....
1V1r. Redden MIK ItiverY Ygar
juries through poor shipP14 ON",
troy about $7,000,000 worth pf gieat
in Canacla.
KIUTOSIS
T1118 dairy cattle disease, alno
called Acetonenala, may have a
OUre in the use of sodium /3r-option-
ate, a white powder that' can be
given twice a day either as a
drench or hi the feed. Ketiosis usu-
ally occurs 10 days to six wee4
after calving,. Milk ptoduction
and the cow's appetite becomes
poor,
HOG PRODUCERS
IN BRUCE COUNTY
ELECT NEW OFFICERS
The annual meeting of the Bruce
-County Hog Producers Nk!as held
In the Legion Hall, Chesley, on
Wednesday, February 22. The hall
was filled with Bruce County
farmers to hear the report of the
president, James Doyle, of Chop-
stow, He stated that there are five
or six assembly points for hogs in
Bruce County and all working very
aatisfactorily.
Wesley Magwood and Eldred Aik-
en, directors of the Ontario Hog
Producers' Co-operative, spoke and
explained how the agency was
set up and the benefit it was to
the farmers of Ontario.
Roger Schwass, commentator for
CKNX was present and spoke
briefly.
W. P. Oswald reminded the audi-
ence of the wonderful coverage and
fine editorials that are given to
farm organizations by the press
and also the radio stations of.
CENX and CFOS.
James Boynton, federation
fieldmart for Grey County, show-
ed slides on the operations of the
assembly yards and the processing
of the product.
The election of officers followed
with the following appointed for
1950.:'Plesident, James Doyle, Chep--
stow; 1st vice-president, Cecil
Dailey, Dobbinton; sec.-treas.,
Charles. Lemon, Kincardine; dir-
ectors, Eldred Aiken, Allenford,
Harold McCormick, Wingham,
Gordba Patterson, Ripley, Lorne
Hammel, Tara, - Orville Monk,
Elm*Od, Jack McGillivray, Pais-
ley. •
ELECTRIC HOC FENCE
A' British firm nas had success
in keeping pigs at home with elec-
tric fences. It has also used th
fences to hold out wild hogs, elo-
Phants, baboons and jackals in the
fungle in Africa,
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Seed cleaning equipment should
remove all foreign material and
dockage leaving only the large,
plump kernels for seed. A germina-
tion test of this seed will determine.
the drill settings that must he used
to place the recommended amount
of seed in the ground,
When cleaning seed grain the
first adjustment of the fanning
mill should he for scalping, and
the removal of weed seeds and
cracked grain. Then by careful
sieve selection the large kernels
may be retained on the upper shoe
while the smaller kernels including
the shrunken ones are passed
through. If the farm cleaning plant
consists of two pieces of seed
cleaning- equipmefit'such 'as a Car-'
ter disk or indent cylinder in ad-
dition to a fanning mill, the grad-
ing is relatively simple since the
disk and cylinder are designed to
make this separation,.
After the cleaning and gtading
operation the seed will be of uni;
form size and shape and .Will pro-
duce strong vigorous plants. :Test
runs with seeding implernentS-Will.
determine the setting. to,, .used,..
and the farmer will be .mord,ctinW,
dent as to the accuracy of his drill.
Planting the proper .quantity of
good clean seed grain will increase
yields at harvest time.
Booklet on Planning
This winter season is a good
time to write to the Canada De-
partment of Agriculture, Ottawa,
for a copy of "Planning Farm
Home Grounds." It can be had for
the asking.
In less than an hour you can
read the practical material it con-
tains. For the beginner planning
to improve the farm home grounds
the reading of this booklet is a
good way to start. Having absorbed
the general information it con-
tains, it will he time to look for
more help about varieties and cul-
tural practices best suited to your
needs. •
ATOMIC PASTEURIZATION
British scientists have been asked
to find out how radioactive waste
can safely be used to kill the germs
in milk and to make it keep long-
.Dairy Farmers Busy
With Winter Chores
A recent report uy a provincial
agricultural representative told the
story of winter on toe farm in a
few words.
"Chores," he said, in his weekly
summary to the Ontario Depart-
ment of Agriculture, "are keeping
most people busy these days."
On farms throughout the pro-
vince farmers whose dairy herds
are the foundation of Ontario's
butter supply Were bearing out his
words. Before -'sunrise, and after
the early winter sunset, lights were
butning - in their. barns. Before
they ate, their .cattle were fed; be-
fore they took time for relaxation,
the animals were groomed and bed-
ded, the milk was separated and
the cream stored.
There Is the matter too, of care-
ful winter feeding—a program
aimed at keeping up both the high
level of flavor and nutrition in the
final product despite the lack of
green fodder and the scarcity of
sunshine.
Aided by science farmers are able
to do just that, with feeds that
provide the necessary vitamins, and
with exercise. and tender care that
keeps a cow in top tondition the
year round. • . .
But for • the- fanner' it means a
long.r .,dayrr,,a day during ,Whidh he
lids little. tiinclo- sit down:and co n -
returns
lie - gets fer...Na."efforte. • '
ORE FLEECE ENTRIES
NEEDED AT FAIRS
If sheep numbers in Ca.nacia are
ever to reach a measurable total,
the progress toward a larger and
Still larger sheep. population can
best be accelerated by .definite pro-
motion effort on the part of those
who have , continuing faith in the
merita ot a well-kept flock in our
over-all fatining economy,
One ready-made avenue through
which sheepmen can share in pro-
Motion efforts is the sending of
prime fleece to leading •fairs and'
exhibitions to build up annual dis-
plays .of .wool and keep it before
the consuming public. In recent
years thete have . been cases in
which there were not enough en-
tries to.•talte all the prize money
offered: '
The interest In wool on the part
of the exhibition managements de-
serve the support . of those who
have .wool to. sell from year to year,
Last year a number of awards
Weat to entrias from inen who had
never before shown, fleeces. There
is •no reason why this should not
be the case every year. Those who
are most sUccessful at ribbon-win-
ning pick their best fleece-bearing
sheep months, ahead of shearing
time and then tty to, take special
care of these animals, throughout
the year so that the, Woorwill be.
uniform 'arid as free as possible
from all kinds of foreign matter
When the fleece is carefully shorn
and rolled. ,
.04e primary essential is to know
the rules and 'regulations. govern-
ing the making of entries to the
shoW, Write . the secretary - or the
manager Of thosa at which you
would like to cOmpete and aSk for
prite lists so that you will be well
equipped With the. details as to the
closing. date for accepting entries,:
eiltrY fee, etO, At Toronto you have
two .chances, Fleeces entered at the
ONE, be held In Safe Storage
for entry at the' Royal.
Canada's apple crop for 1955 was
one of the largest ever. The Bureau
of Statistics estimates it at 19,500,-
000 bushels, an increase of 31 per
cent over 1954,
Strange as it may seem, these
bumper production figures, credited
to an "on" year for bloom, practic-
ally ideal growing conditions and
modern orchard practices, have
caused little rejoicing among Cana-
dian apple growers.
Why the lack of enthusiasm?
Anticipated cash returns dwindled
alarmingly in the face of the en-
ormonv •supply. At market-time
many.'growers discovered that cus-
tomary outlets couldn't handle the - over-abundant yield, Prices took a
tumble. In Ontario, 50 cents a
bushel was often the top price for
"pick-them-yourself" sales. Even
such.cut-rate bargains didn't make
much of a dent in the huge har-
vest. Thousands of bushels rotted
on the ground. Some growerS did
manage to place part of their crop
in cpld storage plants where it can
be held for possible improvement
in the marketing situation, hut in
almost every apple district storage
space is at a premium.
In the midst of this pomological
gloom there are a few bright spots.
New : market areas are being un-
covered. Growers are banding to-
gether to push Canadian apple con-
sumption and are backing provin-
cial and national advertising•icarn-
paigns designed to make the public
more apple conscious.
Individual farmers, too, are try-
ing new merchandising methods,
Perhaps one of the most .signifi-
cant involves a concept in produce
marketing that is just beginning
to win converts on smaller farms,
although it has been widely adopt-
ed by co-operatives and large-scale
operators. The idea is pre-packag-
ing—the preparation of fruits and
vegetables in containers that the
consumer picks up at the grocery
store. When pre-packaging is done
on the farm, it protects the quali-
ty and freshness of the produce and
makes it more attractive to .the
wholesaler or retailer and the con-
sumer, Here's how it's done by one
progressive Ontario apple and veg-
etable producer:
Mel Hall and his son Kyle oper-
ate a fair-sized farm just outside
Brockville. Corn, cauliflower, tur-
nips and carrots ate taised there,
but most of the cultivated land,
some 23 acres, is devoted to prized
McIntosh orchards.
A year ago,. the Halls experi-
mented with pre-packaging on a
small scale. They supplied grocery
stores in the locality with pre-cut
turnips packaged in polythene
bags. The experience 'convinced
them•this was alio the way to sell
apples. One drawback, of course,
was the short selling season for
fresh-picked produce. They couldn't
Possibly dispose of their apple crop,
even if it were pre-packaged, dur-
ing Such a brief period, Rented
cold storage spve which would ex-
tend marketing Utile Would eut into
their narrow margin, so they de-
cided- to build their own storage
plant with the hope that good bar-
had herdsmen. using .01111Ple
.044ders" made or leather strips ou
4 Slat. These •WOLlid move the pig
or ateer and not leave bruiSva,
said.
A bruise .rulaa about three lbs. of
Meat -and drops the valim of the
imighboring cut by Kme-third,
stated.
The earcassea on show got their
injuries through fanitY shiPPing'
There Waa seribue horn rip on
the ahoulder of a beef quarter. The
ham of the hog carcass was ripped
and gory. It had been stepped On
when Cattle and hogs were shipped
together the saine truck,
The ham Was not fit for sale,
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FA MERS!
NOW IS THE TIME TO START
THINKING ABOUT YOUR.
Farm Machinery Needs
WE HAVE A FULL RANGE OF
MASSEY• ARRIS
SEED DRILLS
No, 310 in 4 models, Heehanical Power or Hydraulic Lilt
No. 30ti on Steel, High Or LAW Rubber Wheels, Famous 11L-II
Constant Clearance Lift.
OTHER MODELS TO CHOOSE FROM
DISCS
No, 95 Wheeled Tandem Diso Harrow
No. 31 Tandem Trader Disc Harrow
Croble Offset Disc Harrow
No, 509"One-Way DiSts
SPREADERS
Mans, Canadian farmers realize the value of clean seed, thanks to
seed drill surveys. M, E, Dodds of the Swift Current Experimental
Farm, Canada Department of Agriculture, stresses the importance of
cleaning and grading seed grain not only to ensure a clean crop,
but also to enable the seed drill to be adjusted so that the correet
amount of seed may be planted per acre.
The rates of seeding various
cereals have been established for
the agricultural areas of Canada
based on clean seed of 100 per cent
germination, Combined grain con-
taining straw, chaff, broken ker-
nels and weed seeds does not meet
these requirements. An attempt to
seed this type of matdrial at the
drill settings commonly recom-
mended per acre will result in a
considerably smaller amount of vi-
able seed being sown,
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HEREFORD SALE
'14 Over 100 head of HORNED and POLLED HEREFORD MILLS,
▪ sell at Royal Winter Fair Buildings, Toronto, Ont., on March
7th, at 10 a.m, • A bonus of 25% up to $150.00 -paid by. the
Livestock Branch, to Ontario residents. NEVER. In history has
a single 13REED of livestock ao COMPLETELY DOMINATED
an industry aa R ORDS have in ESTABLISHING
their SUPREMACY in the beef industry.
One Man's Answer to the
Farm Marketing Problem
vests and the pre-packaging 'idea
would make it a profitable long-
term investment,
An aluminum-sheathed building,
with refrigerated space for some
5,000 bushels and a sizable: paclv•
aging area, went up on the Hall
farm this summer. Then as the
apple crop came off the trees this
autumn it was rushed into the
chilled room. Now when orders are
received from retail outlets, apples
are taken out of storage, carefully
graded, weighed and slipped into
polytheac bags. The storage room
connects directly with the work
arca 'Midi.° • Movable yolleiqYpe
conveyors speed all stages of the
packaging operation.
The strong plastic bags now used
by the Halls hold three pounds of
top grade McIntosh apples, a popu-
lar consumer quantity. rrhe bags
are perforated with the proper
number of ventilation holes to al-
low the fruit to "breathe" normally
and are sealed with simple wire-
twist closures. Brand identifica-
tion appears on each bag in the
form of a colorful label which car-
ries the imprint "Grown and-Pack-.
ed by M. Han and Son, Brocikville,
Ontario." The Halls deliver their
pre-packaged apples to , the 'retail
trade in shipping cartons which
hold a dozen of the polythene .bags.
A pig goes only in one direction
--the wroag one.
Using this fact, a University- of
Saskatchewan animal husbandry
man, Arthur ,Reddon, did a neat
job of getting across two message.;
at once daring the University Farm
and Home Week in Saskatchewan
last January.
First, he unveiled the university's
gadget for giving man a fighting
chance of steeriag a pig around a.
Pen.
Simplicity itself, the gadget was
two pieces of plywood, each about
two feet by two and a half ,feet.
A hand hold was chewed out near
the edge on the long side of each
piece."A-pair"of strap' ll'Inge'S hook-
ed the two pieces together with the
handholds both the same side up.
That gave a light Wall about five
feet long and two wide hinged in
the middle. The hinges made all
the difference in the world in the
manoeuvering as the gadget was
shoved in Mr. Porker's face every
time he wanted to go through the
herder's legs or the wrong way.
There wcia no need to clout the pig
over the nose with the tines of a
pitchfork hot to hoist his back legs
off the ground to steer him. There
was no injury to man or beast.
Faulty Shipping Costly
He also had on view beef and
pork carcasses showing serious
damage through mis-handling. To
add point to his demonstration he NommengimEnomempummegal,
SHIPPING INJURIES
COSTLY TO FARMERS
YOU CAN BUY HEREFORDS CONFIDENCE •
Ontario Hereford Association
Chas, Fisher, President, C, MacKenzie, Secretary. ti".
Wingham
Attention Farmers!
YOU ARE INVITED TO A
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AT HURON MOTORS GARAGE ON
Friday, March 2nd
at 8 p.m.
Huron Motors Ltd.
Films Door Prizes
Factory Representatives
Come in and see the new 19$6 FORD.
TRACTORS, both gas and diesel:
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Ford kt Monaroli
reed Fordson Major Tractors
Phone 231
We are really pleased to tell you that we have been named
Purina Distributor for the Gorrie district . . proud, too',
for this puts us in a position to be of real service to our
neighbors. Not only. will we be supplying products with a
high reputation for results, but we'll have "on tap" a wealth
of feeding information.
The Ralston Purina CompanY has been making °Chows"
for over 60 years, and naturally has a great background -of
experience and observation. On top of that, it draws on
results of college and experimental station work; and on
top of that again, it has its own Research Laboratories and .
Research Farm (over 2,000 animals and 18,000 'to 20,000
poultry of different kinds). With that baeking we figure
we can be more use to you than just another feed itori,
filling .orders!
Of course we'll be interested in filling your orders, too!
We.plan to carry a full line of Purina Chows and Sanitation
Products. Whether you're interested in daiey cattle, beef
cattle, hogs, layers, broilers or turkeys — or just keep a
dog — there's a Chow to fit your needs. And the Sanaa-
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'Drop in for 'a chat sometime soon, won't you?
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FEEDING STEERS1 Then you'll went rot
gains, mellow loWer feed OHL
"Round out" your grain with Steer Valenti.
-- it's a topnotch supplement.
PURINA SOW 4,V; 1.10 (11110W will help
condition your sow for a big litter of big
pigs, and the milk to get them away to a
good start. , Alvin Simpson
Gorrie Feed Mill
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then yeep them coming , , groW them
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Your Massey4larris, Dealer
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