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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1956-02-29, Page 6The iiingliain Advanee,Thaes) Wednesday, Feb. 29: 1•951 With Our Farming :Friends 0 0. 'ON "'<ak • .0, .• •'••• 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, 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111311111111111111111111111%. 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, VIIIIIIIK1111111111111111111111.11111111111111111111111' er without spoiling the flavor. 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, MI13111•1111111.11111111011101M1111111111111111111.1111111101wimumumorrom 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 FORD TRACTOR SHOWING 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: A. H. Mac:WILLIAM 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- tion Products will help you, ward off disease and parasites. 'Drop in for 'a chat sometime soon, won't you? . at your Service! FEEDING STEERS1 Then you'll went rot gains, mellow loWer feed OHL "Round out" your grain with Steer Valenti. -- it's a topnotch supplement. 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