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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1956-03-07, Page 6Alet6 014 RED CROSS 4111101111110111111111111101011320015151001XXIM "There Is No Such Word As `Fail'." *(Author's name below) There seems to be no disease that medical science will not eventually conquer, One by one the sicknesses that have plagued mankind through the ages are being overcome. There are many drugs in our prescription department that accomplish seeming "miracles." Because we Pharmacists now carry a much larger variety to choose from, most modern Phy- sicians prefer to always write a prescription for the one par- ticular medicine that will help - you most, 0 Pick up your prescription if shopping near us, or let us deliver . promptly without extra Charge. A great many people entrust us with the responsi- bility of filling their prescrip- tions. May we compound yours? 0 PRESCRIPTION CHEMISTS *Quotation by Edward Bulwar Lytton (1805-1873) Copyright 1956 (2W1) '101010.1101.110110111111111111121110111111100111101P' Quality of Butter High Year Round Arrival .of winter on the farm means moving indoors for at least most of the day, but it does not cut down the hours of labor. For Ontario's 50,000 cream pro- ducers the long sunrise to sunset routine will go ahead, as it did all summer in the steady struggle to maintain the flow, of high quality cream to the Creameries for con- version into butter, As a matter of fact, the job be- comes even tougher at this season of the year, for the natural light is seldom around at milking time, and a little psychology is required to convince cows to keep up the milk flow when they suddenly switch from pasture to stable rations. Just the same, the men whose Cows produce the province's cream manage to -do it, In spite of what old timers might have to say about summer butter and winter butter it's well nigh impossible for any- one to spot the difference these clays. This, of course, is due to the fact that the modern farmer is not just a tiller of soil—he's a scien• tilt, a businessman and a student 355 days of the year, Hre increaser knowledge has enabled him to give Nature a helping hand in turning out healthful and tasty products. MEDICAL PLAN IS DISCUSSED BY FORUM (Too late for last week) 6 BELGRAVE—The Bodmin Farm Forum met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Procter with an attendance of 26. Following the broadcast the group discussed the proposed medi- cal plan of the Federal govern- ment, It was decided that the com- pulsory system is the best method if the rates are down where people can afford it. Suggested rates for hospital were $30.00 per year, surgical $10.00, medical, $5.00; dental, $5.00 making the complete amount $50.00. Euchre was played with high scores going to Annie James and Leslie Bolt. Low scores were won by Olive Bolt and Carl Procter, Lunch was served by the hostess. OFF TO MARKET NOV OR LESS DON'T WASTE HOG FEEDING TIME- You can't afford to waste time feeding hogs no matter what the market price is. If you are feeding straight grain to hogs YOU ARE WASTING TIME. WHY! Because grains alone do not contain the proper levels of nutrients to get hogs off to market in a hurry. Tests prove that straight grain-fed hogs take up to 2 months longer to reach market weight than balanced-fed hogs. Get YOUR hogs off to market in record time THE SHUR-GAIN WAY. Call us about SFIUR,GAIN HOG FEEDS. osissms.1666,666666 CANADA PACKERS LTD. WINGHAM ,,,,, ........... . ''' lost 11, CMIWIMTY WIMPS r• 0 With Our Farming Friends MLEI IN TORIINIO Ontario Federation Presents Brief to Royal Commission quiremonts in 1075. Present acreage being roughly 200,000, an acreage of 400,000 would seem a conserva- tive enough estimate to supply 8,184,000 consumers plus exports." The brief anticipated that butter surpluses would probably continue, in the dairying field future techno- logical developments including the eventual manufacture of powdered whole milk will revolutionize mar- keting, and much of Ontario's beef requirements might come from the outside of the province: With a population of 24; million in Canada in 1975, the brief antici- pated an increase in consumption in meats of, 80%, in milk 104%, Marketing Act to sell your pro duets and deliver your goods to the buyer who would pay the beat, price," The hog producer president re- ferred to the livestock direction program which advised drovers where to deliver hogs,—to the buyer paying the highest Price, "In this way," Mr, McInnis said, "bar- gaining power is restored to the producer through the open market, To facilitate this plan we have opened up stock yards at Stratford, Windsor, London and Kitchener; the yards at Peterborough are in the process of being re-modelled; While yards at other points near Barrie, Belleville and Ottawa' are being considered by the Board. But the fact remains, Charged Mr McInnis,. "that millions are spent by non-producers to keep live- stock away from the open market and prevent open competition in buying, It has done irreparable harm to the livestock industry. Why should anyone try to deny the farmer the right of open com- petition in the selling of his goods?" For the sake of agriculture and progress we must have the open market and open competi- tion." "If we want this program to develop," Mr. McInnis said, "you must share in publicizing it. Fol- lowing this meeting there should he a meeting in every county at which a board member should at- tend to work out a plan for con- tacting every hog producer and acquaint him with the purpose and accomplishnients of this organiza- tion." • 'Mr. McInnis reviewed the trend in production, quality of production and market outlets. Canada in- creased production of hogs in. 1955 by 161/2 % over 1954. Mr. McInnis said, "This increase, while en- couraging, is not good enough. If we are to keep the consumption of Canadian pork high, and Canada is' our best market, we have to supply more lean pork to the con- sumer. Our position in the, Amer- ican market will be determined by quality. Canadian hams are not selling for as high a price as the European product because they arc not as uniform in quality as' our competitors." Mr. McInnis also pointed out that, "the production of hogs has increased in Canada faster than our market outlets and we must . be prepared to handle surpluses if we are going to pro- duce them." • Albert Bacon, vice-president of the Hog Producers' Association for Huron County, attended the ses- sions held in Toronto last week, Phone710 OF THE razor/nu) Look hice .04 Ttko Wips.114m Advanee-Times Wpdnesdass March 7, 1956 Hog Producers' President.. Approves Self-Help Policy Through a Lull fledged marketing program based on a policy of "self-help", Ontario twig producers have decided to stand on their own feet, Charles Molnnis, president of the Ontario Hog Predators' Aesop,- iation told the organisation's two- day annual meeting held in Toronto March 1 and 2. "We have adopted a policy of self-help, Our policy to date has been one of permitting the estab- lished processing grille to continue operations, while we, ourselves, at- tempt to restore the open market-- selling to the buyer who can pay the highest price and delivering the goods," Mr. McInnis said. Mr, McInnis reviewed some of the steps up to the present position of following a policy of self-help. He said, "Previously, 90% of our hogs were dumped at the buyer's door with no price attached, and no understanding as to price. Hog Producers, along with other farm- n's, have the right to bargain for the sale of their goods. And it was your decision, as producers, to set up a marketing agency under the provisions of the Farm Products Fertilizer Has Played Important Role in Last Half Century In the vast drama of feeding the ever-increasing population of the world, the bag of fertilizer has undoubtedly taken over the leading role. From it come carefully pre- pared plant nutrients which, in the last half century, have more than doubled the per acre yield of many of our edible plants. -And behind that bag of fertilizer are' years 'of intensive research by a corps of highly skilled chemists and chemi, cal engineers, and millions of dol- lars worth of plant machinery and raw materials, NS/let's in the Bag? The standard mixed fertilizer contains the three essential ele- ments most necessary for the pro- duction of healthy plants. They are nitrogen,. phosphorus and po- tassium (or potash). Eighty per cent of the air around us is made up of nitrogen but this atmospheric nitrogen, says C-I-L Agricultural News, cannot he used directly by growing plants. Combinations With other elements is required to con- vert it into a usable state. One of the century's crowning scientific• achievements was the development, of a chemical process for fixing nitrogen in such forms. Anhydrous ammonia, made by combining ni- trogen from the air with" hydrogen from several sources, is the start- ing point for many . nitrogenous fertilizers. Plants suffering from nitrogen starvation show it up ,in yellowing leaves and stunted growth. While it takes phosphorous and potash to make stiff straw and stalks, without nitrogen there would he no stalks. • Potassium is needed by plants to build chlorophyll which-they must nave to use the carbon, hydrogen and oxygen from the air. Without potassium they can't. make sugars, starches and cellulose. Plants with enough minerals 'Will useless wa- ter, especially during a drought, and will resist some-diseases more readily. Where Do We Get It? Most potash used by Canadian fertilizer manufacturers comes from the United States or Europe where it is mined in the form of potash salts, Phosphorus is pri- marily derived from phosphate rock which is mined from large de- posits in Florida. By treating the ground phosphate rock with Cana- dian-produced sulphuric acid we get superphosphate, considered the most important source of phos- phate since the beginning of the fertilizer industry more than 100 years ago, Plants can grew only as long as there is phosphorus to make new cells, It is required for the building of healthy root systems, to form flower parts and the pollen to fer- tilize them. It is needed to help the plant utilize the nitrogen it re- quires. The numbers on a fertilizer bag Such as 10-10-10, indicates the grade ratio, which means that ratio between the percentage content of the three printery plant nutrients. Thus, a 100-pound bag of 10-10-10 contains 10 pounds each of nitro- gen, available phosphate and pot- ash, The remaining 70 pounds con- sist principally of calcium, sulphur and Other important; plant foods with which these primary nutrients are associated to form chemical compounds usable as feetiliker, BRITAIN DEVELOPS MODIFIED VACCINE British scientists have developed a modification of the Salk vaccine which they belitive to he as safe as any vaccine dart be, Rigid tests are being carried out with the Idea that, mass Inoculation of children can begin Ellie yeat% Limited an should ho ready for May and June, the best the, foi' vaccination in the trilled Xing- I A conference of Ontario porn, modity groups on March 13 and 14 in Toronto to review the entire snwetion of commodity, 1114040w; has been announced by V. S. Mil- burn, secretary-manager of the Ontario Federation of Agrictiltnre. Mr. Milburn made the announce- merit immediately following a meeting in Tweet() of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture directors, and directors from Ontario's 22 commodity groups, The secretary-manager said that preparations will he made to ac- commodate approximately 1,000 delegates and members of Ontario farm organizations who will be at- tending the marketing conference. In keeping with the Ontario Fed- eration of Agriculture's policy of "self-help," Mr. Milburn said that the conference was being called to help clarify what were the respec- tive areas of responsibility of Ont- ario farmers, the provincial gov- ernment, and the federal govern- ment in the field of marketing. Ontario farmers have to establish clearly what their responsibilities are to make the Ontario farm pro- ducts marketing programs a suc- cess. Once having established these responsibilities, then it will be up to the conference to look to the future to see how these responsi- bilities can be carried out, Mr. Mil- burn said, . Admittedly, there has been a serious deterioration in farm prices and governments have a responsibility to formulate certain policies to help us stem this farm Price trend, but farmers them- selves have to shoulder sonic of the responsibility for clearing up this situation. Mr. Milburn said that discussion at the conference would likely touch on marketing legislation, a detailed review of specific pro- blems facing individual commodity groups, and rt number of resolutions looking forward to a co-ordinated plan of action by the commodity groups for the months ahead. COUNTY SEED FAIR WELL ATTENDED Approximately seven hundred and fifty people were in attendance at the Ninth Annual County Seed Fair held on March 2nd. and 3rd. Seventy-seven exhibitors brought out 204 entries. One hundred and seventeen contestants took part in the County Junior Farmer Seed Judging Competition. Garry and Rodney oats along with . Brant Barley were very-much in demand. Five hundred people attended the "Open House Program" Wed- nesday evening to view the five displays of materials completed in the craft, sewing and tailoring courses at the Clinton Rural Com- munity Night School this past winter. A Federal government "granary program" involving outright pur- chases of sufficient western grains to lessen the danger of western farmers marketing their unsold grain through hogs and other live- stock, was recommended in a brief presented in Ottawa to the Royal Commission on Canada's Economic Prospects by the Ontario Federa- tion of Agriculture. The brief out that despite unrewarding prices there had been an increase of 49 per cent in hog marketings by western farmers in 1955 compared with 1954, "The ex- istence-of large supplies of unsold train. prompted the marketing of this grain through hogs and other livestock and it is this tendency and its effeCt on prices which Ont- ario farmers fear," the brief said, "Since grain is a more easily stored commodity than meat, it would seem ttMt if temporarily unsaleable surpluses of any food commodity began to build up, these surpluses might better be in the form of grain." "Hence. we would recommend," the -brief Continued, "that serious consideration he given by the gov- ernment' to -the establishment of an 'ever-normal granary' program, consisting mainly of the outright purchases,: and, set-aside of suffic- ient Ni.esterb, grains', to lessen the dang6sterin accumulation .of live-. stock\*Odti4S'." • Although the actual numbers of farm -people in ,Ontario is' not ex- pected to, decline greatly in the next 20 years, percentage wise Ont- ario's farm population is expected' to constitute only 6 to 7 per cent of the province's 8,000,000 population in 1975 'compared with the present figure. of 'approximately 14 per cent, the brief said. The brief predicted that "pres- sure of.pOpulation on land resour- ces both for food and for living space will increase Ontario's depen- dence* on :western feed • grains to supplement provincial production." Concerning. fruits and vegetables the bilef, commented that "one might exPect that the present acre- :. - age in such serops would need to he aCleast double to satisfy re- and in cereals..05%, Discussing technical .proficieney of agriculture, the brief stated that since 1046 it would appear that there had been 4 net gain in the productivity per agricultural work- er of 68 per cent. This compared with a production gain per worker in. manufacturing of 11.5 per cent in the same period. Touching on farm income the brief stated that while "some im- proveinent may come about twenty years from new, we believe that some means must soon he found to as relieve the farmer's current' dis- tress which shows signs of con- tinuing foe several years to come." 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