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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1960-10-27, Page 15mpertent AUCTION SALE Of Valuable Real Estate Livestock, Poultry Implements, Hay, Grain Household Effects and Miscellaneous Items 1 . On the Premises, aet Half of Lot 29, Concession t • 'Meinline, TOWNSHIP OF STEPHEN, 11/2 Miles East of Corbett or 1.1/.2. Miles West of. Mt..Carmel., The undersigned auctioneer. re- 'etved instructions to sell by a ublic auction on c FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28 eti.:00p.m, sharp REAL ESTATE: Consisting of last Half Lot 29, Con. Town-. ne, Stephen Township,' 50 acres , land on which is situated a ,e11 built stucco finish 11/2 -storey 'welling. Main floor—large sum- er kitchen, living room, dou- le bedroom and utility room, econd floor-2 large bedrooms, 'Second Section EXETER., QNTARIQ,. OCTOBER 17, 1960 EleVOKI • Seek. $53,000 -froin. Huron . for new meat-packing. project tl By D. G. GRIEVE Associate Ag Rep Sonic moisture during the past week, some inthe form of snow, should assist ploughing opera- tions although more is needed. Harvesting of sugar beets and grain corn is underway. Bidding was strong and prices considered "good" by officials at the Huron County Holstein. Club's Bids strong for Holsteins LA. I 6EET °WRY use COEOP FEEDS $4 off per ton on 'all CO-OP dairy and beef concentrates and premixes (This offer expires Nov, 30th) Cash in on this 'get acquainted' offer and convert your full gran- ary into extra profits With. a Co-op balanced feeding program. Grains are deficient in seine tecessery nutrients. Co-op Cen- ,eentretes make up these de, ficiencies and give you increased milk and meat 'production -- greatek profits for you. AVOID Winter 'Damage FROM ORCHARD MICE -- USE Howard's Poison Phosboit Late in the Fall Sold on Order Only Now's the time to leave your CLIPPER BLADES FOR SHARPENING. Coal BUY QUALITY! BUY FROM CO.OPI Chestnut Stove Pocahontas Stoker CORRECTION PLEASE! The. T-A wishes to correct an error in last week's Co-op ad, The item should have read: 17 Cu. Ft, Freezer $269 EXETER DISTRICT 'Phone 267 Collett Beside thtit $tiotion MUSEUM OF Se {WE hl AND onwrio HEALTH HINT NO. 1 .Proteet r h. Pigs fr. Anemia with able Pigeinia. Irons 1 bottle 20cc (10 dose) ,. .... 5 bottle special (50. doses), only fur farmers market VALUABLE ANIMAL—This mink, one of 2,600 on the Ross Francis, Fur Farm near Kirkton, will soon be pelted to end up in a valuable fpr piece. Although this is a white mink that is being held by Ross' son, Stan, it, is only one of the various shades Fickle fashion dictates F ic kl e fashion Fieldman comments Formation of. FAME biastewfor roducers Huron county hog producers wia be expected to raise $53,000 worth of the million-dollar deben- ture issue required to launch the Ontario meat-packing co-opera- tive, president Ross Love of RR g Hensel]. revealed this week. "I'm not certain yet who will be selling the debentures or how but I expect the ,program will Further, your fate in market- 'Tbeimgiens-Abedfvoore catleo-ng," he told The ing under government legisla- tion may he determined on an formation meetings will be held He understood a number of in- : altogether different question. to acquaint producers with, the Let us suppose that at an elec- program. First of these in this tion one party says that if it is district will be a zone meeting in ' elected hydro rates will be cut Teeswater on November' 2, he , in two but also that it will with- revealed, i draw the farm marketing legis- The president of Huron pro- liation. The other party maintains ducers' ass'n supported enthu- tthena dt edh.yd creased and that the farm mar- week at Toronto to establish pee- 1 keting legislation should be .ex- tended, rates should be in- siastically plans approved last placed 36th,. In the beef competition. teams representing Blyth-Belgrave 4.-H„ 25th and 35th respectively in 50! club 'and Dungannon club placed teams. In grain the Brussels 4-H grain club placed 16th. out of 38 teams and in field crops the Tucker-' smith 4-H corn Club and South! Huron 4-II white bean club; placed 4th 'and 6th out of 13 1 uron team firms. in competition w i t h private meat-packing companies and all- proved plans to provide funds "I think it's the. only answer," for the period when.they would he said, "We have to have some put on the squeeze, wtoaykeoefpgeptit.iincegsrisdteldsyu.plus hogs A total of $30,000 was raised lat. the meeting after the delegates voted approval- lie felt the $2.00 drop in the hog price last week mild have Association President, `Charlie McInnis said the drive for ftind$ been averted if the producers, could have taken surplus hogs will continue until the chain a abbattoirs and packing plants is off the market. set up and the FAME (karma.. Edmond Hendrick, RR 2 Credi- gate to the meeting, also en- 'ton, another Huron county dele- pears on meat packages in gro-ers' Allied Meat 4nterprizes) ap. dossed the Packing operation. eery stores. b"Aenseffitseweillit,bethethemops;tevimenptioorntanat ager of the Quebec co-operative J. A. Courteau, general mane federation, s u g g es t e d that as we had last week, If we can around Ontario with the main severe fluctuations in price such level out the price a bit it will packinghouse in the Toronto be a big help to producers." area, slaughtering houses be put up Mr. Hendrick revealed the de- He said the Quebec enterprise kits are about the size of a cigarette, They are blind and' helpless, and are left with the ; females until weaning time in: the middle of July. . I The small mink are left in . pairs until September, when • they are put in individual pens i in 'preparation for the pelting, season which starts on Novern-' .ber 10.. New method for killing As soon as the November 10. daterolls, the farm becomes a, - beehive ofd activity and the men work from! 7:00 a.m. till after midnight in; an effort to get the pelts to, Montreal by December 1. The' Francis' hire five or six .men to! help with the tedious task of killing, skinning and preparing ! the pelts for market, In previous years the mink at the Francis farm have been killed in a gas chamber. How- ever, Mr. Francis stated this year's market herd of 1,800 would . be killed%•by - the .'fieWer, and instant method of breaking their necks, , Prior to killing, the minks have been allowed to become as fat as possible, so that the fur will be' soft and full. Therefore it is necessary to remove the excess fat from the pelts on, a special machine. Gordon Johns, Kirkton, who has been. working :for Ross for several years on this particular machine,• is "the best in the business" -according to the own- Delegates will be meeting October 31 and November 1 and 2, at the Royal York Hotel, To- ronto. over 50 resolutions have been received prior to this year's convention, from county federa- tions, commodity groups, co- operatives, and other members of the OFA. These resolutions reflect the seriousness of the .plight which farmers find them- selves in, For example, farmers tradi- tionally have produced crops in- dependent of each Other, and without concert for quantity. A few short years ago, anyone who suggested prodUctioe con- trols for farmers would have been wise to do it when no farmers were present. But world conditions have changed the sup- ply' picture sharply in recent years and surpluses have mount- ed dangerously some farin products. Now fermers in On, terio see the Welting on the wall AS feed per day The itigredielits and have ‘respended this year are pot into a large food grinder that is powered by a 36 horse- power motor and then it is put through a large mixer: to• give the animals a well-balanced meal. The food comes out in a heitibtleger-type consistency and• is placed top of the wire in tee pens, The mink then Steed, to and pull th e food down thrOugh the mesh, Mr, PranCis said, that: an 06- rt1 stye Male AMMO wOUld eat an average of foue ounces per Meet, while a .female would tetiethlit ;e0proximately three o,tieta of the larehatett tet1811, The: animals are fed onto daffy, in the winter' months ft if 'plihend on the cage fir the: morning SO the Sun thaWT, the feed, while 'during the sum-I rrr ,t nintifice the mink Are fed evening so th e food Will tot ail doting_ the hot *who. ,the yearly Cycle mink;, mishit starts in March When; the aninialS ,are nista Me,; Freridit bitede One Male to, every (out females. The Male ere het:telly horn the: Middle of MaY, and the young for beans •at the Royal Winter .Fair, Toronto. us that in a matter of five or opinion of the people on an en- Seaforth, showed the best half- tirely different subject. . bushel of beans at the achieve- By forming a system of co- ment day contest for South Hu- operative packing plants we will ron 4-H white bean club last not be under the cloud of public wet....a. Three McLachlans — June, Jack and Lois — placed behind the winter in that order, Filth prize went to Bill Charters, RR 3 Kippen. Others competing were Jean McNatighton, Ralph and Brian. s under the authority of l e- gislation may be decided by the Robert Fotheringham, RR 3 political opinion, This is a big Step for farmers of Ontario to take as it will pro- vide for ' the slaughter of not only hogs but also for cattle and lambs. To give you some idea of the speed with which an organize- Triebner,, William Snow and Ca- rol Varley. Lion. of this kind can grow the Several of the top .entries have general, manager of the Quebec been entered in the open classes turned $900,000 to its members as well as retaining $450,000 for expansion. These figures could be multiplied by four if all live- stock had been marketed this way. competitive prices this co-op re- represented Huron County at the provincial 4-H interclub compe- tition held at OAC, on Friday. The team representing Sea- forth dairy calf club composed I of Wilma Dale, Clinton, and Ken., ,f ?apple, . Seaforth, Twenty-five years ago, ROss Francis bought two mink and started into the fur raising business. Today, , he has 2,600 mink on his fur farm near Kirk- ton. Like most other types of farm- ing, fur farming is highly specialized and quite hazardous. Mr. Francis' equipment includes breeding pens, pelting pens, a fur drum, meat grinder, drying boards and a freezing plant. Each year the price that he receives for his pelts is depend- ent upon the particular color that is in fashion at the time. Basically there are about 15 varying shades of mink ranging through blacks, browns ,and blues to whites, and include some exotic colors such as violet, aleution, pastel, sapphire and lavend er. After the fat has been re- moved from the pelts they are placed in a revolving fur drum, where they are cleaned with a corn sawdust material. This re- moves any dirt from the pelts and gives them a rich shine. The pelts are then carefully tacked on drying boards for three days after which they are placed in boxes and sent to Montreal, the fur, capital of Canada. Here the pelts are put on the auction block and' sold to the highest bidder. Mr. Francis is a member of the Canadian Mink Breeders As- sociation and is president of the St. Marys Mink Breeders. The St. Marys area is the largest mink raising area in proportion to its size in the country. Both- Stan and. Gerald, sons of Mr. Francis, have joined their father in the business, and have their own breeding stock, Stan is one of the top skinners .in the trade, 'and can skin. a mink in less—than. two ,minutes, - The 800 mink that will be kept for breeding purposes at the Francis ranch will 'be put in their pens and "run" in, an ef- fort to remove the excess fat from. their bodies. They may also have .to go on a' diet, miss- ing a couple meals a week, so they will be ,slim and in. good condition for breeding purposes in March. The Francis' hope to average four kits per litter for the coming season, and raise their herd to 3,000, with. no less than three resolu- tions asking for OFA help in I finding satisfactory ways for farmers to employ organized or planned production control. But delegates 'to the OFA con- vention will come back this year to make a fresh attack on old problems. The matter of unfair taxation on land, particularly with respect to education taxes, will be debated, and as a run- ning partner to unfair taxation, assessment methods and the Assessment Act will likely come in for a lion's share of the dele- gates' wrath. Significant of the spiralling costs at goods and services to farmers:are the reeolutions deal- ing with the high costs of drugs, r m machinery, machinery parts, requests for reduced hy- dro 'Costs (which Are now higher Lo rural users than to city people), and many others. And on the other side of the ledger, some resolutions ask for' con- tinuance of some of the farm supports, such as that on sugar beets. Wampum, a kind of Indian currency, was beads usually made of clam or oyster shells. Tribes often exchanged wampum belts to seal. peace treaties, and early white settlers even paid taxes With wampum, By J. CARk. HEMINGWAY HFA Fieldmin The big news of the past week was the decision of the Ontario Hog Producers to sponsor the formation of Farmers' Allied. Meat Enterprises. By taking the first letter of each word we have FAME which will be the brand name under which the top qua- lity products of this organization will be sold, By making this decision your representatives have made it • said yo can control. Whether you do control it or not will'de- pend on whether or not you are willing to take an interest in it, keep up to, date on the informa- tion, and offer your suggestions for improvements. In the past we have relied on government for the power to control the selling of our pro- ducts and in' many cases this has been a decided benefit. How- ever it has become' very appa- rent 'that this 'is not a solid foun- dation for a long term of years since governments can change their policy or even be defeated. Juniors debate current topics Consolidation of rural schools. the value of deficiency payments and the effect of unemnloynient on agriculture are the topics Hu- ron County junior farmers will discuss Tuesday night at their, debating competitions at Sea- forth HS. The South Huron group has been assigned the negative side. of the resolution that consolida- tion of rural schools would be beneficial to rural children. A social night will be held by the South Heron juniors Thurs- day night at, Elimville, A buffet- style dinner will, be followed by a dance. annual bred-heifer sale at Clin- ton. President Alvin Betties, of Hayfield, said sale figures com- pared. favorably with last year. All the animals, from 14' con- signors, were good quality. Auctioneer Robert Shore, of Glanworth, sold 26 head at an average of $296. Top price was $410, paid by Barrie Walters, of. Goderich, for a heifer from the herd of Allen G. Betties, Baylield,•the sale's largest consignor, who entered six,-animals. Mr. Bettie's" sold six head for ,an average of $368. Among other animals from the Allen Betties• lot, one went to V. J. Vos, of Exeter, $390. Frank Yeo, RR 3, Clinton, was the top buyer purchasing four lots at a total of $1,180. He paid $300 and $295, respectively, for two heifers consigned by John D. Lindsay, of Clinton; $285 for a three-year-old heifer from Ver- non Hunter's herd, Lucknow: and $300 for a 'two-year-old heifer consigned by Archibald Campbell, Listowel. 1 Farm Machinery Buys! USED 3•FURROW TRACTOR PLOUGHS In Good •Condition 2—RECONDITIONED I.H.C. CORN r,PICKERS One row, in very good condition. They're 'on' V. L. Becker 4St. Sons PHONE 60W DASHWOOD " .•. 'T •,., but the board discouraged the idea because it didn't think Mr. Hendrick revealed that the Quebec co-operative, whose offi- cials reported at the Toronto meeting, had paid a dividend of $1.50 per hog last year, as well as 12.50 on cattle. This was in addition to paying the regular market price throughout the year. The provincial association has agreed to seek support for a debenture issue -of at least $1,000,- 000 — preferably $5,000,000 — to set up a chain of plants that would also handle beef, lamb and veal. Delegates agreed there will, he stiff competition for the' private Production controls, taxation, prices of drugs and farm ma- chinery, plus suggestions for changes in current legislation which places the farmer at a disadvantage, are a few of the important matters to be con- sidered at the annual convention of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture next week. Huron county crop report In his 2,600 herd, Ross has an egoal number of aleutions,- pas- lela...White, -standard black, sap- and pearl, He has found necessary to carry these ,a rieus coldrS se hel''w.iBlier be caught with, any. colors that will not sell. In 1956 he was • raising all black mink and wound up with '1,100 pelts on his hands- that would not sell because of the fashion trends. Easily frightened Besides the hazards of change in fashion the area: 'breeder also has to worry about disease in .herd. He spends over $1,000 .each. year to innoculate the animals against the/ many diseases that. are a constant threat to the entire herd. (Mr. Francis has also lost a n m, a 1 a when lightning struck near his' pens, and 200 died when they were scared by a Iow-flying airplane. When the animals are frightened, the fe- male mink will kill their young. In structure the furry animal appears somewhat like a low- slung squirrel with the soft ap- pealing fur of a kitten. In real- ity, he is a rugged creature, vicious and wild. Although mink are kept in pens and are 'in captivity for generation after generation, they never become domesticated. If they get loose, they return to their wild nature. in the short period of a day. Mr. Francis and his two sons, Stan, 20, and Gerald, 17, have learned by experience to handle the animals with extreme care, and have many bites and scratches to prove that you can't relax your guard for one mo- ment. When they handle the valuable . annia.le they wear heavy leather gloves to protect their hands froth the four sharp teeth of the animals, and have learned never to push a 'tempting finger into one, of the pens. 13';, cereal. Mr. Francis states such items as pork liver, chicken that the "food supply is the coe, trolling. factor of production". b'-product, hotsemeat, fish and Feed half ton daily Although their diet consists mostly of food that other people.- don't want, the mink ,receive a very carefully prepared menu of Mr. Francis and his two sons feed about one half a, ton of Controls, taxes, prices. OFA topics next week More Dollars for your cream ,We era paying 6 4 for your cream deli1rered to the plant CANADA * PACKERS Attention Cream Producers: EXETER "Some delegates have been ad- • • control. You will notice that I duct p competesatRoyal vacating this move for several O LOCAL TAADEMAIIKS.I.,' 11 BE PROGRESSIVE — ITS A GOOD THING, teams. • TO ACiZUIRE. NEW WAYS OF DOING. T1-4.1GS Hog Men 3 Take Notice: ee changes MR. AND MRS. MARK WHITNEY Litters Purina Inject. ti .. $ 2.25 I ..... $10,00 I • 3 cision of the delegates to the had shown a profit of more than king plants acrdss the province Toronto •meeting almost unani- $1,000,000 last year and backed ."1 that the farm produces, Mr. Francis started into the mink business 25 years age possible for your products to be ifantastic but the point that I I agree that my comparison is wh ite - bean club mows. Out of the 400 present, up his confidence in the Ontario only about a dozen were op- project with a $5,000 .check for which you, the producer, can would like to make is that our packing business, However,. with the producers should be in the the difficulty we have had III the over plant co-operative packing plants told six years this enterprise has grown froth nothing to the point. that it is now slaughtering 27 perecent of all the livestock pro- H duced. in Quebec and. within five years expects to be processing' stock. 75 percent of the Quebec live- cops second In spite of .obstacles and ton Seven teams of 4-II members 71 5 , opp, ,,,,,,,,,,, ................................ .............. t ........ I .............. 1,01,1,11,11.11111111111111i$111.,11ftteiti ,,,,, marketing of hogs, it became ap- parent that we would have to The Ontario Farm Products make the move." Marketing' Board has •announced that the establishment of a prov- ince-wide co-operative in the meat packing industry would bring about many notable changes in -the present compul- sory marketing scheme, Recent •announcement in the press that the Ontario Hog Pro- ducers' Association is sponsor. ing a co-operative meat packing plant has brought mariarinquiries from producers as to the rela• tionship between the new pro• posed meat packing co-operative and the present m ark e ti g scheme. The board has clearly indicated, that there is no, con. — Please turn to page 15 placed second in the dairy competition against_ s .99 • Pi.' • s 76 other teams.‘ A team repre„ g sented Hayfield dairy calf club r. Weaned & Sold From 10 • Consecutive RAISED & MANAGED BY Congratulations To Mr. anti Mrs. Mark Whitney, RR1 Exeter AVERAGE NUMBER OF PIGS MARKETED PER LITTER 490, 9 , .3 " - pigs AVERAGE WEANED WEIGHT OF PIGS • at 8 weeks of age This is 3 pigs per litter over the national average: Mr. and Mrs. Whitney care for and manage 30 sows. Presently they have 9 sows with an average 9,7 -pigs each. One sow has 16 pigs which are now ready to wean, Excellent management practised by the Whit neys along with the following feeding program, has made the above results possible. SOW FEED: Purina SOW CHOW mixed with oats and bran. PIG FEED: Purina BABY PIG CHOW "ed at rate of 50 lbs, pe'r litter in creep feeder, followed by Purina. PIG STARTENA. We know a lot of local sows con- ditioned 011 Purina. Sow 'Chow are weaning big litters, too," Ever figure out what 3 extra pigs mar- keted per litter would do to your profits? HEALTH HINT NO. 2 Cut down on pig losses by disinfecting the farrowing • pen before the pigs are born. Disinfect navels and any wpunds with PURINA DISINIPECT- ANT. 3 16-Oz. battle makes 24 gals, for only $1.10 HEALTH HINT -NO, 3 WOr.111 All pigs at 10 to 12 weeks of Age with PURINA 'LIQUID PIG WORMER. 24-ot, bottle ,,,,, ..... , . „„, 3,40 128-oz, bottle ... .. GRAIN -FEED -SEtEr XrTfR WHAIINCOPNfP( totte-rN it