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Huron County Holstein Club herd. Second at Western Fair, London.
Black and White Breeders'
Quarter Century of Progress
By John E. Powell
When one observes the many
fine herds of purebred Black
and White Holstein cattle in
Huron County today, it is dif-
ficult to realize that just 25
years ago, only nine breeders
banded together to form the
Huron County Holstein Club.
The organization meeting was
held on July 30, 1939, in the of-
fice of agricultural representa-
tive J. C. Shearer at Clinton
with Western Ontario Holstein
Fieldman B. G. Geavey, Inger-
soll, in attendance, The officers
elected were: Pres., Gordon Bis-
set, Goderich; first vice-pres.,
Colin Campbell, Bayfield; sec-
ond vice-pres., Willis Van Ed-
mond, Clinton; and sec.-treas.,
Hume Clutton, Goderich.
Most of the 46 County Holstein
Clubs in Ontario have assisted
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in the formation of 4-H Calf
Clubs, but curiously enough the
usual pattern was reversed in
Huron, where a Holstein Calf
Club was formed early in 1939
under the auspices of the God-
erich Agricultural Society, the
Holstein Club being organized
later the same year to give sup-
port to the work of the Calf
Club. Over the years, the club
as a whole and individual mem-
bers of it have maintained a
close relationship with the Calf
Club movement in the county.
Not only has the club been con-
cerned with providing guidance
and suitable calves for the Calf
Club members, but in giving its
members. particularly new
breeders of Holstein cattle, a
sound knowledge of the practi-
cal aspects of breeding and de-
veloping superior animals. To-
day's figure of 204 members of
the Holstein -Friesian Associa-
tion of Canada in the county the
high production standards of the
county herds, the excellent
Black and White show held an-
nually and the achievements of
animals bred in Huron but now
owned elsewhere. testify to the
fine ,job that has been done. Had
the first president. Gordon Bis-
set. been able to forecast at the
inaugural meeting, the progress
of the past quarter century, he
would have been well satisfied.
Unmatched Record
Unquestionably, a great deal
of credit for the achievements of
the Black and Whites in Huron
should go to Hume Clutton. '-f
Meadow Glade farm, Goderich.
He was the first secretary -trea-
surer of the club and still main-
tains tht position, a record un-
matched by any other Holstein
Club officer in Canada. Not
only has Hume been a zealous,
faithful supporter of the club,
but he has shown the wav by de-
veloping a top herd of Holsteins.
In 1949 he was presented with a
Master Breeder Shield by the
Holstein -Friesian Association of
Canada, the highest honor that a
Holstein breeder in Canada can
achieve. Previously only 33
such awards had been made in
the entire country. In his Mea-
dowdale Glade herd, he devel-
oped a remarkable family of fe-
males headed by an "Excellent"
cow, Meadow Glade Mattie Posch
who had five "Very Good"
daughters. This was the first
such family group in Canada.
Hunte Clutton is still keenly
interested in the affairs of the
club. Recently he said, "I be..
lieve that breeders' clubs, such
as ours, can he extremely useful
to all dairymen and particularly
to thos^ just starting by sup-
plying the sound, practical infor-
mation that is needed to make a
success of breeding livestock.
There is always something new
in this field and in my opinion
the herd evaluation program re-
cently sponsored by the club with
the assistance of fieldsman Gor-
don Bell is one of the most edu-
•cational projects that we have
yet offered to our members."
Early Herds
One of the notable early herds
in the county was that of Bis-
set Brothers at Goderich. This
was a large herd and many out-
standing individuals were bred
there, including a cow that la-
ter was Grand Champion at the
Michigan State Fair at Detroit.
It is interesting to note that the
first picnic sponsored by the
club was held at Bisset Bros.'
farm in 1940 with J. J. E. Mc -
('ague, owner of the famous
(,lenafton Farms at Alliston, as
speaker. A banquet had been
held the previous fall with Hon.
Russell T. Kelley, the Ontario
Minister of Health, as the speak-
er.
Cows classified "Excellent" for
body conformation are few and
far between in the Holstein
breed, only about 40 out of the
300x10 animals classified annu-
ally in Canada achieving this
rating. Thr:se are the true "gla-
mour girls" of the breed. Huron
has had its share of such in-
dividuals. Two have been bred
in the herd of Thomas and
George Hayden of Gorrie. one of
them becoming a six Star Brood
Cow and the other having been
sold last year for 86,000. Glen
Walden of Lucknow also bred an
"Excellent" cow that sold for
82.500 in 1962. At his sale in
1963 Harold Badley of Goderich
sold an "Excellent" cow that had
been bred by Willis Van Egmond
of Clinton.
Fame Abroad
Carrying the fame of Huron
abroad was Queenhush Dinah
bred by Walter Woods, Wing -
ham, who was first prize three-
year-old last fall at the Interna-
ticnal Dairy Show in Chicago for
her present owner, Harvey Nel-
son & Son of Union Grove, Wis.
While the annual Black and
`White Day is the high spot of
the season for Holsteins in the
County, yet many honors have
been won by Huron cattle at
the Western Ontario Champion-
ship Show held in connection
with Western Fair, London. Al.
though this show attracts en-
tries from all ten counties of
Western Ontario, which has over
3 000 purebred Holstein breeders,
the densest population of Black
and White breeders in the Am-
ericas. yet Huron County has
consistently done well, topping
its achievements with a second
place win in 1962.
The B'ack and White Day
sponsored by the Club was held
in connection with the Goderich
Fair in 1939 with 26 entries
which were judged by Imman
Thompson of St. Paul's. Com-
pare this with the entry of 140
head shown by 21 exhibitors at
the Black and White Day held in
connection with the Seaforth
Fair last fall. Here the Grand
Champion bull was Banella Per-
fection Favourite shown jointly
by George Hayden and Thomas
Hern & Sons, Woodham, while
Edward F. Bell of Blyth show-
ed the Senior and Grand Cham-
pion female, May View Lottie
Reflection Tensen. Thomas
Hayden & Son won Premier
Breeder honors and George Hay-
den Premier Exhibitor honors,
while the judge was Mac Lo-
gan of Curries.
Since 1961 Ross Marshall of
Kirkton has been providing lea-
dership for the entire Holstein
fraternity through his position as
a national director of the Hol-
stein -Friesian Association of
Canada. He is one of four such
directors elected by the breeders
of Western Ontario.
National Surge
Coincident with the develop-
ment of the Holstein breed in
Huron has been a similar for-
ward surge elsewhere in Canada.
There are 13,837 members of the
Holstein -Friesian Association- -of
Canada in the Dominion. They
represent three out of every
four purebred dairy cattle breed-
ers in the country. Black and
Whites from Canada have de-
veloped an enviable reputation
abroad and seed stock has been
shipped to 33 different countries,
So important has this export
rrarkrt become that approxi-
mately one in four of all pure-
bred Holstein heifers that reach
calving age are sold for export.
This, of course, provides a wel-
come source of additional re-
venue to the dairymen.
The following are those who
have been presidents of the Hu-
ron County Holstein Breeders'
Club: Gordon Bisset, Goderich,
deceased; Colin Campbell, Bay-
field, deceased; Willis Van Eg-
mond, Clinton; Leonard Leem-
ing, Walton; William Sparks,
Bayfield, deceased; Allen Betties,
ton; Howard Trewartha, Clinton,
Bayfield; Ross Marshall, Kirk -
ton; Howard Trewartha,
deceased; S. C. Galbraith-, Blyth;
William Gow, Auburn; Simon
Hallahan, Belgrave; Bert Dunn
Jr., Bayfield; Edward Bell.
Blyth; William Hough, Clinton;
Five Directors Re-elected
At Sixth Annual of U.D.P.C.
The sixth annual meeting of
members and patrons of the
United Dairy and Poultry Co -
Operatives of Blyth and Wing -
ham plants was held in the
Blyth Memorial Hall last Wed-
nesday. A hot smorgasbord
dinner was served by members
of the ladies' committee of
Blyth Agricultural Society.
Chairman of the directors,
Wilfred Shortreed, presided and
spoke of his happy affiliation
with U.D.P.C.
Peter Cutter, manager of
both plants, stated in his re-
port that "Due to better prices
for our product we were able to
cut costs". Mr. Cutter said he
believes the present prices for
dairy products will remain the
same for 1964, but strong mea-
sures will be taken to improve
sanitation.
Zone Director Martin Baan
said, "We have too small a
vision of a 17 million dollar
business, which is owned and
operated as a family enterprize,
The men who started this U.D.
P.C. had the necessary initia-
tive and the 'go ahead' to make
it the success it is. They set up
an ideal which has now become
a province -wide project."
In giving the plant report,
Director Maurice Hallahan said
eight meetings were held during
the year; 22 members were add-
ed as a result of the member-
ship drive; and an egg -washing
machine was purchased and in-
stalled in the Wingham plant.
The highlight of the year was a
three-day trip to Michigan,
when several plants were visit-
ed and discussions held with
managers on marketing methods
It was reported that the out-
put of the Wingham Cheese
House doubled during the past
two years.
Cliff Robb, farm editor at
CKNX assured the U.D.P.C. of
his co-operation.
The Blyth plant was con-
gratulated on receiving a num-
ber of certificates for Grade A
milk by Russell Bradford, field -
man. He said that higher stan-
dards are being set. What was
good enough yesterday is not
good enough today. The Blyth
plant is meeting these new stan-
Peter Simpson, Seaforth; Alvin
Bettles, Bayfield; William Boyd,
Walton; Howard Feagan, God-
erich; Wellington Brock, Gran-
ton.
dards both in grade of milk and
premises.
Organization Fieldman Don-
ald Clayton of Toronto spoke
on the benefits of cooperative
living and presented a film
which substantiated his theory.
He also presided for the elec-
tion of five directors whose
terms of office had expired.
Maurice Hallahan of Belgrave;
Gordon Elliott, Brucefield; El-
mer Ireland, R• R, 5, Wingham;
Lorne Fischer, R. R. 2, Wing -
ham and Hugh McKenzie,
R. R. 5, Goderich, were all re-
turned for a two-year term.
The total number of directors
is eleven.
RECEIVE AWARDS
Quality awards were present-
ed to a number of patrons by
Russell Bradford and Henry Seil-
ing of the Blyth plant. The top
five grade A award winners are
Noah Gingerich, Harold Erb,
Leroy Erb, Jack Currie and W.
Robert Henry.
Others receiving awards for
grade A milk were Ed Bell,
Peter Hoonard, Boyd Taylor,
Russell McDonald, Charlie
Shobbrook, Michael Cumings,
Laurie Scott, Stanley Hayes,
George Michie, Jan Van Vilet,
Torrance Dundas, Wilfred
Shortreed, J. B. Nesbit, Geo.
Powell, Wm. Bell, Wm. Dalry-
mple, Gerritt Klass, Mervin
Lobb, Douglas Ross, Lynn Mor-
rison, Verne Hodgins, Don Gil-
les and Oliver Steckle.
Feeding Ewes
During Winter
Sheep producers should keep
a close watch on the type of
ration they're feeding their
ewes if they want to produce a
strong, healt.x; lamb crop, says
the Meat Packers Council of
Canada.
Many farmers feed their
ewes a ration which consists of
about 80% roughage. The qual-
ity of roughage is important. It
should be a high quality rough-
age because ewes canrot make
good use of a low quality rough-
age such as straw or corn stover.
High quality roughage such
as early -cut legume -grass hay
is usually a sufficient ration for
ewes until about six weeks be-
fore lambing time. The ewes
should then get about lb. per
head per day of a good grain
mixture in addition to the
roughage being fed. This small
amount of grain added to the
ration helps them to gain the
extra weight needed to produce
healthy lambs,
The ewe flock should al-
ways have access to fresh water
and a salt -mineral mixture of
about 7 lbs. salt, 7 lbs. steam-
ed bonemeal, and 1 lb. of
phenothiazine.
While it's important to feed
a satisfactory ration to ewes
during pregnancy, it's also im-
portant to feed a slightly better
ration just prior ro breeding
time. Sheep experts claim that
a 10 to 20% increase in the
number of lamps born, is pos-
sible if the ewes are put on a
"gaining" ration two weeks be-
fore mating.
Seed potato certification was
given to 34 varieties of pota-
toes in 1963, Sebago and Ken-
nebec leading in acreage.
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