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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 BEAT THE NEXT 4% TAX INCREASE EFFECTIVE APRIL 1st ORDER NOW! Buildings with a permanent maintenance- free finish! ROOFING et SIDING Prolongs the life, improves the look of your buildings! 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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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