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was Itainis Mcleod of t'. C.O.
in Toronto. :1 dance with mu-
sic by Ian Wilht e's orchestra
closed the evening's act:cities.
5u 'YEARS OF Pitta.:RI:tip
Early in the l'no0's the pro-
vincial government ft,nned a
"Farmers' Club" in various
communities. One of these
was Belgrave. Officially or-
ganized in 1114 it had as its
president Robert C:oultes Sr.,
'and Abram Procter was secret-
ary -treasurer. This farmer's
organization tried to better the
farming conditions.
The Belgrave sales book of
1916 indicates that in that year
$3, 163.00 exchanged hands
through the organization hut
the difference between receipts
and expenditure was only
$1.60. Credit was unheard of
at this time. Today approxi-
mately d0-05;'., of the goods
sold at the Belgrave Co-op are
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ROSS ROBINSON and his helpers had a
warm task as they presided over the bar-
becue pit at the rear of the Belgrave com-
munity centre on Saturday evening. The
event marked the 50th anniversary of the
Co-Op.—A-T Photo.
on credit.
The first mention of indivi-
dual shares was made in 1918
and in 1921 there were 37
members in the group. By 1963
there were 494 members in the
Belgrave Co-op. 1935 was a
red letter year when Belgrave
began operating its own fertili-
zer mixer. Business boomed
for a few years but the mixer
and engine were sold in the
mid- forties.
The organizational meeting
for the present Co-op was held
September 18,1944 with 31
charter members present. The
first officers of this organiza-
tion were: President, Lyle
'topper; vice president, Stew-
art Procter; secretary-treasur-
Minister Explained Farm Credit Legislation
Speaking to a crowd of 1200
at the Waterloo Cattle Breeding
Association annual members
night, Agriculture Minister Har-
ry Hays described the workings
of the recently enacted legis-
lation giving wider scope to the
Farm Credit Corporation, The
Corporation, he said, is now
prepared to lend up to 75., of
the farm's appraised value up
to the maximum limit which,
on a standard loan is S40, 000.00.
On "packaged" or superivised
loans the maximum is now
:?-55,000.00 covered at least
60. by land and buildings. Mr.
Hays deplored the interest rates
some farmers have been paying
for loans from other sources.
"We have found, for exam-
ple," he said, "that farmers
last year borrowed about 235
million dollars from non-gov-
This I an works dor you!
He ttelivere your CO-OP* Gasoline. Fuel Oil and
l.uhrieunts. A, a Co-operative employee he is directly
re,pon:ible to the owners ... you and your fellow
..;er:t"ers. That' one of the reasons why you get his
et:ceiai r r4P-J of conscientious service ... friendly,
t:tvurr i. and co-operative. Like his many CO-OP
i•` tre-'..u11: products for ear. truck, tractor and home.
1.. k completely dependable ... that's because your
ru't's; does have your interest at heat.
BELGRAVE CO.OP ASSOC.
BELGRAVE, ONTARIO
%i'inq'ham 357-2711; Brussels 388W10
'Reg:•+ere,' Trade Mart.
You Can Always Depend on
*OP GASOONE AND PEI OLEI M PRODUCTS
ernment sources, at interest
rates of more than 10 per cent. "
Mr. lays also announced
that a recent sale to Britain
had virtually "cleaned out"
Canada's supplies of surplus
butter, giving the government
the opportunity to move toward
a whole new approach to the
dairy problem.
Mr. Hays was well received
by his audience, which consist-
ed of Waterloo Cattle Breeding
Association members and their
families who had gathered for
the program after inspecting
the Association's bulls and pre -
During the program Associa-
tion Manager Wilbur Shantz re-
ported on the 1964 year's busi-
ness to date, stating that vol-
ume of inseminations had in-
creased satisfactorily over the
corresponding period last year.
A calf weight guessing com-
petition held on the grounds and
sponsored by Waterloo County
Junior Farmers was won by D. V.
Leather, Guelph.
DON'T SPRAY INTO WIND
When using poison sprays to
destroy insects or weeds, do
not spray into the wind so that
the vapour comes back to you.
Small children and pets should
be kept well away from thear-
ea. Indoors. close the sprayed
room for an hour, then open the
windows and any door to the
outside.
Expect Kew Egg
M..:rketing Plan
Operating Soon
Acting on the recommenda-
tion of the Ontario Farm Pro-
ducts Marketing Board, an Egg
and Fowl Prodecers' Marketing
Plan will be set up under the
provisions of the provincial
marketing legislation.
Decision to implement the
request of the producers follow-
ed a recent plebiscite at which
68.4 percent of the producers
voted in favor of the establish-
ment of a marketing plan.
There were 2,861 producers
voting in the plebiscite.
1901 census figures show
3,656,000 laying hens on On-
tario farms. The producers who
voted in the plebiscite indicat-
ed they owned 47.3% or 4,078,-
085 of Ontario's total hen popu-
lation.
As a result of the plebiscite
directors of the Poultry Produc-
ers' Association recommended
the establishment of the plan
to the Farm Products Marketing
Board. At least 66-2/3 per cent
of the producers voting were re-
quired to vote in favor in order
to estabish an egg and fowl mar-
Keting plan.
With preliminary steps under
way, it is expected that the
Ilan will be put into operation
within a short period of time.
An accident kills a farm re-
sident every 3,7 hours. A far-
mer is killed every 7.3 hours
in a work accident.
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Paylut•nt t1t dividends.tattcd
i11 the n'ar'y Vales. l'in'es
were very 'taint in the forties
and most of the meetings were
devoted to the Chatter and the
Belgrave Farmers' Club became
the Belgrave Co-operative As-
sociation.
In 1:152 the Belgrave Co-op
helped organize a Credit Union
in the community. 1:155
brought a campaign "Big Push
on Feeds'. The big undertak-
ing of the fifties was the addi-
tional facilities in the form of
a combined office and store.
Near the end of the fifties the
Co-op decided to go into the
petroleum business, which has
proven most successful.
Improvements have not
ceased. Recently the mill
eear
cu
eh.tngcci tion ditse1 tt, electri-
cal potct:r. 1'k. nl.lgnituctt t)t
c\polish's van ht clearly illus-
trated by comparison t,I the
.19 it; WIC:, at ee, It;:i, eo and the
present mie.3, ::'.lel. otl, !esterase:
Co-op has Much to show for its
50th anniversary and it will
continue to push forward in the
future.
Present board of directors in-
cludes J. R. Taylor, president;
:Melvin Craig, secretary; C.
P. Chamney, Ronald Coultes,
Leslie f3olt, C.R. Coultes, Sam
Pletch, Arnold Bruce and Jack
Wickstead.
The employees are Ross Ro-
binson, manager; Lorne Camp.
hell, Lewis Cook, Russel Fear,
Ted Fear, Oscar Ducharme,
John Buchanan, Alan Moore,
Herman Muschied.
Farm Safety Is a
Full Time Job
The National Safety League
of Canada is supporting all or-
ganizations across the country
in the promotion of Farm Safe-
ty Week, July 19 to 25.
The present-day farm is a
comparatively safe place to
live, but it remains a danger-
ous place to work, said the
League.
If present rates continue in
the next year, more than 120, -
000 of the farm population will
be involved in accidents of
which about 33,000will cause
injury and 2,400 deaths. This
will mean that one member of
every fourth farm family will
be either killed or seriously in-
jured this year.
Of all accidents involving
farm residents, 7250 occur on
the faros, the rest off the farm.
In one-third of the machine ac-
cidents, victims are under 20
years old, 12 per cent under
ten. The tractor is involved in
the majority of fatal farm pow-
er accidents. "Operators of
tractors must know safe operat-
ing procedures", warns NSL.
Farming continues to rank
as the third most hazardous oc-
cupation. Only mining, inclu-
ding quarrying and petroleum
drilling, and construction have
higher accident rates.
Motor vehicle, home and pu-
blic accidents affect farm resi-
dents about as severely as they
affect other Canadians. Work
accidents on the farm, the
smallest classification national-
ly, remain second only to mo-
tor vehicle accidents.
"Safety procedures are as
necessary on the farm as in oth-
er work if farm safety is to he
brought into line with the rest
of the nation, " the League
claims,
Supervision of employees is
more difficult on the farm than
in a factory. The worker often
works alone and an unsafe act
may go unnoticed and uncor-
rected. Frequently the farm
employee is temporary, an it-
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JAMES MICHIE AND MARTIN GRASBY
were caught by the camera at the Co -Op
50th anniversary dinner at Belgrave com-
munity centre on Saturday. Both are past
presidents of the Belgrave Co -Op and have
been members of the organization since its
inception.
—Advance -Times Photo.
inerant worker or a student
working during the summer.
Too often he lacks the proper
training and knowledge to work
safely.
The farm employer should
Keep Courogry
HoliclOys Safe
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visitiut child will enjoy rue
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if he is a eity ;. otingster he
should not ha.-• f.,cedl'in. lie
should not he allowed to get in -
solved with the cattle or hor-
ses -- the gt'ntlt ki:t are not
all ani*,clic in tetllpt'r and the
horses may not be used to ehil-
drtn. I'ven a sanall boy who
has •pt•ut his lift' on the farts
should not 1',e allowed to oper-
ate mai:Inner), including a
tractor; a visitor should be
made to keep a respectful dis-
tance from any of these dan-
gers.
make an extra effort to he sure
that his workers understand their
duties and the proper, safe way
to operate equipment and han-
dle the materials they use. It
cannot be assumed that a high
school student can operate a
tractor properly because he has
a driver's license - no matter
how safe a driver he may be.
Farm Safety Week July 19 to
25 is a time to concentrate on
identifying and removing acci-
dent hazards and examinesafe-
ty attitudes, in a united effort
to reduce farts, home and rural
accidents to an irreducible mi-
nimum. The farm family can
play a most important part in
accident control, It must be a
family affair.
WELDING & REPAIRING
ALL MAKES of MACHINES, TRACTORS
AND ANY FARM IMPLEMENTS
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