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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-05-12, Page 7WOOL Realize the highest returns for your wool by patronizing your own Organization. SHIP COLLECT TO 4 Our Registered Warehouse No. Weston, Ontario Obtain sacks and twine without charge from MORLEY McMICHAEL R. R. 2 - Wroxeter SP NORMAN McDOWELL & SON Auburn or by writing to CANADIAN CO-OPERATIVE WOOL GROWERS LIMITED 40 St. Clair Avenue East Toronto 7, Ontario. Wtagbaw Adyance.T1fnes, Thursday, May 19 1900 Page 7 RUGGED DEPENDABILITY. That's what a farmer needs in his truck-a-- CHEVROLET PROVIDES THE REAL WORK HORSE WITH SPACE FOR EVERY CHORE. COME IN TO McCLURE'S AND SEE THE RELIABLE TRUCK WITH BUILT-IN GO POWER READY TO SERVE YOU WHEN YOU NEED IT. 1 , CHEVROLET/ I I TRUCKS LARGE CHOICE OF "OK" USED CARS NOW ON HAND McCLURE MOTORS LTD. WINGHAM DIAL 357-3760 Stauffer CHEMICALS 4 to :fig 0 PHONE 357-2450 Inventories Provide Valuable Record A proper Inventory should costs. Each type of possession list everything la the house. If you are making one for the first time you may find it a time- consuming job, but any time and effort involved would be small in relation to the benefit which might ensue. Make it a family project. If each mem- ber of the family lists the con- tents of his room, including drawers and cupboards, and the whole group cooperates on the rest of the house, it shouldn't take too long. To make a household inven- tory you will need a good-sized notebook and it should be ruled off in columns with headings such as - description, number, date of purchase, purchase price, current price., repair Update Your Farm Wiring! The 200 amp, control panel shown above waa Installed by Burke Electric at the Stewart McCall farm, R. R. 4, Walton. Keep pace with the latest trends in farm wiring. Check with BURKE ELEC- TRIC. They are specialists in this field and can work out a plan for progres- sive electrification of your farm buildings. They use the latest in electric wiring for farm safety and have kept abreast of the changes suggested by Ontario Hydro to cope with the heavy electrical demands of modern farming industry. BURKE ELECTRIC SPECIALISTS IN ELECTRIC HEATING ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS APPLIANCE SALES & SERVICE MOTOR SALES AND REWIND WINGHAM BY DORA W, BIJRKE Home BoonothiSt Ontario Dept, of Agriculture if fire, flood, or wind des- troyed the contents of your house, or you had a robbery, could you give the insurance adjuster an accurate list of your losses? A household in- ventory is a valuable record and every family should have one. In fact, you should have two, one in the house and one in a safety deposit box or other safe place outside the home. If a detailed list of personal possessions is available, it could save a great deal of de- lay and trouble in settling in- surance claims or estates and it would be a help in figuring your net worth in dollars and cents. should be grouped under head ings such as - furniture, equip- ment, floor coverings, aeees.. sories, contents of drawers and cupboards. It is easier to com- pile the record if you do it by rooms. If you are a photogra- pher you might like to take pictures of the rooms and elim- inate some of the written des- cription. In addition to being useful in settling insurance claims and estates and estimating net worth, an inventory would be an easy way of estimating the amount of insurance coverage required for proper protection. It is best to keep clothes in a separate record because of the frequent changes. Some special types of goods such as jewellery, furs, and expensive hobby equipment are often insured on special policies and the indi- vidual items listed with the in- surance company. A household inventory is a record of all the contents of the house, many of which we take for granted and might nor re- member until much later if they were destroyed or removed from the house. BY A. G. TESKEY Kemptville Agricultural School Most farmers agree that tile- draining a farm, building a mechanized feedlot, or con- structing a new barn are long- term investments. They also agree that it takes a lot of mon- ey to do these things. Never- theless, too many people in agriculture act as if they be- lieved that once the new in- vestment is made all their prob- lems are solved. No doubt it would be an enjoyable situation if such were the case, but un- fortunately it isn't. Having the farm tiled or those new silos with unloaders erected is not the real problem; making them pay for them- selves is. Perhaps you will say, "I know that, but what have my old ideas got to do with it? and just what do you mean 'my old ideas'?" Well, let's look at a couple of situations. A farmer tile- drains twenty acres of wet land on his farm. This land has been in pasture for the past ten years and after tiling, a crop of oats is used to seed it down. For the next two or three years a crop of hay is taken off and, as the stand of hay thins out, it reverts to pasture. Another farmer builds a new silo and then finds that he can only grow enough corn to half fill it. In each situation these farmers should have improved each of the other related farm practices in proportion to their new investment, but they didn't. Fertilizer would have a greater productivity on the drained land, more profitable crops such as corn or barley could be grown, earlier seeding dates would be feasible, weed control would be more effective, and many other ideas would be practicable. In fact these pre- cautions must be taken in order to profitably utilize the tiled land. Similarly, the half-empty silo indicates a lack of simple arithmetic in calculating the production potential of the farm or the inability 'i‘ change man- agement practices and achieve production requirements. The following guidelines will help you to incorporate a new in- vestment into your present mart- age.ment. First, remember that there may be nothing wrong with a IIMENIIMmovimanim•••••••••••••••••10.01... new investment but, like using new material to patch an old pair of overalls, it may throw the existing farm business out of balance, increasing debt rather than profit, unless the entire farm business is replan- ned and rebalanced. Second, when plarining or balancing your farm business, remember that an additional dollar spent on drainage should make as much profit as if it had been spent on buildings, silos, weed spray, new varieties, or any other use on your farm. To balance a farm business, the profit from the last dollar spent on each different farm activity should be the same. New investments provide new resources and thus require new ideas and methods to use them effectively. The old ideas are no longer good enough. R. A. Hergott to Devote Full Time To Management R. A. Hergott, secretary- manager of the Ontario Federa- tion of Agriculture, has an- nounced changes that became effective May 8 in the admin- istrative staff of the major farm organization. On that date Mr. Hergott relinquished the duties of sec- retary to devote his full time to management of the organiza- tion. On that date Mr. Hergott relinquished the duties of sec- retary to devote his full time to management of the organiza- tion. D. W. Middleton, direc- tor of the Properties Depart- ment, assumed the duties of secretary and R. C. Cunning- ham, Fieldman in Eastern On- tario, succeeds Mr. Middleton as director of the Properties De- partment, In making the announce- ment, Mr, ilergott emphasized the necessity of the farm or- ganization keeping pace with rapidly changing conditions within the agricultural industry. Mr. Ilergott intimated that he proposed to devote much of his time to improving member re- lations and strengthening the general farm organization. LABOR SAVING FEEDING SYSTEM — Through a system of hoppers and augers, silage, grain and concentrates are mixed into a 130-foot auger with the mere push of a button for the feeding of cattle. --Advance-Times Photo. to control weeds in Dry Beans. use E PFIE•EMMAGENCE HERBICIDE Dependable EPTAM selective herbicide controls annual grasses and many broadleaf weeds be- fore they start when the seeds germinate. Just mix EPTAM into the soil before planting for fewer cultivations and clear sailing at har- vest time. This saves you time, money and lets your fertilizer produce bean plants, not weeds — for greater yields. EPTAM is available in liquid formulations — no settling in the spray tank, no corrosion or abrasion to spray nozzles—and it's available in granular formulations. Always read and heed the label. Call on us for EPTAM for your bean land — you'll be glad you did. a Stroffer's Ref. 2.1t. fer herbk4d4. Distributed by CHIPMAN CHEMICALS LIMITED HAMILTON, ONTARIO 18111.0011, AUTHORIZED SURGE SALES etod SERVICE KEITH McLAUGHLIN WINGHAM CALL 357-3472 Will Old Ideas Make New Investments Pay? LOCAL and LONG DISTANCE HAULING LIVESTOCK, FEED, FERTILIZER, ETC. Cattle shipped on Mondays - Hogs on Wednesdays Safe, Careful Livestock Handling ALL LOADS FULLY INSURED LYNN MORRISON, Prop. PHONE — WINGHAM 357-3008 (Collect) WAREHOrtiE-357-1799 A7rrb MORRISON TRANSPORT ... IS what you SHOULD count on when choosing a milk'. ing machine. 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