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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-10-27, Page 21vailable heat Crop Insurance Now For et© wine r MR. AND MRS. ROSS HIGGINS and son, Bruce, three, ride the farm tractor. Their efforts won them the award for the moat improved farmstead in Morris Township during the past year. —Advance-Tirnes Photo. BOTH PORCHES were rebuilt by Ross Hig- gins, of R. R. 5 Brussels, as part of his farm- stead improvement efforts which won him the award for competition in Morris Town- ship. ,1..O I OOOOOO 11111111111111111.111, 1111111/1 Ivili lllll 111.1 llllllll l l ll lll l lll,l, l,ll.,,, 11,11114. lllll cru1,111111.0.111111"to , —Advance-Times Photo. FARM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT 3 MONTHS COURSE Stratford. DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION—NOVEMBER 11, 1966. Forms are available from, and must be returned to, the Ontario Department of Agriculture & Food, Box 159, CLINTON, Ontario. Financial assistance is $7.00 per day, plus ad- ditional amounts according to the number of dependants. This course is sponsored by the Federal and Pro- vincial Governments and is .administered by the Strat- ford Board of Education. D. H. MILES, P.Ag., Agricultural Representative for Huron County. D. S. PULLEN, P.Ag., Associate Agricultural Representative for Huron County. 27-3b If you are .farming, have no other occupation, have a very small income, and are under-employed, you may qualify for training in the business of farming and receive financial assistance during the period of the course. This three months course will be held every Monday to Friday from — January 3, 1967, to March 31, 1967. TIME — 4:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. PLACE — Northwestern Secondary School, WINNING COMBINATION! MF 165 Tractor - AND - MF66/MF74 Plows THE ME 165 MULTI-POWER shifts on-the-go at the flip of a switch. It's the easiest, most practical on-the-go transmission ever engineered. Standard MF forward gear speeds are doubled to 12. The new Float-O-Matic seat smooths out the jolts and shocks. Power steering is standard. Rear axles will lock to give traction to both rear wheels when the going is slick. MF 66 OR 74 MOLDBOARD PLOWS are user-matched to the rugged new MF tractor breed. Easy to hitch, easy to transport, handy in corners, they turn fast and sharp. Designed with extra high clear- ance for trash-free plowing, they offer a wide selection of bottoms, shares and accessories to give you the plow exactly right for your farm. MAKE YOUR FALL PLOWING A BREEZE — SEE US TODAY! CHAS. HODGINS MASSEY-FERGUSON SALES & SERVICE WINGHAM PHONE 357-1440 lllllllll 010.11014•11011100 lllllll enniolge llllllll 00110111.111.10:81114111110011 110ON lllll 0.114"00010M.11011C.4.00000.114.11100J. LEN P1SCHER of Mildmay (left) and Norman McKee of Teaswater were major award winners at the annual banquet of Waterloo Cattle Breeding Association held at Kitchener recently. Both men who are based at the local WCBA office at Formosa, were presented with desk sets in recognition of their achievement of providing service for more than 35,000 cows. they are the original staff members of WCBA in this area. HOW TO KEEP GOING THIS WINTER BELGRAVE CO-OP ASSOC.0 WINGHAM 357-2711 BRUSSELS .7.190=1,1-4,011. .-1."11.110111111101.111.111 Lightweight big power chain saw PIONEER 1410 more power... high speed cutting and perfect balance for greater production in any professional area. RAYMOND SCHMIDT BLUEVALE, ONTARIO 4W^ •ehregiOaftweer *OW I Ross Higgins' Farm Takes Morris Improvement Award Wingbarn. Ativance-Timo, "Thursday, NOV, 3, 19•,qe — . Morris Township's winner of the farmstead improvement award, sponsored by the Feder- NEW ! SHUR-GAIN BEEF SILASUPPLEMENT "A" ation of Agriculture, is Ross Higgins, who lives on the Third We of Morris, R.R, 5 Brussels, Farms entering this contest were judged first in September 1965, then one year later. Improvements which won the award for Mr. Higgins included the building of two new veran- das, painting of the colony house and stable doors, crea- tion of a garden and new flower beds. A worn out orchard was cleaned, bulldozed and seeded to grain, a farm sign was erect- ed, the road front fence was rebuilt and the yard generally tidied. Mr. Higgins moved across the road from his father's farm six years ago when he married Wilma Johnston of Grey Town- ship. They have a three-year- old son, Bruce. The farm for- merly belonged to the late John Coultes and Mrs. Annie Coul- tes, now of Belgrave. It com- prises 80 acres of arable land and 20 acres of bush. Mr. and Mrs. Higgins oper- ate a beef and swine operation, finishing their own cows and calves. The mixed herd of herefords and shorthorns, in- cluding calves, presently num- ber about 60 head. They make use of facilities offered by the Waterloo Cattle Breeding As- sociation. Their swine operation in- cludes seven or eight sows. They raise and finish, their own pigs. To supplement feeding re- quirements Mr. Higgins rents additional acreage from his brother. His annual cropping on his own farm usually in- cludes 20 acres of hay and 20 acres of grain. The herd is pastured on 40 acres. Rae Houston Re-elected BELGRAVE--Huron County Cream Producers held their an- nual meeting in the agricultur- al board rooms, Clinton, last Wednesday. Chairthan Rae Houston presided. Guest speaker was Howard Goddard, vice-chairman of the Cream Producers Marketing Board and also a director ofthe Dairy Farmers of, Canada. He spoke of the two projects being undertaken by the cream pro- ducers, the first with the eco- nomics branch on cream pro- duction versus manufactured milk; the other project with the dairy science department to work with the food and drug de- partment on extraneous matter in butter. Mr. Goddard mentioned the minor hockey team sponsored in Toronto by the Cream Pro- ducers called "Butter Beeps" . Their crest is a pound of but- ter. He also expressed the disap- pointment of the dairy produc- ers in the new dairy policy, and said that the cream producers were at the low end of the scale. He said the biggest loss to the industry has been the number of farmers who have quit producing milk and cream. In closing he stated that the fu- ture of the farm separated cream lies with the farmers in the industry. Gerald Carey, zone director for Cream Producers Marketing Board,, spoke on the Owner Sam- pling Herd program and said this service is now available. Mr. Carey presided for the election of officers: Chairman, Rae Houston, R, R. 2 Brussels; vice-chairman, Roy William- Hon. Wm. A. Stewart, Min- ister of Agriculture and Food, announced Monday that The Crop Insurance Commission, established at the last session of the Legislature, is now prepar- ed to insure winter wheat crops son, R.R. 2 Walton; secretary- treasurer, Mrs. Ted Fear, R.R. 5 Brussels. Voting delegates, Robert Johns, R.R. 1 Woodham; Doug Fraser, R.R. 2 Blyth; Lloyd Stewart, R, R. 1 Clinton; Wil- liam Leerning, R. R. 2 Walton; Campbell Wey, R.R. 2 Wal- ton. Alternate delegates, Har- old Bolger, R.R. 2 Blyth; Wil- fred Penfound, R. R. 1 Londes- boro; Victor Jeffrey, R. R. 3 Ex- eter. in the province. Featuring an entirely tiel.,J concept of insurance on grow- ing crops, the Commission, un- der the direction of R. D. Blackburn, general managek, is providing a continuous pol- icy which offers the Ontario farmer complete protection from year to year until tin:, an- cellation of the policy by the insured or the Instirance Com- mission. The coverage, confined to winter wheat at present, willbe extended to other crops in the future. "As a start our initial pro- gram provides a plan to pro- tect winter wheat," said Mr. Blackburn. "Other insurable Most of my life I lived In big cities, and then, for a var- iety of reasons, decided to pack it up and become a farmer. We bought some ten acres of stub- born, gravelly soil, two burl), ling creeks, and a splendid view of Mount Baker, in Wash- ington. We moved in a couple of months ago,, and re-named the place "Greenhorn Farm", cent of his normal expected yield. In applying for cover- age a wheat producer must in- dicate his normal expected yield in bushels per acre, bas- ed on production records cover- ing the preceding 10 years and assuming normal conditions. The calculation for claims for this year's crop will be based on a value of $1,50 per bushel. If any part of the insured acreage is damaged by winterkill and is seeded to a substitute crop, a claim based on 30 percent of the coverage for the damaged area may be approved. The insurance contract, of- fered by the Commission, has been developed after extensive research. The contract has been especially designed with Ontario conditions in mind. It is pointed out that is might be termed a "Guaranteed Produc- tion Plan" as it virtually guar- antees a farmer's yield from most hazards. Due to subsidies amounting to 25 percent by the Federal Government and 5 percent by the Ontario Government, with all administration costs being shared equally by both govern- ments, the Ontario farmer is able to avail himself of the pro- tection at a figure less than cost. Final date for receipt of ap- plications for coverage on win- ter wheat has been set at De- cember 15, reports the Com- mission. Only winter wheat seeded on or before October 31, is eligible fur insurance. Winter wheat growers are being informed of the location of insurance agents who can provide applications for cover- age and complete details of the program. adopting the slogan, "gun By Genuine Greenhorn]" Yesterday, I bad to leave the farm for a stay and drive in- to Vancouver to attend a meet,- ing, I had forgotten what a mad lot city folks are, Perhaps I am bushed, from the isolation„ It was a thrill, at first, dress, ing up ift my store-bought suit, putting on a crisp, white shirt and sillily dress shoes again. I felt quite the dandy. Scything, hoeing, lifting have taken inches off my tummy, so my suit jacket hung the way its maker intended. The pleasure evaporated when I drove onto the Fraser Highway where cars, trucks, busses and motorcycles sped by me on either side. Beautiful scenery flanks the highway, but when I dawdled to stare I got blasted with car horns. Even a sweet, gray-haired woman gave me a dirty glance as she whip- ped her exhaust pipe in my face and roared by me to what must be some very important job in the City, God bless her. God bless all of them -- the grim-lipped wheel grippers who fight traffic so the work of the world gets done; while this gleeful farmer walks through daisy-decked meadows, forks pungent manure, rips up the sweet-smelling earth and gen- erally has a heck of a good time. When I was a wheel gripper myself I rarely gave much thought to the purpose of all the rush, but yesterday I puzzled over it. What are they really doing? Are they making any- thing -- except money? The word, "money", sober- ed me at once, and I looked at these frenetic caricatures of human beings with new respect, and stepped on the gas to avoid detaining them. And I took new delight in the farm when the day was ov- er and I got home again. Turnips not only store well but are also a good source of vitamin C. They are especial- ly good when served in sticks as a "finger food". crops, including forage crops, will be added in due course on approval by the Commission." Coverage includes the haz- ards of drought, excessive rain- fall, excess moisture, flood, frost, hail, wind, winter-kill, plant disease and insect infes- tation. Introducing the legislation establishing the insurance plan at the last session of the Legis- lature, Mr. Stewart said that severe crop losses had been oc- casioned over the past two years due to unfavor.able wea- ther conditions. There had been a large loss of a number of crops last fall, due to un- favorable harvesting conditions. Under the Crop Insurance plan the amount of coverage offered is optional, A farmer may insure for 60, 70 or 80 per- Increase daily gains from corn silage. Feed 40% Beef Silasupplement "A". This new beef supplement is designed to supply the protein required when feeding corn silage which is high in grain and energy content. 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