HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1951-02-08, Page 8NADIAN
PLO.WMEN.
ABROAD
by,V. C.• POQRTNTEARIotjsO. r Director
P1.OWMEN'S ASSOCIATION
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PYI,TO11,' "STOW.,. -"Phis - is ' • knew hie. father, Iter. A. 1), Cornett.
the third, of a per%s 'of weekly
stories which V. C. Porteous, a �lr
was `U
nite
hutch n
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ai<eptQr of the Ontario Plow- . ere before,mugtoh,a fewJlars
agoto j)sshawn. We had quite a
'chat about eld times.
• That night we (Herbert Jarvis
of Agincourt; the champion horse
plowman; Hugh Leslie . of txeorge-
tow n, the ' hancpion wtrauttor pYow
man,. and myself) . were guests:
of laud Petersen of the Essq com-
mew. in Denmark and L. Il. de la
'Cour i•epreseuting the •( .N•lt. here
at a dinner •acid show, It was a'
most ,,l'njoyable eeening. -
The next day we' left. the hotel
about.9 a.iu. for a toter•end to see
a herd of 'Daniell brow cattle at
a farm not far from the city.;. As
we entered one of the buildings
I thought; for a minute. that I was
buck home, for stan:cling there vas
a milking, machine exactly like eeie
in use on my farm.
• We were impressed with the
cattle. About 70 per cent. of all
the 'cattle, in Denmark, we were•
told, are of this breed. As the
name -indicates, they .are &own, in
color, heavily constituted and good
milkers with a fairly •, high . test.
The mature cows • in this herd aver-
aged about 1;300 pqunds in weight.
This 'large, well -kept dairy farm
was once operatedprivately by sev-
eral generations of one fancily. In
1902' they turned the farm and herd
over to 'the Geternment foie- ex-
perimental anis demonstration pur-
poses. Today stock from this -farm
IS ins demand ha over Denmark,
Men's Association, is writing
about the ' visit of Canada's
• eleampion, plowmen to the
'British Dales, Belgium, Den-
' .nark and the Netherlands
DFNMARI.
ins the days Nvhen vilthags roamed
the : sei s it probably • 'took a Week
or more to sail ' between Denmark'
• and Engl and, 'Mit being .1•,iltings,
we decided to go by, air than
try`s. t and ,• in `about two'hours flying
'time we had tratelled fro'ai London
to Copenhagen.
,At . •first .the air was "poekety,"
bntit wasn't' long before the big
passengerplane had climbed 'high
frllove a bank of clouds at ah 9lti-
tude of between 9,000 and • 10,000
feet. From then ,on it was smooth
flying. Except for thirty brief period
after take -off and just before land-
ing we didn't see much of the land
below, but we saw enough to give
us a "birdseye view" of the two
tauntries. 'The viewisis certainly
different from what :"you see ,when
so 1r" feet are on the ground—the
land looks fiat as a pancake.
`When we stepped off the plane
at Copenhagen's airport we found
4 a numbeneot people, waiting to wel
eome -us.I .Ainong them was E. M.
Cornett of the Cants 1ian legation
•yin Denmark. • Meetin 1 r. Cornett,
ere wes quite a coincidence, for
'be lived" for a time in my - home
town,. Owen Sound, 'Ont.,' and I
'ficial int emanation: unites
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e else visited'an experimental' Huron Federion -or Agriculiure
stattiurt for pg boeding. About
3UQ, , animals were there under ex- --• - -
periment` for breed and feed. They I3y. C>tolydonl"11. Grc.
• A meeting of dairy groups and
other farm orgaui2ations in Huron
wunty was held in Clinton on Fri-
day afternoon, February 2nd. The
tweeting, was called to• discuss the
present, l)osition of the dairy in-
tlustry and to make plans for sup-
portiug, the Ontario D iiry . Co-ordlne
nting Reeed end the Federation of
AgrioultUre in their efforts to Int-
Prove the position of this industry.
There was also a discussion ratt-
ing. to amendments to the Farm
Products Marketing Act. Repre-
sentatives at the meeting were .from
,the following Huron County organ-
izations: Ito on County Federation
of Agriculture, Fluid Milk l:'ro-
duces, Cream Produce e, Cheese
Producers,' Hog Producers, Junior
Peiwens, and umbers of the
Huron,. County Farm Forum Com-
mittee.
•Iiugh Hill of Colborne toFvnship,
who recently • attended the annual
meeting of dairy farmers of Canada
,t Winnipeg, gave the gathering an
outline of the discussion that took
place at the convention regarding
substitutes fqr dairy products. He
pointed out that the Provinces that
have a ban on the manufacture and
'sale of substitutes for dairy pro-
duces intend to .retain that ban.
The dairy farmers of. Canada; are
willing to support in every' way
any ,organization that will try 'to
secure a similar lean in any ,.other
province. The Dominion organiza-
tion also ie gn record es favoring
Federal restrictions on i;,inported
oils that go into' the 'manufacture
and sale of such substitute • pro-
ducts. M •
Our large 'cream -producing farm
population that was tit'ouad 70,000
farmers in the . Province of Ontario
is competing for markets witle iboiit
fp it large manufacturing concerns.
-.lie--einvestmetr ...-,2natle .--ebY.
70,000 farmers in land, stock and
equipment' iseenormous •in .compari=
son with the costs • that the four
mien • manufaeiuring eoncernS hate
to face:. They „cannot compete at
the price field • yyith a product that
conies 'out of "tank ears. • le, the
dairy industry is worth. saving it
are fed three- times 'ta diav, we ;
learned,,- and individul records are e
kept of the prugre' of 'each pig,
We. also lied time to inspect au
experimental Jude. e>,xuceeelligi plant.
It is very mutt like• these at house .
and i►eing a model pleat it Is just'
about perfect lie every L ietttil. -
•Wlieu yen realize that about :lila
per cent. of the Land. here is pito
ductii•e and.,nearly 80, per 'cent. is
actually faruiecJ,, Wis easy to under-
stand why there are so many ex-
perimental and demonstration farms
and statioils. 'There .are else many
Tarin organizations such as cooper
atiyes and special societies for the
stiniulaftion of breeding i- and other
stock impr;oeerrcents. Nearly every
firmer belongs to One; or more of
these' oigauizations. This no doubt
Yexplains 'why Denise' fame »odncts
are so highly regeeded.
During our tour we visited
Reskii,dee formerlz, a 'residential
town of 'Danish kings. f'f possesses
'a famous :cathedral that date back
to the thirteenth century. It is so
e -well, preserved that it was hard to
belit-t •-•that the ,,mails •part of the
sacred edifice is more than S00
years old. . •
Thi., stately 'calhed'ra1' is the seat
of the Bishop of Zealand, who le
head of the Danish state c•lrureh.
It is, quite a contrast ,to many of
the churches- ixi'' Denmark; whose
•ii rr•hitt•c•ture is what you R ould'.ca1l
"mudernietic" in design. Perhaps
Abe most famous it Grundtvigs
ehureb iii Copenhagen. It is a
large yellow brick; structure and re-
sembles a -pipe organ with the ,ban1s
of pipes• standing out against the
sjc'y.
• And while we are en the subject
of churches irrnight interest you tp
know that the etate ,church; which
is Lutheran, is maintained by taxes.
This, dares not bar other deno,uin=
ations ,from .establishing here _tint
they must meet their . iinancia
obligations through private con=
especially the buil.' calves for arts tributions.
I think this is enough for this
letter, although 1 could- •go: on for
pages 'about, Denmark. It is- a
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`rias to fie iloae now and, not a year
or two years hence: • •
:There is 'also the question of
conservation' and balanced farming
to -'be considered.. This practice of
balanced. farming with a .view to
,maintaining ,soils for future pro-
duction has been, stressed .by ° both
the.. Dpniinfion and the .Provincial
Departinents ,of Agriculture. Live''.
stock rriuSt be maintained at a Ievel,
much higher than; iias' been kept .in
..the last 'few years if we Are to
keep oui; soits in good productive
condition. Grasses are very, neces-
easy to soil fertility and 'stability,
2`lie cow is. the, best way to transfer
these' gr -asses into food for human
consumption. Besides beef you,,
have cream, butter, cheese,
and all your concentrated milk prp-
ducts froth this one •source. • If the
dairy end of this industry is dis•
rupted it Is going to put the entire
'system of farming out of balance.
The income of the dairy industry
was down 18 per, • cent. for 1951.
Stop and figure out how Much less.,
money was available in your .cony=
munity owing to that decline. If
the dairy industry is worth saving
it must be dote now.
The _meeting went on record as.
supporting. the Dairy Co-:ardinating
WED REM{S A►T WOR?
(1.3ulletiu Department' of Lands acrd
•{ oie$ts)
This • winter there' much ,:evi-
deuce qof the vane of w.iudbrealks
on the farms of Southern, Ontario,
'Parked crus at the side of the road
are mute evidenc,p of a snow,biocked
lane. '
fame]: -with a long, impassable
lane has to .go to much -trouble to,'
brie. in supplies, and 'feed for the
•stock. Hiawever, it is anattzing the
:east With wit eli, One .can 'drive into
the barnyard where • a good wind.-
' break' was established years ago
along the lane. • The windbreak
keeps ,the snow off the lane, leave
ing it open for travel all winter.
A • peculiar combination ,of a. line
With a windbreak and a• treeless
lane was ,noted -rte Huron county..
From the read up the lane for abouto
150 , feet •.a•, spruce, windbreak .was
growingi keeping the 'lane . open.
Beyond this point, 'there vas- mo
Windbreak,. so the farmer could
strive up the lane only as far ie.
the end sof .the ' whidbreak. The
'rest; • of •th.e lane. was' blocked - by
drifting show, making etravel • by
,ear impossible, If this windbreak
had been extended, the lane would
'always be passable: -
Along the highways,• very little
drifting is' found where. a woodlot
or row of trees is near the road.
We should take greater note•'of
these examples of how windbreaks
make winter travel easier, find
;plant more trees where snow drift-
ing has been a pproblem in the, past.
These living sndwfenees are elioaper
than lath and, wire„ fences, and
snow.. plowing. • They will also
beautify the farm and the country-
side. Why not combiner aesthetic
value' vl'ith• usefulness, .and make.
Winter travel more comfortable?
•Board •'in asking the Ontario Gov-
ernment to control the manufacture'
of substitutes for dairy products
and eventually ban • them when the
dairy industry is in a position to
put on the market an all -dairy
spread that will retail ' at a price
that will • satisfy' people in the low
income brackets. ' ,
The meeting also went on record
as supporting the Ontario Federa-
tion, of Agriculture in its effort -to
have tile Farm Products' Marketing
Act• amended. Six points were out-
lined where the act must be 'changed
to give, the marketing boards we
— t upe iuore-eon�tr-ol-of--•oe
.Delegates *ere selected to call
on the, local members of Parliament
and "`•expf-ess the vie* of • the
meeting.
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