HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-01-26, Page 14PAGE 14—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1978
Cattlemen meet in Clinton
Art Bolton of RR 1, Dublin
was elected the 1978-79
president of the Huron Cat-
tlemen's Association at their
annual meeting,in the Clinton
Legion last week.
Mr. Bolton succeeds
George Adams of RR 2,
Wroxeter, last year's
president.
Neil Stapleton of RR 2,
Auburn is the new vice
president of the 240 member
association, while Bob
McGregor of RR 2, Kippen is
the new treasurer, and Stan
Paquette of the ag. office
remains as secretary.
Archie Etherington of RR 1,
Hensall, was named Huron
director to the Ontario Cat-
tlemen's Association, of
which he was president for
the past year.
The meeting also named 47
directors from the 16 town-
ships in Huron.
Dr. Larry Martin of the
University of Guelph, one of
the guest speakers, told the
audience of the difficulties he
is having gathering in-
formation on marketing
methods and alternatives.
Dr. Martin is doing an
analysis on different
marketing methods and the
costs of each system.
The systems, such as the
country auction, the terminal
auction, direct to packer
sales, listing service, and
teletype system, all mean
different costs to those in the
marketing system: the
producers, the packers, and
the .. intermediates (the
agents, salesmen, truckers,
etc.).
The Association also
received an update on the
new Brucellosis control
program from another guest
speaker, Dr. Bill Thompson
from the Canada Department
of Agriculture, Health of
Animals Branch.
Wheat producers
plan local meetings
. The 1978 County Annual
Wheat Meetings are com-
mencing this month.
Notices are being
distributed to ,approximately
23,000 producers in the
province by the Ontario
Wheat Producers' Marketing
Board.
The County Annual Wheat
Meetings are called in ac-
cordance with the ' Ontario
Wheat Producers' Marketing
Plan and receive reports on
board activities and elect the
County Wheat Committees
for the corning year and to
conduct such other business
as may properly come before
the meetings.
Although not all counties
are affected, there are
amendments to the Ontario
Wheat Producers' Marketing
Plan this year concerning
local board member
representation and district
boundaries.
The amendments were
approved by Cabinet late in
1977.
The amendment changed
the number of local board
members from twelve to ten
and the number of districts
from nine to ten.
Bruce County producers
will meet in the Legion Hall in
Ripley on Febraury 13, while
Huron County wheat growers
will gather on February 14 in
the ag office in Clinton, and
Perth growers will meet in
the Town Hall in Mitchell on
the same date.
Swinesymposium planned
"Profitable Pork
Production for 1978" will be
the theme of a swine sym-
posium to be held at the
Howick Community Centre
on Highway 87 north of
Forw i cin; ;ebruar15th.
Advance` 're•gis°tration
before February 8th is a
MUST in order to be assured
of a hot pork dinner at noon.
Tickets are available from
Huron County Pork Producer
Directors as well as the
» Agricultural Office, Clinton,
ata costof$5.
The program commences
with registration at 9:30 a.m.
Registrants attending before
10 o'clock may take' ad-
vantage of "early bird"
draws.
The program will include a
number of timely presen-
tations including: "premixes,
supplements or complete
feeds by William Anderson,
Topnotch Feeds; "selecting
breeding stock for the 1978
grading system" by Don
McLean, Quality Swine; $
and Sense of Swine Con-
finement", by Don Taylor,
Archer's Farm Equipment;
"diseases of baby pigs", by
Dr. B. Groves, Pfizer . Co.;
"economics of heavier hogs",
by • Dr. G. Bowman,
University of Guelph;
problems of getting large",
by Paul Bayer, Woodstock;
Home Economist Bea McClenaghan illustrated some of the topics that will be discussed in
the 4 -H's new spring club "Focus on Living" -to leaders from the various area clubs during
their training session at the Wesley Willis Church last week. (News -Record photo)
news farm news
Board has plowing match display
The Huron County Board of
Education will be showing its
wares at the 1978 Inter-
national Plowing Match being
held in Huron County. A
plowing match committee
recommended to the board
recently that an
educational display be
budgeted for and set up at the
site of the plowing match.
The committee suggested
that the board make the
media centre co-ordinator
D.J. Bieman responsible for
the display and that Bieman
be given money with which to
work.
Robert Allan, superin-
tendant of education and
administrative advisor on the
committee, told the board
that a very rough estimate of
money needed for the display
would be $1,000. Allan said
that the committee was
thinking of purchasing a
mixer for slide projectors to
be used in the display adding
that the machine would get
plenty of use in the board
office after the plowing
match.
"The thought was that if we
were going to have a public
display it should be decent,"
Allan told the board.
Along with the suggestion
that a budget be given the
committee recommendations
to have students and teachers
at the plowing match were
also made. The committee
asked that September 29 be
made a professional activity
day for secondary schools
and that September 27 for
elementary schools. Turn-,
berry Central Public School
will have September 27
through 29 as professional
activity days.
Committee chairman
Donald McDonald told the
board that the activity days
were to be spent at the site of
the plowing match. He said
the committee recommends
that attendance at the
plowing match be
legitimate use of one activity'
day for professional staff
subject to the approval of the
staff member's immediate
supervisor.
Allan told the board that the
committee considered' using
one activity day for the
plowing match but felt it may
be difficult if all Huron
County teachers and students
showed up at the site at the
same time.
The board approved the
committee recommendations
and agreed to have the
committee remain in
existence until the completion
of the plowing match.
"joys of staying small", by H. predicted
Winkel,Fordwich". The
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symposium will conclude
with a panel discussion in-
volving all speakers at 3:30
p.m.
Individual questions will be
encouraged. There will be
plenty of time for questions
and discussion. Proceedings
of the day will be available to
all participants. Couples are
encouraged to attend.
If the expansion of grain
corn acreage in Ontario
continues at the present rate,
it could reach two million
acres by 1980.
G.A. Fisher, Ontario
ministry of Agriculture and
food economist in Chatham,
says that in the past five
years grain corn acreage has
Ontario Pork Conference set
The 16th Southwestern
Ontario Pork Conference will
be held at Ridgetown College
of Agricultural Technology,
near Chatham, on February 4
in conjunction with the
opening of the new swine
research facilities at the
College.
The Hon. William G.
Newman, Ontario Minister of
Agriculture and Food, will
officially open the facilities,
which are similar to modern
commercial swine farm
buildings.
Visitors are invited to view
facilities during the day. -
Keynote speaker for the
conference will be Howard
Hoak, a market and com-
modity analyst from Chicago.
Mr. Hoak will provide
Opening
new doors
ir--,to small
11 I business
Dennis Toffiemire
one of our representatives
will be at
The Queen's Hotel, SEAFORTH
on the 1st Thursday of each month
(FEBRUARY 2)
If you require financing to start, modernize or
expand your business and are unable to
obtain it elsewhere on reasonable terms and
conditions or if you are interested in the
FBDB management services of counselling
and training or wish information on
government programs available for your
business, talk to our representative.
FEDERAL
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For prior InforntatIon call 271-5650 or
write 1036 Ontario Street. Stratford
marketing information and
discuss the United States hog
industry.
During the one -day con-
ference, five workshops will
be held in the morning and
repeated • in the afternoon.
They include: selecting
breeding stock, ventilating
the swine barn, using vac-
cines in disease prevention,
the futures market, and the
effect of the modified grading
system on feeding and
managing pigs.
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increased by 37 percent to
reach an estimated 1:6
million acres in 1977.
The 1977 acreage produced),
the -third record-breaking
crop in a row - more than 154
million bushels at a record
average yield of 96 bushels
per acre.
Fodder or silage corn
acreage has also increased by
24 percent, from 700,000 acres
in 1973 to 865,000 acres in`1977.
Mr. Fisher predicts many
of the acres now used for oats,
barley, mixed grains, hay,
and improved pasture will be
converted to corn.
However, in southern and
western Ontario corn acreage
will face strong competition
from increasing soybean
acreage in 1978. In all other
areas of Ontario corn acreage
is expected to increase.
Mr. Fisher anticipates seed
will remain at 1977 price
levels with a strong demand
for some of the promising
rly hybrid varieties this
y ear.
He expects increases in the
cost of chemical sprays, but
adequate supplies of nitrogen
fertilizers will result in strong
price competition. Phosphate
and potash fertilizers should
remain at fall levels. •
Farmers will be carefully
assessing fertilizer
requirements this spring in
light of prospective crop
prices and yield responses.
Increasing energy costs
will encourage producers to
consider changes such as
minimum tillage, improved
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season high yielding
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More exhibits set for farm show
More than 350 exhibits of
latest farm equipment and
supplies will be combined
with a lively program of
tractor -pulls, horse -draws
and other featured events at
the 1978 Canada Farm Show,
January 31 to February 3, at
the Coliseum, Exhibition
Place, Toronto.
"This year's show will be
the largest we have ever
held," said Dawn Morris,
show manager. "We have
expanded the show into the
Coliseum's south extension
and, with this addition, the
show now occupies all the
available space in the
Coliseum complex of five
buildings, plus the arena and
parts of the adjoining horse
palace."
Mrs. Morris said that all
the major manufacturers of
farm tractors will exhibit at
the show along with hundreds
of other manufacturers and
distributors of a wide range of
farm equipment and supplies.
"Many of the exhibitors are
not only manufacturers but
also %;istribute products from
a number of other
manufacturers," she said.
"Products from more than
1,500 companies will be on
display."
Sponsored by the Ontario
Retail Farm Equipment
Dealers Association, the show
is Canada's largest indoor
agricultural equipment
exhibition which in recent
years has averaged over
50,000 visitors annually.
Championship draft horse
draws for purses totalling
$4,000 will be held on the
show's second night, Wed-
nesday February 1. Spon-
sored by the Ontario Belgian
Horse Association, a light
horse draw, for teams
weighing up to 3,300 lbs., and
a heavy draw for teams over
3,300 lbs., will each award
$2,000 in prize money. Win-
ners of each class will
compete in a final draw to
decide a grand champion.
The association will also
sponsor a championship draft
horse sale at the show. The
sale, to be held Wednesday
morning, February 1, will
include more than 100 head of
Registered and Grade
Belgian, Clydesdale, Per-
cheron and Commercial
horses as well as a variety, of
horse equipment.
Sanctioned by the Canadian
Tractor Pullers Association,
Canada's only indoor tractor.
pull will be held on the show's
last two nights, Tliursday and
Friday, February 2 and 3, for
purses totalling $15,400.
Seven events for modified
and super stock tractors in
various weight classes will
each award $2200 in purses to
winning pullers. The tractor
pull is by invitation only and
many of the leading pullers in
North America will compete.
A wide variety of new and
crafts will be
the special ladies'
which will take
afternoon of the
Coliseum's upper
different
featured in
program
place each
show in the
east annex.
A tables -top tractor pulling
championship will be another
show feature in which
miniature tractors will test
their pulling skill. The small
judging ring between the
Coliseum's north and south
extensions will be used for
this event on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday at 4
p.m.
Exhibits open at 10 a.m.
and continue to 6 p.m. daily.
Doors open for the draft horse
draw and the tractor pulling
at 6 p.m. with the events
scheduled for 6:30 in the
Coliseum arena.
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