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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1963-02-28, Page 54)1 ;evin as x. Inas-0 fltIy c0 traj re alio/ -Star, Ip torior OU're Weis. Ficial ConsiIers jpo.,e4e' Beef Prices .Likely Soon prospects 'tor a- return of gher beef' prices. ,by S,pring I ern gond, aceording, to a eau - us forecast Made to the •optional IneetIng of the uron Braneh of :the Ontario ef bnprovenient Asseciation eeting in Clinton February 2L In a reVeW o the Canadian a market ringing over the pc. two 4ears, :144., Starr, pf e Livestkick Branch Ontario epartment , of Agriculture, aced factor's Which have led to higher meat prices gen-. and explained how the rices had. anallY broken and ay soon egin an upward lolb again. • AddreSsing Omit 35 beef rseltiters' representing most ONO of uron, Mr. Starr to covered the recently adopt - d constitution of .the Ontario eef Improvement Association the new Huron ranch is now affiliated. Highest' Prices "We have just come through 962, one of the best years in ome tirne for beef, during hich time we have had the ighest nrices for about 19 ears," he reported. He added at at the same time a slight &line in quality of neat mark - ted had been in evidence. - Some of the improvement in riCe he 'attributed to the de- aluatien of tile Canadian dol- ar, and noted that should there e another change in dollar alue, beef prices would re - pond accordingly. •-9 Tracet Causes Mr. Starr reminded the beef en that much beef had been hipped to the'U.S.A. from the anadian 'West Miring the rought conditions that Prevail - pare 4t tile time, . thiS ad been an i4orta11t factor 10 rice hnnireinent in ,Vastern anada. Veed as in short silli- ly with ifie 'pOult pric4 began o riSe. At the tithe of dollar devaluation fat cattle prices rose and beef. followed right along. The speaker reported having followed retail. -prices in. super, - markets and having seen top you and beef prices reaci, $1.1041,40 and in, one instance even $1.39 for steaks. About. this time consumers reacted with sub- stantial "bilyer resistailee" and prices had to break somewhat, - Quality- Decline • In respect to quality, he con- sidered normal that about 20t000 ouvf 41,600 head killed per week Should grade out choice and good. Ilowever, in the summer Of last year only about 18,000 a week graded out red and blue, showing a signific- ant drop in quality and reduc- ing the percentage from 52 -per- cent in 1961 to 47 percent in 1962. He thought there -would probably be a return to normal this year. Ontario holds the most im- portant place in a nation,r.of about .19 million, accounting for more than a third of the popul- ation and an' equivalent propor- tion of the beef production. In fact Ontario is the largest pro- ducer and largest consumer, the #gures being almost exactly eq4a1-. Re -discussed howcpw. ditiona in Alberta, where aLsur- plus to that prOvinee's needs is produced can5 have a direct effect on Ontario markets. Some Alberta beef can be absorbed by British Columbia which pro- duces substantially less than it requires, and the same obtains in Manitoba. Although Alberta beef is marketed in Ontario, beef from Ontario 00AVS to Que- bec and the Maritimes, tending to balance the situation.' See Increase For the immediate future, he anticipates that consumers now returning to beef in the 77 to 79 -cent range, will clean up available beef and "by the time the grass is green" the price may well have risen. He asked the producers to bear in mind that action in the U.S.A. could change the picture cOnsider- ably. Over the past five -years in- dustry in Canada has spent over $13 billion- on new- machinery and equipment. Some Of the direetors of the. newIy:organ- ized Huron Branch° Of the Ontario Beef Improvement Association elected at the initial .meeting at Clinton agricultural office last week were these -six- men seen posed after the meeting with guest speak- er Ed. Starr of the Livestock Branch, Ont- ario Department of Agriculture. Seated left to right are Mr. Starr and Robert '1/4) • ,..- McGreg?r, Tuckersmitli• Township. Stand- ing, feft to right are Harry Dougall, Usbor- ne; Winston Shapton, Stephen; Elmer Rob- ertson, Colborne; Ivan Rivett, Ashfield; Hugh Hendrick, Stanley: A director was el- ected from each of the 16 townships and a later meeting was to elect an_eycutive. (Signal -Star photo) Set Polling Places For Vote On Hog Producers' Committee Five polling booths will be at the disposal of close to 1,400 voting hog producers in Huron County when they vote on March 5 to -elect 19 committee- men to the Ontario Hog Pro- ducers' Marketing Board. Vot- ing places will be set up at the Exeter town hall, the agricul- titral office board rooms, Clin- ton, the Gorrie Community, Hall,. the Walton Community Hall, and the bus depot, Dungannon.. Polling time is from ,11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nominees, - - Nominated as committeemen ..... . at the annual meeting of the Huron County Hog Producers' Association in Clinton on Tues- day afternoon' of last week were A. H. Warner, Bay- field; A. G. Bacon, Bel - grave; R. P, Allan, Brucefield; Ross Love, R.R. 2, Hensall; Wil- liam Coleman, Kippen; G. R. Campbell, R.R. 1, Seaforth; Rob- ert McAllister, R.R. 2, Auburn; Gordon Elliott, R.R. 5, Seaforth; Lloyd- Stewart, R.R. 1, Clinton; Alex McGregor, Kippen; Elmer Ireland, Wingham; Ray Finni- an,--KR,- 1 -Dung annont -C. S. Govier, R.R. 1, Auburn; Harry Mulvey, Wroxeter; Hugh Run- dle, R.R. 1, Centralia; Martin Baan, Walton; Elmer Harding, R.R. 1, Gorrie; Leonard Fisher, R.R. 4, Goderich; Hugh John- ston, R.R. 3, Walton; John Dun- can, Kirkton; Alex Pearson, Ethel; Gordon cWright, Clifford; R. R. MacGregor, Kippen; Mil- ford Prouty, R.R. 1, Exeter; George Adams, R.R. 2, Wrox- eter; Stephen Dundas, R.R. 2, Crediton; Gordon Nicholson, R.R. 4, Brussels; Melvin Greb, R.R. 2, Dashwood; Gordon Jewell, R.R. 6, Goderich; Edgar Wightman, 1, Belgrave; C. R. Coultes, Belgrave; .Tames Diog, R.R. 4 Seaforth; MelviHe Lamont, R.R. 1, Ethel; Andrew Crozier, R.R. 2, Seaforth; James Adams, Bluevale; Ross LoVett-,- Londesboro. Approved By Ag. Federation The. Canadian Federation of Agriculture held its 27th' an- nuarmeeting in the Prince Ed- ward :Hotel, Windsor, January n-24, and more than 250 dele- gates and interested persons at- tended the several sessions. So reports Elmer Ireland,, presi- dent of the-Ruron, Colinty Fed- eration of Agriculture.While the overall chairman of the convention was national presi- dent, H. IL Hannam of Ottawa, Ontario may be justifiably proud of OFA president, A. H. K. "Art" Musgrave, who chaired a goodly portion of the commod- ity sessions, presiding over the spirited debates with his usual sound judgment and good hum- or. It was a good meeting, marked by a great deal of earn- est deliberation on the press- ing problems of the agricultural industry. „. Some of the resolutions ap- proved by the meeting and hav- ing particular intereSt to On- tario are as follows: 1„ That surplus eggs be pur- chased by the Federal Gov- ernment and marketed through the World Food Pro- gram. 2. That the $3.00 premium on A Grade bogs be restored immediately. 3. That the OFA consider the calling of. an early, national conference to study the Can- adian hog industr.y. 4. The meeting approved as pre- sented the OFA resolution de- signed to eliminate h o g cholera. 5. That the raitWays be,pilesSed to reviSe their livesteek Set- tlement schedules to ..bring them inOre 10 line with pe - sent -day stock Values. O. The "meeting apprOved the dairy resolutions placed be - fere lt by the Dairy Farmers of Canada. (These had been approVed,by the DC meeting, in London the previous week) 7. That the CFA urge all gov- ernments to Support the sugar beet industry in such a way that its continuation will be assured, and that a national sugar policy be adopted. • 8. That the DFA and its mem- ber bodies all support the Croll Bill on Finance Charges Disclosure. That a more equitable method of financing for education be found. That the Eede.ral government speedily make effective its ARIDA program. That we commend the Gov- ernment of Canada for its role in The World Food proem. . The Goderieli Sigma -Star; ThUrsdaY, rebruarY 28th, 193„ stocks In some areas there is Ituron District, seetiott %lb- section- (4)o the COMO andi ' riaberies Mt States that a farmer or his Sons residing upon las lands may withOut a liCence hunt or trap fur -bearing an41.41” • als during the open.seasons but they are required to Send ip a -Trappey's Return at -the end. of - the season. These forms may be obtained by writing to the local Conservation Officer. • Any farm lad who has a hunch of• traps hanging in the driving shed and has a 'pond, stream or river an his property may well pick up a few extra dol- lars by trapping this valuable little fur -bearer. a fair demand for muskrat; hides: The supply is .limited in some Qt, our local marshes due to the low water level and zero temperaturesthat we have been experiencing the past few months. This causes severts winter kills and is one of the reasons that the Department of Lands and Forests intfoduced a fall and winter season for muskrats, so that some of the population could. be harvested rather than ha them die and be wasted.' The current muskrat season is from November 1, 1962 to April 15, 1963 in the Lake WESTINGHOUSE CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT IN SIGHT AND SOUND Muskrat Dates Are kinounced • By- H. J. Gingrich Conservation Officer Lands, Forests Dept. Reports indicate that muskrat pelts will bring a higher price this spring than they have for the past three or four years. The low prices paid the past several years have discouraged trappers to the point where some have qult trapping and others not putting full effort into their work. 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