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Huron Among Top Producers County
Report of Huron° County aft
ricultural representative D.H.
Miles to Huron. County Council:
I am very pleased to once again
have this opportunity of present.
lug a formal report of the year's
activities of the extensionbranch
of the department of agriculture
and food for Huron County. I. will
also have a very capable assist.
ant to the engineer, Don. Hopes.
Our clerical work has been hand-
led very capably by Mrs. Ethel
Ball, Carol Taylor and Mrs,
Maxine Aiken.
There appears to to an in.
crease in the production of crops
est among the home owners of
Huron County. Congratulation sh.
ould go to the winner Hill Gerr•
itts, R.R. 1, Clinton, in Goderich
Township for the excellent job he
did in Farmstead Improvement.
All the contestants deserve a
word of congratulations for the
work they did to make Huron
gn1y1reSent _ tha highlig is and_, in Hluron, _and_ not surprisingly . County a more picturesgaefarm.
etw on {16f A . j Qfl to tt �
cterk-treasurer 'receives a deo specialized agfietiltt rat areais Ih eonoi rteally;- (lits Oast year
has been a fairly bright one for
tailed report of our year's act -
Oates in April.
'Again there have been a few
changes in the extension branch
staff in our office. We have with
us a new home economist, Miss
Sharon Carroll. She has replaced
Miss Diane Liddiard, who left
• our office in July. Don Pullen,
associate agricultural represent.
ative will report to you, bn the
4.H and Junior Farmer activit.
ies of the year. Our agricults
ural engineer, Bert Moggach, is
taking a big part in extension and
at present is working in both
Huron and Perth. Also in our off-
ice, we have -Russ Bradford, with
the dairy branch of the depart.
meat of agriculture and food, who
is striving to help the farmer pro-
duce a quality milk product. An-
other additionto bur staff this
past'year is David Inglis working
as an extension assistant. We
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As in the past few years, Huron
still remains as one of the top
producers in the province. This
is shown in the 1965 Agricultural
Statistics for Ontario. For ex.
ample Huron stood first with
total cattle at 207,170 head. Again
Huron was first in poultry with
1,896,400 birds. in field crops,
Huron was first with a total
acreage of 386,730. As for value
of these crops, Huron was third
with a value of $24,408,910.00.
Huron also stood first in dry
bean acreage and first in barley
acreage. Thesefigures show us
how far and holo fast Huron is
advancing agriculturally.
Agriculture in Huron County
is booming and more farmers
are becoming aware that educa.
tion is essential. This is shown
by their eagerness to participate
in the farm management bourses.
This season, 1966.67, there are
three locations for these courses:
Fordwich, Clinton and Wingham.
The enrolment totals just over
one hundred.
Every farmer today requires
training in order to make the
best use of his income, to make
decisions, and to advance in his
' ' profession.
One of the biggest events in
Huron County this year has been
the International Plowing Match.
This was the second match in
Huron, as we had one twenty
years ago in 1946 at Port Albert.
Although the weather was against
us this year, I feel it was a suc.
cess. There seemed to be some
inwlydiforce that drew the people,
out even though the -Weather was.
bad. The farmers in Huron Coun-
ty and all those concernedshould
be congratulated for all the work
they did in connection with the
Plowing Match. The Centennial
Farmstead Improvement Com-
petition was _held in connection
with the plowing match. There
was a -very keen competition wh.
ich created a great deal of inter.
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our farm people. Beef prices have
remained steady and there seems
to be an increasing demand for
choice ,cattle. The prices at the
beginning of the year looked
promising and have held up quite
well to date. The average price
for choice steers is approximat-
ely $1.00 per hundred weight more
this year than last.
Milk flow in Huron County has
remained normal to a slight in.
crease. It looks like the farmer
is becoming quality milk con-
scious, and this is as it should
be. Due to certain happenings on
the farm front, the price of milk
has gone up for manufactured
milk. This should give the dairy
farmer more income andencour.
age him to stay in this enterprise.
The swine industry in Huron
looks very promising with the
prices remaining quite high ovet
the year. Huron County has in-
creased considerably in the num.
ber of hogs on farms and also
increased in the number of sows
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farrowing. The Yorkshire Herd of
W. E. Turnbull and Son, R.R. 2,
Brussels, should be commended
for being the first herd in On.
tario to qualify under the Elite
Herd Policy for swine. This
policy is designed to encourage
swine breeders to establish and
maintain herds that have achieved
high standards in respect to per.
formance; type and herd health.
Again this year, we would like
to congratulate Bob Fotheringh:
-am for winning the World Hay
Championship, the second year
in a row, and the World White
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note that Huron has won the Hay
Championship six out of nine
Wines and again Huron can be
declared the top hay county in
the world.
Crops in the county yielded
well. It seemed that some crops
did exceptionally well and others.
wore slightly lower than prey.
io s years. This was mainly due
to; the dry weather conditions of
J y and a heavy rain in early
June. For example, white bean
yilds .were down on those acres
planted early, and up to normal
on those planted late. Spring
grin yields were slightly down
due to the dry weather of July.
4 crop that did do quite well
w s corn,' both shelled and in,
silage corn. Shelled corn yields
in most 'cases were up but
this may be due to the ideal weath.
er conditions for harvesting.
Fodder corn was a good level
but yields varied from field to
field. Huron `produced an excell-
ent crop of hay with outstanding
yields and quality, although near
the end of the summer, paster.
es' suffered considerably. In this
past year, we have seen a great-
er trend toward haylage prod.
uction. Farmers win Huron. are
ewer to try new ideas and new
Representative Reports
ways. You ,can't help notice a
few innovatrs in Huron and this
is a good thing. There has also
been an increase in the storing
Of high moisture corn. The farm.
ers of Huron are realizing that
in order to go„ativad, they must
try these new ways. ..
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I would like to say, on behalf
of myself and everyone in the
Office, it has been a pleasure to
work with the people of. Huron
County. The co-operation from all
concerned, especially your ,War.
den, ,your County Clerk and his
Assistant, is very much apprec.
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Again, we would like to express
our thanks - to the , ienibers of
Huron County Council' for the fin.
ancial support they give to the
many organizations. This is the
kind of thing that will build ag•
riculture in Huron and make our
farmers strive for higheri4ea.ls.
We would like to thank the
press, the radio, and T.V. for
their interest and stappprt in the
work that we do by Prbpoting
our educational progrtirns and
in transmitting agriculture
news.
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JOE MOODY
for
DEPUTY REEVE
Having served eleven years on council over a
period of twenty years as deputy -reeve, I • am
soliciting your support for the office of deputy -
reeve for a second term, as one year only in
county council is largely educational. In the hope,
that long experience will be. recognized, I re-
spectfully solicit your support. -
JOE MOODY
FILSINGER
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