Zurich Citizens News, 1965-11-25, Page 6PAGE Six ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1965
Mastitis Control
The Ontario Department of
.Agriculture's mastitis con*ol
program was definitely worth
the investment, according to
Allan Woods, a Thorndale far-
er whose herd has completed
the program.
"The steps •that are necess-
ary to control mastitis cert -1
ainly cost less than infection
in cow's udders. The program
!
already saved me money. There
is no mastitis in my herd now."
Farmers who have co-oper-
ated in this program are al-
most• universally pleased with
the results. The obvious reason
for this is a definite increase;
in milk production with the!
added advantage of a subst-;
antial reduction in the cost
of veterinary treatments and;
antilaicxtics. The milking pt'ct of cheaper food for the home
cedure is loss burdensome and!
i consumer should not be con -
Food for Thought - -
There is an old cliche that
says some people eat to live
while others live to eat. What-
ever the reason, food is one of
our basic requirements, We
must have food to eat, water to
drink and air to breath. This
means that agriculture is still
the basic industry and the most
indispensable.
During the past year, we
have heard a great deal about
the cheap food philosophy of
the North American continent.
Speaking at the annual meet-
ing of the Ontario Fruit and
Vegetable Growers' Association
in January, the minister of
agriculture, the IIon. W, A.
Stewart, said, "the philosophy
in many ease's, when the num-,
of mastitis cases have less-, - —
cne,l, milking time has been
shortened. To many of these
farmers, the phrase "sanitat-
ion barrier" has a new and;
practical meaning. glint is, by
seting up sanitation barriers;
in the milking procedure, new
infection has virtually ceased'
and old outbreaks have been
brought under control.
Since the mastitis control
sidered a way of life". Mr.
Stewart was taken to task by
the urban press for advocating
a two -price system for food.
Later on, Mr. Stewart's de-
puty minister, E. M, Biggs,
spoke at the annual meeting of
the Ontario Soil and Crop Im-
p r o v e m e n t Association and
commenting on Mr. Stewart's
previous statement, Mr. Biggs
asserted that farmers should
not be expected to sacrifice
themselves on the altar of their
o w n efficiency: Meanwhile,
the federal minister of agricul-
ture was also making speeches
which indicated that he, too,
was alarmed over the farm
situation.
Speaking to the Chamber. of
Commerce in Red Deer, Alber-
program was instiated ten OF SEWAGE AND ME For example, I look back with
months ago, 191 herds have I was t e 11 i n g you in last unconcealed a n d justifiable
enrolled, with 117 of the herds week's column how I was shang- pride to my four years as presi-
t3300 cows) already complet- haled into the teaching profes- dent of the Bruce County Pub-
ing the six-month control pro- sion and how teaching has been lishers' Association. That's a
gram. According to Dr. How-ood to rne, mightyimportant post, with
and Neely, extension veterin-' But I don't want anyone to about 10 weeklies in the county.
arian, Ontario Department of
go away with the mistaken Well, sir, before my term of
Agriculture, 52.1 percent of
these cows had mastitis when idea that it has all been roses office, the annual meetings
first enrolled. During the en -
all the way. IN hen I was M were regular donnybrooks. The
rollment period, the incidence the newspaper business I used publishers, last of a fierce and
of this disease was cut in half. to get home, have a couple of indepnedent breed, quarreled
In some herds, mastitis was drinks before dinner, just to fiercely about printing prices,
virtually eliminated or reduc- unwind a bit. Strictly me- stealing Linotype operators from
ed to such a low degree that dicinal. each other, and encroaching on
it ceased to be a problem or When I came into teaching 1 each other's sacred hunting
hazard to the herd. got home from work at 4 c'clock grounds,
and was so unwound by dinner But during my entire sojourn
areeiermermseleeeinagemmexiiremensee time I was practically paralyzed. in the president's office, peace
This year, our school is work- prevailed, There wasn't a bick-
ing a double shift. Our shift er or a squabble. The secret,
begins at a quarter to eight in in four years, the president
the morning. I get home from didn't call a single meeting.
work at 1:15 in the afternoon., The association has never run
i I have little doubt that my liver as smoothly, before or since,
1 is the texture of marble and So, if you're having internal
the color of a baboon's behind. warfare in one of the organiza-
I have great doubt that I'll last tions you belong to, there's
until Christmas. People on the your solution. Stop holding
early shift should get hardship
pay.
A n o t h e r misconception I'd
hate to leave with anyone is
That I came into teaching as a
refugee. because I couldn't make
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Not only was I making spo-
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anywhere up to $35 a week,
clear. And, if I do say it my-
self, I was a pretty important
figure in the community.
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omi nation
OTICE
Is hereby given in compli-
ance with By-law No. 28,
passed on October 29, 1965,
under authority of the Municipal Act, a Meeting of the
Electors of the Municipality of the Township of Hay will
be held in the
Township Hall
IN THE
VILLAGE OF ZURICH
ON
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1965
At the hour from One to Two o'clock p.m. for the Purpose
of Nominating Candidates for Reeve, Deputy Reeve and
councillors for the Township of Hay for the year 1966, and
for Two Trustees for the Hay Township School Area Board
for 1966 and 1967. (The two school area trustees having
the highest number of votes to be elected for a two-year
term.)
When a Proposed Candidate is not present, his Nomi-
nation Paper shall not be valid unless there is attached
thereto evidence in writing signed by the Proposed Candi-
date satisfactory to the Returning Officer that he consents
to be nominated.
In Case a Poll Is Demanded
POLLS WILL BE OPENED ON
Monday, December 6, 1965
In the Several Polling Sub -divisions of the Township
as follows:
Poll Polling D.R.O. Poll Clerk
No. Place
1 --School House No. 2 Percy Campbell L. Chapman
2—Stewart Bell Residence,
Lot 20, Con. 3 Hugh McEwan Allan Crerar
3—Town Hall Bert Klopp Claire Deichert
4—Town Hall T. Steinbach Arnold Merner
5—Charles Becker's Gar. Clifford Pepper Harold Horner
6—Earl Guenther Block Reinhold Miller Sidney Baker
7—School House No. 3 Glen Weido Lionel Wilder
8—C. R. Burgess' Store F. Ducharme E. Corriveau
Said Polls will be kept open from Nine o'clock a.m.
until Six o'clock p.m.
H. W. BROKENSHIRE,
Returning Officer
Dated at Zurich, Ontario, November 10, 1965.
meetings.
Another position in which I
made my mark was the resort
association. I was president of
it, too, and also for four years.
When I took over, the outfit
was struggling. Revenue was
only about $2,000 a year. Most
of this was spent on printing
folders, in our plant.
Well, I got keen, and started
drumming up more money and
urging a bigger and flossier
folder. In the end, my twin
activities bore fruit. Right in
the end. We raised so much
money, and the folder designed
was so fancy, that we could no
longer print it in our plant, so
they took it to an out-of-town
printer. This is known as "how
not to get along in business by
really trying".
But perhaps my finest hour
was my career in municipal
politics. The bay bordering
the home town was polluted,
and unfit for swimming. As
editor of the paper, I had har-
assed the town council for
years, trying to get action.
Finally, I ran for council,
carefully choosing a year in
which year it was obvious that
election would be by acclama-
tion, not votes. I won. Within
two years I had spark -plugged
the council into installing a
new sewage disposal system
that would end the pollution.
It put the tax rate up about six
mills for 60 years. But it was
worth it.
There was only one thing
wrong. The darn thing didn't
work. Some silly engineering
detail about water not running
up hill, or something. The bay
was once again polluted. I left
town shortly after. And the
words sewage and Smiley are
still associated in the minds of
the grateful ratepayers. Not
many men have a living monu-
ment like that, during their
own lifetime,
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ta, he made this statement:
"The e o ns u m e r has always
wanted his food as cheaply as
possible while the farmer has
always wanted to get at least
a reasonable profit from his op-
erations. The core of the agri-
cultural problem will always be
where to find a fair compromise
between the consumer's inter-
est in stable food supplies at
reasonable cost and the farm-
er's interest in a reliable income
on a par with incomes in other
areas of the• economy. At the
present time, I think the con-
sumer is getting the upper hand
in this age-old battle." He went
on to point out that, in 1953,
the consumer was paying about
23 cents out of every dollar for
food and the farmer received
about 50 cents of every dollar
spent on food at the retail level.
By 1963, the consumer was
spending only 21 cents on food
but the farmer was receiving
only 38 cents out of every dol.
lar spent on food at the retail
level.
This pretty well tells the
story. The politicians know
the score and are making nice
noises about it. But that seems
to be about as far as they are
prepared to go. Nothing hap-
pens, even though the farmer's
share of the fond dollar grows
less and less, It's a pretty poor
commentary on our basic and
most indispensable industry.
Someone has made the 'obser-
vation that we are no longer a
capitalistic country, we're a
"consumeristic" country.
Unfortunately, the end is not
yet in sight. More and more
farmers are being forced from
the land. The well-to-do farmer
of yesterday is in trouble today.
What of tomorrow? It's not a
question of the survival of the
agricultural industry, for people
will always need food. The big
question facing us today is, who
in agriculture will survive. As
farm operations grow bigger
and bigger and more and more
efficient, who will ultimately
control the industry? Will it
be the farmer or will farming
fall into the hands of large
corporations? Right now, the
consumer is riding the crest of
the wave, due chiefly to the
vicious and uncontrolled com-
petition for the consumer's dol-
lar at the retail level. The con -
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PROTECT ROSE BUSHES
Don't forget that your rose
bushes need winter protection,
warn horticulturists with the
Ontario Department of Agricul-
ture. Draw up as much soil as
possible around the bases of
the plants and add to it from
other available sources so that
the stems are well protected.
As soon as the ground is frozen,
an additional covering of straw
or leaves should be added.
Achievement Day
Planned For 4-H
The 18th annual Huron Coun-
ty 4-H Achievement Night will
be held at the South Huron Dis-
trict High School, Exeter, on
Friday, December 3, commen-
cing at 8:00 p.ni.
The guest speaker will be
Gerry Montgomery, of Mutual
Life, London, formerly agricul-
tural representative for Huron
County.
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Entertainment will be pro-
vided by folk singer J. Woody
Lambe, a high school science
teacher from Woodstock,
All Huron County 4-H Agri-
cultural Club members who
completed a project in 1965
will receive their awards on
this occasion. Of the 395 4-11
projects started in 21 4-11 agri-
cultural clubs last spring, 91.5%
were brought to a successful
conclusion.
Everyone who has an interest
in the 4-H program is invited
to attend the Achievement
Night.
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