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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1958-12-10, Page 10PAGE TEN Seed Grain Now Available For Spring Plantings The Seed Marketing and Pub- licity Committee of the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement As- sociation reported today that am- ple supplies of suitable varieties of seed are available in western and central areas, but excessive moisture over long periods in the eastern section of the province will substantially reduce available quantities of good seed and make it necessary to bring in supplies from other areas. The same situa- tion applies to a lesser extent in parts of Northern Ontario. Export demands are expected to be about the same as in recent years, but there are indications that competition is becoming more keen. Garry and Rodney are the most popular varieties of oats in all areas, Brant, York and Herta varieties of barley outyield all oth- ers. The following minimum prices for 1959 seeding *ere recommend- ed by the committee: Oats Commercial. No. 1 Grade — $1.50 per bushel Certified No. 1 Grade — $1.65 per bushel Registered No. I Grade — $1.75 per bushel Barley Commercial No, 1 Grade — $1.90 per bushel ZU LICH Citizens NEWS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER '10, 1956 Use Caution Wheri Buying Stock Look For Disease Keeping home flocks and herds disease free is an every day task in the opinion of practicing veter- inarians. Owners of livestock usu- ally are alert in getting rid of un- healthy animals as soon as they can, but live stock health officials report that when farmers buy re- placement stock, their guard is often down. Purchased stock can look heal- thy, but without a complete in- vestigation into the actual health condition of the animal, a farmer runs the risk of introducing dis- ease to the home herd. The Ontario Veterinary College urges adoption of a three-point program to avoid this danger. First—where possible check up on the health history of a herd be- fore buying animals from it. Sec- ond—have them given a complete health examination, including blood tests if they are to be purchased for the breeding herd. Third — keep the new animals quarantined for a few weeks and consult your veterinarian about retests before allowing them in the home herd. 0 Registered No. 1 Grade — $2.35 per bushel These prices are for treated seed in new bags, at producer's farm, F.O.B. shipping point. Hunting, Fishing Licences & Bicycles We Have Sporting Goods — Whatever the Sport SPORTSMEN'S HEADQUARTERS ROLLIE'S SP®' TS and CYCLE GRAND BEND KEYS ,KEYS - KEYS WE NOW HAVE A MACHINE TO CUT KEYS Have an Extra Key Made ONLY for your Car, your Home, or your Office EACH DER DI E AUTO SUPPLY ,ne 38 -® Zurich 35c SHORT • Make it into an Extra Bedroom or a Recreation Room DROP IN FOR IDEAS AND PRICES Hereford Breeders Annual Meeting Shows Enthusiasm (By J. Carl Huron County Hereford Breed- ers held their annual meeting on December 2, in Londesboro. These cheerful, industrious farmers have made vast strides in the promotion of their breed. In fact the last nine years the number of purebred herds has doubled. The evidence of their success is quiteapparent in the number of "white faces" seen on pasture. The Huron County Hereford Breeders are to be congratulated on the excellent showing their cat- tle have made at the fairs and even more important at the sales. T h e Perth - Huron Shorthorn Breeders held their annual meeting in Egmondville on December 4. Here again we see progress being made. While the number of Short- horn herds is much the same Can- adian Shorthorns are making great progress in quality. At the recent show in Chicago, Canadian Short- horns won 17 of the 20 top awards. In this age when cross breeding has become so highly recommended to increase rate of gain and vigour in our cattle many of us fail to realize how important the pure- bred lines are. Remember that top - grade purebred cattle are neces- sary if we feeders are to have top -grade cross bred feeders. We Freight Assistance Leveled Costs Says Department During the past few years be- cause of the feed freight assistance subsidy paid by the Federal Gov- ernment, the cost of livestock and poultry feeds to farmers in the Maritime Provinces, Quebec, Ont- ario and British Columbia has been approximately the same. With the 17 percent increase in freight rates granted to the Railways to become effective on December 1, these costs would not only be increased but there would be a greater varia- tion in prices between the differ- ent areas. In order to maintain the exis- ting relationship between feed freight assistance and freight costs in these areas the government last Thursday passed an order -in -coun- cil authorizing some increase in the feed freight assistance rates as of December 1. Because the movement of grain to a large part of Ontario and Western Quebec is mainly by wat- er, the assistance payments on grain shipments to the Montreal Freight Rate Zone, including all of Old Ontario, will continue atthe present level of $5 per ton. To points beyond the Montreal Freight Rate Zone but with a through rail freight from Fort William of less than $1.04 per hundredweight, the freight assis- tance will be $5 per ton plus the excess through freight to destina- tion over the Fort William -Mont- real rate. To Eastern points with a freight rate from Fort Wiliam of $1.04 per hundredweight or higher ,the freight assistance will be $7.50 per ton plus the excess through freight to destination over the Fort Will- iam -Montreal rate. The area cov- ered in this category includes Eas- tern Quebec and the Atlantic Pro- vinces. The rate of assistance to British Columbia points will be the carlot short line rail freight charge to destination from Calgary, Edmon- ton, or the point of origin, which- ever is the lowest, less $5.40 per ton. O'BRIEN'S PLUMBING Heating and Tinsmithing "Phone 156 -- ZURICH for Purebred Stock Hemingway) would do well to express a little more appreciationto these men who are continually endeavouring to improve the quality of our cat- tle. In between these two meetings was the Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Association annual. at Londesboro. Bob Allan, Brucefield, president, world chain - pion white bean grower for two consecutive years and the first world hay champion, presided. Also in attendance was Bob Foth- eringham, reserve grand champion white bean grower, RR 3, Seaforth; Harry Strang, Hensall, president of the Ontario Association, and Murray Roy, Londesboro, who placed third among well over 300 entries in Ontario in the pasture management competition. Surely the examples of these men should give our "pride of farming" in Huron county a real boost. Their record adds zest to our way of life. Two years ago Co-operative In- surance Association provided in- centives to their agents to be more selective in giving insurance to `under 25 -year-old" male drivers.. On December 3, at a meeting in London bonus checks were given out to the agents in appreciation of the good selection job they had done. This was possible only be- cause the accident losses had been sharply reduced. The young men of this age group could be the very best of drivers. Let's do it. It means money in your pocket. 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We congratulate Orvan Chambers and his son, Ralph, for breeding and developing this Get so that they could win. Our famous Jersey Sire, Brampton Sixth Generation Ex sired the first prize Sr. Get at the Chicago Internation- al Dairy Show of 1958. He is also alive, in service and a proud father. We congratulate Charles Robson & Son of New Brunswick for breeding and Don Head Farms, Mac Alex- ander, George Innes, Homer Havilad for exhibiting this Get. This simply proves that where given equal opportun- ity offspring of the bulls we have in service will win their share of honours for both type and production, BETTER CATTLE FOR BETTER LIVING For service or more information phone collect to: CLINTON HU 2-3441 between 7.30 and 9.30 a.m. Week days 6.00 and 8.00 p.m. an Saturday evenings Calls received on Saturday evening are inseminated early Sunday morning.