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CHECK DRAINAGE
IN EARLY SPRING
.s Broken tiles, clogged drains,
and plugged ditches c b u 1 d
cause a lot of back -flooding in
tire next few weeks. That's why
the profit,makingr
brown eggs come from
g.tattneit,
SEX -SAL -LINK LAYERS
from swift
For consistent top perform-
ance in brown egg layers,
count•";on the money -mak-
ing Sex -Sal -Link.
PROVED IN OFFICIAL
LAYING ,TESTS
Income over feed and
chick costs*
$281 Sex -Sal -Links, a 48
cent per bird advan-
tage over average of all
other entries
*Western New York Random Sample
Test -500 days -1959.60
DOUBLE-CHECKED
PERFORMANCE
AT' SWIFT'S
RESEARCH. FARM
In a 1959-60 laying test,
the Sex -Sal -Link's income
per hen was a big $3.78—
on 4M pounds sof feed per
dozen eggs.
In production, you can
expect from 240 to 255 eggs
per hen housed per year.
Order your profit-making
Sex -Bal -Link chicks from
Swift.
SWIFT'S HATCHERY
DEALER
it is important that your field
drainage system be in top-notch
worjcing order. "Getting rid of
spring thaw quickly and effici-
ently cotld save you one to two
weeks (May in planting spring
crops," says Ross Irwin, of the
Engineering* Science Depart-
ment of the Ontario Agricultur-
al College.
Here are . five' drainage sys-
tem check points from .this On-
tario Department -of Agricul-
ture engineer:
Take a look at the main out-
let. It's the important link in
your drainage system; all ex-
cess water leaves your farm
this way. Replace any broken
outlet tiles, making sure the
way is clear for that spring
thaw.
If you have a catch basin,
check it for silt, dead branch-
es and tree roots, Water boil -
ups at catch basins can cause
flooding. Watch for pieces of
broken tile washed into the
basin; they usually --mean trou-
ble .farther up the line.
While you're going over the
fields, keen an eye out for sunk-
en spots in the ground. These
wash -ins over tile lines mean
broken tile. The result is•a use-
less line filled with mud and
silt. The best way to prevent
a line plugging from wash -his,
is to dig down a'nd replace the
broken tile with a new one.
Clear out open ditches. Brush
and dead branches will pile up
at a fence row and stop the
water.
Jot down the position of all
long-lasting wet spots. These
could be -trouble signs that
might need checking next fall.
Walter McClure
R.R. 2, Seaforth
Phone 884 R 5
Seaforth
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Milk marketing hasn't been
receiving as much attention
publicly as we had 'expected
but that doesn't mean it hasn't
peen a warm issue behind the
§Scenes. Since .Agriculture Min-
ister Stewart practically ap-
pointed a committee early in
January to get on with the de-
velopment of an over-all milk
marketing plan for Ontario,
several s things have happened
but very little information has
reached reporters. We are not
suggesting that people concern-
ed with the activities of this
committee have been loathe to
talk but with producer groups,
government groups and even
some distributors involved
there just is no official spokess
man. When a provisional board
is appointed, we trust this situ-
ation will be 'rectified.
As a matter of fact, a pro-
visional board composed of pro-
ducers was supposed to have
been appointed and to have
held its first meeting on March
12. :.However, because of some
cbnfusion about the make-up of
this board that meeting has
been postponed. Since we feel
there is considerable confusion
about several matters in connee-
tion with this proposed milk
marketing scheme, let's try to
clear up a few points.
First of all, any such plan
will have 'to bperate under the
Milk Industry Act of Ontario,
NOT under the Farm Products
Marketing Act. It has been
suggested that a milk plan
should come under the latter
(FPMA) since most marketing
schemes for Ontario farm com-
modities do, but that act would
have to be amended to -include
milk. The Milk Industry Act,.
as it stands, allows for the for-
mation of a provisional board
and a ..policy board that could
develop a marketing plan for
milk and put such a plan to a
vote of all producers in the
province. As we -see: it, a pro-
visional board could be appoint-
ed whose function would be just
that -to develop a plan, see that
all producers know about and
ask the government to hold a
vote. Presumably, the Milk In:
dustry Board would supervise
the conducting of the vote -
that is, appoint scrutineers and
handle ballots and so on—proo-
ably utilizing the services of
the Department of Agriculture
as the Farm Products -Market-
ing Board does, when it super-
vises a vote. •
Current stumbling blocks in
the establishment of a provi-
sional board aro exactly what
groups will appoint members
and how many and .the composi-
tion of the policy board.' As we
understand it, the provisional
board was supposed to come
.from the four milk "producer
groups—whole milk (four, in-
cluding •one representing the
Channel Island breeds), concen-
trated, cream and cheese (three
each). This •gerieral principle
was agreed upon by. the •Milk
Producers Co-ordinating Board
before Mr. Stewart set up his
committee but apparently now
one producer group wants to
appoint alternates—at least this
group named four instead of
three representatives. Neither,
the Milk Industry Act nor the
Farm Products Marketing Act
provides 'for alternates—if an
appointed member cannot at-
tend a meeting his seat is va-
cated. . •
Phone 686 W Seaforth
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Last year Malting Barley prices • averaged between
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Feed Oat Contracts:
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Bean Contracts: -
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HURON FEDERATION NEWS
BY
We hear a great ,deal about
Canada's decreasing agricultur-
al population. In view of this, I
would like to give you some
information that has come my
way in a small pamphlet put
out by the National Farmer's
Union in the United States. Re-
member, these are U.S. figures
and we can only guess at their-
relationship
heirrelationship to Canada.
"There are about 7.5 million
people on farms; 10 ' million
handling farmers' production
after it leaves the farm, add
six million who handle the
goods farmers buy to operate
their homes and farms. This is
37 per cent of the nation's
working force.
Farmers should spend about
15 billion dollars a year to op-
erate their homes and 25 bil-
lion to operate their farms.
Farmers are one of the larg-
est buyers of steel products -
61/2 million tons annually; one.
of the -largest buyers, of tires,
tubes, etc., 9 per cent of the.
national output; 1/20thof the
electrical output; the largest
buyers of petroleum; the only
buyers of farm machinery; one
of the largest markets for' cars,
trucks and pickups.
Farmers have a total invest-
ment of over 203 billion dollars,
equal to about three-fifths of
the value of all the stocks quot-
ed on the Ne,w York Exchange.
The farm machinery inven-
tory owned by farmers is equal
to the investment of the steel
industry and is greater than
the investment in the .auto in-
dustry.
.
•
In summary, farmers' income
is important to the jobs and
profits of industry and labor.
It is the nation's largest busi-
ness.
A 15 per cent increase in
gross farm income in Kansas
would be equivalent to a plant -
hiring 36,150 men at $5,000' per
year.
Farmers receive $400 or. 38
per cent from the proceeds of
a representative food 'basket of
food costing $1,661" — end of
quotation.
Canada could show that the
position than his . American
neighbor.
. I would suggest that you take
farmer is in a somewhat worse
CARL HE
s
1
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Also, we hear that the co-
operatives in the milk busi-
ness in Ontario want some
representation on the policy
board. Co-ops handle quite a
bit of the milk produced in the
province and their boards are
composed of milk pl'bducers•
However, 'they -are also proces-
sors and distributors which pos-
es a question, doesn't it?
There's also the old question of
whether co-op members should
be subject to the same regula-
tions as other producers under
a marketing plan?
TO THE EDITOR:
London, Ont., Mar. 6, 1962
Editor, The Huron Expositor:
Dear Sir: We can now look
back on a very successful Farm
Show organization. Much of
this success we can attribute to
the teamwork that we have en-
joyed from our friends in West-
ern Ontario.
Our sincere thanks to you for
again giving us your help and
co-operation.
Kindest regards.
Sincerely,
0. GORDON BROOKS,
Advertising and
Promgtion Manager.
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a second look at the financial
tatement in the quotation. A
ittle figuring shows Haat an in-
rease of 15 per cent in gross
ncome to the farmer would
mean only an increase of 5.66%
n the consumer food cost. This
would mean that Canadian con-
sumers would pay a little less
than 29'/ of their income for
food. This would then be about
4% more than U.S. consumers
are presently paying, but would
still be considerably less than
food costs in other countries
of the world.
At a meeting of Huron Coun-
ty
ointy Co-op Insurance Committee
and agents last Tuesday, I was
again amazed at continuing rap-
id expansion of this associa-
tion's business. -
No doubt some of this expan-
sion is at the expense of some
other companies, but much is
due to the increasing conscious-
ness of the need for insurance
protection by farmers. It made
me, wonder if it wasn't just as
urgent that farmers 'provide
themselves with their own mar-
ket protection. It is all very
well to seek higher prices, but
first we must have a place` of
sale. It has disappeared in
some products. Tet us take
steps to see that our market for
livestock doesn't vanish.
lease °
Area -Ig
lVfallthly" Statistics oaf .Ontario
Provincial Police for No, . P.
triet, which consist 'pt the folp
lowing counties; Huron,, Brice,
Grey, Wellington, Waterloo and
Perth, is as^ t411ovWs, with whole
Province in brackets:,
Motor vehicle. accidents, 194
(2,343); fatal accidents, 3 (48);
persons killed,.7 (63); persons
injured, 35 (701) ;• vehicles
checked, 2,445 (39,046); warn-
ings., issued, 1,178 ,20,125);
charges preferred, 382 (6,064);"
registration and permits, 21
(299) 'operatorlr'; chauffeurs'
and ` instructors' permits, 15
(332)'; garage and storage ,lic-
enses, 0 (29); defective equip-
ment, 93 (1,046); weight, load
and size, 7 (273);' rate of speed,
90. (1,995); rules of the road,
121 (1,360); careless driving, 14
(320); fail to report, Sec. 143,.
FITA, 2 (55); fail to remain, Sec.
143-a, HTA, 0 f11); other charg-
es, 12 (57); criminal negligence,
Sec. 221, C Code, 0 (3); dan-
gerous driving, Sec. 221 (x), C
Code, 0 (14); fail to remain at
scene, Sec, 221 (2) C- Code, 0,
-(26); drive . while intoxicated,
Sec. 222, C Code, 1 (43); abil-
ity impaired, Sec. 223 C. Code,
4 (144); drive while prohibited,
Sec. 225, C Code, 2 (57); uni-
form strength, 139 (1,878).
Meeting Talks.
Swine Breeding
on an experimental basis.
Conception rates have so far
been very satisfactory and, if
the first litter is any indication,
litter size should not be a prob-
lem. There has been consider-
able demand for artificial breed-
ing service for swine in On-
tario, prompting -the Waterloo
Association to.. undertake this
experiment.
"No full scale swine breeding
service is expected for the
meantime," says Manager Roy
G. Snyder, "but we will. con-
tinue ,breeding experimentally
until we have the facts we
need." •
The first venture by a Cana-
dian breeding organization into
the artificial insemination of
swine 'met with success on
Thursday, "March 8, when a ht -
ter of 12 fine piglets was born
6n the farm of Manassa Weber,
RR No. 3, Waterloo, Ont. Ron
Hofstetter, technician in charge
of swine insemination for Wa-
terloo Cattle Breeding Associa
tion, and Mr. Weber were in
attendance at the delivery, and
were both well pleased with the
"artificial"'pigs. They are York-
shire-Landrace cross, and are
quite strong and ,active.
Waterloo Cattle Breeding As-
sociation now has over 60 sows
in their program, which is still
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