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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1963-02-28, Page 7• 0 • • • 4 4 • 4 • •• • tI SEED FOR 1963 • Best Varieties • High Germination • Reasonably Priced You would have to be a super -expert to look at two samples of seed and be able to tell which one is better. But if one sample bears the name "Jones, MacNaugbton" you know at a glance that it is re- liable, dependable and top value for your money. Over the years, Jones, Mac - Naughton Seeds have built up a reputation for relia- bility and fair dealing, that is your best insurance against disappointment. Buy from your local deal- er — complete list on re- quest. JONES, McNAUGHTON SEEDS EXETER, 235-0363. CREDITON, 234-6363 - LONDON, 432-2258 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 Now -on The Big 25th ANNIVERSARY FARM SF1O Ends Sat., Mar. 2 OPEN DAILY: 10:30 a,m. to 10:30 p.m. CLOSES SAT. 4:30 p.m. Don't Miss It! 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The Farm Show, which had its origin 25 years ago as the Middlesex Seed Fair, was first held in the London Armouries. From a modest start it grew rapidly in popularity and was moved to Western Fair Grounds a few years later. The two ,large floors of the Manufacturers Building are fill- ed to overflowing with educa- tional and commercial exhibits, plus competitive entries of seed grain, corn, beans, potatoes, bacon carcasses and tobacco. Of special interest to the la- dies will be the food show area with exhibits of home baking and preserved fruit. A fashion show and program for the la- dies will be held Wednesday evening, Feb. 27, at 8:00 p.m. in the theatre. The opening feature of this program will be the crowning of the Farm Show Princess, the Baking Queen and the Baking. Princess. Demonstrations of rug mak- ing, needle point and knitting will be conducted for the ladies in .the second floor demonstra- tion area both Thursday after- noon and Friday ,afternoon, at 2:30 p.m. CO --OP INSURANCE • Auto and Truck • Farm Liability • Accident and Sickness. • Fire, Residence & Contents • Fire, Commercial • Life Insurance • Retirement Income All Lines of Insurance Written W. ARTHUR WRIGHT Phone 193-J — John St. H YS L nJ:Sro+aS n UNDERGROUND PIPE THAWING Large modern equipment 1,000 feet of cable for fast thawing of water mains, lines, etc. GIVE US A CALL BLAKE'S WELDING & MACHINE Phone HU 2-7303 - Clinton • 11 DEAD ANIMAL REMOVAL For Dead or Disabled 71,nimals CALL Darling & Company of Canada Ltd. Phone Clinton HU 2-7269 License No. •262-C-63 Seaforth Phone 863 W 1" License No. 240-C-63 The Perth Federation ofAg- riculture has for two years talc.. en no stand on the controversy. They felt that, since their meiin- bership included farm People whose thought ran in different directions on this subject, that they should not try to unduly influence anyone. There is no thought of a change in this policy. • I ' feel, however, that we should do all we can to en- courage hog producers to take advantage of their opportunity to vote. With' this in view, I have asked two people, repre- senting two lines of thought on this issue, to make a statement upholding their views, which I might use in this column. First, I asked Ross McTavish, of Shakespeare, if he would ex- press some opinions on what is wrong with hog marketing in Ontario. These are his com- ments: "I am heartily in agreement with Mr. Dearing in so far as the stand the Federation has taken. I feel it is up to every hog producer in Perth to cast a ballot regardless of which side they are on, and then we would have a true indication of the thoughts of the hog producers of Perth County, As far as my feelings in regards Ulm 'mar- keting, they have not changed, even though I have been a member of the market board for the past two years. I feel that we should have a chance to vote on this problem in Ontario. Any marketing plan, to be sat- isfactory, should 'be voted on periodically, I would say every three years. I have no quarrel with "farm marketing, only with the compulsory part of it. I believe that farm marketing has a place in this country, but also feel that much of the competi- tion has been taken out of hog marketing. The price of hogs in Alberta, where they have no compulsory marketing, has been closer to ours than they have previously. I also feel that there is too much fluctuation' in price from hour to hour and from day to day." So says Mr, McTavish. Then I asked John Barnett, of RR 1, St. Marys, to point out what, ins his opinion, are the strong points favoring the hog mar- keting ,set-up. He comments as follows: - • I• believe in a system of mar- keting where the majority of producers can come together to market their produce 'collective- ly to the best advantage and the minority may be' required by law to join in a common sales policy. There, is ,undoubtedly an elemeht of compulsion in this but it is very minor co - P arettVitli " onomtc c3m- pulsion that we will encounter if we remain' individualists in a highly organized society. One bf the greatest threats facing producers in recent years is vertical integration, where the processor controls the product. A good marketing plan is the best deterrent, that we know of, to control vertical integration. Vertical integration, if Ieft un- checked, 'will reduce the indi- vidual' producer to the status of an employee who has no real control over production or terms of trade. "All processors work on mar- gin or difference in buying and selling price. If the chain store .or wholesaler puts pressure on the processor to .reduce the wholesale price of meat, then the processor takes the line of least resistance and reduces the price paid to the farmer for his product. By having a Mar- keting board and sales agency the producer now is in a posi- tion to resist that downward pressure and in turn exert some upward pressure and conse- quently gain 'an increased price for his product. It is significant, I.think, that the difference be- tween 'Toronto prices and those in Winnipeg, Calgary and Ed- monton, have been higher, on the average, since 1953 when the Ontario Hog Producers' Sales Agency came into opera- tion." Well, there you have it. What do ydu think? I understand that both sides will be printing lists of candidates to assist vot- ers. I hope I may see you at the polls. sommasum ,4•1_ We're overstocked ,with SCRATC PADS CLEARING AT 4 for 25c 6" x° 4" GOOD QUALITY BOND Pick up a supply while this special. lasts ! THE HURON EXPOSITOR Phone '141 , -- Seaforth Huron Co-operative Medical Services Prepaid Health Plans at Cost the CO.OR way BOARD OF DIRECTORS: President, Fordyce Clark, RR 5, Goderich.; Vice -Pres., Gordon Kirkland, RR 3, Lucknow; Mrs. 0. G. Anderson; RR 5, Wing - ham; Mrs. Lloyd Taylor, Exeter; Hugh B. Smith, RR 2, Listowel; Lorne Rodgers, RR 1, Goderich; Roy Strong, Gorrie; Russell T. Bolton, RR 1, Seaforth; Bert Irwin, RR 2, Seaforth; Bert Klopp, Zurich; Gordon Richard- son, RR 1, Brucefield; Kenneth Johns, RR • 1, Woodham. C. H. Magee Secretary -Manager Miss C. E. Plumtree Assistant Secretary For information, call your nearest director of our office in the Credit Union Bldg., 70 On- tario Street, Clinton, Telephone HUnter 2-9751, or see your Co- op representative: W. ARTHUR WRIGHT John Street Seaforth, Ont. TELEPHONE 1934 f Ho HOG ?I11ARKETING PLAN tngham, Feb. 25, 1963, Editor, The Hurgn Expositor: Again this year Huron Coun- ty hog producers are being giv- en an opportunity to endorse the present hog marketing plan. The annual 'meeting of the Hur- on Hog Producers on Feb. 12th gave many an opportunity to express their views on our pres- ent hog marketing plan, and many interesting facts were re- vealed. Ontario hog producers receiv- ed a higher price for their hogs in 1962 than producers did in any other part of this contin- ent, so this speaks well for our method of selling hogs and the Ontario Hog Marketing Plan. One of the speakers, Roy Atkinson, of Saskatchewan, in- dicated that hog producers ,n the three Prairie Provinces were looking upon our plan with great favor and stated that a hog marketing plan was about to be organized for the produc- ers in the West. - Through a great deal of ef- fort and time in past years on the part of our Federation of Agriculture we obtained farm marketing legislation, and by this we were able to have a marketing plan for farm com- modities. There is likely to be a vote on an egg marketing plan this year and producers are gener- ally agreed that it should ,bene- fit them. I regard it my duty to ex- press my views on producer marketing, and I therefore ad- vise all producers to support the marketing plans for farm commodities that will come be- fore you in the near future. ELMER IRELAND, President, Huron County Federation of Agriculture. „isttiss Mark E.tgig Vole• turos, Huron 441 Oubs P#a•G feed, or fertilizer, or anything else, be makes comparisons for quality and price. For the com- ing federal election, voters are making comparisons among the various candidates. and Parties. Should we not be allowed the same privilege of choice in marketing our hogs? 1 have no objection to farm- ers operating co-operatives or co-operative packing plants, etc. My objection is to the compul- sory part of this system, and what this compulsion could lead to. RONALD MacGREGOR RR 3, Kippen. Dear Sir: In view of the up- coming election for Hog Pro- ducer Committeemen, I would like to express some points for the careful consideration of the hog men of. Huron County. 1. The present.niarketing, sys- tem is compulsory. If, as its suporters claim, it is a superior form of marketing, why mustit be compulsory? Let us market our hogs -as we wish. If the present form is- superior, farm- ers are smart enough to use the method that proves itself best. . „keletYPR System. The' this systemtell supporters of tc usis so superior hat it is being adopted in other .coun- tries. What they always omit is that where it has been adopt- ed its use is voluntary and- it must compete with other meth- ods of sale. 3. Price fluctuations. During recent,marketings, according to newspaper reports, hog prices have fluctuated as • much as $4.30 per cwt. in one day. When packers buy, they buy at a price that will alow a margin of pro- fit. If a packer buys at $32, for instance, and no .doubt .makes a profit, what profit must , he make when the price drop $3 or $4 before the end 'of the day? 4, Shrink. Under the present arrangement, hogs are loaded and unloaded more often than necessary. Often they are truck- ed farther than necessary. This causes unnecessary carcass shink and damage and lowers the return to the farmer. 5. FAME. In recent news it- ems about FAME, the promot- ers have been quoted as saying that a price will be given a week in advance. How can this be done under the present com- pulsory marketing scheme? Are FAME shareholders going to work within or 'outside this present compulsory marketing scheme? Why are some of the same men, who promoted this compulsory marketing scheme, now promoting a packing plant? 6. Condemnation ' Insurance. When a packer buys hogs, he must take into consideration that some hogs will have to be condemned. This must be a factor in determining the price he will pay. If the farmer 'paid condemnation insurance, as.. in former years, it would have a bearing on the price paid for hogs. When a farmer buys a trac- tor, a car, a farm, a bag of Seaforth Agricultural Society FIELD CROP COMPETITION - Editor, The Huron Expositor: Sir: At first, the demand for pork was just enough to feed the pioneer's. own family. When a few urban centres appeared on the map, the farmer began to produce a, few more head. These he•killed and dressed and bartered in the villages of those times. This continued un- til the railroad" came through. Then an enterprising person, situated near the centre of 'tire. county erected a slaughter- house. He had a general store also. Therefore the farmers were able to conduct the busi- ness of selling and buying at one point. Some time after this period the urban centres grew larger and became towns or cities. Then pork packing plants sprang up. These, in their turn, employed agen to go through the country to up hogs and ship by rail. T se men were personal friends of the farm- ers, well known or their hon- est and uprigh dealings. Had they been oth wise they could not have done business. This method continued until the truck came into general use. It did not take the farmer long to see the advantages of using. trucks for transporting their hogs. (In those days, the farmer did his own thinking.) This method saved the farmer loading and hauling his hogs to the railroad. Also, his hogs arrived much sooner at the packing plant, thereby prevent- ing carcass shrink. He receiv- ed more per pound, as well, than he had formerly received from the drover. The trucker had to state the .price the farm- er would receive before he would be allowed to load the hogs. Should the price drop 5 centsP er cwt. ore the end of the week, no more pigs would be shipped. (How does that compare with marketing today when the price drops two or three dollars per cwt. in a single day?) In those days the packer was not the "Big Bad Boy" some people would have us believe that he is today. Instead, it vas the farmer who turned out to be untrustworthy. Some would stuff their hogs with everything conceivable to produce an ex- tra pound. Some even added sand. This practice brought in "Grading on the Hoof." "Grading on the Hoof" was not a reliable way to judge a hog. One reason that it proved unreliable was that hogs brought in through a heavy rain would grade much better than those brought in dry. This grading system was replaced by Rail Grading. Some time after the rail grad- ing system had been in effect, some men had a vision of a monopoly in the marketing of hogs. At that time their aim was to stop the fluctuations of 5 cents per pound and obtain a stabilized price. Most farm- ers know how well they have succeeded. At the present time we have 'the Marketing Board selling by teletype—a wonderful system according to the supporters of fhe Marketing Board. However, I would like to ask you a ques- tion which I want you to an- swer for yourself: Is a gun any better than the man behind it? I quote: "All hogs sold by teletype are sold on a descend- ing price 'scale." For a moment, now, pretend you are in a packer's office. The teletype is showing the price asked for hogs that day: You know, also, that away out on the back concessions farm- ers are loading their hogs with- out any .price quoted. They dump these hogs into assembly yards. The packer is sitting in his arm chair waiting for the price to drop. At last, down it goes. The packer sits, Down goes the price. Down again and again, until a price is, reached KEYSTONE BARLEY Reg. No. 1 Seed is avail- able from the Society Anyone wishing to enter Competition and receive seed, contact: HAROLD PRYCE Phone 840 R 2 -or— R. JAMES WALLACE Phone 2414 or 141 whichallows a margin of pro- fit. The packer jabs the but- ton. ut t n. Those pigs h se p gs are his. Next lot of hogs puts the' price fur- ther down. All day long! Down! Down! Down! Now, tell me or yourself this. (No, tell yourself. I know.) The first packer bought the pigs at a price that would allow him a profit. How much profit did the packer make on the last lot of hogs sold that day? He paid dollars less than the packer who bopght the first lot. Farmers! Here is all that I ask you to do: Do as a wood- pecker does! "Use your head." GRANDPA USBORNE . AND . HIB8ERT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. HEAD OFFICE - EXETER, Ont, Directors: Timothy B, Toohey - RR 3, Lucan President Robert G. Gardiner - RR 1, Vice -President Cromarty Wm. II, Chaffe - RR 4, Mitchell E. Clayton Colquhoun - RR 1 Science Hill Martin Feeney - RR 2, Dublin Milton McCurdy • RR 1, 1(irkton Agents: Hugh Benninger Dublin Harry Coates - RR 1, Centralia Clayton Harris - Mitchell Solicitors: Mackenzie & Raymond - Exeter Secretary -Treasurer: Arthur Fraser - - Exeter RR 3, Kippen. • .S! a ion., ,Test Thlree uroil 4 H Clu Z wetn biers placed high in the Polig Judging Contest, held :i cAA- nection with the selectiop of the ,Ali - Canadian Iifolsteitis,: There were 644 contestants. from nine provinces vieing.for the 140 -point perfect score, . One of the third place scores., of 136 was made by Robert' Vodden, Clinton, a member .of the Bayfield. 4-H Cluh, while William R, H. Boyd, Wroxeter, a member of the Howick Calf Club, and Gail Storey, Seaforth, a member of the Seaforth 4=11 Club, both scored 138 paints. Editor, The Huron Expositor: Dean- Sir: On behalf of the Huron County Hog Producers I would like to extend my thanks to the producers who have supported me and my fel- low committeemen for the con- tinuance of our present system of marketing hogs. In spite of the opposition we are receiv- ing from a very small group, the eyes of the world are look- ing at this new teletype system of selling. A number of dele- gations have been over from the United States taking a look at our system, and already some of the Southwestern, States are adopting our system of selling their products. Alberta, Sas- katchewan and Manitoba have all had delegations here to see our teletype system, and they say that: inside of a year they will • be organized and selling their hogs under this same,sys- tem. We have been receiving the highest prices of any place in the North American Continent, aroupd $6:00 a cwt. higher than the .5., and around $3.00 a cwt. higher than the Western Provinces—surely this is proof enough that the 'system is good. We know that at times the spread in price from day to day is •great, but, under auction sell- ing, where you are selling to the highest bidder at all times, this is impossible to overcome: When averaging up their to- tal sales for a year, I think the producers •are all receiving about the • same. Pooling of prices has been considered, but this has received 'very little support so,far, . Our opposition say they want a hog producersor aniration. g without compktlsi;on, put .they offer. no. alternative. Witlout, compulsion we go back to the old system of dumping our hogs at the back door of the packers, and they set the price. In al- most every case, these produc- ers that are opposing our sys- tem of selling are increasing their hog numbers. This is one thing that annoys me. The hog vote is on March 5. It is to be hoped that every producer will get out and vote on that day, so that we will be able to continue to market our .own products. Thanking you, Mr. Editor. ROSS LOVE Hensall. (Mr. Love is committeeman for Hay Township on the Hog Producers Marketing Board.). Remember, it takes, but a moment to place an Expositor Want Ad and be money in pocket. To advertise, just Phone Seaforth 141. WIND • TORNADO •CYCLONE Insurance R. F. McKERCHER Phone 849 R 4 Seaforth Representing the Western Farm- ers' Weather Insurance Mutual Co., Woodstock, Ont. BAR- CLEANER SILO, UNLOADER at BUNK .FEEDER. YOiU'll..0ET : BETTER PER- H . • FORMANCE AND. 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