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The Huron Expositor, 1963-06-20, Page 9Jr • • • • SEAVORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 196 •UCW Presbytery Sets Schedule Of Meetings 37' THE DAIRY INDUSTRY in Huron County contributes $8,000,000 each year to the econ- omy of the county, according to the Huron Federation of Agriculture. Typical of the area dairy farms is the scene pictured here. Peter Simpson, RR 2, Seaforth, is shown with part of his Holsteins at his farm west of Seaforth. Tuckersmith Dairy Farm . 1s Complex Operation By DAVID YATES age of not following in my a past master of Britannia Ask a city dweller what father's footsteps," he explains. Lodge, and holds membership - makes a contented cow and he'll "He came out from the city, but in the Mocha Temple in Lon - probably reply, "Stereophonic I started when I was 15." don and the Bluewater Shrine hi-fi Guy Lombardo or Lawr- The senior Simpson was a Club. ence Welk melodies." former stonemason. He worked The Simpsons—his wife is on the Parliament Buildings in the former Jean McLachlin— Ask Seaforth dairy farmer, Ottawa and cut stone for the have two children, Peter 7, and Peter Simpson, and he'll an- u– „ i CasaLoma and, Eaton Memor- Betty, now Mrs. Don Overholt. swer, "Keep their bellies full. al Church in Toronto. The Overholts have two chil- Mr. Simpson combines mod- Mr. Simpson's farming does dren. ern equipment with time -tested -not end with his own farm How long will Mr. Simpson techniques on his 300 -acre chores. He is a past president farm? He nourishes the fond farm, Hillcrest Acres. of the Huron County Holstein dream that the farm will pass The rising cost of living, plus Association and was representa- to his son. "I'll keep going till almost static farm produce pric- tive for Seaforth for the Milk my son takes over." es, have made it imperative to Producers. But that radio in the barn not only cut costs of farm pro- These two organizations ne- would still puzzle a city boy. oduction gotiate prices and inform farm- If it's not for thecows, then tomation ers of milk prices across Can- who's it for? ve this ada. "That keeps us on our milk - As a community citizen he is ing schedule," he answered. duction, hut to up to maintain profits. A and mechanization se purpose. In his barn, Mr. Simpson em- • ploys a barn cleaner. At the push of a button a conveyer belt apparatus moves away manure. Always on the look for new and better equipment ("you always have to keep up • to date," he remarks), Mr. Simp- son first saw this piece of equip- ment in the States, and install- ed it eight years ago. It was the first of its kind in this part of the country_ -., Push another button and feed falls from one of his two silos • into a large rectangular bucket. The bucket is suspended from an overhanging track and can be pushed from stanchion to stanchion letting off the requir- ed amount of feed. To seed, spray an4 harvest his 110 acres of oats, 15 acres • of ensilage corn and maintain his 75 acres • of pasture; Mr: Simpson uses three tractors, a threshing Machine, a baler and a combine. All that artificial horsepower still hasn't -.pushed biceps and triceps and, most important of • all, brains of man out to pas- ture. Someone has to operate the machines and lift the milk cans onto the truck. • • • • • John McLachlin, his father-in- law, lends a helping hand. Dur- ing the summer another man is .hired to assist with the farm routines. All this mechanization leads to the average production of 1200 °pounds of milk per day. An agreement with Seafprth Dairy sends 900 pounds .there every day. Any surplus is sold to Stacey's in Mitchell. If the 900 -pound quota can- not be met, businessman Simp- son must buy as many cows as he needs to meet it. There's no slacking due to any reason once an agreement has been made. To relieve the 32 cows now milking on the 305 day ROP cycle, Mr. Simpson keeps 40 .more milking cows. He also has 35 yearlings, two -year-olds and calves. Mr. Simpson has a bull for breeding his own replacements. Some artificial insemination is also used. With such a large operation, planning plays an essential part of the mangement. He emphasizes: "You wouldn't get anywhere if you didn't know where you were going," The -result? "It all adds up to feed for ,next win- ter." The principal staple is grass during the growing season. Added to the pasture diet are feed concentrates and minerals, so each cow stomachs 15 per cent protein every day, The winter feed is the grain ration. 'It all adds up to a balanced diet," he says. And what makes such an op- eration as a dairy farm suc- cessful?: There are a number of factors. "We definitely depend on the weather and fertilizer," he states matter-of-factly. Simpon spent almost $1200 on 13 tons of double -strength fertilizer this year. As far as weather is concern- ed, "I've never had any disas- ters of any kind—no crop fail- ures." Last year a hailstorm cut a swath through parts of Tucker - smith -and McKillop, resulting in some seriously, damaged crops. • "You have to count yourself pretty lucky • to miss something like that," he remarked. What other factors are in- volved? Mr. Simpson grew up on a farm. "He had the advent - DAIRY INDUSTRY AMONG LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO ECONOMY Dairy Foods Services Bureau Names Officers The United (Church Women's executive of the Huron Presby- terial met in Wingham to make plans for the fall regional meet- ings. Theme of these meetings will be, "All This World is God's Own Field." T. E. Brady of Weston, Ont., was one of seven representa- tives of dairy producer organ- izations named to the txecu- tive Committee of the newly - formed Dairy Foods Service Bureau. This group, at their inaugural meeting held in To ronto on March 13, took over from the officers of Dairy Farmers of Canada responsibil- ity for conducting the 12 -year- old national producer -sponsored promotional program, and to execute the expansion of its ef- fectiveness. A new advertising set-aside based on 1/4 of '1% of the producer's milk and cream receipts went into effect June 1. Mr. Bray and A. G. Sloan, Canadians are being remind- herd members are of good en - ed this month that the dairy ough quality to be in demand. industry is still one of the na- Thegeneral dairy farm may tion's largest, Most important provide a variety of altern- and most complex businesses. tives. The milk may be separ- Over the years dairying, in all ated and the cream marketed its manifestation; has become while the skim milk is kept at highly efficient beginning with home as feed for hogs or poul- the production of milk and c.ar- try. Here again the sale of rying through to the delivery breeding stock from the herd of the finished product to the from time to time may be an consumer. important part of the general. For instance, it might beas- farm operation. General dairy sumed that the dairy cow popu- farmers often have some cash lation would be increasing with grain or other crop to sell in the increase in milk production addition. to the milk which may which last year topped 18 bil- go to concentrated milk plants lion pounds. However, the num- or cheese factories. ber of dairy cows in Canada In connection with dairy has not varied significantly for farming it is important to re - Many years remaining at a lev- member that milk is not the el slightly above three million only product of the herd. In animals. Steadily increasing the process of management, milk production, while influenc- calves as well as cows have to ed on a seasonal basis by wea- be culled in the interests of ther conditions, can be directly herd improvement, which in traced to herd culling and turn is responsible for the in- breeding programs which have creased milk production men - resulted in herds of more high- tioned above. This culling pro- ly productive cows. cess is the source of consider - Canadian dairy farming .can able dairy income since it is be divided into twa. main class- estimated that 60 per cent of es: (1) the specialty dairy farm the beef and 40 per cent of the where all the income is derived veal consumed in Canada comes from the sale of milk and dairy from dairy herds. In a country cattle, and (2) the general dairy which sometimes becomes pre - farm where the dairy herd and occupied with the importance its products are only a part of of wheat. it is worth remem- the farm business. The special- bering that in a given year ty dairy farm most likely will the farm value of the products be producing fluid milk for a of Canadian dairy herds exceeds nearby city or town and some that of any other single farm breeding stock may be sold if product, including wheat. '17410 The following program was set up for South Huron, Oct, '7, in the Hensall United Church with the Chiselhurst UCW as hosts; Centre Region, Oct. 8, Bayfield United Church; West Region, Oct. 9; Benmiller Unit- ed Church, and North Region, Oct. 10, Brussels United Church, Mrs. J. D. Murray, Lambeth, third vice-president of the UCW, London -Conference, will ad- dress the morning conference, while Miss Beatrice Wilson, Toronto, a staff member of the Literature Distribution Centre of the United Church, will be guest speaker at the afternoon sessions. • of Fournier, are the two On- tario members of this board and were so delegated at a meeting of the Ontario Regional Com- mittee of the Dairy Foods Ser- vice Bureau. This. regional com- mittee is composed of represent- atives of the various commod- ity and co-operative dairy groups who are members of Dairy Farmers of Canada. Mr, Brady is general manager of the United Dairy and Poultry Co-operatives of Ontario and has been affiliated with the United Co-operatives of Ontario for 27 years. Sponsor. Tea At Rectory June Dairy Is Salute to Area Industr econd Sectiou Pges 9 to16 Huron County is recognized as an important centre of 'the dairy industry. As a result, there is particular significance at- tached to the annual June Dairy Month program. That is why several pages of this issue are devoted to telling the story of the dairy farmer. Each section of Canadian dairy industry has special hopes for the great festival which is known from coast-to-coast as June is Dairy Month. Dairy farmers and their organizations, among other thing, hope that urban people may deprive ilex understanding of the problehis which beset producers, proces- sors, manufacturers and distri- butors of dairy goods. For their part dairy farmers might hope that as urban pea - pie drive along country roads past well kept dairy farms that they give some thought to the qualities of management which go into making a dairy farm a successful operation. Once the dairy farmer is set up with his livestock and equip- ment he can ,go broke quickly unless he is a good manager. Indeed the 'suc,cessful farmer must be "financier and laborer, planner and caretaker, produc- er and marketer, diagnostician and nursemaid, student and ex- perimenter." Essentially he must have a good working knowledge of breeding and Beautiful doral arrangements adorned St. James' rectory for the annual tea and bake sale held Wednesday afternoon and sponsored by the Catholic Wo- men's League. Mrs. James Devereaux, presi- dent, and Mrs. C. Malone receiv- ed the guests. Mrs. Win. M. Hart invited them to the tea room, where poppies and white peonies formed a lovely table centre. Pouring tea were Mrs. G. Reynolds, Mrs. J. Meagher, Miss M. Dunn and Mrs. J. M. McMil- lan. Serving in the tea room were Mrs. J. Flannery, Mrs. K. Etue, Mrs, Joseph Devereaux, Mrs. P. Bannon and Mrs. R, Pringle. Tea assistants were' Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. J. Lan - sink, Mrs. A. Hoff, Mrs. Soseph Nigh, Mrs. J. Kelly, Mrs. .1. Aubin and Miss Hughes. Mrs. Jo McConnell and Mrs. J. L. Slattery convened the tea and Mrs. R. S. Box and Mrs. J. Case arranged the flowers. The bake sale was held this year in the bright, spacious basement. It was convened by Mrs. G. Van Den Hengel and Mrs. A. Devereaux, assisted by Mrs. C. Eckert, Mrs. C.' McNich- ol and Mrs. M. Williams. The ladies are grateful to Father C. E. Sullivan for the use of the rectory, and to all who helped to make the after- noon a success. THE LONELIEST LAND New Zealand's nearest neigh- bor is Australia, 1200 miles away. New Zealand is separat- ed from the coast of Chile by 4,000 miles of open 'Ocean. Northward, the empty seas roll to the faraway isles of Polyne- sia and to the south the grey waste of water stretches dowir to the Antarctic continent. In size, shape and climate, New Zealand is more like Italy and Sicily than the British Isles. It has several live volcanoes and many warm or boiling springs and geysers. Assessments Show Gain In Huron Municipalities There has been an assess- ment increase in every Huron municipality since the 1962 re- port, county assessor A. A. Alex- ander told county council. The increase, $1,061,759, brings the county total to $63,390,020. No outstanding increases are noted, in comparison with the previous year. Population of the county, as published earlier, is given as 50,021. "I am not including any fig- ures where a grant in lieu of taxes has been made," Mr. Alex- ander explained, "as the clerk is required under Section 94, subsection 2, Ontario Assess- ment Act, to add these to the equalization figures of the cur- rent year." Fixed assessments include: Colborne, $10,400 on United and Baptist church camps; God- erich township, $5,000 on Sal- vation Army camp; Hullett, $700 on a Presbyterian camp; Stanley, $6,400 on Anglican church camp; Clinton, Exeter, Goderich and Wingham, fixed assessment on Legion halls, and in Seaforth $28,000 on a shoe plant, the last of this kind to be put through before the law was amended. Town assessments are as fol- lows, with last year's in brack- ets: Clinton, $2,604,304 ($2,- 518,709; Exeter, $3,030,295 ($2,- 923,615; Goderich, $7,080,925 ($6,770,615); Seaforth, $1,865,- 834 ($1,797,563); Wingham, $2,- 661,465, almost exactly as in 1962. "The equalization committee and myself will be making a two-day tour of the north half of the county and will be mak- ing comparisons of assess- ments," Mr. Alexander announc- ed. "Next year it is proposed to tour the south half." Members of the assessment corhmittee are Warden Forbes, Deputy Reeve Thomas Howard, Ashfield; Reeve Wrh. Moffitt, Blyth; Reeve Milton Desch. Zur- ich, and Deputy Reeve Elmer Hayter, Stanley. HURON COUNCIL CONFIRMS GRANTS FOR FALL FAIRS Requested by Huron County Council to review "the whole system of grants" in the coun- ty, its finance committee at closing sitting of the June ses- sion brought in. a report in which 13 reductions were re- commended. Council went into committee session, with the press out; debatedthe report for an hour and a quarter, and finally come up with a much - amended document, restoring seven of the cuts. As adopted in council, it shows the following reductions: Breeders' associations, $500 to $375 (all association grants re= duced 25%); 4-H Club Leaders, $500 to $400. Also in the agri- cultural category, the commit- tee recommended that the per- centage based on fair prize lists be 7% for Seaforth and 6% for all others with a minimum of $125, except Lucknow and Kirk - ton, $62.50. This was not ac- cepted and the percentage stands at 8% for all fairs. In "patriotic" grants, the Sal- vation Army is reduced from $1;500 to $1,200; Canadian Can- cer Society, Huron Branch, $500 to $400, The three Women's In- stitutes will get $15 each in- stead of $25, and the St. John Ambulance $75 instead of $100. Belgrave music festival is out from $50 to $25. Reductions from ".$25 to $10 for Belgrave, McKillop, Hensall/ and Howick school fairs was ,not approved. The Canadian (National Insti- tute for the Blind will get $2,000 as before. No action was taken on applications from Wingham Trade and Agricul- tural Fair and the Canadian Red Cross for grants. The mat- ter of scholarships and bursar ies for the University of Wa- terloo was left until the 1964 budget is being prepared. MOUNTAIN LION HAS MANY NAMES The New World 'mammal found over the widest area is the mountain lion. It ranges from the southern tip of South America to northern British Co- lumbia. It is also known as the puma, a word from the Quechuan tongue, language of the Tncas of ancient Peru. An- other names cougar, is chiefly literary. The big animal is so known as the panther, the panter and the catamount. Less Work If Rate Reduced, Council Told feeding, of seeding and fertil- ization, of machine opention, machine repaif, pest control and weed eradication. Above all, he must know how to cope With the weather in relation te, his management problems for few occupations in the world are so subject to the whims of the weather as is farming, Management of a dairy farm is complex indeed and the man who makes a success of dairy- ing probably would be a suc- cessful administrator wherever he might be. Any farmer is continuously making decisions on hundreds of matters which range from the broad "policies of the organization of the farm to the intricate details of day- to-da'y operation. Some of his • Council Is Told Less Work Done If Rate Down ' cerned with what crops to pro- duce and how much to VtePee;, how to market 004 what kinds, grades and quantities of materials to use in h* 149014 - tion operation; where to buy them; and how to time the sea- sonal pattern of activities. Nor turally he must decided how many cows to keep in the herd and which individuals; what quantities of the various sorts of roughages and concentrates to feed them; how much of the roughage to produce on the farm; what crop rotation and fertilization practices to follow; how to store roughage for win- ter feeding; whether to raise or purchase replacement animals and plan the seasonal pattern of breeding and freshening major decisions will be con-. dates. for the herd. The Huron County Federa- tion of Agriculture held its June meeting in Clinton - with chairman Elmer Ireland report- ing on the various meetings, in- cluding the Wingham Trade Fair he had iattended. Lloyd Stewart, president of the Hog Producers, reported on the 160 gilts distributed to 4-H club members. He said all but one gilt was doing well. He expressed satisfaction at the in- terest shown by the young peo- ple in hog production: Alf Warner spoke on the Swine Producers' meeting he had attended in Guelph. Reports were heard from Em- merson Crocker on the hog marketing plan, Bob McGregor from the Beef Producers, H. D. Woodham from the Cream Pro- ducers, and Lorne Rodges, the Fluid Milk report. Deputy Reeve May Mooney, Goderich, finance chairman, ask- ed what would happen if the mill rate' for roads were re- duced. Mr. Britnell said the projects listed would have to be cut one-half or two thirds and proceeded with on that basis. Some counties set up a road program and then levy a rate to pay for it, but Huron and some other counties decide how much can be spent, and plan accordingly. ',Condition of Huron County bridges is excellent," Mr. Brit- nell said, "in that the county has been undertaking to build two or three 30 -feet in span and over each year for the past 10 or 15 years, as well as the construction of approximately six reinforced concrete culverts varying in span from 10 to 20 feet. We are pleased to re- port that nearly all of the 74 bridge structures 20 feet in span and over on the county road system are in excellent shape and with the exception of a few long bridges over the Maitland and Bayfield Rivers, near Lake. Huron, all structures are capable of carrying full loads. 11'4 "In. the not too distant future it may be necessary to give consideration to replacing some of these longer spans which could cost up to $250,000 apiece. The existing structures are in most cases only wide enough to accommodate one lane of traf- fic, and in some cases are not safe for loads in ex6ess of 20 tons. Fortunately, none of these structures are required to carry excessive leads, since they are on roads that do not have a high traffic volume and under the provisions of the Highway Traffic Act the load limit on these roads is limited to 11 tons." Notwithstanding a letter from J. K. Sully, of the Dominion Road Machinery Co., Gaderich, urging renewal of membership in the Canadian Good Roads Association, council accepted a recommendation of the commit- tee to send only the engineer as a delegate to the conven- tion. THE DAIRY FOODS SERVICE BUREAU officially accepted responsibility for the national farmer -sponsored program of dairy foods promotion on Wednesday, March 13. In the above photo Lincoln Dewar (seated) accepts congratulations from John Dickson, President of Dairy Farmers of Canada, on his election to the Chairmanship of the Bureau. Extreme left is F. R. McCalla, of Edmonton, . Alberta, second vice-chairman of the neves group, and representing the regional committee of Alberta and British Columbia, Next is Romeo Martin, of Mont - peal, appointed from the Quebec regional committee and Vice- chairman of the By. Immediately behind .Mr. Dewar, who hails from Charlott wn. P.E.I., and represents the Maritime regional committee, is John Monkhouse, of Toronto, Executive Secretary of Dairy Farmers of Canada. Flanking him is G. R. McLaughlin, of Beaverton, Ontario, Vice-president of Dairy Farmers of Canada. Regional committeesare appointed by the member bodies of Dairy Farmers of Canada resident in a region. Each region is entitled to one member of the National Executive (two from Ontario and Quebec). G. H. Ledoux, Montreal, was the additional Quebec member, while T. E. Brady, of Toronto, and A. G. Sloan, of Fournier, represented Ontario, J. F. Warburton, of Poplar Point, Manitoba, attended as the representative of the Saskatchewan -Manitoba regional committee. In line witIviscslicy decisions taken at the annual meeting .of Dairy Farmers of Canada the Dairy Foods Service Bureau has assumed full responsibility for collection and ex- penditure of funds under the new advertising set aside pro- gram which began June 1 of this year. Collections from pro- ducers will be an amount equivalent to 14 of 1% of producer receipts for milk and cream, although the actual mechanics of collection may vary at the discretion of the regional com- mittees concerned. ongratulations airy kthers!-. .• June is your month! All year long you work hard to send us delicious, nourishing dairy foods. And now, during June Dairy Month, it's our turn to say "Congratulations,,DAiry Farmers, on a job well done." a OPHOTCH FEEDS LIMITED SEAFORTH PHONE 775 "THE MOST VALUE FOR THE FARMER'S DOLLAR"