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The Huron Expositor, 1961-10-19, Page 9• • • 0 • 4 • 4 HURON FEDERATION NEWS ay SARI.' HEMINGWAY On October 10, Huron Coun- ty k'ederatio,n, of Agriculture di- rectors held their regular monthly meeting. The president, Warren 'Zur- brigg, presides( and reported on the meeting with CKNX to plan the point of view prograut for the coming Farm Forum season, A committee of the president, the two vice-presidents and the secretary was appointed to at- tend future planning meetings: Voting delegates to the pro- vincial annual were elected as follows: Warren Zurbrigg, Gor- don Greig, Elmer Ireland; lady delegate, Mrs. Warren Zurbrigg, alternates, Alex McGregor, Alf Warner, Mrs. Alex McGregor. A delegate from the Junior Farmers ` and Junior Institute and alternate was left to them to elect. The County Annual is set for November 29 at the Londesboro Hall with the usual dinner for township directors and the meeting following. This year the ladies of the County Fed- eration are setting up a meet- ing of their own after they have heard the guest speaker. It is hoped that there will be a good representation of the ladies out to take part. Warren Zurbrigg reported for the Concentrated Milk Produc- ers, stating that a petition re- questing a vote on a milk mar- keting plan is presently being First step. to more egg income • LEADING STRAINS OF LAYERS • QUALITY-, CONTROLLED HATCHING • DEPENDABLE SERVICE When it comes to your flock replacement stock, choose wisely! Your egg income depends on it. • An excellent choice is Swift's Sky - Hi 316—a bird with an outstand- ing number of high profit factors. This white -egg layer has the enviable record of an average 289 eggs per hen over a 12 -month • period on a minimum amount of feed. Average weight of eggs per dozen is 25.9 ounces. Feed con- ' version, livability and interior egg quality are unexcelled in the in- dustry. Give your profits a boost —order Swift's outstanding layer —the Sky -Hi 3161 4 a SWIFT'S HATCHERY DEALER Walter McClure R.R. 2, Stkaforth Phone 884 R 5 Seaforth circulated, This has been al- most completed by the other dairy groups and the carteen• trated hope to get theirs done, by Oct. 31. Bob McGregor reported on the Ontario Beef Producers di- rectors' meeting in Toronto on Oct. 10, stating that the ehair- man of The Farm Products Mar- keting Board strongly recom- Mended that •farmers should "send a much large number of their cattle to the public stock yards at Toronto to make it More competitive in establish- ing prices. However, Dr. Pat- terson, of the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture Economics Branch, reported that in a sur- vey urvey his department had con- ducted throughout the province and contacting 400 beef pro- ducers, it was found that 70% were opposed to the present auction method of selling now being used at the Toronto Stockyards. The question of bonding of community sales was discussed when it was learned that one of these had gone broke and was currently paying off at 62 cents on the dollar. There had been some ques- tion on bonding of cattle buy- ers generally, and it was sug- gested that they, too, should be required to obtain a license at a nominal fee which would al- so require bonding. Official grading of beef car- casses to the producer with Government weighing as well was requested, but so far has had no support from the De- partment of Agriculture. Several resolutions were ap- proved for presentation at the OFA annual, and no doubt you will hear about these at that time. ZION" Mrs. Lawrence Barker was hostess to Zion WA on Wednes- day afternoon with 13 members and many visitors present. r rhe president, Mrs. James Statton, opened the . meeting with a hymn, followed by the Scrip- ture, Matthew 21:16-21, by Mrs. Dalton Malcolm, with com- ments by Mrs. Mabel Higgerson. Mrs. Earl Barker led in prayer. Readings by Mrs. Wilfred An- nis and Mrs. Morley Lannin were enjoyed. A donation of money to bolster the Sunday School funds was moved by the ladies. Mrs. Lorne Aiken and Mrs. Dalton Malcolm were put in charge of flowers for annivers- ary services in Zion Church lat- er in October. Donations for the fall bazaar were,,,Lreceived and final plans made for that event an Friday, Nov. 3. A quilt was quilted during the afternoon and lunch served by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Lorne Aikens and Mrs. Ross Pepper. CO - Off' INSURANCE • Auto and Truck • Farm Liability • Accident and Sickness • Fire, Residence and Contents • Fire, Commercial • Life Insurance • Retirement Income All Lines of Insurance Written W. ARTHUR WRIGHT Phone 193-J — John St. SEAFORTH WANTED LIVE FOWL Picked Up At the Farm Top Prices Locker Service Available Phone 751 J 12 — SEAFORTH or 393 J 15 — BRUSSELS Ronald Bennett WALTON ODORLESS CLEAN BURNING FURNACE OIL STOVE OIL D. Brightrall FINA SERVICE PHONE 354 FURROW AN FALLOW lsy FAIREAIRN) The three-man commission es- tablished by the Co-operative Union of Ontario tostudy r. ela- tidnships between, co. -operatives and, marketing Boards presented ;its report to the recent annual meeting of the Union. H, J. Schmidt, Co-op Union viee-pres- ident, who presented the direc- tors' report, made it quite clear that the Commission Report had not been approved by the di- rectors — in fact they hadn't even seen the final edition. Af- ter reading the report, it's un- derstandable that any co-opera- tive group might have trouble agreeing with some of the com- mission's findings. They found "there is no de- fensible general principle for exemptions of co - operatives from marketing plans." This is really the issue that brought the controversy to a head and the specific case is that of COPACO, a co-operative meat packing enterprise which does not buy all its hogs from the selling agency of the Ontario Hog Producers Marketing Boar d. Those hogs that COPACO handles for its mem- bers do not contribute the 40 cent levy to the marketing ag- ency. This is not accepted by the • commission report, either, which states that: "Co-opera- tive members would be requir- ed to pay all of such levies or charges as are involved in the plan." This report. is 60 pages long and we can't begin to summar- ize it in one column—let alone digest it after even two read- ings—but it does lay a lot of facts on the line. One conclu- sion that we have mentioned here before is particularly re- vealing—that most.. board mem- bers are not suited by back- ground and experience to per- form ' day-to-day management tasks. These should be' 'left to a qualified manager or man- agement team, says the report The board should decide policy, of course. And this corner would like to add that often- times it might be to the board's advantage to listen to manage- ment carefully before deciding that. On the hog marketing ques- tion, the commission said that' even if it were possible to ne- gotiate the issues of direction of hogs and. payment of levies between the marketing board and COPACO, the operations of FAME could influence the en- tire situation. FAME has taken no definite position on- the question of direction, although executives indicated it would allow members' hogs to be di- rected by the marketing board. Apparently it was also suggest- ed—that there would be little need for direction if FAME were well established. The com- mission agreed that if Farmers Alied Meat Enterprizes were well established and if COPACO remained well established, the issue of direction might not arise. It would appear a safe as- sumption, certainly, that, there should be a sufficient number of producers between those two co-ops to defeat any marketing plan if it came to a vote. It requires a two-thirds majority in favor to institute a plan. The Ontario Poultry Produc- ers' executive has received the green light from representatives' of county associations to pro- ceed with the development of a marketing plan using a tele- type method of sale. Directors of the Ontario association have been investigating the possibil- ity of using a system similar to that adopted by the hog pro- ducers co-op last winter and outlined the plan to county presidents and secretaries at a special meeting. It now appears probable that egg producers throughout the province may be asked to sign a petition asking for a vote on a plan before the year's end. After the reaction to the tele- type sales method it also seems probable that any marketing plan will embody some kind of auction sales by teletype. The auction teletype method used by the OHPC was develop- ed by the Bell Telephone and is apparently satisfactory. Be- cause the system of marketing eggs must be somewhat differ- ent — eggs and hogs are not quite the same type of product —the same method could not be used but the general Prin- ciple could be adapted to the special requirements of the egg industry. Ontario wheat producers re- ceived some good news and some not so good at the annual meeting of their marketing RomVitt waif&lfiHJt.... Free! Marie Fraser's new recipe booklet, "Casserole Cuisine with Canadian Cheese" Write today) A Division of DAIRY FARMERS OF CANADA t47 D*vtlnport Rord,7aratitiy 5 bistict Co,ncils HE.;c.rReports .11l0RR.1S CO IN li Mortis Towrtship Cgtlncil ,ti,c" Oct,. 2 with all the merphor•; present. The minutes of tti last Meeting . were read and adopted on motion of Walter Shortreed and..i3ioss'.Smith. Moved by Ross Smith, sec- onded by James Mair, thet the court of revision on the 1962 assessment roll be opened. As there were no appeals, it was moved by Walter Shortreed, seconded by Wm. Elston, that the court of revision on the assessment roll be closed. Moved by Walter Shortreed, seconded by Ross Smith, that the court of revision on the Ing- lis Drain be opened. As there were no appeals, it was moved by Wm. ;Elst`dn, seconded by Jas. Maid, that the court of re- vision on the Inglis Drain be closed, and that By -Law No. 14, 1961, be finally passed. ,,, The following motions were carried: Walter Shortreed and James, Mair: That By -Law No. 15, 1961, setting nomination for Nov. 24, 1961, and election if necessary for Dec. 2, 1961, and appoint- ing deputy returning officers and poll clerks be passed. Walter Shortreed and Ross board. Most growers have al- ready received their rebate cheques on the 1960 crop. The board was able to return ,05c of the 10c per bushel deduc- tion made in order to support the operations of the Ontario Wheat Producers' Marketing Board. The wheat board bought near- ly two million bushels of mill- ing wheat last year 'and sold it overseas at an average price of $1.52 per bushel. That is above the minimum price of $1.40 per bushel to producers in Ontario, but it cost the board 29e a bushel to get it to a point where it could be sold. That would make the country eleva- tor price about $1.25 and the price to producers about $1.15. However, because of the board's operations, producers actually ended up with $1.35 per bushel—$1.40 original mini- mum less 10c deduction plus .05c rebate. That is 20 cents a bushel more than they would have received if . the board hadn't been in a position to buy up excess stocks and ship them overseas at a loss. Export prices generally establish dom- estic prices when there is a surplus. The bad news, of course, is that, much of this year's wheat crop is low grade and there- fore not suitable for milling and has to go into feed at pric- es considerably below the mini- mum. The board does not ne- gotiate prices on grades below'. No. 3. On the other hand, 'tite' board has already bought 1.3 million bushels of wheat for export and prices are running 10-12 cents higher than last year, mainly because of lower value of the Canadian dollar in relation to US funds. Also some of the lower grades of wheat have been blended with higher grades at country eleva- tors to give a No. 3 grade which the board is able to sell abroad, This may have helped maintain prices for feed wheat. Another reason for higher ex- port prices this year is that the tense international situation has encouraged some stock pil- ing'-""est)5`ecialTy°'in"°'We's't Ger- many. If the board is success- ful in its efforts to negotiate lower freight rates to terminal elevators (some have already been obtained on a local basis), its losses on export sales this year may be reduced. Smith: That the road ;apcounts as presentedby the road sup- rJnte,ildent be paid. Wntr Elston and Walter WA - reed: That the general accounts ap presented be paid, Walter Shortreed and James lair; That the meeting adjourn to . deet again .an Nov. 6, at 1 p, r1. Alm following acceu nts were paid: Huron Expositor, adver- tising, $4,80; Callander Nurs- ing Tome, $127; Brookhaven Nursing Home, $176,50; Carl Gowing, Mustard Drain, $5.00; Aleft Shaw,. Mustard Drain, 38; Jas, Mair, Mustard Drain, $12; Victoria Hospital, $34.50; John Brewer, balance of salary, $50; Township of Hullett, Young ;Drain, $'72.95; Walter Short - reed, court of revision on as- sessment roll and Inglis Drain, 10; James Mair, court and revi- sion on Assessitent roll and In- glis Drain, $10; Ross Smith, court of revision on assessment roll and Inglis Drain, $10; Wm. Elston, court of 'r'evision on as- sessment roll and Inglis Drain, $10; Stewart Procter, court of revision on assessment roll and Inglis Drain, $10; Geo. Radford, Laidlaw Drain, 3196.45; relief account, $125; Brussels Fair Board, grant, $200; Blyth Fair Board, grant, $100; Belgrave School Fair, grant, $35; Huron Plowmen's Association, grant, $25. • + .luau and 4,i4g; That Ry -Law No. 17.61 'Of ' the 'Reim ship of Hawick for,. :the yeax t .1951, the till loan, No. 9 13/r;. Law, as read: tho third ti.n a lie finally passed. Ii`in$ and 'l1. Gibsop: That We give the Recreation. Conllnittee a grant pf $26.97 for awinuning class. - HOWICK COUNCIL A regular meeting of Howick Township Council was held in the clerk's office on Oct. 5. All members were present and the reeve, Arthur Gibson,• was in the chair. The minutes of the last regular meeting were read and on motion of R. Gibson and King were adopted as read. The following motions were carried: King and Gibson: Gibson: That we do. concur with the resolution oi' "the County of Peel. R. Gibson and Haskins: That the township building inspector for 1961 receive 75 per cent of revenue of permits. Strong and King: That By - Law No. 16-61, of the Township of Howick for the year 1961, amending the Building By -Law,' as ' read the third time be fin- ally passed. R. Gibson and King: That we accept tie tenders of Lorne Siefert and Tom MacEwen for snowplowing subject to the ap- proval of the Department of Highways. Haskins and Strong: That the Court of Revision on the 1961 assessment roll be held in the clerk's office on Oct. 27, at 8:00 p.m. King and Strong: That we given a grant of $250.00 to the Howick Agricultural Society. King and R. Gibson: That we :accept the application for tile drainage Loan No. 10. USBORNE AND HIBBERT MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. HEAD OFFICE -- Exeter, Ont. president: Milton McCully - RR 1, Kirkton Vice -President; Timothy B. Toohey -RR 3, Lucan Directors: E. Clayton Colquhoun, RR 1, Science Hill; Martin Feeney, RR 2, Dublin; Robert G. Gardi- ner, RR 1, Cromarty; Alex J. Rohde, RR 3, Mitchell. Agents: Harry Coates, RR 1, Central- ia; Clayton Harris, Mitchell; Stanley Hocking, Mitchell, Solieitor W. G. Cochrane - - Exeter Secretary -Treasurer Arthur Fraser - - - Exeter CONCRETE SILOS With corn now the best and highest produc- ing fodder, along with 100 bushels of cob grain per acre, you cannot invest in cheaper storage than a good upright 6 -inch wall Concrete Silo. The demand for higher, bigger silos is wo great we cannot keep up with the work in the Summer months, but can erect yours now, ready for next year, on a 1962 setup. Smart farmers take advantage of this plan every year, and the silo is ready for early grass ensilage and again ready for fall corn. PHONE OR SEE US NOW I Our two outfits are ready to start your lob at once. Silos 12-20 feet In diameter, up to 100 feet in height. JONATHAN HUG1LL & SONS Phone: HU. 2-9822, Clinton 667 W 1, Seaforth P.S.--Our Jamesway Silo Unloaders and bunk feeders are topping the market this year. See us now for early installation. Also we have 2 Bulk Milk Coolers. Terms can. be arranged up to 4 years at 41/2% interest. Strong and King; That the road accounts as approved be passed. Haskins and Strong: That the following accounts be paid; H. R. Taylor, fowl killed, $25; Listowel & District Fire Area, $148; H. G. Harris, balance sal- ary, postage, etc., $552.75; K. A. Hammond & Co., supplies, $19.95; Municipal World, sup- plies, $29.34; Amos C. Martin, tile, $1,534.41; Branch C. Bol- ton Drain, expenses, $167; John Inglis, drain contracts and de- posits, $1,656.00; Berlett-Gibson Drain, expenses, $402; welfare accounts, 3461.04; Tile Drain- age Loan No. 9, $1,700; Howick Agricultural Society, grant, 3250; Institute of Municipal As- sessors, registration fee, $65; J. II. Pollock, registration fee, $60; Road Account, transfer, $1,- 653.95. Moved by R. Gibson and King, that we do now adjourn to meet again on Nov, 4, or at the call of the reeve. Insurance - Real Estate W. C. OKE Egmondville, Ont. P.O. Box 476 : Seaforth Telephone 647 and FUEL OIL Wm. M. Hart Phone 784 • Seaforth .`. "~~11110, HURON, .Z . Q$rTOR, $ O +, :0: 1 E F. g1PEN'pA!! T. Pride .& Son ALL. TYPES pF CEMETERY , MEMORIAL$ Inqulriea are invited. Teiepbppe Nnznhers: EXETER 41. CLINTON; NIJ 2.4421. 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