The Huron Expositor, 1974-08-29, Page 7d
�4 v
..... . . ...
1?
V
z z! 7
Al
MeR M eri i, x i ip �� !. # L ,y'ry k j l i t, y �. W9
4'11 U,
M,
0, M
to "I
by W.G.Strong swung loosely dowri *upon a heap of h V 1
'711111 o'
w&d,. throshin-g c once
10
Old. fash!" na
"Where the, tilled earth, with all its
loosened sheaves. Under repeated
Area 4H club Members who. 'will be 4eqlar#d Wf
1011#rapjpq� �44d. M vq I
fields set free, beatings the grain eventually separated T A�ray 1 01 14F � "�91)0,9,00$1
will show calves at the annual 4H receive 75" silver 4 �rs
j� jjp.r�o
off on ce jo 'A
Naked and yellow from the harvest lies; from the head. The st.raw was forked,aside 04
By many a loft and busy granary and the remaining mixture tossed in the air Dairy Silver Dollar Competition, The eyeat
The hum and tumult of the threshers and the loose chaff blown away.. "For the
1
scale; 21.1.0efeent 'Wert
..I
AW26 con.tact the county or
September- 31st at Orangeville
fairgrounds include:
rise-." fitches are not threshoed with a threshing
for
-so
Brian Oldfield. R.R.#4,Scaforth
instrument, neither is a cart wheel Turned
way out of agriculture; 12.8
percent were "sporadic" part -
damaged or. killed by dogs,
Jim Fairies. R -R * #I. Gorrie
Threshing today is almost a forgotten about upon the cummin, but the fitches are
e `
owners should apply through the
he,couldn't neatly categorize.
Jim Niverg, 11.1113, Auburn
event in, rural Ontario. Modern machines beaten with a staff Ad the cummin with a
He found the "aspiring" full-
.0
Bill Boneschansker, R.R.#I,
have reduced hand labour once so rod." Isaiah 28-27.
Ethel and
necessary at' threshing -time when Winnowing.
Harry Franker. R-1112,
neighbours assisted in *the process in Winnowing was one of the most
Auburn.
return for reciprocal favours, picturesque aspects of old Palestinian farm
x ,
The in
A h't, t. A I
competition which
rr
Brgqoi�rs Illc,
scale; 21.1.0efeent 'Wert
..I
AW26 con.tact the county or
tence" farmers ... former full -
for
-so
'30 ACRES
way out of agriculture; 12.8
percent were "sporadic" part -
nc.1 ent Egyptians and Israelites ways 6v * ;nsurvive and L e princ pie It �o " �,
members fr6m 15 countries will Jeff, Clayton",Brian and Glenda BARLEY STRAW
threshed grain by spfeadin' the loosened integrated into the fanning mill and
sheaves upon a circular piece of flat, mod'er'n theshing machines. "Behold he take part is in four parts, A senior Ge ds, Sandra -and Kevin Butt,
9 level quiz. an essay on the'family David, Diane apd.Debbic Gridzak Phone 627-1056
elevated round and had the lumbering ox winnoweth barley tonight in the threshing OFFICIALLY OPEN !-- Ron Roberts, left, of farm of the ' future, •calt and Brad Glanville have returned
with el6ven hooves mead out the grain." floor." Ruth 3L2. "The oxen shall eat Canadian Tire Corporation in Toronto cut -the ribbon showmanship, and duality of calf. from a week of camping it C
Gideon threshed wheat by the wine pr provender which hath been winnowed with amp
officially opening the' new Canadian Tire Store Winners of each division receive 'Attawandaron in Grand Bend.
ess." The process continued untillhe grain the shovel and with the fan." Isaiah 30:24.
was well shelled out of the heads at which Our great grandfathers well remember Thursday morning. Proud -store-owners Fred and twentyfivesilver dolJars.
time the straw was carefully shaken and the iedvent of horsep6wer which delivered Betty Tilley hold the ribbon for Mr. Roberts. Points are awarded to a total of
h point scorer removed. The residue of grain and chaff energy to the -crude separator embodying (Staff Photo)
1000 and the h
was fanned naturally by gusty breezes many features derived from so-called
thereby separating the grain from its primitive society's working tools.' By
■
impurities. means of revolving gears, extended shaft.
Change was in the air. We read in Isaiah pulleys and belts the power.,generated was
part. -time farmers area 'growing trend Order Now
41:15, "1 shall make thee a new sharp transferred to the, various units within the
threshing instrument having teeth. - machine proper. I To be a part-time farmer! To merit. Those in the "Sporadic" t' me, Ty pically, the part-
-Doubtless /this had reference to the Although some knowledge of steam, come home from a day in the -shoo group tend to like it, but -they also inier has. a smaller farm, and
threshing 'sledge, a wooden frame work power was kngwn prior to the 'Christian oroffice and spend a few minutes tend to have little success atit,.so sp.ecializes in only one product.
:SEED
with deeply grooved base often weighted, era, Nothing of material interest resulted in feeding the chickens and patting they move in and out as the Dairy farming, is less populat-7,
with stones which, was drawn over the the' succeeding centuries, Not until 1963 Bossie affectionately on the pressures dictate. The hobby among; them, partly perhaps
sheaves by the, patient ox. Later, was the irddle kolved. James Watt while rump; then to sit on the, front far - -hiers� tend to be highly because it takes moW time. On
apparently,- iron pegs were i i nserted. In observing the action of steam orig I ting porch and watch the sun sink educated dilettan tos ..doctors and the other )land. more than half
Amos 1:3 it is recorded, "They - have from the boiling water in a t-ca-ke It which slowly behind the distant hills as business executives ai)d so forth'.. the hogs raised in Waterloo
threshed with threshing instruments of- 'caused the lid to rise and fall aft nAtelybit the crickets sing and the breeze though he found a couple Who county are oil the farms of w HEAT
upon an idea, He devised a s am et ink e s
iron.'.' wafts gently across the green were caretakers in larjke buildings,. part'ji i r -
Probably one of the primitive threshing for condensing steam in E? separate unit, to pastures and fields of grain. To be in , the Kitchener -Waterloo :, Mage sa.v,,,,�pai,t-tinle farmers
equipment pieces was the flail, still in use drive a cylinder, sonic distance ren . loved if part-time . farnier ... paradise on community. Many of the hobby nonetheless form all important
bascing his invention of the expansion farmers we're born on farms and part of the agricultural economy an d
in the Western World until late in the last earth!
century, This farm hand -implement theory. From that simple experinift many That's not exactly the way it is like to get,back to farm life, at in Ontario. More than 35 per cent
consisted of, two pieces of wood, the improvements and refinements have' been says Julius Mage who has dust least part-time. of Ontario &m6r& were' part-
handstaff or helve and the beater held wrought 'in, the construction of steam earned a Ph.D degree at the On the other* hand, most of the timers in 1966; theY operated
together at one tend by a thong. The former engines nd applied , in all phases' of More than 25 per cent k)f the farm
iodu University of Waterloo and whose people Who are actually living in
was usually made from light wood about and -'commercial enterprises. doctoral thesis consisted of the rural areas are not iarnlcr% at area, and sold 21.2 per cent of the.
TI L'ZER
five feet in length, and latter thicker than These skilfully created machines were used examining the part-time farmers all; in Waterloo county these agricultural products. Since then
the -helve, more cylindrical and some three extensively in factories, in locomotives and of Waterlo6 to"ty. outnumber the the pei,centages. have increased,
feet, in length. The helve was held in. both in-ocehn-liners. prior to the introduction of He tried to fi out who the - farniers tv,-o-to-onc. They don't, and the trend is expected to
hands of the workman while the beater• clectricit) an-d"dicsel -fuel. --p3iptimers ..are ow many of incidentally, live in old continue. In addition. be 'notes
-ttrem there atc, why they farm farmhouses; they're more likely more and more wives of full-time
that wav'and what thev do when to buy Just a small acreage and farnicres are going to work, Fri the for Fall 6 pp' ication
they. aren't farming. He found pill up a ranch -style bungalow on cities.,
that many of them --25.5 percent-- it. I Now that lic's,P faculty member
■ n fact are' what he calls "aspir- 'Mage found the part-timers are at the Universit),of'Guelph,-Mage
k ing" farmers. Most of these are most prosperous than the full- is continuing his studies: he has
Can gd, compensation if, hunters kill stock in
people who hope to get into tiniers ' because of their off -the- students working With him on
~� -
I'll, income. Oil the other hand, similar projects in Rainy River,
farming on a full-time basis sonic f,"SEAFORTH Co
Farmers whose livestock are per head for cattle and horses and In addition, damage to., farm" day-, but for now they don't make their net return for the. amount of Dufferin county, around Bancroft 0 P
killed or injured ured as the result of $100 f6i swine, sheep and goats machinery by hunters may be enough to be able to give up their tinic they do spend on farm work and ill 1-11.11-011 count}',
negligence by a hunter can under the -Ontario Hunter claimed under this Act, which is city jobs. He found -that almost a is IlluA lower than the full- FARMERS
0 receive up to a maximum of $500 Damage Compensation Act. administered by the Live Stock thlt*d of them --31,9. percent --are, till.'el's. , 1. 1 1 . , . . I
Branch of the Ontario Ministry of srilall scale "hobby and miscel.- He'says its difficult to tell f c1hi An Exposi(6r, Classified Will Phone" 527-0770
Awho pay you dividends. Have you tried
gricultur6,and Food. laneous" farmers; 6.4 percent driving through itic country W1
A -1 a,I, i ;. oneT Dial Scaforth 527-6240
#I
n owner w s ng to make a-- -were HOUtly, farriers on a larger} s arming par -cmc ,n c
i,04W under this legislation(
scale; 21.1.0efeent 'Wert
..I
AW26 con.tact the county or
tence" farmers ... former full -
district office of the agricultural
timers who are virtually on their
representative.
In the -case of F'estock
way out of agriculture; 12.8
percent were "sporadic" part -
damaged or. killed by dogs,
timers and 2.1 percent were cases
Oger, ow er wo
e `
owners should apply through the
he,couldn't neatly categorize.
local municipal clerk for compen-
He found the "aspiring" full-
.0
satins available under the Dog time farmers are strongly
Union Carbide went on strike redesigned. Licensing and Poultry Protection attached to farming; those 'o
ho'
and it cost the farmer money. Act. are just hanging on --the "per-sis- to ultmauce
That may sound strange at First Here is a quote ,front The Where'wolves are responsible, tence" group --have a low attach -
glance. If the grain handlers National Hog Farmer, an the damages should be reported
strike or the rricat"11packers it is American magazine-. "Many of us to the District For -ester of the
to
obvious that this will have a who are making the most noise Ministry of Natural Resources
depress g effect on those 'about the middle man and about who can arrange for compensa- CUSTOM
Commottgies. 'Well. Union food prices could well paraphrase tion under the Wolf Damage to
Carbide makes, most of the that , oft quoted comment of Livestock Compensation Act. The COMBIING
castings for sausage and when Pogo's about pollution: "We have maximum compensation limits - Sfiliffie
they went on strike the. packers the middlemami and he is us." under these two provincial . Acts Most modern equipment
curtailed the buying df sows with That gh 9-stl - v middleman iddleman 'is tfic are identical to those under the Apply
w
a resultant drop in prices.When packinghouse orker. He's the Hunter Damage Compensation John Se&ren ROGEWD6VkER INER SMITH'
facilities at the packers Are sitting retail store employee. He's the Act.
idle it cost him money, so he truck driver, the waitress. the Poultry owners are also eligible RR 2, Seaforth Roger is.al ready. wel I'known to you -as This was the first Royal Bank branch
passeg this loss on to the baker-, the fro -/,en pie, maker,. for compellsation for damages Phone 482-9217
consumer in the form of a small Labour mak6s up nearly half — caused by hunters, dogs and the Manager of the Royal Bank in Exeter. to offer Agri -bank. It's because they
increase on all his products.,$o a. 480/(i of the. marketing charges on wolves. ......... - - And now Iner Smith hasJo-ined the specialize in agricultural banking that they
seemingly unrelated strike in food Hourly labour costs of the
industry makes for a loss to the fj food* marketing firms increased branch to assist him. offer you this office -on -wheels which
farmer and a higher price to the 701/o since 1962, Part of that Either of them will be more than willing Roger or Iner can bring right to your door.
consumer. increase was , reduced by and able to assist you in any way they So call either of them — they'll help you
I saw a picture recently of 'a increased output pfr nidn-hoar. ORDER can. Their branch is open from 1Q,00 til Qhoose,between going to the bank or
loin of a hog of'e"ight years ago reducing .the additional labo.ur 3.00 on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: having the Agri -bank come to you.,
and one , of this year.' The, cost per unis of product marketed 'lls Oy the Royal
til 1.00 on Wednesday; and til 8.00 on Either way, you . :epZ
difference is truly amazing. While to 47%. But *at increase was not Your 9 I_ fol bank'.
the old loin was almost half fat the achieved b ' y working fastet—or 0 Friday. Bank is known'as'th
.new one had only a very small rin, harder, it was'achieved by large,
of this. It shows clearly what expenditures for new plAints and
facilities to a total of more than 3 ROYAL BAN K
great improvement has been
made over the last few years to billion in 1973 alone. Corporate SEED WHEAT
improve the quality of pork. The profits before taxes rose no more servIng
Canadian hog has been truly -than 4016
Buyers L of
Timothy,
Red . Clover, and
Bi rdsfoot Trefoil,
MAPLE LEAF MILL4 -*LTD.
1, (SEED DIVISION)
EXIETE� ONT. PHONE 2135-0363
(ions, MacNaug-h-tan.)
nurr -
While the variety you
want is available
.4
We' have Grain Bank storage
for your
mixed grain. or barley
SEE US FOR SERVICE
61tiore
Phoiie 527-10
li, . i.;1
Seaforth