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Clinton News-Record, 1961-03-16, Page 8When you buy Jones, Mac- Naughton seed you know you are getting what you pay for. All Jones, Mac- ' Naughton seeds are true to variety, carefully cleaned and tested for germination. Jones, MacNaughton handle only seeds—for many years they have been Western Ontario's leading seed spec- ialists. When you buy from a local firm you get ser- vice . . satisfaction . . . savings! This year ask for Jones, MacNaughton seeds. From your local Dealer, or Jones, MacNaughton Seeds Exeter Phone 664 Creditan Fhone 3-W London Phone GE 2-2258 tibirtiM4 -Designed to AccoltiOsh Some Definite Purpose Whether that be to Stimulate Sales or Build Prestige Its Value to You Lie; Nni in its Cost But What it Accomplishes. Clinton News-Record 56 Albert Street HU 2-3443 , ra.111.)1411t)V14.6,84.0b et Protectioii NeW Winter Blend 200X Premium at kediilar Price t Station Be an RAY'S Hoggarth,, Prop,. *NOW 192 HURON , STREET 441 wait) CUNT014 HU 2-6661 HU 2-9013 News,Record-•••Thurs 7. March 16, 1961 Federation Confused With Producers By fly Reporter at Committee Vote. (By C4r1 Uemhigway Ohl What a tangled web we weave, When first we practice te CO s ORDINATE (particularly in Farm Organization), This observaldon is prompted by a report of 'the recent vote for committeemen to represent _our county in the election of a gone director to the Ontario „ • JONES MacNAUGHTON SEEDS availahle at H. F: Wqthatifer Feed Mill Huron Street ,,Phinin HU Hog Producers Marketing Board. The report speaks of the Free Enterprise candidates —and the Federation candi- dates; also of Free Enterprise lists and Federation lists of candidates, I would like to point out that the Federatlion did not nomin- ate any candidates or make any Federation lists. The candidates referred to were those elected at the County Hog Producers ASsociation at their recent County Annual and the lists were identical to this with the exception of two names which Were changed because of ill health on the part of the del- egates concerned, These chan- ges were made on the reeem- niendation of the Hog Producer Association lin the county, Further I am informed. that two or three of these men, are Farm Union Members and are not supporters of the Federa- tion. True; at the request of the Hog Producers Association copies of the list' of delegates, with no comment, were print- ed by the Federation. After all they are an affiliated Organ- ization, Had the same request been Made to the Federation by the Free Enterprise group I feel that as a paid employee of the Federation I .vould have been obliged to do the same for them. While the Free Enterprise group is not affiliated with the Federation, I feel quite sure that a large number of them (though some, I know do not,) Pay membership to their town- ship Federation and therefore do have a claim for some ser- vice from the County. ' Just because the Federation has accepted a responsibility of distributing information to far- mers on Commodity groups it is no reason for saying that the Federation is controlling or supporting any of these organ- izations. • If I were to divide the farm- ers lin the County into groups I would say that over 90 per- cent pay their fees to the Fed- eration and the remainder are divided' more or less evenly be- tween the Farmers Union and Free Loaders. Thus, if you, in the Com. modity groups were to divide the percentages will also be much the same. It is true that there is very likely to be a large majority of Federation members in any County Coms motility -groupsbut it is not true to;say the. F,ederatien runs the Commodity;. group since . we do have .• representatives. of the Farmers .Union in., the Board of Directors of the Hog Pro- ducers,. Association and will have in the Wheat Producers ASSocietien. However, I do hope we can. keep clear of the Free loaders. s es? r0 CBC's Margaret Pope Taste it, touch it, test it, That's the rule of thumb Margaret Pope uses in her job as hostess of the radio program, For Consumers. The show, heard Monday to Friday on the Trans-Canada network, offers information on such things as new products, child care, traffic safety and home decoration. Margaret's daily reports are based on personal ex- perience, careful research and the advice of experts, Teletypes May Not Be Needed Suggestt London Farm Writer (By Roy Jewell) Clinton Memori0 Shop T. PRYDE and SON CLINTON — EXETER — SEAFORTH Open Every Afternoon PHONE HU 2-9421 At other times contact Local Repvesentotive—Tom Steep—HU 2-3869 24tfb hopping gifs in the Pages. Of This News000.0 Anyone who says the county elections of hog producer com- mitteemen last Monday has set- tled controversy in the hog marketing picture is merely practising wishful thanking. The area of controversy may have shifted a little but we expect to see plenty of it ahead. The election last week went far beyond the original inten- tion of merely electing commit- teemen. In many counties bat- tle lines were drawn between those who support and those who oppose compulsory market- ing. The committee members are committed to further action on the basis of that issue alone and will proceed to elect dis- trict directors on the same ba- sis. The new board of eleven will have battle lines drawn before they ever meet. Under News for Your Eyes (By J. E. Longstaff) Occupational (*lasses In prescribing for occupation- al needs arid assuming a peeson is.in the presbYaPiC age where stronger glasses are needed for close work than those worn for &glance, several factors are taken into account. It should be determined first whether ,I sng14.isien. lens or a. ,multifecal lens would be most efficient,• .If a multifocale the power is determined by the working •dis- tance, the size of theisegment can be made largeser: small depending 'on the field of view, for example, an accountant or draftsman would need, a large segment. whille a farther might Prefer a small segment that would not• ,interfere with his distance work.— , While most bifocals are Plac- ed in the lower portion off the lens, they can be placed in the Upper part for a person, who is doing much overhead work, such as the electrirnian or clerk in a shoe store 4 where there are =SAY overheadeshelves. „ The bifocal May be Placed ex- tremely high for a person wor- king at O're leVel to avoid lilt- ing the head back or extremely lotv for thegolfer, and cf course where there, is a danger of flyirig objectS it is, wise to have the lenses hardened to protect against injury. The list of variations is ends leie, the important' fact is that lenses can be practically cus- tom made to suit the job re- quirements. Even though a certain type of lens may 'giv,e the most ef- ficient, vision, the patient may not want it and will prefer to sacrifice some good vision for the, convenience of one pair of glasses. Personal attitudes are a: big factpr that must be taken into account, A, recent Publication made a- vailable to the optical ,prpfess- icaylists the job. visual require- ments of over 500 occupa,tions and is of great help to tise,pp- teanetrist in guiding the patient to the proper selection of glas- ses to fill his visual needs. HARRY WILLIAMS 1111.2.6633,R1102CL1NTON HEATING OILS-GASOLINE GREASES-NOT0l1.01L1- WRITE ROSE /15 /JEF I T uscuiDmims:Ali AND YOU TOO WILL BIC IN THE RINO Of SMART name...Pr YOU DO SLIMNESS WITH In Mitchell . . . 'e..7.1.°/!"Alr."‘01;11: ...the analysis you want, when you want it! 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District meet- ings and the election of the district directors will tell the final story this week. At least, three districts in Western On- tario, possibly four, will elect directors pledged to remove compulsion. Further east two more districts are reported to be in the same camp. We'd suggest there may not be any rush about completing those teletype installations. They may not be needed after the new Ontario Hag Producers' Mark- eting Board' convenes. As a matter of fact maybe the new board will do what the farm products marketing board' th- reatened to do earlier, namely remove the compulsory features from the program. We hope we are wrong. But from here we see little •hope of smooth sailing ahead for the Ontario Hog Producers' mark- eting scheme. A few counties turned out fair numbers of voters last Monday. Others re- vealed the apathy that unfor- tunately comes to •light t o o frequently when we farmers'are called upon to decide an issue. FA Decision , Passed By Provincial Leaders' MemberS of the Ontario Fed- eration of Agriculture agreed today to support Ontario's four mills producer in,their efforts to get arnendeinents, the Milk Industry Act in the near future. The Milk prcducers will be seeking the, amend- ments to enableethern to im- plement a new milk marketing plan in Ontario,. „ The request for OFA sup- port arose_as a result of recent studies . oral .milk marketing . problems .:by, a specal...Commit- tee, engaged by,, Ontario. producers. A. new.: plan has not yet, been approved by the mills producers but, enabling :Jegislas tion will be necessary ,for • am' new plan embracing all milk and., cream produders. OFA Members directed their orgarilzation provide.e$50P financial • gLiPPolis co-operative, eohmiiesion, on marketing,. stabli..s.hed recervtly by the, Co-operative Unica ,operative Ontario. The cOrrunission • study in' detail the relationships existing between, farinsoceppera.- tives and tar m marketing boards. Both types of organizations are farmer-owned but perform different services. Farmers are now wendering whether esseeps eratives and Matketing boards, will Conflict With each other and if so,, how can the conflict be reiriovedes Members also passed a re's:. olution , approving .the ,:use .of HydrosPo,were operated: electsSic fencer jog., farrirefgnceSi teat only ifi it-As) SpirOved bYiVPR'' taria Hydro - glepktiq Commission, and the Canad an Standards Association. The OFA is authorized by members to undertelte, educational work on the proper use,:.pf such fen- cers it they are approved. Planning to renovate your stable -M. the 'near future? Research and farmer exper- ience indicate that you'll. get less leg and udder injury ..and overall better herd health if you build long, wide cow stalls, "Extra length for stalls isn't a big problem unless you have a very narrow barn," says Bob Milne, extension engineer with the Ontario Department of Ag- riculture. "It's usually best to reduce alley Widths to a minis mum in order to provide extra comfort for the animals." He feels extra width for stalls is no problem" except that it means 1. or 2 fewer stalls in the length of the st, able." He believes the cows are likely to make up for the loss in number of stalls by produc- ing more milk in more com- fortable stalls. "In the average-size herd this difference in production will likely mean that fewer cows in larger stalls will produce as much, or more than cows in smaller stalls." A caw stall should be long enough• so that the cow's udder is well .up on the platform when she lies down — not "dr- 'aped over the edge of the gut- ter" as is sometimes the case. Dirty stalls won't be a prob- lem in long stalls if you use a cow trainer. "A trainer will force the cows to step back when using' the gutter and keep the stand clean. Long stalls will also reduce the tendency for some cows to 'always stand in the gutter." Milne suggests keeping the width of the stalls roughly in proportion to the length, but for Holstein cows, "stalls should be 4 feet wide or more." If you use cow trainers keep these stall sizes in mind: Colborne Sells Telephone System To Bell Company Subscribers of the Colborne Municipal Telephone system have voted in favour of selling their 50-year-old system to the Bell Telephone Company of Canada for $8,500. Take-over date will be some- time in the fall of 1962. Subscribers, meeting in Car- low town hall Thursday night, March 9, turned down by a vote of 111 to 56 a proposal to amalgamate their system with Blyth Telephone system. Instead, on a separate ballot, they voted 125 to 42 in favour of selling to the Bell. Colborne telephone system chairman For- dyce Clark was against the sale. Remove Toll William Haysom, branch manager • of the Bell system here, said the stibscribers-to-be would nib longer be required to payy10 cents toll charge on calls to Goderich when the take-over becomes effective late next year,. • . Majority of subscribers, he Said, would Probably take a Multi-party line at the rate of $2,95 a month. Private lines cost $3.95. Exchange will be Jackson 4. .mr, • . member of the system's, Boatel for 15 years, said, he was against the sale be- cause "we would lose independ- ence." He, said he was sure Colliorne's sYstern would have been improsed by amalgama- tion with Blyth. Says Offer Low "The s Bell offer", he said, "was low, in :mY °Pinion." lYlir• Clark slairned the epsirehape "should have, lseen$25,- , , each, of the 200 sYSteM telephones was worth • about. $100._ .,material, assets; of ther 'terwitship systenewiil be turned into cash dividends and paid to the subscrilsers, eis fellow wouldn't mind, lean- ing his lawn mower if the, bor- rower wouldn't take it out of the yard, r „ , ' 800 pound cows (65 inch girth); 3'6" stalls width;. .41 8" length for stanchion stalls; 5'2" length for tie stalls. 1000 pound cows (70% inch girth): 3'9"; 5'0"; 5'5", 1200 pound cow (75 inch girth): 4'0"; 5'4"; 610". 1400 pound cow (791/4 inch .girth),: 4'4"; 5'8"; 6'2", 1600 pound cow (84 finch girth).: 4'6" to 4'8"; 6'0"; 6'6". If you aren't going to use cow trainers, Milne suggests you keep the stall 4 inches shorter than these sizes. 4 F ARMERS We are shipping cattle every Monday 'for United Co-operative of Ontario and solicit your patronage. We will pick them up at your farm., Please PHONE COLLECT not later than Saturday nights. Seaforth Farmers Co-operative S. 'Hunt, Shipper Phone 773