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THE 'TEM'ES•ADiVOCATiE EXETER, QNTARIO, THURSDAY M►AORNINHJ MARCH 31 1955
gate, Not Educational
Speakers Charge AtZone Meeting
Farm ;fairs were Strongly .ort•'
tfeIsed'
.for being out-of-date and
failing to be of .educational value
bysneakers at the. ,enni at .Meeting
Af Huron •and Perth Agricultural-
Secieties to Exeter •Fxi.day.
(Both E, D. tvlcGugan, .assistant
manager of ,Western Fair, Lon
don, and Dick Etherington, dist
riot director Of the Societies,
charged today's exhibitions are.
not benefitting agriculture -and
.not keeping pace with the ,times.
Mr. McGugan, guest speaker at
the
noonbanquet, lashed felt at
almost .eVery phase of the agri-
tural
culi'
agri-
cultural fa i as he stressed the
"urgent need tq restore fairs to
the educational level •:they:should
be,"
tin Battle Glasses, he urged
more attention to progeny and
get of Ssire sections• than. to the
mature animals because breeding
stock waS most important,
$a chat ged•'beef cattlemen with
etresstng over feeding when it
was Uneconomical and impract-
al because the butcher doesn't
want
Horse Shows Costly
Ire criticized •,fairs who were
spending up to 75 percent of
their total prize money on horses
Which are no• lnger agricultural-
ly
ricult ra1-ly significant. 1He• .challenged fair
•officials• to answer the question:
"ds the horse, show paying its way•
- an attraction?
112'. MoGugan condemned of
Waterloo Cattle Breedi�g Ass'n
"Where Better Bulli Are 'ted"
Earl Trelford, of Tara, with
his 411 Club calf, sired by
Braedoon Lancer. This calf
was champion 4H Club .calf
at the Walkerton Christmas
Fair. There were 74 entries
out of four- counties from
25 .calf clubs. It is interest-
ing to note that the next
two calves were also by
Waterloo bulls and were
• shown by the Sclunidt fem.
ily of Mildmay. •
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feting prize money to breeds of
sheep which, are not practical. He
said three breeds which received
a major share Of prize money at
exhibitions registered less than
304 new animals in Canada last
year. "Only the commercially
profitable Sheep should be shown
at fairs."
"Most poultry shows are strict-
ly hobby shows --they aren't a
true poultry show," the Western
Fair official charged. "How many
commercial poultry men show at
your fair? Let's. feature 'breeds
that are commercially import-
ant."
All sections of the fair "should
be Bolstered with good educa-
tional features for 'bath urban
and farm _people."
Only"T.pree Present
To illustrate • his contention
there weren't enough young
people in fair societies, only three
persons who attended the ban-
quet were under 30 years of age
stood up when Mr. MoGugan ask-
ed for all persons at the banquet
under 30 years of age, "If there
isn't a place for youth in our
societies, then what are we do-
ing?" 1'
"Not enough judges are re-
quired to give reasons' for their
placing at our fairs," the official
said. He •considered this an im-
portant educational part of any
exhibition,
•-_`I think the days of the town-
ship fairs are numbered," stated
McG'ugan. Transportation and
communications •faoiaties make it
just_as easy for the farmer to
get to bigger exhibitions. •
Advocating' major county .fairs
instead of numerous small ones,
he'.Pointed Out the advantages ;of
pooling all municipal and pro-
vincial grants and the resources
of each of the Soetieties.
Resist Change
R. D. Etherington, retiring -dir-
ector, charged agricultural soc-
ieties are " resisting ,change ail
along the line," Rather than be-
ing beneficial to agriculture, .fairs`
have become a financial respone
ibility.
Mr. Ebherington termed pres-
ent-day prize lists 'disgusting."'u
stin
g.„
"The exhibitors, regular pro-
fessional money grabbers, haver
squawked loud enough about.
higher”` costs that prize monies
have been raisedin some cases
300% to cater to these .men when
they -are over 100 miles from
home. If what these men are on
the road with is not • an accepted
product in your area, why do you,
the, executive, responsible for pro-
moting the products of your dist-
rict, spend the money of the local
taxpayers in this manner?
"Why dp you not make the
extra $2,000 available for compe-
tition locally, Aftee all you ,,are
spending the money which was
earned locally but which is. going
100 miles away from home and
will never come back."
(Huron Ag RepG. W. Mont-
gomery acted as moderator for
a panel discussion on a variety
of fair topics. Taking part were
R. E. White, Perth Ag Rep; H.
H, G. Strang, President of Exeter
Agriculture Society; Alex McTag,
gart, of the fair branch of the
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Down
to
Earth
By D. I. HOOPER
A County Fair?
Why not a• Huron County
Fair? It is not , an impossibility!
We' believe it to be not too far in
the future. Any move in the di-
rection of placing our agricultur-
al fairs on a county basis will not
necessarily mean the abduction
of any of the good works carried
on by the present system. Rather,
it would strengthen these pro-
jects,
Te present fairs throughout
the county are being overstressed.
A Fair is suppoped•.to. be "only
one project • of an Agricultural
Society," andwe are sorry to
say it is an extravanganza and a
money losing idea and . definitely
the present day agricultural fair
in this county has .not enough
public appeal.
Every fair in the county is
held• during a period of less than
one month. This means that each
fair is competing against the
other for the public favour in
the form of gate receipts, which
in •any form of entertainment
pays the bills. .
Inorder to carry on, the pres-
ent day Fairs are relying on
grants --federal, provincial, county
township and municipal. its these
still do not cover the deficit it
has been common praetice to lit-
erailX "•dunn" the business men
•along the "Main (Street" for dons -
tions and other forms of aid. We
are not in favour of this type
of financing.
Where does all this money get
to? A very very small percentage
of it stays In the' area, but too
much of it goes out of the dist-
rict, yes, even out of the county.
This does not lead to any great
advancement financially to the
taxpayers whopaid the grants
nor to the merchant who gave
donations.
How can ,this be overcome?
That is the $164 question. It
would appear that the local fair
executives have leaned toward
the professional exhibitor In their
prize list drawing up, rather than
to the local exhibitor who after
paying the prize money into the
treasury cannot afford to com-
pete for it 'when" it is divided,
The biggest prize ironies are
hopelessly out of his reach,.
Make for instance the average
411 member on reaching the age
limit of .21 years. For the past
7 to 9 years he has been coached.
how to grow better crops, feed
and care fer better livestock and
poultry. Achievement days have
been sponsored on a cou'n'ty basis
but on reaching the top age limit,
that is the end of all county
competition.' We admit that he
has reached the legal age of'be-
coining a than but we do not be-
Neve that many are ...abl'e final-
dally to obtain sufficient stock
to 'nape up what is knew.il as a
"
oho'r
w herd" in oder toom to
c pe
against older established ones,
°1'O begin with he has three
strikes against him. 'The judge,
inure often than not, Was picked
by one of the older competitors,
who was a member of the local
fairboard, an unfair practice.
So the young junior' farmer Rist
naturally Rides out of the picture,
Hitt if biasses Were provided at
a Bounty Fair, open only to
County ltesidente,..perhaps many
potential good livestock breedere i
would be kept in the inielight
while becorriing excellent farmers
•
as well as promoting and improv-
ing the produce of Huron Count-
y's largest and best industry--
AGRICULTURE.,
ndustryAGRICULTURE.
'We could fill pages telling the
•goe•d points of a County Fair.
When any old timer, and yes,
some younger ones, say it is not
,the right thing, we just wonder
-if these people are aware of all
the facts. Of the 11 Fairs held
in Huron County; all showed a
deficit the past year, in spite of
the efforts of their executives.
We suggest that these men either
get out of the horse and buggy
era in their planning and 'man-
agement or admit .they are on
the way to the same place that
the horse and buggy has gone. --
extinction.
DJD YOU KNOW?
!Agricultural ' engineers recom-
mend that where wooden fence
posts are used, an occasional
steel upright should be provided
for ,grounding purposes, to pro-
tect livestock against lightning,
THIS' WEEK
April fool.
Tax returns must be filed in
ONE MONTH. '
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Spring cleaning for mother.
Check your paper and maga-
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Huron : Juniors
—Continued from Page 4
Named as provincial director
was Helen Johnston, R. R.. 2,
Blyth, retiring president of the
county Junior Institute, while al-
ternate, will be Howard Pym, Cen-
tralia, immediate past president
of the county junior Farmers.
Press reporter will be Catharine
Campbell, R.R. 1, Dublin,
!Carl Boynton, Woodbridge, pre-
sident of the Ontario Junior
Farmers' Association was guest
speaker at the meeting, and gave
a talk with the use of colored
slides, on the World Assembly of
Youth, which he attended recent-
ly. The object of the conference,
he eXplained, was world better-
ment by the bringing about of a
lasting peace. The conference last-
ed some three weeks during which
time some 350 delegates from 47
countries of the world met. The
language probleni was oVerdome
by translatitins.
Harold Baker Praised
The various projects of the
county association, as directed by
Harald Baker, assistant' agricul-
tural representative for Huron
county, were reviewed by G. W.
itentgtrmely, agricultural• repre-
sentative,_ Mr. Montgomery, in
ing tri Mr.
a Mite to the crit of
pY w
Baker, said that he -did not know
of anyone in the 1 epartinent of
Agriculture who put forth a'I much
effort Or interest in either 4-H
Club work et Junior Farmer work
as ?,lr. Baker, He said that it is
Wetted that the county will have
a home economist by the 'First
week in June.
/11r. ritontgornery stated that the
county association has played an
butstantllftg part in •alt projects—
at the 0.14.B., the Royal,. the Iii
ternatienal IViateh,. anti
eo Yffl.
Ontario Department of Agricult-
ure; Earl '1ieSpadden,, secretary
of ISeaforth fair; K. J. Reaney,
secretary of Mitchell fair; and
Don Southcott, of .the Times -Ad-
vocate.
Elect Khktott, Lady
Mrs. Clayton 'Smith, of Kirkton
was elected lady director of the
district. she succeeds Mrs. Here
man Heckman, of Mitchell. AS
sistant lady director is Mrs. Earl
Cudmore, of Brussels; secretary,
Mrs. Leslie Gourley, St. Marys.
Sydney rt, Harlow, R.R. 2 St.
Pauls
was elected director tp xe-
Place rt. D. Etherington, who re-
signed. James A. Mair, Brussels,
is vice-chairman 4nd K, J, Rean-
ey, Mitchell, secretary.
Over 1.20 officials from Huron
and Perth agriculture societies at-
tended the session, Mayor R. E,
Pooley extended wishes from the
town and H. H. G, Strang from
the local society.
Representatives from .Kirkton,
Zurich and South Huron 1SoOiet
les were present.
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