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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1956-05-31, Page 9THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 31, WSecond Section t Junior Farmers Down To organized by and Charles of his head, be in a east Nearly 190,000 new telephones were installed in Canada in 1955. Manufacturing in Alberta goes back to establishment of a wool len mill near Calgary in 1883. ? JU JO SOW GRAIN FOR INJURED NEIGHBOUR—Fourteen fanners in the district got to gether on the farm of Leon Triebner, Usborne township, Tuesday afternoon to sow 70 acres in barley. The owner, seen among the men the upper photo, is in a cast from his waist to head as a result of injuries received in a car accident in March. Above, some of the men gather for a rest in the late afternoon. Below, George Vriese, one of four gasoline agents in Exeter who donated fuel for the tractors, fills tanks during the bee. ' —T-A Photo Another Glass Of Milk Daily Would Solve Dairy Surplus If every person in Canada drank just four', more ounces of milk a day there would be no surplus of milk .or milk prod- ucts-young and old would be better nourished, farmers would be more prosperous and busi ness would profit. This is the ■ view of Dairy -Farmers of Canada, the nation al producers’ organization, in ■ringing to the attention of the vl&tion that June is dairy month. During that month approximate ly three and a half million cows will be coming into full milk production utilization of dairy products in Canada is not fully understood by consumers, it is pointed out by the producer organization. When the cow population is out on fresh June grass, milk pro duction soars far beyond the ability of the public to drink milk. Actually, on a yearly bas- ,is about 30 per cent of all milk produced is sold as fluid milk and cream. The remainder of the milk in 1955 found its way into the following channels: creamery butter, 43%; cheese, 6%; concentrated milk and ice cream, 8%; dairy butter, 2%; used on farm, 10%. Milk and milk products have to be sold in the highly competi tive food markets of the country, a fact which becomes even more pressing as export markets dim inish. Small dairy surpluses, and they are rarely more than three or four per cent of the total, ha. e to be disposed of in such a manner that farm prices, al ready seriously depressed; 'are not driven further downward. Dairy iarmers of Canada, in the late 1940’s, realized, that domestic sales of dairy products would have to be increased. To this end their national advertis ing program was instituted in 1950 and it is given credit for materially helping to increase or stabilize pei* capita consumption of dairy foods. The fastest P.T.O. baler in haying history! This New Holland Super 66 Baler has increased rated capacity up to nine tons per hour! It features a new two- tone streamlined design and a new metermatic bale ad justment which lets operator set machine for “tailored bales’* . . . any she and density from 12 to 52 inches. Let us show it to you! Exeter Farm Equipment PHONE 508 R. D. Jermyn . WILLIAM ST, Seed 70 Acres In Afternoon For Usborne Farmer In Cast Plan Field Day Huron-Perth junior farmers’ field day, featuring, a rifle com petition for the first time, will be held in Seaforth Lions Park and high school on Saturday, June 9. Events will include square dancing, tug-of-war, track and field competitions, softball and volleyball tournaments. Fifty Youths Vie For Cup Fifty boys and girls from the South Huron district will com pete for coveted trophies at the annual Achievement Day of Hensal! Feeder Calf Club during Hensail Spring Fair Friday. Grand .champion of the club— the member who produces .the best finish on his calf—will be come the second winner of The Times-Advocate trophy, captured for the first time last year by Pat Sullivan, R.R. 3 Dashwood. Best showman will receive the W. G. Thomson and Sons trophy, now held by Bob Kinsman, Kip pen. Member who produces the most t>ain gets the Geo. T. Mickle and Sons cup, won last year by Bob Broadfoot, Bruce- field. The boys and girls report gains of around 500 pounds this year. Although membership dropped from 98 to 50 during the past year, officials say this year’s club is better than in former years because of its smaller membership. They expect quali ty of the calves to be best in the history of the five-year-old venture. Showing, judging and auction of the calves will highlight the early Hensail fair which also features purebred cattle classes. For many district breeders' this will be the first competition of the year. Other attractions at the fair include a horse show, baby show, midway, school parade and band. June is the month when dairy farmers across Canada contri bute their money for advertis ing purposes through the device known as the June Advertising Set-aside of a cent-a-pound on each pound of butter fat sold. Dairy Farmers of Canada hope that 1956 will register a record set-aside of over $400,000. This they feel is the sum needed to compete more effectively in the food markets of the country. Six Youths In District Win-WOAS Diplomas Six young men from South Huron and North Middlesex re ceived diplomas at the gradua tion exercises at Western Ontar io Agricultural School, Ridge town, on Wednesday. Keith Coates, Centralia; Bruce Coleman, Seaforth; Irvin. Ford, Exeter; David Morrissey," Credi- ton; Paul Toohey, Lucan; and Dbnald Russell, Denfield, were among the 45 students who were presented with diplomas by Dr. C. D. Graham, deputy minister of agriculture. The graduates completed their. two-year course earlier this spring. Bruce Coleman, Seaforth, was awarded the trophy for top stu dent in horticulture- and biology. Families of the graduates at tended the ceremony at which Hqn. William A. Goodfellow, acting minister of agriculture,, was guest speaker. He urged stu dents to take advantage of the excellent opportunities open to young men of Canada today. Dr. G. D. MacLachlan, presi dent of. OAC, said farmers are more than six times as import ant today as they were 50 years ago. “At the turn of the century more than 50 per cent of the population were farmers. Today about 15 per. cent of the pop ulation farms.” ■ Among the guests were Gordon Bennett, former agriculture rep resentative for Huron zCounty, On Performance Basis Ontario Department of Agricul- (within the next two months. As Bargains Of The Week IN USED FARM MACHINERY VAC Tractor with Scuffler AlliS‘Chalmers All-Crop Harvester/ like new 25-Foot, Six-Inch Grain Auger Easv-Wav Post Hole AuiiOr Rally Leader Star Athlete Rev. Wesley “Wes” Aarum, of Buffalo, N. Y„ former all-star athlete who will be song leader at South Huron Crusade for Christ June 17 to July 1, is the newest figure on the horizon of Christian evangelism. A graduate of Buffalo Bible Institute and Bob Jones Univer sity, Aarum was ordained at the age Of 25 in,1952. A brilliant pian ist, he has also had experience in directing choirs ’and other vocal and instrumental groups. During the term he served as assistant pastor of a Buffalo church, he organized a Christian High School Club which became the largest daily Club in the Uni ted States. Then he took a small community church and pastored for two years. Now 'he launches out into the field of evangelism. During the past year, besides conducting his own crusades, he has been actively associated with Rev. Leighton Ford of the Billy Graham team. He was associate evangelist in crusades at Wing ham, Tillsonburg, Oshawa, Strat ford and Whitby. ..............._ Jacob Ortwein Farmer In Hay Suddenly, Monday, May 28, at the home of a neighbour in Hay Township, on the Bronson Line, Jacob Ortwein, died in his eigh ty-first year. His wife prede ceased him several years ago. Surviving are three sons, Clayton andn Eldon, Zurich, and Roy of Galt; seven daughters, (Myrtle) Mrs. Milton Dietz, of •Zurich; (Pearl) Mrs. A. W. Haines, Dearborn, Mich.; (Gert rude) Mrs. C. Flegman, Cleve land; (Winnifred) Mrs. H. Ander son, Freelton; (Mildred) Mrs. M. Cora, Detroit; (Grace) Mi’s. C. Fahner, of Crediton; 15 grand children and six great grand children, and one sister, Mrs. Rebecca Fritz, Detroit. The body will rest at the West lake funeral home until Thurs day, May 31, when funeral ser vice will be held at 2.30 p.m. with interment in the Evangeli cal U. B. Cemetery, Bronson Line. ture, on the advice of the Ad vanced Registry Board for Beef Cattle, has announced a new beef testing program for Ontar io. Following recommendations of tlte board it has been decided that the project should be chang ed from progency test to a per formance test. .During the past five years 52 sire groups have been tested at the Advance Registry Station lo cated near Guelph. Results in dicate that there is a wide dif ference in the gaining ability of animals sired by the same bull. It was after analysing the results the Advanced Registry Board de cided to make the change in policy. According to the Board the decision was reached by the be lief that rate and economy of gain are highly heritable char acteristics. It was felt that the main objective of a testing pro gram should be to identify the ■young bulls that have demon strated their ability to gain rap idly . and economically because these characteristics can only be transmitted if they have been inherited. Under the new policy tests will be restricted to young bulls. For the’ time being breeders will not be required to test a specified number of animals. One or a dozen may be nom inated. However the number on test will be limited according to accommodation at the sta tion. Provision has also been made for home testing and such tests will be authorized in the event that'the station is filled and pro vided that the breeder owns or has access to a suitable set of scales. The official test will com mence when a. bull is 8 months old and will cover a period of 168 days. Breeders will be charged 75 per cent of the cost of feed con sumed by their bulls while ,qn the station; the Board will as sume the balance of the 'feed cost and all costs connected with the operation of the station. W. P. Watson, Ontario Live Stock. Commissioner and Secre tary of the Board, said that a hew feature under the plan would be the classification of bulls from the standpoint of con formation. “Although there does .not ap pear to be a close correlation lietween type and performance, there is ample evidence to sup port the contention that bulls of good type possess the ability to make rapid and economical gains”, said Mr. Watson. Mr. Watson said that at' the end of the test period bulls would be placed in one of the following grades: choice, very good, commercial, plain or re jected. Bulls that are graded “rejected” and bulls that fail to gain at the rate of 2 pounds per day must be sold for slaugh ter. All other bulls will be re turned to their owners. At present about 75 per. cent of the station accommodation is occupied by members of groups being tested under the progency test policy. The majoritv of these calves will be marketed the pens occupied by them are vacated, space will become avail able for testing young bulls, Hence breeders who haye bulls that are now 4-5 months of age, and who are interested in hav ing them tested under this new policy should get in touch with W. P. Watson, Secretary of the Advanced Registry Board, Par liament Bldgs., Toronto, at once. The first official attempt to obtain information with regard to beef cattle was undertaken in 1950 when the Advanced Reg istry policy was initiated. Members of the Advanced Registry Board are as follows: Prof. G, E. Raithby, O. A. C., Guelph, Chairman; W. P. Watson, Parliament Bldgs,, Toronto, Secretary; T." Alex Edwards, Arva; George Rodanz,. Stouff- ville; K. E. Deacon, Unionville; Harold Huffman, Blenheim; W. S, McMullen, Toronto. Capture Awards In Perth Contest Kirkton and Granton district junior farmers were among win ners of the Perth county live stock judging competition at Mitchell Saturday. Don Pullen, R.R. 1 Granton, won the J.F. Edwards trophy for high 4-H club member; James McNaughton, R.R. 6 St. Marys, was awarded the Whyte Packing trophy for judging swine on hoof and carcasses; William Stephens, R.R. 1 Science Hill, captured the C. W. Richardson trophy foi' Guernsey and Hol stein cattle judging. Don Knechtel, Kirkton, won $25 towards ah eastern trip, donat ed by British Mortgage and Trust Co., Stratford, for highest coaching honors. Strapped in a heavy cast from his waist to the top of his head. Leon Triebner of ,R.R. 1 Hensail watched gratefully Tuesday af ternoon as 14 neighbors, staged a bee to sow his 100-acre farm. The neighbors, inany of' whom worked .on their own 'land until late the evening before, .sowed 70 acres of barley from one o’clock until eight. Mr. Triebner, injured in a car accident west of Exeter on March 15, is suffering from a broken neck and fractures to the top and side. •He may have to for a year. The ’ bee was Dick Etherington __ ______ Glanville. Farmers who assisted included Gerald Glen, Harry Snell, Lloyd Ferguson, Russell Ferguson, Edgar Cudmore, Bob Miller, Jack Pym, Hee .Row? cliffe, Albert and Bill Ethering ton, John Bregman and Bev Morgan. Gasoline for the tractors was provided free by four Exeter oil company agents Geo. Vriese, Jim Taylor, Wally Seldon ana Murray Scott. Harold Cudmore hauled fertilizer to the fields in his truck. Mrs. Archie Etherington, Mrs. Dick Etherington and Mrs. Bill Etherington served lunch to the men during the afternoon. wglrvKSg Earth By D. I. HOOPER lmiifimiiiiiHiitiiiiiiimmifiiittiiiiiimmiiimiinijtHmmiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiimHHiMHiniiiiHiiiitttimitiHiHiiiiH Keep Your Shirt On! 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In the after noon a phenomena that we have failed to see before was heat rising off the ground and shim mering in the sun and cold NW wind. In the past three weeks many farmers’ spirits sank to a new low. Prolonged wet weather, -low temperatures, flooded fields and yellowed grain has shattered all .the .high, hoites “bumper yield. Many have conceded' that there is no hope for a crop of cereal grains and have directed their efforts to preparing their acres for cultivated row crops— corn, beans, beets, etc. > District Needs Roughage This we believe to be wrong if carried to the extreme.. This area* is basically a livestock area, and roughage is a neces sity. It is all very well to listen to the theorists but they are like the touts at a racetrack—it’s a very poor start but the favourite can still win, even after stumb ling at the first-turn. We have talked with many men—some active and some retired— who have pointed out many other pre vious seasons worse than this one. It has been compared to 1916, 1937 to 1942 and to 1947, and others that seem to stand out for certain reasons in their own special way. One farmer remem bered 1916 as the worst—he started on his own that. year. 1937 was bad too,—many acres of spring grain had to be replan ted. During the war years when every ton of food meant that much closer to victory, the pinch was felt severely. We remember 1947 quite well—we got married that year and could have used a few extra bushels. Earlier we compared farming to a horserace. There is no more apt comparison- ‘ happen. Usually there horse. Just Lost Tempers We have seen some seedings and large planted with the greatest of ease. But they didn’t mean.full bins. Perhaps the weather was wrong at the heading out stage, blight and rust can take their toll as well as dry weather. If all those down-hearted farmers ihink this is bad let them think of all the crops lost at harvest time. They ’ve lost nothing yet except their patience and tempers. One farmer pointed out that the leaves on the trees were still not out,. He felt that this was one indication that it was not too late for an average crop of grain. Ground temperatures are too low for corn and bean planting. It is going to take some smart figuring to make corn grow this week. So keep your shirts bn you fellows, Mother Nature is a hard mistress, but somehow she does rather a good job in the overall picture. ' ... . DID YOU REMEMBER? A Wild Mustard plant produces up to 15,000 seeds each year. These seeds will stay in the soil up to 40 years and will germinate when brought to the surface by cultivation. 2-4D is an effective control. 4-H Club Views Shorthorn Herd May meeting of the Exeter 4-H Beef Calf Club was held at the farm of Edgar Monteith, three miles east of- Exeter on No. 83 highway, Friday night.- Nineteen of the 26 members at tended. ; ■ A class of heifers and mature cows were selected from Mr; Montieth’s excellent Shorthorn herd for-judging purposes. - President Murray Dawson con ducted the business part of the meeting. Club leaders are John Pym, Tom. Easton and- Harold Hern. . ■ Seed In Record Time . Farmers probably established new records for getting seed in this week as they took advantage of dry, warm weather to finish their seeding. The warm weather, following a month of rain, has created a hard crust on top of the soil which has made growth and break-up difficult. Most farmers would like to see rain to soften up the land. • Temperatures soared into the 80‘s this week. <1 AMUtlTOAM ITMOICAIC. WAT IS NICER THAN FLOWERS ON" THE TABLE? MEAT AND POTATOES/ Marine FLAX SEED $7.25 Bus Soyabean Seed I Com. No. 1 Comet $4.35 I Cam. No. 1 Hardome $4.35 | Com. No. I e Blackhawk $4.00 f Com. No. 1 Hardsoy $4.00 | Buckwheat Seed I anything can is a dark wonderful acreages Contracts Wanted for the growing of GREEN REFUGEE & GOLDEN WAX Picking Beans PRICE $100.00 PER TON Canadian Canners LTR Aylmer Products Exeter, Ontario * I JL £ a a S PFISTER DEKALB WARWICK JACQUES Seed Corn No. 1 Wheat Screenings (Ground) $46.00 Ton» Feed Rye $44 00 Seed Potatoes Irish Cobbler, Sebago, Katahdin ’ Green Gross & Wilson's Supplies V WEED KILLERS V PEST & BLIGHT CONTROL V SOIL FERTILIZER (No growth for 5 years—for driveways etc. V CAPTAN FUNGICIDE V LINDANE FRUIT TREE SPRAY, Etc. 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