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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1957-01-31, Page 9RETURN FROM TURKEY COURSE—Four men from this district were among the Canadian poultrymen who attended a course i n turkey diseases at Dr. Salsbury's Laboratories in. Charles City, Iowa, recently. They're seen alighting froth the plane on their return: Among the group' are J. W. Weber, of J. W. Weber Ltd., Salsbury distributor; Jud Dylceman, Les Parker and, Neil Campbell, . • 1 ' • to 11.5.141 HIGH GRADE FERTILIZERS !MITE° tOOPERATIVE'S OF PAW ATTENTION Poultrymen For your convenience, we are 'killing TUESDAY and FRIDAY of each week, Give us a call fer Prices and Pick,up arrangements. YOUR BEST MARKET CANADA 09 PACKERS , PHONE 256 EXETER Quality Petroleum Products • B-A 88 & 98 Gasolines • 11-A Peerless Motor Oil vo BA Tractor Gasoline • B-A Diesel Fuel YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD B-A AGENT Middleton- 6 Gent:trier PHONE 40 EXETER Second Soclion que Feeding Programs Beef Producers', Tour EXETER:ON:TAM JANUARY 31f 1957 '4 : at Toll Reaches in Junior Farmer OPEN FEED LOT—One of the unusual beef raising farms visited by Huron County farmers on a bus tour last week was that of Don Waters, Parkhill, Who feeding 230 ,' steers in a bush without shelter. Charles Coultes, Belgrave, above, inspects the rations provided for the cattle. County produced visited faur other major operations near Chatham, Blenheim and St. Thomas. —CKNX Photo Ladies Please Bring Lunch Everyone Welcome SPONSORED BY 'EXETER DISTRICT' CO.OP Co4m3 Fertilizers make their way by the Way theY're made. r. Progressive Euchre AND SOCIAL EVENING Early Delivery' DisCount of $2.00 per ton for De- livery before February 9. Extra Liberal Discount For Cash. Cut. your costs by ordering now at . . . co-OR co-OP Exeter District FERTILIZER ., NOW! Phone 287 ORDER assembly yard for hogs 'at Cor- bett Hopes of establishing a co-op were dimmed at a Meeting a .Lainbton director of 'the pro,vin, Monday' night by Clayton Frey, cial organization, who .said the Ontario board' did not have suf- granary this winter will eat ficient funds to finance lhe op- about 27 pounds of grain, con- eration. • tinued Mr, Bolton. "Worse than The proyincial co-op was ask- that, they'll contaminate about ed to proitide financial assistance 10 times that quantity." - for transportation of the. hogs "For instance, each rat will from the Corbett sales barn to distribute about 12,000 droppings co-op yards at London or,,Strat- and a half a gallon of urine ford. Mr. Frey said that if the through the grain. They'll shed co-op agreed to this, it -would about 500,000 hairs and, they'll face similar requests from pro- spread many payasites, disease ducers. all over the province germs, and other filthy sub- and the cost would, be too great. stances 'that they pick up and Nearly 100 farmers froM transport on their tails, feet Stephen and McGillivray attend- and fur. . , ed the meeting. Bob Grey, pres- "If there' are many rats around 'ident of Middlesex hog produc- the, granary, it will be the site ers, was chairman. of bloody, fighting, hair pulling Details of the open market and killing! p e rcotgorr Frey. rats, explained by Di- "And where there's a pair of r rats, there's usually a lot more. 'Rats are known to like large matter, to farms. They're ex- families. One laboratory expert- tremely common around retail inent which began with one pair, stores, plants, and town dumps resulted in more than 1,500 rats etc. This was emphasized' by a by the end of the year. Under recent report from the Depart- our weather conditions, this ment of Health. This report would probably be reduced to showed that 22% of 107 samples about 500 offspring, 60 or 70 of of unpasteurized cheese tested which Would survive to maturity, were contaminated with rat The remainder, die through nat- hairs! Such contamination could ural causes and decompose in occur on the farm, in the cheese grain bins and around build- factory, or in the grocery store!" ings. Farm supply dealers are feat- 'hats don't confine their ac- tiring. rat poison as part of the tivity to the granary, pr for that junior farmer campaign. 111 111111111111111IIIn I, 111111111III lllll Dear Sir: There are probably some good, sincere men backing the plan of ' assembly yards 'for hogs who have been told that hogs will ,not shrink to any great extent. However, the report below dis- pels any doubt on the matter, Most people will realize that a few hundred or thousand strange hogs milling around a yard will not get much feed, even if the attempt is made to feed them and if they do not get water especially in the hot weather, there will be some that will never reach the packing plant. Our experience has been that our hogs are always slaughtered within hours after leaving the farm. Much more time than this is bound to elapse when hogs are placed in assembly yards and especially when they are shipped in the latter part of the week and we are, perhaps, forced 'to hold them over the weekend, which could mean as much as four days from farm to packiag plant. If the average time elapsed was two days, shrinkage •on a 200-pound hog would be close. to 15 pounds. Add that further loss which is incurred by trucking the pigs back and forth across the country, also injury and bruising,. caused by fighting etc., and we have a loss to the farmer of at least $5.00 per pig at present prices. If the shrinkage puts the hog into a lower grade, the loss is much more. On top of all this, we still have another middle man to pay in, the form of the selling agency. submitting ,the, following figures, let me 'say it is not the writer's, desire tO quarrel, with anyone, but rather WI present the facts as they are. - This report is from the', Food Investigation Board, London, England, 19364954. Letter To Editor Claims Open Market Drive Will Cause Loss In Shrink Can't Afford Corbett Yayd In deciding on location for the storage tank, most of us consi- "A review of the work, carried der first the accessibility of the on from 1936 to 1954 at the Low tank to equipment. As a result many tanks are located in the midst of all the other farm buildings. Some realize the danger loca- ting the tank too Close to other buildings. They may place their tank so that the prevailing winds are from the buildings and -to- ward the' tank..,If the tank is far enough away from the buildings there is little chance p that a tank fire will spread to other buildings. , Today we see more and more tanks on raised platforms to facilitate gravity feeds. With proper installation this is a fine idea but the supports should be very solid and a sturdy barri- cade around it to prevent it from being knocked over by farm ma- chinery a n d livestock. T h e ground around and 'under the tank should be kept free from weeds and rubbish. The tank should also be equip- ped with a vent. In many instan- ces this is only a pipe protru- ding from the top of the tank fitted with. a goose-neck fitting to prevent dirt and moisture from getting into the tank. A better type of vent which is said to pay for itself from eva- poration is an approved pres- sure valve, and being equipped with a flame arrestee, it will prevent fire .from entering the tank. Overhead tanks should be e- quipped with a shut-off valve at the tank as well as at the end Of the hose. There is a great chance that a hose may be bro- ken or leak and saturate the surrounding area with gasoline, so be careful—alyays shyt off the valve at the tank It only takes a moment. The latest safety wrinkle is a Temodrature Research Station, Cambridge, England, by Dr. E. H. Callow and associates, dis- closes that a 200-pound live Hof 9491/1"11 1/1/RON and NORM NWOLESEX weight pig experiences during fasting (transportation and hold- ing in yards): "(a) A shrink of 3,2 pounds carcass weight each 24 hours; "(b) A further shrink of 4 pounds carcass weight if given water to drink. "The first loss (a) is explained by a breakdown of the muscular and fatty tissue plus an abnormal loss of water (.4 per cent per 48 hours) from muscular tissue, Much of this latter• loss is re- gained during pickling opera- tions. The ever-increasing use of mechanized equip m en t has brought about the storage of flammable liquids on the farm. Now don't get us wrong, we're not pointing—only perhaps to ourselves. We handle gasoline just the same as the rest of you —"It's safe"? ? ? 'Sure .We've done it this way for years but there can be a first time, It's up to 'the indivi- dual farmer to correct any exis- ting hazards and malpractices on his 'own farm. biaefialitiananiffinatittithaikApitinantilffilina000HdlianhanaffffhanhalinnUanainniunaU.. Watch Those Fires etas "The other loss (b) by giving the fasting pig water to drink, is explained as being due to an extra loss of salts from the pigs' muscles which in turn further lowers the muscles' water holding capacity. "In summary, a 200-pound pig, watered but not fed, loses 7.2 pounds (carcass weight) each 24 hours. "A further shrink, occurs ac- cording to the number of miles travelled." Huron County Hog Producer* *Name available on request. Mild weather and heavy rains on Monday and Tuesday, Jan- uary 21 and 22, cleared away a great deal of the snow. Over 80 beef producers from the county toured beef cattle feeding establishments in Mid- dlesex, Kent and Elgin Counties on Thursday, January 24, on their annual bus tour. Farm account book distribu- tion has been greater than ever before, which indicates that farmers are becoming more and more cost-conscious. The poor quality cereal grain harvested in' 1956 is indicated by the increased numbers of in- quiries received to date by farm. ers concerned about their 1957 spring seed requirements. Huron County Crop Report By G. W. MONTGOMERY Down To Earth By D. I. HOOPER bonded hose. This is a hose with a built-in bond wire and thus establishes a bond between, the tank and the vehicle being fuel- ed. It is designed to carry off static electric sparks set up by the flow of the liquid. But to be of any value it is first necessary to ground the supply tank. ' The ideal ,storage for flam- mable liquids is underground. This is a, costly prOcedure and most farmers are not inclined to spend the money, but it does eliminate many of the above ground storage hazards. We keep our fingers crossed and hope for, the best. We do believe it is possible to store flammable liquids above ground if everyone exercises common sense safety rules. Avoid smok- ing in this area and also avoid (as much as possible) refueling hot tractors and trucks. So now is a good time to "do something about them before any accident happens. Play it safe and be safe. DlD YOU KNOW? A new control for common cattle grubs is administered through the animal's digestive tract. The new drug is called DOW ET-57 and althoue being subjected to further tot ...f, may II lead toward% a system tic,. grub control chemical for ivestock,, men. ' Radical developments in 'beef production methods amazed HOP, on. County producers who in- spected five major cattle farms during their bus tour Thursday. Most startling of the new pro-grams, for district farmers at least, Was the open feedlot of Don Waters, Parkhill, first stop on the tour, Although open feeding during the winter is common in the west, it's practically unheard of in this section of Ontario. However, the Waters farm was feeding .230 cattle in a bush without housing of any kind. Even though the mercury was only eight degrees above zero, time steers seemed to he faring well. Waters feeds his cattle intal including grain, corn and screen. ings. They don't get hay. The owner told his visitors he `figured he had to put on two and one- ;half pounds a day to break even. The animals ate 33 pounds of feed daily, he said. At other farms, the Huron travellers saw exactly time op- posite type of program where calves never leave the stables. They also saw pole and bank barn feeding and new experi- ments in self-feeding programs. They viewed the pole barn operation on the farm of Lawr- ence Kerr, Chatham, who buys 300 to 400 young calves in Nov- ember, They are fed hay and ensilage before they go to the gras7 and then get grain before they are marketed in the fall. Mr." Kerr figures on receiving gains averaging 600 pounds per steer. Production of quality beef was studied on the Wilson Farms, in the same area, •where the op- erators ,raise their -own calves from 70''Angiis cows. The calves, which never get to grass, are fed a four-pound ration daily at the start which is increased to 10 pounds later. Huron farmers saw an unus- ual experiment in self-feeding at W. G. Thompson's farin, near Blenheim, where cattle are con- Fairfield Forum Enjoys Program ;Fairfield Farm Forum met at the home. of Mr. and Mrs. Les Richards on MI:6day night. Being fourth night, a program was given consisting of a sing song, a solo by Wendy Neil, accompanied on the guitar by her brother, Jimmy, and a reading by Mrs. Russell King. The remainder of the evening was spent in playing cards. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lamport, when the topic under discussion will be "How much do women shoppers determine the price of farm products?" , paned. oan an .sere camsll& The cattle eat out of 'btu* *!:100 and .conveyors are used M _ in lot There's. no eraZing the tribute the the feed around the feed. program. At the Ontario hospital temp near St. Thomas, both bank bare and pole barn programs were demonstrated. The farmers ate SWOT At Talbotville, where they .exPected to hear an address from Robert :McCubbin, parliamentary .IIS• sistant to Agriculture Ministef' Gardiner,' The Middlesex MP was unable to attend however, Two busloads containing lilt Gregor, Kippen, chairman the,farmers took the tour, Bob Mc* organization, said requests front many others had -to be turned down because none oft. he Orin. ers would have benetitted from the tour if the group became too large, Further tours may be .sched• tiled later, he said. Assisting with the organization of the trip were Gordon Gregg, retiring Federation fieldmain, his succeS. sor, Carl Hemingway; and AO Rep G. W, Montgomery. Youth See Bible Film By JOYCE HAMILTON On Friday night, the M.P.. H.S. Bible Club presented the youth film "Seventeen." The film has been shown in. both Canada and the United States to large high school as. .semblics and was well received by a. large crowd of students and parents, The art room in the high cliool was used as an auditori- um and was crowded to capaci. ty with well over 100 in attend. ante. Students were present froth other District High Schools. In the absence of 'the Bible Club president Nelson McClin. obey, Mr. Perry, the ag science teacher acted as chairman. The film was in two reels and after the first reel a trio front Hayfield composed of Mrs. J. Talbot, Ann Westlake and Louise Talbot rendered a number in song. At the end of the showing of the second reel the Bible Club's own quartet composed of Sharon Krause, Helen Krause, Marilyn Hamilton and Joyce Hamilton sang. A sing song was led by Joe Baker, Youth for Christ direct. or. The executive met for a few minutes afterwards and planned for a toboggan party for Friday evening February 22. More farmers switch to Surge Milkers for safer, faster milking. (adv't) InI a progress report on the, that there are at least 4,100 dead HyrOn Cdunty ' Junior Farmers' rats in Huron, which means a war,on rats campaign, 'Assistant saving of $82,000 or approximate- AgribUtural Representative Arth- ly $16' per farm." , tir Bolton, announced this week 1 The toll; however, represents that at least 4,100 rats have died i an average, of less than one in Huron Since ilie drive started, , rat per farm, said the ag rep. "Over .820 minds' of one brand f ','We know there ire more, be- of warfarin lie been sold to ' cause it has bee s proven quite farmers,"! Mr Balton reported, conclusively that the average "and no ' doubt' at least that rat population is approximately mu& rabic liasbeen sold of 40' per farm." other brands 4ThiS.1.,Sliould mean Each pair of rats in a' farm . 11,1 ,11Ilium Ip1111p liIli,flfutill.111111 011011111110111111111M1M1 lllll 119111IIIIIIfili111.1101),1”11110 .Thursday, February 7 8:30 p.m, Exeter Legion Hall, quisuli llll For Every Farm Need a Fariner after farmer has found that SHUR-GAIN Dairy Ration increases milk production, keeps cows on feed, keeps cows fit and puts more money in his pocket. A stock of fresh SHUR-GAIN Dairy Ration is always available at our mill. p You earl also make an economical dairy ration using your own grain and one of these profitable supplements, 1. If grain supply is limited, use molasses-rich SWAP GAIN 24% MILK PRODUCER. 2. If grain supply is adequate, use the popular SHUR- GAIN 32% DAIRY CONCENTRATE. 3, If roughage or grain quality is just fair or poor, Use the new SHUR-GAIN DAIRY SUPPLEMENT "A''. Whether you buy the complete ration or whether you balance your grain with One of theSe Supplements you'll find that SHUR-GAIN SAVES AND MAKES YOU MONEY arm