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YOUNG 'OLDSTER—These grade four children hobbled -around on canes and acted
70 years older than. they are when they portrayed a pantomime, "Put On Your Old
Grey Bonnet". Top row, left to right, Fred Learn, Paul Van GozenDoug Huntley,
Jim Kerslake, Doug Stanlake; centre, Helen Campbell, Sheila Fahner, Mary Bakker,
Laura MacMillan, Yvonne Fisher; sitting, Jane Dettmer and Barbara Whiting.
Poultry Producers Seek
Egg Marketing Scheme
Ontario Poultr y Producers,
meeting 'in Toronto last week,
expressed their dissatisfaction
with present marketing methpds
of eggs in Ontario. •
The anuual meeting of the On-
tario•Poultry Producers Associa-
SCIA _Plans
Field Tests
A number 'of unusual field
tests will be parried out in Huron
this .year by the county, soil and
crop • improvement association,
ccording'to Vans • agreed upon
at a Veceot projects meeting.
Among the experiments plan-
ned, this:year are:
, Hardiness tests for Birdsfoot
Trefoil to determine if it is prac-
tical to grow in Huron;
Demonstration of the proper
seeding method for brome (farm-
ers have lost a lot of this seed
because it was sown too deep -
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eriments in chemical weed
contiol;-: comparing 2-4D, Ran-
dox, Shwa, CMU and other pre -
emergence treatments with cub
tivated.plotc,
Teat' pietyin barley and oats
and Perh&CS,'*4!.,prti,/bably at
the Huron County ..]tome . farm.
Trips to ItIeW1Ork.aod the St.
LatVrence • Seaway Are,: also be-
ingt,considered.
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tion also heard Dr. E. C. Hope,
economist, of the Canadian Fe-
deration of Agriculture, say
that there is a growing tenden-
cy toward direct shipment of
eggs from the farm to chain
stores.
Following a lengthy discus-
sion on marketing practices in
the selling of eggs, the annual
meeting approved a resolution
expressing dissatisfaction with
present marketing methods of
eggs in Ontario and urging that
the Association develop a satis-
factory plan for the marketing of
eggs through a producer organi-
zation.
The meeting considered a long
list of proposed principles for
an egg marketing plan and gave
general approval to the princi-
ples, but with the reservation
that they would be submitted to
poultry producers in each coun-
ty for their Consideration and for
an'y necessary modification. •
Dr. Hope told the meeting that
in the next 20 years there would
be fewer poultry producers, lar-
ger flocks, • a smaller labour
force to operate the industry and
on the basis of the present trend,
productivity per hen would be
greatly increased.
Dr. Hope said that while the
pre-war average per' hen was 110
eggs annually the present ave-
rage in Ontario was 175 eggs
annually and hybrid hens
im-
.ported from the U.S.A. were pre-
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Tom Robson of Leamington
was elected president of the On-
tario Poultry Producers Associa-
tion. He succeeded Ken Betzner
of Waterloo. The boardof direc-
tirs for 1957 included: K. M.
Betzner of Waterloo, Tom Rob-
son. of Leamington, Hugh David-
son' of Oakwood, Mrs. E. Mc-
Cartney of Ramaayville, Craig
Hunter of Stroud, Albert Pond
of Jarvis and Carl Hemingway
of Clinton. '
Huron Play
Wins Award
Clinton. junior farmers won
provincial drama honours in a
competition. at O.A.C., Guelph,
Tuesday night. •
The Clinton play, which had
a cast of only four, won over
four other clubs who reached
the finals. The Clinton presenta-
tion was entitled "First Dress
Suit." •
• Members of the cast were
Lois Jones, Ivan McClymont,
Stanley Johns and Ruth Brown.
Directors were Mrs. N. W.
.Haynes and Mrs. Bert Barrett.
It marked the first time the
honors have ever come to Huron.
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Parr Forum
Parr Line Farm Forum brought
to a close another interesting
and informative Year Of work
fdr the improvement ef the farm-
ing industry on Wednesday eve-
ning last. With one hundred per-
cent attendance 26 adults and 10
children at the spacious home of
Mr. and Mrs. John Soldan where
all sat down to a sumptuous
turkey banquet prepared by the
good cooks of the 'forum.
Immediately following the din-
ner, Mrs. John Soldan read an
address to Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Love, who recently moved to
their home in Hensall. Mr. Gor-
don Coleman, president, pre-
sented them with a television
lamp and cup and saucer' on be-
half of the forum. Mr, Love made
a suitable and feeling reply and
assured the forum that they
would continue to be members
of the Parr Line Forum.
Parr Line Foruin have merited
recognition arming the forums
of Canada. Out of some twenty
one broadcasts on the CBC
across Canada farm prdgrains
on Monday night, parr Line was
recognized on five occasions for
their findings by expert authori-
ties on the topic under discus-
sion.
Progressive euchre completed
the entertainment, Mrs. Gordon
Coleman was 'high lady and Mr.
Ross Love, high gent. Miss Marie
Jarrett and Mr. John Soldan
scored low. A luncheon, cafete-
ria style brought the evening to
a close. Parr Line Forum, now
having completed its fourth suc-
cessful year it has much to offer
and. a job to be done. Some dky
it hopes to find its John. Lewis,
who will organize the "Majority"
and put all in the "Golden Car-
riage," in which labour so com-
fortably rides.
Huron County
Crop Report
By ARTHUR S. BOLTON
The unseasonably cold and
wet weather • which we experi-
enced during the past week has
delayed seeding operations for
at least another week.
A warm rain could} do a lot of
good to bring the soil into proper
conditions for seeding and also
help the growth of 'pasture and
hay fields and fall sown crops.
The monthly climatological re-
port for this district shows that
2.04 inches, of precipitation oc-
curred for this district. which is
slightly below average for March.
The monthly mean temperature
for this district was 33.5° F.,
which is 5° higher than normal
for this area. This is possibly
one explanation for the anticipa-
tion of an early seeding this
spring.
Strike • a t General Motors
plants in Canada which lasted
148 days, cost the striking work-
ers $26,613,753 in wages.
Consumers, Complain
Delay Marketing Act
The Dominion government has The. bill was the government's
reaction to a recent ruling by the
Supreme Court of Canada that
the boards' legal position was
weak.
decided to hold up legislation to
give provincial marketing boards
the unique power of forcing buy-
ers of their. products to ,pay a
special tax or fee to help equa-
lize producer earnings.
Possible Revisions
• Finance Minister Harris, gov-
ernment house leader, told the
Commons Monday that consider-
ation of, the proposed legislation
will be delayed until representa-
tions about it can be considered.
He said Jeguests to this effect
were received thit morning. The
representations did not criticize
the proposed amendments to the
Agricultural Products Marketing
Act, he said, but suggested some
possible revisions.
The legislation,. introduced •in
the Commons April 3, was acheduled for early debate today. Mr.
Harris said action on it would be
held off until amplifying tele-
grams were received.
• He did not say from whom the
representations came. But it was
learned one telegram was from
the Canadian Association of Con -
sinners.
• The telegram said the CAC was
able to get a eopy of the bill On-
taining the proposed legislation
Dairy Head
Hails.Floor
• The •recently announced floor
price under milk powder will help
restore the confidence of all sec-
tions of the dairy industry.
This is the view of Gordon
Loveridge, president of Dairy
Farmers of Canada, who asserts
that milk for manufacturing pur-
poses has been selling at de-
pressed prices and that the action
will Materially benefit this part
of the industry.
Dry skim milk powder will be
supported on the basis of 17 cents
a pound for No. 1 grade spray
process powder and 14 cents for
No. 1 grade roller process pow-
der at storage points across Can-
ada to be designated by the Agri-
cultural Prices Support Board,
•Mr, Loveridge stated:
'Assistance to the manufactur-
ing milk producer will enable
dairymen to plan their production
only Friday and that the associa-, to take care of the increasing de -
tion "pretests strongly against viands of the Canadian petiole, If
the rapid passage 'on this bill the dairy reqUirethents of Can-
thrbugh Parliament." j ads are to be adequately taken
The Wire, sent to Prime Min- care of by Canadian dairymen,
'stet St, Laurent with copies to small surpluses are bound to oe-
Otiposition Leader Diefenbaker cur, and these have always had
and Mr. Harris, added.: a depressing effect on the whole
"Consider bill has serious itn- industry.
plications for consumer, Request 'The Dairy Varincts of Canada
hill be delayed so that Optiortlin-. have ;tatted many Unita for the
ity.be given to consumers to state more generous tat of the Agri -
effects of this bill and to make cultural Prices Support Act, and
representation to the govern- at the realistic prices well above
the distress level. It is gratifying
A CAC sthakesman later said that our rectuests have been ac -
the association, which represents ceded to in this case.
about 25,000 persons, feels the bill 1 'It is the aim of the balry
would give too Much power to Farmers of Canada that it the
producers without regard to its dairy industry is given assistance
effect nn consUinera. , !Such as is aedercled 'Meat other
The Ie.ialafion world set a Pre-lindliattiet in Canada, in one feign
tedent bY granting the tiert.eleet--; Or another. that the procluctien
five boards power th impose and roarkettrit Of dairy nroclucls
refit Of indireet faXlitibil, pow- cart be tarried on with the Midk
er reserved the federal gov- mum At government assistance
thinient by the constitution. i and intervention."
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Ontario Economist States
At the Ontario Farm Forum tario Farm Radio Forum corn -
aliment the forum series in an-
nouncing in October the "Fourth
Night" topic in advance to assist
county and township commit-
tees responsible for the "Fourth
Night" program,
(4) Be it resolved that the for-
um is in favor of having the
farm forum program put on tele-
vision at least once a month as
a trial effort next season Bob
annual meeting held at the Royal
York hotel, Toronto, April 2
some significant resolutions were
were passed. They were:
(1) Be it resolved that Ontario
Farm Radio Forum set up an
educational system to inform
the people of Ontario and espe-
cially those connected with farm
forum of the chief aims of farm
forum.
• (2) Be it resobied that the On-
tario Radi9 Forum return to the
procedure of dating the topics
in order that, preparation may
be made for visiting .speakers
to address the forums on cer-
tain subjects pertinent to the
topic which in the end would
clarify the subject,
(3) Be it. resolved that the On -
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Fieldman's
Comments
On Eggs
By CARL HEMINGWAY
Poultry producers held their
annual meeting in the King Ed-
ward, Toronto, Wednesday, April
3. The attendance was fair but
I was surprised that there were-
n't more at the meeting.
It seems that the poultry in-
dustry is not in a healthy con-
dition and I thought -there would
have been more interest in
making an attempt at least to
stabilize it. Poultry .is an im-
portant industry both in dollars
to the producer and in supplying
a high quality food to the con-
sumer.
The worst feature 'of the in-
dustry is its speculative charge-,
ter. In his report Dr. Hope,
dominion economist, stated that,
over the years, the poultry in-
dustry has experienced extreme
fluctuations,. particularly in eggs
where in recent years the price
has gone from a low of 280 to
a high of - 740 a dozen to the
producer. '
Statistics seem to show a pat-
tern which the gambling souls
in agriculture or big business
can follow if they wish. In the
past, the price cycles have been
one year loss one year profit
then one year loss and two years
profit. On this basis we can say
1957 loss, 1958 profit, 1959 loss,
1960 profit, 1961 more profit.
However I must remind you
speculative people that this for -
cast is not guaranteed. Figures
show what happened in the past
but the future is still a guess,
Anyone who invests his all in
poultry in ,1961 expecting to
make his fortune may end up
without a shirt.
I think we must all agree that
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to educate Ceople to live up to
problems both national and inter-
national,
City dwellers envy the farm
family where husband and wife
work together to make the liv-
ing, where actually the city work-
er spends more time with his
fellow workers than with his
ami y, e said.
Industrial slump can change
an industrial worker's whole life
Carbert offered CKNX Wingham ifl 24 hours, whereas an indust -
TV as a pilot station for the rial slump, affects a farmer but
Farm Forum. I doesn't mean he will lose his
The luncheon speaker was !land and livelihood, the speaker
Murray Cotterill, Canadian pub- I said.
tic relations director, United Labor and farmers are inter
Steel Workers of America, who . dependent and therefore with
urged a series of meetings be- education will find a common
tween labor and farmer to get meeting ground, stated •Mr. Cot
to know each other better and I terill,
Request Improvements
At Forum Convention
Farmproduce prices and farm
incomes are due to increase dur-
ing the next few years, accord-
ing to Dr. H. L. Patterson, of the
agricultural economics branch of
the Ontario Department of Agri-
culture.
At a time when for sale signs
are appearing at farm gates in
increasing numbers, Dr. Patter-
son is one person who feels this
is no time to get out of farming.
The future, in his opinion,, looks
good for the farmer.
"Farm prices," he said in To-
ronto Monday, "are likely to rise
as rapidly, if not more rapidly,
than those of other commodities
during the years ahead."
There's nothing complicated
about this view of the provincial
department economist. It's sim-
ply a case of supply and demand.
And in the years ahead there will
be more demand than supply.
• At his office in Queen's Park
yesterday, Dr. Patterson ex-
plained that the Canadian popu-
lation had been increasing — at
the rate of 21/2 per cent last year
—and there had been an increase
in per capita consumption of ag-
ricultural goods.. The latter has
been due, to a large extent, to the
increased prosperity of recent
years.
At the same time the physical
volume of agricultural produc-
tion across Canada has shown a
decrease since 1952. In Ontario,
volume of production has been
decreasing since 1951.
"This," said Dr. Patterson,
"means we are -going to have to
have incentive prices, in order to
encourage farmers to produce
the goods required tb fill the de-
rn ."
Last year, for instance, Canada
produced considerably less beef
than was required for domestic
consumption, while there was
some surplus in pork production.
When figures were considered at,
the end of the year it was dis-
covered that beef imports were
greater than pork exports.
During the same period Cana-
dians consumed more dairy prod,
ucts than were produced within
the country. The only thing that
saved the day in this regard was
the butter surplus held over from
previous years, which tended to
take up the slack.
So far this year there has been
a decrease in butter production,
while conaumption of dairy prod-
ucts, particularly butter, has con-
tinued to increase., The surplus
stocks are being steadily re-
duced,and the day is fast ap-
proaching when production will
have to -be increased to meet the
demand.
Already there have been some
indications of the better prices
for agricultural produce that Dr.
Patterson forecasts — prices for
processed milk have shown in-
creases in recent months.
Problem today is, how to keep
'em down on the farm and pro-
ducing. And the answer, accord-
ing to Dr. Patterson, is higher
prices. He's confident they're on
the way.
Thirty-three 4-H • clubs, o0o
more than last year, have ,bees
formed in Huron Cou&y to ,date,
Assistant Agricultural Repro'
sentative Arthur S. Bolton said
this week. •
Total enrolment, he said will
he similar to last yea's recerd
high.
Two new clubs have been
formed in the county this year
and one has disbanded. The new
groups are a grain club at Luck,.
now and a dairy calf club et
Brussels, •
Cash crop clubs: appear to be
-the most popular, according to
the assistant, "There has 'heel
a great deal of interest this
year in cash 'crop cluba, The
sugar beet group in South Huron
and our two grain corn club,
will be the largest in the cOun-
Members of the- 4,41Home,
making Clubs Will work over
250 gardens this year as part of
their summer project; Mr: Bolt-
on said. The lemeMaking • pro,
gram is under the direction of
Miss Shirley Bullock. •
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Limestone
Grants Up
A further step to assist is In-
creasing the fertility of •Ontario ;
larin lands was taken. last -week
when Hon:, WA. Goodfellow,
minister of agriculture, annowse-
ed a substantial increase in goy!
ernment assistance- given in
meeting the transportation costa
of agricultural limestone.
Under the new rates rail move-
ments of limestone will beaided
by a 'grant covering 75 per cent _
IA the freight cost up ton 'max-
imum grant of $2,50 per ton and .•
a straight 75 per cent in 'North-, •
ern" Ontario.'
On truck hauls from an ap-
proved quarry the .new.• rate. Ifik
five cents per ton mile -'416.1
maximum of, 12.00 per ten.
"These new' rates represent,
more than 25 per cent increase
in many areas and,;in some see- .,
dohs. of Northern Ontario, 'More
than double the assistance pre—
viously paid'," said obtr.. Good;
fellow.
The limestone assistance :polity:.
is a joint effort' of. the ..Ontirits•''
and Canada Departments ef.Ag-
riculture which provide cash as-
sistance, and the reilWaY7COM—
panics who by annual agreement`
provide a lower freight rate than
Rio standard tariff.
From April 1, 1356; to March
31,-1957, assistancewas paid on
30,000 tons of limestone. This is
a substantial reduction .from .the
previous twelve-month • period,.
when the movement' -amounted
to 41,000 tons.
Slightly higher limestone costs,.
higher freight and' trucking • •
rates, and shrinking 'farm , in- •
come, along with a wet 'season
whenit was difficult to • spread
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Getting pigs started early on a feed like SHtJR-GAIN
Pig nootter-Starter is the way to got top weaning
weights. Pigs take to this highly nutritious feed
quickly becauSe it' S extra palatable — series o
palatability tests at the SHUR-GAIN Demonstration
helped to establish the formula.
Plan to put your next litter on Pig tooster-Starter.
Start feeding it at 10 days or age and see the dif.
Terence it Makes in weaning weights. A fresh supply
is always available at our mill.
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