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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-06-05, Page 11MI 1 'avc5u'rr"� New Ti.j.:rni.., c.....:...fl1.fl:lttE,.e Plans Membership Push A Membersltfp.drive will be the ;First project of the Middlesex, Perth and Huron Turnip. :Grow - els Association •which held its • organization ineeti.nt at Exeter Thursday night, "We'll have to find out how many growers are interested in developing same type of market- ing program," newly elected President George Stewart, of Elderton, said this week. "We have no intention of em- barking on any kind of plan until we get the ideas and opinions of all the growers," Mr. :Stewart continued. "It's the only way .to find out the best and Wrest method of markeling." Membership fee has been set at $L00 per year, .and executive members will soon be contacting grousers, the president indicated. Vice -,president of the new or• ganization is Charles Prout,• Centralia, and the secretary treasurer is Roylance Westcott, Huron. County's representative to the. Ontario Turnip Committee. Directors include, from Huron, Toni Elleriington, Exeter, and Bill Essery, Centralia; from Middlesex, Joe Benn and L. Park, Lucan. The group hopes to add two directors from Perth, Guest speaker Douglas Wil, (tants, director of farm products Inspection service, marketing branch; Ontario Department of Agriculture, outlined steps neces- sary to form a turnip growers' marketing board. However, the organization is a long way from this stage, according to President Stewart. "We're just starting at the bottom," he stated. "We have to get our own area organized first, and then we'll try to per, suede growers in other parts of the province to support our #hove." Mr. Stewart said that for three HENSALL SALE PRICES Prices at Hensel!. Community Sale. Thursday, May 29: Weanling pigs ,,,, $14,75 to $18,10 Chunks 19.00 to 23,00 Feeders 24.00 to 33.00 Sows 95.00 to 119.00 Holstein calves .... 20.00 to 32.00 Durham calves 38,00 to 50.00 Good steers sold up to $24.90 a cwt,; cows up to 190 a lb. There were 670 pigs and 150 head of cattle and calves sold. •,\(.IttItIII„1111II,IUlllllry111111tlllnl IIIPt111111111PIIIlnl 1Fieiam'an's Comments nes On Leadership By CARL HEMINGWAY Please :forgive. a "home town” pat on the back.,Last Thursday evening the .Brussels, Morris and Grey Telephone Co, held open house in its new exchange. Of- ficials are to be complimented on their fine new home. Some individuals, in particular, and the subscribers in general de- serve a great deal of credit for their energy and business under- standing in keeping this muni- cipal system in operation. This brings to mind. several questions. Why is this system successful when so many others are selling out to a .large cor- poration? The answer perhaps can't be found easily but there are two factors that are vital. First is leadership. This must be energetic and capable but the best of leaders fail unless there is active support from the mem- bership. Where both are strong success is assured. If either is weak deterioration follows and where both are indifferent fail- ure results. This could be ap- plied to any organization. Is it this vital combination of leadership and membership that makes the family farm success- ful? I believe it Is this that keeps so many small businesses in operation. Recently I was told that unemployment payments have been costing the govern- ment $75,000,000 a month. This is a direct subsidy to large cor- porations since the government is supporting their employees for part of the year, There are those who claim the enterprise must be very large to be efficient yet many of these large operations can only sup- port their employees for part of the year while the small (ineffi- cient?) •family farm supports its labour force for the full year, Perhaps we're suffering from a "big" complex. I hope the young ladies.haven't forgotten. the county dairy prin• cess contest.'There is a trip to Britain for the 'dairy queen this year. We would welcome any thein- her of the Federation of Agri- culture who cares to sit in on the, county directors' meeting, llionday,' June 9, at 8:30 pin, in the agricultural. board rooms, Clinton. l consecutive years growers at the president. "We have urnip a lot of 1 T t' d Mr. Stewart indicated growers in this district were not ,dis- l gruitt ]ct with local dealers but there were others outside the ' dropped until the courts estate.; area who were playing havoc I lishetl the validity of Ontario's' with the markets. marketing laws. "We've had excellent.co-apera- "Now we'll have to start at the tion between growers and deal - bottom again," continued the' ers in this area," he. stated, ' annual meeting of the .Ontario hard work ahead of us.' onttnittec en orsed the idea of a marketing organization. However, when the: hog. board came under fire,. the project was Report From Parliament Hear Belgian Official During Ottawa Visit Illy W. H. A. THOMAS The debate on the address in reply to the throne speech was finished on Thursday, May 29, after the ten full days allowed for it by the rules of the house. One hundred and forty-one speeches were made by 139 mem- bers from alt parts of Canada. Five hundred pages in Hansard were filled. 'Phis is volume enough to fill a very large book. Speakers in this debate are' permitted to speak for forty minutes but many do not use their full time. It is against the rules for members to read their speeches but this rule is not strictly enforced, and judging from appearances some of the members have not heard of it yet. The speeches were good. The problems of government got a thorough airing and the • govern- Anniversary ove.rn- avers A, nn r � At Kirkton Anniversary service was held a; St. Paul's Anglican Church Sunday morning with Rev. Mich- ael Griffin of St, Thomas as guest speaker. The choir render- ed two anthems, solo and duet part taken by Mrs. Leon Paul and Mr. Ken Blackler. Personal Items Mr. and Mrs, Les Fairbairn and Diane of London, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Fairbairn of St. Mary and Mr and Mrs Harold Henry ment was able, no doubt to pick up many useful suggestions. We had an important visitor to parliament last week in the person of Paul Henri Spaak of Belgium, Mr. Spaak was al one time prime minister of Belguim. Ile is now secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Alli- anee. He entered the diplomatic gallery Thursday morning along with several other diplomats. P r i m e Minister Diefenbaker arose and drew the attention of Mr. Speaker to the fact that Mr. Spaak was present in the gallery and gave a short resume of Mr. Spaak's career in the diplomatic world. Tlie house expressed their compliments to the visitor by thumping their desks which in the House of Commons is the equivalent of hand clapping. Speaker Michener thanked the prime minister for drawing ,his attention to the presence of such a distiguished visitor and ex- tended to Mr, Spaak a warm welcome to the Canadian parlia- ment. Again the desks were thumped. Then Mr. Pearson for the Liberals and Mr. Argue for the C.C.F. drew further applause when they extended to Mr, Spaak the compliments of their respective members. The members were later in- vited to hear an address by Mr.. Spaak in the railway committee room. We were requested to treat the visitors' comments as confidential and no press re- porters were permitted to be present. There is no danger of s yours truly betraying that confi- and family of London were Sun- day Visitors with Mr, and Mrs. Wm, .1. Blaekler. Sunday visitors with Mr, and Mrs. Miller McCurdy and Mr, and Mrs, Harold Davis were Miss Sylvia Spry, Mr. McCoy and Mr, Earl Spry of London, Mr. and Mrs. George Davis of Exeter and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Urquhart and family. Sunday visitors with Mrs. H. Copeland and Miss E. Copeland. were: Rev. and Mrs. M. Grif- fin and family of St. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Berry and Mr. Robt. Berry and Miss Dawn Bla ckler. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Gordon of St. Marys visited Sunday with deuce because little could he heard in the back of the room where I sat. That room is large and, high and full of echoes and. Mr. Spaak did not raise his voice above a conversational level and his English, though fluent, is not too clear. Added to this, the carillon of bells in the peace lower was doing its noontime concert so the hearing was bad. Questions were called for and they came in both, French and English and Mr. Spaak answered them in the language in which they were asked. One member asked hint what would be the effect on NATO if General De Gaulle takes over in France. I tried hard to get. 114r, and Mrs. Wm. Scott. the answer to that one but failed. The meeting for many of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Ross of lis was a total loss, London visited Sunday with Mrs. A. Collier, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Shamblaw spent part of this week with Mr. and Mrs. Irvine McElrea of Iron Bridge. Mrs. G. Beckett spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs, Alex Gartenburg of Woodham. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Irvine and family of Thorndale visited Sun- day with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Irvine. Mr. and Mrs. Reg Morrison and Lorrie, Mr. and Mrs. Pres- ton Morrison aild Idr. and Mrs. Russell Morrison visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd P'rid- ham of Russeldale. Mrs. M, Gregory is visiting with. Mr, and Mrs, George Towle and Mrs. tlllyott of Medina. Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Don Green and Mrs, L. Budden and family were Mr. and Mrs. Carson 1vlicklleditch and family of. Sebringville, Mr. and Mrs. Carl McGraw and family of Woodstock, Mrs. Wil- mer Preszcator and family of Exeter, Mr. and Mrs. Don Gooch and family of Stratford. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Switzer at- tendedthe funeral of a nephew at Fenwick on Sunday. The Kirkton Cowgirls defeated St, Marys Jets in a softball game Saturday night, The men's game against Staffa Monday night ended with a score of 10-9 for Kirkton. Mr, Ken Blackler sang at the SkowliySippel wedding in Strat- ford' a week ago Saturady, W. 1. Banquet Meeting The regular monthly meeting of the Women's institute took the form of a banquet in St. Marys last Thursday, catered to by the Rebekah, Lodge, There were 23 ladies present to enjoy the meal, —.Please Turn To Page 12 1111 Mtn tit tilt t it tot it 11 its It 111 n it tll t 111 Its 1oil 111111t 111,I,It1it111'111111111111 Illitlt111t111111t11111n111111111111tllltl It/, Live Po ultry Wanted! TOP CASH PRICES FOR YOUR ENTIRE FLOCK Regular Weekly Pickups Public arrangements have been made to handle live poultry. GEtvOUR PRICES BEFORE Vol, SELL'' 1 LLOYD CUSHMAN PHONE 0954 EXETER i. hit tinAit Ott, itititritiifilifYIT1TYMIlYrliiHtitrit iiitnfiltif1ftifilti ilirViritti`tl'iMiffITtiYSYr`i`mlirvirri, r n The minister of agriculture, Mr. Harkness, announced that soya beans have been designated for support under the Agricul- tural Products Stabilization Act. The support price of 2.10 per bushel to the farmer for the 1958 crop, will I expect, be dis- appointing to the organized grow- ers who asked for $2.57 per bushel. The support, if necessary, will be by way of a deficiency pay- ment made to the growers through the Soya Bean Grow- ers' Marketing Board, This de- ficiency payment will be the dif- ference between the average price per bushel received by the farmers for the 1958 crop and $2.10 per bushel. If the average price per bushel received by the farmers is more than $2.10 there will be a deficiency payment.ent. Each producer who sells soya beans will .receive the deficiency payment for so much per bushel for every bushel he sells regard- less of the mount per bushel S a he receives' when he sells the beans. Our hope is that the price this year keeps well above the $2,10 so that no support is necessary, , ... A WYO�l4l� Second Section EXETER, ONTARIO, JUNE 5, 1950 Paoe Eleve PRIVATE APARTMENTS FOR PIGS—These buildings ale called pigloos and, developed by a U.S, company, may revolutionize pig -raising throughout the continent, The pigloos are individual family units where pig -litters are born and raised in regulated, disease and danger -free privacy. Over 5,000 pigs are now being raised in these apartments or 16 -unit sites and so far the results have been impressive to farmers. The pigloo itself is a low, pre- fabricated wooden structure with 12 sides designed to prevent the litter from being crushed by the mother and t o allow control over feeding and heating which results in healthier hogs. BORN AND RAISED IN A PiGLOO, these porkers look healthy and haughty about their status in the pig world. But their destiny is the same as others in spite of their exclusive upbringing since the ultimate aim of the pigloo is to produce more pork chops more cheaply and with less trouble. Peach Vote Encouragmg Producer marketing opponents were encouraged.,this week by the vote of coni den.ce won by the fieach board, Results .of the ballot taken last Friday indicated that 69.9 percent of the voters in 10 cnun ties approved the scheme. The tan required p equ red a two-thirds ap- provaL About 2,900 growers were eli- gible to vote but only 1,608 took advantage of the opportunity. Some 1,124 were in favor and 484 against. Peach vote is one of three scr'eduled to be held. on. Onta- rio's compulsory marketing pro- gram during the year. A tobacco IT'S HEALTHY PIGS rl4AT MAKE YOU MONEY PIG WORMER use the PIE NI a ro=o , no ,,•� i �� r dnrin the ilio o st e�fi'eet n 1 r. l n ^c and conrenlenf; pig •wormer on the .mniket . -?to nE'ec1 bort• to disrupt, Yho leading schedule CO.(i' Pili' 1Yormeir la Incorporated inti n roinplete feed to gil+c: 'n. Sato, EilA}-tn•t`se One Day'Creetment, Simply al bstltuta the regular feed With CO.OP Pig `Vornier fol' One clay only, Ask tor CO.O? Pig Wormier today‘ SO -LB. PAPER BAG OF KRUMS, Only $3,7$ EXETER DISTRICT Phone 287 Collett Free Delivery plan was approved in May, 1957, and the hog vote comes up in July. marker Rcac'y Ti. F"ght ut Sees Delay in Vcfe arm News,, of SWUM 1/1/12OM and NORM A1/OO1ESTX r rr Rule Age, .Nationality. Won't Restrict Voting More regulations concerning the hog producer ballot in July have been sent to municipal clerks in charge of preparing voters' lists. One important stipulation is that there will be no restriction as to age or nationality of pro- ducers eligible to vote. This means that farmers under 21 and new Canadians who have not yet received their citizenship papers will be able to mark ballots. John W. Drennan, returning officer appointed by the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Board, has pointed out to clerks that for the purpose of preparing the preliminary list of persons elig- ible to vote, "a producer means a person who is producing :hogs, at the time the preliminary list is ,prepared." Hibbert Aids Area Fairs At Hibbert council meeting, a grant for $125,00 was donated to the Mitchell Agricultural Society and also a grant for $64.00 to the Hensall Spring Show, made up of $40.00 to the Society and $$4.00 to the Calf Club. By -Laws were passed to adopt the 1957 revised assessment roll total of $2,368.545.00 on which the mill rates for 1958 taxes will be levied, and also for levying a rate for the Ausable Conser- vation Authority to raise the sum of $412.26. Monteith, Monteith .S. Co. pre- sented the 1957 auditors' report, which was carefully studied and adopted. A drain petition was presented. by George. Boa with a majority of the owners affected having signed to have the Glenn award made a municipal drain and ex- tended to the Mitchell drain. The Council appointed Archibald, Gray & McKay, civil engineers, London, to examine the area and submit a report, .R. K.' Clarke, has completed the Melady Drain and was paid the balance of the contract. General accounts for $955.43 and road accounts for $4,799,87 were ordered, paid. Councilad- journed to meet again on July 7, at 8 p.ni. Return From Trip lllr, and Mrs. Otto Brown have returned from a three-week trip to the western provinces and western states, visiting Banff, Lake Louise, Yellowstone Park, Salt Lake and called on Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Fiyckman at Moose Jaw, Sask. NAHigh-s,peed raking clean across the Meld moirtm«gawiactt zzeti,Gt.• sle G S McCORM1CK RAKES (with what it takes!) rou'r models—rule to fit 'alb' farm. On the big newMcCormick •n0 operation nothing doeSitlikealvlC parallel bar No.15, For tough construction, king. size capacity and tender treatment of crops, it's matchless. Features shortest possible hay 'travel, minimum leaf loss, get -it -all performance at new speed-up pace, Before you hit the hay again see us for more modern tools! PHONE' 1534. F. W. HUXiAi'LE EXETER "Also for the purpose of revis- ing the preliminary list, any person who satisfies the revision officer that he is a producer shall be added to the list provided he is then a producer." In an earlier letter, Mr. Dren- nan stated: "I have been advised that the intention of the board passing the voting regulations was to give wide interpretation to the words "producer engaged in the production of hogs." so that every interested producer could vote. "It is suggested that a pro- ducer engaged in the production of hogs including weanling pigs for feeding and slaughter pur- poses and producers of purebred hogs who market hogs for slaughter be on the voters list. Also there is no restriction as to age or nationality of any pro- ducer." Voting hours have been changed from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Formerly, they were 8 a.m. to 6, p.m, Mr. Drennan also told clerks this week that every producer will receive a copy of the plan before the vote is held. Restricted Feed Said Profitable The practice of restricting the feed of white leghorn pullets, 1 during the rearing period, to 70 per cent of normal consump- Ipracticable management pro - tion, has been found to be a f cedure. Results of a uniform experi- ment, conducted on five Canada Dep't of .Agriculture experimen- tal farms, show that egg produc- t tion under restricted feeding has t l been from two to 36 cents great -1 ers per bird housed, • than with j comparable unrestricted feeding. l These results are based on the' cost of feed consumed from date of hatch, and on the value of eggs produced to 500 days of age. Standard feed prices and local egg prices to producers were used in the calculations. Important factors in the high- er returns for tate restricted birds appear to be slightly lower mortality and larger egg size during the early laying period, Theodore Parker, veteran op patient of the hog producers.' marketing board, told The Tinier' Advocate he plans an all-quf. attack to defeat the plan when the general vote is held. However, he doubts that the vote will take place on ,July 25 as announced recently by the Ontario Farm Products Market. ing Hoard. "We're ready to fight it," the Stratford district farmer said in a telephone interview, "but we don't intend to start until we are sure when the vote will be held." "I'm confident the date will have to be postponed because they are too many details to look after between now and July 25." Mr. Parker said a number of municipal clerks had refused the board's request to prepare. voters' lists, which will cause a serious delay in some areas. The problem of defining who is eligible to vote is another obstacle winch must be over. come. He anticipates consider. able controversy over this question. Another reason for delay cited. by Parker was the wording of the ballot, "Are you in favor of the continuance of the present hog marketing scheme?" This means, he said, that the hog board will have to "get some- thing definite" on its program to present to the voters, The ballot niay also be affect• ed by the present court case being held at Chatham, (Tuesday the defence counsel for Clarence Knights, Blenheim slipper charged with 24 contra. ventions of hog marketing legis• ration, applied to have the Su. preme Court rule on the board's orders. If his request is granted, this could delay the case for months.) Mr. Parker said his campaign against the scheme "is in all readiness to go" but he declined to outline in detail what plans he has made. 13e did indicate, how• ever, that a series of protest meetings will be held. Mr. Parker also said a com. mittee had been formed to assist him in the campaign but he did not elaborate on its members. "I've had quite a few produe• ers come to me to find out what we'll be doing. We aren't going to take any action, • however. until we are sure of the date of the vote." 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