The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-04-23, Page 12Pape: '12 The 'Titnes.Advecata, April 23, 1959
Federal expert states
cattle prospects good
Is. a good showring dairy cow Type Mature Equivalent;
tecessarily a good milker? Rating Milk tlbs.) Fat (lbs.)
That. question has heen hand- Excellent 17,710 651)
red around. a lot in the last few Very food 13.055 527
'4?,ars by both breeders and cos- Good Plus 12,521 468
roiercial dairymen. Some farmers Good11.722 437
cdeim it's unsafe to buy a cow I"air 11.176. 416
nowadays unless you can look Poor 11,533 430
up her or the dams milking The most frequent defective
rdeords; others believe type can charaeters noted in Holstein -
still be used as the main yard.
;tick in buying replacement Fresian cows were high pelvis,
cows. Here's some more grist sickled legs, toeing out of rear
for the mill. feet, and low thuds.
?A type -production study on The OA(' also reports that a
9,469 cows made by the Holstein.;
Fresian Association proves there studY of 1.547 Guernsey cows
is: a good relationship between showed that heavy shoulders
t30
t'pe and milk and butter fat of rows), high pelvis (25°• i,
low thuds (2>
production, says the OA(' dairy ), sickled legs
department. The table below i30 i, and short front udders
Shows it: ; (30", are the most ,frequent un-
desirable characters. Weak fore
attachment of the udder, low
Egg marketing rear attachment of the udder,
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close teats and low pins were
Continued From Page 11 present in 16 to 20^.- of the cows
start in building a program for inspected.
producers in the province.
`Resolutions coming before the r%
M A 'a.u. C' t k
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meeting called for a complete p'C% McKerchorr� s {�� al`s
study of marketing plans under .
the farm products marketing act for top P Hco-op post WINS OAC DAIRY AWARD—Johannus "ans" Brand, 22,
for the marketing of eggs and RR 1 Exeter, has been declared the winner of the H. H.
pqultry in Ontario; an increaseRobert Dlai:ereher, Seaforth Dean Memorial award for the highest proficiency standing
in duty on eviscerated chicken district farmer, has heen elect in practical work at the 1959 dairy school held this spring
coming into the country from ed president of the United. Dairy
'U.S.A. front approximately three I at OAC. A butter machine operator at Middlesex Cream-
to five cents a pound; a study of , and Poultry Co -Operative Limit-
iY:•,.�r
cries- Ltd., London, Hans came to Canada with his family
floor prices and their effect on ed, following the resignation of in 1953. They purchased the Stephen township farm of
the poultry industry; and iquote-' George cCaguee, of Harriston• Wellington Haist, a mile northeast of Crediton, in April,
gation of egg prices being quoted Mr. :hlcCague, who has been
to the public by Toronto daily ;president since the inception of 1957, and keep 3G lnilkin� COWS, —7-A photo
press and a request to the CBC : the i'DPC in 1958, sold his farm '
to; issue egg prices after live- i recently, but will continue to
stack prices on its daily market work in the interests of Ontario' e vital a vantages
reports. ' agriculture as a member of the
:Officers elected for the cont- i new commission appointed by
irCg year included Melburn 1 the Frost administration to . .
In two-man operations
Greenwood, 'Mitchell, and Allani study all aspects of farm
VJedow, Hanover. marketing,
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Ontario Dept of Agriculture ; between 150 and 200 acres. Be
will keep close to the equal of
• What is this family sized farm 50 cows. 1 -lis farm capital ran-
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people talk about so much? Ob- ges from $29,000 to wellover
viously it is not the 100 acre $40,000, In 8 different types of
farm with 50 to 60 tillable acres farming the operator had from
that has been so common in 357 to 555 days of work going on
.on his farm in one year.
many parts of Ontario. Already Generally speaking these were
the average size of farm ope- bigger than one manfarms al-
t rated by owners is 141.4 acres in though we, in Ontario have not
this province. reached the complete two man
( steady average increase in farm In Ontario we have shown a farming in this study as yet.
f The talk about increased size
size. It has grown from 104.6 ' of business, use of large amounts
acres in 1901, to 118.9 in 1931 Co of capital, vertical integration
141.4, today. in .its many forms and other me-
{ Have we reached the Opti- thods of attaining increased net
mum? It is to be doubled that income is not always successful
on the individual :farm. A signi-
we have and it is most likely j ficant numbr of instances are
that farm acreage will change coming to our attention where
upward during the next fifty; operators have combined units
! years. of land or increased the size of
; With 141.4 acres per farm we operation on the home farm and
will not have the economic unit are worse off financially than
which Professor Mosher of the before.
I University of Illinois writes when The conclusion one must draw
he describes what should be the ; is that it takes well organized in-
optimum size for the modern ' dividuals, in the best productive
!family farm. Mosher states that i years of their farming lifetime,
the two man farm shows advant-I to hand the (a) financing neces-
ages in the use of land, labor sary to a large farm business
and capital. I and (b) the work and worry
After forty years of farm ac. „load it imposes.
count records the Illinois peo-I In corporate urban business
ple have found that two man 1 the young man is integrated in
farms utilize land, labor and ca- i the business gradually. Only al-
pital more effectively than one, ter five tp ten or often twenty
man farms. Costs are high on , years of service is he allowed to
one man farms. Farms with i make decisions affecting the fi-
more than 2 men become more nancial structure, the income
difficult to supervise particular- and expense side of the business.
1y as regards hired labor. i Modern farm organization and
Professor Mosher has five goals' financing force money making
in mind: decisions upon the thirty year
1 old individual, which are several
1 Economy of operation.p from times greater. than the ones his
2. Continuity of ownership
generation to generation. father ever had to make.
3. Children reared in so-called''—.—,
middle class families.
• 4. Community development.
5. Political control of local
agricultural matters by local
taxpayers.
Ontario farm management study
In Ontario (375 records) Dr.
H. W. Caldwell and J. H. Clark
are finding that the efficient
farmer is farming just over 100
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Huron, County Federation. of
Agriculture directors met in the
agricultural board rooms April
15 with president Winston Shap -
ton presiding. The attendance
was particularly good, which, is
.appreciated,
Envoy Newman of the Salva-
tion Army spoke briefly on the
work of the army in the county.
He expressed the highest ap-
preciation for the canvass under-
taken by the township federa-
tions of agriculture last year. He
pointed out that .all moneys col-
lected by canvasses conducted
holders be arrtnged as they
by organizations must be spent
on welfare work only. Two
thirds, at least, must be spent
in the area in which it is col-
lected.
1t was felt that at: county level,
the federation couldn't conduct
such a canvass but it was re-
commended that the townships
take on this job. Perhaps the
Huron County
Crop Report
BY D. H. MILES
Seeding operations are going
ahead rapidly in all parts of the
county. Land is working fairly
easily,
Cool weather is retarding
growth of wheat and pastures.
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Ia discussing the TV farm :gram. ! Foi'um, stated that a .banquet
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purchase four shares, the same. program was discussed sued R. ticipants on TV I'arnl Forum in
a last year. It was suggested committee was set up to _al appreciation- of their work and
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