The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-06-04, Page 9FESTIVAL CHAMPIONS, OFFICIALS—Two competitors who won tophonors at the
Lucan Music Festival last week are shown here with two of the many officials who
made the outstanding event possible. At the piano is Larry. Lewis, best boy pianist
and winner of some five first place awards. Beside him is Jo -Anne Ribson, who re-
ceived the highest mark, 87. The ladies are Mrs. Lloyd C. Acheson, awards chair-
man; and Mrs. Clarence Hardy, festival convenor. —T -A Photo
Farm outlook `uncertain'
-bank business review
The outlook for Canadian far-
mers is even more uncertain at
the start of the current growing
season than in previous years,
according to the Bank of Mon-
treal's business review, just . Js-
ued.
Not only do they face the ever-
present uncertainties of market
and climate, the review says,
but also significant changes in
I,
h e government's farming
"ground rules."
The world wheat surplus con-
tinues as a "particularly intract-
able problem," and this year
mounting stocks of certain Cana-
dian livestock and dairy products
have emerged to complicate the
outlook further, the bank says.
"In addition," the review con-
tinues, "the federal government
has lowered some of its support
prices and in doing so has en.
deavored to reshape .its price
support ,policy so that the bene-
fits will accrue mainly to the
small farmer."
No wheat support
Discussing the wheat situation
in detail, the 13 of M believes the
present picture in Canada is not
a discouraging one despite the
government decision against
wheat deficiency payments
sought by Western farmers. "At
August 1, 1958, the beginning of
the current crop year, the carry-
over was 612 million bushels,
some 118 million less than a year.
earlier. Last fall's crop of 360
million bushels, only slightly less
than a year earlier, brought total
available supplies to 980 million
bushels, a decline of 11. per cent
from the preceding year."
Livestock picture changing
In livestock, mass contract
buying by meatpacking firms
and feed companies, and the in-
crease ,of large-scale commercial
enterprises have tended to work
against the main objective of
hgovernment'sce
t o farm:price
policy—that of stabilizing small
farmers' incomes, the B of M
continues.
The review adds that Ottawa
hopes to resolve this current
price dilemma by altering its
method of support, changes
which ultimately will affect hogs
and eggs.
"In the case of the various
dairy products,respective sup-
port prices influence the pat-
tern of milk utilization, as clear-
ly demonstrated last year," the
bank says.
Creamery butter output during
1958 as a whole reached a record
338 million pounds, 34 million
pounds more than in 1957, and
in the face of a continued de-
cline in domestic consumption,
storage stocks at January 1,
1959, reached 94 million pounds,
,
34 per cent greater than a year
earlier.
Similarly, support prices for
dry skimmed milk generated a
rise in production last year to
186 million pounds, versus 120
million pounds in 1.957. But these
support prices were not fully
operative because the stabiliza-
tion board last year placed a
quota on amounts it would buy,
an effort to stem the rapid pile-
up of surpluses, the review says.
Thus cheddar cheese output
last year, at 87 million pounds,
was nine per cent less than in
1957, reflecting in part the diver-
sion of milk into relatively high-
er priced dairy products, the
bank says.
How agriculture• as a whole
will fare this year cannot be
forecast at this time, the B of
M says. "But," the review con-
cludes, "it is altogether 'likely
that, by the time the harvests
are in and livestock is quartered
for the winter, some further in-
teresting changes will have oc-
curred in the agricultural scene."
Hay council authorizes
dynamite survey tests
Hay township council, meeting survey. This consists in causing
Monday night, .authorized the small. explosions underground
federal department of mines and and in recording the length of
technical surveys to make dyne- time required by the sound waves
mite tests on the Blind line this to reach the recording equip -
summer. meat. The time intervals can be
Council stipulated, however, translated into geological infor-
the tests would have to be done motion.
"under proper supervision and "The explosion will come from
care to traffic, buildings and per. charges of from 15 to 30 pounds
sons," of dynamite placed in holes 50 to
The department indicated it 60 feet deep. These holes will be
wished to make the tests "to drilled in the interval between
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and structure of the rocks and
other materials which underlie
Southern Ontario." It further ex-
plained:
"I.nstead of getting this infor•
oration by drilling which not only
is costly but slow, it is proposed
Lo obtain the necessary data by
a method known as a seismic
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EXETER, ONTARIQr JUNE 4, 1959 page Nin•
Sees tt 1' Parliament report
ff t fnpUCS urges departmenf
no effect here to assist co-operatives
From freight rate
drop _ ... .. lagged . .
By W. H. A. THOMAS
A few weeks ago we had an
Inquiry concerning the possible
effects on cattle producers in On-
tario of the drop in railway
freight rates on dressed beef
from the prairies.
This freight rate on dressed
beef was recently reduced from
$5.25 per hundred pounds to
$3.49 per hundred. Cattle feed-
ers are wondering whether or
not this decrease in railway
rates will have any effect on .our
local cattle markets.
A phone call to the Department
of Agriculture brought forth the
assurance that it would not. The
truck rate for dressed beef has
been $3,49 per hundred for some
time and, as a result of the
lower truck rale, nearly all
dressed. beef Jias been coming
from the western packing plants
to the eastern market by truck,
The railway rate has now been
reduced to the truck rate.
More dressed beef may neN
come by rail but it won't come
any more cheaply than it has
been coming so this rate change
should have no.effect on local
cattle markets.
* * •
The prime minister and sev-
eral of the cabinet, ministers from
the prairies and nearly all of
the members of parliament from
Saskatchewan flew out to the
praises on May 27 to officially
start the construction on bhe
Saskatchewan River dam.
This project has been. a dream
in the hearts of many Cana-
dians, both east and west, for
a long time. It ranks with the
Trans -Canada Highway, the St.
Lawrence Seaway, and the Co-
lumbia River power project as
a national undertaking.
The south branch of the great
Saskatchewan River is to be har-
nessed for power and irrigation.
The estimated cost, of the pro-
ject runs in the neighbourhood
of 185 million dollars and will re-
quire several years to com-
plete.
The federal government and
Angus field day
at Forest farm
Western Ontario Aberdeen
Angus annual field day, to be
held Saturday, June 13, at Sun-
set Bay Farms, Forest, will fea-
ture a barbecue of Angus beef,
Middlesex Ag Rep W. K. Rid -
del announced this week.
Michigan State university of-
ficials will. assist with judging
competitions and.Robert McCub-
bin, Strathroy, will discuss the
beef cattle situation.
Clinton spring fair.
adds new classes
Clinton Spring Show will be
held. in the Community Park in
-Clinton on Wednesday, June 10,
with classes in' all types of live-
stock being exhibited.
Approximately $2,500 will be
paid out in prizes.
New classes in cattle and
swine are introduced this year
for public school ,children from
the townships of Hulled, Goile-
rich Stanley and Tuckersmtth.
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27, 1959, will be a memorable
day for Saskatchewan and for
Canada.
* .* * *
An announcement has been
made by the Minister of Agri-
culture that the price for the
1959 crop of sugar beets will be
stabilized at the same level as
was the price for the 1958 crop.
Our best wishes are extended to
the producers for a successful
year.
Last week our agrcultural cau-
cus committee met a delegation
.from the broiler producers asso-
ciation asking for tariff protec-
tion on broilers or for an em-
bargo to keep out excessive im-
ports from the United States.
The delegation hoped that the
back benchers would support
this tariff, or embargo request.
Because of the General. Agree-
ment on Tariffs and Trade
(GATT), it is doubtful. if any -
things can be done with the ta-
riff. The difficulty with embar-
goes is the danger of retaliation.
The United States has recently
removed embargoes on imports
of Canadian oil and it is not a
good time for us to increase our
embargoes against goods front
the United States, The request
looks reasonable enough but
under present circumstances,
may be hard to get.
HENSALL SALE PRICES
At Hensall Sales Thursday,
May 28, livestock market was
higher.
Bert Thompson, Hensall, mar-
keted 21 steers with a top price
of. $25.80 each; Lyle Hill, Vrna,
5 steers at $25.60.
Prices were:
Good butcher
steers $24.50 to $25.80
Medium steers . 23.00 to'24.25
Butcher heifers ... 22.50 to 23.60
Fat Cows 180 to 19.40
Veal _... 25.00 to 30.00
Small calves 12.00 to 15.00
Good bull calves 20.00 to 30.00
Durham heifer
calves ..... 35.00 to 73.00
Weanling pigs 9,00 to 11.50
Chunks 12.00 to 20.00
Feeders 21.00 to 26.00
Sows sold for $65.00 to $80.00;
heifer cows up to $22.10 per
cwt.; springer cows at $230 and
heifer calves up to $46.
There were 700 pigs and 260
cattle sold.
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Establishment of a co-me�a-
Establishment of en -opera -
Live branch in the Ontario De-
partment of Agriculture was one
of the major recommendations
made by the United Co-opera-
tives of Ontario Monday in its
122 page brief to the agricultural
enquiry committee.
Such a branch could develop
statistical information on co-op-
eratives, research, liaison. with
Department of Agriculture and
other government officials, and
act in .an advisory capacity to
'anopenNves aad rommod�ty
'.co-operatives n d commodity
group business, the brief said.
The united co-operatives out-
lined 19 other specific recom-
mendations to the committee,
which is continuing its hearings
into all respects of farm mar-
keting,
The UCO brief presented gen-
eral background material em-
phasizing the changing farm
scene of small units expanding
to large specialized operations
with tremendous capacity for
'production, The brief pointed out
arm �ulews
ROTH /,WON and f/O,QTN M/DOLES'EX t r r
Loss of US market
feared by hog co-op
The decision of the Ontario
hog producers to request the con-
tinuation of a price support
policy rather than a deficiency
payment plan may have come as
a shock to some farmers.
In turning to •a deficiency pay-
ment plan, Agriculture Minister
Harkness was apparently deter-
mined to prevent .the vertical in-
tegration of farm production.
This may not be as necessary
as was thought, From the rum-
ors coming my way it would
seem that some feed companies
are beginning to find that the
feeding of hogs can be unprofit-
able and certainly many farm-
ers have found that hog feeding
on contract can easily be finan-
cially dangerous.
However, the real objection to
deficiency payment on hogs 1s
the fact that United States would
have the right, and justly so, to
impose a duty on our pork ex-
ports equal to any deficiency
payment received by our pro-
ducers.
Since this payment to our pro-
ducers is to be based on a year-
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have to guess at the first of the
year what our deficiency pay-
ment would. be at the end of the
year. Their only hope for ade-
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timate high enough. This could
and probably would mean that
our export to the U.S„ which
we have spent years to build on
a quality basis, would be lost.
Deficiency payments seem to
work satisfactorily in Britain
where they wish. to increase pro-
duction but where the product
has to go into export there
seems to be too many interna-
tional complications.
* * * •
Just a reminder. that the dairy
princess contest is only a short
ourentries in.
time away. Get y
There is a trip to Britain for the
Ontario winner.
.BEEF CALF CLUB
A class of four bulls were
judged for placings by members
of Stephen 4-H Beef •Calf Club at
their meeting at Hirtzel brothers,
Crediton, on Monday evening.
Harry Hirtzel gave a talk on
herd. management,
The next meeting will be a
joint meeting with other beef
and dairy clubs at the South
Huron District High School,
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that government farm _
that government farm policies on
marketing lagged behind pro-
duction policies, and stated that;
"Governments should under-
take a positive and confident and
continuous program on market•
ing, as they have for many
years in production. Co -opera•
tives and farm commodity group
marketing businesses expect as-
sistance from governments on
legislation, planning, leadership,
development, research, organize
tion and finance."
The united co-operatives called
for a re -organization of the pres-
ent Ontario Co-operatives Loans:
Act, with special consideration
given to a proposal for an agri-
cultural development bank. The
brief also stressed the import-
ance of commodity groups and
their various business 'instru-
ments' used to help them realize
better returns for their farmer
members. At the same time the
UCO said that it is prepared to
assist the marketing co-opera-
tives and the commodity groups
to attain successful business ad.
ministration,
The UCO brief recommended
a greatly increased budget and
staff for the present co -opera.
tive branch in the Canada De.
partment of Agriculture, with
expanded research services
which would include both co-op-
erative and commodity group
business. Joint planning and
closer liaison between federal
and provincial governments with
respect to farm marketing was
proposed for consideration by
the enquiry committee.
Many other points of the UCO
brief were discussed, including
reseach into food processings
packaging and merchandising,
l-
consumer education oo food val-
ues
a
ues andcosts, business training
for agricultural students at OAC
andother colleges, and organiza-
tion of specialstudy tours for
executives and management of
farm. organizations,
The brief was introduced by
Alden McLean, Muirkirk, presi-
dent of the UCO, and it was read
by members of the executive
and UCO management. Briefs
from United Dairy and Poultry
Co-operatives and Copa.co"were
incorporated with the UCO brief
and. read by representatives of
these organizations.
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