The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-03-02, Page 9Farm editorial
It IS worthwhile
▪ Hog producers have a legitimate complaint
Over the procedure for election of delegates to the
provindial marketing board this coming Monday.
LI HUI'011'S case, the election will take place
in the Legion Hail, Clinton Nominations will be
held from 10 to 11 a.m. and voting will be con -
414(10 from 1 to 5 p,m,
It's unreasonable to. expect farmers to drive
1.5.0r.g0.miles to Clinton in the morning to nomin-
e, stay there for lunch, then vote in the
a..ternoon, The only alternative for them is to •make
t•vo trips and that's just as 'Costly, both in time and
outlay,
The •onus 'for such inconvenient regttlatiOns
falls on the Farm Products Marketing Board, the
gov't, agency, which ordered the new procedure to
ensure democratic election, However good the
1,..yard's intentions, it's doubtful if a fair expression.
of opinion will result from the awkward arrange -
m en t.
Nevertheless, the policy is established and
producers will have to cope with it, And they
should, because this hog marketing development is
the biggest thinobthe farm population has tackled
in many years. The election is too important to
ignore, even if4it is awkward.
We like thefrank declaration taken by the
Usborne delegate, Harry Bern, who said at Mon-
day's FAME meeting) here: "I'm behind the present
board of directors and the present selling program.
If you Usborne men feel the same way, you can re-
elect me. If not, you should elect someone else,"
We trust the other delegates who are nominated
Monday will be just as frank when they speak fol-
lowing the end of the nomination period at 1], a.m.
If they don't state their position, they should be
asked to by the producers they seek to represent.
Then farmers will know what they're voting for
and, presumably, why.
This practice will give meaning and signific-
ance to Monday's election, despite its awkwardness,
It will make worthwhile the extra effort producers
should make to ensure the type of representation
-they want.
Remember, the election takes •place this com-
ing Monday, March G."'
(P,S.—Don't let,the fact that the hotel is
open influence your attendance, or your thinking!)
Area forums hesitant
over two-piece plans
Members of the two farm fo-
rums in this district were not
too conversant with the two -
price system of marketing
their products although they
did think when a surplus oc-
curs this system of selling
helps to get rid of it.
Help unemployment -
Fairfield 'forum imembers
felt the •two price system of
selling would relieve unemploy-
ment to a certain degree be -I
cause it would require a large
number of officials to control'
it,
They said a surplus depends!
mostly on the weather — "it!
is the main controlling feature
for even machinery sells slo-
wer if the weather causes a
poor crop." However if a stir -
plus does occur the two price 1
system gets rid of it very well
by selling at lower prices.
There were 24 members pre-
sent at the home of Mr. and
I. Mrs. Herman Powe, Exeter,
Monday night and next week's
1 meeting will he held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. George
I Hepburn.
Not well informed
IElimville North Forum mem-
bers felt they were not well
enough informed. concerning
the two price system to ans-
wer the questions intelligently:
However they were not too
much in favor of this system
of selling although they con-
ceded that it "might work on
a small surplus."
They were meeting at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Allen
Johns and will meet with Mr.
and Mrs. Philip Johns next
week.
Sees stiff competition
from Western beef
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gXFIrER, .9.NTARIckt MARCH Z 1101
Pap Nine
TALK OVER CO-OP BUSINESS—Over 300 people
arena, Thursday, to hear another successful year's
Co -Operative, Figures presented at the meeting sho
for the year. Lorne Power, left area supervisor, is
with Edgar Rathwell, Goderich township, newly ole
Hensall manager, and George Clifton, president of
tive.
were on hand in he Zurich
report on the Hensel]. District
wed net savings of $35,759.00
shown talking over the business
cted director; Garnet Mousseau,
the Hensall District!' Co -Opera-
-Zurich CN photo
C� -op sees 1961 sales
three-quarter million
George Clifton, Brucefield, the large amount on the Co
president of the Hensall Dis- ops books was the main rea
trict Co-op, told the 300 per-, son why the new mill had no
sons at the annual meeting in ' been started. He pointed ori
Zurich, Thursday, he expected that the new building,• esti
sales tigmld reach the three- mated at a cost of $60-$70,000:
quarter million dollar figure 00, had already been drawn up
next year , 1 by the architects,
Although the net savings for I "We didn't think we were in
the year. totalled $35,759.00, the ' a position to ,start work on
figure was over $10,000,00 be- due to the large amount o
low 1959's record year, How- ' accounts outstanding," Mr
ever, the total assets were up ' MacBcth stater1.
- a director for eight years, was
- not eligible for re-election.
Garnet Mousseau, manage$
1 of the Hensel!. District Co-op,
• paid tribute to the fine effort
- put forth by Mr. Grainger
during those eight years.
Provide entertainment
t Following the business ses-
f sion, Gordon Mather a direc-
tor of the United Co-operatives
of Ontario, showed slides on
. his recent trip to Jamaica.
, Mr. Mather was in the southern
, country organizing co-ops, and
. comparing methods used in the
. existing ones.
• Mrs. Beatrice Hess and Del-
i ei 7urich conducted
, a sing song at the meeting:, and
- Desjardine's orchestra pro-
- vicled inuisc for a dance.
The door prizes were won by ,
I Mi•s. Ed Fink and Bob Sem-
,
ree new plants
FME's objective
' VAME hopes to erect three , lack of security. "I'd be will.
roillion-dollar plants to con- i ling to bet that if you looked
trel from 15 to 9ot.--,, of the mar -.1 at, the names of those TalirrOrS,
ket when it begins actual ope- you'd find thewere represent -
ration in the meat processing I ing hg corporations, nal, the
business, Secretary F'at Die-, farmer," suggested Dickey,
• key, Toronto, told district I At the same time, be said,
farmers at an information I the Farm Products Marketing.
1 Monday night. I tion of the transfer of funds
satisfac-
The slaughtering plants will' among the producers' ass'n,
, be erected, he said, in those' marketing board and co-op.
the 1 areas where livestock is This was accompanied by sto-
produced, not in the large clries in the press. However,
ties where present meat pack- 1 when the producers' board ex -
The co-operative will need i tartly, there had been no men-
' meeting at the town hall here Booed demanded an explana-
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prise, the secretary outlined. l' "The board had created the
ers are located.
$6 million tp launch its enter- I tion of it in the press.
It hopes to raise 32 million effect it was after —
plained the transfers theY
through the sale of ,share carii-
tal, the other $4 million will be
borrowed.
Approximately $3 million i '4-H citizen'
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will be used to erect the
plants, the other $3 million will
penees.
be required for operating ex- head • .
, s juniors
Mr. Dickey said the co-ope-
rative wants to handle at least! Bill Strong, Dublin, the 1960
15% of the market to be able 4 -If "Citizen of the Year" was
to establish "positive price elected president of Huron
leadership" in purchasing hogs County Junior Farmers last
and beef. 1 week. New Junior institute
The secretary outlined the , president is Ruth F'roctor,
farmersFAME
Pir.°oPn?saaephand U
stoen about 5sJ
0- Brussels,
farmer officers in -
borne townships. The meeting : elude Jim Bowman, past pre -
was conducted by Harry Bern.' sident; Murray Gaunt. and
I Usborne representative on the : Murray 1Vtulvay, vice - presi•
1 Huron Hog Producers' Ass'n, 1 dents; Robert Down, secretary.
and Edmond Hendrick, theIreasurer,
treasurer,
Stephen representative, I Directors (two from each
$6,000 in Huron I club) are Edward Hern ' and
Alfred Warner,
Bayfieid, Jim Dougall, South Huron;
chairman of the FAME
ca,„ ' Ted Dunn and Tom Cunning.
paign in Huron, revealed that ham, Clinton; Dick Crozier and
Bob Fotherins,tham, Clinton;
about $6,000 of the $106,000 oh -
Murray Donaldson and Wayne
' t' forH • hasb
jec ive monbeen i
turned in to date, More shares Long, Howick; Ivan Dow and
have been sold, he said, b I
Harry Brydges, North Huron. ilnheytent.oneY has not been turned ; Junior Institute officers are
i Marilyn Marshall, past presi-
Stephen and Usborne can- . dent; Marjorie Pa !vie, Jo-
vassers plan to begin their anne Alton, vice-presidents;
campaigns this coming week. 1 Doreen Brock, secretary treas.
Current deadlin urer..
the last Week in March when , Hicks and Helen Frayne.
3e2 infoilrlionthise;
campaign to raise Directors include Kathryn
a general -meeting of share -South, Huron; Eleanor Keyes
holders will he held in Toron-, and Emily Elliott, Seaforth;
to for the purpose of electing , Evelyn Ann Stephens and San-,
a new board or directors. All dra Wright, Howick; Marlene I
holders of paid-up co-operative , Walsh and Bessie Johnston,
common shares will have vol North Huron,
ing rights at the meeting. I District director is Mrs,
Shares will continue to be Bob Down,
sziajd, however, until a $5 mil.;
han o b j e c t i v e has been
reached.
; TIMELY TIP
.
Secretary Dickey outlined; With the change in the gra-
the establishment and develop.; ding of hogs and the method
ment if the FAME program ' of paying the premium, there
since it was -begun in 1960 and, is a differential of about 11.50
in the process, he maligned by , per hog in favour of the top
innuendo and suggestion, the I grade. W. F'. Watson, Ontario',
meat packers, the government, i Com missioner, s a y s t h i s I
and the press. All of them, ap-1 mightn't make the difference
parently, have been doing their between profit and loss in 19611
best to kick the down-and-out , -- but there is a Possibility'
I time to start improving your
Stop debenture sale
$43,1.30.00 over last year. 1 The members agreed to al
Lorne Power, area supervi- 'locate
1960 of $35,759.00, as recoil
patronage savings I'm
sor, explained that the drop '
was due to an increase in the , mended by the board of direc
i cost of goods sold at the ee_1 tors, namely, 20 percent to re
t serve fund and 4.5 percent di
op's t desire to keep prices
. costs , vidend on member 'business.
down, even when their
I In an election a officers
i were rising;
Lloyd Wainer and Alec Mac
I He also pointed out that the !Beth were re-elected, with Ed
returns from the United Co' gar Rathwell, Goderich town
operatives of Ontario was also , ship, being elected to succeec
lower this year because IICO
" - - Russ Grainger. Mr. Grainger
didn't have as good a year in
, 1960 as they had,in 1959."
1
i Mr. Power also showed that r•
I the Co-op's truck revenue had . Fieldman comments
been down considerable over
the past year due to the fact' .
; that most people were deliver -
0
n ario wheat board,
in, their own hogs to the mar -
I ket, and weren't nsing the
1 truck. sees storage ,need
Russ Grainger, a director
fier. the oast ,eight ',years who
retired at the' 'end of the year,
said it "was a privilege" to
work with the directors :for
the past years. Mr. Grainger Huron county wheat produ-WhEll he 'needs it. 'There is an
also predicted an increase in vers held their annual meeting:
1 business for the coming year, in Clinton, on February opening for one 'Innen bus.
"A great manY people tell with the usual very • 11 21f sales to Britain provided that
tl.bt tendance sm.- at- it is .of top quality and avail -
any cheaper than anyone There were 988 farmers in to guarantee this producers
By J. CARL HEMINGWAY • forced to sell when the wheat
HFA Fieldman is being harvested rather than ,
being able to supply the buyer
me ia it
e CO
o-op oesn se]l able in steady supply. In order
else," Mr. Grainger said, "but Huron who sold their wheat in I must have the wheat under
I wonder what our oppesition the past year for something I their control.
would sell for if it weren" for over $24,000. This we admit;
i Russel Bolton, Bob Welsh
the Co-op." 1 does not compare with either.1 and .Alex Chesney were re-;
He explained that usually hogs or cattle but it is still a r
• turned as county delegates. I
• fair amount of money.
the opposition waited until the ,
few.; See beef market
€o -op set their prices before It is surprising that so
At. a Huron District Farin The speaker took issue with
Union meeting in Clinton last current suggestions that, the so-
lution to the farmers` problem
week, a western farmer pre -
was to become larger and
dieted it will be increasingly more efficient. Usick revealed
difficult for eastern 'producers that a study of federal and
to stay in the beef business be- provincial sdending on farm
research indicated 97 percent
cause of competition from the
directed towards greater effi-
. ciency and only 3 percent to
Riidy Usick, president of Ma- marketing and pricing.
nitoba Farmers' Union said "Governments' talk farm cre-
prairies.,
the west has large acreages
for grain, an abundancebOf
feed and a supply of feeders
readily available.
"Western farmers are being
forced into a more mixed type the speaker, who was thanked
of farming," Usick siid, "be- by Mrs. George Clifton.
cause they are unable to sell A 'tt •' d f
their gram; Ontario farmers Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. T. Geven.
will likely have to pay la' lock, Mrs. F. Potter and Mrs.
creased prices for stockers." Gordon Hill was appointed to
Manitoba, he indicated, al- make arrangements for the an -
ready has less than 10 percent nual variety night to be' held
grain farmers, Its income during the Easter holidays
from' livestock now exceeds
that. from grain. - .
A farmer from the Erickson Two beatniks were walking
district, Usick has been on a down a railroad track. Said
speaking tour through Mani. one: "Man, these are the long-
toba' and Ontario', In rural Ma- t. stairs I did " 1
.
rutoba he said he attended 72 "Yeah," said the other, "but
Meetings with an average., at- What bugs me are these low
tendance of. 90, ha ndraiis,"
.dit, crop insurance, conserva-
tion and marginal land use.
When are they going to talk
price?" he asked.
Robert Taylor introduced
published. thier otvn, so farmers are interested enough' On February 22, the Huron
."they would be able to com-, to come to one meeting a year. I County Beef Producers held ,
Al tion has
to
with ec MacBeth, a director of Let us see what this organize- , their annual meeting in Clin-
pete.
has accomplished. 1 n 'a goo attendance. ,1'.
the organization, presented the I In the first year of opera- D. Baird, Canada Dep't of ,
, directors' report, citing 1960 tion by using 4c of the equali- I Agriculture gave an interest-
as‘a "very successful year." zation fund a large surplus was i ing account of his tour of cen-
` This is getting lo be big bii- moved into export and the I teal European conutries in
' siness," he added. I Price to the producer, while search of markets for Cana-
of the additions ' implemented it would otherwise have been I These countries are now get -
in 1960, drawing particular at -1 and considerably above the ting to the place where they 1
tention to the new fertilizer support price. can afford to elan better food
building. The building has a I
storage capacity of 1000 tons 1 More im porta nt, however, supply for their people. Since
and would make it pos'sible ter was the fact that this surplus they have no beef cattle to:
'did not remain here to depress compare with our quality there
I
i He told the meeting, of many low was easily 10c higher than dian cattle.
farmers. to purchase their fer-, the price the next year which is a real opportunity for the
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tilizer in bulk and save con- sale of a large number of foun-
rose to $1.90 per bus. with the
bulk truck has bden nurchasecl
new whole 9c equalization levy re-
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' turned to the. producers. of time. Since we are free of
' by the grout); to deliver feed ' foot and mouth disease we are
and fertilizer. This past year has also seen • . .
1 Try to collect accounts However, our main Market
the first ear but it has been
fl s oc 0\ er a long nerio
hoped to spread the impression
that the marketing board was
not capable of handling its fi-
nances," explained the secre-
tary,
Consequently the gov't stated
its intention was not to stop
the selling of shares and the
co-operative re -organized its
financial program to launch a
, share -selling campaign.
I Several empties, he
cated, already have sold close
to their objective.
; Not receiving share
rouTshefi speaker quoted nume-
rous to show the pro-
ducers were n o 1 receiving
their share of the national
wealth. Although farmers rep.
resented some 13.8% of the po-
pulation, they wee receiving
only seven percent of the ria -
1 tional income,
The consumer price index
, mer has received for his hogs
has dropped from $31,00 to
1949, but the price the far-
mer has
from 100 to 129 sine
e con nued, the
consumer was spending 32% of
his budget on food; in 1960, the
percentage had dropped to 28,
Using these figures, he at-
tacked the suggestion that the
' taxpayers were subsidizing the
1 farmers. "Are they subsidi,
zing you with fax dollars or
' are you subsidizing them with
I cheap food?" he asked.
Trend of processing; plants
in the U.S., particularly in the
Chicago area, is to move their
operations out of the city to
, those areas where the live-
stock is being producel. When
FAME revealed that it would
do likewise with its plants, the
Ontario processors announced
that they were going to move
out of Toronto.
I "Who will pay for these neQ
plants if they build them? You
will Why not build your own
•
plants and get a share at the
profits through patronage di-
vidends?"
Dickey said the processors
declared $6.8 million profit on
an investment of $13.2 million
in 1959. If the farmer were.
I getting that kind of return, be
I should make about $1.6,000
each year from his $25,000
farm, he estimated.
The secretary indicated the -
packers have already started
opoosition to FAME through. a
propaganda campaign.
Alf Warner explained the
hog producers' vote coming up
next Monday,
Both he and Secretary Dia.
keyanswered numerous ques-
tions asked at the meeting.
CanvAsers for sborne
township include Horace Del -
bridge, Theron Creery. Sohn,
Miners, Cooper Forrest, Ern-
est Pym, Hugh Rundle, Sam
Skinner. Murray Dawson and
i Mr. Bern,
producer. that it will in 1962, NOW'sthe
breeding stock. Prepare for
He explained that the semi- next year,
rides commission had stopped ;
the 1960 debenture issue of ,
FAME because of complaints
from lawyers objecting to the
must remain in Canada and
United States, Since there are
several countries where the
consumption of meat is much
higher than either Canada or
the United States a real op-
portunity to expand. in this di-
rection still exists.
If we are to take advantage
or this European market to the
fullest extent, WC will need to
promote the idea of specializa-
tion, At 'present their cattle
supply both milk and beef and
do a poor job in each depart -
I ent,
somewhat better prices than
Mr. MacBeth paid special necessary to export a fair
tribute to Sam Hendrick, per- amount at the .expenses of the
!look after oastanding ac- thrf,e years' experience some
sonnet man for the Co-op, who board.
1 was hired ditrine* the year to What of the future? After
' counts. The balance sheet pre- important needs have been
sented at the meeting showed noted to make your producer
that accounts and notes receiv- marketing more effective. E.
able totalled 8116,693.00 M. Carroll, first vice-president,
"Sam has clone a wonderful pointed out the urgent need for
job since he took over the storage in the hands of the
task," Mr. Metteth said. ; board,
The director pointed out that ; Too many 'Limes the hoard is
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and Equipment
North ,of Exet.tbet .Nefi
Beans and Seeds
Now Available:
OAT CONTRACTS
DIRECT FROM COMBINE
OAT CONTRACTS
TO BE DELIVERED LATER
BARLEY CONTRACTS FOR SEED
MALTING BARLEY CONTRACTS
We have Clover and Grass Seeds
rim Line of
Super -Flow Fertilizer
Buyers of all kinds of grain and white beans
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• and Sons Ltd.
Phone 32 Hensall
Delegates 13 o h McGregor.
Jack Armstrong, Bob Camp -
bel Stan Jackson and Elmei
Robertson Were elected.
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Checkup arid adjustment by qualified personnel.
No labor charge for replacing.worn itie damaged
parts --you pay for parts only,
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DISTRICT
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