The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-07-20, Page 9•
SEEKS CANADA CROWN—Last year's Miss Grand Bend, Maxine Holmes of Lon-
don, is being sponsored by resort merchants in the Miss Canada competition at
Burlington next month. After winning the GB title, she went on to take the Miss
Western Ontario crown at Windsor, where judges were impressed by her natural
charm, She won second in the Ontario Roller Skating Queen crown. —GBH photo
Naldman comments.
Are exports desirable
or costly to produce?
By J. CARL HEMINGWAY
HFA Fieldmao
There are some interesting
statements in the last letter on
livestock products published by
the Meat Packers Council,
. In discussing the grain mar-
kets and livestock the editor
of the letter seems concerned
over the sales of grain to the
export trade in faceofreduced
crop prospects in western Can-
ada. He indicates that the
export of burdensome sur-
pluses is desirable. "On the
other hand the desirability of
converting as much grain as
possible into livestock, for
which there are potential, pro-
fitable market s, is self-
evident."
J can agree with the first
part of the statement on the
desirability of converting our
grain into livestock but only if
it provides the producer with
a profitable income.
The hungry millions certain-
ly prove that there is a poten-
tial market but there is a big
question on the "profitable"
part of the statement.
It is rumored that the Meat
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Bumps on maples
won't hurt trees
Many people this year have
been concerned about the small
green bumps that have ap-
peared on soft -maple trees.
According to Professor H. W.
Goble,Provincial Entomologist,
there is no need for concern.
He blames the bumps oh
bladder -gall mites. These in-
sects feed inside the galls. The
galls, which appear on the
upper surface of the leaf. are
green at first and then turn
red,
"If you wish to have your
soft, maples free of galls, spray
the trees next spring. It's too
late to do anything about it
this year," says Professor
Goble.
He suggests using dry lime
sulphur (14 tablespoons per gal-
lon of water) or liquid lime
sulphur (1 part sulphur to 8
parts of water by volume).
The trees must be sprayed be-
fore the buds burst, usually in
early April. '
Packers Council .at present has
a representative in Britain at-
tempting to develop a market
for pork products. However,
am told that in order to export
to Britain the price of Ontario
hogs would have to drop to
$18 per cwt. dressed. Profit-
able? Yes, to the processor
who operates on a cost plus
basis on volume of business.
Price has little significance.
But at present costs of the
means of production it would
certainly not be profitable to
the producer,
The writer summed up his
statement: "It is hoped that
enthusiasm for exporting grain
will not divert attention from
building up a sound and profit-
able livestock industry".
A little over a ,year ago
when there were so many hogs
going to market we heard on
all sides "It's too bad hog
prices are so low but the farm-
ers can only blame themselves.
If, only they would control pro-
duction, like the rest 1 us,
they could have a good price"
(and the privilege of being un-
employed).
Now when the weatherman,
not the farmer, has taken a
hand in limiting production
there is pressure being exerted
to curtail the export sales of
grain.
The livestock industry is pro-
fitable as is indicated in. the
financial statement of one of
our packing companies which
seems to indicate that 23
executives and directors were
paid ah average of $16,700 last
year. Farmers aren't so sure.
When farmers have set up
their own -processing plant:. we
hope 6there will be more con-
sistent advice as to the quan-
tity to be produced and the
profitable and potential. mar-
kets.
Now's the time to sample
soil for winter wheat, says
Prof Ted Ifeeg of the OAC,
Dept. of Soil Science. He ad-
vises that summer is the ideal
time for sampling all your
fields. You'll be sure to get
them tested in time if they're
sent in now. Send samples to
Department of Soil Science,
Ontario Agricultural College,
Guelph.
4-H find hotter spot
than working in fields
4-11 members may think it's
ot wbrking in farm fields
-eine days during the summer
'but they visited a spot Tubs -
day where it's even hotter all
the year around.
Close to 300 Huron youth in-
spected the coke- and blast fur-
:naces at the Stelco plant in
Hamilton when they watched
the niofilten metal roiling out.
It was considerably warmer
than the temperature outside.
Besides touring the steel
!plant, the youths visited the
International Harvester Iac-
,, iiutiiiiiitiiutij
tory where they saw the ma-
nufacture of baler twine and
assembly of diesel tractors,
During a boat ride on the
bay, they were shown the ex-
terior of the steel plant and
the Skyway bridge.
Seven busloads from the
county enjoyed the tour, ar-
ranged by the dep't of agricul-
ture staff at Clinton,
Club leaders from this area
who attended included Harold.
Horn, Carl Oestricher, Harry
Hoffman, Ken Baker and Wil-
lis Gill.
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PLANT
.CLOSING
July 24 to August 5
Both office and plant will be closed the
Frosm July 31 to August 5, the Office Only will be
2 open from 9 t� 12 a.m., Monday to Vriday,
FOR HOLIDAYS..
• week of July 24 to July 29.
I Read Fertilizers
Ltd,
Phone 383 .Exeter
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HONOR HOG LEADER
Bert Labia, Clinton
140.11,4 4,ction
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Page Nine
ronFAME shate olders
fficers pion -convos.
uron hog producers Huron county
crop report
pay tribute to Lobb
Huron Ae Rep
Bert Lobb, RR 2 Clinton, the
man who led Huron hog produ-
cers through some of their
toughest struggles to establish
a marketing program, was hon-
ored by the county association
last week.
During a directors' meeting
at Clinton, he was presented
with an imported walking cane
with a gold ring on which was
enscribed the hog prodecers'
appreciation.
In his presentation address,
past president Ross Love of
RR 2 Rensall said:
"Through your tireless efforts
and sacrifice, a 'strong organ-
ization was built in the face of
many 'obstacles that would have
subdued a lesser man. Your
example and courage will be an
inspiration to those who must
continue the battle through
years to come.
The cane was presented bY
Director Robert P, Allan,
Brucefield,
Besides acknowledging his six
years as president of the hog
Producers' ass'n, the presenta-
tion lauded him for the 20 years
he has served as a leader of a
number of farm organizations.
He was president of the Huron
federation for three years,
Still vitally interested in the
hog organization, he warned di-
rectors that their fight isn't
over yet. "Many farmers still
come to me to talk things over
— they're not completely satis-
fied," he stated.
Pion twilight meeting
despite crop damage
While some damage has been
done to the experimental plots
at the Huron. County Herne
Farm by the Sunday rain and
hail, it is planned to carry on
with the annual Heron County
Soil and Crop Improvement
Association twilight meeting as
previously scheduled on Tues-
day, July 25, Ag Rep Doug
Miles announced this week.
Dr. Stan Young of Wei Field
Husbandry Department, OAC,
Guelph, -will, discuss the hay
and pasture mixtures estab-
fished at the farm in 1959 and
1960.
Jack Murray, soils specialist
for this area will discuss the
rod row and the drill width
tests using spring wheat in
the mixtures.
The ladies program will feat-
ure 'Miss Fewster of the Dairy
Foods Service Bureau.
At the joint meeting on the
lawn in front .of the new county!
home a display will be put on
by the Ontario Department of
Transport. W. K. Riddell, the
agricultural represen tative
from Middlesex, will show his'
pictures and discuss his recent
trip to England, Scotland and
the Continent.
Name Huntly head
of research institute
Agriculture Minister W. A.
Goodfellow has announced tbe
appointment of Dr. D. N. Hunt-
ley, head of the field husbandry
dept., OAC, as director of the
newly -created Agricultural Re-
search Institute of Ontario.
The appointment follows the
recent announcement of the
establishment of the institute
which will co-ordinate and di-
rect all researc•li being done by
the various institutions and
branches of the Ontario De-
partment of Agriculture.
Under Dr. Huntley's director-
ship, the institute will. continue
to develop a thorough research
program giving priority to ag-
ricultural research and co-or-
dinate research with the aca-
demic work of the colleges of
agricultural education within
the dept, of agriculture.
The institute will also co-
operate with the advisory
bcard on agricultural research
to be selected from the farm-
ing community, industry asso-
ciated with agriculture, and all
organizations interested in We
development of agriculture.
"I am confident that a high
degree of co-operation and co- •
ordination will result from the:
formation of the institute."
said Mr. Goodfellow in an- I
pouncing Dr. Huntley's an.;
pointtnent. "Dr. Huntley has
demonstrated his ability in the
fields of research and adrninis-,
fration and has high profes-
sional standing."
The appointment places Dr.
Huntley in one of the senior
provincial administrative posi•
tions. As a large percentage
of the research is carried out
at OAC and the Ontario Veter-
inary College, he will maintain
close liaison with the heads of,
these institutions and the hor-
ticultural experiment station
at Vineland as well as all other
departments of the federal and
provincial governments in the
research field.
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"%Waterloo Cattle
Breeding Association
"WHERE BETTER. BULLS ARE USED"
,Regarding our 20th
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
being held on July 26 at our headquarters (one-
half mile east of highway 85 on Lexington Road
on the North East edge of. Waterloo. May also be
reached from the east through Bridgeport).
THE RT, HON. JOHN G. DIEFENBAKER
and 1Virs. Oiefenhakei vit1 be present at our beef
barbecue prepared by Master Chef, Tom Hays.
Tickets are $1.00 and must be purchased one week
in advance. We can handle 3,000 people at the
barbecue and therefore only 3,000 tickets will be
Sold,
The Barbecue will be held from 5:3C to
615 p.M. Come Early!
At 7 30 pat, (sharp) the evening prOgrani
will commence featuring the Rt. Hon. John: G.
.Diefenbaker as guest speaker,
If coming for the Barbecue, buy yew tickets
.t10111 any of our branch Offing or staff ineMbers.
If corning for the evening program only, pt6VI0US
notification is not necesSary.
Later, Mr. Lobb commented Heavy rains and hail did eon -
11 new teletvneY m nf siderable damage to crop,s on
"
selling, which he said appeared Thursday and Sunday,
to be better than ex i
Pected "
On Thursday heavy rains
He said t was still on trial,
termin I
b, hitebeaastflattened of
in 4 hwheatigh
however, and notthatd the w
price of hop seemed to be de -
in cot rather than by supply and andcauseGdrahnedavByenddamaarge
eas.Partice-
dein and.
Mr. Lobb, i
now 73, has eght
larly ben etweCentralia and
• Kippen along No. 4 highway.
Fall wheat, spring grain 'and
hay fields are flat and twisted.
Heavy ram and had caused
damage to wheat corn, spring
grain and orchards from Clin-
ton to Blyth in a two mile
strip, east of No. 4 highway.
y Sunday heavy rains again
c uldren —four boys and four
girls — and 34 grandchildren.
It's bad enough to be a quit-
ter. But, it's worse to finish
something you never should
have started.
Announce expansion
of agriculture dep't
Expansion of the Ontarioiture can only hope to maintain
Department of Agriculture to its economic position through
provide for a co-operatives an adequate program of re -
branch, an agricultural re- search and its practical ap-
search institute, consumers' I plication at the farm level,"
liaison committee and a sales Mr. Goodfellow said.
division of the markets de- At the moment the depart-
velopment branch was anemic- ment spends about $4,000,000
ed recently by Agriculturet annually on research. One of
Minister W. A. Goodfellow. the jobs of the institute will
united ffort to main- of those industries that have
At the same time, the inis-
be to make certain there s no
ter said the province's dairy i
overlapping, and also to en -
industry would have to put courage
the financial support
forth
•
tain its present position. He a par Licular interest in agri-
plan for milk as a means of culture,
The consumer liaison favored an over -an marketing
com-
saving the present fluid milk mittee would, when it came
position from possible collapse. into operation, be linked to
Present danger in the milk some extent to the markets de -
market comes from the fact velopment branch because of
that manufactured milk sells the minister's firm conviction
for about; half the price of fluid that the Ontario farmer's best
milk. Surplus fluid milk goes markets are inside the pro -
into the manufactured vincial boundaries.
market and, while manufactur- e
tee could work with such or
ganizations as the Canadian
Association of Consumers to
promote better understanding
between producer and con-
sumer and, at the same time.
encourage sales of Ontario
produce.
The dairy industry, which
has been, having its problems
of late, got a promise of all
possible assistance in the estab-
ization of the United Nations lishment of a marketing pro -
in Rome. He is a graduate of gram to stabilize the price to
Antigonish. N.S, "We are prepared to go a
the farmer.
St. Frances Xavier University,
One of the tasks of the new long way to get such a plan
branch will be to maintain under way, " said Mr. Good -
liaison with the Co-operative fellow.
Union of Ontario on all co-
operative incorporations and
development, and generally
oversee the operations of co-
operatives throughout the pro-
vince, including arrangements
for loans.
Consideration would be given
to a new co-operatives act, the
minister said, and this would
include the Co-operatives Loans
Act, and the co-operative truck-
ing legislation which is now
included in the Milk Industry
Act, as well as all other legis-
lation affecting co-operatives.
The Agricultural Research
Institute will co-ordinate all
research being done by the
department. and its schools and
colleges. It will be in charge
of a director who has not yet
been named.
"Each day it becomes in-
creasingly evident that agricul-
He
said he f It this commit -
cd milk shippers cannot ship
to the present fluid market out-
lets, it is possible they might
hit such a market by some
means and ruin the price
structure.
The co-operatives branch an-
nounced by Mr. Goodfellow
will be headed by James Ed-
ward 'O'Meara, who is now co-
operative specialist with the
Food and ,Agriculture Organ -
- •
Use drop pipes when spray-
ing corn that is over 6 to 8
inches high, advises , Prof.
George Jones of the OAC Field
Husbandry Dept. Apply 8 oun-
ces acid of 2,4-D amine in 10-
20 gallons of water per acre.
A good cleanup for perennial
sow thistle, Canada thistle and
field bindweed is 2,4 -DB or MC -
PB. Use 16-20 ounces acid in
10-20 gallons of water per
acre. Two other cautions: don't
cultivate for at least two weeks
after spraying and following a
drought period; don't spray for
at least a week after a good
ram or irrigation.
Trouble that looks like a
,mountain from a distance,
usually is only a hill when you
get to it.
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A new cainfiaign to sell
shares in FAME -- the farm-
ers' meat processing co-op —
will be launched in Huron
CountY, it was decided at A
shareholders' meeting in Clin-
ton Tuesday night.
More than 100 to 270 share-
holders in Huron elected a
county executive and made
Maggot hits
fur ' f'elds
Dep't of agriculture officials
warned this week that many
area turnip fields are badly
infested with cabbage mag-
got.
They urged growers not to
wait until their fields became
infested but to begin a preven-
tative spray program.
The dep't recommends two
sprays, one when the seedlings
are up, the second about one
month. later.
Recommended spray is 20"
Aldrin, 1-1/2 to two gallons of
water (better 200 gallons to
acre) applied at low pressure
with nozzle set so that mate-
rial is applied directly over
row.
Dep't officials also pointed
out that water core last year
was very severe and that the
same problem may \'crop up
again. They urged spraying ac-
cording to OAC recommenda-
tions.
Turnip quality must be main-
tained in order to keep sales
up, the dep't said. "We can't
expect lady shoppers to buy
wormy, watercore turnips,"
Now's a good, time to clean
out your granary, advises
Prof, Harold Goble, provincial
entomologist. Get all the dirt
and broken kernels out of the
cracks. A vacuum cleaner
does a good job. If the grain
isn't going for milling or malt-
ing you can use fuel oil to kill
the grain, pests.
plans to organize a new can-
vass for funds, A carnpaign
meeting will be beld Tuesday
night, July 25, at Clinton.
To date, Huron ',1'armers have
invested about $30,000 in the
meat packing enterprise. Tbi.$.
is about 28% of the county tar-
get of $106 000 which officials
hope to meet by November.
FAME was launched by On-
tario hog producers last year
but has since been divorced
from that, group. The co-op will
embrace all livestock men and
is establishing separate organ-
izations throughout the prov-
Charles McInnis, former pro-
vincial hog producers' resi-
dent, was guest speaker at
Tuesday's meeting, He said
the co-operative boned to be-
gin construction of its first
plant early next year. The pro-
vincial fund-raising objective is
$2 million.
Carl Hemingway, who was
elected president of the Huron:
group, pointed out that if pro-
ducers in Huron invested one
cent for every dollar -of live-
stock sold during the year, the
county could, raise $120,000.
Vice-chairman of the county
organization is Alex McGregor,
Kippen, and Alf Warner, Bay-
field, is the secretary.
Township committeemen in-
clude: Ashfield, Warren Zit/1m;
Colborne, Ross Fisher; Gode-
rich, Alfred Warner; Stanley,
Malcolm Davidson; Hay, John.
Soldan; Stephen, Ed Hendrick;
East Wawanosh, Elmer Ire-
land; West Wawanosh, Robert
McAllister; Morris, Wilfred
Shortreed; Grey, Martin Bean;
Turnbury, Jobe Willit; How -
ick, Warren Zurbrigg; MeXII-
lop, Gordon Elliott; Tucker -
smith, Alex McGregor; (Hut -
lett, Lloyd Stewart; Usborne.
Theron Creery; at large, Car/
Hemingway, Bob MacMillan;
Bob Allan, and Bob McGre-
gor.
Ernest P'yrn, Exeter, has
been named full-time FAME
canvasser for Usborne and'Ste-
phen townships and part of
Hay.
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