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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-08-10, Page 91!,110 •HURON FARMERS HEAR EXPERTS—About 350 Huron County farmers visited the test plots at Huron County rarm on Tuesday night at the annual twiligi t Meeting of the Soil and Crop Improvement. Association. George Wheatley and Anson McKinley, vice-presidents_ of the group, were in charge of this part of the evening pro- gram, with speakers: Dr. Stan 'Young, field husbandrY,1 and C. ff. Kingsbury, field crops; Dave MacDonald and' encourage reforestation t William Hardy on atraZine and spray, Jack Murray, g a for E in, M cl lesex, and Huron, also spoke. Pictured here against the large county farm barn is part of the crowd. —News -Record 9ThcCxefer itnesa4t)00.fe Second Section EXETER, ONTARJO, AUGUST 10, 1%1 Pape Select Jory ri ge• in s orne as constru tion project for '62 , • •• Monday afternoon, 'selected AO Huron -county, townships •4411:. !IPKY bridge :as the ;Project tor .„... ply :for approval. ..ot the pro - the re ion 1 soilssupervisorf • I id Perth • .3:0' • j . • d' 77117.,X;'-i7!e127,-MI:7,77,7 •,71. • FEED THE HUNGRY — Prime Minister Diefenbaker, speaking at the 20th anniversary celebration, of the Waterloo Cattle Breeding Ass'n, advocated that every effort should be made -to feed the hungry people of the world, He also lauded the breeding ass'n .on its accom- llishments over the past two decades. Above, Mr. and `rs. Diefenbaker enjoy the beef barbecue attended by me 3,000 persons. Begin construction on co-op warehouse Construction has begun on a measuring 40x84. it will house $16,000 warehouse for Exeter principally bag stocks of fer- co.op near the mill on Station tilizer, 'seeds, feed etc: St. The warehouse was designed. The building will feature by Co-op Construction Services paihted steel roof and siding, Ltd. and the contract was let new to this area. Roof will be to Matthies Construction Co., white and the siding light Cooksville. green, Construction began Monday Manager Ken Hern said the and much of the foundation has building will be one -storey, been poured. Funds for the structure were raised through a canvass of the membership, Mr. Hern re- vealed. It was the first time the Open home Co-op has sought additional funds from its members since September 8 its initial drive.. The official opening of Huron. view the addition to the County Home at 'Clinton, will be held. on Friday, September 8, at 2:30 p.m.,, according to a prelimin- ary announcement by county of ficials this week. Hon. Louis P. Cecile, QC, Minister of Welfare, will offi- ciate at the ceremony and will cut the ribbon to declare the wing officially opened. Others taking part in the ceremony will include Reeve J. Roy Adair, chairman of the Huronview committee; Reeve • Ivan For- sythe, warden of the county; Charles MacNaughton, MPP, and John Hanna, MPP, "You might be the fa,stest gun in. the West, but the fastest paddler in these parts says get in there and eat." NOW AVAILABLE AT EXETER .CO-OPI Carbola • Disinfecting White Paint * KILLS FLIES DISINFECTS CUTS DOWN COBWEBS DRIES WHITE Dry Dip Now Stops ammonia fumes in chicken houses, hog' pens, dairy pens etc. 50 lb, bag $7,50 EXETER DISTRICT PHONE 287 COLLECT BESIDE CNR STATION Twilight.meeting attracts '.big crowd What was devised several ham, is chairman of .the as - years ago in a desperate weer- sociation. gency measure when an unex- Included on the program was a farm safety demonstration Peetedly large crowd came out, put feature of the .liuron County annual ton by the Department of has proved to be an t. A short .address b Soils and Crop Improvement Melburn Greenwood, director Of Association twilight meeting, the Ontario Soils and Crop Im- provement Association and col - About 500 men, women and ouredslides with commentary children gathered on the ter- by W, Keith Riddell, agricul- raced lawns MY 25 at the tural representative of Middle - front of Huronview, for an out- sox County. door program. Lunch was served by mem- Welcoming them was Ivan ,bers of the Huron County jun. k'orsyth, reeve of Tuckersmith; for Institute. Roy Adair, reeve of Wingham Prior to the joint meeting and chairman of the county the ladies had heard an ad - home committee and Tom Leip.. dress from Miss M. Jean Few- er, reeve of Hullett and chair- ster, who is the Marie Fraser man ,of the agricultural com- of the Dairy Foods Service inittee. Clarence Shaw Wing- Bureau. Fieldman comments Variety of viewpoints greet FAME canvass ay .1. CARL HEMINGWAY HFA Fieldman New experiences are always interesting. Having a part in the organiza.tion of the "FAME" share sales campaign last week was no exception. When something needs to be done we can always look to people who are busy to get the job done. The canvassers who turned out to the information meetings were certainly no ex- ception. Their enthusiasm was almost matched by their fear of their ability to go out and be salesmen. It was hard to understand this fear of selling something in which they had at least re- ceived some Information which would certainly give them some advantage•over the pros- pective purchaser yet these same men seemed to have little fear of their ability to sell cattle once a year to men who are in the cattle buying busi- ness every day of the week year after year. Farmers are no more match of the cattle buyer than the cattle buyer is a match of the farmer in load- ing bales all day. Various viewpoints Then there was the meeting of people in the canvass. I had the opportunity of doing a little canvassing in an area where I didn't know the people. In a situation of this •kind I can't refrain from analyzing the peo- ple I called on. All were unanimous hi the need for farmers to have im- proved income. Those who purchased, and this was very nearly half of those called on, seemed to con- sist of two groups, There was the younger farmer who was really finding the going rough. He pinched a little harder and bought .a share in order thdt his bargaining power in, selling would be stronger in the hope that the years to come would be at little better. Then there was the farmer who was nearing the endof the road. He could expect little financial benefit in the few years left but was only inter- ested that the road. be a little smoother for the younger feet to travel. Wouldn't happen to them Then 'lam were t:,ose who didn't purcht.C-e and seemed to have no intention of doing so in the future. This seemed to be a very small group who were quite confident that they could take care for themselves. They were quite ready to agree that conditions were bad and there was real danger of many farmers being forced off their farms but it also seemed that they were quite sure it wouldn't be them. I wonder? From the promises received for future purchases the lack of ready cash was all too ap- By L. C. SCALES, Zone Forester, Stratford The county of Huron Is en- couraging its landowners to re- forest those lands which are marginal or sub -marginal for agriculture. By entering into an agreement with their local township, owners may have their land reforested for the very nominal .fee of one dol- lar per thousand trees planted. This is only slightly over one dollar per acre. In order to obtain this bene- fit. the owner must agree 4o properly fence from livestock the are; to be planted, leave the trees to grow for a period of twenty years, to be present or have someone present when the planting is being done to Recommend seed prices s!, Minimum prices for treated seed in new bags (basis at farm or • local shipping point) were recommended this month by the seed marketing and publicity committee, Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association. Winter Wheat Reg. No. 1 (3rd gen.) ii . ii $2,50 bushel Cert. No. 1 $2,30 bushel Com, No. 1 $2,10 bushel Rye (Tetra Petkus) Corn. No. 1 $1,75 bushel Winter Barley (mostly Hudson variety) Reg. No. 1 , $2.25 bushel Cert. No. 1 $2.10 bushel Corn. No. 1 $1.90 bushel These prices are ten cents per bushel higher for winter wheat and rye than last year's with winter barley the same. Some rust and lodging have affected winter wheat in On- tario, and higher feed prices have resulted, mainly from drought conditions in Western Canada. It is pointed out that rye can, be used satisfactorily as sixty to seventy per cent of grain rations, provided it is combined with feed reasonably high in protein, such as good hay. It is also very useful for sil- age,. pasture, and as a winter Cover crop. Winter barley is likely to in- crease in popularity as a feed crop, particularly in some sec- tions of Southwestern Ontario. At present, production is large- ly confined to the malting trade. parent. While in some cases no doubt these promises will not; be kept, there can be no doubt farmers will be process- ing their livestock through their own plants. It will depend largely on a successful harvest whether we will have these plants in operation by this time next year. 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The county pays for the planting stock as well as one half of the planting costs, but, receives ioDepa rtinagernatofntfrAogmriete Ontario Jure to cover part of the ex- penses,The Stratford zone forester is responsible for organizing each year's planting. In the summer he lines up prospects, explains the agreement, inspects the land, draws up a planting plan with the owner, witnesses the signing of the agreement form and makes certain the proper completion of a tree applica- tion form. The owner will not likely hear from him again. until the following spring when notice is given as to the arrival of the tree planting crew. During this time the zone forester, together with the local township council and the county officials have provided for the approval of the agreement, passing of town- ship by-laws, ordering and pay- ing for stock, preparation of machine and hiring of a crew. Interested landowners should contact the Zone Forester, De- partment of Lands and For- ests, Box 33S, Stratford, Onta- Pea pack -nears end Canadian Canners Ltd. here has completed about 75% of its pea pack, Manager Don Gra- ham said this week. Yields have been above aver- age with some three -ton crops reported, he indicated, The average return is about 1 -1/2 - ton per acre. "The quality has been good," he said. "We've been getting the texture we want." • Wins first prize • for feature photo Barry Edmonds, grandson of Enoch Rowcliffe, Carling St., and a former frequent summer visitor here, won the top prize in the feature division of the 20th annual photo -journalism contest, sponsored by Kent State TJniversity. A Flint Journal photographer, Barry won the award for a pic- ture of three negro boys en- grossed in a story hour session at a public library. It was the thirteenth prize the young pho- tographer has won since 1949. Barry is the son of Mrs, W. W. Edmonds, Flint, the former Verda Rowcliffe, town. Free Enterprise men launch organization The Free Enterprise Agricul- tural Producers of Ontario, set- ting up machinery for official organization, including newly - issued membership cards, last .'Week elected a provisional board of directors which will hold office until the inaugural meeting, probably in January. The board will comprise 12 members. Only 11 were elected last week, the 12th is to come from Eastern Canada. The elected members are Peter McDonald, Oxford Coun- ty; Robert Wilhelm, P'erth County; Don McKenzie, Huron County; Vern Lusted, York County; Arnold Darroch, Wel- lington County; Blake Snobel- en, Kent County; William Har- ris, .Bruce County; Joseph Todd, Peel County'; Thomas Broughton, Halton County; Joseph Cochrane, Simeoe Coun- ty; Edward Lorenz, Waterloo County. At the inaugural meeting four directors will be elected for a three-year term, four for two and four for one-year, and at subsequent annual meetings four directors will be elected. A considerable amount of time was spent discussing re- ports of sessions with farm marketing board officials, and reports from representatives on the hog marketing board. Members of the free enter- prise group which %as been active in an unofficial capacity for about three years, claim that, among other things, hog producers are losing money through the newly -instituted teletype selling methods. Too many hogs are held too long in assembly yards before sale, they., said. The free enterprise organiza- tion will not be confined to hog producers, although it was dis- agreement over hog marketing plans which gave birth to the group. ject. 'A. The bridge is on sideroad 10 concession 14, near the MIMI- cipal dump and beside the farm of Clifford Jory, Road Sup't W, J. Routly. re- ported that the Easton bridge is nearing completion and is open to some traffic nowp , is on concession 4-5. Contract for construction of the Arnold Cann Municipal drain was awarded to John In- glis of Fordwich at his tender price of $834.00. It was the lowest of three received. No ap- peals were presented at the court of revision and the bylaw was given final approval. Two tile drainage loan appli, cations for mom and $500 were approved. Provincial aid grant ,and sur- plus on the Centralia drain, amounting to over $400, were ordered rebated to all the as- sessed ratepayers with over $1.00 assessment, Council examined the com- pleted mutual fire protection agreement «returned by the town of Exeter and directed that the township share of sso.a. be paid, Advised that the contractor on the Towle drain has com- pleted the work, council ap- proved payment of all ac- counts on the drain and author- ized application for grant on the total cost of $4,518.02. Dep't of Highways submitted its approval of the supplemen- tary road appropriation ef $15,000. Reeve Clayton Smith pre- sided and all councillors were present. Next meeting will be held Sept. 4 at 8:30 a.m. Chief engineer receives OBE Queen Elisabeth II has awarded the Order of the Brit- ish Empire to Alistair R. Mac- rae, who has been for the last six and one half years the chief engineer in charge of construc- tion and maintenance at Lon- don (Eng.) airport. Mr. Macrae is a cousin. of Malcom MacDonald, Exeter. As he had previously been deputy chief engineer (from 1946 to 1951), Mr. Macrae, has seen and supervised the ni,aJor construction work at Britain's principal airport. Since June 1, he has been chief engineer at Middle East Command, with headquartervin Aden, where he will be respone sible for works services for the Royal Air Force and Army throughout the command. On being posted to Aden ke was promoted to Deputy direc- tory of works for the air Min- istry. 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