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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-08-24, Page 911171—,11 • DEMONSTRATES SPRAYER—Reeve Bill McKenzie o1 Exeter, who operates a 10- acre orchard in Stanley township near Kippen, demonstrated a new speed sprayer for Huron county fruit growers at their summer meeting at his farm •last week. The sprayer can pour out 20 gallons of chemical a minute to control insect and fungi on fruit crops. g p —T -A photo Yield good, quality bad, WO wheat prices fall By DON FAIRBAIRN Wheat prices in western On- tario have fallen drastically call Y --- last last week they were around $1.10 to $1.15 a bushel which is 30 or more cents lower than When the harvest began. High moisture content drop- ped prices as soon as wheat began conning in from the farms but evenmore serious after the earliest arrivals has been very bad sprouting. We talked to one co-op man- ager who normally handles 70 to 80,000 bushels who got only about 8,000 bushels he can sell for milling — that was at the beginning of the harvest. Since then most of the wheat has sprouted and after drying it. is being sold for feed as quickly as possible.. Despite rental storage space he hasn't enough — andthey built new feed elevators a year. ago. On the other hand, yields are very good and despite lower prices many farmers will real- ize almost as much per acre as they did a year ago. Fifty to 60 bushels per acre are not uncommon with some as high as 80 and a couple of seed dealers from Michigan we met at Alex Stewart's at Ailsa Craig said conditions were similar there. • -luron county crop report By D. G. GRIEVE Associate Ag Rep Grain harvest has continued during the past week under im- proved weather conditions, Better than 75% of the wheat crop has been harvested. Lodged spring grain will pro- long the harvest period consid- erably. Bean gathering next Thursday The third annualsunrise bean meeting, sponsored by Huron county Soil and Crop Improve- ment Ass'n, will be held Thurs- day, August 31, from 8 to 10 a.m. on the farm of Alex Mc- Mtirtrie, Kippen. Reports will be given on the two-year fertility tests on beans conducted by •Jack Murray, re- gional soils specialist, London. Wen Snow and Dick Frank, of WOAS, Ridgetown, and Dar- rel Dotson, CIL, Toronto, will be among the speakers. •,; 11,11111 1 This sprouting has caused grave doubts about the amount of registered and certified seed grainthat will be avail- able in the next month, though, One dealer from the U.S. has sold 50,000 bushels of seed wheat and he is hoping to get it from Ontario, Unless regulations governing sprouted grain are relaxed 1 (provided germination is nor• mal) there is some auestion about whether he will find enoughto say nothing of re- quirements right here at home 1 being filled. Buys store at Greenw ay By MRS. C. WOODBURN GREENWAY Mr. arid. Mrs. Harold Mc- Donald of Petrolia have bought the generalstore from Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Pollock, Mr. and Mrs. Pollock have bought Mr. and Mrs. Ray Young's house and. Mr. and Mrs. Young and Marilyn are moving to Parkhill. Mr, and Mrs. Glenn Wood- burn and family, of Galt, are spending their vacation with relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Brophey and family, of London, Mr, and Mrs. • Fred. Rinker ' and eons, of Sarnia, visited on Sun- day with Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brophey, Miss Ella Brown, of London, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Ross Brown and fam- ily. Mrs. Joe Hodge and Jeanette of Detroit visited for a few days last week with their aunt, Mrs. Albert Pollock. Mr. Dawson Woodburn is on a trip to the Canadian West, southern U.S.A. and Mexico. Miss Carolyn Eagleson at- tended CGIT camp near Gode- rich recently and Miss Helen Eagleson attended the United Church Sunday School camp last week. Mr. a.nd. Mrs. Ray Eagleson and Allan, of Detroit, spent the weekend with relatives here.. Mr. and. Mrs. Frank Leeder and family, of Brampton, visit- ed on. Sunday with Mrs. Ed, Bullock and Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Bullockand. family. Miss Evelyn Curts and Mr, Manuel Curts accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Smith- ers of London • visited on Sun- day with Mr, and Mrs. Allan Smart and John, of Guelph. August Specials 16 -Inch Nylon -- Reg. $S.09 SPECIAL Stable Broom $3.77 1 Nylon bristle Reg. $1.15 SPECIAL 8" • Can Brush Nylon bristle — 'Reg. $1.00 95c SPECIAL Dairy Pail Brush 856 RID YOUR HENS OF LICE — USE Howard's Per Pest Litter Dust Dust nests and litters 1 1O -Ib. Bag . . . $2.65 EXETER DISTRICT Phone 287 Collect j ltlummuttultttml,iiii„ inlion„u,ttit„,iututittuttpinll 1111I/l llllllttll,lllllllt,lll l� Reside CNR Scanlon There is a bright spot in all this for farmers in western On- tario — and perhaps in other parts of the province who want to buy livestock or poultry feed.. We would guess that some of this sprouted wheat could be had for about $40 a ton (maybe less direct from ie 1 m o farmers) and we talked to one farmer who operates a combined beef and poultry operation who was go- ing to buy 1,000 bushels imme- diately although he was inthe process of taking off 60 acres of mixed grain. Another beef farmer told us he had just completed a deal for screenings at $37,50 a 'ton. So, as always, one fellow's tough luck is going to help somebody else. Have turkey growers been watching kill figures in west- ern. Canada? The amount of turkey going to market doesn't bear out the forecast and if this continues it could mean that the figures on hatching are not as accurate a forecast on mar- keting as we usually think. It might also mean that produc- ers who want to gamble might consider storing turkeys rather than selling now at present very low prices, Associate ag rep resumes studies Bruce McCorquodale, associ- ate agricultural representative for Perth County, will go on leave of absence from the Strat- ford office of the Ontario De- partment of Agriculture, Sept. 1 after having served the area in that capacity for over six years. Mr. McCorquodale has en- rolled in the graduate course at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., where he will major in agricultural extension education andfarmmanagement, gradu- ating in 1962 with the degree of Master of Science. Mr. 'McCorquodale . s married to the former Marjorie Innes, of Embro. They have three children, Karen, 6, David, 4, and Murray, 2 years, A. native of Lakeside, Mr. McCorquodale graduated from the Ontario Agricultural Col- lege, Guelph, in 1953. On grad- uating. he served as assistant agricultural representative in Prince Edward County for al- most two years before trans- ferring to Perth County in 1955 as assistant and finally associ- ate representative. Second Section 11 • ,^.,yRo:L,yrIL ?r:ITv3N1^.I•+-T e Qtefer1inc& EXETER, 0NTARIA, AUGUST 24, 1961 Fieldman comments Find smaller plants Bright prospects 'f for ive top er6iciency„ m cIDDh rwini elue tope �ciencyBy J, CARL HEMINGWAY plants with only a Capacity of a HFA Fieldman 11,.500 c. hogs a week g Quid reach With harvest coming along.` maximum •efficien cy. With the with the usual rush, I can. y ! share -sales mounting up the hope that the weather ismile s board has decided to havr, all favourable when you read this available information on size as when I .am writing T1, and types of plants most suit - Recently a group of rnter=I able to Ontario presented at ested co- the September operators From the meeting, U.S. sat in on a meeting with ' In the light of what we were the "1�ame" board. of direr- told by the 11.5, delegation we tors, These men have been ope• are wondering about ei in - rating a co-op hog killing plant creased. number of smaller for a few years. They reported killing plants and perhaps few that they have had success but er larger complete processing returns in patronage refunds plants. Phis system would � have been quite low, In further make delivery of livestock tp 1 study they have found that only plants 'more convenient for the 10°, of the profit ini the {meat Producers 'and in the case of processing trade is in Che fresh meats mighk make oa real slaughtering part of the .enter savang in transportation. costs. prise while 90% is in further The board is quite interested processing, in: getting this study underway a s earlyas possible so that result they were visit- p ing Canada to learn of the progress already made in, Que- bec and the Maritimes in com- plete processing of all live- stock and what was being planned in. Ontario. Small plant efficient The Fame board was inter- ested in hearing that killing Zion -art p y fetes couple By MISS MURIEL HERN ZION A. reception was held Sun- day evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs, Ward Hern, for Mr, and. Mrs. Gerald Tarsitano, .:the for- mer Pearla Hern of Chicago. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Glen. Hunter and. family, Miss Gerta. Hunter and Miss Phyl- lis Hern. of London, 'Mr. and Mrs, James Earl, Mr.. and Mrs. George Jaques, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. Bev, Skinner, Mr. and: Mrs. Ken Hern and families; Mrs. Alma Dobson and Larry, Mr, and Mrs. Ross Dobson, Mr., and. Mrs. Bob Dobson and Mrs. Christina Hern, all of Exeter; Mr. and Mrs. Alan Eveleigh and family, Mr. 'and Mrs, Bill. Schaefer and daugh- ter, Kirleton, Mr. and Mrs. Bill. Dixon and family, Brins- ley, Mr. and Mrs. John Hern, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Hern and family, Winchelsea, Mr, and Mrs. Tom Hern, Zion, 'Mr. and Mxs, .,Everett . Skd nner...and, fMiss Ruth Skinner, . Elimville. Personal items Mr. and Mrs. Ward Bern at- tended a reception for Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Skinner on Tues- day evening. Mies Doris Cornish, London, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and 'Mrs, Garfield Cornish. Mr. and. Mrs. Burton Mor- gan and Paul visited for the past week with Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brock. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Jaques were recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Roane of Wy- oming. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brock, Karen and Murton, visited on Sunday with Mr, Lloyd Lynn, Clandeboye. Mrs. Ross Bern, Detroit, spent a few days at her. home. Mise Barbara Hern. and Miss Frances Skinner visited last Tuesday with Miss Shirley Jaques. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hern. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hern and family attended 'errand. Bend United Church service on Sun- day. Woodham quartette sang at the service, definite steps may be taken by mid-November when we are quite hopeful that sufficient share capital will. be available to purchase locations and call for building tenders. This, of course, will call for more canvassing to be done but already some counties are close to their objectives and it is just a case of the rest of us pulling our share of the load. Milk agreement? In. the latest report of the dairy farmers we are still in some difficulty in the sale of milk products. In spite of all the adverse propaganda regard- ing animal fats it is still a def- inite fact that the countries showing the highest consume- tion of milk have the healthiest people, We would do well to keep this in mind for the sake Decorate cemetery By GORDON MORLEY BRINSLEY Ebenezer cemetery held its annual decoration services on Sunday with the Rev. Roulston of Exeter as guest speaker for the occasion. Personal items Mr. and Mrs, Roy Lewis, Sandra, Brenda and Kevin of Simi, California. are spending a couple of weeks with the for- iner's parents, Mr, and Mrs. Wes Lewis, and other. relatives, Terry MacDonald, of Gode- rich, has. been spending some holidays with. Mr, and 'Mrs. Douglas Lewis and family. Mr. Ray .Campbell, of Ailsa Craig capably took change of the service at Brinsley United Church on Sunday for the Rev. Kenneth Hick who is on vaca- tion. Sunday visitors with Mr. and. Mrs. Doug Lewis and family were Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Banting of Lucan, ihfr. Clar- ence Sholdice of 'Exeter, Been and Caralyn. Donaldson, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cobleigh of Lucan and Sharon Killam, Threshing of oats commenced last week .in this 'district with reported good yields. Miss Elsie 'Morley of Exeter has been on two weeks sum- mer vacation. Mr, Clarence Neil is progres- sing favorably at his home after a recent operation. Stanley Rees, 'sort of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rees, invited guests to his home on Saturday eve- ning being the -occasion of his second birthday anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Brock, of Exeter, visited Sun- day with Mr. and Mrs. Gold - win Glenn and family, SHUR-GAIN FERTILIZER SERVICE - ,- • ... 4'j ey 9C..liT�-/_ UVIN fl 7.�a11 s. it makes good sense to have your fertilizer spread on fall sown grains on grasslands — hay and pasture ==- on cash crops - for next spring accurately, easily and. economically with the new SHUR-GAIN Bulk Fer- tilizer spreading Service — Makes good dollars and cents too! It may cost you no more to have SHUR- GAIN delivered and spread than you are presently paying far bagged fertilizer; Pet details and FOR FAT FERTILIZER SERVICE SEE YOUR LOCAL SHUR-GAIN FERTILIZER DEALER N FERTILIZER SERVICE ) Exeter Earl Neil Warehouse TELEPHONE 158 Prospects look bright for the record crop of apples in West- ern Ontario, Huron County fruit growers were told Thurs- day night during their summer meeting at the Kippen area farm of Bill McKenzie, Exeter, ,T. J. Johnson, London, super- vising inspector of the fruit and vegetables branch, federal department of agriculture, said. poor crops in Quebec and. Brit- ish Columbia should help On- tario growers get a good price despite the abundant harvest expected here. "The Quebec crop is not ex- pected to be as big as last year and B.C. is down about six million bushels, r John- son reported. 1n addition, he noted that the United Kingdom wanted a "con- siderable supply" of apples that are free of maggot.. OAC award � to Staffa boy Terry B. Daynard, Staffa, a graduate of Mitchell District High School, has been awarded one of six OAC Alumni Found- ation Scholarships for entrance. to the degree course at the Ontario Agricultural College. The scholarships, valued at $1,000 each, are :awardedby the OAC Alumni. Foundation to outstanding grade 13 students in Ontario high schools. Terry B. Daynard will he among the 225 freshmen who are expected to register at OAC September 18. College of- ficials anticipate an increase of 15% infreshman enrolment this year.. of our childrne evenif we are tempted to save a few cents on our own diet. I am glad to say that recent- ly I have been finding more agreement among the various dairy groups inthe matter of marketing. I feel: quite sure that the worst they cando to- gether will be better than the best they can do divided. The inspector also indicated the marketing people were geared tp do a good job of selling the record WO crop. "All in all, the picture looks brighter than it might appear from the prospects here," he stated. Mr.Johnson was one of four gov't men who spoke at the twilight meeting attended by a number of county council officials as well as fruit grow- ers, The crowd was less than expected because of the busy harvest season. Prof, Harold Goble, OAC, provincial entomologist, and Prof. C. B. Kelly, OAC botan- ist, warned growers what to watch waycrop 1 for w in the of damage before harvest time. Bothmen indicated, however, that there appeared to be little danger fromfungi or insects at. the moment, Fieldman Russ Chard, For- est, was chairman for the pro- gram. Before dark, President Mc- Kenzie gave a demonstration of the new air -blast sprayer whichhe has purchased to treat his 10 -acre orchard. The machine willspray at the rate of 20 gallons per minute, The Exeter reeve estimated it would pay for itself in reduced labor costs inside of five years. Growers inspected the Mc - Potato grows five feet high Does anyone have a big- ger potato plant than Billy Gossman of Dashwood? Bill says at least one plant in his garden comes up to his chin, which makes it about five feet tall. The plant has produced 20 potatoes, all of a "nice size", reports the Dashwood gard- ener. "It's the biggest crop I've ever seen," he stated, and Bill's seen a lot of them in his 70 years. "I think it was the turkey manure I got from Harry Hayter's farm that did it," he said, Kenzie .orchard. President and Mrs, '4ieKen- zie were host to the group for a luncheon which followed the meeting. The Exeter Legion Pipe Band entertained. wa Show ponies lost in bIze Two hackney show ponies and six sheep belonging to the well- known fair exhibitor, Walter Clark, were destroyed in a fire about a anile south of St. Marys Monday afternoon. a n erno o. Mr. Clark, who shows his hackney ponies as a hobby, estimated the loss at between $5,000 and $10,000. The six thoroughbred sheep were burned to death.• when they ran into the •blaze, Spec- tators rushing through the fields. apparently startled the sheep. The two show -ponies were trapped helplessly inside the barn. Other valuable horses. weregrazing inthefield near- by f e by and were unhurt. Cause of the fire, which broke out about 3:30 p.m, Mon- day, was unknown. Mr. Clark, who was away anholidays at the time, said the barn contain- ed a supply of oats, hay, straw and hackney show harness valued. at $500, in addition to the animals. St. Marys firemen, who were called to the scene, said that the building was beyond saving when they arrived. The heat was so intense that ' firemen. and neighbors had great diffi- culty insaving other gear franc the nearby drive shed. Keep your. cattle away* front junk piles where you've. thrown old 'paint cans .and oar bat- teries, advises Dr. Howard Neely, extension veterinariaio. at OVC. Even a small ,amai t of lead can be fatal to cattle. Same orchard and vegetable sprays contain lead. too. .- other precaution: Don't use leaded paints around the barns, on fences, or in pens. AM High productivity and low production costs are essential to profitable farming. Neither can be attained by using old-fash- ioned methods and obsolete machinery. The only way they can be achieved is by utilizing modern methods and up-to-date farm machinery, Massey -Ferguson machines and implements are helping 'farmers the world over to make their particular farming operation rnore profitable by doing more work at less cost, 'Massey -Ferguson Limited For Exeter and District, your Massey -Ferguson dealer is H. R. Sher Phone 414J eIIin ton St