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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1961-11-30, Page 11it QUEEN METS CHAMPION—Monica O'Shea, RR, 1 .Granton,• newly -elected Short- horn Lassie Queen, presented the championship rosette to R. W. Gardhouse, Milton, whose Aberfeldy Road Lady 7th was judged grand champion Shorthorn female at the Royal Winter Fair, Also shown is judge William Cameron. —Jim Rose Growers condemn lease crop program The new lease program of keting board over the leasing processors was condemned by problem. Huron and Perth can crop lie reported the gov't board growers at their annual meet- was concerned about the devel- mg here Wednesday night, Nov, opment and had already met 22, with the processors, A joint A formal resolution passed meeting of both processors and by the 40 growers endorsed growers has been scheduled to their marketing board's ef- discuss the matter further. forts to stamp out the practice, Mr. Down also reported that Grower officials indicated other g r o w e r organizations, the local plant of Canadian such as the fruit board, were Canners Ltd. plans to lease concerned. to the extent that they have taken part in the discussions, In another resolution passed by the growers, they asked that the leased acreage be the last of the crop planted. This would mean, if the company has an- other record rop like this year's, that the unharvested crop would be the company's, rather than any of the grow- ers'. Growers ask.ecl their. market- ing board to hold pea prices at the present level, particu- larly at the lower grades which the processors have been anxious to reduce. New grad- ing equipment at the local By DON FAIRBAIRN plant allows the company to There :are more rumblings a - select the tender peas from the long the Milky Way than those more mature ones, thereby al' that gained the headlines at lowing them to harvest the the annual meetings of the On - crop at a later maturity and tario Cream Producers Market - lower price. ing Boardandthe Ontario Milk, Growers also asked that the Distributers"AeSociation. corn price be hey held at its pre- ' it was fairly obvious from res - sent level. Turged, too, that the company, which con- olutions passed at the former trots the time of planting and and remarks at the latter by harvesting of the crop, should the president of the National Dairy Council that producers be required to pay the grower for loss incurred by frost on and processors do not agree on late fields. the necessity of a milk market - Work of Clarence Down as ing plan in Ontario—and this provincial president was lauded is not unexpected. in a formal motion and the However, what was not ex - growers asked that he be re- pected — at least by quite a tained on the board of direc- few people including this colum- tors nist —was a presentation No - Record top yields vember 16 to the Ontario Gov - A letter from Don Graham ernment and the Concentrated manager of the local plant, Milk P r o d u c e r s Marketing confirmed that both pea and Board of a plan by the proces- corn crops this year had record sors of concentrated milk prod - yields. Peas averaged 2.15 tons lids. We know very little about per acre and corn, 5.9 tons per this plan except that it was acre. Unfortunately, because presented and is apparently a of the heavy production, some scheme to stabilize prices •to fields of both croPs had to be producers who supply 'milk to left unharvested. these processors and also sta- The manager described the bilize the supply to the proces- cabbage crop as "good" and M*8' the lima bean crop, grown for This appears an extremely the first time in this area, as laudable objective and could about 260 acres for the pro- duction of peas next summer. This means that about 26 grow- ers will not get contracts, The local plant is among the last in the province to get into the lease program. Sone other processors plan to produce all of their 1962 crops on leased land. Clarence Down, president of the Ontario Vegetable Grow- ers' Marketing Board, outlined the meetings his board has had with the farm products mar - Prices up for seed With drought conditions in Western Canada dpring the past .teowing 'season' 'and 'Adverse harvestinebweather throughout Ontario, there are indications that seed of recommended oat and barley varieties will not be too plentiful for 1962 seeding. However, in many eases qual- ity, including germination, is satisfactory, even though color may not be too favorable. Considering all these factors, minimum prices for treated seed in new bags (basis at farm or local shipping point) were recommended at a recent meeting of the seed marketing committee, Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Asrciation, as follows: OATS (Mostly Garry and Rodney varieties) • Canada Reg. No. 1 (3rd generation) $1.90 bu. Canada Cert. No. 1. $1.80 bu. Canada No. 1 (Commercial) $1.65.bu. BARLEY Canada Reg. No. 1 ., $2.50 bu. Canada Cert. No, 1 $2.25 bit. Canada No, 1 (Commercial) $2.0t) bu. It was further recommended that special varieties, and also first and second generation stock, find their own levels ac- cording to local demands and available supplies,. It is of special interest to note that recommended prices for this year's crop are slight- ly higher than recent years, in keeping with the general trend of 'higher feed prices. Lists of seed for sale are being prepar- ed and complete information as to available quantities, varie- ties, etc., will be available soon from the Field Crops Branch, Ontario Department of Agriculture, Toronto, or from offices of agricultural repre- sedatives in each county and district. ilE/4014Eit You'll "fly" through your Christmas shopping too if you bolster yourself with energy . giving HURONDALE MILK. Keep plenty on hand. • FOR YOUR DAILY BOTTLED S NSIONE "satisfactory," Mr. Graham confirmed that "some"land will be leased by the company next season for peas. • Three representatives were chosen to attend the can crop conventiqn next month. They were Elmer McBride, Raymond Paynter and Lloyd Lovell. Directors returned to office were Clarence Down, Ross Mar- shall, Oscar Tuckey, Tom El- lerington, Archie Etherington, Elgin Rowcliffe, Roylance Westcott, Ted Pooley, Robert Elgie, Lloyd Lovell and Elmer McBride. Oscar Tuckey, group chair- man, presided for the meeting. Secretary is H. H. G. Strang, Processors Second Section e xeferZi esablvale gxgTER,.-,9NTAgigt •NOWMPF.R 30, 1961 Page Eleven Fieldman comments Hay council returned `Fame' proiect battr6 Urges central hospital of people By J, CARL HEMINGWAY Federation Fieldman On, November 21, members of "Fame" (Farmers Allied Meat Hnterprises Co -Operative) held their annual meeting. At- tendance far exeeeded the hopes of your board of direc- tors and since ne expenses were allewed by the Ontarie or- ganizaton it wasinIicative of the genuine, serious concern that livestock producers have in the marketingof their•pro- duct. This is really a battle be- tween the power of people and money and dollars are very obedient to their master. That the situation is serious was brought to us forcefully by the guest speaker, Oron Lee Staley, president of the Na- tional Farmers Organization of United States, He told us of conditions in hiscountry and we can compare his statements to our situation, I will try to quote. • Returns dwindle Agricultural investment rep- resents 13% of all industrial in- vestment and the returns to agriculture is 4% of industrial income. In recent years the farmers share of the consum- ers' dollar has dropped from 58% to 39% and is still drop- ping. Farmers in the United States are told what great strides they have made in efficiency yet no other industry consid- ers itself efficient unless it can show a satisfactory increase in income. On this basis, agricul- ture can not be considered ef- ficient. get in act; su mit mi sc eme. b at,,,,!erfivodine,a0r,„),,,,F...,a.unridi nirest. • vs, money Unless we, as farmers, do a better job in this respect than one he we have d ' in tile pas t t fate of the family farm is sealed, '['be source of power for farmers Is the fact that he has control of the food supply — yet — but this is fast slip- ping away from him. olsofMorneSt3e2n010eyagcraeve an farm example hcocicranY' Two 1 %w7lcie known tractjea g"re Munroe, The Prochletinny - d to neighboringl pisroccoens: pis. The business in the ad- joining town dropped by 85%, (end of quotation). Evident in broilers That this trend is taking place in Canada is quite evident in the broiler industry and I was told just this week that one firm is contracting for eggs on the basis of 4c per dozen, The corporation supplies the layers and feed, the farmer the building, water, lights, equip- ment and, I suppose, the lit- ter. Remember, this is a start- ing contract. If it proves at- tractive I can easily visualize a neighbour offering to con- tract for 31/2.c, 3c or 21/2c to the very least possible. As you no doubt have not- iced in the press, Canning com- panies are obtaining control of source of supply by renting the land for their crops. I was told that one large processor is buying feeders and putting them out to feed on contract, The same is being done in Que- bec with hogs. Soon there will be no market for farm -produced livestock, The only defence for the farmer is the marketing of his product, in processed form, direct to the consenter. Fairfield forum views pictures Joe White, Seaforth, and being win the support of many Pre-. the fourth night of the month ducers— if the stabilized prices there were no radio to seem reasonable. Not eeing aware of any of the details of this plan we are not in a post - ton to comment at the moment. We do wonder whether .there is any significance in the fact that such a proposal was made only hours after Pierre Cote, president of NDC, made it plain, that processors and distributors: of milk did not look with favor upon an over-all milk market- ing plan for Ontario. Of course, producers do not appear to be making great. progress toward agreement on any scheme although. we un- derstand they have been hold- ing meetings and there is more hope of eventual agreement than there was two or thrie. months ago. Both ethe • Whole Milk League and the Concen• trated Milk Producers have circulated petitions calling for a vote on marketing plans and weunderstand many farmres have signed these. However, the whole milk petition suggests a plan for fluid milk only with the league assuming the powers of a mar- keting board (which it does not - Please' turn to page 12 Art Cann's 1 PS ON BROOD SOW CARE The ration you feed YoUr brood sow during gestation will help decide the size, strength and condition of the litter she'll farrow. Don't try to cheat your brood sow, it can't be done. In fact, in an effort to maintain her own body, a sow will resorb some of the tiny embryos. In this way you might be losing pigs you never even see because your sovv's nutritional re- quirements are not inet, If you don't feed her properly through the gesta- tion period you'll get smaller litters. Watch your sow's Weight and condi tion carefully, The average sow should gain from 100 to 115 pounds during gestation. Provide plenty of water. We recommend hand feeding each sow 4 to 6 lbsper day of Purina Sow Chow Concentrate and grain, mixed 1 to 4, or of Purina Sow Chow Coin- plete. In addition your sow will make good use of high quality, leafy hay if you have it available, Tests at Purina's Research Farm have shown that feeding is even more important than breeding if you want to farrow those big, healthy litters. Give me a call, or drop in. I'd like to tell you about Purina's Hog Feeding Program for baby pigs too for fast, efficient feed service call Cann's Mill Ltd. Exeter Phone 735 WHALEN CORNERS Phone 35r15 Kirkton Canadians who want bigger profits tomorrow, • • al 1 we el le le iseenisameineemee feed PURINA CHOWS today! Pics • Mr. and Mrs, Russell Schroe- de showed moving pictures of California whichley had taken on a recent trip to visit their daughter, There were 22 in 'attendance. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Powe in town, for Huron residents " Veteran, reeve V, L. 43ecker was returned by acclamation at the Hay township nerninatioa meeting in Zurich Friday, along With all the other mem- bers of his council, Karl Hab- erer, deputy -reeve and coun- cillors John Corbett, Delbert Geiger and John Soldan, Haberer was nominated to oppose Becker and Corbett was nominated for the deputy- reeve post, but both men declined to run for the higher office. "I'm glad we are together again", Geiger com m ented, especially with the work of the Hay Township Telephone Sys- tem in putting in the dial sys- tem for Grand Bend." exPrWereie nhcae v eg on tahiinsedproject", plehf heo said, "and we are spending a lot of money", He reported that the system would be in opera- tion in a little over a year, Problem year In giving an acount of his work over the past year, Beck- er pointed out that it had been "a problem year", "You farmers have had a problem year in harvesting your crops", he stated, "and this has been similar to our ' county and township work" Wehave had many problems, but considering everything, it has been a good year", mmen ing on his county work, he said he had been mostly concerned with the clerk - treasurer's report. "We were very happy to get the figures that showed our estimated balance at the end of the year was going to be about $24,- 000.00", he said, He reported that the road budget had exceeded one mil- lion dollars again this year, and demands for better roads were coming in all the time. "Unless we raise the mill rate for the county, I don't know what will happen", he said. Lauds improvements Becker pointed out to the ratepayers that many assets had been added to the county over this past year. He noted the opening of the new wing at the County Home, the build- ing of the new hospital near Goderich, the opening of new additions to South Huron Hos- pital and SHDHS. "All these things have added greatly to ohr county", he said. The reeve stated that the county's property committee were presently preparing a re- port for the January sittings to solve the need for more office space at the county buildings, He reported the need was great to house facilities for the new civil defense program and for the Children's Aid Society, Central hospital? Deputy -reeve Haberer, not- ing the great need for more hospital facilities in the county, said it "was about time we started thinking along the lines of centralization". "'rhe hospital grants are causinggreat concern", he said,"and we have requests coming almost every month", "I have stressed centraliza- tion for some time", he stated, "because asking the people in the county to pay for new additions is a great problem," He pointed out that a central hospital would entice more doctors into the area and pa- tients would not be required to get treatment at large city hospitals "This concerns each and every one of us here", he said, "and we should be thinking about it". Haberer, a member of. the county library committee, re- ported that things had been cleared up quickly and the new librarian and her assistant were very capable persons. "The demand for non...fiction books is a healthy indication that people are seeking more knowledge", he reported. Saved money Councillors Soldan and Cor- bett both commented on the saving in the purchase of a re- placement for the MacDonald bridge, which was recently erected in the township. "We .were fortunate to pur- chase this bridge", Corbett stated, "because we saved a great deal of money". "We shouldn't have to touch it for 100 years", Soldan added, "because it's in elegant con- dition". Councillor Delbert Geiger, commenting on the "hot po- tato issue ef the township hall, said the decision to locate in the village of Zurich "was a good move on part of coun- cil" "It's very central, located in the village", he said, "and will make it easy for our summer residents along the lake shore to find the clerk". He pointed out that the clerk had a great amount of work to do with cottage owners and the office in Zurich would be handier than if it were else- where in the township. "We considered building a new office and found it would cost $10,000 and perhaps even $15,000, added Soldan, "and we saved at least half by purchas- ing the property in town". raSteoplclaayneraslsothaptoin,tichde outotwtnoswthpe taxes are the lowest of any township for what we have ac- eamoPwliesvheerl;' However, he noted that many expenses were out of the hands of council altogether, such as taxes and wages, and said, "taxes will probably continue to go up". Quiet year Chairman Ray Fisher and Clifford Pepper, who were both returned to their posts on the area school board, reported "a Very quiet year for the board", Fisher, who has been a mem- ber of the board ever since it started, reported that he would liked to have quit this year and asked several men to take his position. "They said they wouldn't take the job if I gave them a. 100 -acre farm", he said. Pepper said the board would continue to work "to bring our youth the hest possible educa- tion as cheap as possible", Other members of the board are Lloyd Hendrick, Leonard. Erb and Elmer Rowe. Hendrick, noting that there appeared to be an abundance of teachers at the present, said. it would be necessary for the older teachers and the recent graprobleds a solution to the "When these younger people have gone through teachers' colleges they should have the chance to teach", he said. Best in Ontario Oscar Grebb, the township's representative on the SHDHS board, reported that the board was "proud" of their seven mill rate. 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