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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1965-03-18, Page 4SOME OF THE 400 HURON FARMERS AT SEED FAIR LISTENING TO DISCUSSION By MRS. G. HOOPER Page 4 Times-Advocate, March 18, 1965 Livestock specialist stresses balance in operations Future belongs to farmer who plans for it power in the form of chemicals, equipment, electricity and in genetics, "The farmer must be trained to cope with these powers," he emphasized," or they canbe misused and become dangerous and disastrous." warden Glenn Webb noted farmers must keep a balance between the successes of the past and the expectation of the future, and the consequences of not keeping up were to find em- ployment In another field of endeavour. Other speakers included: Clinton Mayor Don Symons; Tom Leiper, chairman of the cialist; Harold Scott, RR 2 Stratford; Harry VanNess, RR 1 St. Pauls; Norman Dow, RR 1 Staffa; Ralph Weber, RR 1 Dash- wood. A farm management discus- sion was also held with mem- bers including William Empey, RR 2 Auburn; Gerrit VanVeen, RR 2 Brussels; Bob Hern, RR 1 Woodham; Tom Cunningham, RR 1 Auburn; Maurice Love, RR 3 Exeter; Jim McIntosh, Seaforth. A discussion summary was made by Dick Heard, London, farm management specialist with the department of agricul- ture. Huron agriculture committee; Jim Barrie, Galt, area director on the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association; Den Hill, Soils and Crop specialist with the department of agri- culture. In the discussion groups, G. S. "Bert" Moggach, agricul- tural engineering specialist for Huron and Perth brought farm- ers up to date on profitable grain corn production. Dairy housing systems were discussed by a panel headed by Don Pullen, assistant agri- culture representative. Mem- bers included R. J. Milne, Ox- ford and Elgin engineering spe- In our new showroom . . Congratulations LARRY SNIDER MOTORS New Line up of FORD TRACTORS We put on the unseen but essential part of this building Mechanical Contractors DOBSON ROOFING LORNE KLEINSTIVER LTD. cattle but did not grow good crops. 'This type of man is only half right if he thinks he's a good farmer," McGill commented. He empha.sized that farmers must pay more attention to their choice of breeding stock, citing production figures to show the difference between top stock and poor stock. The assistant livestock com- missioner explained that in 1949 the average milk production was 7,600 pounds per cow, but under a dairy herd improvement pro- gram this had now increased to over 10,000 pounds per cow. He also noted that the use of artificial insemination had aid- ed dairymen as it enabled them to choose the characteristics they needed to improve their particular herd. "Each year the daughters of A-I unit bulls have higher pro- duction than private bulls," he added, "and this shows what selection can do to improve production." McGill pointed out also the wide range in feed conversion between good and bad swine and beef cattle. He said the range in swine was from 2.6 pounds of feed for one pound of gain to 4.3 pounds of feed for each pound of gain, noting this meant a difference of feed- ing 450 pounds of feed or 730 pounds before hogs were ready for market. He predicted this variance would remain as long as farm- ers gave no thought to pro- duction records when choosing breeding stock. "You get what you pay for," he stated, after explaining many farmers buy by price alone. "You can't afford not to buy good breeding stock" he told the farmers present. In concluding his address, McGill stated that farmers who have failed to keep an open mind and who have refused to accept the results of scientific re- search have slowed progress in the agriculture industry. He said more research must be made available and that it was up to the farmers to see that the government and other sources provided the necessary money and also that the re- search information was made more available. DASHWOOD 235-2802 6iretratettedad edartatedeetutd, LARRY SNIDER MOTORS to Larry Snider A Complete Overhaul by FORD of their Tractor Products We are pleased to have supplied the flood lighting and show room lighting installed by Don Rooth Electric. NEVER SEEN BEFORE PLANNED LIGHTING PAYS DIVIDENDS BEAVER LUMBER Everyone's Invited General Contractor For Storage Shed Howden 's Electrical Supplies MUCH POWER R. N. Alexander, Londesboro, president of the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association, said in his remarks that farm- ers today have "undreamed of power at their fingertips". "It's an exciting time to be a farmer," he stated, noting they had the power to take a half- cup of liquid and control the weeds in an acre of land. He went on to detail other About 800 persons attended the two-day program of the Huron County Seed Fair in Clin- ton last weekend, being treated to an exceptional Friday night program by the Huron Junior Farmers and learning the latest in farming techniques at the Saturday seed show. "The Junior Farmer show was certainly one of the high- lights," stated Doug Miles, Huron Agricultural Repre- sentative, adding that the drama show and musical program by the choir was a "job particular- ly well done". Over 300 persons were on hand to see the drama trophy presented to the Seaforth Junior Farmers and Junior Institute in their competition with the drama group representing the North Huron Junior Farmers and Junior Institute. Amy Stewart, RR 5 Seaforth, was judged best actress and Murray Hoover, RR 3 Brussels, was her male counterpart. Larry Wheatley, RR 1 Dublin, was chairman for the program which also featured perform- ances by the choir under the direction of J. G. Burrows, Exeter, with Carol Brown, Sea- forth, as pianist. Some 400 Huron farmers re- turned to the school for the Saturday show when the top seeds, grains and hay were on display. They also heard sev- eral interesting speakers and panel discussions on the trends in farming. Main speaker was H. E. Mc- Gill, assistant Ontario live- stock commissioner, who told the audience that nothing is constant except change, this being especially true in agri- culture. Taking the motto of a large insurance company, he said that the future in agriculture would belong to the man who prepared for it. He said that despite the fact the population was steadily in- creasing, those producing food were decreasing in numbers and the demands on these pro- ducers would increase. "The future will be bright," he stated, "but this doesn't mean that all farmers will make a profit. There will be a great- er potential market but there will also be higher production costs." He said the efficient farm would be the one that was well balanced, explaining that many farmers were at present ef- ficient in one phase of their operation but often inefficient in another phase. 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