The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1971-12-09, Page 16BEAN COMMITTEEMEN The annual meeting of the Ontario Bean Producers' Marketing Board was
held in Zurich Thursday with an election for Huron committee members. The newly elected officers are
shown above. Back, left, Harry Arts, Jack McGregor, Joseph Miller, Robert Allan, Keith Lovell and
Murray Dennis. Front, Donald McKercher, Donald Brodie, Richard Erb, Jack Ford, Stephen Dietrich
and Philip Durand. T-A photo
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Page 16 Decernbor 9, 1471 Usborne youth gets award
as top 4-H Huron member
this year, an increase of three,
The new clubs are two horse
clubs and a rabbit club, the only
one of its kind in Ontario.
Pay
yourself
first!
Mr, McGregor reported that of
the 402 projects undertaken by
Huron 441 clubs, 90 percent were
completed. There are 25 clubs
Your route to financial
independence is through
seeing that the first call on
your purse is regular savings
deposits at your friendly
Victoria and Grey Trust.
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and Grey where you get
high interest rates and no
charge for a reasonable
number of cheques.
Predict white bean crop
to produce record returns
'VICTORIA and
work were as follows: Zurich 4-1-I
calf club, John Becker, Dash-
wood; South Huron 4-H swine
club, Bob Heywood, RR 3, Exeter
and Brian Miller; 4-H sheep club,
Rick Etherington, RR 1, Hensall;
South Huron rabbit club, David
McFalls, RR 1, Centralia; South
Huron multi-project, corn and
forage, Brian Miller; beans,
Martha Van Esbroeck; South
Huron snowmobile club, John
Becker.
Debbie Etherington, RR 1,
Hensall won an 18-project cer-
tificate while John Becker, Dash-
wood, Barry Miller, RR, 3, Exeter
and Marlene Stewart, RR 1,
Kirkton completed 12 projects,
Completing six projects from
South Huron were James Cor-
nish, RR 1, Woodham, Alan Hem,
RR 1, Woodham, Bob Heywood,
RR 3, Exeter, Bradley and
Gordon Pryde, RR 1, Hensall and
Debbie Riddell, Hay P.O.
Ross Eedy, president of the
Huron County 4-H Leaders
Association was chairman for the
evening's program. Making the
presentations were Huron Ag
Rep Don Pullen, assistant Ag Rep
Mike Miller extension assistant
Leonard McGregor and
engineering assistant Sam
Bradshaw.
Alaskan films
shown to F of A
Roy Jewell of CFPL TV was the
guest speaker at Tuesday's
annual meeting of the Biddulpb
and London township
Federations of Agriculture,
A capacity crowd enjoyed the
farm commentator's slides of his
recent trip to Alaska and the
Yukon.
He told of seeing a 72-pound
cabbage at a small country fair in
Alaska.
He reported 35 dairy farms in
Alaska with one having at least
100 cows.
The joint banquet was held in
Wesley United Church in London
township,
Local members
to hear briefs
Briefs from agrickultural
committees and farm corrimodity
groups in Huron County will be
presented to Huron County
Federation of Agriculture
directors when they meet with
local members of Parliament
later this month.
At a meeting in Clinton
Thursday night directors again
approved holding what has
become an annual dinner
meeting with MPs and MPPs to
discuss problems related to
agriculture.
Likely to be on the agenda is a
discussion on welfare payments.
Last summer the federation sent
a resolution to the Ontario
department of social and family
services stating that, in some
instances, welfare payments are
higher than the returns from
employment at the minimum
wage.
beans are sold through the
present local dealers, Allan
replied, "Some of these dealers
have spent 20 to 30 years in
building up a good business with
the canning companies."
Allan said the board was able to
get a sliding scale of fees for
processing and handling charges
from the dealers.
Under the new arrangements,
dealers will receive $1 per cwt.
when the beans are sold, 25 cents
from the second payment and 7
percent of the price over $7.50
when the farmer gets the final
payment.
Allan said a half a million bags
were sold this summer before the
crop was harvested at $9 per bag.
"We estimated that it costs on the
average of $7.50 to produce
beans, so we figured like our city
cousins we should have a profit of
$1.50 and that wab the reason for
the opening price."
In the annual election for the
Huron board of 12 committee
men, Donald McKercher and
Harry Arts were newly elected.
They replace James Love and
Orville Storey.
Re-elected were Robert Allan,
Donald Brodie, Murry Dennis,
Stephen Dietrich, Philip Durand,
Richard Erb, Jack Ford, Keith
Lovell, Jack McGregor and
Joseph Miller,
White bean farmers are With the deduction of $1.75 for
assured of a record price for their processing, handling and other
1971 crop. costs, the average return at this
Charles Broadwell, manager time is $10,23.
and secretary of the Ontario In his report chairman Allan
Bean Producers Marketing explained the workings of the
Board told more than 100 farmers marketing board,
from the Huron area attending "Every bean must be sold to
the annual meeting in Zurich the board. We set the price, the
Thursday that the average return time and the date when we feel
to the farmer for the 1971 beans beans are tops, We set our price
already sold would be about according to world conditions."
$10.23. In reply to a question why
In his report chairman Robert
Allan of Brucefield said there
were still 380,000 bags of beans
left to be sold. "Sale of these
remaining beans will tell the tale
as to what your final return for
the year will be", said Allan. He
added, "We have sold almost as
many beans now as we had all
told last year."
The chairman reported that the
1970 crop produced the highest
net return in history $9.52.
Farmers received their final
payment on the 1970 crop about a
month ago.
Broadwell said while the
asking price for beans this fall
was $17 per cwt at one time the
highest price actually received
was $16.90 for 2,000 bags for
export sale.
He listed the current prices at.
$14.35 for domestic and $13,35 for
export. The average gross sales
of 409,000 bags for domestic use
was $11.40 and $12.31 for 710,860
bags for export use bringing
about an average gross price to
date of $11.98.
The annual Huron County 4-H
Achievement night held at
Seaforth District High School
Friday night brought an abun-
dance of awards for an Usborne
township youth.
Brian Miller, RR 3, Exeter
received five awards and trophies
including the Robert McKinley
Citizenship trophy as the most
outstanding 4.11 member in.
Huron County.
The top award presented by
Huron MP Bob McKinley goes
annually to the member who is
considered to be outstanding in 4-
H work in Huron in addition to his
contributions in home and
community projects.
In winning the McKinley
trophy, Brian Miller had an
excellent record of 4-H work for
the past seven years and attained
75 percent general proficiency on
the completion of 28 projects. He
was the only Huron 4-H member
to receive a certificate for
completion of 24 or more
projects.
The other prizes won by Brian
were the Huron Pork Producers
trophy for the highest score in the
4-H swine club; the Murray
Gaunt award as the champion 4-
H beef showman; the Russell
Bolton trophy for the champion
corn exhibit, Cook's Gerbro
trophy for the best white bean
exhibit and the Cyanamid of
Canada award for the highest
score in sheep judging.
Brian is the 19-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Miller, RR 3,
Exeter and is a first year student
at the University of Guelph.
Glenn McNeil, RR 6, Goderich
won the C,S. MacNaughton
trophy for the second consecutive
time. The trophy offered by the
Huron MPP goes to the 4-H
member accumulating the
highest score in the county.
McNeil gained 956 points out of
a possible total of 1,000. In ad-
dition he received the A.Y.
McLean trophy for champion
dairy showman and the Toronto
Dominion Bank trophy for best
all-around showman.
Several other Usborne town-
ship youngsters picked up two
awards,
Martha Van Esbroeck, RR 1,
Hensall received the warden's
novice trophy from Huron
Warden Jack Alexander for the
highest 4-11 score for the first
year member with 940 points.
The Huron Soil and Crop
Improvement Association award
for outstanding achievement in 4-
H grain corn clubs was also won
by Miss Van Esbroeck.
The CIL trophy for the top
score in the swine judging
competition and the Huron
Hereford Association award to
the 4-H member showing a
hereford calf with the top score
were both won by Beth
Passmore, RR 3, Exeter.
Jim Lynn, RR 1, Woodham won
the Canadian Imperial Bank of
Commerce wrist watch in ob-
taining the highest standing on
"basis of awards" in 4-H dairy
calf clubs.
The Canadian Canners trophy
went to Patrica Faber, RR 3,
Exeter as the top member in the
Exeter 4-H sweet, corn club.
Mary Margaret Jeffery, RR 1,
Exeter compiled the highest
score in the Exeter horse and
pony club.
Other area winners in 4-H club
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Huron County, Brian Miller proved it was well deserved. The
Usborne youth is shown with his five awards and a certificate for
completion of 28 4-11 projects. At the left is Leonard McGregor,
extension assistant for Huron. T-A photo
SHOWS BEST HEREFORD -- The honour of showing the best
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