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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1960-09-15, Page 11AWARD' DRIVING PRIZES—Safe-driving prizes were awarded to junior farmeri at a dance following the, rodeo in Clinton 'Saturday. Taking part in the presentation vrere, from left, Roger' Jackson, of: the Ontario Dep't of Transport,' Clinton; Harvey Taylor, Brucefield, county farm., safety chairman, and DoUglas McNeil, Goderich, of the Co-operators Insuxance Company Who donated two trophies.-i , .;{ —Trott photo' bite _Beans anted CVe5tc16ysca: •41111.,1$10,01C•te,,i MARRIAGE BRINGS A ; LOT OF, CHANGE INTO • A MAN'S LIFE -AND IT TAKES A LOT OUT, TOO Waterloo Cattle Breeding Association "WHERE BETTER BULLS ARE USED" Waterloo's FIRST PRIZE County Herd CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION It took the offspring of Unit sires to end the 22-year winning streak, of Peel County for this coveted prize. The animals in this winning herd all carry from one to three crosses of Unit Bulls, OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO ,THE PEOPLE WHO DEVELOPED THE ABOVE ANIMALS e I 1- Ill es lkittt)oca 1,0 Second Section. EXETER, ONTARIO, sgeTEmaa IS, 1960 aro Eleven i I ' COMPETES IN DRIVING RODEO—One of three contestants from the Exeter area, who Aliparticipated in the Huron County Junior Farmers Safe Driving Rodeo at Clinton Sat- 41Wrday was Barry Jeffery, shown behind the wheel, He's discussing the test with Jim Bowman, RR 5 Brussels, president of the county junior farmers. —Trott photo The top bey,Apd..giet. will,:eoni- pete in an, niter;ibianty-acompetia ti on Pert*:Eptint•Y at Watford Fall, :Fair';1.htOnotith.• Under.* life '.-3guidance the agrietltural.l. 'liar Puron tCounty",: D. H. Miles, and ;Grieve, the contest had As 'judges, Constable A. Tiveddle. of the Goderich tachment •• of;' the, .Ontario Pro- a neat Pohte, Roger Jackson, ,.linton, and 'Ralph Gallion, etr e,. were six seniors, fifteen :utter- .fard ; both of the Ontario 'Depart- mediates arid twelve jinuors: raent of Transport' amid Clinton's In the 4-H ':educational (Thief. of Police,' H. Russell plays; Tuckersmith Corn Cluh. Thompson. was ifi Second place The roadeo concluded with' a ' - ("Ince in the evening in' Clinton at which' Prizes' were presented At th'e.wedding: • Douglas., -McNeil, Goderich,,"Mama, did ..Mae latlY change Iarvey' Taylor, Brucefield, and .her mind. She .avenf up the aisle rerbert Bridle, mayor of CETI-. with one mail and now she's ton, Ted Dunn, Bayfield, was coming' back with another." Furon County safe driving rodeo staged in Clinton Saturday after- noon. Ken Campbell with a score of 55:0 out of a possible 600, head- ed both the written and driving uniors win tests. Runner-up was Robert Fother- Ingham with a score of 543. at Western The contest, open to all junior farmers and junior institute members throughout the county, saw only two entries in the classes for girls. Miss Elaine Miller, RR 2 Wroxeter, with a score of 447 and Miss Ruth Ton- er, Gorrie,' who scored 421, were each awarded a prize. . . • Two Seaforth district junior chairman of the safe driving Brussels, who is president of the farmers placed one-two in the committee of the county junior county Junior. Farmers; Bob Seaforth district juniors win safe-driving rodeo Tem Hern,-RRt Wee/41AM *was high dairy' judge ; in:the. senior' `section and jack RrOadfeot was` high ireathe ,quiz” in the senior section, , ' epresenting 'Huron Connt y farmer members from Huron participated in the junior jud- ging section at Western Fair on Monday, September 12. Miss Amy Stewart, RR 5 'Sea- f forth ,waS. aecend high in the junior' seation, .'anda,Jack Broad- „foot; • RR 1 Reffeefield was see- ,Ond:, high: in e senior, 'Section., Winner • an , the, "Same 'seam!? :was HoWatt",of R/ta5, Bela, farmers. Broadfoot, Arnold Campbell and Con t e s t a nts" were: senior Ken Campbell, all of Seaforth; group,' James Bowman,. AR 5. Hugh Rundle, South Huron; Bar- ry Jeffery, Exeter; Jim Spivey, N,o r t h. Huron; Juniors, .Tack Broadfoot, Neil Cooper, Don Cro- zier, Bill Strong, Robert Fother- Ingham, Francis Hunt and Don McKercher, all of Seaforth; Ray Miller, Exeter, and Garnet Wright, Clinton. Thirty-three 4-H and junior 0 C expert sees little change in farm produc. , paces • Professor R a 1ph Campbell, throughout, What troubles him is; Professor •Campbell sees little head •of the economics depart-' "the likelihood that we Mayi for farmers to cheer. About, "Pro- d , . .. Pr'ces for but Th ee gettin rid of its canned and year and consumption is tiOWP government has been: ter Production, is up 4% thiiC H erd wins if rib ons I-I me. At the (Mc, experts little have another rush back into pork ductien has run about 6% aboVie change from summer prices for production with heavy breedings last year's—owing to good pas- farm products this fall, this ,f all and rnarketings next, tures—and I think there will bd. in ere. or centennia what, "strong" bog prices and' 11 Beef prices will "slip" some -1 fall• "support level" I a further pileup,Of stocks, Dut, In the get of sire class, the will remain "vulnerable" and poets appear to be about $25 to but the U.K. market is sound Coates herd won 12th and 26th $26 in prospects for an increase in Toronto this fall and' and prices should be fair. We're prizes out of 63 entries, It cap- evaporated milk or skim m ilk stronger prices during the wiriat still overstocked with evapOrat, lured 12th and 13th in the herd powder prices look "dim", 'ter and spring—maybe $27 to $30 ed milk and skim milk;I don't competition and seventh in the fessora Campb p a, ell i • citestl at the peak." !see any price increase here. n back u hs ouok, Pro three calves class. i Looking at dairy products,l either at the farm or factory." o these ob- Other prizes included: Junior nervations; yearling hull, 12th; junior bull . calf, 4th and 22nd; two bulls, ' Beef slaughterings were up H eldman comments i3a; in the first seven months of 16th; cow, 6th; senior yearling -- ' . 1960; this fact reflects the build- female, 8th and 20th; senior calf, up in numbers on farms that has . 2nd, 8th and 10th. A junior yea r also in the money, for good steers slaughtered in have noticed the announcement on a strong program for the pro- . of the Federal Minister of Agri- duction of a bacon type hog culture stating that effective Oc-' for some time and if we hope - , very to continue to export a small but tober 3 ,1960 the $1.00 premium important surplus of pork on Grade B hogs will he discon-. we must keep the quality high, tinued and that the premium on Secondly, the government has Grade A will be increased from $2.00 to a3.00. stated that its policy is to help i the family farmer. Records show This follows a change in the: that the family farmer produces grading requirements of some a much higher percentage of months ago which changed the i top quality hogs than the large weights and fat measurements. commercial feeder. By increase. I think that most producers now, ing the premium on top quality realize that it has become more, which can be exported at a pre.' difficulthuga and to therefore ee there G rad e h aAa 1 giving the family farmer the op- mium price the government is s.been a decrease in the returns portunity to get some return for r pointo agree- in Huron county is proceeding 1 bers of the Ontario Federation 1 meat was that farm women have to the producer. I his extra care in breeding and of Agriculture and the Ontario general farm rapidly with 10 veterinarians Farmers' Union in attendance. oargrannieizattnionpsia.y i n program. . on the cattle testing This recent change in re feeding that is necessary to pro- The discussions covered the The program in Huron began pfauyrmtheenrt r eNcivui will ti 0probably in they duce B y Gradedolng this h othse.. family mm eniama a far- possibility of the OFA and OFU last week under the direction of returns for many producers andi•mer is not only helping himself presenting joint briefs in the In-' Dr. J. C. MacLennan, sub- is therefore likely to cause con- but also the whole industry, ture on subjects of mutual inter- district veterinarian of the health siderable resentment. Perhaps the grading of hogs est and agreement. The, orga- of animals division of the Dept I do not feel qualified to ex- is more controversial than the nization and financial structure of Agriculture, Seaforth. press an opinion on whether or payment of premiums. Front of each of the organizations Although none of the men is not the Government is justified time to time I hear many com- Following is apartial list of came tinder scrutiny also in the talks, working in this area yet, the in its action but I do think we' plaints on weights and grades. testing is being conducted in should understand why this has In the•case of dressed weight.un- 1960 district fairs 'and exhibi- tions: - - The meeting of executives of most of the townships simultan- been done. less you have the live weight Sept:. 30, Oct. 1! farmers. Although there is no Toronto (Royal Winter Fair) Nov. 1.1 to 19 1 Walkerton Nov. 2, 3 Zurich Sept. 24 & 26 International. Plowing Match Elgin: County — Springfield • October 11 to 14 (All dates subject to correction) Sow The Best' • Sow Reg. No. 1 Seed GENESEE WHEAT Whitney Coates, and Son, RR 1 Centralia, raptured 17 ribbons at the Canadian Hereford cen- tennial show at the CNE last week. Competing against over 400 entries from all across Canada, as welt as from the U.K. and U.S., the Centralia herd was in the money in all. hut one class in which it was entered, Top prize was a second in the senior calf competition with Hi Lea Mice Verna 18N, which was one of the 20 Canadian females nominated for the auction sale which followed the show, Classes attracted as many as 70 entries in the outstanding live- stock show of this year's exhi- bition. ling female and a junior calf occurred. In the U.S.,numbers and marketings of eef cattle Keith Coates assisted his fa- are up. The outlook over there h is for prices below those of to elp fami farmer Coates last - ther in visited with the show relatives ring, Mr at s. year for the rest of 1960." ly He notes that Chicago prices Mimico and attended the fair, Mr. and Mrs. Coates attended for good steers are down $3 per hundred from what they were a For many years there has year ago; our prices are down By CARL HEMINGWAY the banquet in the King Edward Hotel which highlighted the cen- been little or no increase in the. about $2 from what they were a _ Federation Fieldman tennial celebration of the breed, production of Grade A hogs.' year ago. He believes that prices No doubt many" hog producers United States has been carrying ter are expected C'heese prices frozen pork, however. The pros-' 4";•. Cheese stocks are UP 32% ew premium on hog General agreement was voiced on the increasing need for far-I general farm organizations could mer unity, at a special summit best serve Ontario farmers, and B rucellosis meeting recently between Onta- to discuss common goals of the rio's two general farm organi-, On and the OFA. zations, The meeting was held in Tor- onto, with all executive mem- the two organizations in certain Brucellosis control campaign 1 area Farm federation, union able drop from current prices. agree on unity need Agreement was also reached on the duplication of effort by The meeting was called prim- arily to explore jointly how Toronto will average about $23 per hundred this fall. He feels poorer animals will show a size- Moving on to hogs, Campbell looks for a reduction in market- ing right through to the middle of 1961 with stren g prices drive starts List dates of fall fairs Custom Cleaning and Treating If you are hestitating to clean and treat wheat be- cause of no rain—remember, we will give a good trade for your wheat on our cleaned No. 1 seed, treat- ed and ready to sow, When you are ready—give us a collect call. We can give you immediate delivery. Sow Gro-Gold Fertilizer AT LOW COST The Best Is The Cheapest! (We have No. 1 Commerc- ial Grade on request.) Bayfield BlYth ' Sept. 28, 29 Sept. 20, 21 Brussels Sept. 29, 30 Dungannon Oct. 7 ,ERaaaa-41,'-'i'',.:-"tae,ea'a . , , . a a , Sept. .19, Embro • ' • - • • , 'Fordwich Kincardine... 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First I think that the producers from a public, government in. c t i s i n g veterinarians of most farm products will agree spected scale your organization in the county are collecting that the government is not jus- can do nothing to get an, adjust. blood samples from the cattle. tified in encouraging 'the produc- meat, In the case of grade it Dr, MacLennan, commenting i ton of an inferior product by the, would he necessary for the hog on the testing, said: "The co-' payment of premiums. There, producers to employ -check -gra- operation of all livestock owners was a good deal of complaint ders. is required, that the test may when the government main-1 tained a floor price for Grade B; eggs. No doubt the same hasi Figures may not lie, but Susie: been true for Grade B hogs says girdles certainly condense though not needy' as strong. the truth. fOti PRICES PAID REASONABLE STORAGE RATES N9 DELAY. 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