The Wingham Advance-Times, 1966-07-28, Page 10TRENDS IN AGRICULTURE were discussed
following a banquet in Belgrave, by the
Huron branch of the Ontario Federation
of Agriculture, Left to right are: Mr, and
Mrs, Charles Thomas, of Brussels, and Mr
and Mrs, R. G. Bennett. Mr. Thomas is
president of the Huron Federation and Mr,
Bennett is assistant deputy minister of
agriculture for the province.
—Advance-Times Photo.
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The reports of the past presi ,
dent were given by Harry Stur-
dy and Winston sliapton. Past
presidents of the comity from
1011 to 1065 were Fred Watson,
W. L. Whyte, Harry Sturdy,
Bert Lobb, Russel Bolton, Chas.
Coultes, Robert McKercher,
Wilfred Shortreed, L)oug Mc-
Neill, Winston Shapton, War-
ren Zurbrigg, Elmer Ireland,
Alex McGregor,
Former secretaries were Wil-
liam Dale, Gordon Greig, Carl
Hemingway and Mrs. Florence
Elliott.
Entertainment for the eve-
ning was provided by Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Heywood of Wing-
ham.
l311aiRz1.1.1 —111 . Iluron Conn-
ty Feder:viol! 1gricultre.
the -Voice at :1gricultre- since
1941 celebrated vs awi-
versary with a banquet last Wed-
nesda), iu Bel:gave Commanity
hall.
chairman Charles II, Thom ,.
as, president a: tile Huron
County Federatio.t, introduced
the tollowing head t ahle guests:
Mr. and Mrs. Harm sturdy, Mr.
anti Mrs. Russel !;altan, t7harks
Coultes, \Ir. and Mrs. R, S.
Mekerchor, Mr. and Mrs. Doug
le Neill, Mr, and Mrs. Win-
ston Shapton, \irs.
Warren 2.urbrit,,c,, Mr. and Mrs.
Hiner Ireland, Mr. and Mrs.
Alegi \Ir. and Mrs,
Ted rear, Mr. and Mrs. Iluter Doug agriculturalre-
. presentative for Huron, intro-
duced the guest speaker, R.
Gordon Bennett, assistant &p-
' mite minister of agriculture and
food VS hi? was agricultural re-
presentative tor Huron County
tram i 1 .x5 to !;, •:, at last \veeles
iFederxion of Agriculture ban-
kit;t:t itt Belgrave.
Mr. Bennett recalled the
ening, of the first Belgrave
arena and the pleasure it gave
him to be back again after 15
‘ears.
lie spoke Of the growth of
the Federation in the 25 years
with the motto always in mind
"One Voice For Agriculture".
lie recalled the expansion of
the Federation from the agri-
cultural department and yet the
very close relationship that has
been maintained; of the farm-
ing in the grim 30's and the
changeover from war time pro-
duction to peace time; the tre-
mendous mechanization that
has changed farming in many
ways and the economic picture.
Mr. Bennett stated that great
emphasis was placed on the
development of the 4-11 pro-
gram between 1045-50 hut it
was not officially recognized as
such till 1952. Since that time
the 4-11 program has trebled in
volume. The Junior Farmers
were organized as a group in
1049-b0. Ile stated that the
most significant development in
all this time has been educa-
tion.
Mr. Bennett spoke of the
difficulty in communication.
He said there is a great need to
impress on people that they be-
long to a group in order to get
total participation, and then to
communicate information so it
can be understood. He closed
by saying that farmers in the
future will need to be fortified
with the best possible know-
ledge and suggested Huron
County Federation help provide
this knowledge as its goal for
the next quarter century.
Elmer Hunter, first vice-
president of the County, thank-
ed Mr. Bennett.
Holiday Crowds
Stay in City;
Buy Elephants
Japanese shoppers have start-
led department store managers
by casually buying "exhibits"
that were primarily intended as
publicity gimmicks during the
Golden Week of holidays.
One customer paid •:;.:3, Sat"
for an 1S-month-old female
elephant in gigantic wild-life
exhibit staged by one Ginza de-
partment store, and another
customer paid $0, 000 for two
carp about 30 inches long that
were part of a Crocade Carp ex-
hibition in another store.
The Golden Week includes
three national holidays between
the end of April and the early
part of May and generally re-
sults in an exodus of families
from the city. This year de-
partment stores put up a spec-
tacular battle to hold business
in the city, and it paid off,
The wild-life exhibit had
10,000 animals and birds, in-
cluding more than 3t1u species.
Items ranged from crocodiles to
baby chicks, anteaters, bears,
frogs, flamingoes, rabbits,
squirrels, marsh crabs and ele-
phants. The price tag on a cub
hear was :is.1 and it went to a
teenage girl. Chimpanzees
wt notliQr popular item. Most
0 ,he animals, including the
When you feed your dairy
cows do you balance their ra-
tions for energy and protein on-
ly? All too often we assume
when we have figured out a ra-
tion adequate in protein and to-
tal digestible nutrients that this
ration is balanced. It may not
be balanced for minerals and
vitamins. Actually we have a
long list of minerals and vita-
mins that cattle require in their
rations and they must be sup-
plied in the right amounts for
the animals to do well.
Fortunately when we bal-
ance a ration for protein and
energy using normal feeds such
as grass and legume forage,
corn silage, farm grains and
common protein supplements,
we supply adequate amounts of
most of the esser,TIal nutrients.
A few, however, may not be
present in sufficient amounts in
these feeds,
MINERALS TO *I'i'LEMENT
Minerals us:ally requiring
special attention incItAlesodium,
iodine, cobal', calcium and
phosphorus. The first three can
he taken care ot.b.) feeding,
INHALATION OF
BENZINE FUMES
CAN BE DEADLY
Benzene benzol is vola-
tile, inflani...able and toxic.
In the home may be encoun-
tered in pa:::: removers, spot
removers and Mastic cements.
Prolonged ip:alation of hen-
zcne ftune he deadly,
damaging t..e blood-forming
system and ca ;sing anemia.
Even small 2.. es can cause fa-
tigue, headac",e, dizziness and
nausea.
elephant, were displayed in the
store's roof •zarden.
Total sterL sales were more
titan doubh..:anagement's ex-
pectations.
The carp, incidentally,
came in two colors; one NS as red
and white, the other was
golden. Ale' were delivered to
the purchaser', home by guards.
Pagt a Wingham AdVanee ,-Times, Thursday, July Mit^
400 Attended Anniversary Banquet
Of Huron Federation of Agriculture
Hunter, Nit. and Mrs, R. G. following dignitaries who spoke
Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Charles brie fly: Charles Huffman of IlaP.
Huffman, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon row, president of the Ontario
t:reiv,, Mr. and Mrs. Carillem- Federation of Agriculture;
ingw ay., Mr. and Nlrs, Doug
stun Cardiff of Brussels, former
member of parliament; Marvin
iNnoPl -cr picNITARws
11014e, N1. P. for Wellington-
Mr. Thomas introduced the Huron; Murray Gaunt, M.P.P.
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ASST. DEPUTY MINISTER SPEAKS
Bennett Stresses Value
Of Education for Farming
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DR. G. K. MatLEOD, O.A.C. GUELPH
Minerals, Vitamins For Dairy Cattle
free choice, cobalt-iodized salt
to heifers and cows. This
leaves calcium and phosphorus
to be considered. Forages, par-
ticularly the legumes, are ex-
cellent sources of calcium.
Fresh legume forage or grass-
legume pasture mixtures and
good-quality, mixed hay sup-
ply more than adequate amounts
of calcium when full fed to
heifers and cows. When hay or
pasture is of doubtful quality or
limited in supply, free choice
offering of a calcium supple-
ment is advised. Corn silage,
while an excellent energy
source, is not rich in calcium
or phosphorus. Grains are poor
sources of calcium but are rel-
atively rich in phosphorus.
Therefore, the need for supple-
menting phosphorus depends on
the relative intake of forage's
and grains. Under most farm
conditions it definitely pays to
feed a phosphorus-rich supple-
r lent, Commercial mineral
supplements available today
vary considerably in phosphorus
content and in cost. Except
when forage quality is poor and
intake is low, you should eval-
uate the mineral nix primarily
on the basis of cost per unit
of phosphorus. Bone meal
is a common source of
calcium and phosphorus, but
the calcium phosphates with
higher phosphorus ley els are be-
coming increasingly popular to-
day. Mineral and salt can each
be added at the level of one
percent to the grain mix but un-
less heavy grain feeding is prac-
ticed, it would be advisable to
offer them free choice in addi-
tion.
VITAMINS TO SUPPLEMENT
Vitamins A and D are the
only two vitamins that must be
supplemented, and then only
occasionally. Fresh forages are
rich in vitamin A and cattle
can store sufficient vitamin A
to last for several months. Har-
vested forages vary widely in
this \ itamin, lose at least half
of it in normal harvesting, and
continue to decrease in vitamin
A value thereafter. Because of
this, it would be good ensurance
to add this vitamin to the, dairy
ration during the winter feeding
period, particularly in the lat-
ter months, and especially for
cows advanced in pregnancy.
Six million units of vitamin A
per ton of grain mixture are re-
commended. Approximately
one million units of vitamin D
are also advised for cows fed
barn-cured hay and cowsmain-
rained for an extended period
of time without benefit of sun-
light. Ilowever, between radi-
ation from the sun in the sum-
mer and sun-cured hay in the
winter, the vitamin D needs
are usually met. There is no
need for supplementing these or
any other vitamins to dairy
cows on reasonably good pas-
ture but ready availability at
all times of salt and minerals is
advised for cows and heifers on
pasture.
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