Clinton News-Record, 1946-06-06, Page 7THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1946
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD'
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HIJ..RON
4P!NTY F�1R
Urges increased
Of Hybrid
Gerald E. Nelson, Clinton, assistant
agricultural representative for Huron
Bounty inhis most .recent radio
'discussed discussed increased pro-
duction •of hybrid corn and Huron
County Junior Farmers' Judging
Competition, which will be held in
Clinton on Saturday, June 15.
Hybrid Corn
The introduction of early maturing
hybrid varieties of corn during recent
years has made possible the pro-'
duction of grain from the corn crop
over a wide area. Considering the
total yield in bushels per acre, higher
weight per bushel than oats and
barley, lower fibre content and total
digestible nutrients, the eros from a
grain standpoint is worthy of inereas-
ed eansderation.
With the urgent demands for food
and the necessity to produce maxi-
mum amounts of cereals in 1946 on
Ontario farms for livestock feed,
farmers in Iluron County might
profitably decide to produce increased
amounts of hybrid corn on their farms
this year. Many farmers have plans
already under way in this connection,
but others might well consider plow-
ing up another field, which at present
might' be comparatively unproductive
or at least planting a small area near
the farm barns to produce extra feed
for hogs, or other livestock, much
needed next fall and winter,
Hybrid corn is one of the most
outstanding contributions of agricul-
tural science to the fanning industry.
Performance tests, conducted an-
nually by both Dominion and Pro-
vincial agricultural institutions in
Ontario have adequately demonstrat-
ed the superiority of adapted hybrids
giver the better open pollinated var-
ieties. As the result of these com-
parisons some of the outstanding
characteristics in which the better
hybrids have, proved superior may be
listed as follows: Higher yields of
loth grain and silage. Stronger and
more extensive root systems, giving
greater resistance to lodging. Strong -
air stalks, resulting in less damage
from corn borer attacks. Ears car-
ried at a more uniform height making
'it easier to harvest the grain crop
'with mechanized pickers. More uni-
form maturity, resulting in better
'quality of grain. Foliage and stalks
remain. green and succulent after the
ears have reached a fairly mature
stage.
Individual corn hybrids vary greatly
in yield, maturity, strength of stalk
and other important characters. Only
these hybrids found to be highly pro-
ductive and well adapted to specified
.areas should be grown. We in Huron
County are fairly well north of the
regular corn belt in Essex and Kent
Counties. Thus with a shorter grow-
ing period and possibly greater dang-
er from early frosts, only very early,
and perhaps a few medium maturing
varieties should be considered. De-
Ka]b, Funks, Canada 531, Canada 279,
Canada 255, have given good results
in this district both for grain and
silage. The tendency to grow late
maturing hybrids, because of slighter
higher yields of grain is a dangerous
practice to follow. It is liable to cause
the grower heavy losses in unfav-
orable seasons, because corn that is
high in moisture content gives rise
to storage troubles, further resulting
Production,
Corn in County
In . lowering of the grade. Hybrids
used for silage many be somewhat
'later in maturity than those grown
for grain provided they become suf-
ficiently mature to make silage of
good quality. .
Hybrid corn must not be planted
too thickly. A. good objective in hill
planting is three plants per hall. In
tow planting about one plant per foot
is the final average stand
At this rate of planting one bushel
of seed should be sufficient for 6-10
acres. Therefore the initial outlay for.
seed per acre is comparatively low.
Corn is an easy crop to keep clean
if. cuthiral operations are timely and.
well done. Early cultivations give
the crop a good start and may greatly
reduce the amount of cultivation,
necessary et a later date. Excessive
or unnecessary cultivation may be
detrimental to the crop. If the corn
is reasonablyclean when three feet
high further cultivation is undesirable.
There is a difference of opinion
among growers as to the best time
to harvest corn for silage. investiga-
tions, however, show that harvesting
at the time when the ears have
reached the firm dough to glazed
stage of maturity, produces the type
of silage that ie most desirable for
feeding to livestock. Seventy to
seventy-five per cent of moisture in
the corn at harvest time is the
optimum for making good silage. It
is characteristic of most hybrids that
the foliage and stalks remain in a
.green condition after the ears have
reached a high stage of maturity.
Usually the ears of these hybrids are
more mature than the condition of
the husks and the rest of the plant
would indicate. For this reason it
is better to be guided by the matur-
ity of the ears rather than by the
general appearance of the plants to
determine when the crop should be
cut for silage. Corn for grain should
be allowed to mature as completely
as poseible on the stalk. The ears are
ready for harvest when they are well
matured, hard and dry. Ears in this
condition will store safely in the crib,
shell out well and yield grain that
will grade high in quality. Ears
harvested in a soft or immature con-
dition, are high in moisture and likely
to give trouble in storage. Such ears
can be expected to yield grain that
is of low grade. Corn may be harvest-
ed with a mechanical picker from the
standing stalks; husked by hand either
from the standing stalks or after
the crop has been cut and shocked;
or by passing the cut stalks through
a husker -shredder machine.
Under present conditions the picker
is considered the most economical
method of harvesting ear corn. If the
corn stalks are to be saved for feed-
ing to livestock, the crop should be
cut at the stage when the ears are
well glazed anti 'hardened. The cut-
ting can be done with a corn binder
or by hand and placed in the shock
for further drying. Later on, when
the ears have dried sufficiently for
safe storage, they can be husked out
of the shock by hand or the husking
may be done by putting the stalks
through a husker -shredder.
Irrespective of whether corn is
harvested from the standing crop or
husked from the shock, to be sold
Si' OWN NEWSY PAGE
CANADA'S DELEGATION TO WORLD FARM CONFERENCE
•
HERE is the delegation which
is representing the Canadian
Federation of Agriculture, Canada's
national farm organization, at the
international conference of farm or-
ganizations of the united nations now
being held at London, England. The
object of the conference is the esta-
blishment of an international federa-
tion of agriculture which will be able
to speak with one voice for the world's
farm producers. It is being attended
by representatives from the United
States, France, Australia, New
Zealand, Norway, Denmark, the
Netherlands, Brazil, Southern Rho-
desia, Kenya, Luxembourg, Greece
and other nations, Shown above in
the Canadian National Railways'
Central Station at Montreal before
proceeding aboard the C.N.R. train
to Halifax where they boarded their'
ship, members of the delegation are
from left to right, kneeling, J. S.
McGowan, director of colonization
and agriculture of the Canadian
National Railways who met the party
at Montreal; 0. R. Evans, Montreal
press representative; W. 0. Coon;
Fergus Mutrie, supervisor of farm
broadcasts for the C.B.C. Standing
left to right, R. H. Bailey, president,
Dairy Farmers of Canada, Edmonton;
Hon. D. L. Campbell, Manitoba
Minister of Agriqulture; Kenneth
Betzner, president, Ontario Federa-
tion of Aggrriculture; Colin Groff,
secretary, Canadian Federation of
Agriculture, Ottawa; J. E. Brownlee,
vise -president, United Grain Growers
and former Premier of Alberta, Cal-
gary; H. H. Hannam, presidoat Cana-
dian Federation of Agriculture,
Ottawa; Erie Kitchen; R. F. Lick; A.
H. Mercer general manager Fraser
Valley Milk Producers, Vancouver;
W. M. Drummond Ontario Agricul-
ture College, Guelph; W, H. Wilmot;
3. A. Marion, president .('Union
Catholique des Cultivateurs, Mont-
real; W. H. Porter, London press re-
presentative; W. J. Parker, first vice-
president of the Canadian Federation
of Agriculture and president Mani-
toba Wheat Pool Elevators, Winni-
peg; C. H. Hodge, Toronto press
representative.
immediately or to be stored in the
crib, it should 'be dry enough that
the ears will shell just a little as
they fall into the wagon. Corn that
has reached this condition usually
contains about 20 to 25 per cent of
moisture. A large portion of the
crop is stored for future delivery or
for feeding on the farm.,
Most permanent cribs are made of
wood with slatted sides, the narrow
slats being spaced just close enough
to prevent the ears from falling out.
They are usually built long and nar-
row, from :four to six feet in width.
Temporary cribs are usually made
of slatted snow fence or wire mesh.
They may be circular or rectangular
in shape, but in either case proper
circulation of air through the coni is
essential. The iuost common type is
cireular, eight feet in diameter, using
twenty-five foot lengths of slatted
snow fence one on top of the other.
Junior Judging Competition
The Huron County Livestock Judg-
ing Competition, abandoned since 1941
will be held this year at Clinton on
Saturday, June 15. Registration will
take place at 8.30 a,m. (DST), in the
Agricultural Office, Clinton. Judging
will commence at 9,15 a.m. sharp, so
please be punctual. Take off a day
and snake it pay, by attending this
very important phase of Junior Farms
ex work.
Rules and Regulations,
1. Competition is under the direction
of the Huron County Branch of the
Ontario Department of Agriculture.
2. Open to all young. men 12.26
years of age residents of Huron
County who have not completed two
years or more at an Agricultural
School or College.
3. Two classes each of heavy
horses, beef cattle, dairy cattle, sheep
and swine, will be judged and all
competitors are expected to judge all
classes. Ten classes will be judged
and oral reasons taken on one clays
of each kind of stock.
4. Entries to be made at the De-
partment of Agriculture, Clinton, not
later than 9 o'clock, (DST) sharp.
Section 1—Open to beginners 18
years and under who have never judg-
ed in previous competitions.
Section 2 --Open to young men 18-
26 years of age, who have or have not
previously judged and who have not
completed two years at an Agricultur-
al school or college.
Section 8—Open to members of 1945
Huron County Junior Clubs.
Prizes: $5, $4, $3, $2, $1, $1, $1, $1.
Special Challenge Prize
$25.00 donated by the Clinton Lions
Club to the high team from a Town-
ship consisting of three members with
not more than one senior from section
two being included.
Note -No teams to be selected prior
to June 15. The high senior (section
2) together with the two highest boys
in either of the other two sections
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Canadian Record Price,
$15,200, For Bull Paid
At Big Holstein Sale
An eleven -months -old Holstein hull
sold for $15,200, the highest price ever
paid for a bull at public auction in
Canada, at the National Holstein Sale
held May 29 at Oakville. The bull
was Raysnondale Rag Apple Yalta
and was consigned by Senator D.
Raymond, Vaudreuil, Quebec. He was
purchased jointly by H. L. Guilbert,
Vercheres, and •. W. A. Hodge, St.
Laurent, Quebec.
J, J. E. McCague, Alliston, received
$14,000 from R. Ray' McLaughlin,
Oshawa, for Glenafton Rag Apple
Aladdin, a five-rnonthssold bull calf.
This animal became sick before the
sale and could not be shipped so was
sold "in absentia."
Top price for a female was $4,500
paid by O. J. Cerswell, Benton, to
Q. R. Roy, Curries, for Rowsdale
Dutchland Sovereign.
Seventy-two head sold at this sale
for $109,775 for an average of $1,524,
the highest yet made at this annual
spring sale since it was. started in
1918.
from the same township will con-
stitute the township team. The team
with the highest aggregate number of
points wins the special prize.
Team winners are also eligible for
prize money in their respective sec-
tions.
Contestants are eligible for prize
looney in one section only. We here-
by gratefully acknowledge the finan-
cial assistance given us by the Agri-
cultural committee of Huron County
Council, Wingham Foundry, Whyte
Packing Company, Blyth Lions Club,
Clinton Lions Club. We greatly ap-
preciate the support, both financial
and material given us by the Huron
County Federation of Agricuture,
especially by Mr. W. V. Roy, the un-
tiring secretary who has given un-
sparingly of his time towards the
sponsoring of this competition.
Already a number of applications
have been received for Western help,
If any farmer is desirous of receiving
Western labour, please obtain an ap-
plication form for same, from the
National. Einployment Office, God-
erich, or Department of Agriculture,
Clinton,
Western Canadian Men
To Aid Ontario Harvest
Almost 25,000 additional men will
he required on Ontaro farms to har-
vest the bumper Cron expected this
year, according to Hon. T. L. Ken -
ready, Ontario Minister of Agriculture.
He said 2,500 farmers from Western
Canada will help with the Ontario
harvest during August. They will be
paid transportation and a minimum
of $70 a month with board
The Ontario Department of Agri-
culture is trying to hire 1,200 tobacco
curers from Southern United States
to assist growers here and more than
1,000 German war prisoners are work-
ing on Ontario sugar beet farms.
Co). Kennedy could not say if the
proposal to bring Polish soldiers to
Canada for farm work would mean
additional farm labour for Ontario.
Three Great Records
By Holstein Herd
In 1,000 Pounds Butterfat
Exeter Cooperative
Building Structure
Construction of a new $25,000
building for Exeter District Co-op-
erative is now underway. The build-
ing, on a siding next the railway
station, will be 160 feet long by 45
feet wide and will include a mill and
all -cement silos.
During the past month directors of
Exeter Co-operative have raised over
$10,000 in member loans toward the
cost of the building. They plan to
continue to use the store on the main
streetd. after the new building is fin-
ishe
The malting of a record of 1,000
lbs. butterfat is considered to be a
great feat and at least 99 ,per cent
of the dairymen in Canada have never,
in their lifetime, owned an anima
capable of doing this. When three
such records are reported from one
herd in the same month the feat
becomes very outstanding and when
one of the animals concerned makes
a North American record, it is indeed
worthy of note,
The Glenafton herd of J. J. E.
McCague, Alliston, is the home of the
trio of purebred Holsteins that have
just performed this "hat trick."
Montvic Colleen Abbekerk has set a
new Canadian record over all breeds
and a North American record for the
Holstein breed, for butterfat produc-
tion in the Senior three-year-old class
of the yearly division on three -times -
a -day milking with her production
of 1,059 lbs. butterfat from 22,182
lbs. milk, average test, 4,77 percent
butterfat. She broke a record that
has stood since 1924 when Spring -
bank Snow Countess, owned by T. R.
Dent, Woodstock, set the previous
Canadian record of 979 lbs. fat. It
is interesting to note that ''Colleen"
combines with her three nearest ala-
ternal dams for the four -generation
average yearly production of 918 lbs.
butterfat.
The other two animals of the Glen-
afton herd that have just completed
1,000 ib. records are Hilda Countess
DelCol, with a mature production of
1,008 lbs. fat from 24,871 lbs. milk in
365 days, and Abbekerk Dtttchiand
Monogram with 1,002 lbs. fat from
24,147 lbs. milk as a senior four -year -
Old in 365 days on three -times -a -day
milking. "Monogram's" record is third.
largest for fat of any yet comprleted
rn this class in Canada, "Hilda" has
been graded Excellent, the highest
classification in Selective Regist ",tion
and was second prize Aged Cow at the
1944 Oakville Regional Championship
Show, and was nominated for All -
Canadian,
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CONDITIONAL SALES
A campaignto stop conditional
rales of goods* is being carried on
through Western Ontario, according to
an announcement by W. Harold, Mc-
Phillips, prices and supplyrepresent-
ative, Wartime Prices and Trade
Board. Conditional or combination
sales arethose where customers are
required to buy some goods they do'
not need in order to obtain something
they. want.
BLYTH
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Gatley and
Mr. and Mrs. Hatcher, Detroit, visit-
ed with Mr, and Mrs, T. Marks and
Mr. and Mrs. L, M. Scrimgeour.
Mr. and Mrs, Orville Cook and fam-
ily, Mitchell, fnd Mr, and Mrs, Rob-
ert Riley, Londesboro, were with the
former's sister, Mrs. E., Johnston, and
Mr. Johnston,
Funeral of Thomas Cole
Rev. A. D. Penman, pastor of the
United Church, Londesboro, conducted
a funeral service for Thomas Cole
on Saturday afternoon, et J. S. Ohel-
lew's funeral home. Pallbearers were
four nephews and two cousins:
Thomas Cole, . Kelland McVittie, Leo.
Watt,Nelson Lear, George IhicVittie,
and George Irwin. Fiowerbearers were
Archie and Donald Watt, and Harry
Lear: Interment was in Clinton cem-
etery. Friends and relatives attending
the funeral were from London, Toron-
to, Hespeler, Preston, Stratford,
Waterloo and Kitchener.
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NEWS
Poultry Population
It is now almost certain that there will be more
pullets to go to the laying houses this fall than ever
before. Reports from hatcheries indicate that the
hatch this year will surpass the record hatchings
of 1944.
However there is no need to worry about the possib-
ility of over -production `breaking the market.' With
meat rationed in Canada there is a stronger than
usual market for poultry meat. Britain has assured
our government that they are in the market for all
our surplus egg producion.
All indications point towards a profitable time for
the poultryman this year. Of course, he must be a
good manager and a good feeder or his profit may
be drastically reduced. .
A good feeder TODAY is a OHUR-GAI•N feeder
because SHUR-GAIN means balanced feed at
LOWER Cost.
CLINTON FEED WILL