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Clinton News-Record, 1946-06-20, Page 11 Salute To Agriculture Edition Clinton WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED rthe CLINTON NEW FRA No. 25 --68th Year; Whole No. 6206 CLINTON, ONTARIO„ THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1946 Huron County Residenis Give alute to Salute To Agriculture Edition 16 Pages First Section—Pages 1 to 8 nadian Farmer Farmers Fought To Tip Scales Of War Victory (Speciallyontributed by John On behalf of Canadians in the rural areas whose lives are blended with agriculture, the editors of the weekly newspapers of Canada join in this national tribute to the devoted ser- vice of farm men,women and child- ren, in their vital contribution to victory and peace. Farm people! We, your neighbors, have watched your surpassing re- sourcefulness and unsparing labour with wonder and admiration. Despite great odds and grave handicaps, in lack of help, in worn and inadequate equipment, and the weariness of years, you fought resolutely and vic- toriously to produce the food that tipped the scales of.vietory. Only the fighting forces gave more; few others gave as much. In the face of misunderstanding, hampered by disparities that lured your, young workers to the cities, with aching backs, and with hearts anxious for your sons and daughters over- seas, you carried on and carried through.. You were sustained by -deep satis- factions that abide with those who making a life give life. In serving the purposes of Providence by feed. ing mankind, you know in your in- most selves that the munitions of mercy are more vital to peace than the meta ies of, was, Nev:-e'hay c long -ter mined effort- ti.eervad mo_e the rew-.rd of rest. N.,ver has the world needed food more. Although yen might say enough and quit, you a •o seeing the job through. Forte lately there are mors wokers who may help, you. New wipment i • coming, Your sons and daughter are returning. We who ree-rd your achievements, we whose hi -•r. a •d i Iterests and ideals air. fused will yours; we who see that Canada now ,, ay serve man- kind, as no twelve million people ever e?ore hive been prvileged to serve; all rletre you 'u' su --rt that jus- tice in y:,u, 1:` o:us may enable you to make Canada count greatly in the couneiis of peace. • ` We salute your aohlevemelrts, May Providence bless you in continuing to serve its purposes, Farm Radio Forum Proves Popular With Whole. Family By Ralph S. Staples, National Secretary, National Farm Radio Forum If you saw one of your farmer neighbours starting 'his ear or hitch- ing his team to the sleigh on a snowy Monday evening and if you asked him where he was going he would probab- ly tell you that he was going to attend the Farm Forum meeting. He' would probably invite you to go along. Cer- tain itis that a large number of Farm Radio -Forum meetings were held in Canada during this season, in fact, a much larger number than in any pre- vious year. The total Farm Forum meetings held and reported in all Canada is 11,326 this year as conn• pared with 10,449 Last year and 9,496 the year before. Increases in the number of Forums were registered in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba. Ontario and Quebec with Prince Edward Island holding its own. If you are not familiar with Farm Forum you should attend a meeting at the earliest opportunity. This will be when the meetings begin again next November. Essentially a Farm Forum is a small group of people who meet Monday evening in a home or a school to discuss seine vital ,problem related to agriculture and rural living. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporat- ion produces a 'broadcast especially for these groups. After the broadcast the group leader starts a discussion based on material provided by the National Farm Radio Forum office. The conclusions of the group, known as Farm Forum Findings, are written and mailed to the Provincial Farm Radio Forum office for tabulation and summary, The following Monday night the Provincial Secretary has four minutes of the broadcast time to report the general consensus of . Forum opinion to the groups. Farm Forum is unique in that it combines a radio broadcast, printed material, group discussion and writ- ten reports from the groups. The more enterprising Forum see that their local weekly newspapers receive Clinton Spring Stock Show Features eq. ;Cct.i.e, g While entries in the Township class for groups of three heavy horses were lined up waiting for the judges at Clinton -Spring Show Thursday afternoon last, making an imposing display in front of the grandstand, John A. Carroll, superintendent of agricultural societies for Ontario, officially opened the show, At (1) John Kreis, Mitchell, works the excess energy out of one member of his three -horse entry; the three horses at left are the winning entry of Mitchell F. Hepburn, St. Thomas, and the three at the right the entry of Leonard Listman, Embro, who placed third. (2) Arriving at Community Park before the show, after a 100 -mile road trip, a Percheron mare owned by Taylor Brothers, Grand Valley, is unloaded from its trailer, (3) Alvin McGee's two -horse entry of Goderieh, placed first and third in both heats of a half -mile running race, making a third heat unnecessary. The finish of the second and deciding heat is shown, with Jockey Donaldson up on the winner, and Ira Oke, riding his own horse, finishing second. (4) Mrs. B, Collins, Woodstock, riding "Mooneen," owned by Charles Burrill, Woodstock, was the only woman entrant in the hurdle jumping. Mrs. Collins and her mount finished third. Mrs. Collins began training "Mooneen" as a jumper when the mare was five years old; Thursday was only the third time the mare had jumped in competition. (5) W. S. O'Neill, .Denfield, did well with a glop of Hereford cattle he brought to Clinton; shown here is his winning yearling heifer. An- other O'Neill Hereford placed second in the same class. The animal shown is one of a group, which is being sent to the Western Canada show circuit this summer. (6) Leonard Listman, Emhro, placed second with his four-hourse hitch, to the M. F. Hepburn entry, which has been winning con- tinent;*, on the 1946 Ontario show circuit, Wartime Job Of Agriculture Is Appreciated By H. H. Raiment, President, Canadian Federation of Agriculture The Canadian federation of Agri- ce:tuve has accepted the proposal of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association to join with them in a nation-wide "Salute to Agriculture" during the week of June 17. Many Aare organizations across Canada are planning tq hold their annual picnics dm'ing that week, and it is to be hoped that eventually this week in the year may become established by the method of practice and ems - tom, to be national farmers' week, with possibly one day in the week . seleeted as"National 'Farmers' Day, just as there is - a national Labour Day, The Canadian Weekly Ne.vspapers Association has always shown a keen interest infarmer organizations, and for a very good reason. The average community weekly newspaper editor is very close to the people who make their living from the soil, and gen- erally speaking he -has an under- standing and appreciation of their problems and their way of life. The inauguration of the national "Salute to Agriculture" this year is taking the form of an appreciation of the wartime job done by the farm- ers of Canada. In 1990, with many thousands of young men and women leaving' farm;- to join the armed forces (a. total of 450,000 left the farms during the war to enter the services or to go to war industry), the farmers were faced with the stupendous task of producing a large volume of the food required by the allied nations for their armies and navies and air forces. That the farmers of this Dominion accepted the challenge and niet it nobly is amply evidenced by the records. During the five years from 1940 to 1944 inclusive the farmers of Car.- ada exported more than two million tons of bacon, beef, dairy products and poultry products for the use of our own and allied armed forces and to feed the beleaguered people of GreatBritain,-_In order to do this 'and meet domestic requirements they stepped up annual hog production to a point 145 per cent above the pre- war production, increased beef pro- duction by over 30 per cent, sheep and lamb production by over 30 per cent, total milk production by up to two billion pounds yearly more than in pre-war Years, with an increase in cheese production as high as 80 mil- lion pounds a year above pie -war production, and butter production by over fifty= million pounds yearly. Having given their hest efforts to the task of food production for war- , time, farm people are turning their thoughts to the post-war world. They beleved that we fought for an oppor- tunity to build a better kind of se- curity and freedom for all men than we have had heretofore. They want to see stability for agri- culture on an economic plane that will make it possible to maintain the fertility of the soil and insure a decent livelihood for the number of families required to man our farms and farm them well. Farts people believe that if we were able to apply a general price ceiling in wartime to save us from disastrous inflation, we can equally well apply a general floor price under farm products to save us from the disasters of de- flation. They do not believe it is necessary that the bitter experiences of the 30's have to be repeated. If regulations and controls are neces- sary to give security and stability to rural life, our farmers are willing to accept them. But better still, they would like regulations self-imposed as far as possible, and administered largely by officials selected from among themselves. That is what de- mocracy means to them. line with recent warnings by Agricul- ture Minister Thomas L. Kennedy, that "consumers must face the fact that they are going to have to pay higher prices for farm products ie. the not too far distant future. Farmers will lose five cents every 100 pounds when the milk subsidy is a report of the discussions. By carry- ing the discussion to its wider circle, the weekly newspaper makes the Forums a much more useful institut- ion. The result is a thoroughly de- mocratic and Dominionwide adult education project. The members of Farm Radio Forum become most enthusiastic about the Forum method of discussion, "Farm Radio Forum makes the community.a better place to. live," says a Forum in Prince Edward Island. "It broadens our outlook on many different subjects," writes one in Quebec. And from one in Alberta comes, "It creates a sense of unity among farmers," Radio does provide an opportunity for consolid- ation of farm opinion that never ex- isted in previous generations. Nat- ional Farm Radio Forum is really a neighbourhood meeting but a neigh- bourhood meeting on national scale, It is so conducted that every person in every Forum has the opportunity to make his or her opinions known and to exert a real influence on the conclusions reached. CWNA President Speaks To Farmers of Canada Hugh Tiempiin President Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association This message is written on behalf of all weekly newspaper publishers to all of, Canada's farmers. Closely associated with rural life as publishers are, they may seem to occasionally forget the importance of agriculture's contribution to the economy of Canada and to themselves. But such is not the case. The publisher of your weekly paper is more fully informed of the problems that beset you than perhaps any one in the nation. His knowledge of your splendid contribution during the war years, and his good wishes for your future success in preventing famine throughout the world is best illustrated in this ' special issue of his paper that graphically publicizes his opinion of your past achievements. pzutlaurtttinn Salute toAgriculture Week Of June 17, 1946 WHEREAS the Farmers of Canada have successfully fulfilled the expectations of the Allied Governments in supplying food for the Armed Services, the people of Great Britain, during World War 11, and WHEREAS they are now being called on to supply the starving people of Europe with foodstuffs and to contribute, in 'a great measure, to producing the large portion - of the world's needs of food, and WHEREAS it is felt that this accomplishment of the Canadian Farmer should be publicly recognized by all, I THEREFORE PROCLAIM a "Salute to Agriculture" during this week of June 17, 1946, andrequest all residents and mer- chants of Huron County to 'consider and acknowledge the importance to the economy of the Dominion of Canada. (Sighted)—R. E. SHADDICK, Warden, County of Huron 1Iensall, Ontario, June 17, 1946. GOD SAVE THE BANG PRICE OF MILE MAY JUMP AGAIN TWO CENTS, QUART The price of milk probably will jump another two cents a quart in October when Federal Government milk subsidies to producers are re- moved, Ontario Agriculture Depart - Inca officials indicated Saturday. Removal of consumer subsidy caused a two -cent a quart increase June 1. Similar increases in the prices of butter and cheese are also expected this autumn, although eggs will be maintained under the ceiling for some time yet it was stated. The heralded price increases are in removed on October 1. Canadian Federation President Is Active Born on a farm in Ontario. Taught rural schools in Ontario and Saskat- chewan for some years, then attend- ed Ontario Agricultural College, frbm where he was graduated with the B. S.A. degree in Agrculture in 1920. Did Agricultural journalism for two !years, then became educatinonal sec- retary for the Ontario United Farm- ers. In the summer of 1932 he made a special tour of Denmark and other European countries studying the ,co - 1 operative o-,.operative movement following which he wrote and published "Co-operat- ion, the Plan for Tomorrow Which Works To -day." In 1933 he became secretary of the United Farmers of Ontario, and in 1936 was made sec- I retary of the United Farmers' Co- : operative Company, Toronto, estab- Ihshieg the organization's publication The Rural Co-operator." On the organization of the Canadian Feder- aton of Agriculture in 1935 he was made its first v:ee-president, and four :years later bec-me president, which post he has now filled for six years, i In 1943 he was named also Managing - Director of the.organizaton on a full- time basis. He was a member of the Canadian delegation to the. Hot Springs food conference in 1943 and to the first FAO conference at Quebec in 1945. He is chairman of the Ad- visory Committee to the Canadian the work of the Canadian Federation Minister of Agriculture, and the Can- he lives on and operates a 126 -aero adian Food Board, While handling dairy farm close to Ottawa. H. IL Hannam President and Managing Director Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Ottawa.