Clinton News-Record, 1946-08-01, Page 71 THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1946
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Fire Destroys Five Loaded Transports, New Warehonse
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Mr. and Mrs. Buckner'and family,
Kitchener, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Scott, spent the weekend at Taber-
, aaaa7,
'Was. Elmer Keller has returned to
her home after sal:ending the funeral
of her slater,' Mas. Ann Genannell,
Woodstock.
Rev. and Mrs, James Elliott and
daughter Margaret, Beechburg, are
• visiting Mr. and Ms. J. Taylor and
,,ether relatives.
'MTS. Albert King arid Donald King
have returned home from Glanford
Station, • where they were visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Jalbert Killough, :Elaine Kit -
lough accompanied them home for a
visit with friends, here.
Mr. and Mrs. Cbnnelly, Guelph,
MT. and Mrs. Bert alitkins, Windsor,
Mr. and Mrs. T. Gribbin, Sarnia, and
James Murphy, London, attended the
72nd birthday celebration for Michael
Murphy, St. Augustine, on Saturday.
Miss Betty Ann Yungblutt, Sea -
forth, Mrs, George F. Yungblut and
.Arthur Yunglant, Mrs. Mel. Jewell,
Calhotne Township, and Mies Phyllis
Jewell, Goderieh, visited with Mr. and
Mrs. R. J. Phillips and Mrs. C. A.
Howson on Monday.
British Bride Arrives
Kenneth Campbell went to Toronto
an Friday to meet his wife who ar-
rived in Canada on the "Lady Nelson."
35 Bus. to Acre
Arthur Hallam of the Base Line,
threshed on Friday. The average yield
'was 85 bushels of Wheat to the acre.
John Hallam's thresher did the
threshing for his brother.
Boy Hurt Diving
Cordon Raithby, young son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lloyd B. jtaithby, London,
who has been visiting at the home of
his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Raithby, Hullett Township, was
injured while swimming 'when he div-
ed into too shallow water and cut his
forehead, the Wound requiring -three
stitches by Dr. B. C. Weir.
Baby Baptized
A baptismal service was held in St.
Mask's Anglican Church on Sunday
morning when the rector, Rev. H. J.
L. Henderson, was assisted by Rev.
J. A. A. Elliott, Beech -wood, when
Margaret Florence Sharon, young
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Gordon
Stewart, was baptized, Mr. Elliott
deliv,ered an inspiring message on
'justice, Mercy and Humanity."
War Bride Welcomed
The members of Westfield acheol
section met at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford Carter on Friday even-
ing to welcome Mrs. Carter, a recent
war bride. The guests were received
by Mrs. William Garter, aunt of the
bridegroom who introduced them to
Mr. and Mrs. Carter. An address of
welcome was read by Mrs. Albert
Campbell. The many useful gifts were
received by Charism Carter and
Beene Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Carter
replied thanking their many friends
for the lovely gifts. ,
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TOBACCO
BRUCEFIELD
Miss M. Aubin, Clinton, spent last
week at her home here,
Ernest Mustard, Winnipeg, visited
with relatives lin the village.
.Mr. and Mrs. John McIntosh and
family, Toronto, are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. G. Haugh.
Mr, and Mrs. John Rattenbin7, Bur-
lington, spent a few days with Mr.
and MTS. ROSS Scott.
Dr. and Mrs. Albert Aikenhead,
Saskatchewan, are visiting with Dr.
Aikenhead's brothers and sister.
Mr. and Mrs. J. McCully and Mary
Lou, Stratford, spent the -weekend
with Joseph McCully and Mary Grace.
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald McKenzie and
Lois and Edwin, Detroit, Mich., are
visiting with MTS. H. Zapfe and other
relatives.
Mr. and (Mrs. Frank Strange, Tor-
onto, have returned home after visit.
ing Mrs. &range'a parents, Mr. and
Mrs, George Swan.
For the month of August Rev. E
R. and Mrs. Stanway and family will
be on vacation. For the first two Sun-
days, the services will be taken by
the Rev. Mr. Brown, and the last
two by Colin Campbell, Stanley.
The congregation and Sunday
School of Brucefield United Church
held their annual' picnic to Bayfield,
an Wednesday, July 17.
Following are the results ,af the
races: Tots race, Katherine IVIeGregor,
Kenneth Caldwell; girls 8 and under,
Jean McGregor, Katherine 111eGregor;
boys 8 and under, Neil McGregor,
Bobbie Broadfoot; girls 12 and under,
Jean IVIcGergor, Verna Barre; boys 12
and under, Beverly Broadfoot, Morley
Taylor; girls 14 and under, Donna
Taylor, Leola Taylor; boys 14 and
under, Beverly Broadtoot, Hugh
Zapfe; young ladies', Blanche Zapfe,
Betty Woolly: young inen, W. D. Wil-
son, laugh Zapfe; married women,
Mrs. Archie Mustard, Mrs. S. Baird
and Mrs. W. Scott, tied; married men,
A. Paterson, Abe Zapfe; kick-
ing slipper, Hazel Dining, Betty
Woolly; melt kicking slipper, Jack
Mustard, John BroacIfoot; needle race,
MTS. W. Scott and Jack Mustard,
Hazel Dining and Carlyle Cornish;
hitting the dummy, ladies, Mrs. Pat -
Whoa fire wbich begaa in a loaded transport vebicle apread to .other transports, ioss estimated irom
td $100,000 was caused at the Hanover Transport Co. depot in Clinton Monday night. In the office of the depot hem, weighttangs It is very easy
intense heat from binning oil and gasoline scorched and charred a wooden cupboard halfway througb the thicaneas to make eeet..y ndeatakea in
of the wood, but left documents and -records inside the cupboard unharmed Sack Prosser, son of Mr and Mac.' - guessing
John Prosser, Clinton, inspects the piles of papers, one of the few areas in the building to escape complete destrue- I the weights of Vivi hogs. A good bog
tion. Photographed Tuesday morning after a night ot fire -fighting are, left to right, Bea Edwards, Jim areaway, 1 rale will. •ria• for itaelf many times
Jim Edwards, Russell Boyce, Llod A
ad Butler and MeMiehael. Mr. Edwards and Mr. Boyce were in the build ng ovet on the average farm.
when the fire broke out, and had narrow escapes as flames shot through the place. • •
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Bill Layton, Mount Forest, visited
with John Seers.
Mr, and Mrs. Albert Goner, Ex-
eter, were with relatives.
Harry W. Arthur, London, was with
hit mother, Mrs. John Arthur.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Craig, Stratford,
were with Mr, and Mrs. Bert Craig.
Emma Snell, Toronto, was the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Telford Nixon.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Gibbs, Detroit,
called on friends here Saturday.
Fraser Metcalf, London, visited
with Rev. and Mrs. X. L. IL Header -
500.
Nliss Lucille Kele; Woodstock, is
visiting her mother, MTS. Elmer
Keller.
Mx and Mrs, George Beadle were
with Mr. and MTS. Clifford Brown,
Walton,
Mr. and Mrs. Herb Mogridge are
visiting Ur. and Mrs. Gormley
Thompson, Brainnton.
Miss Helen Merrill has returned to
Toronto after a visit with her aunt,
MTS. William Roberton.
Mr. and Mrs. Phalen and baby, tind
Miss Pauline. Xing, Stratford, are
visiting Mr. Russell King.
Mr, and Mrs, H. A. PacCauley,
Flesherton, were recent visitors with
Mr. and Ma. Roy Finnigan.
Mr, and MTS. Harold Nicholson and
daughter Karen, Oshawa, visited with
Mr. .7. j, Wilson at the weekend.
MTS. Agnes Pierce, who has been
visiting her aunt, MTS. Frank Stan-
ey, has returned' to her hoine at Fort
Erie.
erson; men, 0. Cornisb, Thornton
Mustard, Wm. Paterson; soap relay
race, Mrs. Wm. Scott's team; tug-of-
war, Tuckersmith team.
After the sports program, all sat
down to a vera sumptuous supper.
Satisfaction
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of distinction
Letterheads and Envelopes
to order
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Ratio Of Grade “A" Hogs
Must Be Greatly Increased
"Bigger returns from better hogs" age farmer when marketing B1 and
in the current issue of the monthly, money he might have received had
is a subject discussed at some length 'lower grade 'hogs is how much added
letter on Canadian livestock products all his hogs been grade A. Of course,
of the Industrial and Development all this added money would not neces-
sarily be clear profit; the feed neces-
sary to raise lighter hogs to grade A
e eights would have to be charged.
as well as something extra for added
labour. But the comparison is inter-
esting and worth some thought.
Council of Canadian Meat Packers.
It is evident that if Canada is go-
ing th be able to ship to Britain
bacon of high enough quality to suc-
cessfully compete on that market: with
other suppliers and, at the same
time, supply Canadian consumers
with a reasonably fair share of top
grade pork products, the percentage
of grade A hogs marketed must be
greatly increased.
Of more direct concern to the aver -
The table herewith • sets out the
feed expense and the total extra re-
turn in dollars if representative hogs,
as studied, had been fed to make A
carcasses.
EXTRA RETURN POSSIBLE BY MARKETING
OFF -GRADE HOGS AS GRADE A
Official Grade and Weight Range
a-, A B1 B2 Be c LIGHTS
140/170 135/175 125/134 176/185 120/185 119/Down
Representative
Carcass Weight . . 155 lb. 1,37 lb.
Price (Toronto) . . $49.50 $10.10
Value of Carcass . 30.22 26.17
Dona Premium . 2.00 1.00
Prov. Premium . ' 1.00 .50
Total Returns . . $33.22
Compared to Grade ,A.
Wgt. Be. to reach 115 lb
Feed Required (5 ib.
per 1 lb. Can. Wet.)
C'ost of Feed (2c lb.)
Extra 'return per hog
ISO lb. 180 lb.
$18 . 85 818.85
24.50 33.93
$27.67 $24.50 $33.90
- -
-5.55 -8.72 -1-.71
18 lb. 25 lb. -25 lb.
90 lb. 125 lb. *125 lb.
$ 1.80 $ 2.50 $ 2.50
$ 3.75 $ 6,22 $ 1.79
155 lb, 155 lb.
$17.85 $17.60
27.67 20.24
$27.67 $20.24
-5.55 -12.98
40 lb.
209 lb.
$ 4.00
if 5.55 $ 8.98
NOTE: Above ealcalations based on market price of $19.50 per 100 lb. ca
eass, Toronto. Provincial premiums apply in Ontario. *Excess feed,
The study compares the returns had he made that hog weight and
from a grade A. hog, carcass weight grade an A. carcass..
155 lb., sold on the Toronto market Similarly, the differences between
at $19.50 per 100 lb. dressed weight, a Grade A. hog and a B2 and a Light
with certain other grades. The total hog are worked out and show that a
value of the grade A hog, including B2 carcass worth $6.22 and a Light
the Dominion and Provincial govern- carcass $8,98 when marketed as ,a
remit premiums, is $33.22. grade A. A grade C carcass is with-
in the correct weight for grade A
but is probably degraded for reasons
of type or finish. The cost to produce
Is as much as for grade A but the
return is $5,55 tem
Many bacon type hogs are market-
ed too light for an A grade camas
but just within B1 grade minimum
weight. skis an example, a B1 hog
weighing 137 lb. dressed is discounted
40 cents per 100 lb. in the price, thus When comparing a 1i3 carcass with
the carcass value is $26.17. With the grade A. it will be noted there is 25
government premiums added the total lb. more weight, Although at the
return to the seller is $27.67 cornpars 133 discount price it returned 71 cents
ed to the grade A hog at $33.22-a mere than the A carcass, it required
difference of $5.55. The B1 carcass at least 125 pounds of feed to put on
was 18 lb. lighter than the grade .A the extra 25 pounds of carcass weight,
carcass. Allowing. 5 pounds of feed at a cost of $2.50. If the gain of 71
to produce a pound of carcass gain, cents in value is siibtracted from the
90 pounds of feed would have been east of produnag the extra weight,
required to bring the 01 hog to grade the farmer actually lost $1.79 by feed -
A weight. Allowing two cents per ing the hog ai the Bil weight, as com-
pound for cost of feed, which should pared to its value if sold when it
provide for the use of extra feed could have g,rvled A. With hoth
would be $1.80. Subtracting the feed grain and fano help scarce and high
cost from the differenee in value of priced there is ltt,do point in keeping
e two hogs, $5.55, a net margin or a hog on th,?. farm longer than ab -
gain of $3.75 is left for the producer solutely necessaa, to place it in the
COMPARISON OF RETURNS ()N HOGS
1945 Actual Gradings by Province of Origin
Prairie Provinces and Ontario
(Extra Heavies, Sows, Stags, Ridglings Not Included)
Carcass
Grade
B-1 .
B -2C.
.
D.
Light . .
Heavy .
Avg.
Dr.
Wgt.
lb.
155
• 137
130
180
155
155
115
190
Lot 1-Praitie Prov. Grad'gs
Total Pr -per
Car- Dr. 100 lb. Value
°asses Wgt. Wpg.
No. ib.
30.0 4650
46.9 6425
4.9 637
6,5 1170
7.2 1116
.5 78
1.4 161
2.6 494
18.7a, 814.87
18.35 1178.99
18.10 115.29
18.10 211.77
17.10 190.84
16.85 18.14
16.85 27.13
16.85 83.24
Lot 2 -Ontario Gradin s
Total aer
Car- DT. 100113. Value
ceases Wgt. W.
No. lb.
41.8 6479
46.7 6398
3.0 390
3.9 702
2.9 450
.3 48
.4 46
1,8 190
$ $
18.75 1214.81
18.35 1174.08
18.10 70.59
18.10 127.06
17.10 76,95
16.85 8.09
16.85 7.75
16.85 32.02
Total . . . . 100.0 14731 .. 2692.27 100.0 14703 .. 2/11.30
Avg. Price per 100 lib. , .......,. ....... 18.g7 13.44
Gov't Premiums: '
Bl's $1-4106.90 or per 100 lb. .73 -$129.30 or per 100 lb. .. .88
Total return per 100 lb. ......... . ... 19.00 . . 19.32
Return per hog -Avg. Dr. WA. 147 lb. ..27.93 . . . 28.40
Higher Return per beg ... . .....$28.40-27.98-.47
In 1945 Prairie Provinces marketed $,085,167 .... in the above grades.
Loss in revenue due to lower quality -3,085,157 X .47-41,450,033.79.
_ y theorize on
the possibility af marketing all reg.
War hogs as grade A carcasses. There
will always be a percentage of sows,
stags, and possilay a few extra
heavies, (females retained for breed-
ing that proved sterile), These 0011..
stitute the so-called by-pmoduct of the
breeding stock. The bulk of the hogs
falling into the grades reviewed cer-
tainly could be raised materially in
grade with considerable resulting
benefit to the produrer and to the
industry in general. In Bruce County,'
last year 108 farmers exceeded 75
per cent grade A. for their total
marketings. Other fanners have or
almost have as good a record, but
they are still too few in Dumber.
The accompanying table clearly
illustrates by comparison the returns
received on 100 hogs marketed and
the advantage to producers of mar-
keting better quality hogs, I
For the purpose two lots of 100 p
PORTER'S HILL
Mr. and Mrs. Don Harris enjoyed
Sunday at Drysdale Beach,
Miss Dorothy Cox has returned
home after three weeks in Toronto
marking examinations.
Sang Two Soles
At Sunday morning service at
Grace Church, a special treat was
enjoyed when Mr. Correll, Toronto, a
nephew of Rev. P. G. Stotesbury, satg
two beautiful numbers that were
worthy of special mention.
hog carcasses were broken down into
the various grades according* to the
actual percentage of each grade of
regular hogs marketed by the prov-
ince of origin Lot No 1 on the basis
of 1945 gradings for Alberta, ,Saskat-
chewan and Manitoba combined; and
Lot No. 2 according to Ontario grad-
ings. The out -grade carcasses -extra
heavies, sows, stags, ridglings and ins
jured carcasses were not included. On
this basis hi every 100 carcasses from
regular hogs marketed in 1945 from
the three Prairie Provinces 30 per
cent graded A; in Ontario 41.8 per
cent graded A, etc.
Using a Price, basis Winnipeg, it is
shown that the average price per 100
lb. warm dressed 'weight received on
Lot No. 1 was $18.27 and Lot, No. 2
was $18.44-4a difference of 17 ratite
per 100 lb, in the market value. gt
1 Federal premimas for A. and B1
carcasses meant an additional 73
cents per 100 lb. for Lot. No. 1 and
88 cents for Lot No. 2 on the total
tiresSed weight of the cargaeseg, Tki
hecounted for a further advantage 0
15 cents per 100 lb. on Lot No 2
The total advantage of 32 cents per
100 lb. on the dressed welaht of Lot
No. 2, representing the better quality
hogs, would mean a higher return by
47 cents per carcass.
As shown, the 1945 marketings of
3.085,157 "Regular" hogs in the
Prairie Provinces, would have return-
ed to the producers approximately
$1,500,000 had the gradings been
equal to those obtained in Ontario
during 1945.
,Although Ontario in 1945 had ap-
proximately 40 per cent A grade our
objective should and must be higher.
survey of the reasons for careassee
grading B1, reported in our "Letter"
of October, 1345, indicated 70 per cent
was due to averfaa, wrong weight
and too thin. By marketing these
hogs as A. grade careaaaes. the 75
per cent grade A goal would be in
sight. This would mean in the neigh-.
bouthood of $3,000,009 more to hog
Producers. Of greater importance to
Canada would be the ability to export
a much higher percentage of top
uality bacon and thus be in a top
osition on tho PPitish Mari*:
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Canada has done her share through heavy agricul-
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of her own products.
There has been so much grain exported that our
supplies for feeding purposes are no more than
barely enough to feed the large number of flocks
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