Zurich Citizens News, 1961-09-07, Page 7THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1961
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Huron County Tops Chicken
Production In All. Of Ontario
if all the Huron County hens
were to cackle and the chickens
to "peep peep' at the same time,
they could make more noiset
than the total number of chick-
ens and hens in any other single
county in Ontario.
This would simply be because
there are more chickens and
hens in Huron County than in
any other county in Ontario,
The latest statistics of the
Ontario Department of Agricul-
ture, just released, shows Hur-
on. County with a total of 2,026,-
100 hens and chickens.
The County of Haliburton has
the least number of hens and
chickens in any one county in
Ontario -15,400, far short of
Huron's total.
The next highest to Huron is
the neighbouring county of
Perth with a total of 1,652,400.
North of us in Bruce County,
the total is 919,500. South of
us, in Lambton County, the to-
tal is 1,457,600.
Totals for other counties here
and there throughout Ontario
are: Elgin County, 552,100; Mid-
dlesex, $1,100,900; York, 924,-
700; Peel, 834,400__ Kent, 848,-
600.
Total value of Huron's Coun-
ty's 2,026,100 hens and chickens
in 1960 was listed as $2,007,100
Why should Huron County
top all other counties in the
raising of hens and chickens?
To get the answer to this
question, The Goderich Signal -
Star contacted D. H. Miles, Hur-
on County Agricultural Repre-
sentative at Clinton.
Huron's Location
Huron's location, close to the
main feed sources in the Pro-
vince, was given by Mr, Miles
as the main reason for Huron
being tops in hen and chicken
production. He pointed out
that the poultry production fig-
ures were high in counties near
Huron for as far east as Water-
loo county. He stated this was
due to the fact that in former
days, rail rates for hauling grain
from the port of Goderich was
the sante to any point in Huron
as to any point in Waterloo
County. From that county on,
'the rail rates were up, he said.
Trucking has now changed the
picture somewhat.
The location of Huron, far re-
moved from large cities, with
no extensive urban develop-
ments was also given as a rea-
son for intensive poultry pro-
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duction. However, Huron is
not so far distant from Toronto
but what eggs and poultry in
large quantities can not be econ-
omically shipped there, he said.
The township of Howick, said
Mr. Miles, is the largest pro-
ducer of poultry of any town-
ship in the County of Huron.
Mr. John Westbrooke, RR 2,
Clinton, started off this year
with 2,500 birds and now has
2,000 laying birds. He is a dist-
rict farmer who goes out for
volume production in poultry.
Mr. Westbrook said he believes
Huron County's top position as
a poultry producer is because
it is not in the milkshed. Since
Huron is not close to the large
city users of milk such as To-
ronto, Hamilton, London, etc,,
the farmers do not go into dair-
ying as much as they do closer
to the cities. Hence their pref-
erence for poultry.
Situation Could Change
But both Mr. Miles and Mr.
Westbrook thought this situat-
ion could change in the years
that lie ahead. Mr. Miles said
that already t h e Kincardine
area, the north part of Ashfield
and Grey Townhips are heavy
shippers of milk to Toronto;
that the use of the bulk tank
handling of milk will, in the
future, make milk shipments
from Huron to Toronto heavier
than ever.
Mr. Westbrook said that Tor-
onto dairies are already coming
up to the Goderich area to col-
lect milk and that this trend
will continue. Therefore, he be-
lieved, the future may see more
farmers swinging from all-out
poultry production to more of
dairy production, although still
doing some poultry production.
This, he said, could lead to a
lessening in Huron's present vol-
ume of poultry production.
Huron has a total of 2.280
horses in comparison to 4,100 in
Wellington County. 4,000 in
Simcoe County, 3,000 in Bruce
County and 2,500 in Perth Co-
unty.
Value of Huron's 2,280 horses
in 1960 was placed at $355,700
which means the average price
for a horse . is about $112.
Huron has a total of 9,800
sheep and lambs, and 112,900
swine.
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WEDDING
Scott - Cooper
KIPPEN—The parlor of Jam-
es St, United Church, Exeter,
was the setting when Patricia
Jane Cooper became the bride
of James Ronald Scott, in a wed-
ding ceremony conducted by
Rev. H. L. Hiltz.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr. and. Mrs. Raymond L. Coop-
er and granddaughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Cooper, Kippen,
and the groom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Murray Scott, all of
Exeter.
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Towne and Country Club, Fol-
lowing a wedding trip to Ken-
tucky, the couple will reside in
Exeter.
Huron County tops all other
counties in Ontario in total
number of cattle. Huron has
178,060 cattle, valued in 1960 at
$27,162,000. In second place is
Grey County with 171,000 cattle
and in third position, Bruce,
with 158,000 cattle. Middlesex
County has 140,050 cattle.
For all field crops in 1960,
Huron had a total acreage of
349,880 for a total value of
value of $40.76 per acre. In
this division, Huron was sur-
passed only by Kent County
which had an acreage of 472,130.
Production figures for Huron
County in 1960 in other lines
were as follows: hay, 122,700
acres field roots, 2,100 acres;
potatoes, 7 5 0 acres; husking
corn, 18,000 acres; corn for fod-
der, 12,500 acres; barley, 13,400
acres; oats, 57,100 acres; spring
wheat, 400 acres; winter wheat,
19,400 acres.
Federation Fieidnnan Wants People
To Give Suggestions and Criticisms
(By J. Carl
After a comparatively quiet
couple of months as far as farm
organization meetings were con-
cerned, notices of annual meet-
ings are again being received.
The first to arrive is notice
of the Ontario wheat producers
annual meeting to be held at
the Royal York Hotel, Toronto,
September 27. This meeting is
open to all Ontario wheat pro-
ducers. This is the producer's
opportunity to voice opinions.
Perhaps there is something
that you object to, or perhaps
you have a suggestion for some
improvement. The annual meet-
ing is the place to have these
things brought before the pro-
ducers for discussion and ac-
tion. T o many times farmers
mention these problems to their
neighbours but fail to report to
the county secretary or one of
the delegates with result that
the idea never gets to the wheat
board and no action is taken.
The organization will only ser-
ve you best when it receives
your suggestions and criticisms
at annual meeting. Please drop
a line to Huron County wheat
producers, Box 310, Clinton, be-
fore September 15, if you have
a suggestion to make.
A meeting of the OFA mem-
bers Was held August 29. The
meeting approved the recomme-
ndations of the grain meeting
called by the board of govern-
ors on July 18, which has al-
ready resulted in some consid-
erable quantities of US oats be-
ing imported into Ontario.
There was no definite report
Cold .Outside
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on the egg marketing plant but
we were given to understand
that a plan similar to the Hig
marketing plan was being de-
veloped.
The milk producers told us
that a petition for a vote on the
maketing of fluid milk was be-
ing circulated and that a petit-
ion for a vote on a marketing
plan for the shipper of manufac-
turing milk, cream and cheese
producers, would also be cercu-
lated shortly.
The beef producers • outlined
their promotion plan. The OFA
strongly supported the enforce-
ment of the regulations govern-
ing the bills of lading for ship-
ment of all livestock, but ex-
pressed no opinion on the pro••
posed method of financing the
beef producers organization.
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