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Zurich Citizens News, 1958-09-24, Page 4PAGE FOUR Huron's Certainly No "One Horse" County, 3,000 Here Hunan as mo '"ane horse county,', according to sta'tisti'cs for 1957 just released by the Ontario Depart - Finest Holstein Show In Huron Held at Blyth Fair ZURICH Citizens NEWS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER. 24, 1958 meat of Argricullture. These figures Showed: that Huron County has 3,620 horses with a total value olf $457.,200. • But Grey County leads the way in Ontario with 6,610 horses. Sim- cae county is second with 5,040 horses and Wellington County third with 4,970 'horses. In last place is the district of Kenora with 300 horses. In. the entire province of Ontario there are 130,000 horses valued at $15,600,000. Huron County in 1957 had 1,475 chattel mortgages to the amount oif $3,015,803. York County had the most with 48,213 amounting to $104,300,854. There were 54,400 • turkeys, 4,830 ducks and 3,660 geese in Huron in 1957. Hugon led alt the counties off Ontario in the numb- er of hens and chickens with a total of 1,857,700. There were 9,500 sheep and lambs. Huron's cattle population as 169,900 while there are 111,600 swine. There are 217,300 acres oa cleared pasture in Huron in 1957. All its 'field crops totalled 352,559, - Despite 'heavy rain, Huron Coun- ty Halatein Breeders staged their finest Black and White show to date on September 17 in connec- tion with Blyth Fair. A total of 151 head were shown by 31 ex- hibitors, making this one of the larger County Holstein shows in Ontario this year. Ross Marshall, Kirklton, was Premier Breeder and. Premier Ex- hibitor, nv!iith Thomas Hayden and Son, Gerrie, runner up for Prem- ier Breederaward, and Welling- wton, Brock and Swan, Granton, run- ner up 6.:;,r Premier Exhibitor. Basset Brothers, Goderich, show - ng for the first time in. several oars, had the Grand Champion Harold Badley, Wal- ton, y while H '1' Ston, showed the Grand Champion cow. The Bisset Gland Champion was Roeland Reflection Signet, a son of the noted A.B.C. Reflec- tion Sovereign. Although seven years old, he walks on a good set Of legs and feet, is very sharp in. the shoulder and Tong and deep in the rib. The Reserve Senior and Res- erve Grand Champion bull was the second prize aged bull, Rockwood Prince Rocket, owned by Ross Marshall. Tom Hearn, Woodham, showed the Junior Champion win- ning with Thamesview Regal, the first •prize senior yearling., a very dairy -like, sanaoth individual, with art exceptionally strong top. The Reserve Junior award went to Thomas Hayden and Son On the winning junior bull calf, Banella Easter Gent, a deep, well balanced, dal yiike indivadu:al. For the third time, Egmont Roeklyn Agnes was named Senior and Grand Champion female at this show for Harold Badley, Wal- ton. She headed the dry aged cows, while the w'innes in the aged cow in milk class, Barbal Mono- gmam Gladys, owned by Alvin Bet - Bayfield, took the Reserve Senior and Reserve Grand Champ- ionship. The Grand Champion is a very stylish •cow, with a good spring of rib, strong in the loin, and carrying a box car rump. �a Reserve Grand Champion wealth of dairy character and an excellent, particularly well -veined udder. She took the award as best •uddered'feanale of the show. The senior yearling heifer class provided both the Junior and Re- serve Junior .Champions, with the Junior award going to Allen G. ver Flo, and theeyReserve: Junioon Aloroft r to Harold Badley, Walton. No less than ten different ex- hibitors won at least one first prize. Harold Badley and Ross M,arshali had four ,firsts each; Thomas Hayden and Son and Al- vin Betties, three tints each; Tam Henn and Wellington Brock and Son, .two firsts each; and George Kennedy; Norman Knapp, Al rn; Allen G. Betties, and William L. Boyd, Walton, ane first each. In a special class for 100,000 'ib. doves, the winner was Mean Acores Mass 1Comanander, owned by Ross Marshall. She• has a seven lacta- tion actotition record of 108,095 lbs. milk, 3,718 lb's. fat, an twice a day Milking, The judge was Fred M. Snyder, Waterloo. Bisset Brothers won the senior get -of -sire class on the get of Rowsdale Pabst Andy, while Har- ald Badley showed the winning junior get -of -sire, a group by Glen- afton Benefactor. Alvin. Betties had the first prize progeny of dawn from BarbaQ:; 1\5Jan-0-Gram •Gladys, while Harold Badley show- ed the first prize Junior Herd, and Wellington Brook and Son the • winning +Senior Herd._ Hensall Tiro Department Collecting Scrap raper (By our Ilensall Correspondent) The Heath 'Flire Department will held a paper drive an, the Al - 'lege ,af Herman on Monday, Svept- embber 29, They would like all the .,. e ba tine their papers in bunch L. and have than in front of their homes, where. they will be picked • hp after six o'clock. n.. ... :•.: e,. d ter' ...V. • 600. Its hay alone was valued at $3,680,500. Huron raised 480 acres of potatoes in 1957 which were valued at $76,400. There were 625,704 acres of ins• proved farm land in Huron in 1956 but in 1931 there were 635,068 acres. ___'__--o-------- Icelland has no railways. ,Pv y •‘•••P%Y<'100 ^'. +h'?; •MAV/�•i. 'wry < 4 < 1' ? a�• mow\,. •. • '19 ft.' • :2W �•' h <.+ t..1::—.' 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