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rnxk ftnrri hog market analysis shows quality important the canadian bank of commerce weddimg stationery we have the newest designs call at the herald j e w in attempting to discuss the hog situation one must of necessity re view the marketings of the past year our hog marketings in 1952 showed an increase of 36 8 per cent over 1991 being the third high est in the history of canada in round figures our marketings in 1952 totalled neoly 6 700000 hogs in comparison to approximately 7 150 000 in 1943 and 8 863 000 in 1944 in short the marketings of hogs in 1943 arid 1944 were the highest in the history of can ada it should be recalled how ever that in 1943 we exported nearly tm millionvlbs of bacon ham and pork products practically all to great britain in 1944 our bacon exports were something over 718 million lbs last year we ex ported no pork products to great britain and our total exports of the commodity were less than 264 million lbs chiefly canned ham and almost entirely to us in those figures is revealed the reason why our markets and stor ages have for the most pert been filled to capacity during the past twelve months our marketings in 1952 showed an increase in every part of can ada from a 14 per cent increase in the maritime to nearly 49 per cent increase in western canada on tario hog marketings reached an all tune high of some 2387 000 hogs or an increase of 28 per cent over 1951 which marks the sharpest variation for any year in the past ten the percentage increase was greater in the west than in the east being 48 7 per cent in the former area as compared with 31 per cent in the latter even so eastern canada prod 64 3 per cent of the total marketings to present the picture in mother way our marketings averaged 128 8io hogs per week a figure which exceeds our domestic require- men s by approximately j 5 000 hogs why take less than the best cheek what youre missing and youll change to ptednesday evening feb 39 19s3 tfhb osokoetown hekal page t t jfofefem ekpert benefit from iuv fellowship per week on the other hand our exports of pork products were the lowest for any year in the past 20 years and provided an outlet tor a very small percentage of surplus this resulted in the excess over domes tic requirements being stored in cans f our big surplus tn 1952 was only made possible by the trig frozen wheat crop of 1952 in other words we diverted a large volume of grain normally grown and sold for hu- man food into livestock production and came up with a 27 per cent surplus of hogs needless to add the outbreak of foot and mouth dls ease made this really serious along with the sharp increase in our marketings in 1952 has gone a decrease in the quality of our hogs right across canada here in halton our percentage of as has dropped from 41 per cent in 1951 to 36 7 per cent in 1952 in ontario from 35 3 in 1951 to 33 2 in 1952 and in canada from 313 in 1951 to 28 51 as a matter of fact it would seem that ever since we dropped out of the british market our producers have lost interest in quality in our opinion this is bad reasoning on the part of our producers since the domestic mar ket has beco themostjmfloxiani if not the only outlet quality should be stressed if porhftis to hold its position in competing with other classes of meat in 1952 pork sold st a much lower price than beef now that the price of these two meats bears a closer relationship to one another it should be ob vious that if our domestic market is to continue to absorb 90 000 hogs or more per week quality must not only be maintained but im proved too much finish is large ly responsible for the drop in qual ity ontario and canadian swine producers as a whole apparently fail to realize that while the last 10 or la lbs an be put on very this year the united nations and its specialised agencies at offering more than 25m fellowships scholarships and other oppor tunities for international training above pierre muord ot haiti who learned modern irrigation methods in algeria under the tjn fellowship program la shown putting his newly acquired knowledge to use in the major arubonlte valley drainage and irrigation project the island republic will thus obtain more land for cultivation try them at compare them any w you choose the accept your ford dealers friendly invitation to test dnvo a 53 ford step inside and youll discover so muth more in comfort and luxury and right from the start youll dis cover that v8 difference for ford ts priced with the lowest and yet it has a v8 engine the ford stratoslar 110hp v8 has been developed by the makers of more v8s than all other manufacturers combined drive it with a choice of three transmissions fordomauc overdrive or synchro- silent shift feel how its wonder ride levels out the roughest roads yesl see h compare it check it and youll change to ford in 53 why tad less than the best powered with the finest priced with the lowest tstdmvy nev53 toil i void iiuii will laj iv a i i a h o t it an vt i at dick riddall motors 2ezsizil it a used cfib 5ev uur ford dealer rapidly it nevertheless costs more per pound to put on than at any other time in the feeding period this summary would not be com pletc without some reference to our stocks of meat and poultry in stor age according-to- monthly- r port of the dominion bureau of statistics here is the picture of the beginning of the year compar ed with previous figures jan 1 1953 dec 1 1952 jan 1 1952 000 lb 000 lb 000 lb pork frozen 44234 plus 21 692 plus 25 420 beef frozen 20 533 plus 1 753 plus 8 376 veal frozen 3 159 minus 464 minus 561 mutton st lamb frozen 3 857 minus 41 plus 595 poultry frozen 23 052 minus 613 min 11906 the heavy intoslorage movement of pork during december was ot course associated with the speed up in marketings to meet the support price change the substantial reduction in poul try stocks over a year ago reflects the brisk trade in poultry particu 1 irly turkeys which moved at lower prices this year were it not for the substantial quantity 75 to bo million lbs of canned pork still on hand the year end stock position could be consi dered relatively satisfactory in u s on january 1st the usda report shows the number of cattle as 16 per cent higher than a year ago and the largest on record 5 8 million head compared to 5 0 million last year and a 19471951 average of 4 3 million their pork stocks at january 1st 1953 totalled 508 million lbs up 188 million over december but down 40 million lbs from last year eastern hoc maxkelts above the support level although the support price for hogs was lowered by 3 00 per cwt on january 1st hog prices have in the main remained well above the bupport price when one studies the marketings in recent weeks the evidence would indicate that supply and demand are still the basic factors influencing any mar ket price our marketings here in ontario from january 1st to feb 7th total led 172 863 against 244902 for the same period in 1952 in quebec the comparative figures are 89 049 hogs in 1953 against 172 178 in 1952 the estimate of the federal de partment of agriculture for the first three months of i953 repres ents an increase of approximately 5 per cent for the west and a de crease of 3 6 per cent in the east for all of canada the estimate forecasts a decrease of 6 per cent in hog marketings for this three month period certainly if their estimates are anywhere nearly cor rect that would indicate heavy mar ketings during the month of march all officers reelected county baseball executive the annual meeting of the hal ton county bns bill association wis held it hawthorne lodc mil to i on siturd ly f bruary 14 with pit side nt ptu m mullt n presiding tht neetm v is iepi est nl iti e with mtits hsut from milton vt i u lu in coin w oikvillt i 1c i pi t ii illi msopie entweic 1i iiny i owcten t catherines who is the iirituv ircesoicr ot the oab ind pied mug of hip piwi who i i ist president of the omja ui clarenec kid lie of miltii in uk st mot executive of tin oai a hid sevei il past presi duls of the halton county assoc at the business meeting a motion wis passed that the membership fee of 51 00 from acton and fergus bq returned to these clubs is they are no longer in the halton county as sociition and had asked for the re two of their deposit the election of officers for 1953 was carried through with despatch is they were all reelected the iile is president pete mcmullen vice president bob lane secretary i rmsurcr jimes waldie assist secret ar bob brush executive one deleiih from n h team to be lit d li itie jcir en led with i od fin itu i il iei oi i i- 11 w i ij the meeli lg a social hour wis spent then followed by a er ii dim r sei ed by the haw tl i lie lodge dt lcilcs present from george- tow were bob line corey her iuuton d robert pop holmes it is anticipated that the geor- getou ii club w ill carry on again this year though they suffered fin anciai reverses th s past season the annual meeting for the local club will be called in march when plans will be discussed and put under way for 1953 ujv assembly president opens meeting latter b f tpuri jmh mc vq at un headquarters tn new tort mr feusen center to m at the podium tn the plenary hall with united nations beentet- oenerml trygve lie toft and mr ueriuitlie andrew w cornier right before the opening el a 1 a kii3mk4ji