The Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-02-15, Page 7p PAY, fEL lSih 1167
THE. LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW ONTARIO .
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:arm Union and Federation blot a
ffer�nt AsTo Warrant Two Groups"
ys Pres. MacAulay At Joint Meeting
my .opinion the: differences
objectives of .our,two farm
iizations', the 'Farmers.Unior
he• Federation of Agriculture;
of so different .to; warrant two
groups This was.: the corn m'c
arneion MacAulay ,of' Ripley
ientof the Brice County.:
ation of Agriculture made at,
eting of the Iwo organizations
nwood.bn February 9th.,
d by,the `.County Federation.
lcuss ways. and means of bring
to two groups together. In , •
.mg the r"neeting,'. Mr Mac
,,,Said there 'was a frank and
liscussion, in an attempt td
;tly and. forthrightly assess the
:ion in bringing the two
)s together and discuss aven
f agreement: •
Prues,' Union.Director and
sizer, however, said, "The
'ence between the two or an-
ins is as much as day and
:.The OFA OFA is controlled; by
nment, and the. OFU by direct
bershi.'" He went onto Say
y.
71iarketing boards were mot
justice to the producers by`.
!tting, production and price ,
aying he 'was not' aware.they
1. He felt ,the marketing
Is'tied the hands of the OFA
Jacklin,' Elmwood 1st
President of the Bruce. Feder-
, explained the, different ,funJ
and purposesof, the various
eting. boards.. He assured
pion members that the only
01 government has Over the
eting boards is to see that
abide by the regulations
h they were set up under,•
n as.dndividuals we must
by certain laws of the:
" he said Mr. 'Jacklin stat
at :marketing boards' most
!illy can set production and
and cited' the Tobacco .and,
:r Grower's Marketing Boards
imples•in doing just that.,
nbers of the..Federation'den
assistance -is received `from ,gover-
nnment and : they are freeto •
pressure any government at any
time :,.,They. have,worked with
and been .consultedby govern-
ment however,; .on various occas
ions; concerning agricultural, pro
grams: Several cases were cited `.
when the OFA : took a militant
stand and had pressured, the'govern
ment.into' attic n and pare prepared-
to do so again,. The Marketing
boards areall: autonamous bodies
within the' OFA,, but by all being
part of the family they give:streng'-
th' to the OFA by representing all.:
segments of agriculture and. can
•iron out their differences together
Mr.. 'Prues said it :was news to l im
when. Milton 'Ahrens, • Fieldman.for
the Bruce Federation stated that
"farm:ers:: are asking when the two
farm .organizations are going .to get*
together . ' ; .Mr: Ahrens said :.he is
being; asked :more frequentl y..all the
trnie by .members of both the Union
and.the Federation why the,two are
not coning together. Archie Bryce
of•the'Paisly Local sa"d•he felt. that
50% of the farmers don't take an. .
interest or activepart;in any 'farce
organization. In reference to the •
unions direct membership., .Mr:
Bryce said this method may be pre:
'fe.rred to the OFA's'approach` of a
half hlil.l levy on the ,taxes,'"But e
try to collect it". Members of the'
Union did not deny that they,have
been approaching Council`s and •
Marketing Boards for grants.
Bert Caslick of•:the Elmwood local.
sand he was concerned" about the
fluctuation in the price of hogs
from day to day. Mr., MacAuley
said that the Federation and the
Hog Board have also been concern-
ed, but, producers in the past, have
been very reluctant to setting price:
in advance. MrMacAuley assured
Mr.' Caslick this' was available if
producers wanted it and were: ready
'fot, it ,but with, price' controls, one
Must also' have quota and product-
rat ,government has.;anv..con- inn r+(.;..
vtl-tteA No financial
No further meetings with the
Wm. 0.-liumphtey •
Int�r Accident:
• ;HELENS NEWS
At the height of Saturday's blizz
and, W m . G. Humphrey. -arid a
Kincardine resident were in a
collision on the St. Helen's Road.;
Extensive damage was done to
bath new vehicles and Mr; Hum-
phrey is.a: patient in Wingharn
Hospital with injuries,
Mr • and Mrs,.' Gordon 'Miller; of .'
' London.were Saturday visitors
with Mrs. W.I. Miller and; Isobel..
Mrs. Cordon McPherson, Mrs.
Ernest Gaunt Mrs. Jim Aitchison'
and, Mrs Ross Errington attended:
the 4-I-1 Leaders' Training School
in W.ingham' this past week. The
course. is "A World of Food in
Canada".
.Sympathy of the St. Helens
community goes to the Aitchison:`
families in the passing of Mrs,
Jack ,Aitchison:. of Kinloss..
:an.indusfries
op�c
,WHITECHURCK.NEWS
Whitechurch Wom:en's In titute : }
held their•rneeting Wednesday
•February 8 at the home•of, Mrs. Ed.
Walker: •
•
Mrs 'William Evans presid•ent.,,
vele oni'ed.all, and ;opened ,.the meet
ing with the.,reading."The
Housewife's Prayer".. •The opening
.exercises were :conducted arid
the.absence :of the• secretary Mrs'.
Victor.Erriers'on the minutes.and . `.
financial ,staterraent were given by'
Mrs . Garnet Farrier., `
It was decided that Mrs, Ed
Walker attend the
June ,12 16 and'that :
each member :bring a' written ,sugg;
estion'to the March .meeting as to
the type -of Centennial celebration;
tohold..
•The. roll call: was'. answered •by:
15 ladies.giving a Valentine Verse,.
and bringing:a gift for a '"shut1•in
box"
Mrs'. 'H. D.' IvlacDonald•:gave a.
reading "Our• Pioneers." Commun;
ity singing was enjoyed. Mrs •Ed
Walkee••gave readings'National
Song and BruceCounty from. Dean
McLeod's Book, Home and Count-'
ry 'Gleanings: • -
•The topic, Canadian Industries:
was given by Mrs. Russolll.Gaunt•
who told' of the Min! industry
Mink 'grow quickly but can't be
kept as pets..The mink farms
around' Str Marys and. Lucanhave
dark- and light colpred.Mink 'which .
are raised in wire cages in well
ventilated) buildings. These ran-
chers dotheirownkillingatid.:'
pelting In summer everysecond
,daythey, have to obtain fresh meat
for the nm ink : ` Sometimes the pelts,
,are solci by auction:• Girlsdon't
buy mink. coats instead they buy
small furs, .belts , scarfs and
stoles.. The Mink Industry last.
Year amounted ;to' $1, Q00,006,
Mrs. Don Ross gave a piano solo.
The Queen and Grace was sung.
after which hostesses. Mrs. D.On
.Ross and Mrs. H.D. MacDonald
served lunch,.Courtesy remarks
were• given' by Mrs.rim Currie.' '
Union were planned for the mined-
iate future, Mr. MacAuley,said
however, he hoped that efforts
would be continued to bring the.
two•together'as•one, farm organiza-
tion, not necessarily -a --Farmer's
Union or a Federation of Agricult-
ure, but rather with a new name'
if this be the wish of the farm
people, He said` the -door is always
,o en' for further disCtrssione to take
place..
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