HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-03-01, Page 12.WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1st, :1967
`RAGE: :TWELVETHE LUCKNOW, SENTINELr LUCKNOW, iONTARIQ..,
PSERVES YO.0 BEST:
Wher'e'ver you may be.;, there's awrnplete stc,Ch'of CO-OP •FA:rtili/er;'nearhy..'.
Cit=(ipt^rtttves Ideated, thrringkr�,N�•Onlario p ro\.ide the,'finest scrNtee at4iilahle;
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,Yetis are assured of 'supply at 1114 'or any other. time imf year;' Right no,A::
Cn-oncrativu is fu ly-sto4led 'stith �t ,c;ornplete line �f fertiliiers ready' for
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• honied/0w peek -up .,r delivery in any quantity. and cult analysis.
You' cab .depend on Co -OP qu lity because Co-operative's are. owned
• and controlled by the people , they serve ... . ' the farmers of .Ontario..
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• NOW CO-OP OFFERS A •
COMPLETE FERTLLLZER SERVICE •
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• thigh tirade I:ertitii ry'
• Bulk lick -up,
• Bulk Sprcticlint;
'» Liquid Nitrogen
Applieation.
ake Advantage Of Early. Order Discounts
CO OP
Decicatec
to Serve Agriculture Co operatively
vc:kis o istrk
Phone '528-2125
Student > leaders
Caree.r.in'
eac•ii n
•a
^ ,A 't:onc(ri► , shout. Canada'
and. youth hat lirompter1.
Dale Marten; of ItR 4, Ripley,
to aim_for • o,. ar f r •iii teach—
'Wan i
each -.Mani:; 1:4, :1):i it in
the beginning ,ped-
plc's. education and.' also to:,
stress the importance of ;edu-
cr tion for youth i'n order to
'Tun the fiituie'` welfare and.
cc•o t'nny of:our roimltti."
(;i idF '12 sturlcni at.•
1Zili,lry,: Distric.l '1lt>h Schuh],
•' is the 'titin of Mr. and Mrs:
1>,rirdon.'Ma.rhn
.• Clr;ciscn as, a Student.:'l'..c it r '
hy.. st vole of l.lic ;sttideiits
alone,• Daly is ,presiihint of :the •
.students' t uiii:il:•
A :winner in 'intermediate
track and field day events, he'
reecntly,`,attended the Ontario
A•t h •I;e t i'c Leadership Camp, •
Dale is a' ineniber or the
school softball, volleyball.' and .
baslkctbail -'teams.' He' "aNg•I'..
plays ,juvenile hockey, • •
Gordon Wail ' Is
New Vice -Pres."
Directors `and •policy holders of,
the Culross Mutual. Fire' Insurance
Conlpany= met in .the Teeswater
"fown.Hall on,Saturda.y, t'ebruary
1.18th\,,,,td receive the 94tH Annual
:Report. The. .President, Allister ".
• I1u hes of Ilolyr.boc1. wasin the •
chair.
T•lie'A editors' Report showed'•a
net profit of $17,,(,•':32 on the year.
,.operation which' increased the'
surplus to $54.942.. The report
also indicated an increase in the,'
amount of irlsu'ran'ce:tiri•force.
Gordon Wall of R. R, 3 ; •I lolyrood
was re-elected.'to another three
year''term. Parish Moffat, Wing:.,
ham, also was elected` to a ,three-
year term in place of Allister
Hughes who was not• eligible for
re-election.
The firm of Clarkson,: Gordon
Co. Of Kitchener, 'was re -appoint-
ed as auditors for 1967;
Mr, Hughes expressed•hiS apprec-
DALE' MARTIN
T. HELENS
Miss, W , •D. Rutherford 'left on . the
week -end for a vacation' in Florida .
' Mrs. W,I. Miller and, Isobel -,
spent a few days :with Mr:. and'•lvlrs.
Gordon Mclntyre at Richmond'F1i11.
Just a .reminder of: the March 'W, I.
,meeting on Thursday'a.t the St.
FI•:elens 1;a11 at 2:.30. Please bring
,PennyRound.;ii'p;ba,gs to'this meet,
ink,
iation for the 'co-operation receiv-
ed and a'1so for having had•the
honour of being President the pst
two years...A vote of than was
der ct a t �.
e e o lr. Hughes fohis
services.o.ver the years as, a Direc-
a,.tor anEi as President. A' vote' of
thanks -was also directed to Alex
M:K4,gue,who had served as .
Secretary -Treasurer and Manager
for 'eleven years.
At. the Directors' Meeting which
followed ,.J. £ordon Stobo of' R.R.
3 Teeswater, was elected as
President for,196'7 and Gordon'H•.
Wall Vice• -president,
Ronald Lamont was re -appointed
as, Secretary' • a.,_
re ry "I',re purer and Mana-,
I,
ger'.
G.aunt$peoks 0
Farm Income Drop
REPQRT FROM; QUEEN'S ,PARK..
BYr MURRAY' ,
M. P; P HURON ERU,CE.
The estimates, of the Department
of Agriculture were before. the Leg'-
islature ,this Week. 7t *Wag stated
in the Throne Speech . that the
government was undertaking a
program of capital ,grants for far.
niers.: Agriculture, Minister William
'Stew art' spelled our the plan. when
he introdriced his, estimates.
The grants' will applyr.:to a .wide
range' of farm' buildings; and will
meet one third: of the: cost up' to
$1,000 of new or renovated 'build
ings drainage ; grading , packing
and .storage .buildings, .green
louses, silos,milk houses and,
'liquid manure storage•tanks;' Tobe
eligible ,for capital grantsa ,farmer
must own the land..to be ;used•for•.
the project• and, must haye•a gross
annual income of $3,000 •from his
farm:. Theprovince is allocating
$10,000,009 to the' new program
this year.
"The ,program is ,the first, stage 'of
a' twelve-year $129,000..060 plan
t encourage effective 'capital •
planning•by'farmers. •
The'Agr'iculture. budget also con-
tains provision for ;50% grants . up 'to
$509 per farmer toward'.the cost'
'of drilling or digging wells. This
is part' of'the ARDA program,. •
In my lead• -off .speech ,on Agri-
culture', I pointed -'out that long:
terngovernment policies ,are •need•
ed .to ,grapple with, the difficult
problem ;of farm .income,rlt is in-
teresting to note ,that prices of
farm:products rose only 6°;•• .
between 1941 and 1965, but retail
food price's climbed 35: