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AGE. 'SIXTEEN • '
THE: LUCKNOW' SENTINEL,.LUCKNOW, ONTARI•
O, WEDNESDAY, MARCH lit, tg WEDNESD.
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Under the auspices of
The Ontario Beef Cattle: Improvement Association
Hays $ales. Arend; Trafalgar
MILES NORTH op OAKVILLE
ENTRIES AS FOLLOW
Class 1 Aberdeen Angus 12 •
Class,2 Shorthorns 22
-Class ,2 Herefords.
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ABERDEEN ANGUS AND SHORTHORN:BULLS SELL
TUESDAY,MARCH 14th, AT 11,;00 A.M.
HEREFORD BULLS SELL
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1Sth, AT 11:00 A.M.
The Bulls will be , judged ` on . the mornings of the days they are
scheduled to be sold, commencing at 8:00 a.m.:
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A catologue of entries can . be obtained from • thesecretary'
Jas. • R. Coultes, President'
Belgrave, 'Ontario
'A. .Gracey, _:Secretary
• Parliament :Buildings
Toronto: 3, Ontario
The. Bull Premum Policy of .20%;of .thel a chase
maximum' : of x150.00 will apply on all bulls sola that are
Qualified on 'performance.
up: to a
aunt Says De
vilfing Beed JustOC
of Agricult�re Like
ing and Paiching
•The greatest need of Ontario
agri'cultuie.4is• for long-term.'po1
iciest em •liasizin farm "ncom
.p g x e .
says 'aa'provincial Liberal spokes: •
Man.
'Murray- Gaunt ,':the M. P. P. for
Huron -Bruce and the, Liberal
,Par'ty''s•• agriculture spokesman,'
told `the Legislature; that unless
'such "policies are :forthcoming".
quickly the' agricultural:industry
',will decline .farther than it already
.has'= and consumers will suffer
from ' sh ort,a_ges--cif-me-products .
Mr. ;Gaunt said- for the. first time
the Conservative government 'stress
ped income, rather than'e'fficency
and production -at the Vineland
Agricultural Conference last '.Oct
-.ober.
"Out of, the, conference has :come
a six -man committee to investi- •
gate` farrn income,." said• Mr: `.
(auria; and 'we with; look forward
. •tb, their report in June..
•'But recomtriendations must be.
,enacted before they do any good,"
he said.' "'We dill' not. allow' this
report. to:•join all' the others on
',government's dusty •back shelf..
Mr. Gaunt said the Milk Market-
ing Board must change its policy
:before an iniquitous practice of
• ;selling milk quotas. springs up,
"When a quota becomes available
either through the death' of a
farmer or the sale of his farm.,. that
.quota should- go back to the board'
said .Mr. Gaunt: "The board should
:have a system • for. allocating
such quotas, "The present policy is :
.'unfair and can lead to all sorts 'of
abuse. Wealthy individuals could
get a massive grip on the milk
industry.
"They would not have ta.buy a
farm or equipment; all. they would
have to do is buy a quota *that has
:become available'."
• Mr: Gaunt said: the Milk Market_
ing Board's policies and directives
still favour the fluid milk producer,
too much,
"The board will; soon have to
recognize 'that technological • ..
. changes have, in- some cases,
.greatly increased the worth of
manu'factured milk " he added.
The Milk' 'Marketing Board's
statements so far', Said Mr. Gaunt,'
have madeit a . ,PP ear.that some •
milk.co=ops and small cheese fac
tories will [have little' or no:part to
play in the•;marketing of milk in.
;Ontario
'These smaller: companies and
co-ops must be given a. role.," he
said. We cannot allow. the: board
to bankrupt them :and write them -
off like -so much -sour milk "
The, Liberal agriculture spokes---. •
Man said the Farm Marketing
Board still does not appear to
understand its place despite the
heated 'controversies of last year.
"This board most make sure that
marketing boards' across the prow-
ince operate within the confines `•'.
of the legislation," he Said.
must protest strongly when they .in-
tervene and set 'policy for a board
"That .is the job of the particular.
board's elected representatives,
he added. "The boards become a
�4.
share; when the ,government, •
through the Farm Marketing Board
begins 'to dictate policy.
Mr,,Gaunt said Ontario over the
years: contributed the least per.'
capita of any province to ARDA pro
jects.
"They have•not realized this,
program's great potential to lift
some' of our people otit of blighted
and frustrated lives," he said
Mr. Gaunt said trading;stam'ps
Should' be abolished as 'soon as poss
ible .
"They 'add to the: cost of food.,
he said,"but they bring no real'
benefits to consumers and farrners.
• But, he said, the real root of the
problem in agriculture in this
province is the lack of clear; long:-
term' policies. • ",
"For too long the officials'at the
Department of Agriculture have
"reminded farmers of old ladies at
a quilting bee, .just rOoking, and •
patching:" he 'said; :
'in ch Suggests More OpiiiionS
On Various Subjects from Readers
Dear Don; •
It seems like a lifetime ago since
1.; have had the:.opportunity and'the
pleasure to express my opinions. in.
your paper. At this time 1 :am truly
grateful that 1 am in a position to
• once again be able to correspond.
with •you and your readers. •
During my recentmisfortune,:
you;andyour paper and many of
the, readers have been•responsible
for the many. acts of .kindness and
consideration for which my family
and myself are truly grateful.,: But
I feel now that the worst is over
and that I ani once .more „able and
,ready to :shoulder the full respon=
siblities of everydayproblems. t' •
During the past six months that.
I have been physically disabled,
.1 have had. the opportunity.' to do a
:great deal: of thinking and have
had .much: opportunity to do a .lot'
of listening and ask a :lot of
-questions in hopes of learning some
thing of. value . that l may be able.•
otothpaersss along to be sorne benefit to
.
For quite.. sortie time now, I have
been wondering how :the public
,. can get .the most goodout of our
,local paper and.the,.idea that pre.-
sentsitself to me is:;that there are
a great many people that would
like to express .their; opinions on
various topics• if they can once
t started' and do. it. in the right
ge
perspective So I would liketo
suggest that if it would be at all •
'possible; that you open up a
colum a
• n ><ri'your paper undef the
heading` of "Personal Opinion" or
"Public m' a t:' Current
Co m. n on Curse
Events" . This'. I feel'.. would
make' the': average. person feel a bit
more at. ease , and ossibl bring
::..P y ,,
out many new ideas from. which •
we could at 1 derive some'benefit.
Since there are,many things ;going
on around us every day, the topic
could. be anything concerning day
to day'problems .where everyone;
is 'free to; ask questions and answer
other questions, •
I would like to start the 'ball
rolling by letter, on my own Opinions, and.
`
letthis; letter serve only as a. gu de
Dear Editor;
.Here is another•wi.'ter just about.
Over and spring 'ust*ound the
corner, and' since I am a farmer
and have. been. for some 25; years,, '
and have thoroughly enjoyed the
occupation, l can't say that it
has ,been .too profitable for the past.
few years. And: so this winter I, •
along with• Many of my fellow far-
mers, have 'spent a great deal of,
time going around to various .farm
•meetings which have been :very
conveniently, and at our:expense,
been arranged for us.
'We go to these. meetings all
winter' and listen' to the same 'Old`
-story-that, we •must get more
efficient andhow to ,grow more,
and better crops, They keep tell--
ing us'how to buy more machinery
more; chemicals, more fertilier, ...
how to put up more buildings
but I have yet to'hear aspeaker
come upwith a plan of how we
'can ` pay for all this and.stilrmake;'
a decent living.'
• But the meeting that prompted
me to write this letter took •the•
cake
• After a lengthy speech abouthow•
good farming in the future will be
and painting a: very rosy picture;',
the. entleman'concluded his •
speech by this. statement
'The farmer that can sell': food
for less, than it: cost him to:produce
it will be:the only one left': -on the .•
fatm ' Bo 'l must saythat is eff
,Y ,
icienc ; and 'ustto add insult ,to:
'injury %understand that 'the• tapp-
ersY.
all clapped l peed their, haads, • I just,
wish�I had' been there , I lust can't
just
write any, more:until I tell yon i an,
old story. hOnce heard.
• Now this story will affecta lot of
people in a lot of. different: ways,_
Take it any way you like but just
stop and think about it. •
Once, upon a time there was a
°travelli judge, who in the course
of. duty. found it necessary to travel
from city to city, • ••
• One day ashe was driving along
the highway he had a flat tire' and
he promptly commenced to
.change .the tire. Being a very '
learned man, uhe•.took off the hub
cap and .laid it on the road, and
coMmenced to take ,the wheel, off,
He very carefully took the •
nuts •off` the; wheel and put them
all in the hub. cap..As'he went. to
the .rear. -.Of the car to get the - spare
another car came along and .ran
over the.i tib. cap,. scattering the
nuts beyond ,finding., Just as he
.was about to •say a. few well.
chosen words, he happened to
look about him and 'there by. the ,. •
fence was.a man looking'at him; :•;
He.hadn't noticed until now. that.
hefwas ri htbeside the funny
farm,,and the man was ascholar`
INTEND
,BY
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What isr
observers a
control of
Canada et'
ibis we k' i
of lames' C
of the_Sanl
president c
Board of P
t►ational ,•f
opeofthe
•shareholdE
The affa•
been .of lit
Co ine,aiot.
in which h
DireVtOrS'
to.carry of
The poorjudge was at:his wits
end as to' what to do. The man
leaning,on:the fence casually • said
mister' If I were yoi41 would take
one •nut off each. of the: other :
wheels,: you know three nuts, will
get you to the next. gas station;
• The old jud.e'looked at`hirn in :
amazement and said What's a•,
'nice ,gny like you,doing in. a pia-
ce • like this" The'•.man replied
very calmly ". '1 might be crazy
but 1 am not stupid" ::
And so 1 just.:can't help
but.4on
der'how :many: of us .fartners. are.:''
•in.this fellow's shoes,, •
, There are many topics ofdis-
cussion..Is there anyone in the
-audience, wishing, to voice their,,
opinions Ontaxation:. religion
sex. and alcohol education::
..These are some of the daily. prot.
biems :which confront us each day:, .
so•let's hear you,,
from _ . You may
, you,.
have something worth hearing;
•
,MIKE PENICH.
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Rush hour traffic onYonge Street, Toronto; looking north from Queen' Street;` circa 1925.
Where the action is .::in the heart of downtown ,'Toronto:
At the Lord Simcoe Hotel, you're close
t4' everything . ..,...shops, enter-
•;:
tainment, and -the business district.; Change your pace;: '
.,enjoy 'Toronta
more, at sensible prices . ,, stay at, the Lord Simcoe Hotel, where the
only old fashioned convenience is the service.
Faronto stay at
:att. ` /hteL
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