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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1967-04-19, Page 9WEDNESDAY APRIL '19th, i967 THE :LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO Urge Campaign Of letter Writing To. .• Express1.houghts 4n fed. Dairy policy. Th. e. 1$67-68.Federal Dairy Policy • came in/or another discussion at. .a recent Board Of 'Directors meet- . ing of the Bruce County Fede'ati,on of Agriculture. Ken McKinnon; a director•on the Ontario Milk Mar keting Board, reported that even after numerous .delegations protest ing..the new dairy policy. tOHon. J.J. ;Greene, Federal. Minister ,of ,Agriculture, nothing has been gained,. Greene has stated • a that $120 million has been locat- _ . ;1 ,ed for the ,1967-68'dairy year and nothing further will be forthcoming •In explaining the dairy, policy, Mr. McKinnon said that some, fluid producers will be taking.less than:.. industrial producers. He also poin ted out 'that, a new producer enteringdairy„would have no,quota and would receive no subsidy on• his milk 'as he must 'obtain a quota first. The policy also.continues to discriminate against the crearn • 'producer as there is. not sufficient price incentive for fa.t,to encourage such producer to stay in business. Mr. McKinnon went on to report, that'from all indications, Mr. Greene is not' willing to accept that the policy imposes any hardships.. on. producers and that most producers are accepting the policy. Members preent at the ,meeting stated that; such •i's not the case andproducers are• calling for action. 'Cameron.., MacAuley, President, called . upon. every townshipdirector to organize a campaign of letter writing to: J.J.„ Greene with producers. expressing their thoughts on the program. Mr. MacAuley in calling; for. the, campaign reported, that the .Bruce. County Milk Committee has also voiced opposition to the dairy - policy and that strong protests have been'made through' local Members of Parliament. '.'Not every pr:oducer can go to Ottawa but everyone can write a letter. and demand a reply” stated Mr. MacAuley .' He went on to say, that he hoped such a campaign would prove to .Mr. Greene that producers ing,,Harold Wolfe of Dobbinton. are not satisfied. "If changes to the dairy policy are not forthcoming following this campaign,' Mr.. MacAuley said, "further actions must be. taken ,by all miik produc- ers in this province to' bring about a policyin line with: the economi-- ;cal, production of milk." In other. business , Mr: MacAuley reported thatthe committee' set Up tostudy beef marketing has been 'making inquiries: andthe general *opinion seems to be .that a change is required from the present method. of selling. The Ontario 'Federation of Agriculture. has been meetiTg With the Ontario Beef Irnprovernent Association; and the Farmers Union to come up. with a suitable, solution satisfactory to all three groups. The Bruce County Committee feel i: wise to wait un- til the report and decision is hand• ed down from OFA on their findings before action, is taken at county level. The general opinion expressed among'. the Board of Dir=' ectors.was that regardless.of'who brings out a beef marketing plan,: that providing it is • a reasonable one we should support it. •. Also on the topic of beef, market - said we :shouldvoice strong criticism of the outrageous statis- tics and predictions, for beef pro- duction that the Canada Departm- ent of. Agriculture •is.:putting out -, PAGE NINE '!They were so far out of reason; last year and, this year doesn't appear to be any better . Mr. MacAuley reported that .a .vote will be held this. June on .an. Egg Marketing Plan.. In outlining the proposed plan, he.• said'xhatfrom all appearances it is a sound- and reasonable plan and goes much further than many other, existing.plans.; having production , controls , setting of price „and Controlling mark-up of product;.As the, plan becomes better known, • ., the Federation should be prepared 'to give'it_ support, said Mr. Mac- • I such •a• program could be initiated on a county basis: Several memb- ers said that sudh a program has been sadly needed for years and if adopted by OFA, Bruce should be in it. • The date for the Semi -Annual. meeting has beend,set for Friday, .' June 2nd in the Park Head. Hall commencing at 7:00 p.m .with : a supper. Program content is to, be finalized by the Executive. Dave Ireland of Teeswater report ed that the Teeswater Fall Fair • has offered a booth: at the : Teeswater Fall Fair'; to the Bruce . County Federation :to put on a dis- play,of implement and .machinery parts that,have proven.defectiv:e or didn't come up; to standards. Such a display would also have a brief history on the broken or defective part and what. it :meant in lost dollars and hours to the farmer.' .A considerable amount of. interest was, shown in such a dis- play among the directors. •All cidentS of breakage, poor work- manship, etc ,• used' in the display will also be reported to the•Ontar io•, Farni Machinery Board for action. All fanners having com- plaints regarding farm machinery' and implements are asked;to re port Sarne •to the Federation of Agriculture Office, Elmwood. , Auley . Mr.. McKinnon'reported on prog- ress at OFA level in setting up a bookkeeping and farm manage- ment service for'farmers. 'He -said that OFA presently -have sufficient staff to offer a • computerized pro gram to counties wishing 'to enter. Countieswould require a Minim- • um of 120 persons .enrolled before ointheMustaflg eneration; ur, } While you can get our special "3rd BirthdayTrea' and save on the World's oRest-selling Hardtop! 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Reed were grieved'.to hear Of her passing. in Vancouver on March 30th in 82nd year. She had been ill a ' com- paratively short'. -time . Born at,Crpwe, she was Letitia Culbert., daughter of James Culbert. and Margaret Dreany. About 1905: she married`Thos Reed of the ninth: concession of Ashfield; He , was the son of the late Paul Reed and Rebecca McGee of Ashfield: They started their.married life on the.Reed homestead. Their only. son. Benson was born there and is the only surviving member of the . family.; Benson had cared for his. m,other-during.the past years. During the last year Benson and • his mother enjoyed a trip to•Ontar- io and spent some time visiting rel- atives and elatives;and old time friends.. wasa family •• 'R'on of Mrs. sed e mil of y six - three boys and three girls'- Herb of Meadow Lake,Sask.", James of Lucknow and Barbara of Vancouver Survive.:. Andy, Mary and now Letitia are. deceased. The'leeds left Ashfield;in the "teen's" of this,century and went west to Beaubier'in Southern Saskatchewan: In the thirties they moved to. Vancouver where the�y/ ran a store and beauty, parlor'. Many friends, including 'some old time 'Ashfield and Lucknow friends,attended the service from Cadillac: and: Pointex in Southern • Saskatchewan. Alarge •number,of. friends in Ashtield , Grewe , Dun- gannon, Goderich and Lucknow+ • extend their'sympathy`to the fam - ily Campbell Family. Extended Sympathy -AMBERLEY NEWS.. The sytrlpathy of the community • is extended to the family of the late Mts. . J.A. Carhpbell who passed away on Sunday, April 16 after a. brief illness. Jeffery McNain returned home recently after a tonsillectomy op- eration, DuncanThorburn held a;, success- • ful sale of livestock and impleriients Ort 'Saturday April 15, Donald • Blue was auctioneer •