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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1973-10-10, Page 20Fertilizer this fall, Anything you can do this fall,to speed up spring operations is going to pay, off in higher yields. • - Earlier planting can mean extra bushels of corn particularly in some Of the lower heat unit ranges. Land storage of CO-Orfertilizer this fall can give .you the needed nutrients in the soil for early spring plants. Your plant food is right where it's needed, when it's needed to assure that good start for your, crop,-And you won't have to gO over wet fields with a heavy load. Talk to your Co-operative Or CO-OP Crop Products specialists about plowing down a suitable analysis ' of CO-OP fertilizer now,d get the jump on spring. "Registered Trademark' Lucknow District Co-op Phone 5284126 Complete fertilizer service for bigger Ontario yields. SUPREME:',: Fruit -Cake: JOHNSON AND, JOHNSON "J" Oohs Sale SAVE TO 3Ie 2' lb. slab $13 SAVE TO1Sc' Pay Ogly 59t VIVA OR KLEENEX SAVE TOk Assorted 'Towels Pay Only 63c RED ROSES SAVE TO3k Ground Coffee One Pound Tin 99c BONNIE BRAND Margarine • Sale INESTON'S 12 PACK Wagon Wheeis REAL GOOD VALUE' 2 Polinds 49t SAVE TO lk Pay Only 49t **** ****************** VALUES EFFECTIVE THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY OCTOBER 11, 12, 13 PHONE LUCKNOW5214411 • THE 1,LICKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO. PAGE TWENTY wEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11,.. 0001turatMlnister Proposes Methods ake To Effect" Out (*Forming .1111=1.111NI.Milh, RIM MARKET yo R "LOWEST PRICES" FO,ODLAND By Keith Rqulston Federal Agricultural Minister $ugcne Whelan told about 400 'Huron CoOnty Farmers and their 1‘tives,'Thtlisday night that the . government is attempting to find new, ways of giViElg them security through price and income stabiliz 14r: Whelan, speaking to the Ruron county Federation of Agri- ctgture'S annual ,meeting at a packed house in the Saltford Valley Hall near. Goderich said 'something must be done f to take the "yo-yo effect" out, of farm prices ,. He said the problem of alternating high prices and low prices bothered not only him, but agricultural leaders everywhere including those from Japan who he had met with that day. "The minister said he had met with ministers of agrictilture from the provinces and proposed various ways ,to bring stability into the ,,, farm markets. The proposals ,. he said, are designed to give farmers more support and to let them • knew before they go into produc- tion that the federal government will not. let the bottom fall out of the market for the product they are producing. Mr. Whelan said he told the provinces the government is pre- pared to make changes in the Agricultural. Stabilization Act under. Which the government must support the price of cattle, hogs, sheep, eggs, butter , cheese , and wheat', barley and oats outside the prairies at 80 per, cent of the ten-year average. .He said the level of support could be increas- ed above 80 per cent or the aver- age could be taken over a shorter or longer period than 10 years. proposed' that support prices could be announced in .advance so farmers would know what the floor price was toThe before going into production; Mr. Whelan also proposed a cash adVance payment system for all crops• that can be stored and marketed later in'the season such THAT drilling for oil or gas com- menced last week on the farm of Leonard Courtney on the Mac- Rae sideroad, the first sideroad east. of Lochalsh and about one mile south of Highway 86 in Ashfield Township. It is, on the former Henders Barkwell farm. The property has been leaied 'for some time. as the system now in effect Mr Wheat, oats and barley grown on' the prairies. The system, he said , gives the farmer money he needs at harvest time so he can pay his bills without having to ,put his product on the market and glut the market. He illustrated the problem with the situation this year in the peach growing areas where the dry weather brought Canadian crops along early so they were on the- market at the same time as peaches from the U.S. If the distress prices had lasted a' couple of days longer , he said,, the federal gov- ernment would have been .forced to act by imposing &surtax on U.S. peaches to protect the Can- adian growers. Later in his speech he r.einterat- ed this need for quick action say- ing: "This is an unusual time , and it will not last. Markets will. settle down in the future. But, in the meantime , we must be prepar- ed to act and act promptly, to make sure that our" farmers can stay in business producing the food we all need, both in Canada and abroad." A third method of stabilization he proposed was. a system of stabil- ization funds for specific, coinrnOcl ities whereby the government would collect a levy when the cash income was high and pay out when iticome was low. He stressed the feature was cash in- come, not high prices. High cash ,income could come from either a large volume of sales or high prices just as loW income could, come from low volume or low .prices. Mr. Whelan also proposed 'a livestock insurance plan, similar to the crop insurance plan now in effect. He said this, to- gether with the other plans, would be an incentive for farmers to stay in production or increase production. Mr . ,Whelan also reviewed the proposed national feed grains policy and said the plan would , give farmers in Huron security by making sure they would have the grain they needed. to' feed' their livestock. By guaranteeing feed • grain producers ' minimum price for every btishel produced, he said, they have for the first time in history , 'a guar- anteed market for all they grow. This is important on the Prairies, , he said, at a time, when the out- look is good for other crops they might be growing if they were not guaranteed a good price for feed giain. Fart of the policy, he said is to encourage feed grain production in the areas where it is used. "In the case of Huron County," he said, "that means right here where you have livestock. We propose to sit down with the 'prov- inces , take a look at your poten- tial to grow the feed grains you need and'offer help such as cash advances , storage , handling processing and.marketing," He explained that the new pol- icy makes it possible for, eastern farmers to go directly to the West to get their grains without having to deal through the Wheat Board as in the past. Mr. Whelan said"Canada faces the challenge to supply 'a big part ,of the world with the food it needs. "It is disappointing that many of the less fortunate countries, instead of having had their food production go forward, have seen it go back.'. Mr. Whelan said he will be attending what has been billed as , the most , important meeting, ever lof the World Food ,Organization in November. He 'said at present the world food distribution system is terrible. - Mr..Whelan said Canadian farm- ers like the idea of a world food bank but they don't want to be the banker without getting a fair interest. For too long, he' said, it has been left up to the farmert to provide the food for the world without getting a proper return,. I SEE'. By The Sentinel.: THAT Dr. Alvin Cameron of Ot- tawa , a native of this commun- ity, has retired after 52 years of dental practice. He and Mrs. Cameron have been, visiting his niece Mrs. Ross Proctor and fam- ily at Belgrave. and were callers on friends in the Lucknow area on Friday of last week. 'Dr. Cameron says he has fond mem- ories of Lucknow. Nearly everyone today, he said, has ,guaranteed security, but farmers don't. A farmer can be one of the most productive people around and put himself out of business because of it. When prices for eggs and pork were low , he said , not many people were going around askin I/illy farmers were going broke, Now that prices are high, they'r all' asking why. The agriculture minister clat by saying "I. think .I can honest' say I haven't made.any decision that I haven't consulted With,fat leaders on first to get their opin ion." Died In Florida Mrs. John (Terry) Leith of 'Fairbanks Drive, Clearwater, Florida 'passed away in Tampa . Hospital on September 23rd, Leith, who was in her .47th year was .born in Moosejaw, Saskatc wan, but Had been. a -resident of OttaWa until going to Clearwat six yeai's ago. She is survived by her husba John and one son Greg; two brot ers and five sisters. John is a son of John Leith' a n.1 the late Mrs. Leith of tistowel. The Leith family wer .formerly residents of Lucknow when Mr. Leith 'worked as a tin Smith was employed by the Rae and Porteous Hardware MI ass. A service was held:at Clear- water at 10 a.m. on Tuesday,. September 25th. • The bo(i y was taken, to OW for funeral service in h2 e United Church on Thursday at p,m, Hulfe and Playfair Ltd., funeral direc , were, in charge of arrangemLnts, Interment was in Pin ecrest Cemetery , Ottawa.