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Mrs. Campbell Wey was guest speaker and displayed a number of books. Plans were made for the Bazaar being held in-October. Northsid Unit. Meets The Crop Insurance Commis- sion of Ontario announced several important changes in its Winter Wheat plan which will become effective with the 1970- 1971 c rop fear, Present Regulations under the Crop Insurance Act only permit indemnity based on .a bushel vol- ume of guaranteed production with no allowance for loss of grade caused by one or more of the perils insured against. The Commission has now amended the Regiilations to per- mit a farmer, at his own.* op- tion, to insure for any grade loss so incurred below Grade 3 C.E. In event of a claim involving such loSs of grade, the insured's actual production will be dis- counted by 15% to compensate for his additional loss. In addition,.the•indemnity for losseS occurring before June 15 has been increased frOm 30% • of' 'the production guarantee to 50%. Formerly, optional coverage was available to a level of 50, 60, *70, or 80% of a farmer's average 'yield. The 60%" level is being discontinued. The 80% level of coverage will only be available to present contract holders, or new contract holders after they have established two Crop years' experience in the plan. New applicants will no long- er be required to submit their yield records for the past five ye s. The Commission is est- ablishing "bench mark" yield figures for each county with an upper limit which will permit its .underwriters to give some consideration to the productivity of the farm and to the manage- ment ability of the operator; NEWS OF Correspondent Mrs., Hugh Berry The U.C.W. BrucefieldUnited Church met'in the school room of the Church with a small attendance of twelve. "'Mr's. "Won ffaue 'and MriosE Chapmdn had charge of the De- votions. Mrs. Haugh opened the meeting with a poem. A hymn was sung with Ivlargaret McQueen at the piano. Mrs. Chapman took as her topic "The Good Samaritan" and the offering was received by Mrs. Chapman and dedicated by Mrs. Haugh. Mrs. John Broadfoot chaired the balance of the meeting. •Mrs. E. Stoll gave the secretary's re- port for the June meeting. Mrs. Berry read thank. you notes from Mrs. T. A. Dutton, Mrs. Don Adams and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wilson McCartney and family. There will not be' a regular • Smiles . . • The future bridegroom watch- ed the preparations with some impatience until his wile-to-be noticed his look of • annoyance. "We have a. 1Pt of work to do", she soothed, "and if we want to make our wedding a success, we mustn't overlook the most in- significant detail." • • "Oh, don't worry about that," • murmured the young man, "I'll be there, all right." Farmers need better infor-: mation for their decisions on the purchase and operation of farm machinery.' " "The largest stock of measurements potentially useful to farmers is that held by manu- facturers", but only "limited amounts are made available" to the farmer, says a study prepared for the Royal Commission on Farm Machinery by Dr. Graham F. Donaldson, of Wye College, University of London (England). In releasing the study, Farm Machinery Testing., today, the -Commissioner, Dr. Clarence Barber, noted that the views qxPressed in the paper are Dr. Donaldson's The Commission- er's own Final Report will be published later this year. Dr. Donaldson's study says in part: "In spite of the recognized complexify and cost of their product as a farm input, no effort has been made by manu- facturers to Introduce any form of technical field represent- atives --even though such a system has been operated for many years by agricultural chemical and fertilizer com- panies...Consequently the sulk of those measurements .which might be useful to farmers is not made available to them". Dr. Donaldson attributes the lack of information from the farm machinery companies to the cost of making the data available to the farmer and the competitive pressures that make' an "open information" policy hazardous in existing business procedures in the industry. He notes, however, that the high value of the infor- mation to the farmer, the fact that any additional costs can be fairly readily passed, on to the farmer in the form of increased prices, and the knowledge by the companies that their machines will be thoroughly tested in any case by their 'competitors make the cost'arguments "seem rather hollow". Dr. Donaldson recommends this major program: -Programs of machinery ev- aluation at universities and in federal and provincial govern- ment research stations across the country, designe,;1 to supple- ment the test activities of the companies themselves and to relate company findings to local conditions. -A requirement that companies publish the results of the tests which they now perform on the machines they sell, so that a body of knowledge would become immediately available. Prece- dents for the use of standard tests by an industry to evaluate its products exist, according to Dr. Donaldson, in the provisions required of the pharmaceutical industry. • -The development of a new Canadian' institution, devoted to research and measurement ev- aluation. Such an institution would need branch units to evaluate the machines used most in each location. An analysis of the cost-benefit relationship"of the proposed pro- gram indicates that, since the cost of farm machinery approx- imates 50 per cent of total farm costs, the research budget of the Canada Department, of Agricul- ture might be devoted in the same proportion to farm machinery research and development. This would mean that the present budget level would be increased at least 100 times (if the present research budget were simply divided), or 200 times (if, the, present budget were matched).- Another approach is to analyse the anticipated savings. Fuel savings on an average farin in Canada could reach $30 a year by the improved selection of tractors for the job. Repair costs could be reduced by at least $25 a, year by selecting more reliable machines.Annual reductions of at least $45 a farm could be attained by improved selection of the best-sized equip- ment to do the job. The total saving, $100 a farm each year, would amount to $30 million for the 300,000 commercial farms in Canada. A third approach uses the standard applied in many indus- trial projects that 3 to 5 per cent of the total investment in a project should be spent in. assessing how best to spend the money. An expenditure of only 1 per cent of the totalexpenditure of about $5Q0 million a year on farm machinery would yield ap- proximately $5 million. From the cost side, Dr. Donaldson concludes that an institute of about 20 scientific personnel with about an equal number of technical staff could be set up for about $1 million a year„ Once established, such a team could evaluate a large proportion of the decision- making- alternatives relating to "-the purchase and use of farm machinery in Canada. With the supplementary , research pro- grams contemplated at univer- sities and elsewhere, the expenditure of less than one half of 1 per cent of the total annual expenditure pp farm machinery in Canada, or $2.5, million, would be contemplated. Such an amount would" appear -to 'be more than covered by the expected savings, even based on the most conser- vative estimates, in the study. Classified Ads pay dividends. Smokey Says: SOMEHOW, SOMEWHERE, SOMEBODY was careless with FIRE! Each year a new contract holder completes harvesting, his actual yield will be substituted for one year of his bench mark yield figures, so that after five years of participation the amount of coverage for which he can insure will reflect his actual average farm yield, Henry Edlger, Geperal Mana- ger' of the Crop Insurance Com- mission, comments, "Since the unusual incidence of sprouting in winter wheat last year, we felt it would be desirabl'e to include a grade loss or quality RECEIVES MILITARY SCHOLARSHIP Murray Haines of Staffa was one of 476 Canadian youths to be awarded an R.O.T.P. scholarship to attend Canadian Military Colleges in University degree programs. Murray is shown above being congratulated IV Lt. CoLA. L. MacDonnell, Deputy Commander of Canadian Forces Base, London. Murray is attending Royal Roads Military College, Victoria, B. C. A son of Mrs. Philip James, R. R. 2, Staffa, he attnded Willowgrove School, S.S. no, 3 Hibbert and graduated from Grade 13 Mitchell District High'School with 78%. ) (D. N. D. P hpto) Change Regulations for Winter Wheat Insurance faCtor in the plan if the farmer wanted it. The increase in the amount of indemnity for early losses will also help make the plan much more attentive to the wheat producers. Tile new, method of setting the insur.ible value of the crop will pernilt our agents in the field to underwrite each individ- ual risk within the guidelines laid down and, at the same time, allow the better farmers to pur- chase more adequate coverage," he added. BRUCEFIELD meeting in October because of the Thanksgiving Service, Ten dollars ..was donated to be sent to our foster child by Mrs. Greg McGregor. Group 2 Stanley ser- ved lunch. 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