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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1971-05-27, Page 14If you want your money to work as hard for You_ as you do for it; . phone us. SYNDICATE LIMITED gittea074r‘\ TED MOLAIIIS 145. 'Deer Park- Circle,London 471-6005 WHITE .BEAN C9NTRAcTS. We have a good Supply of the "NEW SEAFARER VARIETY" and SAMLAC Foundation and Certified. items! LIQUID HERBICIDE FOR BEANS AFES111011111TRO Two proven weedkillers in one liquid concentrate. Greater safety for all types of beans "Trade with Ocefidesee rr"47 " COOK'S DIVISION OF GitSBRO CORP. ItIMSALL MOWNr. /041011$ - TRY OUR NEW MICHIGAN . 275-2X SEED CORN . WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF: C. I. L. FERTILIZERS "SEE US BEFORE YOU BUY" Organic soil, usually refer- red to as peat or muck, is de- fined as one containing 20 to 30% or more organic matter, one foot or more in depth. it has been- estimated- -that Canada has 500,000 square miles of organic terrain or in other words, for every acres of mineral soil there is one acre of organic sell ip Canada. These soils were formed under conditions of poor drain- age, and in their natural state they are marshes, bogs, muskegs, and swamps. They are formed when plant materials such as reeds, sedges, bulrushes, shrubs,-trees, mosses, etc'"., col- lect in very wet areas and the natural processes of decay are unable to keep pace with the material which accumulates. In Canada in the early 1900's peat was used mainly as a fuel and later, as litter; the peat moss industry has developed since the Second World War,. „In the early 1930's, a be- ginning was made to develop organic soils for agriculture in Ontario, when the Holland Marsh was drained. About 15,000 acres are now under production, mainly in vegetable crops. In recent years, there has been an increased awareness of the need to take stock of Canada's resources and to utilize them wisely. As soon as organic soils are drained and reclaimed from nature, they start to disappear. Subsidence, the gradual loss of surface elevation, has been a chronic problem wherever 'or- ganic soils have been reclaimed for agriculture, The tate of sub- sidence is influenced by several factors, including 'height of water table, oxidation, compaction, type i---etganice-eraatert al, r • Ind and water erosion, irinkage and dehydration, geo- gical subsidence, and cropping ysterris. The height of water , ble, oxidation and wind erosion re probably the three most im- rtant subsidence factors. 'It, takes nature about 500 years to form one foot of Organic soil. ,' , Subsidence has been measured for many yeara„end the average loss per year is about one inch. The majority of Ontario's muck soil vegetable production areas, w 1 to a p Organic Soil Loss McKillOp Farmer Is Active Causes Concern In Ontario Wheat board j . therefore, have about 40 to 50 I .. ' ' - ' years left until the present 3 to Under the shadow of one of try apparently preferred hard,; • Cm's since producers have rea- acreage and projected yield are 4 feet of muck soil will disappear, the world's most renowned or- wheats mainly due to higher pro- Used the highest return when 'thift only measurement t Will modern civilization allow ganizations exists a miniature tein content,. Ontario producers production equalled domestic de- calculation for the follewiter. veer, . the organic soil farmer to con- but determined similar organ- were finding themselves in an mand. There may&leo be ad- delivery. To be on the safe side, the time to retire this land-to-dee- eizatlerr.--Theefteterie-WheitePre---inerea-singlyeeliffieultesitio velop more peat? The past 40 ducers' Marketing Board, the market Place. Ontario Producers haVe—sKown -hoard hoes_ been required to pool funds which would teliaV`WT-nortir ' years are a mighty small ripple younger .and smaller by con-. in what lies ahead. Our-organie- parboil-, has--aYeits -ohjeet 1 _assoPearodtiuen_Cers visualizedwhiG tolittdlaetein.clination along either line , than enough for a given yiar li and muck are a natural resource Canada has come to enjoy the mark,utlpg. would to operation rather than be in a short eollk losses from wind erosion, the maintenance of an industry eventually be turned into a Compulsory deductieng- to -p-iiiiirilin. The funds are derIVW -excessive cultivation, and low fraught with overproduction in provincial' organization charged water tables are too great to a highly competitive market. with stabilizing price and es- be allowed to continue. Peat The board pointS out that tablishing a system of orderly and efforts should be made to reputation and economic In 1958, realization of the conserve them. advantages of theCanadianWheat organization came with the Board. This complex and highly establishment of the Ontario Centralia. formed the vast Prairie Board. It, has developed into intricate organization has trans- Wheat .Producers' Marketing Provinces and their huge grain what might be termed, Canada's Features Dairy Day Dairymen in Western Ontario will have the opportunity to get their questions on milk market- ing and dairy cattle facilities answered on Tuesday, June 1st, the date of the Second Annual Dairy Cattle Day to be held at Centralia College of Agri- cultural Techpology. The program which begins with registration at 9:30 A.M. include outstanding speakers'for each topic. Each has made a significant contribution to the dairy industry in the area of his . presentation and provides oppor- tunity to have questions answer- ed. A feature of the program will be a Quota Exchange Board where broduCqrs wishing to buy or sell milk quota can post their . intentions. Buyer and' sel ler can then meet and transact busirie •' ' libenks eh the prettiest tellers have the highest ey" teres1 rates , production capacities into a net- work of orderly competitors in world trade. The Prairies hav- ing established wheat production, at levels far in excess of domes- tic demand could survive,.only under administration of a system designed-to co-ordinate assembly by stocks and ultimate sale into world markets. The Canadian Wheat Board has played an im- measurable role in the economy of the Prairie Provinces and continuance of western wheat production. Similarly, The Ontario Wheat' Producers' Marketing Board has played an important role in its own right. The Board Includes twelve directors, one of whom is R.T.Bolton of R.R.1, Seaforth. He for several years served as board chairlian. To the East, changing times were having an effect on the wheat scene in Ontario. Histor- ically, much of the wheat pro- duction in this province was fed to livestock and poultry on the farm on which it was produced. Gradually, feeding practices in- corporated more .Western wheat, corn and other ingredients pre- ferred over Ontario wheat. The resulting effect placed less de- mand on the product.- The !Yelling trade could not absorb the ex- cess and eventually exports of excess being sold by individual handlers, dictated the price at which wheat could be sold doe mestically. More often than not, export prices were extremely low and dissatisfaction was soon evident among producers. The Canadian Wheat Board, at one time had attempted to handle Ontario wheat; but due to difficul- ties involved in keeping _stocks, in condition and the lack of adequate organization in the province, it ryas dropped from the program.. Being a soft white variety used basically- for flour in the cake and pastry industry, Ontario winter wheat . differed greatly from the hard red varieties from the west used for bread flour. Since the cake and pastry' indus- try could absorb only a certain amount and since the feed Indus- "Mini Wheat Board". But, it is a provincial board, operating within the province of Ontario. Although Federal and Pro- eVincial Legislation governs im- plementation of the Plan under which the board operates, Ontario wheat producers are responsible for the administration of the board and whatever programs may be initiated: The twelve- man board of directors must be producers. From the outset, the Ontario Wheat Producers' Marketing Board has beep actively engaged in buying and selling excess wheat produced in the province. Only in years when production has been just enough to meet domestic demand has the board net been required to handle wheat in volume. Domestic demand for Ontario soft white winter wheat has created a market for about thirteen million bushels annually. Any volume produced over that marketing board since 1958. Production ameunt has been exported the has exceeded thirteen million hush- widespread as they were, pro- ducers were without' bargaining power in the market.., Their numbers, totalling over twenty- four thousand 'presented a thrmidable task in trying to establish any kind of organized front. However, It was possible and they became organized under the Ontario Wheat Producers' Marketing Plan. One provision of the Plan set out policy for a negotiating agency, It was this section which gave producers their bargaining power in the market. Through their board, terms and conditions of. sale for their Produ-k were brought under annual agreement along with al- lowable discounts and .a schedule for minimum prices to be paid for wheat. Th.e Plan was not established without opposition. Some members of the trade fought con- certedly as did some pro- ducers; -but, determination by a few ,producers dedicated to the cause finally saw ; voting producerg favoer the Plan by a majority of 87%. From the production stand- point, there ,is no provision for production , controls and pro- ducers continue to produce wheat at their own discretion and on whatever acreage they choose. • They also sell with the same freedom. There -Would eo doubt be advantages. in production con- "Ontario farmers can't be blamed, for the increase in the consumer price index during els and in some years reached API'," Ontario Federation an excess of `seven mietioribfiehee A riculture-Ganeral-Manager, _in April, _Bale said. - ---°f - g- els. Jack Hale said Wednesday. "In "But In general the prices • Prior to the establishment of fact the price that Ontario that. Ontario farmers have re- the producer board, wheat was farmers received for some ceived for their products have Marketed under whatever of their products declined over held steady. conditions existed from year to that period." "They 'didn't contribute to the year. Being disorganized* and Mr. Hale was commenting on cost of living increase from the recent Domiiiion Burea of March to April," Statistics announcement that. • consumer prices climbed seven- tenths of one per cent., Food - the second major com- ponent of the index - showed an index increase of seven-tenths of one per Cent from March to April. "I don't know who is pushing up food prices," Hale said, "but one thing Is certain - It's not the farmer." "Take hog prices for example. Farmers received an average of 24 cents a poundfor hogs in March. The average price fell to 22 cents a pound in April. That's the opposite of in- flationary. "The price that dairy farmers get for milk held steady from March to April," Hale continued. "Right now farmers Who pro- duce milk for the fluid market are getting $6.18 a hundred- weight - that's 17.2 cents a quart. "The price that farmers got for broiler chickens remained unchanged too," Hale said. "The average weighted price to pro- ducers was 20 cents a pound in ,March, and 20 cents a pound in April." "Beef and egg prices crept up slightly from March to April - beef by less than a fifth of a cent a pound (choice steers at the Toronto market sold for an It is the other phase of the board's operation whieli demands more money and which cannot be controlled outside of sound busin- ess practices. Because there fern no production controls, the boar is never in a position of control- ling the amount of wheat it maybe expected to handle from one year to the next. Well founded estimates of what might be the amount according to seeded finance their board's operations are viewed by some producers as unnecessary. However, fin- anciai backing as well as moral backing is a necessity under such a marketing plan. Actual administration cost of the board's office in Chatham and.allied eosts surrounding di- rectors' fees and expenses, meetings, etc., are covered. by a one cent per bushel licenc,e fee deducted on all wheat sold. In reality these are tixed costs which to a large degree can be controlled. No , Blame On Farmers As Price Level Rises The 1,000th member to sign up with the Huron Federation of , Agriculture will receive next '+ years renewal free. This was the decision made by the members of Huron County Federation of Agriculture at a meeting in Clinton Thursday. • Present membership is 950. The • meeting adopted a ° resolution dealing with pork supply ." "Whereas, feed companies are moving more and more into pork production, and whereas, their main objec- tive is selling more feed, There- fore Be It Resolved that govern- ments be requested to enact a 'law limiting feed companies in primary hog produetion." Routine reports were given by the OFA director and come mittee men and commodity . _ directors. Irma a stabilization fund levy I which is also deducted from each bushel sold by producers. The level has varied from an initial nine cents per bushel to seventeen cents per bushel. Primarily, the increase from nine to seventeen cents resulted from increases in minimum price to producers. 'it Since excess production is pur- chased by the board, its purchase Cost has risen proportionately to the increase in minimum price Paid to the- producer. If the amount purchased by the board was to be 'sold at a price above cost, there would be few problems; however, the board has held minimum prices to producers at prices too high to ire competitive on world markets. The result has been the creation of a two price system. One being the minimum price for which pro- , ducers must be paid for wheat 4) Moving into domestic markets, and the second, the price at which excess wheat -nib be sold overseas. average of 34 cents a pound in April), and eggs by 2 cents a dozen (weighted average price to producers was 21 cents a dozen Set Bonus. For 10000 Member IX CONTRACTS AVAILABLE FOR: WHITE BEANS CORN WE HAVE A GOOD SUPPLY OF: REGISTERED, CERTIFIED FOUNDATION SEED W. G. THOMPSON - "THE HOME OF GOOD SEEDS" . FIERBEaDES FOR WHITE BEANS EPTAM.- PATORAN TREFLAN W..'0.,THOMPSON AND SONS LIMITED Phone 262-2527 „Henson. 141-,-.THHIJRCIN EXPOSITOR, SEAFORTH, ONT., MAY 27. 1971 BANGHART, KELLY, 1DO/G Chartered Accounhinte 476 Main St. S., EXETER 235-0120 D. W. 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