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OFF TO THE UNITED KINGDOM The1975 reciplenta of the Ontario Ministry of
AGriculture and Food (OMAF) Travelling Scholarships to, he United 'Kingdom left
Toronto May '31 for the U.K. as representatives of Ontario's rural youth, During
their six-week visit, they will stay with host families, learning and experienbing the
rural U.K. lifestyle. Those travelling includeq (left to right) Doug Wagner, OMAF
4- Youth Extension; Bert Th orri, R.R.3,Almonte (Lanark); Carol Pelt* Embro
(Oxford); Jim Hammelli R.R.1, Dobbinton (Bruce); Donna McKay, R.R.2, Stratford
(Perth); Jim Phelan, R.R.2, Blyth (Huron); Bonnie Millen, R.R.1, Omemee
(Peterborough); and tour leader, Henry Sanley, OMAF agricultural ,representative
(Halton).
Three Colbourne farms
,share $1800 phone cost .
)By Nancy Andrews)
Ma Bell, you've done it again.
If you're a town dweller you pay
about $11 installation costs. Some
Colborne Township residents are
not so fortunate. not
larnighan said at
Thursday night's Huron ,OFA
meeting that three owners will
share the cost, of $1800'to install
their phones.
Pr'eviously the farms were
• being serviced by Colborne
Municipal Service which was
taken pver by. Bell Canada at a
time 'when these "three homes
, were vacant.
Mr. Kernighan attended a Bell
# The Winnipeg Commodity.
Exchange has Opened 4.c,,irAtgn,
to help eastern corn growers. by
asking the eastern corn buyers.to
use Canadian rather than United
States future- markets.
Exchange repreientatives will
be making personal calls on 'the
eastern buyers, and they will be
appealing to the • buyers'
patriotism if necessary,
"We'll wave the flag if we have
' to, " says, Ron Ennis, president of
the conimodity. exchange. "We.
think -Canadian companies should,
be using the Canadian market
more."
Mr. Ennis' Said Canadian
,auyers are missing important
)enefits by the Chicago
worn futures market rather than
WihniPeg's. By using the
J.S. market, they also were
working; to the detriment of
3ntatio and 'Quebec' corn'
rowers-- and to the detriment of
kelaritime livestock
,roducers--who. need and have
asked for a Canadian• futures
market. '
Mr. Ennis recently travelled to
:astern Canada to meet With
rowers' and processors, and to
iscover how the commodity
xchange can assist them. The
xchange has had 'a corn futures
tarket operating since last Aug.
2, but it has never taken hold.
"It takes two to make any
.narket, a grower and a buyer,"
said Mr.Ennis. "If we are going
to help • growers and livestock
producers, it 'is obvious that we
have to convince the Canadian
buyers to useiCanadian futures."
The commodity exchange
already has made changes which
it feels will help growers and
develop the market. The
exchange membership, has
approved a bylaw, effective May
27, Mich will make it easier to
hedge on the 'Winnipeg futures
market. The exchange is reducing
its board lot to 1,000 from 5,000
bushel's, at the request of users
who want a smaller trading unit,
Elevator companies use futures
markets to h edge their receipts
against possible future loss, by
selling a contract to deliver a
stated amount of a stated quality,
at a stated price. Buyers of
commodities use futures markets
to establish prices, and also to
protect themselves against
w violent price swings.
"A main problem in corn
futures is that the Winnipeg
Commodity Exchange's market is
new," said Mr. Ennis.
"Canadian buyers previously
used 'the Chicago futures, and
generally are continuing to do so
through force of habit.
"One of the reasons we think
• si they should switch is that many
different elements enter into
pricing oh both markets, and that
Canada workshop, but the
company wouldn't budge from
their position.. It was said, "wh'y
should everyone subsidize the'
fellow who wants to build back in
some corner somewhere." .
The unfortunate part; Mr.
Kernighan - said is that those
farms had always been there and
had been serviced before. •
"I didn't make any headway
and they say it is still subsidized
at half of the cost;" he said.
To put in the phones it will
require one, mile and a half of
telephone1ines.Seiiice could be
provided by crossing a short
distance to the Maitland System
by using Winnipeg, the buyers
,,sellers will °Wahl price
which is truly Canadian."
The United States is a massive
producer and exporter of corn,
and may have a crop of as much
as six billion bushels this year.
In contrast, • Canadian
production is much smaller.
About 100 million bushels a year
are grownin Ontario, and another
10 million a year in Quebec.
Quebec imports Ontario corn
for feed grain, or for use by
processors, distillersies• and
starch companies.. Maritime
livestock 'producers also import
corn, and they ,too want to see
,greater use of the Winnipeg
futures market, in orar to"ebtain
a Canadian rather than a United
States price.
One in every four Canadians is
a member of a credit union or 'a
caisse populaire.
Credit unions are co-operative
banks. They use the savings• of
some of their members to lend
money to others. They now have
nearly seven million members in
Canada and assets totalling $10
billion. "
The first credit union was
started in Levis, Quebec, in 1900
by Alphonse Desjardins. At that
time, 75 per cent of the popula-
tion of Quebec depended on
subsistence farming.
Banks were not interested in
investing money in farms and
villages and farmers could not get
the credit they needed to develop
economic enterprises. Govern-
ment credit was limited during
the first three decades of the 20th
century.
So farmers organized credit
unions to provide their own
source of funds to meet the
capital requirements of agticul-
lure as changes in technology and
migration to the cities forced
Modernization on the farm.
Alphonse Desjardins led the
way, founding about 140 credit
unions between 1900 and 1920.
Six were in the eastern United
Stated and the others in Quebec.
The first one, in Levis, Quebec,
began with 80 persons and an
initial deposit of $26.40.
One of Mr. Desjardins' hardest
tasks was to persuade people to
trust their savings to a co-opera-
tive bank run by their neighbours.
He succeeded with the help of
parish leaders, especially the
clergy.
The first caisse populaire in a
rural district was established
but "argue as you- might" Bell
won't allow this because, the
residents are on the other side of
the boundary, he, said.
"My grandfather helped found
the Colborne system and back
then they put in phones and
everyone paid," he said.
Treatment -
Maurice Bean of ,the Property
Committee said "it looks as
though the treatment plapt has a
real good chance," in Blyth.
Last week, the .0FA committee
helped local farmers draw up a
brief in opposition,to a lagbon
system which woul have taken
. 100 acres of agricultural land.
The treatment plant takes less
land and there is less chance of
pollution,, he said. It was
estimated that a treatment plant
woule take two acres plus
perhaps '10 acres.as a buffer zone
to preverit the surrounding area
horn developing. ,
The Huron 'County, Federation
made a motion to ask seed,
companies to,improve the grading
of their seed so farmers can use
the plate'pladter. One farmer said
there shouldn't be any reason. for
Iwo 'plates for two bushels of
seed.
Any none-OFA, member can
parti'cipa'te in ' the", income
stabilization plan if they pay an
amount equal t6 the membership
fee to help pay for the expense of
the plan.
Another farine..r stood up and
"if. we stick to our guns we are
going to • be the negotiating
body.
"We worked a- long time to
become the negotiating b6cly for
Ontario farmers, I think this year
we are going to be tested," he
said.
after the parish priest of Paquette
(Coinpton county) asked `Mr.
Desjardins for assistance in 1907.
Many members of the Union
Catholique des CnItivateurs (now
L'Union d -Producteurs Agri-
coles) werestaunch promotors of
the caisses .populaires.
Credit unions got off to a slow
start in the rest of Canada. One of
the reasons was lack of legislation
to regulate their constitutions.
Quebec pass,ed an act regulating
co-operative syndicates in 1906,
Nova Scotia in 1932, Manitoba
and Saskatchwan in 1937 and
Ontario and British' Columbia in
.1938. .
The depression of the 1930's
showed the economic and social
advantages of credit unions. They
remained strong while rhany
financial institutions failed. Rapid
development of the credit union
movement followed the revival of
"the economy during the Second
World War. Quebec is still
leading the way with 3.4 million
members and assets of $5 billion.
In larger cities, credit unions
tended to be' organized by
employee groups. More and
more, however, are following the
Quebec pattern and are cominuni-
ty based. That is also'the'pattern
as the movement spreads in
western Canada.
The importance of credit unions
along with other • types of
co-operatives, in financing agri-
cultural production has led the
mini4ter of agriculture, Eugene
Whelan, to set up a•Co-operatives
and Producers' Marketing Insti-
tutions Unit in the Economics
Branch, to provide a closer
contact between the co-operatives
and Agriculture' Canada.
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Ag, Rep.. says
Some Huron County dairymen
have realized the advantages of
cutting • alfalfa or alfalfa based
forages, as haylage 'rather than
hay. This low moisture silage is
easier toharvest, has less chance
of having rain damage, and is
easier to feed mechanically.
Probably the big plus for haylage
is its higher protein'content which
occurs because of less leaf lusS,
according to Associate Ag. Rep.
W. R. Broadworth.
There are some management
praCtices necessary to assure that•
one harvests and retains this
extra protein:
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Start looking in back.
The engine is fully enclosed ,
on a John Deere to
reduce sound for "a
quiet ride.
Notice the mower. The 3G-
inch mower has a tough
steel blade and a deep
tunnel for a strong flovi,
of air. PUt it In gear. A true
transmission offers neutral
start, reverse,, and 5
forward speeds, from 1.4
to 5.5 mph. -
Look at thet,hood. it Ofts
up for easy access to the
engine and the one -
U.S. gallon gas tank.
See the handsome styling
with smooth contours
and enclosed design. You'll
be proud to own a
John Deere Rider.
Sit on the perkier) seat;
touch the near-Wlehll
controls: stretch your !Ops:
on the ecomy..400/F:
John Deere Riding Mowers are
available in two modeli. The 6-hp
rider comes with a 30-inch mower.
The 8-hp rider has a synchro-
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It's available with a 30- or
34-inch mower.
A bag-behind grass catcher
attachment is also' available for the
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Alfalfa good for haylage
moisture. Haylage harvested at
less thah 50 per cent is prone to
heat damage which can lower the
digestible protein.
-Cut the forage at the late bud
or 'early bloom stage.
-Use sharp knives for fine
chopping, 1/2 to 3/8 inch cut.
-Fill rapidly before forage
becomes too dry and take care in'
packing the silage.
-Prevent coning in the silo by
adequate distribution, thus pre-
venting only drier material from
lodging at thp outside edges..
-Seal out the air with a •good
cover and have a tight well-sealed
storage structure.
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