HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1976-01-22, Page 6Huron County farmers are very
efficient now and with continuing
cost increases 'they need more
income, according to Huron
County ag rep Den Pullen.
Corn prices are much lower
than previous years right now.,
Mr. Pullen said but farmers have
been ttbaled out by their excellent
corn yields," averaging 100
bushels to the acre across the
barley were planted with a yield
of average quality but slightly
below normal. White beans were
planted on about 62,000 acres,
resulting in average production of
good quality beans.
, The agricultural representative
Pointed to high hog prices as a
"bright spot" ih the county's
agricultural picture last year. he
estimated that slightly fewer than
province in cattle marketing with
80,Q00 head sold. Huron was
third in • the -province in milk
production but figures on the
amount prodTd were not
available.'
The year'S turnip crop, grown
primarily in the Exeter and Blyth
areas, was reported well above
average, While wheat, mixed
grain and forage crops were about
county, These yields, which local the 1974 total of 266,000 hogs average.
farmers get because they are were marketed' in the year,
efficient, have helped. making Huron the third-largest
Fair weather through
September, October and
late
early
compensate for the low prices, seller of the animals in 1975. November meant farmers were
Mr. Pullen said. The county was second in -t5e able to do more fall plowing than
Farmers, in order to survive,
e aim-late has awful= you wed,
Let's face it, you don't need a hank to tell
you how to plan your future. That's your
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And the nice thing is that you can arrange
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"'NOW
have had to become more
4 efficient Mr. Pullen said and
"cewrcOnsumers realize how high
their food bills would be without
this efficiency."
Mr, Pullen said 'that expensive
labour saving devices and
technological advances are the
only way that farmers can cope
with a lack of faint labour.
Farm expenses continue to
increase. One Seaforth area
farmer found a tractor part had
increased in price from $18 to $50
in only two years.
Mr. Pullen said farmers will
have to get'higher prices for their
products in order to break even
next year.
One of the problems plaguing
farmers is the dramatic increase
in the price of land. It has more
than doubled in the past two or
three years.
Mr. Pullen said some farms
that would have sold for about
$40,000 in 1973' are now selling
for more than $80,000.
increasing acreage • is one
method used by farmers to
increase yields in the face of
steadily rising equipment costs.
The same trend is apparent in
rental costs for land in the past
several years, the' agricultural
representative said.
While figures are not yet
complete, it appears that
agricultural production in Huron
increased during 1975, he said,
Salei s of agricultural goods
during the year are estimated at
$135 million — up from $120
millin in' 1974. Of that, $115
million was generated by
livestock sales and the remaining
$20 million by cash crop sales.
Of the County's 840,000 acres;
611,30.8 acres are improved
farmland, making Huron County
.the largest in Ontario in. terms of
agricultural acreage. .•
In 1975. "Huron continued t6
:lead all other counties in -the
production of barley and white
beans.' About .40,000 acres of
Catching up on correspondence after the strike of inside
mail workers has been quite a chore.
That old adage is true. about the closer they are to the
top of the ladder, theeasier they are to contact. '
Some readers may remember a lengthy quotation in a
December column from Executive magazine featuring an
'interview with John H. Graflund, president of John Deere
Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deere and Company of
Illinois, the world's largest supplier of farm equipment.
Mr. Graflund said he wanted to "preach —once a month
on the world food situation. This corner has been preach-
inglhe same sermon for five years, too, and it was refresh-,
inglo have a man of Mr. Graflund's stature saying the
same things
In a letter-received late in December, Mr. Graflund said
he was glad to, hear another voice preaehing to all-too-often-
deaf ears the importance of the world food problem today
and in the future. .
"I totally agree with your statement that the growls of.
an empty belly incite a man to desperation. And a des-
perate man is a dangerous man. Wars have been fought
in the past over rather trivial things. Is it possible that
World War III will some day be fought for just the privi-
lege of eating? We hope and pray this will not be so," said
Mr Graflund.
A couple of readers — yes, Mr. Editor, there are a-couple
— have chastized me gently for harping on this world food
problem to the point of nausea. They said they were get-
ting sick of being reminded that most of the world is under-
nounshed and some people are even now starving to death.
I have been preaC.hilig' Onee „a, month on ,the -topic-and I
can understand the feeling that.'perhaps some people are
getting sick of it, especially during the festive season when
most of us ate too much and drank too much.
Butt believe it is the most important area. of discussion
in the world today.
With the news in early December that the-Russian grain
harvest last year Was the most disastrous in a decade, food
around the world is becoming politicized. What galls me is
that 'we, in: the free world, do not really know if that Russian
grain harvest was as' much of a disaster as we are led to
believe. Russia has never been hesitant about stretching,
the truth over the years if it was to her advantage' Eugene.
Whelan and Earl Butz. have been., trying to get authentic
figures on grain production from the USSR for a decade. ,
• How do we in Nerd!' AntWrica know that Russia is in need
of grain? .
Is the USSR buying grain here and in the U.S. at reason-
able prices and then, re-selling it to other needy1nations in
the guise of food aid from MOther Russia?
Again, I don't want to sound like I'm parroting Lubor J.
Zink, the columnist in the Toronto Sun, who finds a Com-
munist under every blade of grass and just recently sound-
ed off about errors in his column. He intimated that may-
be the reds were influencing pryofreaders 'on the Sun to
Make his column read' ridiculously.
I cannot go that far. I do think that Canada and the U.S,
should be might careful about long-term commitments
to Russia, . The States has just signed alive-year contract
to supply Russia with at least 6 million tons of grain an-
nually. The guaranteed sales to the Soviet Union could
mean that the poor nations will have to take the brunt of
any world crop,shortfall in the next five years.
So, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
What can be done? Why', keep farmers on the land and
keep them producing even if. it means bigger and better
deals for farmers. Help them get a reasonable return on
-their labor and investment. Keep the agricultural sector
viable and this nation will come through any recession.
'depression, inflation or deflation 'stronger, healthier and
happier:
• I cannot help but wonder, too, just what multi-national.
corporations like Deere and Company, besides improving
their technology, are doing to alleviate world food_problerns.
Any comment'!
in other years, meaning they
should have a head start when it
comes time to 'plant crops this
spring, Mr. Pullen said.
While. farmers appear to have
had a profitable ' year, the
agricultural representative
warned that additional cost-
cutting measures are required.
"In spite of the increased gross
inconte figures," he warned,
"there are' considerably higher''
input costs and it is hoped prices
for farm goods in 1976 will remain
at high levels to help operators
turn a profit.-.
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(13.jack Riddell, M.pe P.)
The Ont 'ado Legislature has, of •
course, been recalled to debate
emergency 'legislation to end the
strike of Metrdpolitan "Toronto
Secondary School Teachers
which began on' November 12th. •
Last week the teachers voted to-
reject the latest offer of the sehoeql
boards which would have. raised
minimum salaries from $7,800'to
$12,000 153.8''0. and maximum
salaries from $18.400 to $24,100 .
or 30.9"le
The Gevernment • introcit.teed
legislation ' which would force,
teachers to return to . work on
Monday, 19th January, or face
daily fines of up• to $500 each.
Under the legislation, an
arbin'ator is to be appointed who
will set teachers' salaries
June 1972, retroactive to fast
September 1st:The, artbitrator's
_ruling .will come by February
14th ; and teachers are riot to.
receive any interim pay increase.
If teachers %..i.';'ork' to rule or refuse
extra-curricular duties when they
return to the Classroomthis would
also be interpreted as a • strike
under .the bargaining legislation.
Professional development days,
taken by teachers in the last two
weeks' of June to mark exam
papers and evaluate students are
to be cancelled,
Amend
N.D.P. Leader Stephen Lewis
proposed an amendment to the
legislation making the most
recent Metro Board wage offer of
an ,average 24.6%. increase the
" floor'' for,. co y'
an, the influential
Ontario Teachers Federation have
urged all three parties to
establish. such a -floor to provide
for. continued k . negotiations.
However, the Liberal Party did
not support this amendment
because there seemed little merit
in • tying the arbitrator to a
predetermined baSe.
Bob.,Nixon, probably_ making
his last 'major speech in the
Legislature as the Leadet of the
Liberal Party, said his' party,
would vote to get the schools.
open, believing that compulsory
arbitration is the only way to
bring about a settlement.
H owever, he expressed his
reservations , about the
government provision for a two-
year.settlement, because this may
not be necessary if Ontario public
sector employees are to be under
the jurisdiction of the Anti-
Inflation goard.
He also, criticized the
Government's attitude toward the
Ontario Education Relations
Commission, as agency created
last year Akten teachers were
given the legs :-'Wght to strike. The
Commission was established to
supervise teacher collective
barbaining and advise Cabinet
When it beli eves continuation of a
strike jeopardizes completion of
courses, and it hasn't been taken
by the Govennment in
Bob Nixon's opinion "it is not
having enough support from the
Government". He cited .the
' Government's failure to appoint
all five members of 'the
commission until after the Metro
strike began.
Without O.K.
' While the Liberal Party
supported the back-to-work
legislation because of concern
about the affected students, they •
were very critical of. the
government's decigion to sign a
federal-provincial agreeztVent on
the anti-inflation programme
without bringing it before the
legislature prior to signature.
Ignes ;13ullbrook, liberal •
Ioe,,SarniaTointeci out
that no matter what the arbitrator
,, may say, the final decision will
`that. with the federal-
Inflation Board, because the
Government of. Ontario , has,
without legislative approval,
signed' an agreement which will
have tht effect, which is in direct .
Jack's Jottings
Toronto teachers back
contravention of Sections 92 and
93 of the British North America
Act. "I believe the agreement to
be illegal", said Mr. Bullbrook.
"The best they can hope for is to
reply on the peace; order and
good government clause and a
section. of the British North
America Act to legalize in the
Most ' peripheral, fashion the
signing of this agreenient ... You
can't delegate your authority ...
the Province of Ontario cannot
give their authority to the federal
government e. This happens to.
be a parliamentary • democracy
and we, as a legislature, are 'part
of a parliament" system. You
don't go around surrendering