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Ed Dolmage
buys mill in
Penalties for overweight hogs
seemed to be the main issue at
the Huron County Pork Producers
Association annual meeting . held
'in the' Clinton Legion Hall,
Wednesday, February 18.
A resolution was passed to
has c a discussion with the
packers. raising the question of
increasing the penalty of
users% eight hogs gradually as the
cc eight increased
The producers were also
concerned with the meat
packing plants. There Are only 11
plants left V, ith teletype
machines, .
President. Eric Moore said, "I
hare_ been concerned with the
number of packers dropping by
• the wayside. When I began as .....--,\
president. there were 24 meat
packing -plants with teletype
machines. Now due to ' =alga- ,
oration , there are only II left. If
any more of the packing plants
amalgamate , we'll have to -(1)
something to keep up the bidding
Hog producers discuss
overweight penalties
says it's up to tne provinces to agree on a stabilization pro-
gram before the federal government takes action.
It's like the friends said: There's nothing I wouldn't do for
him and there's nothing he wouldn't do for me and that's
theway we go thtough life: Doing nothing far each other.
Meanwhile, back .at the ranch. laimland is still disap-
pearing, the average age of farmers in Canada remains at
52, young people leave rural areas at alarming rates but the
population of the world keeps' growing and growing and
growing and growing.
And more bellies are.empty.
Th editorial in the Star was prompted by two reports,
on fr om the Ontario Institute of Agrologists who are uni-
versity-trained farmers and other. agricultural profession-
als, and the other from. the Ontario Association of Rural
Municipalities.
,Many ordinary farmers have been making the same state-
ments for years. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture
warmed almost five years ago that 36 acres of land was going •
out of production every hour of every day but few people
paid a great deal of attention then.
Even „if it Jakes • the agrologists and "the politicians of
rural Ontario to get the problem before the public eye,
then fartners themselves should be grateful. Farmers have
been trying for years to get ,someone interested in their
plight. Too often they have been ignored by the4 great, un-
washed millOris out there in the big Cities of Toronto, Hamil-
ton,„London, Windsor and even in St. Catharines or Kitchen-
er or Kingstoh or Cambridge and any other urban .centre
with land-grabbing tentacles reaching out to gobble up
forever some of the world's most fertile soil.
When it.' gone, it's gone under miles of asphalt, concrete,
high rises and homes. It is another natural resource which,
must be protected, nursed and nurtured as zealously as oil,
natural gas, iron ore, copper, nickel, hydro power and you-
name-it.
If the day ever ,conies when Ont'ario is a net importer of
foods everybody will suffer at great cost.
cKinley resigns as chief PC whip
It must have been the influence of the full moon, the lunar
cycle
This corner has been caS'tigatirig the major Toronto papers
for many months for their lack of understanding, when deal-
ing .with fainters and farm problems. Because the bigger
papers have circulation in the major urban centres. they
tend to ignore farmers. 4
But the Saturday edition, Feb. 11, of the Toronto Star
.._,.ciarried a lengthy. lead editorial protesting the loss of farm
tv land in Ontario In the time it has taken you to read this
editorial, the paper said. another acre of Ontario farmland
has gone out of production Fifty-six acres an hour, 1.344
acres a day, half a mrlhon acres a year •
Now, that's.what agricultural writers have been saying
for 10 years in the farm press and in the smaller dailies
and weeklies around this province Not only that, but the
Star comes forward with a couple of ideas to help prevent
these astronomical losses and even goes so far as to say that
Ontario could look to British Columbia for ideas.
In B C a controversial plan is now in force whereby farm- •
ers pay into an insurance scheme supported one-third by the
province and one-third by the federal governnient.
Payments to farmers under this stabilization program
areomade only when prices for farm products fall below
stipulated levee and the participation is voluntary The
plan is a small incentive. ,at least, to keep farmers farming
the land and to entice younger men into agriculture.
A flexible freeze on farmland has been imposed in B.C .
to keep the land in production.
"The Star suggests that an absolute prerequisite to any
restrictions on .farmland should include some method of
'assuring farmers a more secure existence and a more stable
income, a promise that has been made by a number of 'poll-
ticians but seems 'to be waiting for someone • anyone with
the guts • . to introduce it
in this loose federal system of ours. the pr'oymce says it
is up to the federal government and the federal government
'the lob has been a demanding
.one for Mr. ' McKinles thzit
required his serf ices in Ott UV, a on
Surat V to prepare the plans and.
schedules for the n i'ck's huyincss ,
Che post also to hired a•d66tion
of time to a multitude of jobs.
He was responsible for alloiting
offi ',pace to party members.
selecting Members for parliamen-
tary junkets. deciding which
N11):'s had to be in the Houle, of•
Commons to handle debate and
ii hich questions they vvOtild ask,
anti also• to set up meetings with
delegations,.
"He' tries to keep the party
running smoothly''. he. said "It's
been sl'ey tough''
Mr'. MOKinley has the diStinc-
tion .of Listing longer that the
a k L'ragc Whip and party members ,.
claimed he clid a good job tinder
some rathev.trying circumstances
Flt siessk.'d his tenure as whip as a
great enlightener and. believes
es err member should have an
opportunity at the post.
•• Es Liy member-should hold
the position of whip at' one time or
prices.
Huron County Zone Director,
Adrian Vos said, "So far the
competition system has been
working. There are still enough ,
bidders to make Toronto the
highest 'market in North
America." •
In,other business, an alternate
director was elected to replace
Alfred Warner of Goderich
township.who died recently. Don
;vas elected to serve the
remaining one year of the term.
, Guest speaker, John Bell, a
trust erfficer with the Victoria and
Grey Trust Company in Stratford,
discussed the importance of
estates and wills.
;ferry •Bluhm, Secretary to the
Ontario Pork Producers'
Marketing Board was also
pr6sent at the meeting.
He spoke -to the producers
about hog cycles.
"A computer has. been
develop' d", 'he said, "which can
Henry, also of Goderich township
predict hog cycles. Going out of
synchronization with the cycle can
give a producer much better
results. A study shows there is a
benefit for moving out of
synchronization. tf a hog
'producer expanded in a low price
period,, it has been proven that
more money can be made," Mr.
Bluhm said.
He also 'predicted that the
fourth quarter of 1976 is not going
to be as bad as was originally
thought. The computer output
stated that prices could drop into
the $50 but not-the $40's as was
thought.
Sebringvi
Ed. Dolmage of Mitchell,
owner of Mitchell Mobile Feeds
Ltd. has purchased the O.C.'Lehr
Sc. -Sons Ltd. feed mill in
Sebringville. Mr. 'Lehr handed
over the keys to the Mill, which
he has owned for 28 years to tr.
Dolmage and his sons Bruce and
Rick recently.
Mr. Dolmage also has a mill in
Atwood.
Remember/ ft tali,es but a
mament to place an Expositor
Want Ad. Dial '827-0240:-
another to. play his part in
supporting the party he said.
-The job should be ' passed
around for experience anti to let
the member get to know•.2the
rules. It's a great enlightener."
Mr. McKinley is looking for-
ward to . taking a more actise role
in the business of Pariament and
tt 'tll also „enjoy More..free time
with his Family and constituents
in Huron-Middlesex. Ile is also
anxious to become itsois....(1 in the
'agriculture committee and asking,
more quc'stions in the House:
. Il.uron IVlitldlcu . MP. R.E.
Mob) Mel.: Mies announced' his
...it natron as the chid ( misers a-
t Rz.
has jicla the post
lor the past tic o and a half years.
r.IIt indicated that he ssould Trot
• a• -ept a reappointment to th
post.
' Mr.. NICK:11114:k. 1k as elected to
thy Legislaturk. In 1,W; and has
rat re•election since then.
Reports that he Mould not be a
andidatc. in the next ,federal
It.•,•tionvvere labelled "false - hr
McKinley..
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