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Getting skunked in the pork contest
said that these applications: would
Processed quickly'. so thatthe
money would be made. available
to the uffeeted communityits .soon
as possible.
The-,Third Session of the 30th
adjourned
for the .annlnierf The SePFetee. --
court. of Canada decision oh . •
Onleri6_;.LWee.Pekt with, :the •
Feder4igeVerniPent in VeteTO.,tp...;ir '
inflation -controls nPf7'eOteetect
until • the fall,, . °Pld PP -the'
possibility of the Legislature
being called back befoFe that time,
is unlikely.
In ' the meantime, I wish '
everyone a good :summer.
as.
Srnillie to syndicate Riva Ridge colt
The CBC got skunked.
So did the writer of One Foot in the Furrow: mind you, as
did Jim Romahn of the Kitchener-Waterloo Record,
probably the most knowledgeable - and prolific — farm
writer in Canada.
Jack Burghardt, a television personality from London,
Ont., was the winner with some fancy pork tenderloin.
It just shows to go you that television people, because
they are in front of the camera all the• time, are usurping
the plaCes usually taken by the print medium.
I'm talking about the King of Hams competition held in
mid-June at the annual Ontario, Pork Congress in Stratford.
Btirghardt cooked a deli0ous meal and had a fancy salad
to go with it. The three judges in the contest felt the tender-
loin was better than the ribs cooked by three of the con-
testants, two of them, from the CBC.
I thought I had it made, mind you, I had three courses
prepared: bacon soup, a beautiful salad and then, the
piece de ,resistance, ham on yam. Rut the yam wasn't
cooked. It was still hard in the middle. .
The judges also knocked me down a few points because
I used canned ham instead of the real thing.
But all three courses had pork in them. The soup is
made with milk, creamed corn and smalnaieces • of pre-
cooked bacon and it is delicious. I even threw a few pieces
of bacon into the cabbage salad.
And I parboiled that damned yam for 30 minutes the
night before. At the King of Hams cookout, I placed
succulent slices of pineapple on the yam and then placed
the ham steaks on top, sprinkled it all with pineapple juice
and a touch of wine. wrapped it all tightly in tinfoil and
barbecued it.
Stupid sweet potatoes!
I know that's what caused my downfall even though a
writer from the Last Post, a radical political, magazine,
said he thought the whole thing was rigged in favor of the
TV stars. Personally, I don't think the, erganizers of the
Ontario Pork Congress would bribe the judges. Those
radical political writers accused them unjustly.
What upset the Ontario pork producers a great deal. more,
I'll wager, were the accusations made by one of the
judges. His'name is William Funderb.erg from Grenville,
Ohio. With some caustic remarks, Fundenberg wasted no
time in telling Ontario pork producers that he wouldn't give
some of the winners up here a place in his barn.
Of a second-place animal, he said: "I don't know why I
came 400 miles to look at that. Take her out of the ring.•'
He was critical of the quality in Canadian hogs — and
most of them in the U.S., too — because they are too fat al-
though he added that it is ridiculous for consumers to worry
about cholesterol when research indicates that 95 to 97 per,
cent of all cholesterol in the human body is. manufactured '
by the body, hot eaten.
It is, of course, easy for a Yankee to come up here and
tell Canadians they can't grow good pork. A number of
breeders 'attending the congress agreed with Fuilderberg
although they were slightly miffed because the hogs he so
caustically condemned were later sold by auction. Owners
feared his comments would ruin the auction prices paid.
Canadian meat packers, apparently, just won't accept a
move to heavier market weights now common in the United
States. The • trend in the Excited States is to shipping
Weights of about 240 pounds, a good 40 pounds heavier than
the average 200 here in Ontario. Ontario hogs, said Funder-
beN, lack size and scale and tend to become too fat at the
200-pound mark.
Something to think about for Canadian breeders.
A decade ago Canadian breeders were saying Canada
had the best hog grading system in the world. They stuck
with it, too, but perhaps a revaluation is necessary now.
Canada must compete agriculturally in a North American
market, particularly in hogs and beef. If breeders do not
heed the warnings coming from outspoken men such as
William Funderberg. they may be left' with nothing but
the squeal in international markets.
j guess I tried too hard in'the King of Hams barbecue,.
though. I even tried to' get the sympathy vote. I had been
thrown from my horse a week before the cookout and had
a cracked rib and a sprained wrist. I prominently displayed
the taped ribs and the wrapped•wrist but the judges of.the
barbecue were interested only in good cooking.
The pork tenderloin came off better tban the ham on yam.
(By Murray Gaunt ivIPP)
The province's beef-calf
income stabilization program is
open for 1976 registration.
Producers who are participating
this year for the first time will be
able to get contracts and
enrolment forms from their local
agricultural representataves after
July 12. Producers who
participated last year will receive
their enrolment forms through
the mail in the next few days. All
Contracts wilf expire in June,
1980.. Enrolment closes this year
on August 16 and only cows in the
producr's possession as of June
22nd may be registered.
The support price is calculated
on the basis of 100 per cent of the
producer's operating costs. This
calculation gives a support price
of 51.11 cents for 1976, but we are
not raising the support price
above 50 cents, said Hon. W.
Newman, because we would then
be obliged to raise the premium
per cow to• nearly $9.00. For
every cent the support price is
raised, the premium would have
to be raised another $4.00. •
The premium for 1976 remains
unchanged from 1975 at $5,00 per
cow. Since the cow-calf business
is still in some difficulty, the
government did not feel that a
premium increase was warranted
at this time.
• Premiums must be paid upon
enrolment or the farmer may ask
that the premium be deducted
'from his support payment
cheque.
Again this year, all beef-calf
producers resident in the
province are eligible, regardless
of the size of their operations.
Cream shippers are also eligible.
Although the price being
supported by this program is that
for calves, the payments are
made on a per cow basis.
'Payments are made for each cow.
registered in the program and
monitoring will be carried out to
ensure that .applicants are 'bona prescribed 4*.,;ptigi4p0p. to
tide beef calf operators et, Ae4;11 cawre 04000 ,144:i.g"w9414:6P
shippers.. able to ,N.VithSt:444' .reasonable.'
' The payment is based on four wind an4 snow load frp0404,...
factom,,the suppert price for Dr, Stephpa490'S 'announcement
calves, which is 50 mat" a papp41,,,-*e4P4.ii:Aigrtgl.00:§44.t0.019„,
this year; the weighted caverage ClovgatiotIt'a! position, iii a
market price for calves, NY h ell wtll progtaspf that. has Caused many
be•ealculated from fall sales; the 2..Analler intfni4alities a oteat
average noinh.er of calves from
100 OW!, which when cal-C.040_
for the whole province is 85; and
the average weight of the calves
in the fall, which is 450 pounds
each.
The farmer is not obliged to sell
his calves. He may keep them and
sell them later or not at all while
still qualifying under the beef-calf
program.
• All producers receive the same
payment per cow regardless of
the individual selling prices of
their calves or their individual
costs of production. We do it this
,way partly to simplify • the
program for all concerned, but
more importantly because we feel
that this method interferes least
with the farmer's decision in the
management of his farm, while at
the same time guaranteeing him a
reasonable return for his
investment and effort, said Mr.
Newman.
The program was well- received
by producers last year, with
12,000• farmers registering more
than 300;000 cows. With a
weighted average market pride of
29.8 cents a pound, farmers
received a net paynient of $72 per
enrolled cow, for a total of $22.5
million. •
Labour Minister Bette
Stephenson • indicated "in the
Legislature this week that some
arenas which do not meet the
National Building Code Standard
may be allowed to operate this
winter. The operation of such an
arena would be dependent on two
factors: (1) a_beginning otwork to
permanently rectify the hazard;
and (2); monitoring procedures
deal of CoiiCetif slid unease;
4ft:„*Uatne time, Culture and
Recreati, Minister Robert
WelokAaiti• that Wintario grants
would continue to be available on
a matching basis for condemned
arenas which are going to be
repaired or for new arenas
constructed in their place. He
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some of which are presently in
Kentucky for breeding purposes,
and others in Toronto at
Woodbine Racetrack. In addition
to the `Riva Ridge' colt, which
will rt of be given a name until the
beginning of next year, he has six
other thoroughbred vearliIngs
.• ready. for.. syndication this year.
At his young age, Brian has
already had an interesting and
amazingly long career in the'
breeding of thoroughbred race
horses.
At 15 years of age, he
purchased his first thoroughbred,
a mare which was pregnant with
$750 hard-earned dollars accumu-
lated during a, summer of hoeing
beans. The mare's foal, "Snappy
' Senator" was sold for $1800 and
went on to win a total of $42,842
for his owners. 4
By the age- of 21, he had
achieved a goal that many men
nyysr reach in their lifetimes,
being worth $100,000 free and
marketed in this country.
Brian, who is only 27 years old,-
presently owns 60 thoroughbreds;
Brian Smillie, owner of Smiling
Acres, north of Hensall, one 'of'
Ontario's top thoroughbred
breeding operations, announced
last week that he is in the process
of syndicating his yearling 'Riva
Ridge' colt to a group of 10
investors.
The announcement was made
at' a press conference on the
Smillie farm. The • colt, sired by
the famous Riva Ridge, is the only
such colt in Canada eligible for
the 1978 Canadian classics,
including the Queen's' Plate,
Prince of Wales, and Breeders'
Stakes. Smillie has indicated that
his horse may-also be eligible for
such. American Classics. as the
Kentucky Derby, the Preskness,
and the Belmont Stakes.
Syndication will mean that the
10 investors will each • be
responsible for 10 per cent of the
costs involved in training,
maintaining, and caring for the
yearling. Likewise, each investor
will receive '10 per cent of any
prize money resulting' from the
horse's success on the racetrack.
If the horse proves, to be as
successful" as Brian hopes,
investors would also take 10 per
cent, of later breeding fees once
the horse has been ,retired from
active racing.
"We recognize that most
people who'd• like to race their
own thoroughbreds haven't the
necessary capital investment.'.'
Smillie commented in, explaining
his decision to syndicate..." As a„
result, we've established a
program vyhich allows a
newcomer 'to participate as an
owner at the highest levels of the
sport without the necessity of
spending great amounts of money
and with the support of
knowledgeable, successful
horsemen."
The colt will be syndicated for
$250,000 or $25,000 per share,
according to Brian, "I'm excited
and high enough on this colt that I
will keep one or two share's
myself", he added. The
syndication should make
Canadian horseracing history as
the highest priced yearling 'ever
clear."
In 1970 Brian travelled to
Kentucky to learn 'the horse
brokerage business from those
who know it best; the gentlemen ,
of blue grass country. He was
there for the major portion of the
next three years and bred, raised,
and sold a colt called, "My
Archibald" who ran 3rd in the
1973 Queen's Plate.
After his education had been
completed- in Kentucky, Brian
returned to Hensall and bought
the family farm, converting a
successful dairy business into the
present thoroughbred breeding
operation.
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