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Fertilizers, Agricultural Chemicals, Feeds, Farm Supplies, Hardware
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siai.,•‘4aa: agrisztaltarkt ,
et• fatal sproduCts.s4riSfulled..4 • tmotas and'
fra.141•'s.C..4• boards 144-k'e not IneroaStid,tis !IMO. aS the prices,
•% 5Vr l.' k; 'two unettett011ed,Setiora agrithitnre;.
• t vs.% :14° talye it over a telyar petted, the. lUiFejh
tr„r:'trofled coMmoditieS haiM not. Mr) cut' Of
Snh. said in a teleVision intervieW Over -CTV.
eggs, chfckert. terkey. and , tobacco -ate
rotiLA,
•s• s said that in 1980 chicken prices increased
• .-L ,,,nipared to 8.0 for beef. In the same year,
I Ire ; ually dropped by 31/2 per cent while pork
••• .‘k than one per cent.
L. • ,uTse, get into the fact that retail prices
for all farm- products last year yet
:••r• r surs. so ,he farmer actually dropped in many
r• ,st! 'tut there isn't room this week.
vs, -Ion • .it beef especially. was soaring in the
i•rttiat 1st ". farmers were getting less.
ripoft in the food chain, it certainly is not
!a••, • are doing the ripping. The potential for
..•( ...onsumer is not in hands of farmers. in
J. .re than half a dozen companies control'.
ss.ori. .‘• -s per cent of the food chain. They control it
•• t it leases the farm gate until it reaches you.
' s.• • s! -i .1,e truckers, the packers. the packagers. the
• • •-: s and the retailers. They control flour mills,
..tsr ao • ..is,srs shipping lines, perhaps even the banks.
Lai n' ••• it- eet deeply involved in marketing just to
r‘
.cn then, the horror stories in agricultural
,ident in the bankruptcies proliferating across
'!n.• ' r
t• ' r c is, done now to dismantleitiarketing boards,
rs have fought so hard and long to establish,,
1 a i re a serious revolt right across Canada' that will
.L Riel look like a piker.
Municipal councils face
a "tremendous challenge"
ahead because of govern-
ment cutbacks, observed
Jack Riddell. MPP for Huron
-Middlesex, when he ad-
dressed the June session of
county council last t hursda)
Riddell warned mammal
econcils gill see cutbacks b•.!‘
both ptovineial pod federal
INItertiMents, meaning mu,
Pielpaklities.!ill ow be able to
rely` as • tle.O.Nity, 'Op the funds
• imtgrFitcltil,hiets„.• frio,pwrif,t7 Tilv;
The ghettoes for the Soss•
Weaner Stabilization. Prb-
gram have been mailed. Any
pork producer who ts as re-
gistered for the second
period {October 1 1980 to
March 31, 1981) will receive
the 5.51.94 per suit Those
registered have paid $10.00
per sow. This remainder of
the farmers' share will he
$7.31. This totals 51" 31.
Due to financial stress
in the pork industry. farmers
can pay back the $7.31
without interest ssithin, 30
days or later with interest
attached. Under the ()%v.,
Weaner Stabilization pro-
gram farmers pay ' . of the
cost arid the Federal and
Provincial Governments pay
3/3. Approximately 60 - 65%
of the sows in Ontario are
registered in the program.
Application forms are
mailed to all producers who
have tegistered in the pro-
gram. The Ontario Pork
Producers Marketing Board
Sow-weaner cheq
A14 — THE HIIFION EXPOSITOR. JULY 8. Jot
• 'AT-Yeats 401 the constipterl.aSSOC'atiOns and site
ntarketinfk hOitd* were! tilekering, ,e41.141ren• to AO . WV
COO44ttlers Were ,see stag. 'farmers of all ittodg'
Sktifid tiggerh*OSReeiAlbsl in the areas where •ft34 4111Letlni4
t.Vartt$Itaid the 'power to set and•*littcate quotas. fittfm.r.,
- were telling eookorners to get out of the (tack forty-
mid their own business. Then, with some hesitation 4 n,1
,.tretiidatiOn. the two factions got together
It didn't happen overnight and Suspicien.s a ere
anifirmed in some respects. Eventually. though.
Caandian tradition, the two factions got tri knots each other
and reached an understanding,
As soon as consumers found farmers were not out t,, r:;•
off the public, they began to listen and understand W
farmers found that consumers were only trsing to ...•as•
more about the intricacies of the food chain as v., J,
trying to understand farmers' problems, they became 'es-.
defensive and more articulate.
The mutual respect that was engendered w as go, .,1 •
all concerned. Consumers understood farmers and farts • s
understood consumers.
Consumers suggested they should participate in s, ,r: •
the decisions made by farmers: Reluctantly. farr ;sr,
agreed. and consumer advocates became members ,
National Farm Products Marketing -Council as ss e s' as
some of the provincial boards.
Although consumers associations did not quit keeping
critical eye on marketipg boards, the atmosphere beta eess
two former adversaries became one of mutual respecs
Even last month when the report from a committee of trio
Economic Council of Canada said marketing boards
supply management marketing boards-- were gouging the
public, an active member of the consumers assoGa tot
defended the boards.
June Menzies, now chairman of the National Farr-
Products 'Marketing Council. was emphatic in l!er
C Its cutbacks; challenge
.tithe cost sharing programs
in place.
"Both governments have
backed themselves into, a
financial corner.'," said
Riddell "and they have linle
mom to manoeuvre."
Riddell made his com-
ments to council at their last
session , before the. lenarner
tV,C:e$S, a 1110tit,ig gi:hgR .114,54:
waIdeps and Weal members
of tiarlianient are st of
0.00 fer the' day, • . •
Rid4t 71 tfterVed.he traps-
40,4 Ore .out
will be mailing a computer
status report. which will be
acceptable to support
D.S. Pullen.
Agricultural Representative.
fur of responsihifits fur able-
bodied welfare clients back
to the municipality from
family benefits, is one more
indication where more re-
sponsibility will be placed on
local municipalities. County
council learned at their meet-
ing that it was announced
recently that the province
will begin negotiattoOS short-
ly to transfer this•responsibi)7
y to, 4104 , municipalities..
Thg..miniAtrx. will, be setting
up -pilot projects in • !lig
Province M-4orit. gut . og
detatk of transferring VasOs
ba4:-atid.tbe:etianges to,taite
0.4.0 syithip the current
cost-sharing areas: •
Council approved, a social
services: committee recom,
menftlation that the social
services administrator eon-
Met the Ministry of Corn-
munity anu Jocial Services.
.indicating Huron County's
willingness to participate in a
pilot project to transfer some
Family Benefit Assistance
responsibility back to the
municipal level and request
additional, information.
Bub Allen. chairman of the
sochil services Committee,
said it •the desire . of the.
committee- , that Huron
:CMUIV become .involved'. in
the transfer from •tho..*stno,i
4)k tfe"iaitl ltota, A distinct
advantage for the ettetity: to
be in on 00 griond
fhere".,are three 'levels of
• .proinciai subsidy oavailable'
under the 'General Welfare.
Assistapce ,program; sa per-
mit. 80 percent and 100
percent. The province will be
looking at implementing one
standard subsidy rate for all
programs.
In order to get clients off
assistance. support services
such as day care services, life
skill programs, and employ-
ment counselling will have to
be developed in municipali-
ties-which do not have them.
The proposed transfer of
cases back to the municipali-
ties will be the first major
change in social services
policy since 1973, when the
province assumed responsi-
bility from the municipalities
for permanently unemploy-
able persons.
In his remarks to council.
Riddell said a new fire code
will be introduced following
the recent hotel fires which
indicated various standards
were being used. He said the
fire chief will be responsible
for enforcing the aet's'rego-
iations when it is' implement-
ed.
'1turdo old-04re is, ti.itsO
sonteconeem Iltatxionalio; •
don granta .are.nOX •heingl.
madmigiStera • .fttly, . :Non,
Moorial#04. ar+ an .are, not
getting. ;Pen.. Pr9vin041
:.increase and there is..Sorne
quistiort- 'as 'to .01.0te''' the
motley is going. kie. .cont-
sniented there is nct, reasurt
why she non-regionalized
areas should be penalized.
Riddell observed that the
members sitting for non-
regionalized areas are won-
dering if the regionalized
areas are getting larger
increases.
He said many farmes are
asking when funds 'for tile
drainage loans will beo
allocated. Riddell said the
government is still working
on a formula as to how to
allocate these funds and
possibly they will be alio-.
Gated in August. He pointed
out that it has been suggest-
ed loans be cut to 50 percent
from 75 percent.
Huron and Perth Farm News
Local insect population is high
BY: PAT LYNCH
Solis Sr Crops SpeCialfit
ART LAWSON
Assoc. Ag. Rep.
ALAN SCOTT
A. Rep.
The warm weather we
received in late May and
earls June has, helped the
local ' insect populations-.
During warm weather a large
percentage of insect eggs
hatch. Prolonged ss pss
makes these tilt .This. •s
extra hungry. The
they help thernsel% L 1,, ,ot;•
crops. (In Sonic art •.
known as share croppm4$ I
will tell you about tout
these insects and ho\., t",
affect your crops 11n.
is the potato stern borer It
feeds on your corn. Jr is
'about 1/2 to 11/2 inches in
•it of a purplish
•it' ,.n off-brown
.,'.nets into the corn
,rapt eats out part of the
• t-t ,o,,, aiht then goes to
'-t • ot., plant. It
" . • in weeds,
'•,p. , 1.1.5505 around the
t!-. field. The
ar,, ,Y!' the twitch
until it rcaines 'a certain size
and then beads for the corn.
After it leaves the grasses it
will crawl until it hits the
first .corn plant. This means
it is strictly hit or miss as to
how far it crawls out into the
field before meeting a corn'
plant. Generally he feeds on
one corn plant and then
crawls down the row to the
next. What can you do?
Nothing: There are no
chemicals • moistereri to
control potato sit borer.
There is some consolation in
the fact that' they arc ssorse
around the outside of the
field,. Also by the time they
are 11/2 " in length they have
done all their darrae. Yott
can replant, but don't forget
that as of June 0th we have
used about 400 Heat Units,
For next yeasainiAliould try..
and reduce the weeds around
your field.
This means, the .--
adtifis will go somewhere
else to lay their eggs.
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Sayfield
. ALFALFA WEEVIL STILL
AROUND
The research plots at
University of Guelph and in
Essex County are showing
high numbers of alfalfa
,Lvaevil'. Two or .three area
farmers have commented on
the high' number of larvae
this year, We checked with a.
' few other dairy farmers and
they ,felt the numbers on
their...farms Is ere,...no .. worse
than normal. In your case
check any field that Will not
be cut by the 18th or 19th. If
thses fields are showing 25°'0
of the leaves damaged and a
lot of small larvae then you
should, either cut or spray.
The weevil has two natural
enemies. One is a fungus
disease that spreads with wet
cold weather. The other is a
parasite wasp. Of course. ,if
you spray to control the
alfalfa weevil VOU also a-ill
kill any ' parasite insects.
Another insect in alfalfa and
a relatively nets one to Huron
and Perth Counties is the
Alfalfa Blotch Leaf Miner.
This insect lay s its eggs on
the alfalfa leaves. The egg
hatches and the larva cats.
part of the leaf between the
outer layers of each ,leaf. It
eats the centre part of the
leaf' producing mines and
tunnels that end in blotches.
Again the best way to
control this leaf miner is by
early cutting .
ARMYWORM NUMBERS
UP'
The adult armyworm is
also flying floss. This moth
flies into our area every year.
The number of these moths
caught in the insect trap this&
year seem to 'be more
numerous than normal years.
There is no a at of knowing
how severe this, insect trill
be. Hotse‘el. you should
chck hay. grain and corn
fields around the time when
the wheat is starting to turn
colour.
We thought you
should knots that they are all
present. You can check your
fields and watch them
develop. No doubt some
areas. or even some fields
may suffer economic
damage.
Roundup®. it can be one
of your most versatile tools.
Wherever you use it, Roundup"
herbicide by Monsanto controls
trough emerged weeds. — right
down to the roots — so they can't
grow back. Yet Roundup has no
carryover, And it won't wash or
leach out of treated areas to
injure crops or other desirable
vegetation.
Reach for Roundup as an in-
crop spot treatment for tough
weeds like milkweed. else it in
orchards. Or for pasture renova-
tion to clean quackgrass infesta-
tions out of fpragecrops. Use it
after harvest to control quack-
-ALWAYS FOLLOW THE LABEL.
DIRECTIONS FOR ROUNDUP-'s
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