The Huron Expositor, 1981-09-23, Page 12Dianne Oldfleid of Seafort h
was chosen Queen of the
Furrow when the Huron
County plowing match was
held at the farm of Mrs. Viola
Adams of R.R. 5. Brussels on
Saturday. The first runner-up
'0"2,A ittequie Robertson of
•
Keninnes of *Owls was
thelsemor champion in pittw-
ing anti the reserve. Senior
eflablpftin was Barry Gordon
of Seaferth. The junior Chant-
pion,. was. Brian McGavin of
R.R. 4, Walton. Bevan Shap-
ton of Exeter was the reserve
junior champion.
In the various plowing
classes, the winners were as
follows: Class 2 for boys and
girls under 20--Bevan Shap-
ton of Exeter-first. and Brian
McGavin of R .R .4. Walton-
second: Class 3. open class
for Huron contestants-Ken
Innes of Brussels-first, Barry'
Gordon of Seaforth, Second:
Class 4. open class Elmer Erb
of Millbank-first. Ron Scotch-
mer of Mitchell.second; Class
5. for boys ancigirls under 15
who haVe never win first
prize-Steven Adams of Brits-.
sels first; Paul Pentland of
Dungannon-second; in class .6
for girls under 24. Marion
Hunt of R.R. 4. Walton; Class
%for Huron County residents
under the age of 28-13rian
McGavin ,of R.R.' 4, Walton
andflevan Shaptonnf Exeter.
fn Class 8. open' Ken limes of
Bill$544 placed' 'first with
Barry Gortfoti of Searprili
placing -second.
Class 9. the Horse 'elaSS
SMOS wen by Andrew McItob,
hie" of Mount Forest. Edgar
Howatt ' of Blyth placed
second.
Peter Van Deborne of
Seaforth won first and Harry
Johnston of Seaforth won
second in Class 10 for tractors
drawing four plows or more.
Ron Scotchmer of Mitchell
and Lloyd [Iowan of Clinton
placed first and second res-
spectively in the Antique
In other contests such as
horseshoe pitching, Harold
Pridham and Lorne Elliott of
Staffa were the winners in the
open class while Harold Cart-
er and Alec Boa won in the
Huron Class. In log saw-
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icinne 01 field is queen
At Huron plowing match
!tom:10v vre40miltoonre45fi nattim tbis'4r.egir .but
by the Owe everytiOti§ Stioggedt fiCiWil Ifi;T#Ip winter. ti
14..Y-,he a harvest of rnr), ink- • .
Parnters are ncnotiouSgriperl. They coMplain wheethe
'erops are guodbecause a homp'r crop depresses?prices.
They complain whqn harVest-iS bad because they cannot
make enough money to remain in business.
"They Complain when it rains. They complatn when, it
doestet rani.
This year. I suggest. they -havegreat cause to gripe.
Western farmers lose SIO a day when a handful of
grain handlers go on strike in Thunder Bay. Vegetable
farmers watch helplessly as two weeks of rain destroys a
summer's work.
For thousands of years, farmers have met these vagaries
of nature and the marketplace with their share of bitching.
Theyhaveaccepted it. gritted their teeth. and gone on with
the job of feeding the world..
However, a sense of deep malaise is apparent in the
hearts of Canada's farmers today.
The status of the station's farmers is the result of
unnatural events this year. They have overcome droughts.
floods, strikes. depressed prices. screaming consumers.
international companies. chain stores- kickbacks, surpluses
and shortages.
They have fought for orderly marketing in some
commodities and the fight continues for others.
But fallout from the combined effects of decreasing
income, rising costs and skyrocketing interest rates has hit
them harder than anything since the Dirty Thirties.
Farm implement and equipment sales are down. The
small. farrn-related industries throughout rural Canada are
suffering. The,credituf farmers•has been stretched to the
breaking point. Many had to • borrow to meet higher
operating costs this spring. Credit costs were so high even
then, profits were hard to find.
Now, with costs for production higher and interest rates
at the, usury level the sickness is: becoming tirtninal•
- Who can, affOrd. the interest rates,on a• $50.600 tractor'.
Who-'040 ftee0,:a feedlot ignipik 4ybe,ii loans in the ova of
$109,000 aceaecessary to keep the' lot stocked? Ankh the
A. poorcow-salfformer is getting itfrorit both sides. tie has to
- keep his 'stdck.,,-even longer.
"ft's not the low farm prices so much as those killing
interest rates," an implement dealer told me this week.
"Farmers, when they really need a piece of machinery.
could usually find the money to finance it. But not new with
interest rates killing the purchase before it leaves the lot. -
"i don't know how much longer we can go .on." said a
respected feed dealer to me the other day. "We just cannot
extend credit to some of our best customers. We can't get
the credit."
One of the biggest feedlots in our area, that of Gerald
Cavell near Harriston. went into receivership this month.
They paid interest--interest alonel last yea 5200,000. This
year. they faced loan costs of 5400.000 at 15 per cent.
"The whole industry is going down the drain. not just our
farm," Cavell said. "You can't pay 25 cents out of every
dollar you get to the bank and make a living raising beef. -
Bankruptcies in Canadian agriculture were up more than
35 per cent at the end of July and going higher every week.
As farmers give up. more cattle are going to market which.
in turn, gluts the market and forces prices down for those
still in business.
It is a 'vicious. he-art-rending circle.
I attended an auction sale only two weeks ago. It was a
third-generation farm. The son was a Solid. hard-working
farmer but got caught in the high interest rate squeeze.
His father, one of the finest Christian gentlemen I have
ever known, wept when the autioneer sadly started his
spiel.
HOW tong can this go on?
I cried right along with him.
A rp.cord harvest " of rid
tug. where contestants used
their own saw. the winners
were John Pentland and Bill.
Mewhinney of R.R. b. Gcicier-
ich. For the class for all
contestants using the same
saw, winners were Murray
Cardiff and Murray Elston, in
nail driving Marie ilicknell of
Seaforth wqn the ladies Divis-
ion while her son Larry also of
Seaforth won the men's glass.
CROWNING QUEEN — Dianne Oldfield, 22, of R.R. 4y Seaforth was
crowned 1982 Huron County Queen of the Furrow on Saturday. Deb
Armstrong, 19, of R.R. 4, Wingham, the 1981 Huron County Queen of
the Furrow- is shown crowning Miss Oldfield. Dianne was chosen over
four other competitors. Jacquie Robertson, 17, of R.R. 2, Biuevale was
chosen as the'runner-up.' positor
Heads Canadian
Charotais group
Beef)
QUEEN OF THE FURROW CONTESTANTS — These Queen of the
Furrow contestants posed for a last picture together before continuing on
with a'competition to find out who would be the next Queen of the Furrow
when the Huron County Plowing Match was held near Brussels on
al-uEly. in the front row from left are Dianne Oldfield, 22, of R.R. 4,
Seaforth whO was chosen as the 'new Queen and Sandra Finlayson, 16 of
R.R. 3, Kippen. In the back row are: Deb Armstrong of A.R. 4,
Wingham•,-Q ueen- -last year,. Carol -McIntosh; .18 at Fr. Seaforth' Mid • ''''
Jacquie Robertson, 17 of R.R. 2, Bluevale.
APPOINTMENT —
Neil Dolmage, 38, of
R.R. 4, Walton was
recently appointed
secretary of the-
Ontario Charolais
Association for 1981.-
82: He is a breeder, as
are all the members of
the new board of
directors.
WARDEN PLOWS — Huron County Warden competed in class nine on Saturday at the
Fred Haberer, Reeve of the Village of Exeter Huron County Plowing Match,
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