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THE HURON 'EVOSIT011;,NOVHENRIE 1St.
Wilily given N
The 15th annual Queen's
Guineas Steer Competition
will takeat 8:30 ir.m.on
Prldsy, ember 2fith. at
,_thAltalAgrliculturatWinter
Mr. Toronto. This popular
event is the coneluslon of
months of nrePeration for
several 4-H members in
HUM, A total of 373 ;sat
tettdera: hum 25 counties .in
0040041/0 0000. nominated
this year Homo County has,
25 nOminees..Thay *Jude -
Owse Alton, #7,: Inelusre,
Sharon Alton, #7, linchnew;
Susanne Mton, #7, Inchnow;
Deb Armsftong, #4, Wing-,,
-bent; catn Arnierong,
Ethel; Kevitt *bey. #1,
Ethel; Pit—Chambets, #1,
Clifford; Torn Coates, #1,
Centralia; Brian Falconer, #4,
Seaforth; 11l Olsen, #5,
Clint"; Orel HoSsartb, #2,
Kimono.; Paul Hoggarth, #2
Kipper; Pant Johnstonr #2.
Bill Kinsman, #2,
Lippert, Lyle. Kinsman. #2,
KIppen; David Marshall, #3,
; Brenda Merldq•, #I,
Wrier snoOlafueY,
WroXeter; Anne Procter, #5,
Brussels; Elaine Pim, #1,
Centralia; Marg. Pym,
Centralia; ,facquie Robert:
son. #2.. Bloevale; Meribeth
Sort, Ni,, lirigrave; Lisa
Thompson, #5, Vaughan*:
D*041 Townsend. 0.14. Senior-
Previous *Con COuntv,
winners of the Queen's Quin-
ens include BO Hern, 1LR, 1.
Woodhami1951) and Murray
menis
Gaunt, iNinglutm (195$). The
sale and auction of Queen's
Guineas champions is sato».
duled for 2:00 p.m. on Noy.
ember 20th, I0119Wilrq3 -the
judging. The excitement ge-
nerated by this auction is
clearly indicated by the rap-
achy crowd* and willing buy-
ers that it draws each year.
Anyone with an interest is,
encouraged to attepd this
eut,stamling event, pa at the
Sarno time take in "the many
feature* at the 1981 Royal
Agrktiltural Winter Fast
Bon, Mien,
Agricultural RePresentative.,
4-14 awards
The thirty-fourth
Huron. County 4-H Awards'
Night will be held its, the
Central Huron Secondary
School in Clinton, on Friday,
November 27. commencing at
8:00 p.m. -
All Huron County 4-H
Agricultural Club members
who completed a project itt
1901 will receive their
awards on this occasion.
Len MacGregor. Extension
Aialstaut for Huron County
for the .ting,, 11 xen0, trans-
ferred effective October 1. to
the AgrOnortlY Divish?n.
College. of Agri,
.cultural TechnolegY-
We are bees* *ward tO
bevies tea iltum fey the
Program,
A raonnaktne of' reprosont;
alive.o1 the - 441 Youth
Connell, 4-1/ gab ,teaders
andjanier Prat are buSY
911$14414 3-Pett$041000;
to.eri at that rinee.
This will t
est
y
,
ear nom**
nity to than for aU hia
work and wish hint soccOss
his now fob- Arty with xte, •
ir,r.tereSt is invited attend.
CANADIAN HORSELOVERS Pictured here on their last day in
Columbus, Ohio are from left. Kathy Hoegy, Seaforth; Cheryl Canq,
Exeter; Susan Pullman, Seaforth; Joy Lavis, Kul Schmidt and behind the'"
-camera Lynn Flowers, all of Clinton. One way streets and one bathroom
for six girls - added some interesting. highlights to their trip! More attacks on marketing boards
lllf KATIIYHOEGY
WhikSettforth and district
residents felt the effects of
the first snowfall •a couple of
weeks ago, slit women from
the area hit the road for six
hours. Their destination -
Columbus, Ohio and the
fifteenth Annual All Ameri-
can Quarter Horse Congress
held at the, Ohio State Fair
Grounds. They attended. the
last three days of the horse
show which ran from October
16-25 and witnessed the
largest showing of horses in
the world.
A few entries from Canada
along with those from all
over the United States made
4E_ tile more 800 Q.
infries -registered it: the
congress. Every day -there_
Was something different that
would interest anyone, west-
em.-pleasure,. nole-bending,-.-
Local women attend
Quarter Horse Congress
calf roping. hunt and „halter
Masses; you name it - it was
there to see.
Barrel racing is great fun
to watch, but if five contin-
uous hours of 260 entries
cutting around 'those barrels
becomes too much and you
need a change of scenery,
the exhibit area was not far
off. Over 100 exhibitors
displayed_ their wares for
crowds filled the arena day
after day. There you, could
find anything from saddles
and. chaps, handbags and
boots to trailers and T-shirts
- some Interesting ones,
(T-shirts that is) were report-
ed to have made their way
.back.in_CanadaL.
A stroll down Stallion
Avenue to view the more
than S1,000,000 worth of
stallions was definitely a
- sight you-Wriuldtil-Wiiiif -fti
miss. These horses, definite-
ly 'baking their best, are the
future of the quarter horse
industry and a big badness
was in process as horse
owners signed....up.. their
mare for future stud service-
sonic at prices that would
knock your socks off.
You're talking money, _big
Money at the Congress. It
takes a lot to get there your
horse, your' tack and outfits
not to mention your time in
training your horse and
yourself. Once _there you
could find yourself iri a class
of over 300. But if you •make
it to the top that's- exactly
whatyinkare.z.tops.,..notonly
the best in the west - but in
the world!
P.S. Watch for coverage
of Canada's Quarterama
coming'in- i arch' 1982
4ra• Y.`
Todd David Rodgers from Freeport, Pen-
nsylvannia•kept a cibse watch-on the show ring
despite attempts from the photographer to
strike up a conversation. A proud Grandpa in
the background revealed his name and address.
AND THE MUSIC PLAYED ON AND ON AND
ON — Sherry Brown Kauffman, West Salem,
Ohio, organist for the congress provided
background- rnusic-fro-westerrrpleasuri-and-
hunt classes etc. She enjoys it but the fingers do
geftliedafter 12 continuous hours of playing.
Attacks against farm marketing boards with supply
management powers are coming from ail directions.
A few months ago. it was a special committee of the
Economic Council of Canada. Before that, it was the Fraser
Institute. Before that: it was the consumer association.
Now comes the Grocery Products Manufacturers of
Canada. the GPMC. An investigation task force, sponsored
of course, by the manufacturers, is saying that supply
management farm marketing boards arc adding "at least
SI billion a year to the Canadian food bill."
These boards are said to have had "by far the greatest
impact" on the Canadian food system of any federal or
provincial government policy. Therare costing Canadian
families SIO• a year more for broiler chickens, a total of
576.500,000 and an additional S7 a family for eggs'or a total
of $55,800,000 annually.
Not only do the boards gouge consumers. but they are by
far the greatest threat to Canada's food future because they
cause a rising tide, of imported food and an inability. of -
Canadian farmers and processors to expand their markets.
The clincher comes deep on the third page of,the release
castigating marketing boards. The spokesman for the
group. George Fleischman. says the manufacturers are
concerned that the food and beverage industry "may be
-unable to continue to,provide food at present favorable pride
They do control it now after it leaves the farm gate.
Farmers have no clout at all without 'these boards. Do
Canadians want to pull all but a handful of corporate farms
off the land? Do we want to ruin rural Canada as-we know it
today? ,
I think the grocery manufact
against farm marketing boards v&en they mention, also
deep down in the news release, that Canadians spend only
17.5 per cent of their disposable income on food. It is the
lowest per cent of any nation in the world.
Can there be that much wrong with marketing boards,
ven supply management boards, when we are that
fo unate?
•••" Profits in the food industry. says the GPMC, have
dropped from 2.59 cents per dollar of sales; in 1978 to 2.36
cents last year.
But the release says nothing about the tremendous
increase in farm bankruptcies. It is worthwhile to note that
the products which • haVe supplyinanagetnent 'marketing
bdirds are in much better conditipn than those which have—
not.- •
The beef sector has shunned any kind of board for 25
years and they are the people who are hurting so much now.
More than 50' per cent of the farm bankruptcies are beef
farmers or within-the beef chain. Hog farmers, too, are
suffering and they have, up until now, shunned the idea of
Get ready for some drastic increases in, the price of food. supply management.
--Yon -are heing-softened - for - the big -blow ant 11W ' ' trenOI COnVinCed these
manufacturers need a convenient patsy. a fall guy. a
scapegoat so they are blaming marketing boards.
This column has consistently supported farm marketing
boards, even supply manag_ement boa. _rds._ I have also . _
castigated those same beards for mistakes but I am
convinced theSe baords are stilt thefarmers' best friend;
Without them, organizations ' such as the Groceiy
Products Manufacturers of Canada and- the huge
• multi-national Corpefations would have control of the food
chain from the eround to the table. •
ers kill their argument
levels.
boardsare the devils in the food chain. 1 do not believe they
• are gouging the public in the tune of SI billion. 1 think they -
are a group of honest men simply trying' to supply the
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a price that gives thet tkeasenable return on their labor. ,
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` ' I griiiiiituicaeO_Iy, too many of lkonvarc not getting those
returns_and some of the reason 4' ihOse poor prices rests
squarely on the shoulders Of lobby groups such as the .
Grocery Products Manufacturers of Canada.
Canada's top cattlemen use
Canada's top-selling dewormer.
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Canadians were present, he heard cheers from at least six! choose from. This silvery splendor caught many
Canadian fiEWS-ging side by side. When the announcer asked if any market for tack at The congress there was lots to
NEIGHBOURS AND FRIENDS — On the last day of the horse_Show a "
parade of champions. assembled in the coliseum with American and ALL THATGLITTERS —.` If you were in- the
an eye and pocket book.
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