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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1958-11-20, Page 12Page 12 The Thres-Advocat, November 20, 1954 TrendTowardVertical 1 t t* on Concerns 'Federation At Convention By WINSTON SHAPTQN When the product is being In general the .CFA's job. is i.pooled under the anarketing recommending policies. inter- ' President, blerOn. f. P. board, such as wool, less views and negotiation and using . •Shepton was one of five faculty is encountered. The govl its influence in shaping public HtirOtt delegates Who attended. allows the marketing boarti to and gov't opinion. the OFA's annual convention in sell all of the product and then Mr. Hannam •complimented Toronto Nov. 1042, Fourteen pays the difference between the Mr. Diefenbaker on his stand to • from Huron attended, including price received by the marketing improve agriculture. His na- IVIrs. Lloyd Taylor. Exeter, who hoard and the stabilizatien, banal and international pro - is 'active m Huron Medieal Co-op price. :14rants are in harmony with the amt. ladies work.) Another problem as encoun. Po icies of the CFA. Again it was my privilege to teted the sk m powder , Discuss Integration a ten e .ef the OFA this year in Toronto.' although hardly high enough to • ,tion was interesting and timely Atteedance was over 300 on Mon.' give the farmer a fair income, :and received great concern i ilk 'd • t d d the :annual convention trade. the stabilization price.A innel on vertieal integre.: .4ay and nearly 400 on Tuesday. has been high enough to pro- from the floor. Why has vertical The president's report, which vide a tremendous surplus. Last intenTation come about? ,The Called for greater effort and year there was a 60 percent in. crea greater unity among farmers. crease in production over tpanel said it has developed be.; he eau* progressive fa r m e r s - was the kind which you like to , previous year. This year there . wanted ineeproduction, special - hear from your leaders. Gordon is an even greater inse ----:--' ; Greer is quite a dynamic speaker The problem is how to prization and more credit. Chan- e-, ging of methods has also contri- And all of you have the chance vent new plants from starting !buted to the trend, It also tends' to hear him on November 27 in to discourage older plants from: , give a little snore security • Londe•shoro at Huron Federa- expanding. to . which everyone seems to be lion's annual meeting. i If quotas are applied. how can . craving for theae days. It gives This paper e o v e r e d Mr.' they he applied fairly? If the i uo security in the way that you ...Greer's report last week so 1 stabilization hoard applied quo i --", shall not dwell on it. I shall tas on a supported Prnthlet• have a sure market IF you have a continuous contract. . mention the treasurer's report would it not virtually cancel out Is xertical integration being. because for the first time in support on that product? These I years OFA finish1 consciously promoted? Again theed the year are a few problems that must ; panel said yes because feed with a small surplus. even with be worked out. , plants wanted to promote vol- ., an increase in expenditure. ; Mr. Hannam %listed many of the; the things that the CFA has had ume; processors and chain _More money came from stores wanted top quality and • counties, commodity groups and a finger in, in securing bene., guaranteed supply at reason - the CIA, which accounted for fits -for the farmers: I able prices. Killing p 1 a n t s ▪ The good financial position. The --support prices on 22 farm t broiler plants, for example) :19,50 budget again allowed for cOmmodities; turkeys. I wanted an even supply so that —import controls on " increased activity which I be.;. they wouldn't have mare than .lieve shows a good strong orga- t ieddar e eese. lie s mme iz Han milk, butter and butter nil; , they could handle at times and '• Dr. H. H. Hannam. president —increased freight not enough at others. They also , massistance; wanted control of production so of the Canadian Federation. gave ---A Royal t ommission Ies i ' * ' , -a lengthy talk on the problems ligation of the spread in food thee could control .the price. of price supports and producer prices; It was pointed out that this 'marketing. i —the new stabilization bill; ceuldn't happea to the hog in. One of the difficulties occurs—supplementary paymentto dustry because of the co-op. when a product sold by a mar- prairie grain growers; • ,s . 1 It *was also pointed out that keting board hits the floor price approved testing pro- —compensation for reactors to farmersriina themselves are begin - and the federal stablization gov't to press for contracts. l board moves in to store the pro- grams designed to eradicate di - What are the effects of ver - duet as well as the marketing sease ha.s been upped from S40tical integration on agriculture? beard. When it comes time to to SW for'grades and from $100 • The panel thought there were unload the surplus, these two to I' purebreds; both advantages and disadvan- ' boards find themselves selling —seeking more farm credit, the same product in the domes- crop insurance, better land use tic market, • tages. Disadvantages were the difficulty in getting a fair con- tract, keener cornpention, men programs, surplus disposal to with other jobs doing part-time needy countries through Colom- farming and it generally brought bo plan and other plans, help about lower' prices and surpluses. for small farmers and conserve- The advantages were dealt with tion, in reasons why vertical integra- tion came about. What should farm organiza- tions do about it? Vertical bite- ' ti 1 the prop per hands will Huron Swings — Continued From Page 11. grow alfalfa." He cited the north end of Morris township as one area where hirdsfoot tre- foil might be a helpful alterna- tive to alfalfa. One of the tasks of 1959, said Mr. Miles, will be to canvass the farmers of Huron, to try to get two-thirds of them to ask that Huron he made a brucel- losis -free area, with a test -and - slaughter program. "On Nov. 15, 1958," said :111r. Miles, "regu- lations for the export of cattle to the United States will be tightened. Looking forward to ,liuron County having animals to export, it will be most advan- tageous to have meetings in late • January and early February of 1959, to acquaint our farmers *V-ttflegt with the need for a brucellosis- e*,-;tito• free area." 'He felt this program was more important than any anti -rabies • campaign. $4 off pr toilso'n.purinary x gvt.tepoast eyitihaes t been widely publicised and most lof our farmers sowed this va- on all CO-OP dairy and beef , riety this year. While no heavier yielder than our previously re - concentrates and premixes commended variety, Michelite, it does stand mare adverse wea- ther conditions than does the Mi- chelite and it is reported by the Cash In on this 'get acquainted, mills that the sanilac variety lager and convert your full gran_ paid off by about fifty cents a bushel. cry into extra profits with a "We have established at the Co-op balanced feeding, program. county home this fall, variety Orains are deficient in some tests of fall wheat and we have necessary nutrients. Co-op Con. also established an acre of fall eentrates make up these de- barley, a crop which is not widely grown in this county be- cause of fear that the crop may not be winter hardy. If it can be groyvn it should mean an in- crease in barley yield for Huron county farmers.. "Accidents on the farm have been mounting in numbers and • a ..research project is being started in March to run a year .,• Lo. ,record all accidents within the county. The extension branch git the .Department of Agricul- ture will be organizing this pro- ject with. the help . of the affi- lialed organizations within the enmity—This-survey will be •a Exeter provincial wide one. (This offer expires Nov, 30th) ficiencies and give you increased ilk and meat production greater profits for you. Exeter District Phone 287 PRICES For Your BEANS :pa on n benefit farmers and through co- ops and marketing boards verti- cal integration wilt not become totalitarianism but will keep the rights the farmers deserve in their own hands. The panel also thought that farm organizations should give assistance to farmers in drawing up contracts. However, in a ,conclusion they thought the family farm would ' not die for a long time but they • would see a large decrease. in numbers and a large increase in size, a speed-up of the trend that has been going on. The meeting passed resolutions • requesting a study on vertical integration he made continuous- ly to keep farmers up to date with the complications and bene- fits of vertical integration. A re- solution put OFA on record as favoring agricultural integra- tion through farmer co-opera- tives. • Hon. W. A. Goodfellow, Onta- rio minister of agriculture, again ,i' E. L. Mickie & Son 1. 1 I . • i - r... 4 PM PM ' "146iikalt I • I.[ I tpin 'NNW roe' %eau), eiittivetibilieti I '1 South End Service Used Car Buys! 1959 Meteors Now in Stock! '57 METEOR SEDAN 'Intone, .22,000 miles. '56 MERCURY 1! TON PICXUP-6 cylinder, 12,000 miles, in excellent condition! '55 FORD rAIRLANE TUDOR — Automatic, radio, clock, tutone, '54 METEOR TUDOR Tutone, automatic, radio, ex- cellent condition! '53 MONARCH SEDAN Tutone, radio. '51 CHRYSLER 'IMPERIAL' SEDAN — Power steering, power brakes, power win- dows, radio, automatic, in excellent condition: '51 CHEV14,01M 1;2 TON PICKUP '48 CHEVROLET SEDAN Pew tires. 1959 Attstins Now in Stock S01,1th .End Service • Rus% and Chuck MORE OM addressed the gathering hut didn't offer much news. How. ever, I feel sure the press has misinterpreted his feelings on the hog issue, What I ant sure he said was a repetition .of bis remarks last year. Hw Hee asn't concerned with groups of peou- pia ho had. a side interested in hogs but he was interested in what lona fide hog producers wanted and he felt it was up to the hog producers even yet to do .a better job of selling their plant to producers. "You must have a plan that is acceptable . to more people," he said. Another panel on quota mar- keting 11'as presented. 11 ex- plainctl why it was necessary to have quotas on such products • as fluid milk and tobacco. It was generally felt that the far- waan't ready for any quota system either on production or marketing. When and if 11 did come it would have to be gra- dual and on products that would lend themselves to quotas. It would also have to be volunta- rily accepted 100 per cent such as in the tobacco industry or the policing world be tremen- thittls. lwould also be hard' to im- pose quotas on products that grow in other provinces as well as in other countries. To make it work, YOU would bave to have the full en-oneration of hath the province and federal gov'ts with It was also established that the farmer would still iv to be efficient and progressive but should not be working the long hours they have had to. This was a timely place to leave the topic. There were. 58 resolutions dealt with by the delegates of which I can only briefly mention a —fe"1; i uf or m time was asked for; --freight subsidy be extended to include Ontario grain Moving eastward; —asked .anning Firm. 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MMMMMMM hihinimhipmm, MIMI" .1,,spoo the federal gov't • make in money aveilable for eon struction of :classrooms rural --asked for a speed-up of bru- eellosis ,testing in Ontario; —asked that a committee he. set up towork with. workmen's. compensation board to find a better and more equitable plan for farmers; committee, to 'study' the best basis on which the farm- luinigdepdtbisetraya;should -be brought ._pressect the federal gov't for immigration of suitable persons; —backed the hog marketing :plan in principle; —they again requested com- pensation for loss :of animals -due to rabies; — Please Turn To Page 17' Arthur S, Bolton Wins Promotion T. R. Hilliard, director of ag- ricultural extension foi• Ontario, has announced :that Arthur S. Bolton- has been promoted to the Position .of Associate .Agricultural Representative, Mr; Bolton was appointed to the extension services of :the province shortly after his grad - tied= from 0.A.C., Guelph, in • 1955. 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