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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1970-04-09, Page 13ATTENTION FARMERS Order Early And Make Big Savings Now ! ON: Save 25c Bu. SEED OATS Save 30c Bag MIXED GRAIN & GRASS Save 25c Bu. SEED BARLEY Save 2c Per Lb. CLOVER SEED SEED ALSO: FOR EVERY 10 BU. OF DEKALB SEED CORN YOU BUY YOU GET ONE BU. FREE SO HURRY - We Still Have A Good Supply Of 85 And 90 Day Corn Seed Other varieties of seed corn available are Funk's, Warwick, United, Northrop-King, Seneca. SEED OATS - SEED BARLEY, CORN , & BEAN CONTRACTS AVAILABLE FERTILIZER SUPPLIED WITH CONTRACTS CHECK OUR FERTILIZER PRICES ON: 8 - 32 - 16 13 - 52 - 0 6 - 24 - 24 18 - 46.0 5 - 20 - 10 Potash & Aero Prills Available: PATORAN, SUTAN And EE TAM With Contracts BEFORE YOU BUY . GIVE US A TRY W. G. Thompson . & Sons Ltd. HENSALL PHONE 2624527 I' FIGURE SKATING EXECUTIVE AT HURON PARK — The newly organized Figure Skating club at, F:- E = _ SHOPPING ... a E = above. Back, Alice Beer and Jack Underwood. Front, Marcia Roberts, president Janet Pearson and Patricia Campbell. T-A photo Huron Park recently held a very successful carnival. Part of the busy and enthusiastic executive is shown MiallieliiiiiiiiIiiIIMIlliimilaimillimillailiiiiiiimaiiiiiiiiiiilliiiiiiiiiiiiiielleuilimallifillilen re. = rower costs s rd ONE-STOP i can be cut = costs by buying larger savings in power requirements, fuel costs, and other operating equipment and operating it at a lower speed. A farmer can often make Professor H. A. Hughes, For Your Chemical Needs School of Agricultural Engineering, Ontario Agricultural College, University Insecticides — Herbicides I of Guelph, gives the following :74 figures as an example: FOR A farmer has a choice of • Beans • Corn • Turnips • Grain TREFLAN PATORAN — ATRAZINE TOX E 25 = r. CUSTOM APPLICATION = OF Tref Ian, Patoran, Atrazine and 24D Sprays CASH DISCOUNTS Fertilizer 16-16-16 ... 866.40 8-32-16 . . . $66.00 18-46-0 $77.00 6-24-24 ... $60.00 BAGGED AND DELIVERED TO FARM Terms Cash — Canadian Funds EXETER PRODUCE & STORAGE CO. LTD. Highway 83 EXETER uummaanuumatutimanaunauffiataanuanuaaanufinuanananamummununiumailiar: a using two different plows: a I 5.16 (a plow with 5 bottoms, -Eg each 16 inches wide) or a 4-16. Operating the first plow at 3 mph and the second at 3.75 mph -z- will mean that each plow will do an acre in thirty minutes. But EL' which one requires more power to pull it? Professor Hughes says that in an average soil the 5-16 plow FE will need a force of 6,400 lbs. to move at 3 mph. The smaller plow, moving at 3.75 mph, will need 5,600 lbs, force. The force required to pull a machine will E' increase with the speed the machine is going. Research has now developed E." equations to estimate a pull at a given speed in a particular soil. Because force and speed estimates are available, a farmer g"--- can calculate the horsepower to pull each plow, says Professor E--- Hughes, or the horsepower for any tillage tool if the estimates are available. LE The calculation is made by multiplying the pull force by the speed in miles per hour. The E.- result is then divided by 375. In the above case, therefore, the 5-16 plow figure is reached by multiplying 6,400 and 3, and dividing by 375. The result: 51 hp. A similar calculation shows the smaller plow needs 56 hp. Phone 235-0141 :4= Using the 5.16 plow would mean = an average saving of 5 hp to pull the plow. 4 over 90% of the rural youth that receive a secondary education do not return to the farm but migrate to the urban centres where the corporate sector reaps the benefits of their education. RECOMMENDATIONS In view of the situation that exists, we recommend that educational tax be based on the ability of the individual or corporation to pay. To make this possible it would be necessary for provinces to make more monies available for educational purposes at elementary and secondary school levels. If the government finds that there is not sufficient funds in the public treasury to pay for a higher share of education costs, we recommend that the additional monies be derived from those that benefit from a higher standard of education, mainly society in general and the corporate sector in particular, based on their ability to pay. Rabbit group has dinner South Huron Rabbit Breeders' Association held their "Spring 70" Dinner and Dance at the Crediton Community Hall with a capacity crowd in attendance, Friday night. A delicious smorgasbord of roast rabbit, turkey and all the trimmings was enjoyed followed by cards and dancing to the music of the Bluewater Playboys. Draws for door prizes were won by: Ann MacGuire, Betty Smith, Ann Zachar. Spot dances for LP records were won by Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Willis, Mrs. J. Blair and Harvey Hodgins, Elvira McCafferty and MorriSon Wayner, Dorothy Webber and Don Hooper. Mr, Howard Cunnington was the winner of the lucky draw. Centralia Farmers Supply Ltd. Grain • Feed • Cement Building Supplies Coal 228-6638 Farmers Income Tax Service Year 'Round Services $ookkeeping —inppme Tax Businesses —.Controctors Farmers — Individuals GEORGE EIZENGA Box 35 Luean, Ont. Phone 227.4851 We will come to your Farm or Place of Business. goldewn arro MANUFACTURED BY CO,. Limited LONDON ONTARIO At maximum axle height of 27 -, top of low profile tank is 57" above ground level. 11 BIG FEATURES 1.300 U.S. Gal. (250 Imp.) Oval Aluminum Tank. 16" cast Aluminum lid assembly. 2. profile unit for better stability and ease of filling. 3. Mechanical agitators with two aluminum props and stainless steel agitator shaft. 4. Available with one or two Bronco high pressure piston pumps. 5. Bronco pump delivers11 U.S. gals. per minute each at pressures to 400 pounds. 6. Telescopic driveshaft with shield. 7. Sturdy channel iron main trailer frame, 8. Adjustable axle assembly, max. clearance under axle 27", wheel spacing from 62" to 74". 9. High pressure hose is standard on unit and on spray booms. 10, Easy to read tank fluid level indicator. 11. Five-year tank warranty. All Sizes of Tanks and Booms SOLD BY MacGregor Welding EXETER 235-1273 Timei-Advocate, Apr I 9, 1970 THIS WEEK'S EXTRA SPECIALS YOUR CHOICE 1 HC B-275 tractor and loader engine overhauled or Oliver 550 Gas Tractor 1450 MI Used I •Equipment Spring Specials F 0 R D 2-row cultivator $65 3-furrow FERGUSON plow $85 MANURE spreader reconditioned, new chains $150 MASSEY-FERGUSON 2-row 12" plow $150 ALLIS CHALMERS 4-furrow plow $250 ALLIS CHALMERS B TRACTOR with 2-row cultivator and mower $395 VERUM 3-furrow 14-inch plow $500 MASSEY-FERGUSON "35" diesel $1,200 MASSEY-FERGUSON "50" Gas Tractor $1350 FORD Super Major with H-D Robin hydraulic bucket loader $2300 FORD "6000" diesel $3300 FORD "5000" diesel new style $3300 Larry Snider Motors FORD TRACTOR EXETER 235-1640 LUCAN 227-4191 visrommireort.smoriv LIMITED Prices Are Down ON NUFFIELD TRACTORS Fully Equipped . NO Extras to Buy ALL FOR LESS THAN $75.00 PER HORSEPOWER See Harty At Exeter Farm Equipment "The Best in Farm Machinery" HARRY VAN GERVVEN EXETER zovi.00r" 1.*4. .444 VIsao New! Lasso 4 for corn and soybeans "- • The most remarkable herbicide ever developed. • Needs no incorporation. • Lasso 4 will not damage your crops or ruin your rotation plans, After it has done its job it breaks down harmlessly in the soil. • Lasso 4 by itself kills a wide variety of grasses in corn and soybeans. • Lasso 4 mixed with Atrazine 80W controls both broadleaf weeds and grasses in corn. • Lasso 4 gives excellent results With as little as 3/10-inch of rain, yet won't leach out with heavy rain. • Lasso 4 works consistently in heavy and light soils and performs well regardless of organic matter. Available from your local Co-op Farm Centre or your local Aerd Fertilizer Blender. For free descriptive literature on Lasso 4 and its use, Write Monsanto Canada Limited, 425 St. Patrick St., LaSalle, P.O. AVAILABLE FROM Lann s Mal Ltd. 235.1782 OM* - • ""'""Monsanto Petition being .circulated to offer school taxes South Huron local 317 of the National Farmers Union is currently circulating a petition in the townships of Hay, Stephen, Stanley and Usborne In an attempt to change the system of school taxation in Ontario. Following is a release from the district local's Secretary, Mrs. Maxine Miller: We welcome the opportunity of presenting the farmer's case regarding school tax assessment in this province. The Fanners' Union and farmers in general have been very concerned about the increased cost of education in this province. The Farmers' Union in the past has repeatedly expressed its opposition to governments concerning the method by which farmers have been taxed for education purposes. Our policy in the past and presently is that real property should not be assessed for education purposes. During the past decade net farm income has steadily declined but governments have repeatedly increased our cost of production by continuously increasing our assessment and/or tax levy for educational purposes at the elementary and secondary school level. Provincial governments have seen fit to modernize and streamline the entire educational system, by consolidation of schools, and county administration, but continue to use a horse and buggy method of financing, which prolongs and increases the injustice farmers must bear in financing education at these levels. The present system of taxation for school and municipal purposes as applied to township ratepayers was initiated at a time when, as a rule, the ownership of real property meant income. This situation, at least in the case of farmers, no longer exists. While some inequities the share of municipal expenses borne by farmers exist the glaring injustice is in the case of school tax where the service provided by this tax in no way benefits the farm land or buildings. In Howard Township, County of Kent, it was found that an approximate average assessment on non-farm residential property was $2,700.00 for taxation in 1969. This would yield $172.66 in school tax. Similarity, the general run of farm assessments was $6,500,00 yielding $415.68 in school tax. If we assume the farmer working the farm referred to, obtains an income of $4,000.00 yearly and a similarity skilled non-farm worker living in the house earns $6,000 yearly, then the farmer pays a school tax equal to 10.4% of his income, while the non-farmer pays a school tax equal to 2,9% of his annual income. The farmer pays 3.6 times as much as the non-farmer on an income basis. Much the same situation exists in Huron County. There are some business and commercial properties in the township which pay school taxes but these businesses are able to add the tax to the selling price of their product or service and more often than not the farmer ends up paying it. The farmer so far has been unable to add this cost item to the selling price of this product. Farm real estate is an investment. Does the man who invests in shares of a corporation pay school tax on his investment? We recognize the need for a higher standard of education, however this cost should not be tied to property. Taxation related to property should be the cost of servicing that property. As education is not a service to the land, therefore lands and agricultural buildings should be exempt from an education tax levy. We must also point out that