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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1972-04-06, Page 12USEIORNE FEDERATION MEETS - The Usbome Federation of Agriculture held its annual banquet at the Eliroville United Church, Thursday. Shown before the dinner are Usborne secretary Clarence Thomson, president Bob Down, Huron Federation fieldman Bill Crawford and president Mason Bailey. Tok photo Feedlot cattle disorders causing much concern We've got a LOT of GOOD Used Equipment S Look over our lot for BIG SAVINGS! Used Tractors 430 CASE 333 M-F ROW CROP W400 DIESEL 1.H. 44 GAS M-F 460 IHC DIESEL 4020 JOHN DEERE (LIKE NEW) DAVID BROWN CROPMASTER JOHN DEERE AR Used Ford Tractors 9N — FORD 8N — FORD 861 POWER MASTER ' 3400 INDUSTRIAL WITH 730 INDUSTRIAL LOADER SUPER 6 (4 WHEEL DRIVE) 4000 GAS Also, Large Assortment Used Plows, Discs, Cultivators, Combines, Spreaders, Etc. Better Farming S arts At EXETER FORD Equipment Sales Ltd EXETER 235-2200 Tractors Equipment feed and animal health service CARE THAT MONEY CAN'T BUY... 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Hearing Aid Service Ltd. 68 Queen St., s. Kitchener ligARING AIDS An insurance program to help stabilize pork marketing in Ontario was approved by six votes by delegates to the annual meeting of the Ontario Pork Producers Marketing Board. The closeness of the 107 to 101 vote indicated strong opposition. The vote was taken by ballot after delegates rejected an earlier show of hands that has favored the proposal 127 to 83. Results were announced by board chairman Blake Snobelen of Thamesville, OPPMB directors were directed by the motion to develop the plan further in accordance with producer recommendations. SHUR-GA1N leadership in nutrition • continuous research • management skills • growing animal health service Mr. Snobelen said this May take some time, after which the plan will have to be voted on by all producers to satisfy requirements of the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Act. A two-thirds majority will be required for approval. The plan involves the taking of a levy and it is because of this that the plebiscite is necessary. The insurance plan would place a levy of .5 percent on every $100 worth of hogs sold. The money would be used to bolster producers' returns during periods when prices are low. No money would be paid out during the first two years to permit the fund to build up to acceptable proportions. The plan was approved in Principle at the board's semi- annual meeting in august when hog prices were below cost of production. However since early this year the price has gone well above the production cost. Current prices are about $34 a hundredweight, The 350 delegates, representing the province's 31,000 active producers, dealt with a wide range of county resolutions. They approved a Glengarry county resolution, asking the board to do "all in its power" to aid in establishing a national marketing agency under provisions of the new national marketing act. Delegates were generally agreed that a national agency could co-ordinate export selling more satisfactorily than would likely be the case if carried out by provincial marketing bodjes. It was felt a national organization would tend to diminish destructive competition between provinces and the possibility of restrictive trade practices such as those which have disrupted the egg and poultry industries. Also approved was a resolution presented jointly by Halton and Peel county producers that the board study alternatives to the present method of selling by auction, A Huron county motion seeking support from the National Farmers Union and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture in helping prevent vertical in- tegration "from destroying family farms," was approved. The Huron producers ex- pressed concern that feed companies and agri-business firms are becoming increasingly involved in hog production, thereby increasing their control over farmers. (Provincial ministers of agriculture expressed a similar concern in a recent brief presented to federal Agriculture Minister H. A. Olson. The ministers said they were prepared to take action necessary to halt integration). To put pressure on producers to buy good breeding stock, delegates approved a Perth resolution that the board work toward eliminating the sale of uncastrated pigs at community auction sales. Perth producers felt such a move would help eliminate most of the poor boars made available through the sales for breeding purposes. Lambton, Oxford, and Bruce county producers asked that the board make representation to the farm products stabilization board for subsidy assistance to producers of weaner pigs (35 to 50 pounds) similar to the deficiency payment granted on carcasses grading 100 index or over. The motion was approved. The board will urge the Canadian Pork Council to secure tariff adjustments on the im- portation of off-shore pork when — Please turn to Page 13 Two feed lot cattle disorders are causing concern in South- western Ontario this year, Dr. Fred 3. Harden, veterinary services branch, Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technology (RCAT) said. The cattle brain disorders, which need prompt treatment, are called polio and infectious thrombo-embolic meningoenc- ephalitis (ITEME). "The diseases are similar and can be easily confused, so early reporting to local veterinarians is extremely important to establish correct diagnosis. Then the right treatment can be instituted as quickly as possible," Dr. Harden warned. ITEME is an acute septicemic bacterial disease. It is an in- fection of the central nervous system and usually affects less than five percent of animals in a feedlot, although rates as high as Hill criticizes taxation plan "The Ontario government has once again refused to introduce a fair system of taxation that removes the cost of education from property," Gordon Hill, President of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture said in Toronto Tuesday. He was commenting on Provincial Treasurer Darcy McKeough's budget speech, made in the Ontario legislature. "This budget eliminates the basic shelter exemption grant, and introduces a tax credit system, but it doesn't get at the root of the problem," Hill said. "The government has apparently not accepted that the cost of education should be borne not on the basis of ownership of property, but on the basis of ability-to-pay." Ontario farmers will retain their 25 percent rebate on property taxes this year, but McKeough said he hopes to replace it in a year by "enriching and modifying the general property tax credit formula," 30 percent have been reported in western Ontario recently. The death rate may be as high Asks for control of egg marketing "The new national farm products marketing council should immediately set up an agency to control egg marketings," Gordon Hill, President of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, said in Toronto Tuesday, after learning of the appointment of the six-man national council. "The egg in- dustry is tottering on the brink of bankruptcy. It needs quick action to salvage what remains and restore the industry to prosperity." Federal Agriculture Minister H,A. Olson announced the names of council members in Ottawa Monday. Chaired by Alberta farmer, Paul Babey, the new council will oversee the operation of marketing agencies established under the Farm Products Marketing Agencies Act. "Babey is an excellent choice to lead this council," Hill.com- merited. "He was President of ,Wlberta's Unifarm erganliation '.arid is keenly interested in marketing. His experience in farm organizations and his awareness of farmers' income problems will be tremendous assets in his new job," Vice-Chairman of the council is Real Roy, who has served with farmers' co-operatives in Quebec. Ontario's contribution comes in the form of Ralph Ferguson, an egg producer from Alvinston. "We look forward to him making a real contribution," Hill said. "Ferguson is active in farm policy development and has had first-hand experience of the disastrous results of producing a commodity for which thereare no markets." The other council members are: Adrien Levesque, a former New Brunswick Minister of Agriculture; Hector Hill, a Nova Scotia poultry farmer; and Albert Vilfauve, a Manitoba pork producer. as 95 percent in untreated cases. Infected cattle vary age from six to 18 months, but 400 or 500-pound feeder cows are most commonly hit. The disease moves rapidly and affected animals often die within 12 to 24 hours after first signs. "Animals may be found dead without showing any illness. The first signs show stiffness, knuckling at the rear fetlocks, lack of coordination, extension of head and depression, "A few hours later, the animal become paralyzed and is un- conscious before dying," Dr. Harden said. Control methods depend on early detection. Cattle treated with penicillin - streptomyacin or other antibiotics will respond only if they are treated early, "Often antibiotic treatments only prolong the disease. Also, we have seen animals survive and regain appetites but never walk again. In feedlots where the disease is confirmed, all animals should be checked several times a day and affected animals segregated into pens and treated. Mass treatment has been carried out in the severely- affected feedlots," he said. Dr. Harden said, polio is„due to a deficiency of, tniarnine.,„ a neVeSSary itacto'r in carbohydrate metabolism. Since the sole source of energy for the nervous tissue is oxidation — Please turn to Page 13 Page 12 Times-Advocate, April 6, 1972 Huron motion possed Approve pork insurance 1 • • • Excrot CanreS Ltd.