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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1975-05-08, Page 25Rapidly rising operating costs coupled With falling commodity prices underline the necessity for immediate implementation of a farm income protection plan in Ontario. Huron-Bruce MPP Murray Gaunt said Tuesday. Speaking in the legislature during debate on estimates of the ministry of agriculture and food, Mr. Gaunt said it was nice of the government to promise a $20- million income stabilization fund in the speech from the throne March 12 but that it would have been more favorably accepted by now if the plan had been put into practice. "I think consumers, and people By MRS. HEBER DAVIS Mr. & Mrs. Ken Eaton left on Saturday to spend some holidays in Florida. Don Carroll was guest with Allan McRoberts, Granton, on, the weekend. Mr. & Mrs. Heber Davits and Mrs. Rd Dickins Exeter were dinner guests Friday evening with Mrs. Raymond Greenlee, Exeter. 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Above, Huron's Home Fuss, Hensall and Mrs. Orlen Schwartzentruber, 4-H Achievement Day Economist Jane Pengilley Zurich. With all segments of the pork industry cooperating and in- volved in arrangements, Pork Congresses will unfold in mid- June in both Alberta and Ontario. Dates are June 17-19 in Stratford, Ontario and June 1B-20 in Red Deer, Alberta, At a recent press seminar in. Stratford, the executive of the Ontario Pork Congress unveiled plans for .a bigger and better arnaumiarro, Centralia Farmers Supply Ltd. Grain • Feed • • Cement Building Supplies Coal 228-6638 show in '75. All commercial exhibit space, some 14,000 sq. ft. in total has been reserved; an expanded educational programme is now finalized; while details of the show and sales of breeding stock, feeder pigs and market hogs have been worked out, A consumer show is being set up including a fashion show highlighting pigskin clothes. Finally, media representatives were invited to participate in the King of Hams barbecue com- petition. The agenda at hand for the Alberta show indicates an education program centred around market outlook, export contracting, swine improvement and herd management has been detailed. This will be supported by a market hog evaluation class, 'sales of carcasses and breeding swine, consumer demon- strations, booths and displays, banquet and barbecues. generally in this province are recognizing that stable production is preferable to in- stability both for producers and for consumers," he said. "Farmers can no longer assume all the risks involved in producing food. They have now come to the point where they can't survive by simply tightening their belts." Resistance on the part of consumers to higher food prices makes it increasingly difficult for farmers to get a fair and adequate return for their efforts from the market-place he added. "The minister has to come in with a much more adequate stabilization plan than has been so far evidenced. "This would guarantee financial viability and it would insure that farm income at least equals a realistic production cost Methods for treating barley By P. J. LYNCH Soils and Crops. Specia list Ontario Minis*y Of Agriculture and Food Perth and Huron Counties Research information has shown a 20 to 50 percent increase in seedling emergence with seeds treated with recommended fungicides over untreated seed. Proper seed treatment not only results in increased emergence, but protects the young plants from the disease commonly known as barley brown rot. This disease is common in both Perth and Huron counties and i§ probably the main reason for yield reductions in barley fields. The disease starts by irregular! emergence of planted seed. The seed sometimes germinates, but fails to emerge. Root systems of the plants that do come up are often poorly developed; usually with some rotting in evidence. These plants will look normal for awhile, but soon the leaves will turn prematurely yellow or brown. As the crop matures heads do not fill out well resulting in decreased yields. This disease can be retarded by treating the seed with a fungicide. This allows the seed to become established disease free. However, the plant can still become infected by disease organism in the soil after being' established. If a systemic fungicide is applied the fungicide is taken up by the plant and this will protect the seedling from soil-borne sources, but damage is unlikely to be severe. All of the recommended non- mercurial seed dressings such as Agrox and Polyram are useful in reducing the incidence of this disease in seedling barley stands, However, Vitaflo which is systemic is the most effective. Most of these seed treatments can be purchased for use as a drill box mix, at Zurich, two leaders received five presents the awards to Mrs. Bill T-A photo as established for each com- modity." Donald G. MacDonald (NDP - York South) called the govern- ment's $20-million fund `peanuts' compared with the real needs of farmers. He complained of the lack of a long-term agriculture program for Ontario. He told Agriculture Minister William Stewart that "you respond to the pressure as it becomes irresistible. The policy becomes piecemeal." Federal ok for exchange Word has been received from reliable sources that the federal government has approved the request for funding of the National Farmers Union youth exchange program. District 6 welcomes and ap- preciates the approval of the grant by the federal government, since this will give more young people the opportunity to par- ticipate and learn about the different commodities grown by farmers throughout Canada. This youth exchange program makes it possible for young people from the Western Provinces to visit the east and 'Eastern participants to travel west, to be hosted by NFU members in the different provinces. Dairy policy criticized. The government's latest dairy policy changes, which probably will mean higher consumer prices, drew criticism including some from farmers. The food prices review board was "disappointed . . . that the announcement failed to justify the most recent increase in in- dustrial milk prices." Dairy Farmers of Canada, an arm of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, the largest farm- pressure group, said some parts of the new policy are inadequate. Effective immediately, the new policy is designed to make the government's system of guaranteeing dairy farmers returns more responsive to economic changes. It was an- nounced Friday by Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan. Ottawa now guarantees far- mers a "target support price" of $11.02 a hundredweight for in- dustrial milk - used for butter, cheese, powdered milk and other such products - and this includes a direct subsidy of $2.66. Rising production and living costs have been eroding farmers' returns and Mr. Whelan said in the Commons that his policy changes are designed to ease the pressure. He proposed a formula that relates production costs to in- flation, generally pegging any future increases in capital, labor or direct costs to a parallel in- crease in the target support price. However, the government will not increase the direct $2.66-a- hundredweight subsidy. Any increase in the target support price will be borne directly by consumers at the retail level. The subsidy eventually will be eliminated. It is the aim of the government to increase progressively the share of producer returns coming from the marketplace, Mr. Whelan said. But he told reporters he does not think consumers will face increased prices in the near future. The dairy farmers' group, to which Mr. Whelan presented his program said the basic five-year program proposed by the minister "is very welcome and a real step forward." But it added: "The adequacy of the index adjustment system is what must . . be given the closest scrutiny." In the past District 6 hosted young pdople from Alberta; Saskatchewan and British Columbia, for many par- ticipants nearly all commodities were new and exciting to learn about. Gaunt asks implementation of farm income protection Annual grasses, particularly Green Foxtail, are the reasons you need Ekko in a corn-after-corn operation. Ekko is a safe, economical, one-package herbicide that saves you work while controlling broadleaf weeds and grasses. 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