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Asparagus
fee is set
The Farm Products
Marketing Board has an
nounced that Ontario
asparagus growers favor
empowering their board to
establish a licence fee not to
exceed $35 per acre and to
determine the minimum
price of asparagus for
processing. Growers also
favor extending the authori
ty of the Ontario Asparagus
Growers’ Marketing Board
to cover all growers in the
province.
These are the results of an
expression of opinion con
ducted by the Farm
Products Marketing Board.
Of the 98 growers who
responded, 75.5 per cent ex
pressed support for the
three-part question.
The Farm Products
Marketing Board is review
ing the results and an an
nouncement will be made in
the near future.
TALKING CROPS — The annual meeting of the Huron-Perth Can Crop Growers Association was held in Kirkton Friday night.
Above, Ontario Vegetable Growers Marketing Board chairman Hank VanderPol chats with vice-chairman Harry Dougall,
Keith Strang, chairman of the Huron-Perth group and Canadian Canners plant manager Jack Urquhart. T-A photo
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At Friday’s annual ban
quet of the Huron-Perth Can
Crop Growers Association,
growers were told there
would be little change in the
prices received for their
products grown in 1978.
Harry Dougall who
represents this area in
negotiations said the price
for peas was settled by ar
bitration and would be the
same as a year ago.
Harvesting expenditures
Suggest action now
to control warbles
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To break the breeding cy
cle of the warble fly, it is es
sential that beef producers,
treat cattle showing signs of
warble infestation before
the herd goes to pasture.
“Treatment now will kill
larvae before they can turn
into egg-producing flies
which will aggravate and re
infest herds during the
summer months,’’ says R.E.
Macartney, beef specialist
with the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food,
During June, July and
August, warble flies attempt
to lay eggs on the legs and
underside of pastured cattle.
This causes gadding, or wild
running of the cattle with
the tail held high.
“Gadding causes weight
loss, reduced milk produc
tion, and in many cases,
^physical injury. Reduced
milk flow results in weaning
weights up to 40 pounds
below normal.”
Until recently, it was
believed the range of the
warble fly was limited to
between one and three miles
of travel. t
“It has now been es
tablished that flies travel up
to 19 miles. That is why it is
imperative that all cattle
owners treat their herds so
this costly pest may be
eliminated.”
Surveys of Ontario pack
ing plants last spring show
ed average weekly losses of
100,000 pounds of meat and
fat trimmed from warble-
infested cattle.
“At today’s prices, the
loss of income due to dis
counting of hides and car
casses is too important for
producers to ignore,” Mr.
Macartney says.
“Treat according to
manufacturers’ instruc
tions. Conscientious treat
ment now by all cattlemen
will benefit the whole beef
industry in spring 1979.”
will be up $1 per acre and
seed costs will rise one cent
per pound.
Dougall said corn would
come under the two-price
system with $55.75 per ton
being the domestic price and
$45.75 per ton for export.
The export price will be a
percentage of the crop ex
ported and a percentage of
the difference of $10 per ton.
Chairman of the Ontario
Vegetable Growers
Marketing board Hank
VanderPol of Kent County
paid tribute to Huron
Middlesex MPP Jack
Riddell for his efforts in
helping the canning crop in
dustry.
VanderPol continued,
“Jack did “one helluva job”
for us in getting through
legislation which allows us
to operate effectively”.
Canadian 'Canners plant
manager at Exeter Jack
Urquhart urged growers to
continue their battle to keep
costs down.
Urquhart said contracting
for 1978 crops were expected
to get underway shortly. He
said he expected pea
acreage would be about the
same as 1977 but the number
of acres of corn to be
planted could be down
somewhat.
In his remarks MPP Jack
Riddell said he hoped the
two current strikes in Huron
would be settled soon so “we
can fall back into our quiet
way of doing things whereby
we act responsibly”.
On the teachers strike,
Riddell who formerly was
on the teaching staff at
South Huron District High
School said, “I’ve been in
'touch with the Education
Commission on a daily
basis, but, I won’t attempt
to bail either side out.”
Keith Strang, chairman of
the Huron-Perth Can Crop Growers was master of
ceremonies for the evening.
Also speaking briefly were
Exeter reeve Si Simmons,
Huron Ag Rep Don Pullen,
Perth Ag Rep Allen Scott
and Tim Carroll, secretary
manager of the Ontario
Vegetable Growers
Marketing Board.
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