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Times-Advocate, 1978-04-13, Page 14z Times-Advocctte, April 13, 1978 3. i.tenM HUKA lvhI(RU;',r V i £ F of A urged to get active in promoting corn vote NOTICE ATTENTION residents of the Town of Exeter. Building permits are required for the following: - exterior and interior renovations in­ cluding re-roofing, excluding painting and wallpapering. - tool sheds, garages and carports. - new houses. - swimming pools A BUILDING PERMIT is the first step in any construction job. Save possible delays or fines, contact Exeter's Building Inspector before you start your work. Doug Triebner Building Inspector We heard you You’ve had it with flimsy machines. You want a tough, durable garden tractor. We got tough. We’ve got the full line of Case Garden tractors and attachments and we’d like to demonstrate,the huge difference between tough Case equipment and the lightweight stuff you've seen around town. Get on over to our place and ... T©ugh? < C.G. Farm Supply Ltd. RR3 Zurich, Ont. 236-4934 or 236-4321 the Huron County Federa­ tion of Agriculture decided it must take a more active part in gaining names for the petition for a vote on a corn marketing plan when it met for its April meeting Thursday in Ethel. Gordon Hill of Varna was leader of the move to get the county Federation more in­ volved in the drive for names. The petition was put into circulation last fall by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA> and so far has only gained about 85p names i as of March 20) The petition must be sign­ ed by 1500 farmers in the province who have sold more than 400 bushels of corn in any of the past three years before the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Board will consider calling for a vote on a marketing plan for corn. Mr. Hill said that the 850 names didn't seem like much. He said that Huron's showing of about 100 names so far wasn’t a very good showing for a county that “has as much potential for corn as Huron". He said more effort had to be made than passing the petition around at meetings, that it had to be a more personal approach. Federation president Alan Walper admitted that “perhaps we’ve been lax" in the drive for names but noted that the Federation had held a special meeting on the topic and it had been discussed several times at monthly meetings. He said he felt if corn producers want the plan, they should do the work of getting the names. Mr. Hill agreed that it should be corn producers who do the work but that they must make more effort to go out and get signatures. Lesley Caldwell of Blvth stated that he had found that once the proposal was ex­ plained to farmers in their homes they were happy to sign but they want to know about what they’re signing. Carl Hemingway of Brussels questioned the 400 bushel of sales stipulation and wondered if the propos­ ed plan would prevent those who normally grow corn for their own use from selling that corn in the future. Mr. Hill said there was no such intention. It was finally agreed to get the township federations to organize a drive to new members. Guest speaker for the meeting was Mel MacIn­ tyre, executive secretary of the Ontario Mutual In­ surance Associations, who explained about new farm insurance policies offered by most of the 52 farm mutual insurance com­ panies in the province. In the course of a question period he warned farmers against the use of polyurethane insulation blown into barns and left un­ covered. If the insulation is covered, he said, it is perfectly good insulation but if left uncovered it can turn a small fire into a raging in­ ferno in a few minutes. Some fire departments won’t even let their crews go near a building if it has such insulation because of the danger of flash fires, he said. Roy Pattison of East Wawanosh reported on the progress of the 1978 Inter­ national Plowing Match near Wingham. saying that more space than ever before had been booked at this stage. Shirley Weary, spoksper- son for' the Huron county high school teachers, made a presentation at the meeting to outline the teachers' version of events prior to and during the current strike in county high schools. (The board of education had made a similar presentation at the Federations March meeting in Hensail). She said that at the begin- ning of negotiations the Board had deleted 19 of 23 items included in last years contract. Eventually she said the dispute came down to two outstanding issues. She denied that teachers were trying to work in extra jobs through their fight for a reduction in workload. What teachers want, she said, was an evening out of the workload. She cited an example of one teacher who taught 95 students while another teaching the same subject in the same school had to teach 200. It would be fairer if each had about 160 students to teach, she said. She said that the only solu­ tion to the strike seemed to be if people applied pressure to get arbitration brought in. She was generally received politely by the farmers pre­ sent but later when Jim McIntosh of Tuckersmith township brought in a resolution calling for both sides to submit to binding or voluntary arbitration (he said he had made the resolu­ tion before he knew teachers would be presenting their case) the move did not receive such a warm recep­ tion. After three speakers had begun the debate George Underwood of Turnberry township made a motion to table the resolution. It was quickly seconded and ap­ proved. In farm financial matters farm experience matters. . . . and that is just what you can count on, farm financial experience, when you team up with the Royal Bank. Here is FARMPLAN . . . the Royal Bank's financial services package that provides Line-of-Credit Financing including Credit for operating, expansion and improvements. Here is FARMPLAN Creditor Life Insuranc e, the FARMCHEK Business Record System, FARMPLAN Income Opportunities and total AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT Services. Here too is the ROYFARM MORTGAGE Program. Your Royal Bank manager will be pleased to discuss FARMPLAN and the many other Royal Bank services with you. Royal bank serving Agriculture J. R. (JENE) SELLER Manager, THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA AGRI-BANK Exeter, Ontario (519) 235-2111 HUF*5' Peep during Wednesday's Operetta atA PAIR OF HEARTS — The King of Hearts received his dinner from Little Bo F__r v McGillivray Central School. The characters from the left are Karen Daley, Randy Lydestad, Julie Wright and Russell Grundy. T-A photo 1 ■ zfe 1 Jj If s 74 District NFU rally Plan 'strange things' for farmers By Lloyd Willert Several from this area attended the Annual Con­ vention of District 5 of the National Farmers Union held in Monkton on April 4. Blake Sanford, regional co­ ordinator, National president tendance. Mr. Sanford reminded us that the N.F.U. is very much involved in trying to establish a corn commission for the Province of Ontario. The call for a corn com­ mission was originally started by District five. Mr. Sanford brought to our at­ tention that according to Agriculture Canada the average earned income of farmers was $10,018.00, and 56 per cent was earned by off-farm income. Farm debt in Canada is now six billion, seven hundred and fifty million dollars, which is 18 per cent of total vestment. He also pointed two per cent of total budget is subsidize farmers, isn’t anywhere near to what taxpayers generally are led to believe. Apparently there are rather strange things planned for farmers, as our National President Roy Atkinson was invited to attend the Trilateral Commission Convention in Manitoba last fall. This is a group of wealthy business men who are trying to shift the money of the world as to where it will do the most good. Apparently Canada is destined to become a producer of raw materials, and manufactured goods is to be produced elsewhere and imported. This is a startling story for Canadians when we have much unemployment already and we have almost everything we need to produce our own needs. It was said that in the not too distant future we would be self-sufficient in farm produce in only seven farm commodities, and the rest would be supplemented by imports. This is something that everyone should protest against. This shows us who really controls the destiny of Our country. Mrs. Bright spoke on the N.F.U. Women’s delegation that attended the Associated Country Women of the World Conference in Kenya South Africa. N.F.U. as well Women’s were in as vice at- farm in- out only Canada’s- used to This Call For Professional CLEARING Bulldozing & Heavy Equipment Rentals WESLAYNE Company Ltd. 294-6933 Parkhill, Ont, y Custom Grain Cleaning & Treating Seed Beans in Season Retail Grains & Forage’Seeds SCHROEDER Milling Co. Ltd Dashwood 237-3651 5 235 AMP. AC POWER LINE ARC WELDER Permanent Instruction Charts with Heat Settings MOUNTED ON TOP IN IMCF5TRUC T»8I E PLASTIC. e She said that the MAKES BID — Graeme Graig, 30, of RR 1, Walton announced Monday he will seek the nomination for Liberal candidate in the Huron-Bruce riding in the up­ coming federal election. A McKillop Township farmer and a technician with United Breeders of Guelph, Graeme is president of the Brussels Agricultural Society and director of the Huron Cattlemen's Association. teresting slide tape presentation, which points out some of the conditions in the various African coun­ tries that they visited. She said we have numerous other slide tapes available that tell the story of the exploitation of the poor and rural communities. The N.F.U. has expressed formal support for a peoples’ food commission which would look into all major problems, which people are facing from producer to consumer. It was pointed out that from 1972-1975, food prices J* -w • i|*^®***^ C ’ *71/J i , * X" Pi Olli •1"■ j/i . zC„. J Tax help available For the sixth consecutive year, Seniors Bureau will help senior citizens prepare income tax returns, provid­ ed, the client is 60 years of age or over and the gross in­ come is under $6000. This service is by appoint­ ment only and is offered to residents of London and Middlesex County. Call Seniors Bureau between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday. There is a fee of $5.00. Phone 434-5321 or 434-5922. In cases of illness or dis­ ability, arrangements can be made for a volunteer to go to the residence. Thank you for your help in pastyears. 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