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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1972-09-06, Page 4IT'S ALWAYS BETTER WITH BUTTER CREAMERY BUTTER Distributors of Seal Pure Ice Cie= and Milk Products. HURON FOOD PRODUCTS LTD. Brussels Phone 887-6872 BUCHANAN BUTTER ocK DRY PATTBAN41 cutANg Ftti BRUSSELS 8614904 Under new ownership, W. Bachbar0 — CONTINUING CLEARANCE 'SALE On MI. Summer Wear Half price on all swim wear .ladies long sleeve white blouses and pant-tops - just arrived New Fall dresses and coats coming in daily. Come in for good value WANT ADS BRING QUICK RBSULTS: DIAL 887-6641 The farmers and food price; Same interesting facts and figures about the Canadian farmer the foods he prodyces and why they cost Canadian consumers what they do: - between 1961 and 1971 retail feed PriceS increased by 6I.,4 percent._ Farm prices for food products have gone up 16.3 percent. Wholesale prices of food processors increased by 27.1 percent. 2. Although the price increase for food at the retail level was not as much as the increase for the combined items in the consumer price index, none- theless it did increase more than some of the other major categories. Prices- of non-durable gpods, excluding food, increased by 26 perpent. The increases In the price Of durable goods was less than eight percent. However, the prices of all services, including hous- ing went up by 44 percent. 3. Last year the average Canadian spent $453.00 on food and non-alcoholic bev- erages for use at home and away from home. In 1961 his correspond- ing putla.y was $320.00, 4. (a) Although total food expenditure was increasing, people were, in fact, spending a smaller pro- portion of their increasing incomes on food. Canadians today spend less than 17 percent of their disposable income on food. Ten years ago 22.4 percent to take-home pay went for food. 5. Last year farmers received 42 cents of the dollar spent by consumers on farm-produced food, Ten Years ago they received slightly mere. in 1961 one farm worker supplied 30 people with toed. In 1970 he Pre- dueed enough for 46 people, *an in- crease of over 53 percent. Or, look- ing at it another ° way, output per man on farms multiplied. by 1.64 over the period compared with 1.37 times in manufacturing industries. 7. Farmers produced and marketed 1.8 billion pounds pf beef in 1971, 8. Last year beef consumption per per- son averaged 85 pounds. Per capita consumption, ten years ago, was less than '10 pounds, 9. Along with the increase in food quant- ity its quality was also increasing: In 1961 only slightly more than 51 percent of all beef was brand- ed Choice or Good. Now over 63 percent of beef production meets these specif- ications. 10. The increase in food prices is pri- marily because of higher wages: Av- erage wage rates per hour for em- ployees in the food and beverage man- ufacturing industries are more than two-thirds higher than ten years ago. They were $1.57 in 1960 and $2.69 in 1970. The impact of increased, wage rates is most noticeable for food eaten away from home where labor and the ser- vices are the main ingredients of food cost. 6, (0) 1 IFit 400 A%.11 IE COLOR TV Mode) 26PL10 — 26" The beauty of contemporary design is admirably captured in this full console model. Same solidly built cabinet, Rogers Majestic utilizes modern techniques in cabinet construction and controls every operation in its own design studio as well as its own cabinet factory. This cabinet has been hand rubbed to a fine furniture finish of Natural Walnut. This beautiful cabinet also houses the powerful new Modular chassis. 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Chances are most repairs can be done right in the hoMe, HARDWARE New style (Continued from Page 1) the take over by the province of assessment and the creation of area assessment centres, the municipalities no longer are in- volved. The enumeration will collect. information such as names, ages, property occupancy status, school support, school electoral status, citizenship and residency and will form the basis of munici- pal voters' lists. Following publication of the lists, people who have incorrectly been omitted from the lists can contact the municipal clerk to have their names added. Roman Catholic electors who are neither property owners nor tenants have the choice of being enumerated as public or separate school board electors for the first time this year. Non-property owning and non- tenant Roman Catholics, such as spouses, students and boarders, as well as priests and nuns, can now vote in Separate school board elections if they so choose, according to officials. The expansion of voting rights means, for example, that a Roman Catholic son or daughter who lives at home, is 18 years or older, and is a Canadian citizen or British subject can vote for either the public or separate school board irrespective of how the parents direct their education taxes. Under the new regulations adopted by the province, nominat- ion day, as it has been known for generations, disappears. The new enabling bill - No. 77 - sets a final date for filing nomin- ation papers but candidates may file up to four days prior to the final date. Under the new regulations, municipal elections are on the first Monday in December -Dec. 4 this year. The deadline for final nomination, therefore, is 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13 or 21 days before polling day. Candidates obtain the neces- sary papers from the clerk's offide and then must have 10 • qualified electors sign the papers befOre they are filed. Filing papers with the clerk is regarded as qualification to stand for election. 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