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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1973-03-28, Page 8The Public Is Invited To Attend the 11th Annual Pilgrimage for Youth Public Speaking Finals Central Huron Secon- dary School, Clinton Fri., March 30 at 8 p.m. Sponsored by the ODDFELLOWS and REBEKAHS of DISTRICT 8. Remember! It takes but a moment to place a Brussels Post Want Ad and be money in pocket. To advertise, just Dial Brussels 887-6641. INsTAN T DRYING"' CEMEN T YET " CARD PARTY 100F Lodge HoIl Thurs., Mar. 29 1973 8:30 pm. Admission 50c Lunch and Prizes Sponsored by Western Star Lodge No. 149 — Brussels. A Post Classified will pay you dividends, Have you tried one? Dial Brussels 887-6641, ENTERTAINMENT: AT THE NEW AMERICAN HOTEL BRUSSELS. ONT. Friday and Saturday Night Candida Orchestra of Teeswater Coffee Shop and Dining Room Now Open WE FEATURE:— Turkey — Spareribs and Sauerkraut — Fish and Chips 1 1 w fo S Brussels People We Know Mr. and Mrs. GrahaM Lamont and Susan of Toronto were week- end visitors with Mr, and. Mrs. Leonard Lamont and attended the funeral of Mrs. 3, L. Lamont of Kincardine* Mr. and Mrs, L. Brothers of Scarborough were weekend visitors with Miss M. Skelton. Miss Margaret Patterson who was a guest of Miss Skelton, returned to her home in Mimico with them. Hugh Kennedy of-Toronto was a visitor with his brother Roy and Mrs, Kennedy on Monday. Mr. and Mrs, Donald Edgar, Kelly and Michael of Owen Sound were visitors last week with Mrs. Winnifred Edgar. Shelley and Duane E gar of Listowel were also visiting with their grandmother. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Heming- way, Karen and Ray spent the winter school break in Lubbock, Texas with Mr. and Mrs. W.O. Hemingway. Mrs. G. Chidlow has been a visitor in Hespeler - Cambridge this week. Weekend visitors with George and Mrs. Evans were Mr.• and Mrs.• Robert Murray of Toranto,• Mr. and Mrs, Herman Ziegler and Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Sattler of Heidleburg. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Martin spent a few days in Montreal last week with Mr. and Mrs. John Tooth. Mrs. Jean Leach was a recent visitor in Niagara Falls with her sister. Mr. M. Stratychuk, who has been a patient in Victoria Hos- pital, London returned home on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Kelling- ton, Tammy and. Steven of Spring- field spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wrn. Kellinton. Where your food dollar goes by H. Blum As food prices continue to in- crease, consumers are again fo- cusing their attention on the food- producing and marketing system. In the past, consumers have sing- led out retail food chains to blame for rising prices. However, they are now pointing critically toward other middlemen and the farmer. The farmer, of course, is the producer of the basic food pro- duct. The middleman represents many operators in the food mar- keting system who perform such functions as processing, pack- aging, refrigeration or deep- freezing, warehousing, and dis- tribution. These marketing func- tions account for all food costs between the farm and the con- sumer's table. Part of the consumer's food dol- lar pays the farmer for his pro- ducts and the balance pays the marketing bill. During the last two decades (1950-5.9/1960-69), the farmer's share of the con- sumer's food dollar declined, while the middleman's (or mar- keting) share increased. The farmer's share for potato pro- ducts, for example, declined from 52% to 41% and his share for beef meats dropped from 61% to 57%. . Two factors are primarily res- ponsible for the changin relation- ship between the farmer's and middleman's share of the food dollar. The firSt is that the marketing bill has increased be- cause of a rise in built-in ser- vices and in consumption of con- venience foods. The other factor is that farm production has risen substantially with the increased efficiency of farm operations, 'hut making it possible to keep prices of farm products relative- 'ly low. The much faster growth of dollar volume in marketing services than that in farm products indi- cates that the demand for food services has expanded more ra- pidly than the demand for food alone. As incomes rise, con- siimers spend more for food ser- vices. More people are eating in public places and mote are buying convenience foods for home consumption. Like any other services, food services dan oily be provided to the consumer at an additional doSt. But consumers have been ',Vining to pay the price for con- Vernet-ice. AciVailded technOlogy in the Marketing of food p±'Oducts has Made available a wide variety of processed .and readytto,dat foods in retail Stores, Many housewives have accepted the convenience of having the food Industry perform sortie of their kitchen (Mores* All. sectors of the ecariOrhyllaVe been affected by a general Ma., notary trend and the feed try, Of dourSe, is he exception. As ideates rise, eritiStitnert 8—T4 E' tilUstEL. itic4t, MARCH 18, 1 973 #~44,464~#.4 ,,.•4~~44,4444,•44~4~..9IN Beigrave Men's Choir Concert on FRIDAY, APRIL 13th and SATURDAY, APRIL 14th at 8:00 p.m. East Wawanosh Public School Advance Sale Tickets Only from Choir Members or Phone 887-6190 THE VILLAGE WORKSHOP SCHEDULE Closed Sunday and every day 6 - 7;30 If the door's open • come in MarCh 19 - 24 Specific instruction schedule follows: DAY MON, Hat/R8 2 - 4 Cr' odheting Knitting Candle- Making 4 - 6 Yarn People . . 7:30 - 9 Pbitery TOES. Otitside Coronvanity work and Organization %)krkb. 2 - 4 Rug BOOkitig and Metrame 4 - 6 - 1 - 9 8:60 . Vlower . and striog Film Weaving Wooing Filrriti tH0118, 706 - 9' DrAitioge ,.,. Ed. Krantet FRI. 2 , 4 4 Pottery , 6' . Itab . 9 Pottery OarVing - 1 -,' 5 SAT. . 0 ,., i.-' Cilittide tie dyeing AdtivitieS I' Nice Brussels Royal Canadian Legion SATURDAY, MARCH 31st DANCE — Brussels Legion MB Ailusie supplied by IAN WILE Admission• SOO per couple Restricted to 18 years and over spend more on food products, causing prices to go up as they have in other parts of the econo- my. Costs have been pushed up as well, but this has affected food services more than food production because of increased agricultural productivity. Increased productivity in agri- culture has benefited the con- sumer more than the farmer. It has kept the cost of basic food products at a low level, thus helping to offset part of the added costs' that come with food pro- cessing. Farmers have adopted new production techniques and have increased the investment in their farm operations in order to produce larger amounts of food and compensate for decreased returns. Increased investment in production facilities, however, has resulted in higher operating expenses for many farmers. During the last two decades, the farmer's operating expenses have risen faster than his cash returns for the food he produced. In 1971, food purchases byCana: dians amounted to 7.1 billion dollars worth, which was 5 billion dollars more than the 1949 total. The farmer's share of the tdtal retail value of food was estimated at 41% in 1971 - a decline of almost one-third from his 60% share in 1949. The farmer's share of the con- sumer's food dollar varies from year to year and from produet to product. The more that a basic food is processed, the lower the farmer's share of the food dollar. Charges for baking bread, for instance, account for more than half the total price of the final product. The rate of decline of the far- mer's share of the consumer's food dollar has been slowing down during the, last five years* How- ever, it may be difficult for the farmer to retain his share in the face of growing consumer demand for convenience food. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cameron of Arcola, $ask„ are visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Thomas and ether relatives in the district. Mrs. Cecil McFadden is a patient in Victoria Hospital, London, where she underwent surgery last week. Lester Machan, Toronto, who has just returned from a trip to Europe, was a visitor with his mother, Mrs. L. Madhail. George Bridge bad the mis- fortune to fall in his home and break his leg. He was taken to Wingham and District Hospital and then transferred to Victoria. Hospital, London, where surgery was necessary. QUEEN'S HOTEL BRUSSELS FRIDAY and SATURDAY — HOWARD SMITH & ORCHESTRA Lounge open 4.7 pan. Sunday as usual /P-41.U.O.`41 OAP SA,.'Weg tr