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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1974-08-28, Page 10IT'S DIFFICULT TO ENJOY SMALL TALK THAT IS DISHED OUT IN LARGE DOSES. JIM CARDIFF REAL ESTATE BROKER - GENERAL INSURANCE Agent for Howick Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance FIRE - AUTO - LIABILITY PHONES: Office 887-6100 Residence 887.616,1 Sta-Rite. Dairy Systems Ltd. COMPLETE LINE OF DAIRY SYSTEMS Brussels: 887-9426 — Guelph: 824.1330 Beigrave Co-op FOR FEED & FERTILIZER — PETROLEUM PRO- DUCTS — HARDWARE AND APPLIANCES — UNI- VERSAL MILKER EQUIPMENT AND CLEANERS. BRUSSELS WINGHAM 887.6453 357.2711 ....1111•••• Chiropractic Associates Health Centre WINGHAM ONTARIO R. Bray, D.C. - D. Lee, D.C. PHONE: 357-1224 5 Radio &TV rn SALES & SERVICE BLYTH 523-9640 [ELECTROIIIEOME] SE-AFORTII HAMM ELECTRONICS SALES & SERVICE • TV • RADIO • HI-FI • STEREO Plume527-1150 • 17 SPARLING STREET READ-awl 'USE POST CLASSIFIED Agri-notes INSPECTION — After September 1, 1974, all used vehicles must be inspected at a Motor Vehicle Inspection Station prior to the time of .sale or transfer. Service stations licenced by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications to carry• out a Safety Standards Certificate inspection will display this sign. at New motor r°-''-'--"--Business Directory inspection program launched r. Union Carbide went on strike and it cost the farmer money. That may sound, strange at first glance, If the grain handlers strike or the meat packers it is obvious that this will have a depressing effect on those commodities. Well, Union Carbide makes most of the castings for sausage and when they went on strike the packers curtailed the buying of sows with a resultant drop in prices.When facilities at the packers are sitting idle it cost him money, so he passes this loss on to the consumer in the form of a small increase on all his products. So a seemingly unrelated strike in industry makes for a loss to the farmer and a higher price to the consumer. I saw a picture recently of a loin of a hog of eight years ago and one of this year. The difference is truly amazing. While the old loin was almost half fat the new one had only a very small rim of this. It shows clearly what great improvement has been made over the last few years to improve the quality of pork. The Canadian hog has been truly To many farmers in Ontario, increasing the size of the farm usually means there is a need to switch to bigger machinery in order to be efficient. "The delays in receiving larger horsepower tractors from manufacturers has led some fanners CO increase the horse- power in their present tractors," says H.E. Wright, -Secretary- manager of the Farrn Machinery Beard. While there ate several ways to get More power out of your redesigned, * * * * Here is a quote from The National Hog Farmer, an American magazine: "Many of us who are making the most 'noise about the middle man and about food prices could well paraphrase that oft .quoted comment of Pogo's. about pollution: "We have the middleman, and he is us." That ghostly middleman is the packinghouse worker. He's the retail store employee. He's the truck driver, the waitress, the baker, the frozen pie maker, Labour makes up nearly half — 48% of the marketing charges on food. Hourly labour costs of the food marketing firms increased 70% since 1962. Part of that increase was reduced by increased output per man-hour, reducing the additional labour cost per unit of product marketed to 47%. But that increase was not achieved by working faster or harder, kwas achieved by large expendifiires for new plants and facilities to a total of more than 3 billion in 1973 alone. Corporate profits before taxes rose ,no more than 4%". workhorse, farmers should proceed with caution. For example, getting more fuel to the engine can he done by adjusting the fuel pump on a diesel tractor. This increases fuel delivery by about 25 percent. "However, the price of this extra power may be as much as a 40 pettent increase in fuel consumption,'' warns Mr. Wright. Other problems, includ- ing "excessive smoke, crankcase dilution, overheating acid cylinder dal-nage ;'may also result. Minister of Transportation and Communications ,John R. Rhodes has announced 'details of the Motor Vehicle Inspection program coming into effect the first of September.. Under the new program, a Safety Standards Certificate can be issued only by licenced Motor Vehicle Inspection Stations, and. each inspection of a used vehicle must be. carried out by a mechanic registered with the Ministry. The Safety Standards certificate will replace the Certificate of Mechanical Fitness now in use. In Ontario, a motor vehicle must undergo an inspection of its safety related components prior to resale or transfer of ownership. It is estimated that approximately one-third of the vehicles in the province is inspected each year under this program. hi making the announcement, Mr. Rhodes said, "The purpose of this program is not to take cars off the road, but to have mechanicol defects corrected at the time of resale, resulting in safer vehicles on our provincial. roadways," There will be approximately 550 licenced stations throughout the province, mainly at service stations and car dealerships. Each station will be inspected prior to the issuing of a licence to ensure sufficient space, tools and equipment are available to properly complete the safety standards inspection. Mr. Rhodes indicated, "The new program is designed to provice a uniformly high standard of inspection throughout the province and to insure the public that both the mechanic and the station producing the certificate meet the standards established by the Ontario Government. If your tractor has been designed for it, a turbo-charget may be added to boost horsepower by 50 percent. However, farmers, should never use a turbo-charger on an engine not designed fot Such options, as it can seriously affect performance. Before you start boosting your tractor's power, remember that all of these conversions cart create problems with cooling, lubriCation and operation of the valves and nistonS. J.E.LONGSTAFF -OPTOMETRIST- SEAFORTH 527-1240 BY APPOINTMENT CLINTON [Monday Only] - 482-7010 ANSTETT JEWELLERS LTD. Watch and Jewellery Repairs -We Sell and Service- BULOVA ACCUTRON WATCHES —3 Stores — SEAFORTH - CLINTON - WALKERTON BRUSSELS TRANSPORT LIVESTOCK TRUCKING AND SHIPPING SERVICE -Local and Long Distance- Phone 887-6122 (Evenings) I. George Jutzi,Brussels McGavin's Farm Equipment We specialize in a Complete Line of FARM EQUIPMENT SALES AND SERVICE Brussels Seaforth 887-6265 Walton, Ontario 527-0245 BHVSSELS Post, AtIOrtrarr 28, 1914 Tractor power can be boosted, Farm Board says