The Brussels Post, 1975-03-12, Page 10The market at Brussels
stockyards Friday was active with
Liver 1000 head of cattle on offer.
;teers sold higher with George
'earson of Ethel topping the
narket with his 1390 lb. steer
rading at 42.25. Heifers and
'ows traded steady. Pigs sold
iigher.
Choice Steers - 40.00 to 42.00
vith sales to 42.25.
Good Steers - 38.00 to 40.00.
Eleven steers consigned by
ohn M. Perrie of R.R.3,
Irussels, averaging 1214 lbs. sold
or 42.10 with his offering of 25
teers averaging 1167 lbs. selling
;or an overall price of 41.85.
Thirty steers consigned by
rank Weadick of R.R.2, Ariss,
veraging 1135 lbs. sold for
1.85.
Seventeen steers consigned by
cordon Howatt of R. R.1 , Auburn,
veraging 1068 lbs. sold for 41.20
vith his offering of 51 steers
veraging 1110 lbs. selling for
0.85.
Two steers consigned by Stuart
trong of Gorrie, averaging 1380
)s. sold for 41.35.
Three steers consigned by
karon Jantzi of Dublin, averaging
113 lbs. sold for 41.10.
Fourteen steers consigned by
)scar Kieffer of Bluevale,
veraging 1240 lbs. sold for
0.70.
Three steers consigned by
:ampbell Wey of R.R.4, Dubliln,
veraging 1123 lbs. sold for
0.75.
Choice Heifers - 36.00 to.38.00
'ith sales to 39.25.
Good Heifers - 34.00 to 36.00.
A heifer consigned by George
,lake of Brussels, Weighing
1110 lbs. sold for 39.25 with his
ffering of 20 heifers averaging
52 lbs. selling for 37.60.
Sixteen heifers consigned by
, tuart Strong of Gorrie,
veraging 930; lbs. sold for 37.10.
A heifer consigned by Ray
lolmage of Londesb oro,
'eighing 900 lbs. sold for 38.00.
A heifer consigned by Nelson
ow of Wingham, weighing 980
is. sold for 37.75.
A heifer consigned by James
iewar of Atwood weighing 1150
)s. sold for 37.0.3.
Nine heifers consigned by
•erald Ball of Embro, averaging
79 lbs. sold for 36.90.
A heifer consigned by Jim
ilmore of R.R.3, Lucknow.
eighing 860 lbs, sold foi37.00.
ChOice Cows - 22.00 to 25.00
ith sales to 27.00.
40 - 50 lb. pigs traded to 42.10.
(Intended for last week)
The market at Brussels
ockyards Friday was active with
tiers selling stronger and heifers
I Ifl wer to the week's decline.
I "; Choke Steers - 38.00 to 40.00
'I th sales to 41.25.
Good Steers 36:00 to 38.00,
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i
i Two Steers consigned by Andy
, C 4 cMichael of Wroxeter
' 'eraging 1315 lbs. sold for 41,25
I ith his 8 steers averaging 1234
s. selling for 40.55,
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OFA says insurance for farmers needed
,In a brief' to the Ontario
Cabinet, the Ontario Federation
of Agriculture (OFA) told the
Ministers that it had a choice of
bringing in an Act to permit OFA
to insure the return on production
cost for their members or face the
prospect of farms closing down
and importing all food from
outside the province, within ten
years.
Gordon. Hill, OFA president,
said that his organization, with
over 25,000 members, nearly all
marketing organizations and
co-operatives, represents the vast
majority of Ontario's farmers and
will administer the insurance
plans with the marketing
organizations. The • premium the
brief said, would be shared, with
farmers paying one/third and the
government two/thirds.
Agriculture Minister Stewart And.
Premier Davis agreed that
farmers can't be expected to
produce below cost and stay in.
business.
"Even a farmer who owns his
own land can no longer go
through a bad year j lust by
tightening his belt", Mr. Hill
said, "Specialized farming in one
or two commodities is common
today, so if that commodity
doesn't yield the price expected
at the time the crop is sown, the
farmer has no others to fall back
• on,"
The brief said that the cost of
production would be negotiated
by the federation with the
government and include all cost
of production, investment and
labour. It also showed the trend of
declining farmland and
production and predicted that if
this trend continues, there will be
shortages of many farm
commodities in a span of ten
years. It is clearly not prudent in
our day to simply assume that
abundant food supplies for export
will be available at reasonable
prices.
Mr. Hill said that the
reception of the brief by the
Cabinet was encouraging enough
for the federation to go ahead and
develop more detailed proposals
and costs.
Concerned Farmers want
northern hydro route
Brussels Stockyard Report
Two steers. consigned by John
Perrie of R.R.3, Brus;els
averaging 1355 lbs. sold for 41.00
with his offering of 25 steers
averaging 1194 lbs. selling for
40.00.
A steer consigned by Tim
Nicholson of Monkton weighing
1450 lbs. making 41.00.
Four steers consigned by Joe
Zettler of R. R.4, Hanover,
averaging 1082 lbs. selling for
(Continued on Page 12)
The Concerned Farmers for the
United Townships hope they have
come one step closer in their
battle to save Ontario's last large
tract of prime agricultural .land.
During previous expropriation
hearings for the Bruce to Seaforth
transmission corridor, Ontario
Hydro sited environmental
considerations as some of the
reasons for refusing the shorter
route preferred by the farmers. A
section of this route contained
spotted turtles the environmen-
talists wanted to save, was the
reason given by Ontario Hydro.
Environmentalist Craig
Campbell has been staying the
survival of the endangered
sported turtle for over 5 years and
has stated that to his knowledge
there are no viable units of
spotted turtles in the area
outlined by • Ontario Hydro. This
view has been supported by The
Federation of Naturalists, Nature
Conservancy of Canada and
Conservation Council of Ontario.
"We 'do not know of any
environmental groups supporting
the destructive southern route
over the shorter northern one"
said Lloyd Moore, farmers'
spokesman, who was recently a
guest speaker at the Labour-
Environmental Conference at
Trent University, Peterborough.
"We can't help wondering how
many other inaccuracies exist in
Ontario Hydro's statements" he
said.
The Concerned Farmers of the
United Townships of Turnberry
Howick, Wallace, Maryborough,
Peel, Woolwich and Pilkington,
have for over a year been
supporting an alternate northern
route rather than the southern
route of an Ontario Hydro
proposed transmission corridor.
The northern route is roughly 23
miles shorter and cuts through
less productive land.
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