HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-09-20, Page 4Canadian apple growers
are expecting to harvest a
large crop this fall.
Agriculture Canada
economist Bob Anderson
says industry sources arc
calling fora harvest of abOut
990 million pounds, This is
higher than last year's crop
of 909 million pounds but
below the bumper 1975 crop .
of 1,015 million pounds.
Dry summer weather has
reduced the early apple crop
in some parts of Canada, But
the later apples, especially
McIntosh and Delicious ,
should be abundant and of
high quality.
Production is expected to
increase in all parts. of
Canada. The greatest 'per-
centage increase in the size
of the crop will be in Nova
Scotia where a number of
new orchards are reaching
maturity. Quebec -and
Ontario also have new,
orchards coming into pro-
duction this year. -
"Prices will/ likely be. firm
throughout the coming
I marketing year, but not as
strong as for last year's crop,
I Dr, Anderson predicts.
"The apple crop in b the
United States is also looking
good and has been estimated
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We're researching fornilys
Genealogy, or the study of
the family tree, is becoming
a pastime for a growing
number of Ontarians.
The proyincial office of the
registrar general reports that
genealogy searches through
that office have increased by
46 per cent in the last fiscal
year.
Between April, 1977 and
March, 1978, more than
6,500 searches for family
histories have been made by
the registrar-general's office
The interest in family
ancestry is, partly due to the
influence of the TV movie
Roots, said. Norm Vetere,
deputy registrar-general. '
"Everyone wants tb know
where they came from since
that movie hit the TV
screen," he reported.
For the past 109 years, the
registrar-general's office,
part of the ministry of
consumer and commercial
relations, has registered and
maintained records for 17
million, vital events such as.,
births, deaths, marriages,
still-births, name changes
and divorces.
"Although their workload,
has increased tremendously
in the past few years, the
number of staff has not
grown."
"Despite the declining
birth ,rate, birth certificates
are in. demand .bcpuse they
are often required for school
enrolment,, employment,
organized sports and to enter
the United States, Mexico
and the Bahamas," he said.
The number of senior
citizens applying for birth
certificates has also grown
since the federal government
began requiring social insur-
ance numbers, for which a
birth certificate is necessary,
for cashing bonds, collecting
interest and other financial
transactions.
"A 102-year-old woman
needed a birth certificate in
order to get a social insur-
ance number. We had no
record of her birth so she had
to apply for a delayed
registration. One hundred
and two years seemed like an
awfully long time to delay a
bizith registration so we per-
suaded, the federal author- '
ities to waive the require-
ment in her case," said Mr.
Vetere,
The divorce rate is also
continuing its upward climb,.
said Mr. Veter, Divorces
recorded by the office
reached 18,924 last year, a
1.1 per cent increase over the
previous 12-month period.
The number of deaths rose
to 63,605, a 6.3 per cent
increase from the previous
year. "This simply reflects
• the growing size of our senior
population," he said.
The downward trend
continued for births with
122,200 registrations result-
ing in a .87 per cent decline
for the year. This rate has
been maintained since 1971,
said Mr. Vetere.
The marriage rate climbed
for the first time since 1974.
However, the 67,917
marriages provided only a
.03 per cent increase over the
previous 12-month period.
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It also issues birth, mar- The 1977-78 fiscal year riage and death certificates. was also a record-breaker for
"The staff in the office of the number of certificates
the registrar-general have issued which rose by four per
demonstrated that , govern- cent to 500,000.
ment can operate efficiently Most of this is due to the
in times of restraint," said increased demand for birth minister Larry Grossman. certificates, said Mr. Vetere:
Expect big apple harvest
at about 7.4 billion pounds.
This compares with last
year's total of 6.7 billion
pounds.
"However, production
could be lower than expected
if weather interferes with
harvesting in any of the
major production areas in
North' America. If that hap-
pens, or if there are any
substantial production short-
fats in other areas of the
world, prices could increase'
and be as high as they were
last year."
A factor adding strength to
this year's Canadian apple
.market is lower than average ,
inventories of some pro-
cessed products. Apple juice,
for instance, is in very short
supply. Dr. Anderson says
processors can be expected
to buy more than 40 per cent
of this year's Canadian crop.
Last • year, Canadian
growers had above-average
exports of apples, largely
because of a small crop' in
Europe. This year's
European crop is larger, but
there may be incre ased
exports to Middle Eastern
countries.
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