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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-10-29, Page 23• 6th Anniversary To honour our 6th year in business we're giving our customers a 10% Discount October 30th and 31st THE DIFFERENCE IS WORTH THE DRIVE ALL TILLAGE TOOLS IN STOCK! HUGH PARSONS BOLTS AND TOOLS LTD. 262-5681 1 1/4 Mi. East of Hensall Chisel Plow Points Mould Boards iese FARM TOOL MANUFACTURERS 1/2Yeip. eItPsilskrion Shins Landsides Coulter Blades Hand Tools Roller Chain Plow Points Cultivator Points Disc Blades Shop Tools -,t-5-114.41L%74112 ,_. —r•-‘4.4140V.-."1,*;•"' (r '4 ' • •:-` 72,4" • ' Grade 8 Fine Thread Bolts Grade 5 Coarse Thread Bolts Centralia College of Agricultural Technology presents OPEN HOUSE '80 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12 from 10:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. RECREATION CENTRE, HURON PARK ti You're invited to attend this day of displays and demonstrations of our programs. Campus tours and tours of the new College residence will be available. The Agricultural Mechanics and Animal Health Technology Buildings will also be open. C) Ministry & Agriculture °Medd and Food Vote FOTHEIiINGFIAM for Deputy Reeve It's been a pleasure and a challenge serving on Tuckersmith Council for the past four' years. With this experience, I know I can serve you well. I solicit your vote on November 10th and I urge everyone to cast their vote. For further information or transportation call 482-9196 Robert Fotheringham Wanted For Council in Tuckersmith 527 0699 Jim Papple - a successful farmer - an individual • - practical and business-like - a good listener - can make logical decisions - can put his ideas into words - can get along with people For a voice concerned with all of Tuckersmith Vote Jim Papple on November 10th Advance Poll on November 1 Federation hear Sask. minister Tim Acivo. ate„ 9.09.6.r 29, 1980 Poo Want land freeze COUSINS REUNITE — Gordon McMtirchy, the minister o Agriculture in Saskatchewan was the guest speaker at Thursday's annual meeting of the Huron Federation, of Agriculture. Above, Mr. McMurchy greets his first cousin Clare Geiger of Zurich. Staff photo Bean producers are bouncing back. ,Foreign ownership of farm land. is becoming a big concern for Huron county farmers and that was the topic at Thursday's annual banquet of the Huron Federation of Agriculture, Saskatchewan's Minister of Agriculture Gordon MacMurchy outlined the legislation put into practice in his, province. It has taken Saskatchewan 10 years and a number of amendments to' get where MacMurchy feels the foreign ownership problem is under control. About the same problem in Ontario, MacMurchy, said, "You've got to tackle it now and tackle it by law," He tontinued,"People living on our land have made it successful and the land has been good to us. We feel the residence issue is im- portant." • MacMurchy said Saskatchewan politicians have been working for 10 years on restricting ownership of farm land to those actually living on the farm. Saskatchewan farm lands now total 65 million acres. The foreign ownership in Saskatchewan started in 1972 with a legislative committee. The first law passed was in 1974 restricting non-resident farmland ownership to $15,000 in assessment. Non agricultural cor- Lifertgle Operation Did you know that 5000 Canadians are stricken with breast cancer each year? There is a 75 per cent chance of being cured if the cancer is discovered in time. Self-examination of the breast, once a month, will reveal any irregularity and allow you to consult your physician immediately. Land ownership debate continues FOR COUNCILLOR VOTE GERALD SHANTZ The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA). at its Monthly hoard meeting demanded that the, provincial government put a freeze on sales of farm land. to absentea foreign in- vestors. OPA President, Ralph Barrie, said. the freeze: is necessary to stop the recent escalation in such sales. OFA Directors from Bruce pounty estimate 2000 acres in the county have recently been sold to European in- terests. Barrie said the OFA would have no quarrel with these sales if the owners become residents of Canada and farm their holdings. He believes, however, they are being bought as a hedge against inflation or for speculation„ Ontario bean producers have bounced back from a year of low prices that re- quired government stabiliza- tion payments to a year with their second-highest white bean price ever. "The total price farmers will get this year (now that the 1979 crop is sold) will be $21.10 per hundredweight ($46 5.0 0 per tonne),", marketing analyst Wayne Sershall of the Ontario Bean Producers' Marketing Board in London said Wednesday. The board announced that the final of several payments on the old crop will be $4.89, bringing the total price to $21.10. With an average yield per acre for the old crop of 16 Wheat sold for export hundredweight bags, a farmer would gross $337.60, he said, joking that "this might sneak some farmers into a higher tax bracket." The total payment in 1979 for the previous year's crop was only $17.58 per hun- dredweight, but that includ- ed a $3,03 federal stabiliza- tion payment, said Sershall. And if the trend continues, it looks as if farmers next year could get a healthy pay- ment when the just- harvested 1980 'crop is sold. Although movement is slow, some sales have been made at $33 per hundredweight on the export market and $34 per hundredweight on the domestic market, he said. On the old crop of yellow- eye beans, the final payment for the crop is $5,22 per hun- dredweight bag, bringing the total payment to $25.83. Last year's price on the old crop was $18 per bag. The yellow-eye bean crop is minor in volume when compared with the white bean crop. Ontario is the • world's second`-largest , producer of white beans. porations were limited to 160 acres. An exemption was made for the children of retiring farmers and potential residents were given three years to move onto their farms. Also, farmers living within a 20 mile limit south of the border in the United States were allowed to carry on farm operations on both sides. MacMurchy continued, "In the next two years, disturbing things began to happen, More than 30 quarter sections of the richest farmland was bought by German interests.4 ' "Land selling at $150 an acre was going for $400 an acre on a lease back provision, No young farmer could afford prices like that," said MacMurchy,. Awing 1978 and 1979 sales to non-residents still reached 120,000 acres in lots of a quarter section or 160 acres to stay within the law, The last amendment passed May 6 of this year restricts non-resident ownership to 10 acres. MacMurchy added, "This move has certainly restricted sales. If you want to come to Saskatchewan to live you are welcome to buy our land." During the meeting held in Brussels, . the annual Federation Of Agriculture Huron award for great accomplishments in agriculture went to Norman Alexander who has been a long time advocate of con- servation. During the election of officers, Gerry Fortune was named president of the Huron Federation of Agriculture replacing Merle Gun by. Mrs. Fortune is the first woman to hold the top Federation of Agriculture post' in Huron. Vice presidents are John Van Beers and Tony Mcqoail And directors are Bev Drown, Walter Elliott and . Jim Hunter. Keep batteries powered up with a John Deere Charger You can keep batteries at peak charge or boost- start engines with a John Deere Charger. Choose from four models. Alf have a safety thermal cutoff switch, heavy- gauge steel case, color- coded terminal grips, easy-to-read ammeter, and detailed operating instructions on the case. All John Deere Chargers are UL and CSA approved. Moisture Tester Take the guesswork out of your grain harvesting, drying and marketing decisions with the John Deere Moisture Tester. This unit is portable, dependable, simple to use. 5 21 3 The Ontario Wheat Producers' Marketing Board has sold 200,000 tonne of feed grade wheat for export overseas. Board chairman Robert Butler, R.R. 1, Croton, made the announcement following a board meeting, held October 21st, and said the shipment will be made during the next two months., He said the sale is: the - largest single export con- tract ever made by the board, and reduces board stocks of feed grade wheat to approximately 47,400 tonne unsold. To date, producers have delivered about 644,200 tonnew of 1980 crop wheat to the board, slightly more than the figure at the same time last year. 'Board sales for domestic human consumption to date total 160,500 tonne. Export sales 1:4 Grade No. 2 com- pleted to date total 82,500 tonne, leaving about 46,250 tonne sold but yet to be shipped. 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