HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1990-08-08, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1990.
Market Steady at Brussels Livestock sale
The market at Brussels Livestock
Inc. Friday sold steady on the first
and second class cattle and $1 to $2
lower on the common and medium
cattle.
There were 244 cattle and 246
pigs on offer. Good to choice steers
sold at $84 to $89 to the high of
$91.50 per hundred weight.
Fifteen steers consigned by Mur
ray Forbes, RR 2, Clinton averaged
1260 lbs. sold for $90.41 to the high
of $91.50. Three steers consigned
by Bruce Corrigan, RR 1, Bluevale
averaged 1107 lbs. sold for $89.75.
Six steers consigned by George,
Paul and Mark Pennington, RR 2,
Mildmay averaged 986 lbs. sold for
$89.40.
Two steers consigned by Tom
McPherson, RR 3, Teeswater aver
aged 1190 lbs. sold for $88.75. Six
steers consigned by Ken Steffler,
RR 3, Teeswater averaged 1245
lbs. sold for $86.21. Eight steers
consigned by Jack Shiell, RR 3,
Wingham, averaged 1363 lbs. sold
for $86.04. Ten steers consigned by
Craig Bros., RR 2, Blyth averaged
CFFO against farm certification
The Christian Farmers Federa
tion of Ontario’s (CFFO) Provincial
Board, at its July meeting, has
rejected certification of only one
general farm organization (GFO)
but it gave solid support to farmer
registration as a basis for funding
GFOs.
The CFFO endorsed part of the
Steering Committee on Stable
Funding’s report but rejected as
unacceptable its recommendation
for the certification of one general
farm organization and all related
references to certification.
“Farmer registration has merit
as a stable funding option for
GFO’s independent of any kind of
certification,” CFFO President,
Jack Vanderkooy, told CFFO’s
delegates from across the province.
“I regret that the Ontario Federa
tion of Agriculture (OFA) has
added this certification idea.”
The Steering Committee on
Stable Funding with a mandate to
study farmer registration, was
established early this year at a
consultation of Ontario agricultural
leaders convened by OFA. The
steering committee is made up of
representatives from marketing
and commodity boards, CFFO,
OFA and the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food. Studying
certification was not part of its
mandate.
Brigid Pyke, OFA President,
spoke to the CFFO delegates and
stressed the need for a democratic
forum of all views through one
GFO.
Jack Vanderkooy, CFFO’s, re
presentative on the steering com
mittee, wrote a minority report in
which he supports farmer registra
tion but rejects certification of only
one GFO.
Vanderkooy’s minority report re
jects recommendation seven of the
proposal. That recommendation
reads:
“The Registration System shall
provide for the Certification of one
General Farm Organization that
makes application to represent the
general farm interests of Ontario
agricultural products.’’
Vanderkooy gives two reasons
for his rejection:
“Certification would have the
effect of downgrading the public
respectability of some general farm
organizations (including Christian
Farmers Federation of Ontario) in
order to improve the image of
another (Ontario Federation of
Agriculture).”
“At a time when the very
development of Ontario agriculture
is in the direction of an increasing
diversity (and significant public
program expenditure has been
provided to encourage the diversifi
cation of agriculture), the proposals
seek legislation that will have the
net effect of restricting diversity
among general farm organiza
tions.”
The CFFO delegates drafted an
alternative arrangement based on
funding for alternative GFOs as
well as identifying OFA as the
broadest GFO. These details were
tabled to give the CFFO Executive
room to modify these proposals in
continuing discussions with OFA
and OMAF.
CFFO delegates supported far
mer registration.
The steering committee plan
calls for:
•a voluntary system
•a non-refundable registration fee
•a refundable general farm organi-
. zation fee
•a registration to be annual
•registered farmers to have direct
access to apply for provincial
agricultural related government
programs and services as prescrib
ed.
1159 lbs. sold for $84.71.
Two steers consigned by Ross
Stephenson, RR 1, Ethel, averaged
1240 lbs. sold for $84.49. Nineteen
steers consigned by Berberick
Bros., RR 1, Mildmay averaged
1371 lbs. sold for $83.70.
Good to choice heifers sold from
$85 to $88. Eleven heifers consign
ed by Gordon Dough6rty, RR 3,
Goderich averaged 1125 lbs. sold
for $87.14 to the high of $89.75.
Sixteen heifers consigned by Bruce
Corrigan, RR 1, Bluevale averaged
1002 lbs. sold for $87.07. One
heifer consigned by Glen Golley,
RR 4, Wingham weighed 950 lbs.
sold for $86.75.
One heifer consigned by Mark
and Paul Pennington, RR 2, Mild
may weighed 930 lbs. sold for
$85.25. Six heifers consigned by
Percy Bros., RR 1, Holyrood aver
aged 1013 lbs. sold for $84.97.
Eleven heifers consigned by Fred
Smith, RR 3, Brussels averaged
1097 lbs. sold for $83.17.
There were 97 cows on offer. DI
and D2 cows sold from $59 to $64;
D3 and D4 cows, $54 to $58. One
cow consigned by Harry Ritz, West
Monkton weighed 1510 lbs. sold for
$64.75. Two cows consigned by
George Gibbons, RR 3, Wingham
averaged 1400 lbs. sold for $61.76.
One cow consigned by John Wiers
ma, RR 1, Blyth weighed 1470 lbs.
sold for $61.50. One cow consigned
by Gerry Rijkhoff, RR 3, Walton
weighed 1390 lbs. sold for $61.25.
Two cows consigned by Bev Mc-
Nay, RR 3, Lucknow averaged 1305
lbs. sold for $60.66. Two cows
consigned by Mike Dalton, RR 3,
Goderich averaged 1280 lbs. sold
for $60.25. Four cows consigned by
Ed Waehcheter, RR 4 Walkerton
averaged 1193 lbs. sold for $59.85.
One cow consigned by Ken Deboer,
RR 1, Lucknow weighed 1410 lbs.
sold for $59.50.
Pigs under 40 lbs. sold at
$106.59; 40 - 50 lbs., $92.02; 50 - 70
lbs., $89.36; over 70 lbs., $86.72.
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Huron 4-H Plowmen
club tours foundry
The fourth meeting of the 4H
Vlowmen was held at Western
Foundry in Wingham. When mem
bers all arrived they watched a
movie about the work done in the
plant. After the club had been
divided into groups they set off on
the tour of the plant. The Foundry
makes manifolds for cars. On the
tour the club looked at every step of
making the manifold. Before the
.manifolds can be shipped they have
to be carefully examined. If the
manifold has one little problem
such as a small crack or hole it is
sent back to be melted down again.
If the manifold is in perfect
condition it is loaded onto trucks to
be shipped to the U.S.
After every group had finished
the tour the club met back at the
boardroom for a short meeting,
question period and a snack. When
all questions were answered club
leader Brian McGavin thanked the
representative from the plant for
giving the tour. It was a very
interesting tour and it was enjoyed
by all members and the parents.
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