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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1988-03-30, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 1988. Cattle sell steady at The market at Brussels Stock- yards met a strong and active demand at fully steady prices on ail classes of cattle. Feeder pigs traded steady and sheep and lambs continued to sell at strong prices. There were 955 cattle, 514 pigsand 265 sheep, lambs and goats on offer. Choice steers sold at $90 to $95.50 with sales to $99; good steers brought $87 to $90. A red white-faced steer consign ed by Glen Haldenby of RR 1, Holyrood, weighing 1290lbs., sold for $99 and was purchased by Highland Packers of Stoney Creek, while his total offering of 12 steers, averaging 1227 lbs., sold for an overall price of $95.14. Brussels Stockyards Friday A steer consigned by Maple Emblem Farms of RR 1, Dungann on, weighing 1220 lbs., sold for $97.75 with their total lot of 28 steers, averaging 1258 lbs., selling for an average price of $91.19. Twenty steers consigned by Bill Hayden of RR 6, Goderich, averag ing 1284 lbs., sold for an average price of $93.33, with sales to $94.85. A steer consigned by Lome Forster of RR 1, Lucknow, weigh ing 1350 lbs., sold for $95.50 with his total offering of 12 steers averaging 1274 lbs. selling for an overall price of $91.75. Fourteen steers consigned by Reuben Borth of RR 3, Mildmay, averaging 1159 lbs., sold for $93.42 with sales to $94.75. A steer The new executive of the East Wawanosh Federation of Agriculture was elected at the federation’s annual meeting in Belgrave secretary-treasurer, Donald Dow, president and John Gaunt, vice-president; [back row] line directors Bary Elliott, Darryl Wood, Ian Wednesday. Members are: [front row, left to right] Leslie Caldwell,Scott, Keith Black, Bruce Campbell and Roger Bieman. consigned by Bob Rice of RR 2, Staffa, weighing 1220 lbs., sold for $96.25 with his total lot of 14 steers averaging 1243 lbs., selling for an overall price of $90.96. Seventeen steers consigned by Murray Forbes of RR 2, Clinton, averaging 1203 lbs., sold for $93.21 with sales to $95.75. Thirty-two steers consigned by Mac Ross of RR 3, Embro, averaging 1122 lbs., sold for an average price of $93.02 with sales to $94.25. Eleven steers consigned by Jack Mikel of RR 3, Mitchell, averaging 1156 lbs., sold for an overall price of $93.06 with sales to $94.25. A grey steer consigned by John Elliott of RR 4, Ripley, weighing 1280lbs., sold for $94 with his total offering of eight steers, averaging 1220 lbs., selling for an average price of $90.18. Eight steers consigned by Bill Sanderson of RR 1, Bluevale, averaging 1170 lbs., sold for $92.11 with sales to $94. Choice exotic heifers brought $90 to $94 with sales to $97.75; good heifers sold at $87 to $90. A heifer consigned by Murray Mulvey of RR 1, Clifford, weighing 1120 lbs., sold for $97.75 and was purchased by Norwich Packers of Norwich, while his total offering of 15heifers, averaging 1141 lbs., sold for an overall price of $92.87. Two red heifers consigned by Cecil & Karl Raszmann of RR 1, Monkton, averaging 1085 lbs., soldfor $97.25 with their total lot of Continued on page 21 Dow heads E. Wawanosh Federation Donald Dow, RR 3, Wingham was acclaimed president of the East Wawanosh Township Federa tion of Agriculture when the group held its annual meeting in Bel grave Wednesday, March 23. Mr. Dow succeeds Ralph Scott, RR3, Blyth. Both men will serve as directors on the Huron County Federation. John Gaunt, RR 1, Belgrave was acclaimed president after Jerry Jaretzke, RR5, Wingham, declin ed his nomination. Appointed line directors were Darryl Wood, Ian Scott, Keith Black, Bruce Campbell, Roger Bieman, Barry Elliott and Len Palmer. Leslie Caldwell remains as secretary-treasurer. In his regional director’s report Chris Palmer praised such Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food Farm programs as Land Stewardship and the Farm Management Safety Repair program but said he was very disappointed in the changes in the Crop Insurance program which did not go far enough. Farmers needed 90 per cent coverage and to be able to covet farms separately. On the federal scene he said he was very proud of OFA president Brigid Pyke for her work against the proposed income tax changes and said a lot of farmers don’t realize how close they came to having to live with the tax changes if not for the heavy lobbying done on behalf of farmers. NOTICE Durham Welding Supply Ltd. is pleased to add to our growing list of Welding Supply Stores: McGAVIN FARM EQUIPMENT Walton, Ontario Drop in at McGavin’s Farm Equipmentand see Neil for all your welding gases. Queen's Bush Ministry on Country Canada The Queen’s Bush Rural Mini stry will befeaturedontheCBC television program Country Cana da on Easter Sunday, April 3. The one-hour program which was taped in Hanover in February, will highlight the work of the ministry’s counsellors, Brenda Mason of RR 1, Belgrave and Brian Ireland of RR 2, Teeswater, who have fielded close to 400 distress calls from farm and other rural people since December 8, 1987, when the Queen’s Bush telephone line was established. According to Mrs. Mason, the calls range all the way from simple requests for information to desper ate cries from persons contemplat ing suicide as a result of the growing rural depression, noting that the Farm Credit Corporation handed out 17 mortgage foreclo- CFFO will present new suresto farm families in Morris Township alone during the week before Christmas. “All the years I’ve worked with farm failures, all of my degrees, all the lectures I’ve given and all the books I’ve read never prepared me for the gut-wrench ingemotions farm families feel when they lose the farm,” Mrs. Mason says. “If we (Queen’s Bush) have been able to prevent even one suicide, we’ve been successful,” she adds. A study in the early 1980’s indicated that 34.8 per cent of farm fatalities are suicide. For further information on the Queen’s Bush Rural Ministry, see page 9 of Farming ’88, The Citizen’s special agricultural sec tion included in this issue. Country Canada airs on CKNX- TV at 1 p.m. Sunday. milk proposal April 6 The current skyrocketing prices being charged for milk quota are having a detrimental effect on Ontario’s dairy industry, says the Christian Farmers’ Federation of Ontario (CFFO), and it has a proposal it says would overturn the trend. CFFO vice-president Jack Van- derkooy will present the new proposal at a public information meeting in Lucknow next week, and will later host a discussion with local farmers on the matter. AccordingtoCFFO, the long term negative effects of high quota values can no longer be ignored Continued on page 21 Are you confused over the talk of changes to the tax laws? Our carefully trained tax preparers can answer your questions. They are always up-to-date on all the tax cre dits, deductions and exemp tions that apply to people in the agricultural industry. 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