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,fie 8-Luclknow ,Sentinel, Wednesday, April 1, 1981
BY. Kale Webster
Ohl how nice it is to see'
these nice . sunny days of
spring, We're looking for-
ward to the lovely spring
flowers and shrubs, coming
forth in their beautiful ray of
colours. Of course we:;eannpt
neglect to mention the trees
coming into leaf and the
grass turning ' green. It is
then time to get the lawn
mower out and go to "work.
\ Hope you all have a lovely
spring,
The community is sorry -to
report that Donnie'Far'rish is
still . a patient in University
Hospital, London.
Karen and Gregg McChar
les of 'Oakville, children of
Mrs. Allan McCharles,' have
been staying With their
grandparents, Mr..' and Mrs.
Oliver McCharles;
Mrs. Ken Weaver of Sud-
• bury and her mother, Mrs.
Frances Wilkins . of Lucknow
were supper guests Tuesday
evening at Mr. and. Mrs.
Charles Wilkins' hone.
Mr. and•••Mrs" Oliver' Mc:
Charles• spent °Monday; and
Tuesday at Victoria Hospital
•int`., London taking medical
tests. '
:Libby McTavish of Peter
borough, a cousin of 'Mr: and
Mrs. Oliver McCharles, has.
'been holidaying with them:
Supper guests the other
evening with Mr. and Mrs.
VVeliington, Webster and Ce-
•
cil were . Mr.. and Mrs. Jack
Smith of Dungannon.
Mrs. : Wellington Webster
and Cecil .visited with Mrs,
Norma .Young and Mrs. Viola,
Farquhar 'of Goderich one
day last week.
Cecil Webster is still at
home with his parents,
and Mrs. Wellington• Web-
ster.
Mr. and . Mrs. George
Moncrief have had a very
busy week looking after their
granddaughters, ' Jennifer,
Rebecca and Laura Ullrich of
London, while their parents,
Mr. and, Mrs. George Ullrich
are, holidaying in Mexico
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Mrs, Marg Young of God-
erich and her two " grand-
daughters, Jane and Susan
Rowcliff of Seaforth, visited
with Mr. and. Mrs, George
Moncrief;
Mrs. ; Leslie Moncrief and
George Moncrief are having
great luck with their sheep
this spring. They have have
been blessed with three-sets'
of triplets and a number of
sets of twins,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cleft of
Point Creditvisited with
their daughter and son-in-
law, Mr., and Mrs.: Russell
•
Moncrief, Mrs, Cleft stayed
another week to help • her.
daughterwithsome interior •
decorating, •
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Cuth-
bertson o Ottawa. visited
with Mr. and Mrs, ' Art
.: Matthewman.
Danny MacKenzie of Lon-
don spent the' weekend with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ross MacKenzie. +
Jim Webster of ' Waterloo
was • home on the weekend
with Mr. and. Mrs. Welling-
ton Webster and . Cecil.
By Ruth Ruchmeier
Mr.: r` and Mrs: Ken Hous:
ton, Amy and .Angelia, Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Houston of
Luucknow ` and . Mr. and Mrs..
Wallace Houston of Ripley: ,
attended ,an , open house in
Walkerton On Sunday after-
noon for Ken's aunt, Mrs.,
Luella - Taylor in honont of
her 75th birthday. •
Many from this ;area at-
tended Young: Canada hock-
ey,week at Goderich to watch
some• good hockey games.
Some of the boys from here
participated and played well. •
• Bill Searles: farm sale was
successful in spite of . 4the..
terrible weather last Thurs.,
day. The farmis sold to Peter
Edisbury and Bill now works
at the Lucknow, District .Co-
op.
Marilyn Maclntyre holi-
dayed last week with her
sister, Margaret at Hamilton
and ;Sandy spent a few days
with • Mr. and 'Mr's. " Alex •
Thompson and family at
•Binbrook. 4 a.
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Mac-
Dougall visited on the Week-
end with Mr. and Mrs.. Jim
Dollery and family of .Bay-
field.
Mr. and Mrs. Huntley
Dawson have returned home.
after spending five weeks in
Naples, Florida where they.
have really enjoyed . them-
selves,
Mr. and Mrs. Don Bell
visited with friends and rela-
tives
in. Toronto last week.
Mrs:. Olive Needham and
Mrs. Nancy Maclntyre, Hel-
en and Heather visited last
week with Mr. and Mrs. Vic
Fenton and family, at Sarnia.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold How-
ald visited in Kitchener ' last
week with 'Kathy's brother,
Mr. and; • Mrs, Blake Read.
Sunday visitors, with Mr.
and Mrs. William Dickie 'and.
Krissa were Irene's family,.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Parker
of Teeswater, Mr. and Mrs.
Jim :Millen and McArthtir,:of
Kitchener, Mr. and Mrs. Ron
Parker and family of Tees-
water and Ernie Parker of •
Blyth. '
The flak has only just begun. Unless supply: agertient
marketing boards come to grips with this thorn problem of
quota values, the flak will get unbearable:
The Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario has come to
the conclusion that, in the dairy business at current quota
values, a dairyman's quota equity is approximately equal to
15 percent of his total equity, a broiler producer's equity in
quota value is 25 percent of total equity and an egg pro-
ducer's quota is worth 50 percent of his equity.
Milk quota' prices declined in the exchange monitored by
" the Ontario IVIilk Marketing Board this month. Fluid milk
quota prices dropped"-- dropped! to $95.05 a litre from more
than $100 a litre two months ago.
If quota values are about 15 percent of equity in the dairy
industry, why in•tarnation are the values so much higher for
broilers and eggs? It seems to me something is wrong in the
system when quotas become so valuable that the rich .get
richer and the poor get poorer. •
The more junior boards such as the egg board and chicken
board could take some lessons from the milk board which
always seems to be a step or two ahead of the others. Perhaps.
that is because they have been in"operation longer but it also
may be because
the milk board has managed to elect and
"
hive the best people for their jobs.
Even .so, I believe the price of quota, even for milk, is too
high -
There is no way that such high prices cannot be reflected in
the final price of the product. Marketing board managers will
deny it and show you figures to prove it but the cost, the
holdu , of q simply have such statements
value, of quota is 1 too" hi • to
r.
Farmers were forewarned at the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture's annual marketing seminar. The Economic
Letters • are SDp+C•
tel by;Bot) Trotter E laser i4d Ei„ i,'a Ont N38 2C
Council of Canada is going to get some recommendations to
do something about quota values. A special committee of the
ECC Will be suggesting that quota values are really ripping
off consumers. '
I'm not convinced this is true but the agricultural com-
munity is going to have to convince this 'whole country that it
isn't true. I do have some reservations, though, and the only
solution I see is to have another regulatory body handling all
quota transfers.
, I. know. I know. Who needs another regulatory body? Who
needs more interference from senior levels of government?
1 think supply management marketing boards do it only to
prove that justice is not only done but is seen to be done.
When the value of quotas getsso far out of whack that those
selling out their business get the greatest benefit, something
has to be done. .
An administrative body to supervise the sale and transfer
of quotas seems to me to be the only sensible answer. Quotas
could still transfer freely within families. A "bankm of quota
could be left with the regulatory body each year and be given
to those who apply for it when they can prove gains in produc-
tivity
roduc-tivity and efficient management. The regulatory body could
also allot quotas for those wishing to become new producers.
Sounds like' a big job. You would need Solomon as chair-
man? Or even someone who wants to play God?
For a while, the screaming and yelling would be heard
across Canada. The weeping and wailing and gnashing of
teeth would be awesome to behold.
But something has to be done. If you have atr idea, get
it on paper and tell the powers that be about iFarm people
have been struggling` with the problem formally months but
no one seems to be seeing any light at the end of the tunnel
yet.
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