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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-04-01, Page 94 14 rti ,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 rtv 1:: 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. 1. 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