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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-06-17, Page 224— Jinn 17 19.41 Attack on marketing boan The. Economic Council of Canada's (ECC). attack on marketing boards is unfounded and based on, theories and, comparisons that. have little to do with the realities of farming, Ralph Barrie, President of the . Ontario Federation of Agriculture .(OFA). said, last week. • Thereport charges . dairy and ° poultry farmers are making excess incomes, If these academics would climb down• from their ivory towers and '`spend some time. in the farmers' shoes, they'd' know this isn't true," Barrie ' said. He said theCC's charge that dairy producers are over -charging the public is based on unrealistic comparison.' "They compare Canadian prices with the distressed prices charged. when .surpluses are dumped on the world market. No one would sell at those low prices on a regular basis." Barrie said the charges that• egg. and chicken producers are making . too much money are . also based on questionable ,theories. "Because quotas have a value, thee'y attach . a hypothetical return of 12.. per cent to that value. This amount they say is excess. Hortieultural Socie$j:'jafl1S red map at post a,f, e The June meeting. of the Lucknow and District Horticultural Society was held on. Wednesday, June 10 in the Lucknotv. Legion Hall. A red maple tree has been planted in a bed surrounded by railway ties et the post office corner.: The project coflimemorates. the 75th anniversary ofthe Ontario Horticultural Association. • . Joan:Robinson gave a report bf:the District. 8 annual meeting. The flower bed committee reported plantings at the Lucknow Medical: Centre, the Lucknow.Town Hall, the flower planters at the entrances to the village,. Sepoy apartments and the .Lucknow District Community. Centre. The Society agreed' to hire someone to do a spring cleanup at the site of the river project along : the Lucknow River on Campbell Street, which was a,society project two years ago. The Society's . project for 1981 is to complete . further : work at the. Lucknow Medical Centre, The District Director, . Maisie Bray, pres. ented the charter certificate to the Lucknow and District Horticultural Society dated December 4, 1958 which is the, year the society was' reorganized. The Society had been organized originally in 1924 and was active until approximately 1940. The invitation to host the 1983 District 8 • meeting was accepted. Delegates to the annual Ontario Horticultural convention in Niagara Falls are Jean Whitby and Joan. Robinson, . Coming events 'include :the Mystery Tour in July, •the society's annual 'flower show in August. and ,thefloat. for .the fall fair in September. The society appreciates the support of their membership as their large Membership ensures a substantial grant giving the society adequate funding to complete their projects. Miran page 1. include construction of storm sewers. The second phase of the project will be the construction and paving of Wheeler Street from Albert to Stauffer. Storm sewers including gutters and basins will also be built. . • . Fustic Driving In other council.. business councillor .Herb Clark raised the matter of "erratic driving in the village. Clark 'said he wished to table a motion that the village send 'a letter to the 'Kincardine • .detachment of " the . Ontatlar. iplicationa of dairy industry report are "'disastrous" Brian MacDonald,, chairman of . the National Farmers Union Dairy Committee warned last week that the implications for Canadian dairymen would be "nothing short of disastrous" if the recommendations contained in the report; The Economics of Canadian Dairy Industry Regulation were followed: "The Quota • System of supply manage. meet for milk would be abandoned; the farm gate price of milk would fall by 20 per cent; several thousand `inefficient' milk producers 0 Lawn bowling club receives Iiorizon:sgrant A New Horizons grant for 57,000 has been awarded to a group . of retired people from Lucknow, Health . and Welfare Minister Monique Began announced this week. Lucknow Lawn Bowling Club will use the grant to expand existing facilities to accom- modate increasing membership.. The federal government program was established in .1972 to offer financial assist- ance to groups of retired people. New Horizons awards grants to encourage senior citizens to become actively involved in their community. The senior citizens who live . at Sepoy Apartments received a similar grant used to purchaselawn furniture two years ago, 64141 Provincial Police requesting they ':increase their night . patrols in : the village. Clark said on a recent night the squealing of tires could be heard throughout the night until daylight, Reeve George Joynt said he had already been in touch with the Kincardine OPP who • assured hien they would .be looking into the matter. The Kincardine .office told Joynt there are several new officers on staff who will.be informed; of the Lucknow situation: Councillor Russell. Whitby made the coim- ment the young drivers "must get their tires cheaper .than, I do". would be forced out . of production," commented MacDonald • referring ' to the effects' of the recommendations contained in the report released recently in Ottawa. The report -.was prepared by Richard Barichello of the Department of,Econonrics, University of British Columbia as a back- ground paper for the ,Economic- Council of Canada which is currently studying the econornic effects of regulation in agriculture. "We mustn't forget why a supply mans gement system was put in place originally," said MacDonald, "The objective was to establish a fair price to the efficient producer based on realistic cost, then insure an ade- quate supply. KiniOs..goes apt... 'from page 1 . against. Poll 2, Whitechurch Community Hall, voted 13 in favour and 22 against. At an advance poll five voted in favour. On thesecond question, are youin favour of the sale of spirits ber and wine under a lounge licence for consumption on a licenced premises, the Holyfood polls voted 47 in favour and 17 against. The Whitechurch poll voted 12 in favour arid 23 against. five voted in favour at the advance poll. , Question 1 passed with 65 per cent in favour and question 2 passed with 61 per cent in. favour. A 60 per cent margin in favour is required to pass the plebieite. Kinloss is the last of the surrounding townships to "go wet''.. Ashfield and West Wawanosh Townships voted within the past two years and both approved the sale of alcoholic beverages. arrie income. Yet the .farmer never receives this money, How can you paybills with non-exlsteur interestP" ., Barrie challenged the ECC's statement that Canadian dairy farmers are less productive than American farmers. • "They don't realize the two countries .use different reporting methods. If you used the same methods, productivity would be roughly equal." He also said the ECC's. charge ..that Canadian' dairy farmers' received more for their product is equally false. "In February, U.S. farmers 'were receiving $34.46 a hundred litres . in Canadian funds for industrial milk. The Ontario figure at that time was $32.86, which includes the federal subsidy." The report, he said, is full of erroneous comparisons. Barrie said he is disgusted that a govern- ment body such as the Economic Council of ' Canada is attacking one of the hardest working sectors of the Canadian economy. "Farmers are trying to survive in the face of high interest and input costs, yet at the same time. they're ° being charged with profit- eeting. ' ' • Cutting down .or pruning trees near .overhead wires is dangerous. If you are touching a tree or branch that falls into wires, you could be seriously injured or killed. . 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