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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-07-22, Page 12w i• BYSTEPHANIE LEvEsQuE With the aun of establishing a national meat authority, the National Farmers Union (NFU), . is holding andplanning tohold\ meetings across .Southern Ontario to gauge the feelings of farmers on the idea. The presidentof the NFU, Ted Strain of North Bat;_, tleford, "Saskatchewan, is in the province in his capacity ,. as a :member of the Canadian. ° Wheat Board. Whilehere,he has attended the meetings in the area. The meat authority proposed by the NFU would include all red meat, such as beef, pork, mutton :and lamb. Strain . said that 'with the present marketing ' board systems, each product is promoted on an individual basis. He suggeststhe -7 0400016,Y, JOY 32, sol ion proposes national. meat authority would promote all products. equally, statim , that . the farmers have to "live with one another, not off ,:one another" Strain said a model for the national meat authority could be the , anadian Dairy Commission which has some control over exports, im- ports and supply management. Supply management would be a large' role of the proposed national meat authority. Marie Bright _ of Campbelford, Ontario, regional co-ordinator for the NFU, said the setting up of an authoritydependson the willingness of farmers to be regulated., "The key thing is whether;, or not they (farmers) accept supply management," said Bright. 6 Economy lst, 'Fred Bieber, Mich., Ann" Arbor; '2nd, Ken Lovie, Ont., Parkhill; 3rd, Paul Clayton, , Ont:; 5 Super Stock lst, Mike Bingham, Mich., Charlotte; 2nd, Richard .Kalisek,. Corunna, Mich.; 3rd, Camby .Koester, Brown City, Mich.; 4th, Paul jRydall, Mich. 5th Grant Davis; Arkona, Ont.; 6th, Mike Randolph, Capac, Mich.; 7th, Marshall Williams. Charlotte, Mich.; 8th, Chris Rydall, Mich, 9th, Marshall, Williams, Charlotte, Mich., 10th, Maurice Stine, 'Capac, Mich. 7,000 Modified 1st, Dennis Perkins, Saline, Mich. 2nd, Paul MacDougall, Lambeth, Ont.; 3rd, Bill. Douglas . (Super Spook), Alviston, Ont.; '4th, E.J. Potter., Ithaca, Mich.; Sth, Scott Baker,. Jonesville, Mich. 6th, Les 'Grodi, Munroe, Mich. 7th, Barb Helm, Lucknow, Ont.; 8th, Bill Douglas (Spank), Alviston, Ont.:. 9th. Norm Hodgins, Parkhill, Ont.; 10th," Ron Balduf, ,Temperatice, Mich. '9 Super Stock - . 1st, Mike Bingham, Charlotte, Mich,; 2nd, Marshall Williams, Charlotte, Mich.; 3rd Ken Elliott, Wheatley, Ont. Semi -Saturday l 1st, Deruin Carter, Blyth; Ont.; 2nd, Ken Jardine, Lucknovv, Ont.; 3rd, Bruce Snyder, New Hamburg, Ont.;. 4th, Rhonda Elenbaum, Sebewaing, Mich.; 5th, George Richardson, Arkona, Ont.; 6th, Carl Snider, Petersburg, Ont.; 7th, Walter Scott, ' Lucknow, Ont.; .8th, Wes Riley Construction, Teeswater, Ont.; 8th, Harvey Holland, Clinton, Ont., 10th, Gary Snyder, Petersburg, Ont.; 11th, 'John Swartz, New Hamburg, Ont; 12th, Doug Golightly, Monkton, Ont. 5 Modified ist, Bruce Leach,Paris, Ont.; 2nd, Bili Douglas, Alviston, 'Ont; 3rd, Warren Powers, Inwood, Ont.; 4th, Scott. Baker; Jonesville, Mich.; 5th, Clare Henshaw, Thamesford, Ont.; 6th, Dennis Perkins, -Saline, Mich.; ith, Fred Hieber, Ann Arbor,. Mich:; 8th, Willard Meyers, Mich.; 9th, Ron Balduf, Temperance, . Mich. "% Super Stock.Mich �' 2nd,� Tu le,� ist, Mike Bingham, Charlotte, Mi ., Jelly Tuggle, - Dryden, Dryden, -Mich.; 3rd., Maurice Stine, Caine, Mich.; 4th, Paul Rydall; 50, Marshall Williams, Charlotte,` Mich.;- 6th, Jim Nibroski, "Mt. Clemens, Mich.. 7th, Grant Davis, Arkona,. Ont.; 8th, Dodge Williams, Charlotte, Mich, 9' Modified 1st, Art Helm, Lucknow; 2nd, Les Grodi, Munroe, Mich.; 3rd, B.J. Potter, Ithaca, .Mich.; .4tf, Dennis Perkins, Saline; Mich.; Sth, Larry ,McLennan, Lambeth, Ont.; 6th, Clare Henshaw, Thamesford, Ott.; .7th, Warren Powers, Inwood, Ont.; 8th, Scott Raker, Jonesville, Mich, Semi Sunday. . 1st, Jim Hickneil, Kitchener, Ont.; 2nd, Pete Grazier, Lucknow, Ont.; 3rd, George Richards, Arkona, Ont.; 4th, Ken Jardine, Lucknow, Ont.; 5th, Carl Snider, Petersburg, Ont.; 6th, John Swartz, New Hamburg, Ont.; ith, Doug Golightly, Monkton, Ont.; 8th, John Elenbaum, Sebewaing, Mich.; 9th,. Allan Murray, Holyraod, Ont.; 10th, Gary Snider, Peters- burg, Ont. 12 Open ` 1st, Art Helm, Lucknow, Ont:. 2nd, E.J. Potter, Ithaca, Mich.; 3rd, Les Grodi, Munroe, Mich.; 4th, Clare Henshaw, Tbamesford, Ont. 4WD 1st, Gerald Priestap, Lucknow, MP 4840; 2nd, Wiest Ackert, Holyrtood, AC 8550;, 3rd Allan Hackett, Lucknow, Versatile , 950; 4th Don Kuik, Lucknow, Versaltile 555. To get the ball rolling,. the NFU is holding various meetings for its members across the province. Meetings have been held in Renfrew, County, .the Kingston area . with 93 . to 96, percent of those . in at- tendance in favor of the proposal. A meeting in Mitchell ort July 7, covering; ., Huron, Perth and Oxford counties, had 35 to 40 people in attendance, with about 80 per ,cent in favor of the proposed nationalmeat authority. Meetings are also proposed for the Lona n. Chatham area, the Peter borough area and ` .the Cookstown -Barrie area. At :I the meetings,'. questionnaires are passed out concerning the proposal. sal. lam The information gathered°' is. used by the NFU tt% gauge the opinions of the farmers. On July 27 and 28, a membership meeting is being held at the Arboretum centre at the.; University of Guelph and follow-up plans' will come out :of that meeting, 4 Strain emphasized that just approving a national meat authority would not be enough, rather it would have to be legislated through an act.of parliament. Strain:' said ,rather than having changes made to .,present legislation, new legislation should ',be put in place. The NFU president said the federal government would.havecomplete control over regulations with delegates a ppointed from the provinces.. • Brightsaid farmers would have -to be vocal on the regulations.` developed meat authority through the legislative act. "They can't sit back on their butts and let someone else do the work," said the regional' co-ordinator. She . , said farm - organizations along with the government would have to set out the terms and con- -ditions of the legislative act. Bright ig and',Strain said if the governmentt, Were unsure of the opinion of the farmers a plebescite could be . held throughout thecountry. Just in the early stages of the NFU proposal, Strain. recited a verse, "the longest journey begins with the first orn zinc deficiency... *gym page 4 some of 'the severe purple areas, there was very little, corn, High rates of phosphorus, either broad- cast or with the seed, did not reduce the damage. This year I have noticed most of this colored corn in areas that' have either been worked too, often or .too. wet. Another common area is on.. hills, where.: the topsoil has. eroded away. In some fields these areas are getting .big- ger for obvious reasons. The other most common areas., are fields that have not had a perennial forage recently. We cant treat the ailment but ..maybe we should' look further ahead and treat the cause. By: Chris Allcott, Soils and Crops Summer Assistant; Pat Lynch, Soils and Crops Specialist; ' and. John Heard, Assistant Agricultural step y /,..,.. ./4UN // /,r. .✓'%./•iii ,W4", !f ryr tEE YIIIJICUP.Ht�Ift1IVL.FLY ClNipl PmIET1 NR EC1, BAI11, NORSE ANI Mi OPEAAT .INI Aer teCkiD •Controls flies and i osquitoes an dairy or beef Cattle, horses and hoge •sPacesOras' 1 Corwenientaerosoi Bovaid EarTiags • Seasofr fly control ofr cattio • Added weight gains Higher mills production' a w • Easy to appty • Eeonoml61i • • Stops horn fifes, reduce face . files Sentinel • New generation of fly kliterContainifg. pin • Fast knock. do n • Loniklasting control • Mghfy toxic to flies ri Lucknow District Coo 5294953 fl