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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-07-22, Page 14hskv1 1981 • UE, h. Wit.': the aim of .- establisithig a national meat authority;.. the National Farmers :union. (NPl), is hokdtng and, planning to hold meetings acres • Southern Ontario to gauge the feelings of farunersson the idea, • Thepresident of the NFU, • Ted Strain of North gats.. tleford, Saslmtt iewan, is in . the province in his capacity_.: as a memberofthe Canadian Wheat Board, While here, dui has attended.the meetings in thearea . :The .:latest authority • • proposed 'by the Nle: would include ali 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 'suggests the actor national. Bleat authority, would rormote . all products equalW, statim that the'. farmers have 1» -"1i' . with one ,another, not off one . another. • -Strain said:a model for the national Meat authority could be the canadlan Dairy • C mmission wideltlissome controlooverimports, „ Porta and : supply management, Supply management • would be a Iarge role Orthe proposed national meat authority, • Marie Bright of., Campbelford, Ontario, regional co-ordinator for the NFU,, said the setting up of an. authority :depends on the willingness of farmers to be regulated. "The; key thing is whether. 'or not they (fanners)'acc �.t • supply:rnanagement," sad Bright. ll 6 •Eeoinomy ; 1st, :Fred Bieber, Mich., Ann Arbor; 2nd, Ken Lavle, Ontr + Parkhill 3rd, Paul Clayton, Ont. 5 Super Stock 1st, Mike Binham, Mich., Charlotte; 2nd, Richard Kalisek, Corunna, Mich,; 3rd, Cambs' Keesier, Brown City, Mich. 4th, Paul Rydell, Mich.; Sth 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. , 1,0000. Modified lst, ,Dennis Perkins, Saline, Mich.; 2nd, 1 au1 MacDougall, Lambeth, Ont.; 3rd, Bill Douglas (Super Spoo t), Alviston, Ont.;. 4th, E.J. Ritter, Ithaca,' Mich.;. 5th, Scott. Baker, Jonesville, .Mich:; 6th, Les'Grodi, Munroe, Mich; Ith, Barb • Helm, Lucknow, Ont.; 8th, Sill. Douglas .(Spook), Alviston, Ont.: 9th, Norm. Bodging, Parkhill, Ont.; loth, Ron Balduf, Temperance, Mich. 9 Super Stock 1st, Mike Bingham, Charlotte, Mich;; 2nd, Marshall Williatns, Charlotte, Mich.; 3rd Ken Elliott, Wheatiey, Ont. Somi•5aturdy lst, Derain Carter, Blyth,Ont..; 2nd, Ken Jardine, Lucknow, .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, Out; 10th, Gary.' Snyder. Petersburg, . Ont.; 11th, John Swartz; New Hamburg, Ont.; 12th, Doug Golightly, Monkton, Ont. 5 Modified . I lst, Bruce Leach, Paris, Ont.; 2nd, Bili Dougias, Alviston, -Oat; 3rd, Warren Powers, Inwood, Ont.; 4th, Scott • Baker'; .Jonesville, Mich.; Sth, Clare Renshaw, Thamesford, Ont.; 6th, Dennis Perkins, Saline, Mich.; /tit, Pred Bieber, Ann .Arbor, Mich; 8th, Willard Meyers, Mich.; 9th, Ron Balduf, Temperance, Mich. '7 Super Stock 2 1st, Mike Bingham, Charlotte, Mich,; • 2nd, , Jerry. Tuggle, Dryden, -Mich,; 3rd, Maurice 'Stine, Capac, Mich.; 4th, Paul Rydall; 5th, Marshall Williams, Charlotte, Mich.; 6th, Jim Nibroski, Mt, Clemenrs, Mich.; 7th, Grant Davis, • Arkona, • Ont.; 8th,. Dodge Williams, Charlotte, Mich, . 0 Modife l i st,•Art Helm, Lucknow; 2nd, Les Grodi Munroe, Mich,; 3rd, E.J. Potter, Ithaca, Mich.; 4th, Dennis Perkins, Saline, Mich.; 5th, Larry McLennan, Lambeth, Ont.; 6th, Clare Henshaw, Thanresford Ont.; 'nth, Warren Powers, Inr'vood, Ont.; 8th, Scott Baker, Jonesville, Mich. m1.Sunday • • 1st, Jifl Bicknell. Kitchener, • Ont., 2nd, Pete Grazier; Lucknow, Ont.; 3rd, George Richards, Arkoma, Ont.; 4th, Ken Jardine, Lucknow, Ont,; 5th, Carl Snider, Prssburg, Ont.; 6th, John Swartz, New Hamburg, Onto ith, Doug Golightly, Monkton, Ont.; 8th, John Elenbaunt, Sebewaing, Mic1m 9th, Allan Murray, ' Hoiyrood, Ont.; .10th, Gary Snider, Peter. burg, Oat, 12 Open 1st, Art Helm, Lucknow, Ont,; 2nd, &J., Potter, Ithaca, Munroe, Mich,; 3rd', Les Grodi, unr°oe, Mich.;.4th, Clam, Henshaw, Thamcsferd, Ont, 4WD 1st, Gerald Priestap, Lucknow, MP 4; 2'nd, Ernest Ackert, Holyrood, AC 8550; 3rd Allan Hackett, Lucknow, 'versatile . 950; 4th Don Kuik, Lucknow, Versaltile 555, .To get the ball rollirl , the NFU , is holding- various meetings for its trrernbers across th province. Meetings have been. held in Renfrew- County, the Kingston area with 85 to percent of _those • in at- .tendance • in favor of the ' proposal.. A meeting itr Mitchell .on. July 7, cov'ering, Huron, Perth ..and.,, Oxford • cotlntles,, had -35 to 40 people in attendance, with about 8a per .cent.. favor of the proposed- national 'm'eat authority,,' .. Meetings are • also proposed for the 'London - Chatham LondonChatham area, the. Peter• borough • area and the Cookstown-l3arrle area. • At ! the. • meetings, questionnaire's are asssed:. out c ncerning the. pt+oposraL The information gathered is treed by -the NFU to .gauge the opinions of the farmers. On July and . 28, a membership meeting is being held at the Arboretum Centre at the, "University of Guelph d. follow.0 . plans will came : out of that nwetin . Strain emphasised that. just ,approving a national. meat. authority would not be enough, rather it would have tobe legislated, through an actof parliament. Strain' said rather • tan. having: changes made •to present legislation, new . legislation. should beputt in place. The NPU p resident said -the federal government . -would have complete control • over regulations with. delegates appointed from the provinces. Bright said farmers would. have tobe . vocal oar the regulations .develop'ed vjil• �11��, ,'m� $ i� �'�✓4L�i h `e! �a througit the legislative act. "They can't sit back . on their bunts and let someone. else do the 'work," said the ;regional coordinator. She said farm. organizations along- with the government would have to set out the terms and eon* ditions of the legislative act. Bright and ; train said if the government Were unsure of the opinion of the farmers plebeite could be held throughout the country. , Just in the early stages of th'e NFU proposal, Strain' recited aversse, "the longest journey begins with the first. step". or '..'line`' ..d.O. tejort.e.y„:: m' parge 4 some of the severe p le areas, there was very e corn.. High rate��. ... of phosphorus, either broad. cast or with the seed, did not reduce the damage. This year l havenoticed 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 can't treat the ailment but maybe we should look further ahead and treat the h, came. By.: Chris Allcott, Soils and Crops Stnpmer Assistant; `P . Pat Lynch, Soils and 'Crops Specialist; ' and John Heard, Assistant Agricultural . Rep , r wirrWrrr,rYerilr�i.reuair' ,__. -O $EE:at VOUR ClOP FIA EFFECTIVE FL1 tIMTRAI PIIODUCT$.IOI IEEF, DAIIIYj, POULTRY, WREE AND 106 OPEIATION$I. *Controls fites.and mos uitoes on dairy or beef cattle, horses and flogs +Space aproy I Convenient aerosol Bovald Bar Tagg • season.fong fly control on cattle i1' Added weight gains • Nigher milk production . • wto apply ore i + Stops horn flies, reduces face files 0. 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