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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-08-10, Page 8Page 8—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, August 10,1988 Successful bake table Michelle and Jason Laidlaw of Dor- chester visited last week with their grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Elliott and Karen. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Purdon attended the square dance convention in Hamilton last week. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Winger and family of Stratford were Sunday guests with Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Laidlaw. The ladies' aid of Chalmers Presbyeterian Church held a very suc- cessful bake table at the Lucknow craft festival and on Monday provided a booth at the sale of Dave Moffat which was quite successful also. Visiting on Sunday last with Mr. and Mrs. Don Ross were Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gaunt of Aria, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Elliott, Jackie and Callida of London, Mr. and Mrs. Doug Ross, Michael and Sherrilyn of Wingham, Mrs. Agnes Gaunt, Wingham, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ross of Waterloo, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Ross and Brian Ross. Mr. and Mrs. Russel Jervis of Clinton visited on Sunday with Mildred Mc- Clenaghen, and on Monday, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence McClenaghen of Kincardine, and Eldon McClenaghen, Harriet and little Ruby of Kingston visited there. WHITECHURCH by Jean Ross Lorie Winger of Ethel visited last week with Mr. and Mrs: Clifford Laidlaw. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Elliott and Karen visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Laidlaw of Dorchester. Michelle and Jason Laidlaw returned homewith them. Brian Ross visited on the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Benoit and family of Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Benoit lived on the Jack Morrison farm before moving to the Springfield area. Miss Inea Campbell of White Plains, New York is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Laidlaw. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Reid of the Ripley area visited Friday evening with Mr. and Mrs. David Ross. Mrs. Janis Davis, Scott and Mark of La salle are visiting this week with her mother, Mrs. Agnes Farrier. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Winger and family of Ethel were supper guests Monday even- ing with Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Laidlaw. a/uton isza#ay ited R.R. 2 Lucknow 529-7247 '/s mile south of Lucknow, Huron Co. Rd. 1 Sale July 27 - Aug. 20 Cash & Carry, In -Stock Items Only 2 5 % OFF - in -stock patio Furniture and Accessories .25 % OFF - Junipers. -Flowering Crabapples -Ornamental Standards - Blue Spruce Fruit Trees 50 % OFF - Golden Cedar - Selected Deciduous Shrubs - Clematis Vines Hours: Mon. -Sat. 8-5 Closed Sunday Doll Show & Sale at the St. Marys Community Centre Sun. Aug. 14 - 10:30 am - 5:00 pm Over 40 different dealers, doll supplies antiques, modern reproduction dolts. Air conditioned Show Sponsored by Refreshments & Lunch Colonial Plates & Dolls Ltd. available and Colonial Doll Members LUCKNOW DISTRICT COMMUNTIY CENTRE OPEN DATES Fridays: Aug. 12, 19, 26. Sept. 2, 9, 23, 30 Saturday, August 13 Jim Rowe & Heather Smith Saturday, August 20 Ronnie. Carrick & Charlene Elphick Call 528-3532, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m AZTEC THEATRE C RDIN 96-3250 When he pours, he reigns. T .Doll �.000Yo11MIYUMi STARTS FRIDAY, AUGUST 12th 7 p.m. & 9 p.m. NIGHTLY ENDS THURSDAY BIG TOP PEE WEE 7 p.m. COMING TO AMERICA 9 p.m. welcome to new staff The Walkerton Ontario Ministry of Agriculture & Food office would like to welcome Sharon Gardiner to Bruce Coun- ty. She is the new Rural Organization Specialist and will be involved with 4-H, Junior Farmers, Women's Institutes, Agricultural Societies and other rural groups. Sharon is from Owen Sound and has her Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Education from the University of Western Ontario. She has taught Home Economics and Biology in Manitoba and Saskat- chewan. She has also been Rural Organization Specialist in Waterloo and Brampton. We are pleased to have Sharon's ex- perience and expertise in our office and en- courage everyone to drop in, introduce yourself and welcome Sharon to Bruce County. NATIONAL TRIPARTITE STABILIZATION Quarter two 1988 National Tripartite Stabilization Program calculations have ARM REPORT Bruce County OMAF been finalized: Slaughter cattle - Average market price - $81.10/cwt: Support price - $84.91; Support payment - $3.81/cwt ($42.45/head). Feeder cattle - Average market price - $96.31/cwt; Support price - $94.69/cwt; No support payment. Hogs - Average market price - $1.47/kg; Support price - $1.45/kg; No support payment. A support price is calculated by compar- ing present market prices and cash costs (feed, etc.) with past market prices and cash costs. Claim forms will be mailed directly to producers enrolled in the 1988 National Tripartite Stabilization Program. Application process While more than 175,000 farmers have already received their final payment under the 1987 extension of the Special Canadian Grains Program (SCGP), about 25,000 applications are still begin processed. Farmers who have been telephoning the SCGP office can be assured that their che- ques are being processed as quickly as possible. Some of these claims contain insufficient information or information that needs to be verified. In both of these cases, farmers will be contacted. In other cases, applica- tions were only recently received. It is estimated that by the second week of August, the number of outstanding claims will have been reduced to about 15,000. These remaining claims will be pro- cessed by late August or early September. The majority of first payments under SCGP, covering about 75 per cent of the total payment, was mailed by the end of March to eligible farmers. All farmers must submit application forms in order to be eligible for program benefits. Target price for milk maintained Agriculture Minister John Wise has an- nounced that the target price for industrial milk will be maintained at $47.06 a hec- tolitre as of August 1, 1988, the beginning of the new dairy year. He also announced changes to the dairy processor margin and standard product yields. The support prices for butter and skim milk powder will remain at $5.102 per kilogram and $3.013 per kilogram respec- tively. Consumer prices for dairy products will therefore be unchanged. Fluid milk prices are not affected as these prices are a provincial responsibility. Although preliminary cost -of -production data for 1987 indicated that the target price should be reduced on August 1, the federal government has decided to maintain the price at its current level, for two reasons: 1) Feed costs captured in the 1987 data were quite low and do not reflect their rapid rise since then, largely as a result of drought in some parts of the country. For example, Ontario corn prices have risen by about 70 per cent in the past three months. 2) Dairy markets would be disrupted if the target price wa:. reduced on August 1 and increased again in February 1989 to reflect rising costs. The target price announced today will remain in effect until at least February 1989. The target price for industrial milk has gone up by only 1.2 per cent since August 1986, which is considerably less than the rise in the consumer price index (8.05 per cent for the period August 1986 to June 1988). When the target price is next reviewed, before Feb. 1, 1989, the government will take into consideration the benefit that will accrue to producers from not applying the 1987 data at this time. Mr. Wise also announced that higher yields for butter and skim milk powder are being factored into the calculation of the • dairy processor margin. That processor margin will now be $7.20 per hL instead of $5,84 per hL. However, since there will be no change in support prices, dairy pro- cessor revenues remain the same. A review of standard product yields was recommended in the Biggs -Lavigne report on long-term dairy policy two years ago. These yields measure the amount of butter and skim milk powder that car. be manufactured from one hectolitre of milk. The standard product yields currently in use (4.32 kg of butter and 8.24 kg of skim milk powder per hectolitre of milk) date from 30 years ago. They are now being in- creased to 4.41 kg for butter and 8.54 kg for skim milk powder. Industrial milk is the milk. used in the manufacture of dairy products such as butter, cheese, yogurt, ice cream, and skim milk powder. The target price is set at a level which allows efficient milk pro- ducers to cover their cash costs and obtain a fair return for their labour and invest- ment related to the production of in- dustrial milk. Although the target price is set nationally, the actual market returns producers receive vary, depending on pricing decisions in each province. Egg prices are up The price paid to producers for Grade A large eggs in August will increase in all provinces, the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency (CEMA) announced today. Prices paid to farmers in Manitoba and Nova Scotia will increase five cents per dozen, while prices in all other provinces will rise by six cents per dozen. The price increase is due to higher feed costs. The price for feed throughout Canada has soared because of the severe drought in most regions of the country. CEMA sets the producer price for Grade A large eggs at the beginning of each month using a cost of production formula. The federal government's National Farm Products Marketing Council is ad- vised of the prices before they are announced.