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46 THE RURAL VOICE
NEWS
UNREGULATED EGG PRODUCER SAYS
HE WILL APPEAL THIRD COURT CONVICTION
by Glenn Creamer
A Huron County farmer is going to
try one more time. Over the past three
years, Clarence Rau has been convicted
three times of having too many laying
hens. His third conviction came July 4,
1989, but Rau says he is appealing the
decisions.
The former reeve of Stanley Town-
ship has a 100 -acre mixed farming op-
eration south of Bayfield. His cash
crops include white beans, soybeans,
and corn. He keeps 450 hogs and 500
hens.
After getting out of the beef business
in 1982, Rau bought 500 hens. Realiz-
ing a good return on his investment, he
increased his flock to 1,000 in 1983 and
to 1,400 in 1984. A year later he was
charged with having too many hens.
The Ontario Egg Producers Market-
ing Board puts a limit on producers who
do not have a quota. Rau, classified as
an "unregulated producer," is permitted
under board regulations to have only
500 hens (since 1983, new unregulated
producers have been allowed only 100
hens). On July 14, 1986, Rau pleaded
guilty to the charge and was fined $200.
Eight days later, the board laid the
same charge again. Rau contended that
he hadn't had enough time to dispose of
the excess hens properly. He pleaded
guilty to the second charge and was
fined $500.
Rau consulted with his lawyer, who
in turn reviewed the board's regulations
and interpreted the exemption clause as
permitting Rau to have 500 hens, his
wife to have 100, and each of his chil-
dren to have 100. The flock was in-
creased again, Rau was charged again,
and he was convicted for the third time.
The fine was $1,000. Today he has only
500 hens.
Rau says he did not buy a quota from
(cont'd)
STRATFORD HOSTS WORLD GUERNSEY SHOW
At the World Guernsey Conference International Show held last month in Stratford,
a new electronic identification system proved to be a success. All but two of the
animals on show carried a micro -chip implant at the base of their tails. A hand-held
scanner waved over the micro -chip produced the name, lot number, owner, and sire
and dam of the animal on a screen. The identification system was devised by Anitech
Identification Systems Inc. of Markham. Grand Champion of the show was Lenhaven
G H Tess, owned by Donald, David, and Martha Schwartz and Maynard Bell of
Cookstown. Premier Breeder was Callumlea Farm, owned by John and Ken McNabb
of Georgetown. Premier Exhibitor was Big Spring Farms Ltd. of Kitchener.