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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1995-11-15, Page 14CONVEYAIRmi Easier, Healthier, Safer GRAIN MOVER Ready to Vac!! as low as: $13,100.00* Includes Hoses and Dust Collector System • MSL - Dealer may sell for less authorized dealer Huron Feeding Systems Brussels 519 /887-6289 Well done Huron Federation of Agriculture President Steve Thompson, right presents Mason Bailey with an award for his contribution to agriculture. Batley earns HFA award for contribution • • • TUESDAYS 9 a.m. THURSDAYS 10:00 a.m. FRIDAYS 10:00 a.m. 1:00 p.m. Finished Cattle & Cows Dropped Calves Veals followed by Goats Sheep & Lambs Stocker Cattle Pigs BRUSSELS LIVESTOCK Division of Gamble & Rogers Ltd. PCOMING SALES USSELS THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1995. PAGE 15. Brussels Livestock report Large offering of stockers, prices drop $3-$5 Sales at Brussels Livestock for the week ending Nov. 11 were: fed cattle, 710; cows, 331; veal calves, 214; lambs and goats, light run; stockers, 3,214; and pigs, 163. Fed steers and heifers at Brussels Livestock were selling on a strong active trade. Cows sold $3 - $5 higher. On Thursday veal and lambs sold on a strong active trade. On Friday stocker calves were selling $3 - $5 lower and yearlings were steady. There were 552 steers on offer selling from $84 to $88 to the high of $100. Twenty-one steers consigned by Bill Herron, Tara, averaging 1,546 lbs. sold for an average of $82.75 with sales to $100. Twenty-six steers consigned by Jim Howatt, Londesboro, Mason Bailey of Blyth was named the 20th winner of the Huron County Federation of Agri- culture (HCFA) Award for contri- bution to agriculture at the Federation's annual meeting in Holmesville, Friday night. In announcing the award, Feder- ation President Steve Thompson said Bailey had been attracted to OFA first during the General Farm Organization vote in the late 1960s. He later served nine years as a director with the Huron Federation, seven years on the executive and two years as president. He was a regional director to OFA for six years and spent one year on the OFA executive. He was chair of the Hydro Routes Negotiating Com- mittee of OFA for two years. He has been active in the com- munity spending four years as a member the Clinton Public Hospi- tal Board, 12 years on the Clinton Community Credit Union Board (one as president), three years on the North Huron Publishing Com- pany, three years on the board ofthe Ontario Mutual Insurance Compa- ny, one half years on Blyth Village council and one year as village reeve. After years as a real estate agent averaging 1,398 lbs. sold for an average of $87.01 with sales to $93.75. Forty-five steers consigned by Russell Halliday, Chesley, averaging 1,312 lbs. sold for an average of $87.23 with sales to $92.75. Eighteen steers consigned by Johnston Farms, Bluevale, averaging 1,364 lbs. sold for an average of $86.91 with sales to $92.50. Forty-two steers consigned by Cunningham Farms, Lucan, averaging 1,377 lbs. sold for an average of $85.67 with sales to $90.50. Five steers consigned by Percy Bros., Holyrood, averaging 1,312 lbs. sold for an average of $82.63 with sales to $88.75. Twelve steers consigned by Peter Ryzebol, Orangeville, averaging and developer, he has re-entered farming as an operator with a 16,000-tree orchard on a farm west of Blyth and two retail outlets. Bailey said he was completely surprised by the award but after his accomplishments were listed he joked "You ain't seen nothin' yet." Guest speaker at the meeting was Marcel Beaubien, MPP for Lambton and parliamentary assis- tant to Noble Villeneuve, Ontario Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Ontario is open for business, Beaubien said. Beaubien read the statistics showing how government spending had grown necessitating drastic cut- backs, stating government expendi- tures would be $9 billion less if they had grown only at the rate of inflation since the end of the Bill Davis era. The $9 billion cost of servicing government debt is more than is spent on hospitals or educa- tion at the elementary and sec- ondary level, he said. Beaubien said the government is changing labour legislation, includ- ing the farm labour relations act and is dismantling the barriers to growth. It is cutting the red tape so that business can produce jobs not spend time filling out forms. The 1,289 lbs. sold for an average of $79.26 with sales to $88. Forty steers consigned by W. B. Pletch Co. Ltd., Rockwood, averaging 1,367 lbs. with sales to $87.75. Two steers consigned by Clayton McClure, Seaforth, averaging 1,063 lbs. sold for an average of $85.09 with sales to $87.50. Nineteen steers consigned by Lorne Forster, Lucknow, averaging 1,302 lbs. sold for an average of $85.27 with sales to $87. There were 132 heifers on offer selling from $84 to $86 to the high of $87.75. One heifer consigned by Ron Gordon, Blyth, weighing 1,170 lbs. sold for $87.75. One heifer consigned by Aaron Fischer, Ayton, weighing 1,245 lbs. sold for $87. Fourteen heifers consigned by Mux Lea Farms, Woodstock, averaging 1,192 lbs. sold for an average of $83.70 with sales to $86.50. Four heifers consigned by Amos L. Martin, Wallenstein, averaging 1,050 lbs. sold for an average of $81.57 with sales to $84.75. Three heifers consigned by Paul Seifried, Mildmay, averaging government is creating a stable environment that eliminates sur- prises, he said. But Tony Morris, vice-president of OFA, says Ontario must have a government that understands, the importance of rural infrastructure. Morris said it was fine for Ontario to be open for business but rural Ontario, including farmers, is being severely disadvantaged because of a lack of necessary services. In New Brunswick, he said, 100 per cent of every telephone line is now made of high-tech fibre optics, allowing high speed electronic transmissions. New services are being offered to urban dwellers in Ontario but in rural Ontario "we still have party lines that can't even use a fax machine." The governMent is declaring the province open for business but in rural Ontario "we haven't even unlocked the door," he said. He pointed to issues raised earli- er in the meeting about cuts in rural health care and a reduction in coun- ty highway winter road clearing operations because of government cuts. "We have to have a govern- ment that understands the impor- tance of rural infrastructure. True common sense would be to recog- nize the value of the hand that feeds you," Morris said. Two resolutions passed at the meeting dealt with rural infrastruc- ture problems. In the first, Jim McIntosh called for improved emergency service from Ontario Hydro. "It's been a problem that's been creeping up for the last few years," he said. While urban areas have seen very little reduction of service by their PUC's, Ontario Hydro'customers in rural areas find it practically impossible to reach anyone at a local office to report a problem. "I don't think we need the high level of service we used to get, but we need more than now," he said. The resolution was carried. A second resolution called for the Ministry of Health to take action to develop a plan for the recruiting and payment of doctors to provide emergency room cover- age for rural hospitals. Supporting the motion, Doug Garniss of Morris Twp., a former HCFA president, said the previous government gave the Ontario Medi- 1,096 lbs. sold for an average of $83.81 with sales to $84.50. Four heifers consigned by Machan Construction, Monkton, averaging 1,181 lbs. sold for an average of $83.51 with sales to $83.75. Five heifers consigned by Earl Bennewies, Bornholm, averaging 1,110 lbs. sold for an average of $82.54 with sales to $83.50. Three heifers consigned by Wallace Lewis, Holstein, averaging 1,043 lbs. sold for an average of $82.85 with sales to $83.50. Eleven heifers consigned by William Alderson, Clifford, averaging 1,243 lbs. sold for an average of $81.50 with sales to $83. There were 331 cows on offer selling from $30 to $48 to the high of $62.50. Three cows consigned by Janet Farrell, Ripley, averaging 1,223 lbs. sold for an average of $52 with sales to $62.50. Eleven cows consigned by Eldon Mac- Kinnon, Paisley, averaging 1,112 lbs. sold for an average of $43.83 with sales to $59. Eight cows consigned by Kladon Farms, Kincardine, averaging 1,229 lbs. sold for an average of $44.84 with cal Association the power to dis- tribute medical funds to doctors and the system is not working for rural doctors. Garniss said he understood all rural hospitals were having to pay additional emergency room fees from their own budgets to get doctors to work. Both resolutions will be sent on to OFA. Morris Twp. pork producer Dave Linton questioned the com- mitment of the government to get out of the road of business, point- ing to the Farm Products Marketing Commission decision to postpone the resumption of the open auction sale of Ontario hogs. Calling the commission a "kangaroo court", Linton told Beaubien Ontario Pork had followed the letter of its agree- ment in giving proper notice to the packers of the resumption of the auction yet the FPMC had chosen to interfere on behalf of the packers and against the best interests of Ontario's 7,000 producers of pork. Beaubien defended the decision saying the commission must look at the long-term good of the entire industry. The packing industry is a big producer of jobs, he said. Not only big packers but also small abattoirs are not happy with the way Ontario Pork sells its hogs, he said. "The only way to get rid of friction is to sit everyone around a table," he said. sales to $59. There were 19 bulls on offer selling from $48.50 to $61.75 to the high of $72.25. One Charolais bull consigned by Bill Herron, Tara, weighing 1,775 lbs. sold for $72.25. One Limousin bull consigned by Dr. Dave Bicsenthal, Walkerton, weighing 1,960 lbs. sold for $65. There were 214 veal on offer selling - Holstein, $75 to $90; Beef, $80 to $109., Three veal consigned by Henry Tenhove, Monkton, averaging 700 lbs. sold for an average of $88.88 with sales to $109. One veal consigned by Allan Mckinnon, Shallow Lake, weighing 630 lbs. sold for $105. Four veal consigned by Don Smith, Mount Forest, averaging 660 lbs. sold for an average of $94.68 with sales to $104.50. Steers, 400 - 499 lbs., sold $75 to $144; 500 - 599 lbs., $78.50 to $100.50; 600 - 699 lbs., $73 to $102.25; 700 - 799 lbs., $70 to $93.50; 800 - 899 lbs., $80 to $107.50; and 900 lbs. and over, $78.50 to $108. Heifers, 300 - 399 lbs., sold $68 to $100; 400 - 499 lbs., $73.50 to $79; 500 - 599 lbs., $70 to'$83; 600 - 699 lbs., $69.50 to $83; 700 - 799 lbs., $73.75 to $87 and 800 lbs. and over, $75.75 to $89.50. arm