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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-03-18, Page 15ATTENTION FARMERS Whether you operate long or short haul vehicles, construction equipment or tam tractors, the compact Midland 2 -Way FM radio means fewer wasted miles. When a dove, wtose vehicle rs used for business can receive and send messages he i5 less likely to do a lot of needless drmng That's simply because Ile can be told when a pock up or delivery has been cancelled a when a new one has been requested A businessman making calls can receive new information trat could affect a sale In other words t saves bine and vehicle miles And that means looney saved. especlalty .mportant tnese days wah using COS15 Of labovehicles and fuel Companies using Mdland 2-6ay FM radio eau pment have found that the„ fleet vehicle efficiency has sgn,frcantly increased to etlectne dollar sa viNs In tact. some companies have reposed a reduction m the number of vehicles requn ed to do the same arnnou It of work after they started using Z2 y acro And on farms in logging areas and heavy construclral Sites. dnrers can keep on tduch we longer d,stanCes a th no mea. sagegarbtmg -- IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN REDUCING DOWN-TIME OR WAITING TIME DURING SPRING PLANTING CONTACT REABURN ELECTRONICS R.R. 2, Dashwood Phone 294-6487 We Service What We Sell Few people in this countiy give much thought to whether the harvest in Russia is successful. In fact, most red-baiters chuckle with delight when they learn the Russian bear has to prowl the tvorld to feed its people. But those Russian failures coupled with a below-average corn crop in the U.S. Midwest mean that Canadians will pay more for food in the next year or more. Why? Because grain, which includes wheat and corn, are the major costs in the production of beef, hogs and poultry. It is the old law of supply and demand. Russia shops the world to feed her people. Any surplus grain is bought by them. This leaves much less grain for livestock feed. When the demand is there, the price escalates. The effects, then of a grain shortage in Russia -- and China, too -- are felt all around the world. Only so much grain is available. If the Soviet Union or the U.S. farmers are forced to pay more feed grains, so does everybody else. The whole picture means that food prices will increase in Canada by 12 to 14 per- cent, according to the Food Markets Analysis Division of Agriculture Canada. The increase will be led by pork, poultry and vegetable prices. Why vegetables, too? Because weather has letters art appreciated by Bob Trolls Idale Rd Elmua Om Nae 2C7 devastated fruit and vegetable crops in Florida. Again, the _old law of supply and demand takes over. The effects at the retail level will soon be felt. We can only hope that the vegetable crop in Canada this year will be a bumper one. Those boys in Bradford marsh need a good year, a bumper year, for a change. It may also persuade more people to buy Canadian instead of paying exorbitant prices for imports from Plan event on soils To keep you up-to-date on the wise use of soil today and saving soil for tomorrow, the Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Association are presenting a soil and Crop management program. The program will be held on Wednesday, April 1, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Pineridge Chalet between Hensall and Zurich. Windbreaks on the Farm. Crop Rotation. Principles of Tillage. Alternatives to the Mold board Plow. These are a few of the topics to be covered. Experiences of innovative farmers and researchers will be featured. There will be plenty of op portunity for discussion and questions. A buffet dinner is included in the cost of $8.00 per per- son. Tickets are available from your township direc tors or the Agricultural Office in Clinton. V -III silage distributor—unloader by BUTLER® \. P1 Quick change -over Another reason why all ring -drive silo unloaders are riot alike: Two machines in one. Power distributor delivers silage evenly during filling for better com- paction, more silo capacity. Easily changes from filling to feeding, in minutes. Distributor stores in l bracket, out of the way, during unloading. See us for systems and service that help make the good life better. GLCNDINNING FARM EQUIP., LTD. Route 2 Lucan, Ontario Canada NOM 2J0 Phone 519-227-4593 or 519-294-6574 519-345-2723 across the line. Canadian consumers spend about $2.5 billion a year on imported foods, money that could benefit the Canadian farmer. Not all of that food can be grown in this country but there is no doubt in the minds of most farmers that a good deal of it could be grown here given the right incentives for farmers. Even so, Canadians are fortunate when it comes to spending money on food. It is extremely difficult to get accurate figures but there is little doubt that Canada's consumers pay less for food than any other nation in the world with the possible exception of the United States. In most developed nations, including the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and the Scan- dinavian countries, food costs eat up about 25 to 30 cents of every disposable income dollar. In Third World countries as much as 80 and 90 cents of every disposable income dollar goes to food. Not long ago, I was privileged to be the guest speaker at a dinner and I gave these figures in my talk. After the meal, a kindly gentleman came up to me with a smile on his face. "I just got back from - (West) Germany," he said. "I was visiting my daughter and her husband. Do you know what eggs cost over there?" "No," I said. "Thirty-five cents," he answered. "A dozen?" I said, in- credulously. "Each!" he said. "And they are packed only 10 to a box. That's $3.50 for 10 eggs. Gasoline is 81 a litre – not a gallon, a litre." Those are just two items he mentioned. I'm sure there are many others. It is without fear of con- tradiction that I can say Canadians are perhaps the • most fortunate people in the world when it comes to food costs, even if prices go up another 12 to 14 percent this year. Have first farm draw The first winner in the 1981 Farmer of the Week series is Mervyn Hayter of Varna. He wins a $25 gift cer- tificate from any of the spon- sors listed on the page. 'Similar prizes will be award- ed for the next nine weeks to the person whose coupon is drawn. TWENTY-FIVE YEAR PIN — Rural route mail carrier Harry Smith is awarded a 25 year service pin by supervisory post master Wayne Wigelsworth (left) and Hensall post master Cecil Kipfer (right). Wigelsworth from Clinton, was presenting service and safety awards at the Hensall post office, Friday. Ontario a roto ists J J meetingat Centralia mrms. Switch wur defense to FURAN. It's a fact. The best way to consistently control corn root - worms is to alternate carbamate and organophosphate insecticides each year. And FURADAN in- secticide from Chemagro is the carbamate to switch to. The outstanding contact activity of FURADAN stops early root - worms cold, before they can damage delicate feeder roots. And, FURADAN protects brace roots from later rootworm attack. Helps stalks remain upright for easier harvesting and better yields. Apply FURADAN as you plant. Hard, purple granules won't bridge or clog applicator boxes. This year, don't take chances with your corn yields, switch to FURADAN is a Reg TM of FMC Corp FURADAN. Your best defense against corn rootworms. • Order FURADAN now from: Scotts Elevator Ltd., Lucan 81302CA•10 The annual meeting and Newcastle -Upon -Tyne Uni- convention of the Ontario in- versity in England. sititute of Agrologists will be Henry Pa u 1 s , held at Centralia College of Saskatchewan born, Ontario Agricultural Technology, raised, a graduate of the Huron Park, March 26-28. University of Guelph 1963, "Marketing, The Tool for has spent many years in a the Eighties" will be the market development role Conference theme. Plenary with the Ontario government sessions will feature here and in the U.K., speakers from the United Europe. South America and States and Canada. Theme the Far East. He is well speaker at the opening ses- qualified to explain On- sion Friday. March 27 at 9:15 tario's program of develop- a.m. will be Dr. Max Brunk, ing export markets. Professor of Marketing in The final presentation the Department of l Saturday morning will be Agricultural Economics at that of Madan Mallick of Cornell University, where he S t r a t h r o y. He has a has taught marketing successful practical ex - courses since 1947. He has perience in establishing, pioneered the use of con- developing. and servicing trolled experiments in an export market. first as a marketing. member of the Cuddy Dr. Brunk has received organization and later on his many awards, including the own with Canit Farms and American Farm Bureau the continuing export of Cud - Distinguished Service to dy turkey poults to overseas American Agriculture cita- customers. This successful tion. He gave seminars in entrepreneur. now involved Australia and New Zealand in other enterprises as well on the meat trade in 1974 and as agricultural exports, will again in 1980. He was chosen have an interesting story to Klinck Lecturer by the tell. Agricultural Institute of Byron Beeler. P.Ag., ex - Canada in 1975 and delivered ecutive vice-president of the 1979 J.S. McLean Ciba Geigy Seeds Limited, Memorial Lecture at the will summarize the program University of Guelph. His just before lunch time on subject at the Conference Saturday. Mr. Beeler, a will be the "Emerging riative of Nova Scotia, a Marketn.g Concepts, from , graduate of Nova Scotia the Rise and Fall of Agricultural College, has ex - Previous Food Systems". tensive experience in many Ralph Ferguson, M.P. will fields prior to his present speak on the "Development position. of Agricultural Exports, the He is a member of the National Perspective". Mr. Agricultural Institute of Ferguson. with a history of Canada, a charter member service to agriculture in his of the Ontario Institute of own county of Lambton, has Agrologists, a member of held responsible postions in the Canadian Society of agricultural programs at the Federal level pertaining to Canadian Marketing Agen- cies prior to his election in 1980 to represent Lambton- Middlesex. Peter Hannam, a Guelph area farmer. a past Presi- dent of the Ontario Federa- tion of Agriculture, a Professional Agrologist and recently appointed Chair- man of the Canadian Livestock Feed Board Ad- visory Committee, is the third speaker Friday mor- ning. The regular annual f th t, meeting business o e Institute will be ,dealt with Friday afternoon. President Dr. C.M. Switzer. P.Ag., will preside over what promises to be an interesting session. Increases in staff and facilities to meet expanding needs of the organization, a rise in membership fees, and an "Agrologists In Training.' proposal, will all be considered. Larry Lenhardt. I'.Ag., president' elect. will be installed as the next ,president at Saturday's luncheon. Saturday morning at 9, William Doyle. Assistant Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food, will discuss the Ontario Market and Opportunities fbr Ex- panded Ontario Production. Mr. Doyle. a graduate of University College, Dublin, in Agricultural and Commerce. was an Agricultural Consultant in the United Kingdom for several years. and for the past thirteen years has held a wide-ranging number of responsible positions in areas of marketing and marketing development, both domestic and export, with the Ontario Ministry. Following Mr. Doyle's presentation Saturday mor- ning. Dr. David Hughes will take a look at Agricultural Products l'romotion. As vice-president of Board with Hughes Associates Limited, Ontario's largest indepen- dent counsulting company specializing inthe agriculture and food inaustries, Dr. Hughes is eminently qualified to discuss this aspect of "Marketing". Ile has a first degree in Agricultural Economics, a Masters in Agricultural Marketing. and a Ph.D. in Food Marketing, all from United Kindom Universities. Prior to coming to Canada he was Professor of Agricultural Marketing at Times -Advocate, March 18, 1981 Page 15 ' IIII1111111111111111111111111111mili I ilii1111111111111111111111111111I1 IIIIIIItIlIl111111 imiw1111II111IL-- =y orksh‘re Production S` ale be,�oc Friday, March 20, 1 p.m AT MARTHEO FARM 112 miles north of London, Ont. Highbury Ave= = and 13th Conc. Sale Offering 35 Bred Gilts 30 Open Gilts 30 Boors ff R.O.P. Tested'Gov't Health Approved g For Catalogues Contact ONTARIO SWINE _ Martheo Farm BREEDERS ASSOC I Ted Schendera M.R. (Max) Balazs, Sec -M R. R. 4, Denfield, Ont. 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