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Huron farm and home news
AREA AUTHORITY MEMBERS —
Talking along the river banks at Grand Bend during
Thursday's tour of the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority are members Leroy Thiel,
Zurich Jake Reeder, Goderich township and Roy Westcott, Usborne. T -A photo
He sat calmly in front of
the camera in his fancy
ascot tie and expensive shirt
delivering a dissertation
against the Canadian Egg
Marketing Agency.
He called the officers and
directors of the agency a
bunch of klutzes. He said
they were gouging the public
through the egg marketing
agency. intimating that
Canadians paid more than 10
cents a dozen too much for
eggs last year.
He is a professor of
something -or -other at a un-
iversity. He has a 10 -minute
talk once a week on a local
television station. He was
quoting from the report
recently tabled in the House
of Commons on what should
be done to deregulate life in
Canada. Three economists
prepared the report which
said supply management
marketing boards in Canada
had too much power.
I do not know two of the
three men who wrote the
report. I have met Dr. T.K.
(Sandy) Warley of the
University of Guelph. Dr.
Warley is an economist. I
have no idea whether he
knows anything about far-
ming.
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Equipment
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Exeter
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I would be willing to bet.
though, that the television
commentator has not been
to work in a barnyard since
Noah was an able-bodied
seaman: no closer to a farm
than to wrinkle his nose
when shooting past a
recently-manured field on
his way to another city con-
ference or his summer cot-
tage.
He probably has no idea of
the bloodsweatandtears. the
work and the worry. that is
part of farming. He knows
little or nothing about the
chaos that reigned in egg
producing a decade ago
when literally hundreds of
farmers were forced out of
business.
On his $36.000 -a -year job
with tenure. he knows he
cannot be fired. He feels
free to criticize from his
ivory tower. insulated from
the tough situations farmers
are in today.
I wonder. too. how much
checking he did to make the
statements on television. It
is unfortunate that only one
side of the story is heard.
Ralph Barrie. a farmer
himself and president of the
Ontario Federation of
Agriculture. maintains that
the report to the economic
council is unfounded. based
on theories and comparisons
that have little to do with the
realities of farming.
"If these academics would
climb down from their ivory
towers and spend some time
in the farmers' shoes. they'd
know this isn't true." Barrie
says. "Because quotas have
a value. they Ithe
economists) attach a
hypothetical return of 12
percent to that value. This
amount. they say. is excess
income. yet the farmer
never receives this money.
How can you pay ( feed) bills
with non-existent interest''"
Barrie challenges the
statement that Canadian
dairy farmers are less
productive than American
farmers.
"Those economists don't
realize the two countries use
different reporting methods.
If you used the same
methods. productivity would
be roughly equal."
Barrie. along with hun-
dreds of other farmers
across Canada. is disgusted
with a government body at-
tacking one of the hardest
working sectors of the Cana-
dian economy. Farmers are
finding it almost impossible
to survive with high input
costs. banks charging usury
rates and energy costs going
right through the hay mow.
Horror stories keep com-
ing about foreclosures. An
excellent barometer of
what is happening in the
country is the huge number
of farm auction sales. Just
check the auction sale sec-
tion of your favorite family
journal these days and
reflect that a great many of
those sales are caused by
farmers being forced out of
business. They are the cold
hard facts of farming today.
Those advertisments are the
hopes and dreams of hun-
dreds of people reduced to
the black -and white of a
world gone crazy_
If something is not done
for .agriculture soon.
Canada's ability to feed
itself will he crippled.
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Farm fatalities frightening
Earlier this month,
several enthusiastic young
urbanites with a keen in-
terest in agriculture applied
to participate in the 1981
Junior Agriculturalist
Program.
They will soon be in our
rural community doing
things that they never
thought they would have an
opportunity to do - haying,
milking, cleaning out calf
pens, driving tractor,
picking stones - painting
fences - all the things that
are part of a day's work on a
farm.
The Junior Aggies are out
on the farms to learn about
productive agriculture and
rural farm life. By the end of
the summer each participant
should have a better ap-
preciation of this business of
farming.
The program not only
helps to bridge the gap
between rural and urbanites
for the Junior Agriculturalist
but creates a greater
awareness for their family
and friends as well.
Farmers as well as
students harvest benefits
from the program • it
provides help for the host
farmer during the busy
summer months and gives
them a chance to work
with... young enthusiastic
people. So look around!
If you see a new face in the
community it just might be a
Junior Agriculturalist.
Invite them out to your next
4-H, Junior Farmer or other
community events so that
they can go with a well-
rounded taste of rural life
and a warm feeling for
country people.
Sharon Salm, Junior
Agriculturist Co-ordinator
* * *
Irecently received a
report on the 1980 farm
fatalities in Ontario and I
would like to describe three
cases that caught my eye.
(1) victim (age3) climbed
on a gate to get a better vew
of father hooking up
backhoe unit. Gate collap-
sed, crushing victim bet-
ween gate and support arm
of the backhoe.
(2) Victim (age 2) was on a
tractor with his brother.
Driver swerved to avoid
hitting a dog and victim fell
off and was run over by right
rear wheel of the tractor.
(3) Victim (age 3) was
walking across the lot when
she stepped on an old
abandoned well covered wth
cedar boards. The boards
collapsed and she fell into
the well and drowned.
These are actual cases as
reported to the Ontario
Farm Safety Association last
year. I guess that this hits
home because I have two
daughters about the same
ages as those described
above and I suppose we've
been lucky that nothing more
serious than a few scratches
and bruises have ever
happened to them.
How many times have we
been wrapped up in our work
that we have forgotten about
our "little people"? How
many times have we taken
them granted and think that
they should know how to be
careful?
With today's modern
machinery and technology in
farming, there is more op-
portunity to have an ac-
cident. We might think that
we are safety conscious, but
we aren't, because we take
chances and risks thinking
that this will never happen to
us. Our children like to copy
the things that mummy and
daddy do and thereby take
the same chances that we do.
Educate your children to
be farm safety conscious,
because I don't want to read
about your child in the 1981
Farm Fatalities Report next
year. Len MacGregor
Extension Assistant.
Rte, FARMERS
IN HURON COUNTY
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JUNIOR FARMER ROYALTY — Diane Maclean and Ralph Morrison were named Huron
Junior Farmers Queen and King for 1981 at a dance in Hensoll recently. The new Royal pair
are shown in the centre of the above picture with last year's Queen Elaine Pym at the left
and 1980 King Brian Williams at the right. T -A photo
On-farm computer use
becoming more popular
A new service to Ontario
farmers who are eyeing
computers and their on-farm
application is taking shape
with the creation of an on-
farm computer group. The
group wants to formulate
strategy for farmer -
consumers in order to keep
up with rapidly advancing
computer technology.
"Farmers are becoming
keenly interested in acquir-
ing microcomputers and
software (computer
programs)." said the in-
terim chairman of the group
and Farm Economics Sec-
tion Head of Ridgetown
College of Agricultural
Technology. Bill Allen.
"We're trying to get a handle
on who is writing computer
programs for agriculture
and who is providing support
information to on-farm com-
puter users."
The on-farm computer
group is also trying to find
out who is purchasing com-
puters for farms and what
agricultural programs those
purchasers are using.
The group is comprised of
individuals representing
Agriculture Canada. the On-
tario Ministry of Agriculture
and Food. Colleges of
Agricultural Technology. the
University of Guelph. the
computer industry,
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agricultural marketing
boards, and farmers.
The group fills a void. ac-
cording to Ridgetown
College Farm Economics
Section staffer. Randy Ross.
because "there are no good
sources of information in On-
tario about computer
programs relate_d_._to
agriculture."
One area where informa-
tion is badly needed is in
agricultural programs in an
Ontario setting relative to
tax laws. said Ross.
He said the on-farm com-
puter group will also have
contact with agricultural
committees located across
Canada and the united
States.
The objectives of, the
group are three:
- to compile a directory of
farmers currently using on-
farm computers and those
interested in purchasing
computers:
- to develop a catalogue of
agricultural software that is
available to farmers: and
- to establish a newsletter to
keep on-farm computer
users updated.
"We want farmers using
computers to contact us to
help compile the list for the
directory and to contribute,
via a questionnaire. to the
catalogue." said Allen. The
directory will be updated
regularly.
Both the newsletter and
the catalogue will be produc-
ed by Allen and Ross at
R.C.A.T. John Cardiff of the
Ontario Milk Marketing
Board will compile the
directory. Interested
farmers should direct their
correspondence to Randy
Ross, c/o Ridgetown College
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on new Case farm tractors
purchased between June 1, and June 30, 1981.
If you buy any of our new Case farm tractors or a used farm tractor of any make
between June 1, 1981 and June 30. 1981, and finance it through J I Case Credit Corporation
... finance charges will be waived from date of purchase until January 1. 1982.
plus ■ . ■ Cash rebates up to
$3000
If you buy one of our new Case farm tractors between June 1. 1981 and June 30. 1981,
Case will send you a check for the dollar amount shown on the chart
for the model you buy, or you can apply the rebate towards your down payment.
NOTE: Government Agencies Departments do not qualify for rebate.
Optional super cash 1 rebate
It you buy a new 1190, 1290.
or 1690 tractor and choose not (0 accept
the Waiver of finance charges
your optional cash rebate will be $1700
instead of 51000
Special factory allowances on
selected models. Ask us for. details.
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FARM SUPPLY IMITED
SALES & SERVICE REPAIRS
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Use Roundup° to control small patches
of milkweed and Canada thistle
before they become big problems.
Once milkweed and Canada thistle
enter your beans or grain crops, they
can develop into a serious problem in
almost no time at all. But you can
control these tough weeds - right in
the crop - with a spot treatment of
Roundup`s herbicide by Monsanto.
Just spray Roundup in the infested
areas when the weeds have reached
the proper stage of growth.* Roundup
knocks out the weeds right down to the
roots - so they won't grow back. And
with Roundup, there's no carryover to
next year's crop.
So when milkweed and Canada thistle
invade your crops, reach for Roundup
Nothing works
like Roundup.
r . . and control them before they spread
into a serious problem.
*More than one treatment may be
necessary because all milkweed plants
do not reach the proper stage of growth
at the same time. Also, crop in the
treated area will be destroyed.
Monsanto
Monsanto Canada Inc.
55 Murray Park Road
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3J 2W2
ALWAYS FOLLOW THE LABEL
DIRECTIONS FOR ROUNDUP*.
Roundup` is a registered trademark of Monsanto Company.
Monsanto Canada Inc, registered user.
''Monsanto Company 1961. RCN -8-81
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Eligible Model
Cash Rebate
1190, 1290,
1390,
1490,
1690
S1000
2090,2290
2390,2590
$1500
4490, 4690,
4890
S3000
Optional super cash 1 rebate
It you buy a new 1190, 1290.
or 1690 tractor and choose not (0 accept
the Waiver of finance charges
your optional cash rebate will be $1700
instead of 51000
Special factory allowances on
selected models. Ask us for. details.
CERTIFIED
SERVICE
PHONE
236-4934 236-4321
FARM SUPPLY IMITED
SALES & SERVICE REPAIRS
�3a
Use Roundup° to control small patches
of milkweed and Canada thistle
before they become big problems.
Once milkweed and Canada thistle
enter your beans or grain crops, they
can develop into a serious problem in
almost no time at all. But you can
control these tough weeds - right in
the crop - with a spot treatment of
Roundup`s herbicide by Monsanto.
Just spray Roundup in the infested
areas when the weeds have reached
the proper stage of growth.* Roundup
knocks out the weeds right down to the
roots - so they won't grow back. And
with Roundup, there's no carryover to
next year's crop.
So when milkweed and Canada thistle
invade your crops, reach for Roundup
Nothing works
like Roundup.
r . . and control them before they spread
into a serious problem.
*More than one treatment may be
necessary because all milkweed plants
do not reach the proper stage of growth
at the same time. Also, crop in the
treated area will be destroyed.
Monsanto
Monsanto Canada Inc.
55 Murray Park Road
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3J 2W2
ALWAYS FOLLOW THE LABEL
DIRECTIONS FOR ROUNDUP*.
Roundup` is a registered trademark of Monsanto Company.
Monsanto Canada Inc, registered user.
''Monsanto Company 1961. RCN -8-81
a..