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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1981-06-24, Page 24Timm. -Advocate, June 24, 1981 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. Cecil R Squire Sales & Service Repair Shop Equipment 47 John St. E. Exeter 235-0465 Pne foot in the furrow' byi� . • 13 o Nottek id,. Rd Fina. Ont N3e ll' 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. al161IIIIIIIIIIIil1111I111111ilII11IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIII111111111111111IIIIIIIIII11111111IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII111111Il111II,114611111111111111111111111111111 s EE Dietrich Metal Products Manufacturer of Metal Trim Sales of Steel Siding Farm Building Construction Concrete Forming Complete Building Sales fors Self -Erected Structures 1 1/4 Miles West of Mt. Carmel and 1/2 Mile South ER.R.# 8 Parkhill Phone 294-6940- P1IMHIIIIIIIl111111161111I111I116111IHIl11111111 1111111IIIII11I11111111161111161111I111111111111111111IIl1IIlIl11II11I111111616111111111111111111111I111fIIIIIIIIIIIIOA 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 "THINKING OF REAL ESTATE, THINK STEVE BUCHANAN" SPECIALIZING IN THE SALE OF FARMS FOR 26 THE SQUARE GODERICH CALL 524-4700 EVENINGS 524-9097 OFFICE ruire Waiver of finance' charges Januaryi, 1982 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. 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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 MAKES GOOD SILAGE BETTER SILA-BAC. A . N O SILAGE INOCULANT George Sereda Exeter 235-0273 William Coleman Kippen 262-5031 of Agricultural Technology. Ridgetown, Ontario. NOP 2CO. 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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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.. 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..