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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-03-09, Page 15i Title search said a must Before purchasing used farm machinery, buyers should protect themselves from loss by ensuring there are -no outstanding claims against the equipment. "It's good busines practice to make purchases condi- tional oil, having the oppor- tunity to search and clear ti- tle", says John Kessler,, secretary -manager of the Farm Machinery Board, operated by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture acid Food. Claims and finance con- tracts may be registered against the equipment under the Ontario Personal Proper- ty Security Act..Under this act, all claims are registered 'on a coefputerized central registration system. Local ac- cess to this central computer is available at 48 district of-, fices of the Ministry of Con- sumer and Commercial Rela- . • tions. Title searches may be initiated at these offices by , telephone for a $2 fee or by re- questing a computer printout fora fee of $10. ' To initiate the search, the operator needs the exact name of the individual or cor- poration, Kessler says. "A prospective buyer should take advantage of this -registration system because it prevents him from losing his money if there are registrations against the .equipment by • other creditors". Kessler advised buyers to search the title before making any purchases, particularly if the history of the equipment and the seller is not known or is questionable. 11 ELANCO CURLING WiNNERS— A rink from the Hensall Co-op skipped by Larry Shapton won the first draw of Wednesday's curling bonspiel sponsored by Elanco. Above, Elanco sales rep Jim peBiock congratulates Larry Shapton, Ross McBeath, Allan Hayter and Reiny Freiter. T -A photo Gravel pits are a necessary evil, like garbage dumps. Gravel pits dot the land- scape like ugly, open sores on the farmlands of Ontario. To build roads, parking lots, foundations and concrete jungles in the city, graveipits are necessary. But must the people of On- tario be subjected to having some of the best agricultural land -in the province designatedas future gravel pits? Half of one township in our area has been given that designation and the powerful gravel operators' lobby at Queen's Park is out to get ' Drainage pays off in fertilizer efficiency Good drainage mokes any fertdrrer wortc harder tncreosed fertilizer usoge is no olfernotrve to good drounoge—they must be used 1 or td -rut -hoed f k+aNrhrer sod rncreasess the ette .k,eness d (ertrirzert ond. at toriays constantly curnbrng costs. tt is imperative that the • K) rT.rmurn benefit is derived horn every ounceopolied. rr,gordkrss of the source , • r KI$TAER Drainage R.R. 1 Gadshill, Ontario NOK 1JO 519.656.2618 SPECIALIZING IN TRENCHLESS CLAY INSTALLATIONS co-op Lout, .n po•.o..,, e, loo bout. f N.q Ib f.mu. On. N30 2C7 even -more land set aside for open -pit miners to leave more dreadful eyesores. It is a big industry in On- tario, .make no mistake. .It is so big that the provin- cial government is virtually ignoring future generations by devising policies that deal all the best hands to the gravel pit industry. The in- dustry is being given all the aces. With tremendous energy, the industrial Minerals Branch of the province has been'rolling merrily along to designate literally hundreds of thousands of acres as - you guessed it - gravel pits. Is it any wonder farmers feel helpless in the face of ris- ing costs, lower prices, asinine planning acts, bankruptcies and short- sighted bureaucrats? Forty .per cent of Halton Hills, 25 per cent of Caledon, 50 percent of North Dumfries and a whop- ping 80 per cent of Soul Grey County have already dedicated or seized for th FARMERS PIT SHOP RR 1 Exeter. Phone 237-3724 For All Your Steel Needs = Welding - Lathe and Milling - Por- table Welding - Welding Supplies Etc. 11/4 miles North of Ex- eter Cemetery. Watch for Big Yellow Building. Your Complete -- LAWN & GARDEN CENTRE New Lawn Mowers Arriving Daily Along with Lawn and Garden Seeds & Needs SPRING IS EARLY — ENJOY IT EXETER DISTRICT CO-OP 221 Brock Street, Exeter 235-2081 benefit of the gravel industry. But you ain't heard nothing yet ! 'l'lte Ontario Municipal Board, that haven of former planners, lawyers, mayors and geographers - the most powerful municipal body in Ontario - has consistently rul- ed in favor of the gravel in- dustry.. Official plansare in jeopardy if gravel pits are left out. The municipal . board's power is enough to frighten any municipal politician. When the OMB says jumps, municipalities ask, how high? It seems shameful that the OMB appears to be ignoring local officials to the benefit of the gravel industry and the exhortations of the Industrial Minerals Branch. This is in direct contradiction of theOn- tario Planning Act which gives local governments the power to prohibit gravel pits. 1t would not seem so bad if 'gravel were unobtainable elsewhere. But the fact is that' other parts - less arable parts - of' this province are rich in gravel deposits. But those.deposits are far from the madding crowds; they are miles away from the big cities where much of the gravel is needed. it would cost the. gravel-pit'ioperators a truckoad of money to get the gravel to market. Therefore, let's use up the gravel close to the markets. • Never mind that acres and acres— oops,, hectares — of farmland will be destroyed to get the gravel. Never mind that those huge trucks pound the life out of country roads near the cities. Never mind that they leave a wasteland of useless holes around farms. Ignore all that. Designate the land and to hell with agriculture and timid local politicians. Lay the land to . waste to build those ugly concrete. monstrosities in the cities. Let farmers be put under even rnore pressure to sell their land to the mine operators. Sheesh! When will this 'province, those city -born -and -bred bureacrats' at Queen's Park. understand that saving agriculture land here is far more important than any other single duty they could perform? It is more impor- tant than a strong gravel -pit lobby, more important than saving Chrysler or Ford, more important that acquir- ing Suncor. andmore impor- tant that giving doctors a huge raise.. • Huron farm and home news Times -Advocate, ,March 9, 1983 Cattleman reports on conference Bill Coleman, president of Huron Cattlemen's Associa- tion and 14 directors attended the Ontario Cattlemen's Association Annual Meeting in Toronto. • Each year county directors have.ttfe opportunity to pee; sent resolutions at the annual meeting, These resolutions must have been passed at -count'xrtaual meetings prior to presentation at the O.C.A. -meeting. Some resolutions highlighting the meeting were as follows: (1) Resolution passed ask- ing the Federal Government to Change laws so that, the ownership of cattle would change when payment was received. (2) Huron County presented a resolution asking O.C.A. to develop a system or iden- tification dentification from the live animal to carcass the./ retain iden- tification during the transi- tion. This was passed with support from all segments of the industry. (3) Resolution passed re- questing the Ontario Minister of Agriculture and Food- to - hold a plebiscite making check off compulsory. In 1982 Ontario Cattlemen voted at the O.C.A. Annual to advertise beef on a national scale. A budget of $950,000 was set as Ontario's share. Since check off is not com- pulsory, some producers have '. asked, for refunds of -their check off. These refunds to producers have risen• drastically since Annual Meeting time in February, 1982. This has put the O.C.A.in a difficult situation. Producers agreed to check off for adver- tising and some have%claim- ed it back, thus depleting the fund. Since other meat pro- ducing organdations started advertising, beef. consump- tion has dropped from 107 Crediton By MRS. PETER MARTIN The Crediton and District Social -Club had a busy week. Tuesday ,evening a euchre tournament was held in the community centre. Teams competing were: Exeter Legion, IOOF Exeter, Exeter Kinsmen, Exeter fire department, Stephen council. Dashwood 1,r •Men's club, Crediton Lions dub, Crediton Social club and Crediton fire department. Winners were: Crediton fire department Jim Finkbeiner, Doug Lightfoot, • Cam Stewardson, John Pritchard. IOOF Exeter consisting of Charlie Atthill, Bert Brown, Tom Kooy, Earl Dick and Crediton Lions players were Gerald Schenk, George.Scott, Brian Mayer, and Howard Neeb. There were 18 tables and all had a g*lod time. Lunch was served by the Social Club committee. Another euchre tournament may be schedul- ed for next fall. . About 225 couples enjoyed a successful evening Saturday night at the Huron Park Rec Centre. Country Caravan pro- vided the dance music. Spot dances were enjoyed with prizes going to the lucky dancers. Proceeds from the dance are to be used for hall maintenance. Glenn Hodgins, club presi- dent would like to thank all those who helped in any way to make the evening a success. Personal Gord Slaght is a patient in Victoria Hospital where he is recovering from surgery. After the sale... it's the service y.. thot counts! And How YOU Look After it We will tell you "HOW" of our TRACTOR CARE CLINIC Traitors Equipment Freshen up on your basic knowledge on ANY make of tractor or engine used on your Farm. Blue or green, yellow or red it does not matter, you are all welcome. This is a bolt and nut "Care Clinic". Young and old can learn from it. It will save you money and downtime and you will say "THANK YOU!" for a very informative evening. SEE YOU ALL AT OUR SHOP ON TUESDAY, MARCH 22 at 7:30 p.m. Sharp * Expert teachers * Coffee * Short film, * Questions and answers EfE EXETER FARM EQUIPMENT LIMITED pounds to 91 pounds .per capita. - • Based -on $100.Q0 of product sold comparative check off fees are: ' , . Eggs - 7.87 of which 2.10. goes for advertising. Milk - 1:45 of which 1.40 goes for advertising. Pork - .80 of which .47 goes for advertising. - ,, Chicken - .52 of,Mitch ';$ goes for advertising. Beef -..20 of which .12 goes for advertiser It costs the roducer .02e in.advertising ecy pound of beef sold retail. O.C.A. and the Beef Infor- mation 'Centre have ,a 19811 advertising schedule: They will be participating in T.V., Radio, Magazine, Poster and daily paper advertising. Displays at Canadian `Na- tional Exhibitioh, Royal Winter Fair, schools and ,public"gatherings will also be part of their overall advertis- ing campaign. As consumers, we would be pleased jlyo[i kept an eye and ear o¢erf for the beef ads. We think you'll enjoy them. , Biel Coleman, President Huron Cattlemen's Assoc. Seminar Livestock Symposium 's3 planned The 1983 Livestock Sym- posium will be held on Fri- day, April 8 at the Stratford ' Fairgrounds The program has been planned and organized by the Milk Committees, Beef Im- provement Associations and Pork Producers -Associations of Perth; Huron and Oxford counties.. The Symposium program will center on Human Rela- . tions - understanding yourself and your relationships with other people. Successful farm Management depends."to a large degree on understap- ding the human ingredients of your business. Reserve Friday, April 8. More details on the program will be released in the coming weeks.. Don Pullen, Agricultural Representative Farm financial aealysis It seems everyone today is talking about financial management, and rightly so if you are to see if you have made any progress over the year. Simple financial manage- ment advice,.such as "how- to".keep a good set of records, costs low Even with an industrial pro- motion trip to Germany by two members, Exeter coun- cil's costs for seminars and conferences may be among the lowest in the area. Figures released this week .. by Clerk Liz Bell, as required under the Municipal Act, show that the nine members of council received only. $3,456.88 beyond their normal stipends for special events. That total included $1,620.01 spent by Mayor Bruce Shaw and Reeve Bill Mickle on their trip to Germany. The annual stipend paid was $21,400, based on a salary of $2,300 for each member of council and $3,000 for . the Mayor. Mileage and meals while on 1 town business and at con- ferences was $1,529.59, con- ference registration was $650 and lodging was $1,214,29. Councillor Gaylan Josephson had no extra renumeration and. Morley Hall had only $32: The other totals, including stipends, were as follows: Dorothy Chapman $2,676.77, Alvin Epp 82,397, Lossy Fuller $2,402.70, Tom . Humphreys $2,727.98, Don MacGregor $2,370.50, Bill Mickle $3,613.32, Bruce Shaw $4,036.61. The only other local of- ficials detailed in the report were rec centre board members Gary Birmingham and Ann Prout. Each receiv- ' ed. $45 for a conference registration. - CBurt.ER Frank Thuss Farm Systems SALES & SERVICE EXETER, ONTARIO 1 Daytime 235-0492 Evenings 294-6152 '83 O.H.C. NIGH PERFORMANGE GRAIN CORN AT DISCOUNT PRICES? requires your decision making and your action to be of any use. To evaluate your results requires benchmarks .to•eompare to. How can this be done? First, by breaking ' down your financial income and expenses into categories 'that tell you something and then, by using a standard, such as one cow, one sow, one acreprof(,!? etc.,`' to allow you to compare cost of production with otheroperations that are not the same as yours. You 'will ask yourself "did 1 make enough to allow me to cover my debt, overhead, and related costs, and still.show a We have available a com- puter . program which will help you answer your ques- tion. This program will break down your farm operations so • that you can do -a better job analyzing your farm by com- paring the results with an analysis of"the county/provin- cial average. After compar- ing your farm with the average, we should be able to help you identify possible pro- blem areas and discuss these with you. Hopefully, enough farmers will co-operate to enable us to compile a sum- mary of each commodity -and a copy of this summary could be sent to you at your request. It's nice to know that you are doing as well as, or better Page 15 activity than your neighbour! The time it takes is more than paid for when one can .identify weaknesses in his operation and can take steps to improve it,. Profit is not merely how much you -make but how much you keep. Contact Stan, Dennis, John or Don at the Agricultural Of- fice, Clinton, for more information. Don Pullen Agricultural Representative Symbol of Quality Your .headquarters for performance tested supplements and feeds Special March prices lfor Swift: • Pig Starters • Minerals • Rabbit Pellets • Powr-Pac dog food Mel. Gingerich RR 2 Zurich 236-4615 HYBRIDS LIKE HYLAND LG -18 & PM 2444. JUST CHECK THE '83 O.H.C. TRIALS'AND THE ON-FARM TEST PLOT RESULTS.* Hyland LG -18 (Cantaleso) performed superbly in the '83 O.H.C. tests, and also outyielded and outstood the competition in 33 side-by-side field comparisons. Put stand up yield power to work in your fields. Hyland HL 2444 has proven in side-by-side comparisons that it has excellent grain quality and strong stalks. For the yields and the results that count in all heat units, it's HYLAND SEEDS! HELIEVE IT! *Ted BARN EQUIPMENT Stable cleaner replacement chain for all makes CLAY Silo unloaders, ring drive and dual augers, feeders, stable cleaners, liquid manure pumps, electric feed carts. RALCO ' Stable cleaners, conveyors, transfer pumps, bedding choppers. BERG - Stable cleaners, transfer pumps, cow stalls, -etc. BEATTY Replacement ports for silo unloaders, stable cleaners and stalls: WESTEEL ROSCO Grain bins, aeration systems, hopper bins. We also" pour the foundations and erect bins. For Further information Contact Brintnell Construction Ltd. Kirkton 229-8244 Service • Sales Installation �% SA VZ • I UP TO • 4Zp N PREPAI JSZo? -+r HYLAND SEEDS A division of W. G. Thompson and Sons Limited, Box 250, 122 George Street. Blenheim, Ontario NOP 1 AO CALL YOUR HYLAND DEALER TODAY! • Exeter, John Pym 235-0627 • Exeter, Wayne King 235-2458 • Woodham, Gord Prance 229-8856 • Hensall, W. G. Thompson & Sons Limited 262-2527 • Parkhill, Mike Hogan 294-6756 • Seaforth, Ken Camochan 527-1545 1' A\ • 0 'Data avadabre on request • 1.04 1