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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-04-27, Page 26Page 6A Times -Advocate, April 27, 1988 WINNER - Patricia.Schroeder, Dashwood, was the w_ inner in the Home and Garden Show draw by the Exeter Branch of the Clinton Community Credit Union. Manager Steve Tyndall presents her with a $50 bill. The rest of .the prize is train fare for two and two tickets to the Blue Jays -Detroit game on June 25. I i 1 ! bne foot in the 170WI " Ott A few columns back I criticized marketing boards, especially supply management marketing boards. I quoted extensively from a strategy paper issued by Agriculture Canada. I said that I have been a staunch supporter of marketing boards for 30 years; away back whcn the to- bacco growers were given monopo- - ly powers.- When milk and the feathers industry got supply man- agement, I took them under my wing.. • - In later years, I wrote a few Col- umns criticizing some of the ac- tions taken by supply management marketing boards although I have never, at any time, suggested that farmers abused -the powers granted to them under the farm products marketing act. But, when I did criti- cize them, I always received a couple -of. letters suggesting that I did not_know what 1 was talking about and that I was a turncoat by criticizing them. Not so the last time. A column written in late March has not brought one response from the farm sector refuting the statements. Ei- ther., most farmers arc too lazy oi• they all have a broken writing arm: Hard on the heels of the Agricul- ture Canada paper criticizing the feathers industry comes another re- port from Price Waterhouse ex- pressing the same concerns. Consu- mers, the report suggests, are being virtually ignored: "The interests of consumers and the market in gener- al have not been clearly reflected." In addition, thc chicken compa- nies such as Kentucky Fried Chick- en and Swiss Chalet arc simply not consulted by farmers. Both these firms as well as Tend -R -Fresh have been pleading for certain weights fez some time but cannot seem to persuade the producers to comply. The thing that bothers me more than anything is the dog-in-the- mangcr attitude displayed by most provinces in the allocation of quota. The national supply is calculated and divided among the provinces in traditional totals. To get these to- tals changed, .all provinces must agree. To get that agreement is al- most impossible. Provinces stubbornly stick to the traditional amount even though population shifts in Canada have been marked in recent years, partic- ularly in theist decade. The bulk of population growth, including im- migration, has been in Ontario with a less noticeable growth on the west coast. Yet Ontariocannot get the quota needed to supply the de- mand because other provinces will not give it up. It seems to me that the method of allocation is so.antiquated that ma- jor surgery is necessary. A Band- Aid solution will just not work. A better method of allocation must be found. The Price Waterhouse report also castigates the Canadian Egg_Mar- keting Agency (CEMA) for not consulting its advisory committee on which a consumer sits. And the Canadian Turkey Market- ing Agency is "dominated by stake- holders who have a vested interest" in holding production low and pric- es high." These arc serious charges. Marketing agencies had bcttcr ad- dress them before consumers lost all faith in these agencies. It takes Canadian consumers a long time to CAtlADA•OPITARIO Crop Insurance Oeedllne May 1 sl Agent: Donald Weigand R.R. 1 Dashwood Phone 2373418 Hay, Stephan, McGllilvr y 14 ry®OrYrb lArdS d Ceram Apin*re Food get angry but when they do, the re- sults can be devastating. Just ask the Liberals in Ottawa or the Tories at Queen's Park or the PCs in New Brunswick. - The Agriculture Canada report and the Price Waterhouse report could be just the edge of the wedge. Farmers cannot ignore these things forever. They better not. Junior Farmers display talents Talbot College in London saw Junior Farmers from across Ontario displaying their Cultural talents on Saturday, April 9, 1988 at the Jun- ior Farmers' Association of Onta- rio's "CULTURAMA'. Culturama includes one act plays, public speaking, poetry writing, poetry recitation, spelling bee, slide presentation, debating and Farmers Feud. Every county is entitled to send one entry in each event. The Huron County Junior Farmers had com- petitors in four events: one act play, spelling bee, poetry writing and poetry recitation. In the one act play Huron Coun- ty performed the play "Moon Up". Actors.were Rob Essery, RR 1, Centralia, Dianne van Vliet, RR 1, Walton, Robert Hunking, RR 1, Auburn, Jeff Hearn, Clinton and props and audio Paul Hoggarth, RR 1, Kippen, Jeff Hearn was winner of best ac- tor in the competition, Rob ESSery SH Horse Club meets On April 18, the South Huron 4- 11 Horse Club, had 10 members gal-. lop to the organizational meeting, held at Adriaan Brand's. The evening began with the intro- ductions between the new and old members. This years topic is on Horse Nutrition. The members re- ceived their lesson books and a talk about the requirements to complete their projects. Business that was completed was the election of the executives. the result was as follows: President Marie DeBrun, Vice -President Gary Wilson, Secretary Jennifer Heck- man, and Press Reporter Shelley Horne. The meeting also included a scav- enger hunt and a discussion on idcas for cxtra activities. Suggestions were trail rides, a trip to Canada's Wonderland and sports tournaments involving other.4-H clubs. A tentative date for the first 4-H horse club meeting is May 16, 1988 at Adriaan Brand's, RR 2 Cre- diton. If interested in joining con- tact Adriaan Brand (234-6238) or Dale Marshcll at 229-6705. Expensive sandwiches The folks at Fleming Feed Mill, of Clinton, Ontario will be enjoy- ing some mighty expensive egg salad sandwiches! Fleming Feed Mill shelled out S1,500.00 for a flat of 2 1/2 dozen eggs - the first place winner in the "Ungraded" category of the Ontario Egg Producers' Marketing Board's 8th Annual Egg Quality Contest. Produced by Gysbers Farms of II- derton, the top winning flat won the Master Feeds Trophy for the 'Best of Class'. The first place winners, in eight categories, went on the Auction Block on Wednesday April 13, dur- ing the Poultry Industry Conference and Exhibition in London. The Egg Quality Auction raised a total of $6,725 for the London Easter Seal Society in support of physically disabled children -- making this the largest donation ever in the history of the Auction. Judging of the 115 entries from across Ontario was conducted by of- ficials o1 Agriculture Canada. received honourable mention as best actor. The play Ascii received honourable mention as best play and best direction. Rob Enders. Wingham, repre- sentee Huron County in ,the spell 'g bee. Linda Axtmann and Ann: Alton, both of Wingham, competed in poetry recitation and poetry writing respectively. 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