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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1992-10-21, Page 12before going ottio Zambia and ZMtbabwe. Nearly all of eastern and south- ern Africa is in the grip of an extended drought. in "orae areas armed Cal - filet add to the misery of faMine. The ('FOB hostalso sent ihipments Of tbod!F3ltef to the Stirlen, Gt1116),ia, itnd Angola in 1992.1.Vrien the sitte tftln stahilfae s and church groups can safely receive aid food will be seht to So malls. The annual drive for cash donations to the CFOB will come in February. T e Perth -Huron Group of the CFOB is a co-operative effort Of tnany Christian Reformed, Presbyterian, and United Churches, and the Knights of Columbus in Homo and Penh counties. 1 Page 12 Tlmes-Advocate October 21 1992 unismasinimenomoormoorif Cana a lan HENSALL - The Perth -Hunan Oroup of 'the Canadian foodgrains Bank has made arrangements with five elevator companies in the area to accept donations of com for the .CtB. !turners can contact a participating elevator and either de- liver com directly to the CPOB account there or have the ele- vator transfer a specified amount from the ibrnter's storage account to the MB account. A tax credit receipt willbe issued from the CTR office based on the value of the corn at the time of donation. The 4 - to -1 matching grant by the Canadian International Develop - Bank accepts donatims ment Agency (CIDA) will also be detertntned on that amount. The CFOB gets the highest possible matching grant from CiDA because the Canadian Oovernment recognizes the efficiency of the CFOB in get- 'tilg'ibttditelerto'Uie treopte who need it. The itteeMtors in Huron and 'Penh counties involved in the Corn brive are W.G. Tbnmplen, Hensel) Co-op, Parrish and Heimhecker, Topnotch, and the U.C.O. network, On September 1, Metall!) Dinara was loaded with 9,856 tonnes of Onta- rio corn for the CR313 at Ooderich. More food was later Molded at Mon- trealior a total of 15,521 tonnes of food assistance. On September 29, the Dinars delivered part of its cargo in Mozambique Huron 4-11 championship show ntsults SEAFORTH - Approximately 130 4-H members participated in Seaforth Fair on October 9. Clubs from around the county competed in their commodity group shows Dehbie Rtntoul of R.R. 2, Luck - now captured the overall Sweets stakes Showmanship title with Je- nean Todd of RR 2, Lucknow receiving Reserve Champion hon- ours. Other insults from the day are as follows: Championship Beef Show Champion Showman - Debbie Rintoul, RR2, Luck -now, reserve champion showman - Kevin Rin- toul . RR2 Lucknov, , champion steer - Debbie Rintoul, RR2, Luck - now . reserve champion steer - Randy Hoffman. RR2 Dashwood. champion heifer - Tim Hoffman. R� Dashwood. reserve champion heifer Lana Thompson, RR5, Wingham, group of three calves - Belgrave/Brussels 4}1 club. Champions Dairy Show Champion steer - Donna Lynn Armstrong, RR2, Auburn, reserve champion showman - Julie Haifa - tae RR3, Blyth, champion dairy calf - Ryan Hallahan, RR3 Blyth, Reserve champion dairy calf - Don na Lynn Armstrong, RR2, Auburn, group of three. calves - Hallrice Dairy Club. Championship Goat Shnw Champion showman - Latins Rodges, RR2 Goderich, reserve champion showman - Heather Beck- er. RR 1 Dashwood. Championship Swine Show Champion showman - Richard Sinclair. RR2 Clinton, Reserve champion showman - Brian Sinclair. RR 1, Belgrave, breeding gilt - Brian Sinclair, RRl Belgrave, Marttet Barrow - Jamie Thomas, RR 1 Ethel. Championship Sheep Shoe Champion showman - Jenean Todd, RR2 Lucknow, reserve champion showman - Kevin Campschrocr, RR 1 Blyth, champi- on fleece -Kris McNaughton, RR3 Kippcn, reserve champion show- man - Stephanie MacDonald RR 1, Seaforth. Congratulations to all participat- ing members. The purpose of' the 4-1-I program is personal develop- ment of rural youth. Special thanks to the Seaforth Fair Board and the - Huron Colrnty 4-1-1 leaders. Meg Penstone Rural Organization Specialist for Huron Count. One Foot in the Fipqw otter The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has been ini- tiallee and. from this corner, it ap- pears as though this agreement will leave suppi v management alone. Canadian tanners heaved a col- lective sigh of relief when some of the details of NAFTA were made vubh;;. The deal calls for three sep- arate agricultural agreements: acne between Canada and Mexico, an- other between Caoada and the U.S.A. and a third between the States and Mexico. On paper. it all looks great for tarmers. We all feared that those crafty yankees would get same - dung wnuen into NAFTA that would destroy supply management Not so, even though the Bush ad- ministration has been chipping away at our system for years. The age-old American idea about free enterpnse and all that rot has been iront and centre with George hush's boys and girls at the nego- tiating table since NAFTA talks be- gan and even before that at the General Agreement on Tariffs and I rade meetings AndJnat-is-where. I think -gthe. bib. tight willbe fought The NAFTA deal is Just a minor battle in the big war. 1 think. Bush and lits bully buys - if he is re-elected and a does not look good - are waiting in the bushes w triune on Canadian negotiators at the next round of GATT meetings. These smart traders tram the south gave a Iiule to NAFTA but will have the cavalry out m full force to finish off those pesky Canucks at the GATT table. They have proposed a tariffica uon deal which is so damned com- plicated Iran t understand a. Mind you, when it :-'s to figures, 1 ani always easily confused. 1 have to take off my pants to emit to 21. But it all sounded airy -fairy .in fa- vour of the Yanks to me • . 1 think this unification gobbiey- gook would rum our supply man- agement system. It would out Cana- dian Tanners back 25 years and leave the _family _farms _here earn - penng with the huge multi-nationai conglomerates whic h - control most of the agricultural producuon in the Excited Statess. 1 read somewhere a few years ago that 95 percent of the chie.ken produced in the United States is controlled by five companies. This =castration .01. economic , power has probably »screamed in the last five years, too. Canadian limners cannot possibly compete with this kind of clout GATT negotiator: were made- well adewell aware of the position taken by Canadian farmers during the last round of talks. Thousands of farm families across Canada lobbied the government for a clarification of Article 11:2 which would allow us to keep our current import controls it was, I believe, one of the most successful campaigns by a unified tarn voice in many years. It is toe bad Canadian farmers cannot gel together on more issues rather than presenting a mule -voiced front, sometimes at each other's throats. The present dissension in Ontario on the plan to tax every farmer 3150 a year is a case in point. When the outside world sees farmers bickering with each other, they simply write it off to what they see as chronic bitchiness out in the back forty. And they ignore farmers. The GATT talks, 1 believe, are one place where every formers ui the country can agree that negotia- tors should fight for clarification of Article 11 and a breeder interpreta- tion of this clause. MY.800dttessi if we Can get a dis- tinct society clause wnuen into our ccxrsuWUon, surely we can get flus section clarified so we can keep our supply management systems. Competitiveness conference announced CALGAK 1 - Federal Agriculture Minister Bill McKnight today an• flounced die first Canadian coater erre on ukernauunal competitive- ness in the ago-lood industry will be held November 22-24. 1992 an Saskatoon, Saskatchewan The conference, a nutded Wining in a Global Market, will bring to gutter leaders of the Canadian ago - food industry to fol us on seizing rev: o4Jportuniues arising front changing world market. • Mr. McKnight said the Saskatooe conference will enable the ago food industry to discuss a co ordinated approach to compeung both at home and abroad "This will be Use first time lead ers.from every level of the Canadi- an food industry will meet to dis- cuss competitive strategies for domestic and international mar kets," the Malaita said. "1 view this as an important step ►n the develop Ment of a strong industry alliance MACHINERY RING As promised here are the results of the Ontario Machinery MYSTERY "MACHINERY RING" CONTEST RESULTS Ring. The challenge to the Exeter Fair `visitors was to give their answer to the question. "Can you name the piece of equip- ment this "gear" comes from? The most prevalent application or use of the gear was in "Horsepower driven" machinery. The term or figure of speech used at the time was "Horse sweep power". The gear was also used to drive the early steam driven roll- er or packers. The ,inner of . • • 'nation Insulated Lunch Box and Stainless Steel T • : • s at the Erteter Fair was "Bill Chmura" of London. • :- atulations Bill. "AND" ,the w : rs of the ;300.00 C.U. cassette player from the $PM in 'ndsay are Richard and Ruby Pearce of Fen- lon Falls, Ontario • •: atulations! WE look forwar, 1 o seeing you all again in January 1993, at the Toronto international Farm Equipment Show. - 1 r mob extending from the primary produc- er to the consumer." The cortferrencc will showcase people and orgatuzauuns that have adapted to change and demonstrat- ed innovative approaches to new opportunities. We are ready to meet THE FALL RUSH MMMPMIP►I••0■1 �t .....,. • ite?•1 7......".., -.,,., .r :r •a,� DELIVERIES OF Soybeans - bast unloading - prompt payment - large storage and drying - up to date market - facilities information - competitive prices FERTILIZER - 15 flotation custom fertilizer - custom spraying of applicators Round -up and other - liquid or dry fertilizer fall chemicals Call tor\ prices SEED WHEAT -Hyland Brand, Karena, Rebecca and Augusta - Harus and Annette - Ruby Hard Red The "Blue Tag" assures you of Certified #1 seed. For Purity, quality and top yields sow Hyland brand certified seed The staff at W.G. 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