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Th 100th .a nnual meeting Qf.
the pQlicyholders of the } aY
Farmer's Mutual Fere
Ins *ranee Company held
recently found out that their
company is probably in the best
f inanCial position, in its history.
Net income for the year
amounted tp $107,804 up by over
$37,000 from last year.
Two new directors 'were
elected to the board at the—
meeting, replacing two retiring
members, and a third man was
re-elected for another term.
Carl Turnbull and Howard
Datars were the two successful
candidates in the balloting,
while Len Erb was re-elected to
the office he has held for some
years. The two directors o
retired after many years
service were Max Turnbull and -
Reinhold Miller.
In reporting to the meeting,
president Donald Campbell told
the policyholders that the
company recorded an increase
in its insurance in force of 17.3
percent to $92,365,310. At the
same time he pointed out that
the company's surplus position
had increased by 25.2 percent.
Mr. Campbell told the
gathering of about 100 that the
major fire losses during the
past year have been dwellings,
which reflects how the type of
loss can change from year
year. He urged policyholders to
use good fire prevention
practices in the homes as well
as barns And outbuildings, and
suggested that periodic in-
spection of wiring and heating
vac= should be carried out.. gathering that the coni !anY has
The presidentvent on to say now completed 100 years of
that the
further o pany hopes to service, and outlined several
recordincreases in plansfor celebrating the oc-
premium income as a result of-casiQn, He said as centennial
underwriting fully its own wind booklet is being completed to
insurance. -outline the history of the the
in concluding his address, company, and also a
Mr, Campbell reminded the meeting ,that a dance and
After one of the mildest winters in 25 years, winter returned to
Huron County late last week. March this year has so far been
cold and snowy, in contrast to last year when the temperatures
soared near the 60 degree mark. The cold, however, didn't
seem to bother Royalvie Dawn,
attthe Clintonit ack byBob
who was trained last Thursday
Mattsen of RR 3, Auburn. (News -Record photo) -
Notice
Agricultural Tidbits
with Adrian Vos
At a farmers meeting 1
attended the farmers were
asked to fill out a questionaire
stating among other things
the value of their farm,
equipment and livestock.
Another question asked their
rage income over the las
htr
years.
f:.Te result was rather
shocking. Eighty percent had
a value of between $100,000
' and $300,000 invested. The
income from this investment
for 7 out of ten farmers was
less than $10,000 over the last
five years. If one compares
this with the $13,000 income.
per year that the postmen are
asking, one must ask oneself :
"What am I doing farming?"
Why not takea job from eight
to five that requires no in-
vestment, and in many cases,
little brains, and sell the
bloody farm."
Well, I guess you know the
answer. We don't work for the
money alone. We like to be
:adv "ri;.kioss• We like to make
r own`n'''aecisions and'where
else can one expect to do this
better than on the farm. We
are nuts, but we are by and
large contented nuts. So be it.
Independent Shipper
to
United Co-operative
of Ontario
Livestock Dept
Toronto
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with
Roy Scotchmer
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Day From Varna Stockyard
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the grain used for livestock
feeding is lower grade, which
is not used for food. After
society cuts out the use of
•
alcoholic drinks and stop
would
eating pastry, then
feel guilty if there is a
shortage of grain. If our
western society would lift
import restrictions on
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A story in MacLeans
magazine bewailed the fact
that so much grain is fed to
livestock. It is by and large a
good article • even if the
writer's facts about the
amount of grain needed to
produce a pound of meat are
way off base. If his figure was
accurate, not one pound of
meat would be produced,
because the price would be so
high that only the very rich
could afford to buy it.
His concern about the
underfed peoples of the world
I, share. However, before we
as farmers should feel guilty
for producing meat, and
consumers for buying it, we
should first get our priorities
right. Enormous amounts of
number one wheat, barley
and corn are used to produde
gin, beer and whiskey, while
products from the poorer
world and pay them a
reasonable price for their
product, they would be able to
buy our grain at a reasonable
price, or better still they
could afford to irrigate their
crops and put on enough
fertilizer so they could grow
their own crops.
smorgasbord has been
scheduled for late in Sep-
tember.
Following the annual
meeting Cecil Desjardine
elected to the office of
president, while Elmore
McBride was elected vice-
president.
Rabies decline in Huron areas
Cases of rabies in wild and
domesticated animals have
been declining regularly in
Huron County for the past three
years. The Huron County
Health Unit has only 44 positive
cases reported to them last
year, a decline of 33 percent
from 1973. ,
Health Unit spokesman Jim
McCaul said that the animals
striken with rabies are divided
evenly between wild and
domesticated species. He said
the animals contacting. rabies
year after year are strictly
coincidental and are not
necessarily more susceptible to
it.
Last year 18 bovine, nine fox,
nine skunks, one cat, three
horses, three dogs and one bat
were reported to the health unit
as positive rabies cases. In 1973
there were 19 bovine, one
swine, one rabbit, 19 gox, 14
skunks, eight cats, two horses,
one dog and one wolf diagnosed
as rabies victims. In 1972 there
were 75 animals stricken.
The health unit have had a
few incidents reported so far
this year, mostly in bovine,
skunks and fox but have no
return on actual infection of the
animals.
Representatives of the
ministryof agriculture and,
food wil meet with Wingham
District township valuers at the
Hullett Wildlife Management
Area near Clinton.
The workshop, arranged for
Monday, March 24, at 1:30,' will
center on a discussion of the
identification of predators or
livestock killed by wolves, and
,predator control.
Valuators appointed under
the Dog •Licencing and
Livestock Act, are asked to
contact W. Dan Mansell,
Wingham District Manager, at
357-3131, for more information.
A new edition of the "Century Farm" sign is appearing on farms across Ontario, of the "Century , tom, pxo the
efforts of the Junior Farmers' Association of �f�irst is need in 1967, as well as from interested
ect
grew from the need to replace the originalsignsdesignate
ns,
farmers whose homesteads have since reached that centennial age. T1e sigwhich gnate
will adesigle to
farms that have been operated by the same family for 100 years or more,
o
qualifying farms on a cost basis through cal Junior
food Hers.
(Photograph by Ontario ministry of agriculture_ -
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