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FADE 12 --C:f„INTOI!1,NWS-RECORD, THURSDAY, P1 CgMBgR L3, 1979
mer fine
A Seaforth area farrn.er
became the first person
in the province Tuesday
to be
fined
f attempting
or a tt a pt ng
to defraud the Ontario
Crop, Insurance Com-
mission.
Kenneth 13. Wright, 33,
of RR 2, Seaforth, was
fined $2,000 in Huron
County court on Tuesday
forattempting to defraud
the corn,mission by
submitting a $4,160 claim
in November, 1978, for a
white bean crop."
Wright, described . by
his. lawyer, Bob Rogerson
of Stratford, as a
"prosperous fanner,"
was found guilty last
month following a four-
day trial.
Henry` Ediger, general
manager of the com-
e
mission, said later in
Toronto it is
t
e• first
conviction and fine.
registered stared 'n -the. r ince
,g �., po
since the fund was
established in 1966. The
fund has about 15,000
policyholders and
disburses about • $15
million annually.
Judge Francis Carter
said ,Wright's actions._
have far ranging con-
sequences in an
.agricultural area such as
Huron. He told Wright he
must consider the
deterrent ^ effect on the
sentence on others and
noted he could have given
him five years in
penitentiary.
If it became a
widespread practiceto
attempt .to get crop . in-
Ministry of
Agriculture
and ,Food
huron farm
and
home news
BY
STAN PAQUETTE -
ASSOC. AG. REP.
Have you used louse control? If you haven't
already done so, now is the time to consider it.
A systemic warble product should control
sucking lice for a short period. If eggs were
present at time of treatment, the louse cycle is
not broken. Remember, warble control should
have been done prior to December lst. Check
now for lice.
There are two tYPes..-of lice found in Ontario:
biting lice which feed on skin debris and sucking
lice which suck blood from the animal.
Biting lice are found more on local cattle.
Sucking lice are more common on cattle shipped
from Western Canada. Biting lice are reddish -
brown to creamy -white in colour. Sucking lice
are bluish.
Inspect for lice every two weeks from mid-
December to March. -Look for lice by parting the
hair over the tailhead, along the back between
the shoulders and around the neck and ears.
A serious infestation of sucking lice can cause
anemia. Lice also cause stress and poor per-
formance.
For control, use a recommended dust or spray.
Products available from your local farm supply
centre such as Lindane, Co-Ral, Sevin, Fenthion
and Malathion will give excellent control. Follow
directions carefully.
Further -information is available in the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture, and Food Factsheet No.
420-653 - Fly and Louse Control on Beef Cattle,
available at O.M.A.F. offices on request.
ARE SLI.PPERY
FLOORS GETTING
YOU DOWN?
BY
STAN BRADSHAW,
ENGINEERING
ASSISTANT
Many animals suffer serious`injury every year
from falling on slippery concrete floors. Floors
which are continually scraped, such as free -stall
alleys in dairy barns tend to become slippery
very quickly. Sometimes the problem is caused
during construction by trowelling the concrete*,
too smoothly.
,Various methods have been used to alleviate
this.problem
1) Muriatic acid, one to two parts acid to ten
parts water,' brushed over the surface and
allowed to stand until the fizzing
g stops p (several
hours) works reasonably well. The surface then
has to be flushed with clean water.
2) Aconcrete saw can be used to cut grooves in
the concrete on a diagonal. This method does not
•last too long, i.e. the grooves fill with manure.
3) The floor can be "scabbled". A scabbler is a
lawn mower -like tool using compression driven
hammers to pound the concrete leaving a rough,
grooved surface. This 'tool seems to do a very
good and lasting job at a reasonable cost. The
scabbler can be rented for approximately $100 to
$150 a day,: including the compressor. This
should allow you enough time to complete an
average sized dairy barn.
Family
suranc funds
fraudulently,
.
.
..'
Carter s id
,
_ it would result "in a,
l t'
dipe. ton of funds for
bona fide claims," That
would mean the Ontario
government would have
to bail out the scheme or
premiums would . be
greatly increased, the
judge said.
"If this court doesnot
run up a red warning
,flag ...great harm may
ensue in this com-
munity."
He rejected a request
from Crown ' Attorney.
Garry Hunter that the
fine match the amount
involved in the false
claim and he marvelled
at the attempted fraud
considering the man had
a gross farm income of
about $100,000 a year.
Rogerson said Wright
had been drinking
heavily at the time of the
offence and has already
suffered "public
humiliation...and the
stigma of this con-
viction."
Simon Hallahan of Blyth, left, was presented with the Huron Farm Award' last
week for outstanding contribution to agriculture in the County. He was given
• the award at the Huron Federation of Agriculture's meeting by Gerry and
Doug Fortune. (photo.byiRhea Hamilton) •
•
news farm news
Farmers need public relations
by Rhea Hamilton
Farmers learned
Thursday night just how
much the media in-
fluences the public's
perception of agriculture
and- ust what they can do
about it. A panel
discussion with members
of the media discussed
the 'lousy job' that the
media is I. giving
agriculture and from
juestions .the audience
posed they seemed
determined to do
something about im-
proving that image.
Panel members in-
cluded Bob Trotter, farm
columnist who writes One
Foot in the Furrow, Keith
Roulston, award winner
of the Huron Farm award'
and past editor of the
Blyth Standard and
Henry Hess, news editor
of the Wingham Advance
Times. Each member of
the panel spoke to Huron
County Federation
members answering the
question "Does the media
influence the public's
perception of
agriculture?"
Mr. Trotter was out-
spoken in his con-
demnation
ondemnation of the media
and pointed out that the
national dailies, The
Toronto Star and the
Globe and Mail don't
even have a farm editor
or reporter. As an
example of poor media
work he recalled a recent
news story concerning
rising beef prices and he
was elated to 'see an
agricultural story on the
air. Althoughthe news
story concerned beef
cattle the animals shown
were dairy. Mr. Trotter
also pointed out the ex-
posure that rotten eggs
got some time ago was
.front page news. When
the facts came out that it
was only a one day supply
of eggs that was
destroyed the news item
was placed far back in
the paper.
"Farmers do a good
job," said Mr. Trotter.
"Who else, in the
economic sector can
boast of a 450 percent
increase in productivity.
And yet the Globe can
print an editorial and say
that: agricultural
production is notoriously
low and give no facts to
back that statement up,"
Mr. Trotter said.. •
Mr. Roulston backed up
Mr. Trotter's statements
adding that there is a
growing isolation bet-
ween the urban and rural
communities. He recalled
reporting at an OFA
convention where the
reporters from the large
dailies played up minor
human interest stories
and ignored the hard.
•news.
"Farming is not a
glamorous job and
neither is reporting it,"
'Mr. Roulston said.
"Reporters want to be
media stars, like
Woodward and Bern-
stein, and you don't get
that reporting farm news
or working weeklies."
Mr. Hess from the
Wingham Advance Times
took a somewhat dif-
ferent angle and although
he wanted to remain
optimistic he pointed out
,that the role of the media
is to report and explain in
context s� as to help
people understand. •
"Clearly the media has
a vital role in getting the
message out," he said.
"The most influential
-reporters are. urban and
consumer orjented and
have to have the desire to
seek out the truth."
"Farmers have a right
to be heard and should
insist on having their side
heard," he pointed out.
"Here •in Huron County
we have excellent access
to farm news but due to
lack of help and limited
space in the ,newspaper
there is a limit to what
can be done.''
Mr. Hess encouraged
members to contact the
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a
paper if they feel there is
not enough information
or if there are inac-
curacies.
In questions from the
floor Tony McQuail
wondered if there was
anything that the farmers
should , be doing to help
reporters understand
their problem•
Mr. Trottef•pointed out
that reporters should be
taught to ask more
questions and that far-
mers could -rt, be a . little
more tolerant. Mr.
McQuail also suggested
that a vocabulary on.
important issues be sent
to papers. This would
make it simpler to un-
derstand. It was
suggested that maybe a
short course between the
Federation and the news
reporters would help but
Mr. Hess pointed outthat
because it was hard to get
them to learn>enough in a
short stay..
Scholarships for the
best agricultural. stories
in journalism school were
suggested and a member
from . the audience
wondered how to get good
farm writers where it
really counts.
'Mr. Trotter pointed out
that a lot of the bad PR'
that the agricultural
community has is due in
part to themselves. -•
"Write for More farm
coverage," .said Mr.
Trotter. "In the last 4 or 5
years it has been
declining. You have
something to say and
don't let big Organization
•doitall.'".
Merle Gunby
questioned Mr. Hess
about the news releases
sent but by both the local
Federation of Agriculture
and the Ontario branch.
Mr. Hess said the reports
that deal with the local
level are preferred over
Toronto oriented reports
but both are taken
seriously.
"The more concise they
are the better chance
they will have of being
-used," Mr. Hess said.
The question of
militancy came up and
members were en-
couraged to make
themselves heard with
letters to the editor about
differences in opinion
with editorials and letters
asking for more farm
coverage.
In other business a
resolution was passed.
that would urge the
Ministry of Agriculture
and Food not to support
such a short sighted
measure as to, allow
retiring farmers to sever
land for a retirement
home. The resolution is to
,be sent to the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture
for their support.
Don Pullen, Huron
County ..Agricultural .rep.
passed out copies of a
pamphlet that will be
~ mailed throughout the
county advertising short
courses in agriculture at
Centralia College; Huron
Park and around the
,County.
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The glut of thisroar's
recordOntari. corn ,crop..
has eased n
. . s .° ,e lt..
sda r..
and u s..
surpluses piled. 9441 4e
stuffed, country ,elevators
are tieing reduced, the
chairman of the Ontario
Grain Corn Council said
last week,
Ken Patterson o• f
Kerwooil said the surplus
situation has been , arn-
proving recently 'since
Canadian National
Railways .committed. 350
rail cars to transport corn.
to Quebec and the
Maritimes. tN had
originally committed
only 200 cars to move the
coral-:
Patterson pressured
CN and other carriers for
more cars once it was
apparent that piles of
corn outdoors would.
result from the record
crop which has been most
"a'
recently estimated at 169
tIll,0; bu.Shels,,
Canadian Paciflo has
eorntnitted > 7,6 cars;, . ,up
fron140? and ;V,Qn fall and,
anotber Arneri fin line
have Conitnittect 50 cars
between ' them for a
limited. period, ,
"The turnaround of rail
Cars to. the Maritimes is
just- over two weeks and
to Quebec just under two.
weeks," he said, and rail.
and corn industry of-
ficiala ,are attempting to
shorten that time
through improved
handling efficiencies.
Because Ontario in
recent years has become
a net exportgn,of corn and
also ships increasingly to
Quebec and Maritime
markets, Patterson+ said
he wou-Idhlike to see the
industry depend more on
shipment via the Great
gas
Auburn Holstein
takes top award
Pleasantholm Dandy
Donna, a purebred
Holstein cow, bred by R.
A. Guest, Mt. Pleasant,
Ontario• and owned by
John J. Franken of.
Auburn, received a 90,000
kg. Lifetime Production
Certificate from the
Holstein -Friesian '
Association of Canada for
a total of nine lactations.
Donna produced 95,710
kg. ,milk, 3341 kg. fat and
tested 3.49 percent for
butterfat. Her latest
lactation as a 12 -year-old
was in 230 days 6,243 kg.
milk, 197 kg. fat and
tested 3.16 percent for
butterfat. Donna is
classified Very Good for
type.
Donna has four
registered daughters.
Two of her daughters,
Pleasantholme Medalist
Marie and Pleasantholm
Medal Alert, are
classified Good for type.
She is -sired by
Pleasantholm Royal
Dandy. Her dam,
Pleasantholm Master
Maisie, is classified Very
Good for type.
Lakes to domestic ports,,
"Ships are very scarce
at 0410' POW ,of year, & lot
of them are pre -booked,
.especially by the
Americans who . have
such large .supplies of
corn they .can block two
years ahead, We're just
never sure how big our
crop will be so We can't,"
he said,
"I just got„ back. from
the Maritimes and
there's not enough
facilities for unloading
our corn out there. I want
to see if we can upgrade
those port facilities so we
won't be so dependent on
rail cars.”
Patterson said about 95
per cent of the crop has
been harvested, but the
remainder will stay in the
fields until the weather
improves.
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previously
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Notice to our
CUSTOMERS
Our December 31st
Year end
isfast
approach ing
We ask for your cooperation
in checking any outstanding
balances and for your
remittance to reach us
before
December 31st, 1979
* Poinsettias, Violets, Hanging Plants, etc.
* Multi -Coloured Jardiniers
* Wicker Planters
* Gro -Lux units and terrariums
* Bird Feeders
* Large Selection of pet supplies, aquariums.
etc.
* Horticultural supplies, soils, fertilizers
* Specialty Books
SPECIAL FARM -RELATED IDEAS
* Shovels and forks; stock prods, wheel
barrels, castergates, snow shovels, scrappers,
etc.
• FREE!
Get a Poinsettia with every '30.00
store merchandise sale, or with
every '100.00 feed or pet food pur- ,
chase. LIMIT: 1 PER CUSTOMER
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