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United Co-operatives of
Ontario (UCO) hada
sound business year in
1979 with the total volume
of sales :increasing- 13.3
percent •ent or $49. -million
over 1978, to a record
$418 -million, states the
co-operative's annual
report, released
November 30.
The report indicates
UCO's impact as the
primary supplier o
various farm inputs i
Ontario has expanded
the 1979 net sales were
four times as high
ifOMP
s.
as
thpS.e realized 1.0 years
ago. ,.
In 1979, total assets also
increased over 1978 by percent ercent or over $33-
million. Net savings were
about $2.9 -million, 37..4
percent above 1978.
UCO is one of the larger
retail complexes in the
province, with a com-
bination of 104 retail
branch" outlets and 48
member co-operatives
with 77 places of
business. The member
cot -operatives have ap-
proximately 40,000
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menbers and UCO has
over 46,000 direct
members. The volume of
business done by
members, with UCO in-
creased in 1979 by almost
$41 -million and stands at
72 percent of the total
business transacted for
1979.
Capital expenditures
during 11:79 were over $17 -
million compared to
almost $12 -million the
previous year. This in-
cluded construction on
feed mills in Wingham
and Peterborough, the
purchase of land and
storage facilities at
Oshawa Harbour and
continued work at the
Windsor Grain Terminal
elevator.
In fact, . excluding
Windsor, a total of 74
engineering projects
were undertaken this
past year. In addition to
those already mentioned
these would include
numerous renovations on
and additions to CO-OP
stores throughout the
province and a new
stocker and feeder barn
at Rockford, near Owen
Sound.
Other highlights from
the report:
Grain marketing
volume was not as large
as last year, because of a
poor corn harvest in the
fall of 1978.
Interest expenses were
a major cost factor with a
$2 -million increase over
1978.
A new CO -QP ol, i h.d Ing
company called InTrade
Inc. was formed by UCO,
siAmerian and four
European. co-operatives,
In'T'rade Inc., along with
A.C,- Toepfer' KG, of
Hamburg,Germny has
created a new trading
company called A.C,
Toepfer International.
InTrade Inc, will own 5;0
percent of this new
company 'with trading
offices- in 17 countris,
ownership in several
deep water grain ter-
minals and an ex-
perienced staff of 500
employees.
Seven new seed corn
varieties were introduced
this pastyear.
UCO processed and
marketed over 9 percent
of Ontario chicken and 10
percent of Ontario
turkey. Supporting these
activities is the UCO
hatchery producing
approximately 12.5
percent of the Ontario
hatched broiler chicks.
At year end, a
patronage return of $1.3 -
million in common shares
was authorized by the
UCO Board.
UCO is the largest farm
supply and marketing co-
operative in Ontario. It
provides a complete line
of farm inputs, including
feed, seed, fertilizer,
petroleum and hardware,
through CO-OP outlets
across the province. It
also markets livestock,
grain and poultry.
Short courses set
for -area farmers
Centralia
Agricultural
is reaching
community
College of
Technology
out to the
this winter
with an expanded
program of agricultural
short courses.
"The short course
program has been suc-
cessful for the past 10
years," says Don
Cameron, course coor-
dinator. "This winter we
are offering 17 courses,
and we're expecting a
total enrolment of about,.
600 people.''- w
Course topics are
selected " to interest
beginning and
established f
arm
ers and
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their families, but many
will also be of interest to
people who serve rural
communities. Course
instructors include
farmers, and
representatives from
farm organizations, agri-
business and the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture
and Food.
The 1980 program,
which runs from January
8 to March 29, features
several new courses
_including effective
presentations, using high
cost money, farm
welding, and a cow -calf
field day.
Ant
o her innovation in
the 1980 program is the
concept of taking the
courses off the campus
and into different com-
munities," says Mr.
Cameron, "For example,
the • - Sow Herd
Management course,
offered on January 8 at
Centralia, will also be
offered on March 13 at
Hanover. The Beef
Feedlot Management
course ;will be held
simultaneously at the
college and at the Chesley
Community Center on
January 23."
The short courses are
either one or two-day
sessions with the ex-
ception of the Basic Pork
Production course which
is scheduled for four
days. The cost for each
course is $4 per person
per day. Lunch is
available for a nominal
fee.
For a complete list 'of
the short courses, write
to: Agricultural Short
Courses, Centralia
College of Agricultural
Technology, Huron Park,
Ontario, NOM 1Y0.
CFF won't
put up dues
Members . of the
Christian Farmers
Federation of Ontario
face 'a membership cost,
of $147.60 in 1980. But the
Federation has decided
not to increase its official
membership fee of $100.
Delegates at the CFFO
Annual Convention held
at the University of
Guelph adopted the new
approach , to the
Federation's financing.
The Federation's 1980
renewal notices will ask
for the higher amount but
members will be ac-
cepted for the lower
amount.
John Janssens, CFFO
retiring President,
reported that mem-
berships , in the
Federation had increased
by 1,5 percent during 1979
eve though the '
Pe' eration asks for Mote
money than any ,other
general farm
organization.
United Co-operatives of
Ontario (UCO) has joined.
with six U.S. and four
European co-operatives
to acquire a 50 percent.
interest in a new world-
wide multi-million dollar
agricultural commodity
trading organization.
"It's an investment in
our future, and with our
system of country
elevators and our new
est
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grain termlina,1 at Win-
d, nu
sor, it's a natural ..t•.a
projection of our grain
marketing programs,"
a said Don Huff, UCO Vice
President, . Farrn
Products Marketing.
"This agreement
provides us with instant
expertise and presence in
world markets."
The announcement was
made at UCO's 65th
Ontario
Ministry of
Agriculture
and Food
huron farm
and
home news
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BY
DON PULLEN
AGRICULTURAL
REPRESENTATIVE
Please check your mail carefully! Recently,
we sent via permit mail to all rural homes, a
copy of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and
Food brochure outlining 1980 educational
programs and services for farm families in
Huron County.
If, for some reason, you didnot receive this
information, please let us know.
Further details about any of the short courses
or workshops may be obtained by completing,
detaching and sending the "interest card"
portion of the folder to the Agricultural Office,
Clinton. However, if you find it more convenient,
simply call our office at 482-3428. For many
exchanges outside the Clinton calling area, ask
your operator for Zenith 7-2800. Some phone
exchanges extending into adjoining counties do
not have a Zenith listing for our office. Check
your directory under Government of Ontario. We
• are the first Ministry listed. -
Because of the great interest in some short
courses, it may be necessary to limit enrolment
on a "first-come - first served" basis - so please
act early. .
Bev Brown, RR1 Bluevale, recently authored
an excellent article for the December issue of
The Rural Voice, entitled, "Do you Really Have
All the Answers?"
In" this she comments- .about the value of the
winter agricultural short courses and why some
people do ordo not participate.
Bev sum's it up by suggesting an early New
Year's Resolution that you (and your wife) at-
tend at least one O.M:A.F. short course in 1980.
STATISTICS DON'T
REVEAL TOTAL
PROBLEM
BY LEN MacGREGOR
EXTENSION ASSISTANT
The relatively high number of injuries on the
farm is serious in Ontario and may be more
serious than statistics indicate. Farming is
ranked third behind mining and forestry as one
of the nation's most hazardous occupations.
Last year, in Ontario, the Farm Safety
Association recorded 2,314
lost -time injuries in
agriculture. There were many more injuries that
required medical attention only and no time
away from work.
The Association's injury statistics are derived
from injury reports from farm employers. At
present, there are approximately 22,000 farm
employers reporting to the Workmen's Com-
pensation Board, roughly a third of the actual
number of farmers in Ontario.
So it is reasonable to assume that a large
number of farminjuries are not included in the
Association's statistics.
The Association also recorded 46 farm
fatalities in 1978; of this number, 17 or 37 percent
occurred to children under the age of 15. At
present the Association uses a number of sources
for gaining farm fatality information, and feels
that while the statistics are representative of the
types of farm fatalities occurring, they probably
only represent half of the total number of farm
fatalities.
The lack of complete injury and fatality
statistics ,concerns the Association. While it is
possible to identify problem areas with .present
injury and fatality statistics, they give no clear
indication of the extent of the problem. More
complete and comprehensive statistics could
reveal that the farming occupation is more
hazardous than present statistics indicate.
SNOW LOADS AND FARM BUILDINGS
BY RON.FLEMING,
AGRICULTURAL ENGINEER
Every winter in Huron County we have at least
two or three roofs on farm buildings . collapse.
These collapses are.caused by the weight of snow
which has built up on the roof. In some cases the
problem has been that the trusses were not
designed for the right loading conditions. There
are four main phrases to keep in mind when
figuring out the strength a truss should be:
ground snow load, exposed condition, unexposed
condition, and dead load.
Ground Snow Load - refers to the weight per
square foot of snow on the ground.
Exposed Condition -for design- of a truss we
use 60 percent of the ground snow load if the
exposed condition exists = this means the
building is not protected from the wind and won't
be in the foreseeable future. The snow will blow
off.
Une7tposed condition - the opposite of the ex-
posed condition - this could mean the roof is
protected by a row of evergreens or by a higher
building. We use 80 percent of the ground snow
load.
bead Load - the weight of roofing materials -
for an insulated ceiling we usually use eight p.s.f.
and for =insulated - six p.s.f.
Example - Clinton has a ground snow load of -50
p.s.f. An exposed building with insulated ceiling
would have a design load of 60 percent x 50 x 8
equalling 38 p.s.f.
We use these loading conditions for figuring
out the strength of trusses with a 4:12 pitch. This
is standard for most farm buildings:
If you are building a farm building, make sure
you and the contractor know the snow loading. It
will save you money now f you don't build twice
as strong as you eed and iit,will sere you money
in the long run if rou build what you do need and
not have the roof tome down in one ofour Duron
County snowfalls,
Trus$ Plans are available for severe,l spans
and loadings at the Agricultural Office, Clinton.
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annl.. zne
Torontuao, Deceembertan IL in
The . - co-operative's
formed a new CO-OP
holding company called
InTrade .Inc.; which along
with the internationally
known A.C. Toepfer KG
of Hamburg, Germany,
has created this new
trading company called
A.C. Toepfer Inter-
national.
InTrade Inc. will own
50 percent of this new
company with trading
offices in 17 countries, -
ownership in several
deep. water grain ter-
minals and an ex-
perienced staff of 500
employees.
The discussions for the
formation of ' this new
„company began two
years ago when several
U.S. and European co-
operatives "realized
there was a need- to
develop% the people and
the systems necessary to
complete in international
grain marketing", Huff
added. •
"We are pleased that
UCO was able to become
a founding partner of this
new joint venture
because it makes us
immediately competitive
in world markets from
the standpoint of the
information, com-
munication and staff
expertise required for
international trading."
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Other CO'OPs irivolyed:
are:, Cebe;co..
Handelsraab, Rot-
terdam, Netherlands;
D• R . W, Z., Frankfort;
Germany; GIG. Ver-
waRungs-Gesellschaft,
Duisburg, Germany;
UNCAC, Paris, France;
Agway, Syracuse, Now
York; Citrus World, Inc.,
Lake Wales, Florida;
Land O'Lakes, Min-
neapolis, Minnesota;
Landmark, Columbus,
Ohio; Gold Kist, Atlanta,
Georgia; and Indiana
Farm 13ureau
Cooperative Association,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
The co -Operatives are
n_
a
•..otiv'e in the agricultural
m:erohand�► food
isin f. .d
processing and.,, .� f. ;rm
supply pl'? y businesses and
represent both producers
and end usersf
R grain,,
oilseed products, meal
and other commodities.
UCO is the largest farm
supply and marketing co-
operative in. Ontario. It
provides a complete line
of farm inputs, including
feed, seed, fertilizer,
petroleum and hardware,
through 180 CO-OP
outlets across the
province. It also markets
livestock, grain and
poultry.
Campbell heads
Huron plowmen
By Wilma Oke,
Allan Campbell of RR 1
Seaforth, was re-elected
to a second term as
president of the Huron
Plowmen's Association at
a meeting in Winthrop
Thursday.
Vice-president are Ken
Duncan of RR 1, Kirkton
and Ross Eedy of
Dungannon. Secretary -
'treasurer is Graeme
Craig of Walton, who
replaces Russell Bolton
of RR 1 'Seaforth, who
retired after serving for
14 years. Directors
representing the 16
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townships in the county
were also elected.
The date and the
location of the county
plowing match in 1980
were left to the executive
to set.
A new committee was
named to establish a
special events category
in the 1980 match
featuring the use of .an-
ticsue plows. Ernest
TaIbot and Raymond
Scotchmer, both of
Bayfield,' and Rev.
Kenneth Innes of
Brussels, will work out
the details of this event.
UNITED STATES COINS
We buy all U.S. coins.' Listed below are only some
that we purchase and the cash prices we'll pay,
Silver dollars
1794-1803 150.00
1840-1870 40.00
Trade dollars $30 •
All other e U.S.Silver
S. S ver
Dollars •
1878 to 1935
• 8.00 and up
Half dollars
1803-1806 25.00
1807-1836 10.50
1837-1891 5,00
1892-1964 3.50
Twenty -Five Cents
Be'tore 1815 .
1815-1828 25.00'
1831 1838 20.00
1839-1891 2.445..0000
445.0000
1892-1964 1.75
Twenty Cent Pieces
1875 1875 23.00
Ten Cents
Before 1809 75.00
1814-1828 9.50
1829-1837 8.00
1838-1891 2.50
1892 3Y'
1892.1964 .10
Half Dimes
Before 1829 15.00
1529-1837
8.00
1838-1873 3.60
Five Cents
1866-1882 4:00
1883.1912 .20 and up
1913-199
3d
1938 .10 and up
1950d 2,504.50
Three cents
1851-1862 5.00
1865-1889 2.25
Two Cents
1864-1871 2.35
Large Cents
1797.1814 8.50
1816 1857. 2.50
Indian Cents
1857 1858 Eagle 4.50
1869, 1870 10.00
1871. 1872 12.00
1877 ' 85.00
All other
dates .20 and up
Lincoln Cents
1909s VD8 95.00
1909s, 1931s 15.00
191 1 s. 1924d 4.00
1914d, 1922 30.00
Half Cents
Before 1800 40.00
1800 i 887 8.00
MINT SETS
OVAL CANADIAN MINT
OTTAWA CANADA
Royal Cawlianmint i
rssue sets
1056
1960
961
?6:. v,. 466
J
175.00 '967 13.00
80.00 1968 2.00
50.00 ?69 2.00
25.00 ;970 6.50
75.00., 1971 3:50
13.00 19;2 2.00
13'00 1973.1975 3.50
13.00' -.1976 6.50
1.300 1977 7.00
CONDITIONS OF SELLIJG
1
2
3
4
5
Seller 'nos. ho 19 y ' ;' S of ;age -,r h::.p a
letter Olt -o:,sent frrr,, 1;070, it 3, (;,ani. •1•, -
Cor' '-win s'iver hec.rteri Into
denom'r,cn,r ' 2°. ,0, .n:: : ✓o.?
(1966 at d f •',Gr 1967 or l';J681.
Att •t.,n-i:f brIur)11t i] dr
.aid d `ur . n crtsl•.
Due tc. 1arket fiuct Jkoio r, pr,ct,:s o11 nlc!
gold and silver bullion items are ;r;bject 1n
chctryr. with :Tut r,oiice All oft -;Err }ices
gucronteed fer the dut-rtrc r• )t th1; event
All coins an s'amF,, rn•Jst bealin ut le7;r
acceptable condition, In Our Opinion, tri crcie,
for us to Ourchase them.
Remember: No colfestion is too small or too large for our
consideration. •
Note: None of the items listed on this page are for sale.
Please do fiat' clean coins!
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25
50`
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SILVER COINS
CANADIAN
1966 and prior
1967. -
1968 (silver)
1966 and prior
1967
1968 (silver)
1967 and prior
1967 and prior
WE PAY 70
WE PAY 351
WE PAY 30
WEPAY '1•75
WE PAY' 1.00
WE PAY 75
WE PAY '3 .
WE PAY 7.00
UNITED STATES
10`
Z5`
50`
1964 and prior
1964 and prior
1964 and prior
WE PAY 70
WE PAY. '1-75
WE PAY .-3.00
We buy all coins, sets, and medallions, struck
by the Franklin and other mints. We pay
IMMEDIATE CASH.
OLYMPIC COINS
35Q.00
PER ser of 28
$50 'N PER SET OF 4
GOLD COINS
Canadian
15 1912
1913
1914
$1019.12
1913
1914
;967 f 20 Set
1976 5100 14k
1976 5100 22v,
1977 $'0e
1978 $1(10
;9705100
Newfoundland
125.00
125.00
300.00
400.00
400.00
400.00
200.00
102.00
185 00
300.00
200.00
200.00
U.S. Gold Coins
51.00
$2.50
13.00
14.00
15.00
110.00
520.00
550.00
110.00
110.00
300.00
8000.00
110.00
170.00
325.00
6000.00
British Gold Coins
1000.00
12 500.00
SovereR n 90.00
2 0,c,ld :orn 125.00 1‘; Sovereign 60.00
Wp 0.16 buy AIL other World Gold Coins and
WI ?V COMPARABLE MARKET PRICES IN CASH.
REMEMBER WE BUY
1. Foreign Paper
Money
2. Foreign Coins
3. World Gold Coins
4. Collector's U.S.
Paper Money
5. German Watches
6. Collector's
Canadian Money
7. Newfoundland
Silver dnd Gold
Coins
8. All U.S. Coins
9. Olympic Gold and
Silver Coins
WE PAY IMMEDIATE CASH
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