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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1968-04-04, Page 10t i M a, +* e • AzIburn, Ontario Mauch 2a. WS. Dear Sir; I aha a family farmer epee - rating a Dairy and Beef ©,era-. tion pins case crop and onztuan 'farm work of any sort. Curr milk is at present old as in- dustrial milk plea a subsidy al- iutted to pis when our.dairy herd aaas smaller. We have joust completed out book records ' r the year W67, and 1°m0t state here that our books are above, reproach, be- ing e-iug Maintained diligently t *oughou the year piglet dorm t© a nickel one gay or the GZllt Pum O! E! OZ .trAlif)r fpr the year came out. tea unroof thirty cents per hour for tame worked With no expense tak- en ct as yet fora family,: f f,; -4P to levee To say that we live frugally i' isutti,cg It mildly. While we ace ha the daiq bub e we irc.e skim milk,on the table. We all work bawd for long hours every day of the year, ai4 we ace as efficient as any farmer ice 1?' this area. FOP reereatin we worship the lard in, spirit and. 'in mith, and I have had. one 'week's holidays fruun work in seven years! 1 love to watch .1 the .hockey games ,obi T. V... but our tet has been out of com- mission for fur years now, and we cannot afford to get if fixed. Our' Liberal yGovernment r� are lliaaraI all tight. far G5 iisv y4 are concerned. They have doubled their own salaries plus large increases in tax-free tra`v- eFling allowances, as they pout. Fi`•e � :.% n ai: •dDZ ,, fer s? Our cash crop wheat enter Frig last year, while all liar- v!eszedA eft aa> SZI.00 an acne sirs the redll Tey 54. to put on c iu,s.4au e; we silo c nabTe t4 Fay t e preuric a. , Tey say Haat Canada can use an aeid>itt©nal'.46. oou, uoo bushels ©f soya beans over what we grow; yet they pet millions of bushels flood in from the elates. where the J.S. Treas- ny subsidizes the farmers there to the extent .of 460.00 per acre not tr,graaa+t clops! Cur price consequently was cut by fifty cents per bushel. How can we compete against that? No more beans fot tis until this sit- uation is straightened out. In our area, we cannot gross $60..Q0 per acre on the average of all crops before operating costs including seed. fertilizer, taxes, fuel, depreciation, etc., ate e=n tai•,eu ittzu e:t?FaSid Fa tion. All our so-called experts on agriculture say to expand oper- ations. Yet we see these, big - Operations be8ng foreclosed on 8 right and left every year be ,cause they are unable to rest, t&eir, coumitents. 'It is !aAa thing t� put on a big front on borrowed naoaey, but it it quite another thing to pay off true accrued debts on ourepxe seat standard of farm pries, while our costs of machinery,. repairs, etc., continue to rise every year, add the prices paid ffr almost all of our frodutet produced have lowered. It cer- tainly does not take a college degree to see where this -leaves the thousands of farmers like us! I challenge you to publish 'this truthful article in its en. tirety in order that the general public can get the facts of our existence and do something about it. Yours very truly,, Clare Longhurst. Mr. and Mrs. 'Harry Moss$ l4 stsvilie were Sunday vi it ,Vt with Mr: and Mrs. Carl Mc a Clenaghan. Paul Geiger and' Fred Howey of Kitchener were also visitors at the same home. • Personal Notes from Whitechurch .Celebrat leer s "tth birth* day with Vito. Tom lrslhs a Sunday, March 31,, wore yrs, Betty $'Lamin `of Tosonto, Jack Inglis of Watford* Mr. and Mrs. Bob Adams and family. This _community extends con... gratuiationss to Mrs. Inglis4, , and, Mrs« Charles xiffin� and Mrs, Fred Tiffin were in. London on Monday at St. JO* seph's Hospital;,, where Charles receit'ed treatment* Mr. and Mrs« „john Ca'1tu- thers of Login brought his mother,, ;Miss. Carruthers, home. tp W iniac and spent the week end with Mr, and Ws* Oeorge „ Fret and, family,. On. .!tur' day evening a , visited •with Mr.'. and Mrs Douglas Martyr" of Iochalsh, ; miss. Helen Currie of 'London sp ,nt tl o wcolisrett4 with iter patents,. Mr, and Mrs.. Kenneth Currie*, • MissTDonna Ri itouf of.Kst�cb- ever .spent the weekend with' Budget Plan Tj!rnlS. vailabls Capacity of 529 lbs. of frozen food. `' . Large fast freeze section holds 77 lbs. Dependable fibre y. glass insulation, Adjustable divider. Lift -out basket. Lid equipped with lock. Length 57", Height 36" W idth 271/2". MET JAC-LI :Safely lifts a full 2,000 lbs. Aluminum-magnesiumcast. housing. • Safety load -factored lever. r 15' 346, high tensile cable. • Nylon Bearings. REG. CO-OP- VAL: SALE $34.95 PRICE .88 per unit 1 1 1 10 F7. 23.58. CO-OP Titan brand Mastic pipe, a good grade of pipe at economy grade prices. Available in 1/2",3/4" and 1" for cold water installation. working pressure. of 75 Ibs. per square inch. Comes in. handy coils. ..., ..r. ..... ..� ....' min* Sow gam 5 CU. FL REEZER REG. VAL. $229.'95; each with trade SALE PRIM 88 with It. rade DOUBLE CAL*E. • PIGLET PRESTARTER; Greatly leo% save improve the growth tate: This highly efficient feed gives rapid weight gains on very small amps quantities of feed. per 50 Itt. bag. 4 CLFP This 'highly palatable Co fled. is available in pellets only. Feed. at the rate of 1/2 Ib. per 100 Ibs. wt. per day. ti, OP .PRICE' Oc OW 50 LB. RAG CATTLE ILER. Reg. Val. $154.99 Deluxe R T • Big capacity, 20 U.S, CO-OP SALE gallons reservoir .1/2" galvanized cables • Heavy ram pump •�$ • Will service 100 head each SIZE LENGTH 100 ft 300 f - 4 0 ft. 1,000 ft. s%2" CO-OP • Sale $ 2.88 CO-OP Sale Co -OP Sale $11.38 ...... CO-OP Sale $28.48 3/4" $ 4.38 i <. $17.68 $43.88 ' 1" $ 7.28 .. $21.84 ' ` $72.88 Aft. 41111.11. away arm • i .IIIMIO amp GALVANIZED , . 1 LIFE TIME GATES 1 12 FT. 14 FT. ' 16 FT. These' modern g -f are galvanized steel 2418 3'0°28it 4 not panels rigidly riveted together to .a t a lifetime. I s et me. Gion-sa- , ing, these gates fReg. $26.0 Reg. $27.85 Reg. $33.50 Reg.$35.45. available in 10', 12', 14', 16' lengths.L. r•.1 aim. +11./ JI../ WHOM. SIM. tar - d.1i. dIN.. MM.. iii r r ter. - • Powerful 31/2 . h.p., 4 -cycle Briggs and Stratton engine., • Fingertip clutch control, forward, reverse, neutral. • 16. unbreakable 14". tines.' • Tills a 26" width, depth from 0"to8". co -OP .$1 SALE PRICE REGULAR VALUE $132.95 EACH LOOK FOR THESE AND OTHER GREAT `O -OP SALE VALUES /N YOUR CATALOGUE • VE CO-OP WING.HAM '35'L27 11 her parents,'. and Mrs. Wm. Rintoul, Mrs. )orale McDonald is ,5 visiting for a few days with Mr. Awl Miss, Andrew Ritchie, of Ai $field« • ' Mra and Mrs. Maxwell and Mist Sharon McMichael'ss-°sunt of London attended the church service here on Sunday and then'returned, to Clinton to visit. relatives there, Rev« Horace Braden,, Mrs', Brides). ,Linda. and Lorna Sharon. Ivlehlfiehael,° nd Don Maxwell Were dinner guests. with Mr. and Mrs, cordon Wall. of Langside. In the afternoon the young folks had charge of the Langside service, • 0MlSs Margaret Moffat of Taranto -spent the -week end with brother Orahaan Moffat aLui! Z454 E'tnrna Rich- atdsoij. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd. Whytocik and family were Sanday visitors with Mr. and Mrs, Sill Ross of Luckn. MissowWendy 'Reynolds Preston .spent the. week .end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Les • Reynolds' fid' family. Mr, and Mie. 'Kenneth John- snon and Debbie of Clinton were Sunday visitors with his parents. Mr, and Mrs. Gere ho'm John- ston, of Wingham Mr. and Mrs. John Gaunt and grandson, Douglas Ross; were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Inn Gaunt and. Janet who on Saturday moved to Cen- tralia where they have p u r - chased a house. Miss Janette Johnston of Lon- don spent the week end with' her parents Mr. and Mrs. Clark Johnston, and on Saturday even- • ing attended the social evening at Langside Community (tail.., Mr. and Mrs, Jack Coultes, Debbie, Kevin and Blaine of Petrolia spent the week-end- with.his parents. Mr. and .Mrs, Albert Coultes and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Pipe of . Brussel. Oen Friday evening Mr. ando, Mrs: Russel Ross an4 family. Mr, and Mrs. Ronald Coultes and family. Mr. and Mrs. W a1= lace Conn andfamily surprised their parents Mr. and Mrs. Earl •• Caslick with a celebration on the occasion -of their 52nd wed- ding anniversary.- Mr,.~ and Mrs. Roy McInnes and family of '?otontd 'attended' liter nae►rai of the °Iat&Wilhja Cranston of St. Augtistine on Saturday and visited at the home of her sister; '1Nrs., Cran- ston, and with his sisters, •Mrs. Chester Casemate and..Miss Mara Meinnes of Maple St., Wing ham. . Mr. and Mrs. Carl. Weber, Anne, Marlene and Clair visit- ed on Sunday with Mr, and Mrs, Bob Chambers and Jarmily of Palmerston. Donald Gaunt f Toronto accompanied' Gordon Moffat , of Wingham and' spent the week end with his, parents,,. Mr. and Mrs. Russel Gaunt. . • Carl Weberabegan.work on Monday with the highway crew working from headquarters at Winghamim. Carl had formerly been employed ' for "sometime with headquarters at Lucknow, until this transfer. Mr. and Mrs; Russel Ross' were Wednesday evening visit- ors with Mr.' and Mrs. Frank Bois and family. Miss Muriel Conn and George Conn of London spent the week -end with the par- ents, . Mr, and Mrs. Wallace - Conn.- On Saturday Bill Jeffery of Belrnore visited' with George. Mr. 'and Mits. Orville ' Tiffin were Wednesday eveningiv fit - ors with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Tf fin and family. ft was the oc- asion of Joe's birthday, - Mr. and Mrs. Dan Tiffin nd Joyce were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Orville Tif- fn, - Attending the social evening for the Bill Scotts and Charlie Tifffns oii Saturday from the village were Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Tiffin, Mrs. Cecil alconer and Allan . Mrs, A . E. Purdon, Mr.. and Mrs. Bill vans, Mr. and Mrs. V. Einer- son, Mrs. Annie MMQufllen. Mr nd Mrs. Fred Tiffin, Russ Ritchie, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Conn and Jack Aitchison. Whitechurch Women's In- stitute will hold the annual meeting Aprf18, at 2 p.m. the orae bf Mrs. Frank Ross. host- sses, Mrs. Donald MacDonald, Mrs. E. Gillespie and Mrs. lames M Innes. Roll Call -Pay - trent of fees and written sii8. stions for 1968-0 program. veryone is to contribute home- made candy for the gift cup- board at the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Laidlaw nd' Janet and Miss Mildred Mb Clenaghan arrived home on unday after a two weeks' vo. ation to Florida. Stip Cassis�+e ysr and � Mrs. A« ii, pwere visited on Sunday by kik. and i► so,.. Angus Falconer and Kevin- Who were return. from ,1 .t. Also visiting with themwas Allan Falconer who returned home to Streetsvillc with his parents. Victor Emerson visited on Sunday with his sister, biers,, Mind Haggett, at Pinecreat ianor,in Lucknow. No service was held in the United Church We on kusdry due to the, illness of die student preacher, Mr, Michael Imo. The community wishes him a° very speedyrecvs'ery« The Whitechurch will hold the Easter Thankcff ering on Thursday at 2:30 in the church with members cf St,Helens, Calvin -Rack, Lucknow and Chalmers 111.11.6, asguests« Dr« Ida MacDonald of Teeswater is guest spesker. a a ,h e r>S c �n�nza. 4o. Come in and find out how a balanced Aeiro® ;fertility program ` can boost your barley yields up to 70 100 bu. per acre. • Take advantage' of our experience with other • farmers to get maximum small grain yields and profits from your land. 4 Serving the man whose • business is Agriculture. Rep'ti Tradvmack HARRISTON - ' WALKERTON • ' CLINTON Your local SHURGAIN • BULK WAREHOUSE r 25 TON SCALES • SPREADERS AVAILABLE • $5 PER TON BULK .DISCOUNT • $2 PER TON • PICK-UP ALLOWANCE • COMPLETE SELECTION of ANALYSES •