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FARM GATE
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Form Director
Now that you mentioned the United, States and how they
t us, let's look into the subject and see how food prices
W1140121 the next year. You probably agree that the U.S. has
Web a great influence on us that whet" they sneeze, we've got
pneumonia. Sb, if wekeep informed about their activities and
prognostications, then we: should be able to adapt them to
ourselves.
Food prices in the U.S (Canada) accelerated in 1972. A
number•of factors combined to push up prices last year in the
face of numerous efforts to hold the line. First of all there was
a decline in the availability, per capita, of meat supplies.
Then there wawa significant reduction in fruit, vegetable and
grain supplies The slackening in supplies came at an inop-
portune time when incomes were rising rapidly and con-
sumers
on
sumer s had one of the sharpest boosts in purchasing power in
several years.
The pattern of prices this year in the United States
(Canada) looks much the same as a year ago, In January and
February we had large increases in meat prices. To make
the situation worse, we'll likely get some further increases in
prices of bread and other staple items. The United States
(Canada) Department of Agriculture predicts that the food
price index may hold steady through to spring before the
usual rise in summer months. At this time there is little or no
hope that any broad-based price decreases will occur this
year. Put that in your pipe, Special Commons Enquiry Into
Food Prices, and smoke it. Sorry mom.
The U.S. (Canada) farm prices rose almost 9 per cent
last year and; accounted for seven -tenths of the increase in
retail food prices. Per capita food consumption is expected to
rebound from a 1972 drop to set -a new record.
Food expenditures in 1972 rose to $125 billion ---.per cent
above a year earlier-in,:the; U.S. The sharpest increases last
year took place in the Spring a . d fall quarters due to higher
� prices. But, among niajorhouseholditems, consumers in the
. U.S. (Canada) increased . nditures for food the least.
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Wising and s'hi ehold operations expenditures together
rose 8 per ce t -}-•w ? ' above th
'�-+�, ;elT bo e`. sin for both food at home
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and restaurant meals, and snacks. Furniture and household
in c S D. .. ,•
equipment the U.S. (Canada advanced almost pi per cent
and purchases; of automobiles and pares'fo1owed closely at a
'13r cent ell ..Medical ex ndiitures rose 1,1 i?► lieper cent and
buyers increased` their purchases of Clothing. nearly 9 r
-cents We all like hew clothes, `don't we?
All these haandyllittle figures come from the U.S. Depart-
ent of Agriculture. So what? well, here's, the outlook for
in the U'S (Canada)., Consumers probably will increase
heir 'expenditures for food sharply in 1973. Disposable
personal income, bolstered by au increase in employment
and Wages and a large income tax refund (????) from 1972
will be up almost 9% per cent. With the brisker advance for
aposable income, however., the share of income allotted to
drdpfto,15:5per cent. I°notice the major labor leader
.%.S : (Canada) saying that wage negotiations this year
rill. have to have a hefty escalator. clause for food. So the
viWous circle continues. I'm taking bets now that the forecast
dor ;the U.S.'is bang on. for Canada.
Here are the odds for you, if you want to bet against Me.
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dollarsliver ei}t crisis.* tosPtg the itT�S�.>utte�a s ver. .
ean. Some trop ono. igi d risorStarr,> SAWN for a
ession"similar to the'"dirty 30's" toget everyone cleared
• What if the U.S. President (Canadian Premier) cannot.
cOld the lige o nifederal expenditures? The quickly advancing.
conomy`may need restraint. If the restraint is not enough or
Oceatt'jt wi l definitely be felt down to the farm level and
thus the consumer .(they; guys like you. and'me). And what
happens if yout`or1(hiceevery otherconsumer in the U.S. and
an, ada):decide to goon a s ndin spree? Thereis$
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anger that people will over -react, due to the good times and' `�':,
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overkill during a climate of -sharply rising incomes, reduced r
employment and. peace for .the U.S. armed forces.
There are'enou h uncertainties, in this
g package to turn
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the most,stalwart forecaster's knees to jelly, but all in all, I
cannot see anything too pleasant for U.S. or Canadian con
sumers4(oreven farmers) for the next year. Oh for the little
grass `shack On a secluded Hawiian Island. f'
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ARKET OUTLOOK;
Despite all the talk about high, food prices, beef markets Ff
should continue.'strong to higher. The U.S, hasn't any beef to hf
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ship north and, the Japanese still want that pork. Boneless
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beef will see more demand. Replacement cattle will have a
couple'more weeks ofgood prices. The only way the situation
should change. Would be the money m
arkets. �
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aster is coining, so iamb could go even higher. Poultry
appearsto be on the upswing for prices in both broiler
chicken and egg markets.
That's the way we see it at this time.
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ONTARIO%s FII ST 4-H Maple 'Syrup Club is busy getting to
- work at Delmore which is now famous for the annual s yru'
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festival. Here, some of the members with leader Dave
McCallum, left, pose by one of the welcome signs outside;
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
480 Wellington Street,
Mount Forest.
March 7, 1973.
Dear Sir:
I very much' appreciate Cross-
roads, offering as it - does addi-
tional local, news coverage; Par-
ticularly welcome. is the TV
guide, which has more -than lived
up to my hopes for such an ap-
parently conventional column.
Watching TV with itshelpis more
fun thah finding an, address in
Mount Forest without a detailed
,map.
I must first say that I am re-
lieved to find that Channel 10 will
not be showing any twooprograms
simulf tneously. this week. VD
Blues' together with 'Man at the
Top'really was a strain to watch,
almost as bad as the day Channel
8 carried Sesame Street with the
Galloping Gourmet •a few weeks
back. Also, I have tuned in regu-
larly to see 'Clochemerle on
CKNX every Friday night, as
your listing recommends.: I had
hepedsyout ,might, -have succeeded
intinfluencingalle atationto.e arm
the, show, whiichrr'it qapparently
considers too hot for us country
folk. I gather you have not re-
ceived any complaints about your
listing the program, ;so perhaps
people• wouldn't mind actually
seeing it. No luck yet. •
The number of repeat showings
of specials is most impressive
too. The Human Journey is back
this week, I see, together with
`The .Wonder of it All',.. that de-
lightful musical. about Emily
Carr which has been shown four
times in the last six weeks. But
best of all is the news that I shall
be ale .after all , to watch the
World Figure Skating Champion-
ships this week. I was sure I had
missed them when the national
papers carried the story of Karen
Magnussen winning a gold
medal. Obviously Associated
Press was way off there! Keep up
the good work, Crossroads your
TV listings offer all the excite-
ment our predictable world is
lacking. •
Yours,
Elspeth Christie.
4-H Clubs strong
The 4-11 Club . movement in
Canada retrains as one of the
strong youth organizations of the
world. Membership in Canada is
getting close to the 80;000 mark in
over 700 different agricultural.
clubs. -
The chief objectives of 4-11 are:
1. To provide experience for
young.people which will assist
with their personal growth and
development
2: To motivate young people to
prepare themselves \for respon-
- sible living.
3. To help young people: a) de-
velop an appreciation of agricul-
ture and the major role it plays in
community life.. b) develop self-
confidence and the ability to work
with others. c) develop a sense of
responsibility and qualities of
leadership. d) acquire the habits
and attitudes necessary for a
satisfying home and community
life. e) acquire knowledge and
skills of modern agriculture.
On March 10th through to
March 23rd, most of the 4-H Clubs
in Huron County were organized.
4-H Clubs are open to girls and
boys who have reached their nth
birthday by 'January 1st, 1973 and
have not reached their 21st birth-
day by December 31st, 1973.
Clubs offered are as follows:
4-H Beef or Dairy Calf Clubs:
Feed and care of one calf during
the club year. Junior Heifer—
born between January ist and
May 1st, 1973. Senior Heifer—
born between July 1st and De-
cember 31st, 1972. Baby Beef
Steers and heifers for market
Crossroa
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Site 5i; - - 127 George St.,
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To 9(11-4000
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purposes are also in this senior
age group, or may be a group of
five or more steers.
4-H Swine Club: To feed and
care for ,1) one pair of weanling
sows for the .dub year or 2) one
weanling sow to be kept for
breeding purposes and one pig,
either sow or barrow, for market
purposes.
Senior members (16 as of Janu-
ary ist, 1973) of a Swine Club may
enroll in a Market Hog Club
where they feed and care for a
minimum of five market hogs.
444 Field Crops: The Members
must seed and care for one acre
of either corn or forage or white
bean,.
Multi -Project Clubs: Members
in Field Crop may take up to
three different projects within
the same club.
441 Tractor and' Machinery
Maintenance Clubs: Keep rec-
ords of the cost of operating and
maintaining the farm tractor
during the club year. Study
economical tractor operation and
maintenance and learn how to
make minor adjustments.
Senior Projects (members
must be 16 as of January 1st,
1973).
Conservation: Many projects
are available, dealing with
forests, soil, water, fish and wild-
life in our modern economy.
Other senior projects are in the
planning stages. If anyone has
any interest in a project we wel-
come your ideas along this line.
the hamlet. They are Wayne Horton, Mark Renwick, Andy
Renwick, Rae Willits, 'Kathyillits, Dave Crowe and 'Le-
land♦y ,• T .
. Harkness (Staff Photo )-
TH E F I RST SAP of the season makes a refreshing drink for young Kathy Willits, member
of the Belmore 4-H Maple Syrup Club, first of its kind. in Ontario. With her are Andy Ren-
wick and Rae Willits, fellow members. The syrup they make will be judged at the Belmore
Maple Syrup Festival, Easter week. (Staff Photo)
Canadian and Oitario records
set for a I breed swine sale
New Ontario and Canadian
records were set at the All Breed
Swine. Sale which was held in
London on March 6th, sponsored
by the Ontario Swine Breeders'
Association.
A new Canadian Yorkshire high
was set when a boar consigned .by
George Storey, Palmerston, sold
at $800.00 to a good. Ridgetown
commercial producer, Joe Van
fioyk. This boar had the best per-
formance record of any York-
shire in the sale with average
backfat thickness of .62 inches
and age at 200 lbs. of 120 days
(lowest in sale) for an average
index (average of backfat index
and age index) of 134.5.
Add horse club
to 4-N program
The 4-H program is starting to
roll in Wellington County. Calf,
swine, sheep and veal clubs will
again be offered to young people
11-20 years of age, conservation
clubs for the adventurer and the
tractor and engineering for the
mechanically minded person.
These are only a few of the clubs
being offered this year in 4-H.
The 4-H clubs are an excellent
opportunity for fun, recreation,
knowledge and self improve-
ment.
Some new clubs for the 73 year
are the Horse club, judging club
and a special veterinarian club.
The horse club will mix social ac-
tivities and an educational pro-
gram to provide interesting at-
mosphere for horse lovers.
The welding and the beef car-,
cass clubs will operate again this
year for the senior members.
Anyone 11-20 years of age in-
terested in an ,eventful 4-11
summer, call 848-2447 or write
Gerald Townsend, 441 Co -
Ordinator, Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food, Box 370,
Arthur, Ontario, NOG 1AO.
Get a friend and join! \
The second highest selling
animal in the Sale -was a Land -
race boar from the herd of
Donald Lowry, Almonte, which
sold at $625.00 to purebred Land -
race - breeder, Dan Lester,
Forest. This is believed to be a
new recent Ontario Landrace
record. This boar also had top
performance with a weigh -probe
index of 130. The high prices were.
spread among the different
breeds with the .third highest
price of $610.00 being for a'IHamp-
Shire boar indexing 133 from the
-herd of Gordon Schweitzer, Ayr,
'Gr��ii_ch sold to Barry Millian,
bderich.
All Breed Swine Sale records
were also set in the bred sows
when a Hampshire from the herd
of Gordon Schweitzer, Ayr, sold
at $450.00 to purebred breeder,
Lenentine Bros., Highgate. 'This
sow had the top performance
record of any sow in the sale with
backfat thickness of .65 inches
and age at 200 lbs. of 145 days for
an index of 145. The second high-
est selling sow was a Yorkshire
from the George Storey herd
which sold at the $420.00 bid of
William Scott, Drunibo. This sow
also had ,top performance with a
weigh -probe index of 132. The
third highest selling sow, a Land -
race from the Elmar Farm herd
Stouffville, . was purchased at
$410.00 by Illinois, U.S.A. pure-
bred Landrace breeder, Bill Her-
riott. Mr. Herriott also took
another Stouffer bred sow at
$380.00. Top Duroc bred sow, con-
• signed by flay Small, Kincardine,
sold at $400.00'to Robdale Farms,
Elderton.
A new Ontario and- perhaps a
Canadian record was set in the
open gilts when a Hampshire
froM the Robinswood (Werner
Bomahn) herd sold at $420.00 to
purebred breeders, Richard and
Warren Stein, Woodstock. This
top gilt had the highest perfor-
man a record of any open gilt in
the sale with an average backfat
thiekneas of only .58 inches (age
index 13) and age at 200 lbs. of
140 days; (age index 133) frit an
average index of 131.5. The
second . highest selling open gilt
was a Duroc from the herd of Ray
Small, Kincardine; which sold at
the $300.00 bid of purebred
breeder, Lloyd Skinner, Bow-
manville. A littermate also sold
to the same breeder at $255.00.
The following is a summary for
the sale whichwas the top All
Breed consignment ' Sale ever
held in Ontario and perhaps in
Canada: •
17 senior bred sows, averaging
$343.25, top price $450.00; 4 junior
bred sows, averaging $273.75, top
price $360.00; 27 • open gilts,
averaging $191.00, top price
$420:00; 28 boars, averaging
$365.55, top price $800.00.
The gross for the 76 head sold
was $22,315 and the overall
average of $294 was an Ontario
and • perhaps a Canadian record
for an All Breed Sale.
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WESTERN , FAIR FARM
SHOW - IT'S, B
", annual Western Fair p'
mow, held recently at Queen'
Park in London,. has grown to he
the hit of its, kind slnOntario
This is the committer
many visitor- 'from'" western
Qnta'rio,, . eastern 'and ..w
Canada, Europe and the United
'States: ''fie visitors ranged,;fro.
exhib to to.sal�tnen'to farm .
alt kin'ds�
I share'their opinion. This Show
has meaning and a real Message
to those involved in the business
of farthing. f don't be the,
there
its another of its kind Where agri-
cultural folks can. ,see and :learn
soo intleh. 'at one tihie under two
roofs,.
Education, entertahunent•, and
Far
expem Shortise blw,ended well at the .1973
• Information programs were
held; daily at which speakers and
panels examinedthe problems
and considered, the sola tions in
very relevant agricultural fields.
The latest models in. farm
equipment and tole newesf tecbn1P
ques in farm management were
exhibited throughout the two
Farm. dhow buildings.
Q f particular Interest to women
were the programs held every
afternoon in the impressive
theatre on the second floor of the
Grandstakiu. Th
popular ' fashionndechobitwhallfeaturede
spring collections soon to be ap-
pearing in the shops. .
For children' the most popular
spot . in the exhibition ;buildings
was the . children's zoo, where
baby chicks, young 'kids and
lambs graciously acknowledged
the praise of their youthful .ads
mirers. b
The Farm Show had Many at-
tractions for urbanites but its
principal concern' was with . the
rural. ,population in Western
Ontario.
And every year it gets better,
with more exhibits,more demon-
strations, and more Special..
events.,
Topics discussed at each after-
.noon's
fter-
. r Don's theatre program covered
a. broad spectrum ' of interests.
"Getting dollar, value for dollars
spent", '0AlifigAtlynachinery
managemena3td Abuildings
Management, included speakers
G. S. Moggach, area co-ordina-
tor, Ontario Ministry Of Agricul-
ture and Food, Markdale, and H.
E. Beliman, agricultural engi-
neer, OMAF, Walkerton. . •
- Speakers outlined guidelines
for decision-making in these
fields, Bowed by. panel discuss-
ions involving representatives of
business, farming and service or-
ganizations.
ons.
"The weather and agriculture"
was a well -attended theme, parti-
cularlyapt this year after the dis-
asters caused by weather pat-
terns in 1972.
Dr. Murray Brown, agro-
meteorologist, Land Resource
Science Department, University,
of Guelph, talked about the corn
,
Farm
heat unit , system and *Gather
s trends.
Charles I. Taggart, attnoa.
pheric Environment Service,
of Toronto, spoke the impact of ''."
Weather satellite data on fore
�: casts, iwd Don Scott, London
• meteorologist,, described the pre-,
nn paration,anddelivery of thelocal
ere weather. forecast.
▪ Roy Jewel, farm ?mmentator'
and write`, reviewed old wives''
tales about :forecasting the
weather, -prior to an open .dis-
cussion period.,
Everett Biggs, deputy` . minis,
ter,; Ministry of Environment,
and, former deputy minister of
aiculture',.. was,. the, keynote,.
speaker Thursday. •
Headiscled land use plannitg.
and the farmer,'.a topic that,has
attracted considerable anxiety on
the: part of agriculturalists.re-
cantly. .
Roger' : Perreault, chairman,
president of the Canadians Live- #)
;stock Feed Board, discussed live-
stock feeds' in Eastern Canada
from the' point of view of needs`' -
and supplies. A panel discussion
followed during' which much was
said concerning, the ,feed grain
situation,
Entertainment and participa-
tion featured the evening theatre
programs held In the main
theatre on the secondfloor of the
Paddock, Building.,
The crowning of the Baking,.
Queen, the BakingPrincess, and
• the Farm Show Princess was fol-
lowed by 'the Junior Farmer
Farmerama program.
All told, it was again this year a
very, worthwhile outing for .agri-
cultural folks of all kinds ••and I
was particularly pleased to see so
Many people from our area in at-
tendance •
The weather outside combined'
with the show inside to create an
anxiety for many to get on the
land. •
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FARM EQUIPMENT'
— Surge Pumps
- De Laval Pumps
Ten Baurnatic Claws
and Pulsators
-- Transfer Station
- Barn-OMatic
Unioader
— George White
Unloader
-- Four Randies
(Surge Milkers)
- Four Breaker Cups
-- One
Automatic Wash
These Items Traded on
Jamesway Farm
Equipment
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—Ford Jubilee with Davis Industrial Motor
—Allis Chalmers D19 Gas with 4 -Furrow Plow
-Allis Chalmers D17 Gas with 3 -Point Hitch
—Allis Chalmers DW with Lgader
—MF 180 Diesel with Hydraulic Bucket
—MF 165 Diesel High Arch with Hyd. Bucket Loader
—MF 165 Utility with Hyd. Bucket Loader
—MF 3S Diesel
—MF 65 Diesel .with Hyd. Bucket Loader
—John Deere 5010 Diesel with Cab
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