HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-10-24, Page 2wad y.
siclent describes
lin, president of the
tion of AgrI ctd-
guest speaker at
meeting of the Huron
of Agricultnre in the
public school. He com'
flat the Huron Feder -
one M of the strongest, both
membership and in represeas
in Ontario.
Ontario Federation is
fitly concerned about the
pub& attitude to farming and to
farmers, he stated. They don't
mils the greasttly increased cost
offa . For instance, the coast
of someferlll is up by Sou per
hent; machinery up 30 per cent,
cost of labor andbuildup
material are all, up, but sale
pdxgen are not keeping. lace.
Livestock men are hardest hit,
especially cow -calf and sow
operators. Steers are selling now
for less money in some met
than waw paid for the stocker
calf, so the farmer loses ail his
cost for feed.
The press furore about market --
ft boards a symptom of the
public's *ttitaJa e,haid. We Can
expect mote attacks on farming
m
in the future. As an example '.ie
cited the attacks on CEM4. Not
one good wordwa s said in the g
city pima about CSMA. No one
said anything *bout the lower
prices the consumer toyed last
year compared with VS ' prices,
No one said anything that the
eggs that spoiled were for sale or
the failure of the government to
buy eggs for welfare people or for
the world. No one said that the
1
cost -price
eggs were offered to the breaker
trade. 'No one said anything
Positive about CSMA, only the
negat vela CSMA Newfoundland was blame for
the shipment from ewfoun _..l and
to B.C., but nobody !said anything,
about the railroads which took
seven week,s to ship them, across
the country and on the way found
it r.cessary.. to reload them into
another boxcar and none too
gently, for the eggs were broken
inside the cartons.
Mr. Hill cited this as proof that
a deliberate onslaught is being
made on farm and fari ere now a
committee. to refect egg market-
ing has been formed. This
committee is formed by the same
integrators and egg graders who
opposed the forming of the
Ontario Egg Board from the be -
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ginning. Now they see a
and want to reduce the
Board to a promotion
They circulate a document to + _w
producers urging those oil.
:These people went a holt en the
industry,, Mr. Hill Stated. and any
producer who signs thin d
meat signs for the of his
own grave.
Farmers have to be very
careful about suggestions for
change. They all say that
are notagainst the farmer, on
the farmer insists on the 'right
price for his: product. -Then they
are not for the farm .anymore. .
Of Professor Forbes, who, was
cont` ..missoned by the Counters
Council of Canada to study
marketing boards, Mr. Hill said
Mr. Forbes has been a lifelong"
foe of marketing boards.
Mrs. Plumtre of the Food
Prices Review Board is being
used by the anti -marketing ford
Mr. Hill claimed. When, chain
stores were found to be-profiteer-
ing
e rofiteer-ing Mrs. Plumtre said that they
wouldn't do it again, and She
defended processors, saying that
they made no undue profit. Mr
Hill, himself a bean producer,.
said that bean prices to the .
farmer are 27 cents per pound.
Another 48' cents is added
between farmer and consumer;
The farmer has to plow,
cultivate, apply fertilizer and
herbicide, harvest and deliver fir
27 cents!. The consumer pays •
nn additional 48 cents for
washing, sorting, packing ands'
retailing. When Mrs. Plumtre
findsout, what will she do?
The big city press attacked
farmers as a whole because of a
few isolated cases of farm labor
e
abuse. Maritsa*
boards aaarce ho
read. *to*, Mr Hill said.
Huron Casty bas always been a
strong supporter 'el marketing
boards use reels that
without have sorsa Means
to lint a price upon our ;products.
If we are ceught in lower prices
and spiralling cos% we know
what hatoone. The farmsc is tbe
only one who has no conal over
supply Everyone OK has, be it
labor or manufacturer. The
Federation prelident would
to sere legislation changed to
production control from market-
ing
r'ket-ing contiol. We Also. will have to
decide if ,weee want to remain nim.
guys. We may have to change.
He voiced, no objection to
consumer representation..an tbe
Ontario Farm Products Market-
.Ing
arl *.fng Board and the Canadian Food
Council: It may be a good thing,
he said, for they might is as.
thing or two.
Farmers deserve a lot ► of
criticism .for failing to get our
,story across, Write letters to the
editor, he said, and call In on open
line radio ohms, .'Every fanner
has ,that respona� ibility. They
need an. information Int" vice on a
permanent basis as aw :source for. ,
consumer editors. •
In other bu rota s before the
'meeting, Jake : Van Wondern of
Varna warts':.elected'1,as ISM
director for " West 4entral °Huron
Region, with',James. McIntosh, ,
Seaford), Ivan McCiymont, Var-
na, and Bert Branderborst of
Hensall, ° relegates. Alternate
elected: Richard ' Kooystra of
Clinton. For South Huron A$h
Walpert of Grand Bend was
tu
rerned as director, with Albert
Erb of Zuria as delegate.
ie Peso
Mr. and Mrs. mOlio=
of Orangeville spent the weekend
with . and Mrs. Rohit fad.
Marko Gibson of C *Jae
the weld with kis
parents.
.Mir', and Mrs: Cher and
ofSvn1a , lilt, 1 Mrs.
Barlow, Gerd Lynn and
/clan , Homer Barlow
lata, Mrs. Myrtle lith
Howick gives OK
to roof. lottery
and Novi*, Aso eill11 alt, ►
ChrisAithettr Hebert rad ChM of
Owes Sound visited Mks.
Barlow Isot"•
Mr. and Mrs. Lawson Cospbell
of Heaton spot the wee*
with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Bak*
SOO.
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ll , and Mrs. Cameron Taytor
of Walkerton, erton, Mr. ar*d Via. Mee
nide;, and la Orgies* et
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HaJaiak TownshipCouncil gaveseason and for
sanding, with the
its nodto the selling of lottery approval of the Ministry' of
tickets' in' the : township at the Transportation and Commuhiea-
October session. " • tion. Tenders ;must be is the
Permission was granted to " hands of the clerk no later than 5
house; George Hayden for a steel
granary.; Walter Good for a milk
house and extension to the barn;
house: Danny Salter fOr a
steel storage shed.
TENDERS
Clerk Ivan. Haskins was in-
structed to advertise for -tenders
for snow (plowing for the 1974-75
THEPANSIES
The Wingham III Club has been
Meeting at the home -of Mrs. Les
Jacklin. Discu.ssions have been
abotit invitations, decorations,
themes and menus for enter-
taining.
The girls also 'earned how to
pack a‘ suitcase for travel and
how to set a buffet table. for a
party.
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When it comes to offering specialized finapcial services to
farmers, Al Pacey, Manager of Lucknow's Royal Bank, is as
comfortable doing business in your kitchen as he is in his
own office. (More often than you:d think, the farm kitchen is
the best place to get Al's banking expertise fully
concentrated on helping'you achieve a worthwhile project.)
What's more—and this is important—Al Pacey has the full
facilities and expertise of our Agricultural and Credit
Departments to back him up. In addition to Farmplan
Credit & Counselling he can tell you how
to protect your farm and family with
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.We'dlike you to give Al a call, to see just
how effectively he can use his experience
and judgment to offer you sound advice .
. backed up by some pretty sound and
sizeable dollars if your growth plan
makes agricultural and economic sense.
If you'd like to have that talk
with Al Pacey, call him at -
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better ense to have that
important first meeting in his
office, instead of your kitchen,
the coffee's oti Al.
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WINGHAM PUBLIC SCHOOL had a very interesting and
intriguing visitor last week when Arlftrn Linde came to the
school to present a film and talk.. alx)ut his native
Switzerland for two assemblies on, Friday. Mr. Uncle at-
tached to the Swiss Consulate in Toronto. His flint dealt with
the customs arid folklore of the sMall Alpfnn country which
is roughly the size of southwestern Ontato.