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down on the
this question,
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machinery di
assembled facts
the Canada
Agriculture a
Bureau' of Statis
prepared a fo
information, app
"How're They
Down on the Farm
Some Real F
What are the r
food costs, farm
farmers' profits an
tax dollars bei
farmers? Here
examples of what
researchers turned
compiling informa
pamphlet.
As mast of
discovered, the pric
everything has
However, the ave
earne now works les
he did in the past to
shopping cart. Today
work buys more food
in 1945. When broke
a percentage increase
costs have risen less
other cost -of -living in
- in, the last twenty yea
example, from 1952
food prices rose 21 per
all other items
cost -of -living index ros
cefTt. -
But food prices are
and both the buyer a
accused farmer have a
know. why. Major factors
cost increase have
processing and packaging.
years ago, there were n
things as frozen TV dinners
orange juice came to
consumer in an orang
concentrated and n
packaged in a can or pow
in a jar. Or, who had heard
of buying meat wrappe
cellophane~,,h : „..„The y costs
transportation today add gre
to our food bill too. Marke
cost for food has risen by
per cent in the last twenty ye
a major part of the overall
per cent food price increase.
The members of the Goderich District Collegiate Institute Senior. Vikings football
team held a banquet at the Harbourlite Inn November 15 to celebrate their
victory of the Wingham Mustangs for the Huron -Perth Conference championship.
Left to right are, front row: Ron Brown, Gary Lounsbury, Brad Vanstone, Head -
Coach Wayne Horner, Jim Redmond, most valuable lineman; Jon Ginn, 'team
; Crawford,valuable football_ player; Ra Donnell coach; Brian
captain, Torn most p y , y y, ,
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Sheardown, AII'istair Pirie and Randy Schmidt. Middle row: Bill Duckworth,
manager; Al .Drennan, Bruce Fisher, Mark Ryan, John Stright, Bill Westbrook,.
Warren Watt, Paul Frayne, Dale Wardley, Kevin Rumig and Brian Westbrook. Back
row: Greg Markson, assistant manager; Pat O'Brien, Brian Pfrimmer, Pat Melady,
Pete Johnston, Bill Wedlock, Brian Allen, Brian MacKenzie, Wayne Draper, Steve
_Stringer, Tim .O'Brien Murray Torrance_and Steve Haggett. - staff'photo:
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H
ow're they really doing down on the farm?
torians have never been
pinpoint the' exact period
man first embarked upon
velopment of agriculture.
ains were harvested and
ed long before man
to cultivate his own
elds. Perhaps it was the
spilled grain from a wild
a crude camp that first
early man's thoughts of
.4
I�
e
4
e grain grows where it
to the ground
lly, why can't I drop it
ant it to grow?"
perhaps, - with such a
the world's greatest
was . launched without
ut it has not grown as
it was born. Today,
r is in an almost
spotlight of
sy, myth and
ion. He is accused of
gh. prices in the
.. He -is --labeled as _the-- -
spent by the consumer. for
choice beef and 4'/a cents for the
wheat in a 27 cent loaf of bread.
And for each $1 -worth of wood
grown for pulp, the farmer's
income is 19 cents.
Like urban consumers,
farmers must purchase much of
their food at supermarket prices,
even though they have, not
fellow in the straw
its on his porch
fields in which he
g and is paid for
cite often, he ' is
living off the fat of
ller's tax dollar.
the teal situation
farm? To answer
New Holland,
orporation's farm
vision, recently -
and•figures from
Department of
nd Dominion
tics sources and
lder . .of ,farm
ropriately titled
Really Doin'
arm Facts
eal facts about
production,'
d, about your
ng paid , to
are a few
New Holland
up Ale
ion for the
as have
e of nearly
gone up.
rage .age
s time than
ill the same
, an hour's
than it did
n
down - by
basis, food '
han most
dex items
rs.' As an
to 1967,
ent-but
on the
2,5 -per
higher
nd the
ight to
in food
been
A few
o such
. And
the
e -not
eatly
dered
then
d in
of
atly
ting
130
ars,
35
benefited. from the higher -prices.
In 1967, the average non-farm
worker averaged between $2.35
and $2.95 while the farm worker
was averaging about $1.29 per
hour for his labors. The average -
1967 net income per Canadian
farm was $3.95, and the average
farm person, had only $895
disposable personal income.
In spite of the fact that
modern Canadian farmers are
among the world's most
productive and efficient food
producers, they've been caught
in a squeeze between rising
operating costs and declining
wholesale farm produce prices.
While the wholesale price index
for all other commodities has
been going up, the index of
wholesale farm prices for field
Gordon Hill is new OFA president
Gordon' L. Hill, 43, of Varna
is the new president of the
Ontario Federation of
Agriculture. The election took
place on the second day of the
OFA's annual convention in
Toronto last week.
The theme of the three-day
event ° was "Road to
the -70's--. ��rive--or-Be_Driven ":
The two new vice-presidents
of the OFA are Frank Wall of
Port Burwell in Elgin County
and Keith Matthie of Algonquin
in Grenville County.
The remaining new members
of the executive include Bruce
Taylor , from Enniskillen in
Durham County, Malcolm
Davidson from Brucefield and
Delmer Bennett from Forrester's
Falls in Renfrew County. -
Mr. Hill succeeds Charles G.
Munro 'of Embro as OFA
president. Mr. Munro continues
as president of the Canadian
Federation -of Agriculture and as
a vice-president of the
Internatiohal Federation of
Agricultural Producers. He is the
'second mar. in the history of the
Federation to gain three
consecutive one-year terms as
OFA leader.
The new OFA president, a
hog and cash -crop producer,
. farms in partnership with his
married son. Together they
What does the farmer himself
average in receipts from these
higher food prices'? Not much!
When you buy a 35 cent box of
' cornflakes, the man who grew
the torn gets 54 cents. The
farmer gets .54 tents for each $1
manage about 700 acres of white,
beans and barley, although the
bulk of their operation involves
hogs.
Mr. Hill has been active in
farm organizations for about 15
years, starting with the Huron
County local of the. Ontario
Farmers' Union.
"I -la was president of OFU
from 1957 to -1960, and Mien
provincial secretary for one year.
In 1962, the father of three
joined . the Farm Products
Marketing Board for a three-year
term. Hehas also served on the
Ontario Bean Producers'
Marketing Board for two years.
Interest in agriculture as a
whole has taken Mr. Hill to work
with the Advisory Committee to
the Price Stabilization Board and
the Agricultural Inquiry
Committee into Intermarketing
Products. Most recently, he
helped author the report of the
Special Committee on, Farm
Income.
Following his election, Mr.
Hill stated that definite
progress in the future will
"require a group effort on behalf
of all of us together."
Lions governor here Thursday
Howard . Henderson of Owen
Sound; the A9 District Governor
of ' Lions International will be
making his. official visit to the
Goderich Lions Club on
Thursday Nov. 27.
Mr. Henderson has been a
member of the Owen Sound'
Club for 12 years. He has been.
president of that club and filled
numerous important district
offices, which qualified him for
the office of district governor.
He was elected to this office in
Ottawa at the district
convention in ,,,May 1969 and
installed into office at the
International Convention in
Tokyo, Japan, July 1969.. He
holds this office till June 30th,
1970.
Mr. Henderson is employed
by the City of Owen .Sound as
cemetery superintendant and is
the immediate past president of
the Ontario Cemeteries
Association.
There are 43 Lions Clubs in
Lion Henderson's District A9 of
which Goderich is one. The
Goderich � Lions Club has been in
operation 47 years. There are
over 90 community -minded men
in the local club. The President
is Mr. Harold . Baird of Baird
Motors Ltd.
products went down from 223,0
in 1952 to 198.7 fifteen years
later.
Farmers Buy, Too
Another fact sometimes
forgotten by urban dwellers is
that farmers are people with
needs just like non -farmers. As
consumers, they spend about
$690 million annually for food,
clothing, medicine- and the other
necessities. Like other industries,
agriculture needs raw materials
and machines -to produce crops.
.,About 2.5 billion worth of
production goods and services
are purchased by farmers each
year.
As employers, farmers pay
wages that help strengthen
Canada's ,economy. Some
427,000 people are independent
agricultural producers. But more
than 215,000 other people are •
employed in jobs directly related
to agriculture, providing
supplies, storing materials, and
processing and -merchandising
agricultural products.
New Holland?s brochure
points out that the beneficial
effects of Canadian farming
reach beyond the boundaries of
.the Dominion. Canada is one of
the world's largest food
exporters with 1.4 billion in
products shipped abroad in
1967. In 1967, Canadian farmers
provided 350 million bushels of
wheat and 239,000 head of
cattle for export. That's why
Canada'sfarmers, because of
their productivity, are a
powerful force for world peace.
As "How're They Really
Doin' Down on the Farm?"
points out, agriculture is still one
of Canada's essential industries,
with assets of more than $15
billion. And, while the farmer
contributes to so many different
aspects 'Of our world economy
and health, it is more than
amazing that food prices have
maintained a low level.
QEI:'BERT .JAMES
SIHEWFEL:T
.A 2oerc Kincardine resident
died in St, Joseph's Hospital,
.Hamilton, NQvember.16, Delbert
James '.Shewfelt, in his
seventy-fifth year. , Son .or thie
late Archibald $hewfelt and
Catherine McDiarrnkl, be was
born in Kincardine Township In
1.895.
eti"lsted in the 160th
Bruce Battalio. n in ' 1915, and
served in the 18th Battalion. He
was wounded and gassed at the
battle °of Cherrissy, France.
On his return from overseas
in 1919 he farmed. in Bruce
Township for two years. He then
'purchased the Kincardine
Bakery from John Stein, and
operated' where the Coin
Laundry is now situated. He
later sold this to Mr. E. F.
Knipe, and conducted a trucking
business - between Kincardine,
Owen Sound and Hamilton. He
moved to Hamilton in 1939 and
resided there for seven years
before moving to Copetown,
where he resided on the
Governor's Road until the time
of his death.
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He was a . member of
CQpetown- U.nited,r_Chureb,..The..
Dundas `°Granite Curling Club,
and a life member of Copetown
Athletic Association. He was
greatly interested in sports, and
was one of the pioneers in
organizing the Baseball and
Hockey Leagues in Copetown
Area.
Of a warm -outgoing
peirsonality, "Deb," as he was
familiarly known, made many
warm and lasting friends in all of
the communities where he lived.
His thoughtfulness and kindness
Ladies curling
club results
The results ,of the ladies'
curling at the Maitland Curling
Club for the past week are as
follows:
Thursday, November 20 =
Gardner 6; Paquette 4; Sully 12;
Martin 51 -Osborne 10; Graff 5;
Moore 10 and Cutt 4.
Tuesday, November 25 -
Paquette 11; Cutt 5; Sale 10;
Ainslie 2; Durst 14; Osborne 2;
Lepaine 8; Garner 7.
will long be remembered by
those who knew him.
Left to mourn his ping are
his wife,, the former. Mary'Ann
Hughes; two sons, Delbert of
Goderich and . William of
Copetown; three daughters,
Loretta, Mrs, Jack. Wiilllnnsooln,
Caledonia; Dorothy, Mrs. Lloyd
French, Wate0down; and
Marilyn, Mrs. Rollo Snyder,
Copetown; a brother, Gordon
grandchildren and 4
Gift Boxes
Gift Certificates
great.grandchildren*,
nieces and nephews.
The tuned service was
at Caattel: , and - Eaton' Funeral
Horne, Dunflats, Tu day
afterni !on, November 18', ,w'r
Rev. Grant A, Melidejohn
conducting. Burial was in Cont
.Zion Cemetery, Copetown, with
friends attending. -from Rutland,:
Vermont, Rochester.,, N Y'.,
Bel v.x.11e, Burlington,
Kincardine, amilto .and
district,
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