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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-10-24, Page 27Fluid milk subsidy to be removed in stages Following the Federal Gayer- of a 1 cent -a -quart rise in the nment's decision to withdraw price charged to processors by the 5 cent -a -quart consumer the I3oard. fluid milk subsidy over a period "This. increase is warren - of four months, representatives ted,' , Mr. McLaughlin said, from the Ontario GovernMent "because of continuing price in - and those from the :industry creases on essential items for met to determine how best the milk production, especially the subsidy should be phased out to costs of feed and farm labor. meet Ontario's situation. The Other items have also gone up decision was readied to remove in price since the last increase the 3 cents -a -quart of the 5 to producers early in April of . cent -a -quart, subsidy to 'conthis year; such as fertilizer, salters on October 21,and the petroleum products, hydro, remaining 2 cents' -a -quart to be seeds, , farm machinery and removed possibly, on February building materials. 1, 1975. "With the high price „of feed In referring to this -decision, as it is today," he said, "far - the Chairman of the Ontario mers are having to decide Milk Marketing Board, George whether to sell the grains they R. McLaughlin stated that this grow or feed them through method of withdiawal seemed cows to produce milk. It is preferable. hoped that this modest increase "The withdrawal of 1 cent- of 3.8% to the milk producer per -quart of milk" per month," will encourage. milk production he said, "Which was the and. ensure regularity of suppli proposal made by the Federal to the consumer." Government, would have Mr. McLaughlin, said, "the meant tb,at the consumer would v" withdrawal of the 3 cent -a - have toface a price increase quart subsidy, together with the every month, 'and we do not producers' increase equivalent feel that this would be a to about 1 cent -a -quart, makes desirable way to handle it It a total of 4 cents -a -quart, but would cause continuous disrup- the actual extent of the in - tion in the market place over crease has not yet been deter - an extended period, which mined because the Board has would not be in the interests of no control over retail prices --- either consumers or the in- they are determined by com- dustry." petitive forces in the market Dairy farmers who produce place." .milk for table use need an The 40 -cent increase' per hun- crease in price' at this time to dredweight raises the farm cover rising costs of produc- price for; raw milk in Southern tion," Mr. McLaughlin said. Ontario from' $10.45 per hun- The producer increase of 40 dredweight to $10.85 per hun- cents per hundredweight will dredweight and in Northern also be _effective ..October 21. Ontario from_ $L1.0 This represents the equivalent per hundredweight. Duchatme Excavating -Dashwood 236-4230 TRUCKING - BACKHOE -"8/ DOZER sERvicE CGODERICH NICK DOWHANIUK 524-62.40 Ministry of Housing Ontario Housing COrporation LOTS FOR TOWN OF GODERICH Ontario Housing Corporation offers'to builders servicecrbuilding lots or the construction Of 22 detached houses in the Town of Goderich. Proposals are invited from builders interested in leasing the land for the purpose of building houses for sale under OHC's.Home Ownership Made Easy (H.O.M.E.), The lots are located in the Suncoast Estates subdivision bounded on the north by Sunset Drive and on the south by SuncOast Drive. OHC is encouraging.the production of basic, no-jrill housing which conforms tolocal municipal requirements at prices Within the reach of moderate -income families. Prices submitted by builders will be measured against OHC's "target prices'? which are based on current appraised building costs in Goderich. Builders' mortgage' applications are subject to approval by Ontario Mortgage 'Corporation which currently makes mortgage financing available to successful applicants at 93/4 per cent interest on a five-year term with an amortization period of 35 years. Builders may obtain a proposal package at the third floor offices of OHC. at 60 Bloor Street West,,Toronto, or at Goderich Town Hall, 57 West Street. 'In order to be corisidered, builders' proposals must be received at OHC's head office, 101 Bloor Street West,Toronto, M5S 1P8, by 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, November, 12, 1974. ANOTHER H 0.114•Ei COMITY DEVELOPED BY ONTARIO HOUSING CORPORATION 0 ° ooDERieu stoNAL.4TA3, Tfi,URSDAY, OCTOBER 24$ 1974, PAGE SR Bull testing, herd evaluation for profits • - Beef Producers. with the most are .weighed a't weaning and all profitable farms use superior- ' ,heifer _calves are weighed at,‘ gaining „bulls and cull poor- about 12 months. Records of producing cows, - calving dates and, the sex and rideqe,nutiirfeidca,tion each calf are :The Beef Bull Testing and of ,Hei'd Evaluation . Programa:, 'sponsored: by the Ontario • • Ministry of • Agriculture and Food can help you identify your hest ,and • poorest bulk and cows", says livestock specialist R.E. Macarpey. Fast -grow ing bulls sire calves Huron Plow Match Committee Preliminary plans_ for the return of the International Plowing Match to Huron in 1978 already are, underway and the Huron International cOmmittee.is holding regular meetings. Headed' by Howard Datws of Dashwood as chairman, the committee - includes Ken rlett, Clinton, Treasurer -Reeve Roy Pattison, RR 3 Wingham, and_Reeve Allan Campbell, RR 1, Seaforth, Vice Chairmen, and Huron Ag. Reg.,Don Pullen, Clinton.Secretary. 6, Shown here w committee Seaforth, former OPA director Jim ArmstrongM,cGa RRvin4: Wingham, OPA director. The committee is anxious to learn of owners of sites in Huron that may be available for the 1978 match and askS.that suggestions be forwarded to Don Pullen, secretary of the local committee at 482-3428 or Zenith 7-2800 cn abe enrolled, the herd con- taining 15 cows or more WhiCh - calved in a 90 -day period is handled as -a management group. All. calves in the . herd ith the are left, Gordon an d which are heavier, at weaning and which make faster, more efficient feedlot gains. The bull testing program can help the farmer make sound herd sire selections by providing him wit h perforin.ance information. Groups of 15 to 150 bulls can he tested together under the same conditions at Ministry- contr(illed centers. The Ministry als.ohas guidelines for testing hulls on ,the farm,: The progratil also sorts the profitable females from the un- rofitable ones; identifying the cows which wean light calves,. the heifers which are likely to wean heavy' calves, and those which have superior growth rates. Several, calves, managed 'under the same conditions from birth to weaning, are formed mto management groups. • Although herds of any size before October 25. Bushlot feeding possible for Holstein steers A bushlotleeding experiment conducted through _fist winter at the Kemptville College of Agricultural- Technology has demonstrated the ability of Holstein steers to withstand winter conditions when' no hou's'ing is available. Mr. Maham Hooper, head of the Livestock Production Sec- , ` knew that Holstein steers per- ready for shipping. Two' groups formed well in our feedlot were in separate bushlots with facility, ancl_we wertanxious to_ only a thick cedar bush for see , if they were capable Of cover. The third -0-64 -Waa fed makiriglitaptable weight gains in an open -fronted pole barn on in, the " , bush." ' • the camprus "W tion of the College, states: e October untilthe tattle were Three groups, each of 12 cat- . Group 1 in the bush received tle, silage supplement by periment, one-half percent were 'used cond ucted the from ext.' late CO rn shelled cor n at body weight, and urea -molasses to lift the protein content to .12 percent.. Group 2' in the bush received high moisture ear corn Thiixed—v4th did Group 3, whichwas housed in the barn. Feed was available to all animals 24 hours a day. Free' -choice mineral sup- plements and trace -mineralized salt were also provided. , "ObviOusly the Cattle on corn silage .did not gain as quickly as. thOse-anirnals ori grain rations, but they did pro-duce'a 300' per- cent increasein returns, over the cost of feed", points out the researcher. The -htihlot group on , grain gained better than those in the barn, but "it Was an 'insignificant amount". Both, outside groups occattle stripped the hark off mi)!it the cedar trees, and a means must he found to peeiient this in future experiments. The trial 'will continue for several win- ters in an atteni,pt to determibe what types of probleMS might , arise if the system were adop- ted on. a continuous „basis. CLAY— Silo F • Cigginari Hoa Equlpm.flt FARMAIIC MWs OZERACHORui:Nga—:::::d aVIPtVac. 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