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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-11-07, Page 26PAGE 10.A --»GOD RICH SIGNAL -STAR, TH'11RS[)AY, NOVEMBER 7. i974 1 Dr. Vern Burrows, Chief of the.Cereal Section at Agriculture Canada's Ottawa Reseah Station is' seen with a crop of Hinoats (high notes). Dr. Burrows and Agriculture Canada worked with General Foods, Limited in devyeloping the high - protein oat, which is now being offered to consumers as a breakfast cereal. Beef producers meet A meeting of heef producers, members and non-members of the National Farmers Union took place in Brookside Si,„hool on Thursday, October 24 spon• - sored by Local 4'3:35, of the N.F.U. About; 20 people were present to discus's the cattle situation and the low$ prices paid to producers. A• discussion took place 'un the price of beef in the stores a' compared. to the price paid to the farmer for heef. The most outstanding difference seems to be in hamburg and ground heef. Hamburg k made from lower grade cuts of heef. The highest price, .for finished heef to the farmer k about 50 to 53c per lb.; the lowest 11c to .28c per lb. It was felt 'that a good con - 'sumer education program should be conducted to give publicity to the wide spread in .prices from the farm level to the retail .meat counter. During the Liberal Campaign farmers were'led to believe that there would I'e a realistic tabiliz«tion . prograrri' for CLAY Silo Unloaders - Feeders - Cleaners - Stabling Leg Elevators - Liquid Manure Equipment • Hoa Equipment FARMATIC - - Mills - Augers, etc. ACORN -- - Cleaners T Heated Waterers ZERO — • Bulk Tanks • Pipeline & Porlour Equipment WESTEEL-ROSCO-Granaries B it L - Hog Panelling B ulk Tank & Pipeline Cleaning. Detergents, Teat'Dlp, etc. Bovadine Dyne losan Uddersan Foomcheck ° Kleeneosy LOWRY FARM SYSTEMS 'I,R.1,- Kincardine, Ontario Mone 3!3.52$6 OFA pleas. -to province for financial assistance The Ontario Federation of Agriculture asked 'the provin- cial government for financial assistance to help cow -calf operators stay •in business without drastically cutting production and adding further to the boom -bust cycle in beef. OFA asked Ontario Minister of ' Agriculture and Food, \Villiarn A. Stewart, to en- courage cow -calf operators iii .cull tip to 20 per cent of lower quality animals in their herds by payment of a grant of $100 per cow sold'•for slaughter bet- ween October ' 1, ° 1974 and March :31, 1975. They, urged. -that each t �c culled should be replaced by a Advisory committee planned for egg producers 4 The 7) Farm PrOdugts, Marketing Board has aunoun- .ced amendments to the Ontario Egg Producers' Marketing Plan to allow for establishment of an Ontario Egg Industry Advisory Committee. Requested by 'the Ontario Egg « Producers' Marketing Board;' the Ontario Hatcherjes' Association and the `Ontario Pullet Growers' Association, the •Committee will ha4 the .power ' to advise• and make r_rscomnien.dations to the local Board or to., any person or organization represented on the Committee on the following matters: • - them promotion of har- monious relationships between persons engaged in _the produc- tion and marketing of the regulated -product; - the promoti'c'►n of greater ef- ficiency in the production arid marketing' of the regulated product; - the prevention and correc- tion of irregularities and inequities in the marketing of the regulated product; - the improvement of the quality of the regulated product; • the.improvement of the. cir- culation of market information respecting the regulated product; - without limiting the generality of any of the foregoing, any matter with respect to which the Board or the local Board may he em- powered . to make regulations under this Act. In commenting on the Com- mittee,' Ontario's • Minister of Agriculture and Food, the Honourable Wm. A. Stewart stated: "This i an important first step in providing: all segments of the egg industry with an opportunity to voice their opinions and concerns on 4 the logical future course of this vital segment• of our economy:'" The Ontario Egg Industry ° Advisory Committee will con- • sist of the following: -'a Chairman appointed by .the Farm Products Marketing Board;' • - five members appointed by the Ontario Egg --Producers' Marketing Board;, - two member~ appointed by the Ontario Pullet Growers" Association; • agriculture. By. stabilization it was believed that -the farmer would received cost of produc- tion plus a reasonable profit for his 'produce. The heef stabilization ,program as outlined .by Hon. Eugene Whelan, minister, of Agriculturve, was reviewed and labelled as totally inadequate. It does nothing for the' farmer who i''s keeping cows - and raising calves, and it does nothing for the farmer selling feeder cattle. ' The floor price of $45.42 for slaughter is also inadequate. Farmers who houghs young cat= ,tle last fall for68"c per lb., are selling the same cattle this. fall for :34c per lb. This- is a great loss. Young calves are •selling for less than it cost to. produce' them. • • Recommendations from this meeting were that any farmer selling canner and cutter cows would he subsidized through' the Federal Government $100 'per cow over the market .price. It was further recommended that a subsidy of $100 be paid for . calves produced, whether sold or kept by the farmer up to 100 calves.. A loan Of any kind' from the Government was rejected as this is only, p'ost- po'ning the problem for a year, All, discussions come hack to the need of a stabilized price on farm products. It was also felt that. there should he accurate reporting on the 'number of cat- tle ac'r(is ( Canada, so producers could get away from producing more cattle' than the market .requires. • Another suggestion was that any 'inventory should -Ise" :the responsibility of the people, .to he di!;posed of to people on low or fixed income in Canada or elsewhere. • The third recommendation• was that a _ national meat authority would he established. This would have the power to manage supplies and control imports. 'Farmers would then have, the right to bargain for a price for their-; products with this agency. These recommendatiilns will be passed on to.NFU Executive who will take action on this im- portant issue. - Land Fill Site HOLMESVILLE + �a Effective Monday, November 4th, 1974, the Land Fill Site at Holmesville will be open for the winter season as follows: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 6 Days a week (except Sundays & Holidays) Theise hours to remain in effect while Standard Time is obser- . ved, and will be known as winter hours. Please be governed accordingly. ALL PAPERS Must es properly pecked in boxes or bound and securely tied. Contalners may be purchased at the Site. Land Fi11 Site Cornnmi tee - two members the Ontario Association; w • - one member appointed by the Ontario Grain and Feed Dealers' A'ssociat'ion; one meni-bier appointed by the Ontario Egg Processors' Association; - one member to he appointed to repr4sent the. egg breakers of Ontario . appointed hy. Hatcheries' Keep rats out of,larns Rats can be an expensive hazard to tie' farmer. "Apart from-seriou's .feed losses, wiring can can be damaged in barns where there are large numbers of rats, resulting in electrical failures or fire", says J.E. Brubaker, agricultural engineer with the Ontario Ministry of,Agriculture and Food. To keep rats out of your farm buildings this fall, make sure they can find neither food nor hiding places. Store grain and feed in rat -proof bins and clean up any spills around them. Remove boards, grain bags or stones that may have ac- cumulated °outside or inside your barn. Pile manure away from farm buildings and keep the weeds and grass; around them cut. Keep doors tightly closed whenever possible. "Because rats used covered„ routes to food ..• sources and seldom live or rune in open areas, you will need •to search closely for most rat holes", ex- plains Mr..Brubaker. When you find the holes, block them up, with metal or hardwood boards. Close off all openings •• to runways and nesting places within walls. a - If you are building a new barn, help to make it rat -proof by setting the foundation% on footings that spread outward from the building, or by'placing a foot -wide band ofa half-inch wire mesh six inches below the surface of the soil spreading out' from" the entire foundation. If either of these methods is used, any rodent attempting to .tun- nel under the new -building will hit animpenetrable obstacle and be discouraged from con- tinuing. Ducharme Excavating -Dashwood 236--4230 TRUCKING - BACKHOE & DOZER SERVICE C(aALL ODERICH NICK DOWHANIUK524-&24o Guaranteed Investment Certificates BRUCE ERSKINE 86 NORTH ST.; GODERICH 524.4555 heifer salt so that herd size v. 01 Id he maintained and (dtquulte Iht't•t ‘%,.ould he, ,tc ailahle for market in 1976 - '['he federation asked ,that cow-calfcow;calf operators be given a grant of' $25 per calf, whether the Calf is retained in the herd or sold het ween October' 1 and 1)eernher :31, 1974. , OI"A is, also asking the On- tario Ministry of Agriculture and Food to Undertake a study to show costs of production and determine whether or not beef raising is practical, • given the costs producers now face in On- tario "Bilorn and bust cycles .are Just not good enough in -today's high ti'ost farming economy," Gordon Hill, Varna, - OFA president, said following the conference • with Agriculture Minister Stewart. He conten- ded that c, w -calf heef opelators are' entitled to know what ig expected of them in this difficult time- and ,what prospects are in store for them. "They need to know -these prospects as soon as possible," he added: - Hill says a pause is needed in beef production. However, OFA - would not like to see a drastic reduction in Ontario's ability to produce beef. "That is why OFA is recom- mending culling for market 'of up:„ to -20 ,per cent.. - of the lower quality animals in , each herd but stressing that each cow .culled should be replaced with a 1974 heifer calf that could produce heef to go to Market in -1977. "Because cow prices are at a disastrously low letv°el of around 11 --to 12 `cents, the OFA has asked for a '$'l00 'payment per -cow culled," Hilt, stated. To offset the high cost of borrowing for feed OFA is asking a' $25 payment per calf of the 74 crop. These payments would he c made to producers registered for production of heef. "These amounts should enable cow -calf operators to pay taxes and stay in hu,a,j ness." OFA' indications are that in 1976-77 markets will open up again and Ontario should be in • a .position to produce its. share. of the market at that time. "The preseftt - situation has been brought ern by a rapid escalation in grain prices which has made feeding beef cattle uneconomic,'"Hill says. He -adds that high oil prices have forced many countries to reduce imports of beef td con-. serve currency to. pay the necessary oil bill. These are the factors that have l'ed to a world surplus of beef - surplus in the sense that there isn't money available in • importing coun- ONLY YOU CAN GIVE THE GIFT OF LIFEF' ( • .04 • 0 SOVIE'S FISHERIES am: - t ' I 4." W7i r` 1 ': N\ 4• - Fresh Fish Daily • ' Perch, Pickerel, Salmon -'' . Whitefish All in Season WHOLESALE & RETAIL ICE -CUBES OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Phone 5"24_9211 tries to purchase the amount they would like to buy. 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