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.A9E I044",ii0DERIGii SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY6, 1976
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..Thei,,hoW-defunct food prices review board 'has been severely: farmerjs'. and farm organization'.: tor
the final report wittoh; tried to'find a villain in the food -price
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• ••. •)• • The" final' report of Ahe'board before •most of those who
tWere Working Writ joined.the•anti-inflation board. includ-
ing. L1err 1'lumptre. suggested in strong termsthat- farm
'• ••• rir,iarketing boards were the•yillaints, . • .. •
• - . Not so. said farmers. Not said ,Eugene Whelan and
• Bill Newmari,„.the'federal:•and provincial ministers of agri-
culture..
There. just ain't no villain UnlessVou can blame wbrid-.0•
wide inflation, they said. But Wirick: research -di-.
•' 'rector. for ,the feed prices board and now on the staff of
the. anti-inflation „board, maintains' t.at -the, marketing
• board -option • to stability in farm incomes has little, if
t anything:to recommend it. ' • • • • •
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1 disagree with NI•r. A'irick although I"Tio not accept
..marketing•boards.Withonta few reservations,. For instance
do not like complete production•control because this im-
plies quotas and quotas h,ty'e a Way of becoming valuable.
. Witness what happened in milk quotas...in Ontario until the
mflk marketing board put a .freeze on the Sale price, of
quotas. •
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Those .quota prices tend to be integrated into (*est of
production and that. it -seems to me.. is an unfair burden. to
• placeon •the. 'consumer' because the consumer must pay
• morel the product. Policing the quota system can be -
:come an extremely costly procedure. Just ask the people
. in charge -of quotas fin' the. Canadian Egg Marketing'Ageney.
Marketing boards Have their drawbacks. • ' •
.But until.something better comes along, farmers should•
out'all the stops to reinforce. them. They 'needto fight
back when boards are criticized. . •-•
. Mr. W'irick proved in his report to the old' food-Wices
• board that farmers. are no poorer, on average. than any
• other Canadian. • He says that in 1970. the average farmer
. . . was making $2.300 less: than the av_erage Canadian woileer.- •
. -But in 1973. the average farmer mad $4.000 rnore• than .
the average i'artadian worker. ' .
• .. Therefore. Mr: •Wirick concludes, the average .farmer in
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Canada. is doing fine. thank you :7- t••:••
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••- What bothers me is something that has been:said before
in this 'corner. Wh shOtildn't-:.-most ,,farrners, in Canada.
particurarly in Ontario, make. ritore'than thp average Ca..
.nadian?: the'-averagellfrner has one helluva investriient
in land, buildLings...and equipnieni that the average Cana-
dian Wailer does not have to lay out to make a living.
. The 4verage Canadian .farmer has an investment"of at:
;$10(1000. prshatlY. rntch more in his .operation 'which
Other workers do not have. Is it asking too muchfor that
.thrhier to geta little return on h.is investrhent? ' • , :
Something else that shblild be taken into consideration
toe. is that a gre.at many farmer's depend on members
of their familiesfor much of ,the labor on the farm. It
really amounts to -slave labor; in the long run: for some
familv mernbers.• They get little compensation for their
toil. And that is another reason why so many young people
have left the farm. They worked like. slaves for years sim- ' •
• ply because the•returns to the farmer were not great enough
to pay thern. •t•tt „. •
Whert an opPortunitY. to make some money aroie., they
tookttit. They thumbed their noses at the Old Man and left.'
Mr. W'irick:s iitatistics proved. that farmers are not poor.
He proved theY'make jUst as much money as the average'
worker. But is that enough'?" •
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Dairy Cominission should
...1ifyo..power.. to tog
The Federal, coovernment Corninission be given the
allowed the, importation of 46 power to regulate export g and
million pounds of cheese intp4, iinpoitts.of dairy products.
Canada in the 1975 dairy year.
. In the same 'Period of time,
• Canadians consigned' 34.5
• milliop • more pounds of
cheddar cheese and 16.1.
million more pounds of
processed .; cheese • than .
Canada produced .in 1975.
• The • industrial • milk
• producers arebeing told.that .
' • they must ctif back on milk.
• roduction because there is a .
• • Surplus Of skim milk powder
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Farmers have to .contend With the vagaries' of the mar-
ket place. They have a tremendous o.utlayin capital. And
of far greater importance, they have to contend yilith the
weather. They. take•all kinds of risks every day throughout
'the- planting. growing and harvesting seasons that would. •
make,yo.ur ay.trage Canadian worker cringe.
• Farmers do, not punch a clock. They don't .gather around
'.the watercoolers or theoffee lcitinge. or call in sick three
days a month. . • •
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Wirick's figures are correct' --,- and I'm in no
position to doubt them — then farmers are making as,
'much as the average Canadian workers. But isit not rea:
Sonabie to suggest that they should make more.than the
average because of the investment they have and the risks'
they must take? •
TORONTO -. The minimum
• wage • fdr agricultural
workers in. :Ontario has in-
creased from $2:40 an hour to.
mediately.
• - • Agriculture and k'ood
'IMinistei'William •Newman
• ' Said he reluctantly agi-ed to.,
• the- inCrease: "Since the
•` federal Department -of
Manpower and• Immigration
uses the general minumum
• wage -($2.65) .as the basis of
the contract' for ' off -shore
workers, it has -been
• rwessary for the province to
establish a rate of pay for
• Canadian workers equal to
the federally -designated off.,
• shore labor rate, he said.
minimum wage: of 0.65 an
hour_10r ,Se_a_sorial tharvest
workers will' be pegged at
• that rate for the chiratiOn of
this year. •
• "It will be difficult for
many Ontario growers to
absorb the increased labor
costs at the new hourly iate to
econornically produce some
commodities this ,year," Mr.
• Prune fruit trees •
after hard winter.
• Once the severe wintry
weather is over, it's time to
start pruning fruit -bearing
trees, says R.F. Gornme,
• horticulturist with the
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture • and Food. So
sharpen your tOolg and get
readyto prune. •,
"Cut out broke -n and
damaged branches first, then
crowded branches in the
interior and top of the tree.
Remove • all the sucker
growth, which is usually
lighter in color and grows
• near the main • trunk at
ground level and elseWhere
• throughout the tree. Finally,
prune away -branches that
• tend to grow downwards or
•interfere with other main
• branches,” he says. '
• When pruning, avoid
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-• Silo Unloaders
• - Feeders .
- Cleaners
- Log Elevators
- Liquid Manure Equipment
• - Hog Equipment
FARMATIC
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-Mills
6gers, etc.
.ACORN —
- Cleaners' •
- Heited,Waterers
• ZERO —
Bulk Tanks
• Pipeline 8, Parlour Equipment
westeEL-ROSCO-Grantries
B Ate th''''?‹; Panelling
BjkYank& Pipeline cleaning
Detergents,TeatDip, ete.
Bovadine
Dyne ,
Losan
Ucklersan
Poe mcheck
Kleeneasy
LOWRY. FARM SYSTEMS
Kincardine, Ontario
Phorie 3955286
• cutting ',away more. than 10
percent Of the tree's grolgth.
Severe. pruning can
• sometiwes be injurous, Mr.
Gornme warns. He also
recommends that all cuts be
• made flush with 'the parent
limb and "large cuts be
covered with, a .wound
' 'dressing to prevent entry . of
diseases and' fungus:
9rganisms.
• The industrial milk could be
.'Newman said. • •: • wage rate be based directly
• On • future • federal- upon the minimum
' provincial agricultural labor agricultural wage in this
negotiations, Mr. Newman Province. .
'said he .would want the.. .An estimated 50,060 Ontario
f;cleral ininlgter to agsiThe,77-SeaSonallialr'est7W-Orkrs--arw,e-
-him and Ontario farmerg that employed during the peak
tfrm—prtod„
converted into cheese
• producti.on to bring our`
consumption of cheese in line
with production and take care
• of the so called "surplus" of
Obviously, processors must
be making a profit on skim
milk powder when they
continue to manufacture the
product.
• The National Farmers
• Union believes that one of the
basic concepts necessary for
a dairy policy in -Canada is
that the' Canadian :Dairy
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12 ft. Case swatyer with hay,
• conditioner arid water cooler
engine, in good- condition.
• Phone 524-6452.-19 ,
QUANTITY of choice first' cut
hay and second cut hay.
Phone 524-7060. —15tf. ,
F 7 FOR RENT
•• • 60 • ACRES - Hwy. • 21.
Outbreaks -of the spruce. • Amberley area. Phone 524-
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budworm in Canada have been 7875. 719,20,21 •
recorded as far back as 1704.
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Pre-ernergent
weed control in
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snap and
lima beans.
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velvetleaf, cocklebur, •
thistle, ye[low nutsedge or
bindweed, but you do_have
• troublesomegrass
problems like crabgrass,
green foxtaill witchgrass,
and weeds like lamb's
- quarters, black nightshade
• pigweed or ragweed, then
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