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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-10-07, Page 35° We owe it all to the .native' people of Canada, the Cana- dian Indian. In 20 short years, grain corn has become this province's' biggest farm crop.' It was grown by the native people as', maize but hybrid varieties have been developed.so quickly • that the original crop would hardly be recognized. Not too many people . except those who grow it have `been aware of the tremendous growth of this crop in On- tario.. Between 1956 and 1960,_the grain corn crop averaged 28 million bushels. a year. Between 1966• and 1970. the aver- age had jumped to, 75 million bushels a Year and_passed the 100 -million bushel mark in the early 1970s. Last: year, the crop topped •130 million bushels and this year's yield is expected to,be even higher: Now, that - s a; good idea, especially when it is a good pro- duct and ready market's are available. But the problem - there are always problems in agriculture - is that the in= austry has grown so fast in Ontario that there simply isn't enough room to store the crop when it is.harvested. Any Canadian who has travelled to Western Canada is aware of the huge storage elevators spattered across the Prairies. The grain crop is harvested and stored in these elevators until sold by the Wheat Pool and delivered to • buyers around the world. . I should qualify that statements delivered when unions decide to accept settlements which will allow the grain to be delivered. o Ontario farmers felt they were stuck with a •huge sur- plus last' spring and last fall and sold as much corn -as they could. They sold 10,5 million bushels to,.the U.S.•-owned Cargill Grain :Co. ltd. who. in turn exported the corn to. Russia and Cuba. • Ontario farmers got about $2-35 a bushel for the 'corn - that left this country. But until the new' crop came in this month - it is still .being harveste-- a corn shortage was evident in Ontario. So Ontario farmers. because they lack- • ed storage facilities last fall and this spring; had to buy • ° in '04 heiter'5 ere appreciated. by Bob Trotter. Eldale Rd . Elmva, Ont N38 2c7 imported U.S. corn at more than•$3 a bushel. • Sounds stupid. doesn't it? Grow your crop, sell it cheap because you can't store it: properly but buyback the same crop from outside the tour'• try for more than you got for yourown crop. . Walter Miller. the outspoken vice-president of 'the Na-. -ti.onal Farmers .Union', maintainsthat firms such.as.Car-.•, .gill Shouldn't be allowed to capitalize 'on the plight of farm- ers. • "Those grain companies are in business to make money and they purposely manipulate prices and markets to• max- imizetheir profits." Miller is quoted as saying. I0Decision-making. must be taken out .of the corporate boardrooms of another -cou.ntey and put into 'the public forum," he said. Many will agree although.businessmeri would simply say . that the U.S. - based Cargill company simply smelled a tidy profit and took advantage of the opportunity to make a few'million bucks... " Who knows whether the grain -corn `purchased by. the firm last fall at. $2.35 a bushel is not the very same grain now being. bought by the samer farmers who glrew it for $3.10 a bushel? • Agriculture Cit. hister Eugene Whelan. I think, is being" ignored by' the • Cabinet. He, ;has consistently supported tax -break proposals for firms willing to build elevators for storage but -other portfolios necessary for such a move have not been ready to support him.. No one questions the need fnr storage space. Expensive imports ,were needed despite •the fact that enough Ontario corn had been -produced last year to keep up with demand. Some small, incentives have, been provided by ttie"Cana- dian government such as a 5,per cent tax credit for eleva- tor builders, But something must be_wrong with the incen- tives because space for storing this year's crop - and it'll be a dandy - is still not available and no one is building any. argest plowin IAPA meeting in Clinton The Huron-Pertl} Section of the . Industrial . Accident Prevention Association has announced a film night and dinner meeting to be held on October 20 at the Clinton Legion Hall. Three films will be shown •following the meal. The -first "For Good :Sound Reasons" deals with hearing protection. Hearing loss incidents have ,increased 500 per cent in the past five years, according to the IAPA; and is the most serious problem confronting''' industry today. '•. A"'liuinoi;ous film, `,`How to, Have an Accident in the Home",- depicts how trivial accidents can . be serious «cidents in the home. - , "Sudden Stop at the End" vividly stresses the need for • care when driving and shows hen •there;is an unexpected •.interruption of speed bodies can 'become flying objects and the impactis shattering. In addition to the films the ,IAPA will provide some useful tips on how tohuse films . effectively in safety talks. Cost of the evening is $4.50. and those wishing to attend can register through Frank Argyle, Harlequin 'Enter- prises, 182 King Street ' in Stratford. i/2 lot 33, Lake Front Con- ,ceSsiion, Ashfield township. -Contact Sharer'. Realty and AIIeflINH. Farmirs ••••••••• fSi ERICH SIGNALSTAR,THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7,1076-PAGE:1 A- FOR SALE MIXED grain and : straw.. Phone 529-7517,1 • D - LITESTOCI( ry BEF' CATTLE CON- SIGNMENT SALE . -- 50 purebred Aberdeen -Angus breeding cattle, 5 service -age Bulls, 45 Females, including cows with calves, bred and open heifers. Sale is spon- sored by the Blue Water Angus Association, and will be • held in the .Agricultural' Arena, . Walkerton, Ontario,. on Saturday, October 23, at 1 p.m. Enquire for free catalogue , to • A. C. McTaggart, 'Sale" • Manager, Box 123, Aurora, Ontario; telephone 1416-727- 4923.,,-41,4243 ... R+�i�� ca►nt�ol b�+ tried an wild �'ox+�s About 50,000 baits will'. be distributed in the Wingham and Owen Sound Districts this fall to test different types of baitmaterial on wild foxes. •. One of the main benefits will be to help. control `rabies in Ontarib's • wildlife, NaturalH Resources Minister ':Leo Bernier announced. "The purpose of this program is to develop- a. baiting' system capable of. delivering 'biologically active Materials, such as vaccines, to foxes in the future,''p Mr. Bernier said. In the current program, both ground and air placement will be used by local trappers and , ministry .fish and wildlife staff to get the baits into areas inhabited by foxes. PUREBRED serviceable age , Hampshire boars, purebred Duroc boars, Hamp. X Durec boars,_ Bob Robinson, RR 4, Walton, 345-2317,-41,420 F - FOR RENT FARM LAND for ';rent 60 acres, near.Am.berley, south Insurance Ltd, 238-2303. -39- rna.tc ever e '. 40-41ar Ken Brown, a: tax analyst "Ever• since we put the 12-17 John Little, RR2, from Richmond Hill,was match back to the end . of Monkton; grop 3 and 4, three-, narned grand champion September from the middle of furrow plow and tractor, age' followingplowing,„, corm-- 'October, we've never looked over' 18, won by H.R.Jarvis, petitions when' the Inter back in terms of weather. and Agincourt, . • national Plowing Match. was attendance;" he said: Class 4 group 1 and 2; four * N or , more furrow low. and held. last week at Johnston The match wound up, on P Corners •a few 'miles west of ' Saturday • with demon- tractor, age" 12=17, . Keith ' _Walkerton. Mr. Brown was. strations by the champion Thomas, ' RR2 Cookstown; reared on a farm near Dut- plowmen named after the group 3 and. 4, four or more ton. .. .competitions, a horse ,shoe .: furrow plow and..tractor, age Reserve grand champion pitching contest and a• :over 18, Reserve Lees, RR1, • • SPECIALS Champion class.1, Gerald Bell, RR3 Woodville; reserve champion, Ross Miller, RR ISunderland. 1 Champion*: claps 2, • Ken Brown, Richmond Hill; reserve champion Robert Brown, RR4, Cambridge. „ champion class 3, H.R.Jarvis, Agincourt.; reserve champion, ••John Little, RR2, Monkton. was H.R.Jarvis of Agincourt. plowing match for mayors. agersvi e• , Attendance at the event.has The representative• of the -'-1 • ' • yet to, be finally computed but ' Peel Region; Barb' Taylor, "i` . no one is denying that an all was named Queen of •the Virile record •has'.been set. In Furrow after several days of the first four days of this competition which saw the year's match, attendance had girls taking part in activities: reached the record set in:1975 such, as ,plowing, public with 160,000 paid and non -paid speaking and interview visitors.. .•. competition. . Secretary manager of. the The 19 year old first year Ontario Plowing Match Ed nursing student at the Starr. said that never- in his University of •' Toronto ad - time had the event .enjoyed mitted she. had onlyaplowed such perfect weather. twice beforein competition. • • Champion class 4, Earl Lees., RR1 Hagersville; reserve champion,.Keith 'Thomas, RR 1, Cookstown. Team winners, total scores of two. contestants in class 2 :group 2, members -of bran- ches of the Ontario Plowmen's Association winner, Durham' region, second, Peel region` CLAY Silo Unloaders - Feeders - Cleaners - Stabling =