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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-06-15, Page 25FARM PAS W '1 GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1978—PAGE 7B ane loot in the IUrrOW''iJ......__ ` Leiters are apprec.ated by Bob Troner Eldale Rd Elmira Ord N38 2C7 As the late comedian Will Rogers said, I only know what I read in the newspapers and it would appear even the provin- cial politicians are getting a little fed up with the pap being pumped by Quebec. No one — I repeat, no one — wants to see this country split less than I do. I have, on occasion, suggested that Quebec is being a little silly in recent legislation; now, Sid Randleman has finally had the guts to say what a lot of us have been feeling. Mr. Handleman, member for Carleton and a former Ca- binet minister, is. justifiably upset — not mad, mind you — at what is being foisted off on Ontarions. It is time Ontario got tough. I don't mean we should be sending in the tanks — not yet — but the straws are being piled on the camel's back and the load is getting too heavy. For instance: Quebec appears determined to. undermine Canada as a working country. Ontario construction workers are being barred from working in Quebec. The reverse is not true. Quebeckers can work in Ontario and they are pouring across the border in the Cornwall area to do just that. But legislation by raunchy Rene will make it impos- sible for Ontario construction people to work in Quebec. Ontario has tried, apparently for eight years, to negotiate a settlement but has failed. I think it is time we got tough, Why? Because this is not the only hosing Ontario gets from Rene's robbers. Ontario truckers have complained for two decades about problems in Quebec. Now, they are sug- gesting, quietly of course, so that the national unity apple - cart will not be upset, that the problems have recently turned to harassment. The, Quebec Liquor Commission has systematically and doggedly delisted some Ontariowines. The Quebec government is unrestrainedly selling pow- dered milk across the border. And any supply company in eastern Ontario will tell you how difficult — if not impossible — it is' to get an order from the province of Quebec. The discriminatory purchasing poli- cies of Quebec public agencies have been apparent for years but are now even more blatant. Yet, Quebec businesses have far fewer problems in getting orders from Ontario public agencies. Quebec businessmen have complete access to contracts in Ontario. When, now and again, Ontario de- cides to apply some of the same pressures, Rene's robbers shout and scream so loud it is heard as far away as Blubber Bay, B.C. There are those who will suggest. as Norm Webster did in the Globe and Mail the other day. that the Ottawa River is being polluted by municipalities on the Quebec side while Ontario towns and cities must live with some of the toughest pollution laws in the world. I'm not suggesting that we should man tanks along the border. I'm not saying let Quebec go. To hell if it wants to. What am I saying? Okay: let's start calling a spade a spade in Ontario. Let's stop muzzling our politicians. Instead of telling those who are willing to speak out to shut up in the guise of national unity, let's be just as honest — and ruthless — in our hand- ling of the problems as we would be in any other aspect of Canadian life, I think we are using a velvet touch when we should be using the clout that this province has in inter -provincial af- fairs. I'm happy to see Bill Davis call Quebec's finance minister "illogical, nonsensical and somewhat less than accurate" in reference to an assertion made by Jacques Parizeau. I re- call Liberal leader Stuart Smith making some impolite re- marks about the P.Q. the day after they were elected. The NDP brass has been decrying the Quebec stand on construc- tion workers for years. That's good in my books. I stand for national unity !but nobody is going to get it by coming in the back door. Espe- cially crazy is this language bill of Rene's which is so full of authoritarianism and racism that it makes me sick to my stomach. Quebec has started on a dangerous road. It's time the rest of Canada said so. Tractor hunt for IM BY HENRY HESS What ' is a plowman without his tractor? And where does one find a tractor several hundred or thousand kilometers from home on the eve of a big competition? This is a problem that will face a number of competitors, some corning from as far away as Europe, at the International Plowing Match just outside Wingham this fall, and Neil McGavin of Walton is the man in charge of solving it. Mr. McGavin, whose father, Gordon, was a .past president and director of the Ontario Plowmen's Association, heads up the tractor committee for IPM '78. Foremost among his committee's respon- sibilities, is the job of finding equipment for use by plowmen who travel long distances to the match. It's not as big a job as it used to be, Mr. McGavin noted last week, but it does have its unique problems. Match plowing , has become quite an art — and a very competitive one — with the result that most competitors try to bring their own equip- ment to the match. Specially designed plows are used, with long moldboards to give neater furrows, and a °plowman familiar with his equipment can just about make the plow talk. On the one hand this reduces the demands on. the tractor committee: Mr. McGavin estimates • he'll have to come up with 20 tractors while a few years ago it would have been 50. On the other hand, however, it makes things a little more demanding since not just any tractor will do. A plowman who can't bring his own equipment will want something as nearly identical to his own as possible so he's not plowing at a disad- vantage, with unfamiliar equipment. When a competitor sends in his registration to the OPA in Toronto he will state whether or not he needs a tractor and specify his first three preferences. The list then comes to Mr. McGavin and the tractor com- mittee goes to work. They make every effort to give a person his first. preference but if that's impossible he will have to settle for one of the other two. The tractors are all borrowed from local farmers so it helps that Mr. McGavin and several of his committee members are farm equipment dealers: they have a pretty 'good idea who has what kind of tractor. • The committee in- cludes Art Bolton of Dublin, Mac Inglis of Clifford, Don McDonald, Jack Knight and Ken Innes of' Brussels, Jerry Priestner of Lucknow, John Radford of Lon- desboro and Morris Hallahan of Blyth. When the committee locates a tractor it can use it gives it a thorough going-over to make sure it's in good shape and arranges pickup and delivery for it. While at the match the tractors will be kept in a guarded impound area just across the highway from the tented city. The committee's AGRICULTURAL STEEL ROOFING AND SIDING • 10 Colours • Galvanized • 30 ga. - 28 ga.-26 ga. • 3 Different Rib Profiles. • Custom Cut lengths; Buy Exact Length Required • Complete Fascia 8, Soffit Systems . • Best Possible Prices • For That Complete Building Call JIM MARTIN CONSTRUCTION am129BRITANNIARD. EAST, GODERICH • 524-9042RIM MON, responsibility for providing equipment is pretty much limited to tractors, Mr. McGavin said. The plowmen will either contrive to bring their own plows to the match or will arrange for a plow through their dealer network, which is a good thing since the cost of match plows runs around $1,000. There is also a limit to how "fine" a person can get in specifying equipment preferences. Some Europeans who come over for the—match want nine inch wide tires on- their tractors since that's what they're used to, but the narrow tires just aren't available here, he noted. In addition to finding, transporting, and storing the tractors, the tractor committee will set up a small repair shop with facilities for welding or sharpening plow points. It is also responsible for having some big tractors standing by to pull exhibitors' trucks on and. off the site if it is wet and for looking after the fuel for the plowmen and the Junior Farmers' wagon train. The committee has a budget for fuel but the plowmen and other committees are expected to pay for fuel they use. Last year the fuel budget went out the window very quickly as over 900 gallons were used just to pull things onto the muddy site, Mr. McGavin noted. Hopefully that won't happen this year. The committee will get into high gear around the beginning of September after all the entries have been received ,and processed. The number of - plowmen varies from year to year according to the location but Mr. McGavin said he is ex- pecting 75 to 100 plowmen a day during the five day match. He and his committee will make sure every one of them has a tractor. Must sign by Aug. 1 The Ontario Stabilization Commission has announced the availability of long-term stabilization plans for corn, soybeans and white beans. Growers enrolling in one or more of these plans will sign up for the 1978, 1979 and 1980 crop years. The final " ap- plication and registration date is August 1, 1978. The Ontario Stabilization Act provides for an additional five per cent price protection above the amount nor- mally provided by the Federal Stabilization Board to a maximum of 95 per cent of the past five-year average price as adjusted for cash costs. Each commodity plan is designed to be self-sustaining, with the participating farmers contributing one-third of the amount required and the Ontario government ' contributing the other two thirds. The Ontario government is paying all administrative costs. WATER WELL DRILLING "76 YEARS EXPERIENCE" • FARM • SUBURBAN • INDUSTRIAL • MUNICIPAL • • FREE ESTIMATES • GUARANTEED WELLS • FAST MODERN EQUIPMENT • 4 ROTARY 8. PERCUSSION DRILLS "OUR EXPERIENCE ASSURES it i jj Lek k �1;' 44 4 LOWER. COST WATER WELLS" 4' J a 17s DAVIDSON WELL DRILLING LIMITED 4 Rotary and Percussion Drills PHONE 357-1960 , WINGHAM Collect Calls Accepted "ONTARIO'S FINEST WATER WELLS SINCE 1900" This is the top indexing boar in the June group of 82 boars which recently completed tests at the Ontario R.O.P. Swine Test Station. The top four boars completing test at the Station in New Hamburg were from Bodmin Farms Ltd., RR 5, Brussels. These four sound boars had Test Station indices of 142, 138, 133 and 132 respectively. Bodmin Farms Yorkshire tops The top four boars completing test at the Ontario Test Station, New Hamburg, came from the herd of Bodmin Farms Ltd., RR5 Brussels. These four sound boars' had Test Station indices of 142, 138, '33 and 132 respectively. The top boar has a low backfat of 12.8 mm`(.50 in.) Average Daily Gain of 1.03 kgs. (2.27 lbs.) per day on test and an efficient feed conversion of 2.21. The other three boars have similar good test figures. Three other Yorkshire boars from Murray Bancroft, Newton; Arita Mordue, Lynden; another from Bodmin Farms Ltd., Brussels; along with a Duroc boar from Bruce Kiell, Berkeley, made the top eight, all with indices of 130 to 125. The June group had 82 boars complete test of which 31 indexed above average and passed the scrutinity of a culling committee for soundness. These will be offered for sale at the Swine Test_ Station, New Hamburg on June 23•at 7:30 p.m. As all the boars are ewman, Whelan talk Agriculture and Food Minister BilT Newman has met with federal Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan to discuss dairy and other marketing matters. Mr. Newman said, "I arranged this meeting with the federal minister because the Ontario dairy industry is reaching a critical stagfite., A good many , pl s are operating at about 50 per cent capacity; while some are importing milk from Quebec and paying a $2 per hundredweight premium. At the same. time, Ontario producers, who could easily meet this demand, run into quota restrictions." The Minister reported that he told Mr. Whelan • that the Ontario dairy industry has dramatically increased its production of speciality cheeses and indications are that further production in- creases will occur. .As a result, there is in- sufficient milk for Ontario dairies to supply existing domestic and. export . markets. Ontario already has a shortage of aged cheddar cheese. In the meetings, Mr. Newman stressed that the national milk marketing plan as it is presently administered is too inflexible to ac- commodate changes in marketing patterns., "There are no in- centives for a province or for the .private sector to develop' export markets and no leeway for the Ontario dairy industry to meet the changed requirements of today's market," he said. Mr. Newman said that Mr. Whelan has responded favorably to the idea of special ad- ditional quota for exports and to the possible redirection of milk supplies out of such surplus products as skim milk powder. Accompanying Mr. Newman were representatives from the Ontario Dairy Council and the Ontario Milk Marketing Board. Mr. Whelan and Mr. Newman also discussed poultry and beef marketing. managed and fed under similar conditions at the Test Station, buyers are assured of potential genetic superiority, as only the best make the sale. The possibility of measuring Feed Con- version and Average Daily Gain at the Test Station, gives more in- formation about an in- dividual boar during selection. WHITEWASHING AND DISINFECTING Barns and other types of buildings - Cali Jim Moss: 529-7650 FARM CLASSIFIED SECTION A. For sale JOHN DEERE ten foot windrow swather. Phone 529-7194--24,25 PUREBRED HAMP- SHIRE boars, ser- viceable age, ROP tested, also HampXYork Boars We are offering our first group of purebred Yorkshire boars, recently off tests, Bob Robinson, RR4 Walton, 345- 2317.-22-23-24 O. Custom work BULLDOZING, Allis- Chalmers No. 650, with six way hydraulic blade. Bill Robinson, RR 2, Auburn, 529-7857, —I6tf CLAY — Silo Unloaders Feeders Cleaners Stabling Leg Elevators Liquid Manure Equipment Hog Equipment BUTLER — Silo Unloaders Feeders Conveyors FARMATIC — Mills Augers, etc. ACORN — Cleaners Heated Waterers WESTEEL-ROSCO Granaries B 8 L - Hog Panelling LOWRY FARM SYSTEMS RR 1, Kincardine, Ont. 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