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of Varna, who asked if the
board knew of any in-
stances when dealers
called beans class two
"which you knew were
class one."
Frank Vanneste an-
swered no and director
Lloyd Taylor told
producers they had some
responsibility to insist
that dealers mark their
slips No. 1 or No. 2. "You
knew we were trying to
make the two pool system
work...Are producers not
part of the problem?"
Citing a "feeling in the
meeting that dealers
upgrade the product and
benefit considerably by
that," meeting chairman
Gordon Hill called on Wes
Thompson, (president of
W G Thompson and
Sons, but also he told
fellow audience mem-
bers, a brean producer,)
for his opinion. Mr..
Thompson said he's
opposed to a two pool
system because it's not
fair to force the man who
operates a mill's cleaner
to make the grading
decision. He added that if
a dealer can take 25 per
cent pick beans and move
them out as No. 1,
producers should be
proud of him.
In future, perhaps the
board can pay producers
for exactly what he
delivers, but now the
board has to market "all
of the beans", underlined
Mr. Sherman, who also
referred to producer
reluctance because "who
does the grading?"
DECLINED
The question period
ended with a comment
from producer Carl
Turnbull of Stephen, who
was nominated as a
director but declined to
stand. He called Mr. •
Vanneste's assertion that
the board had not made
mistakes "close to a
reflection on the in-
telligence of this
meeting."
Speaking for growers
whodid deliver their total
'77 bean acreage in No. 1
condition and "suffered
tremendous financial
losses," he questioned the
board's capacity to
clear itself. I feel it's so
tangled, it's not able to
function in the best in-
terests of growers as it
ought to."
Not long ago bean
dealers were making so
much profit that they
encouragaed growers to
bring trucks there by
paying 50 cents cwt ex-
tra," Mr. Turnbull said.
"There's a sense of
complacency in this
board that ought not to
exist," he charged.
Director Frank Van-
neste repeated that he'd
harvested all No. 1 beans
in 1977 too and added "the
day we planted we knew
beans were a regulated
product. We knew they
were forward sold. What
would you have done
differently if you'd been
on the board?"
TOUGH
QUESTIONS
Early in the meeting,
former director Phil
Durand challenged the
board's decision not to
forward sell any of the
978 crop, saying prices
were much higher in May
r June than in October,
when the crop was sold.
Mr. Durand also asked
manager Charles
Broadwell for a sheet of
paper listing changes in
the board's agreement
with dealers in the last
year, and the manager
said it would be provided.
The manager also
faced tough questioning
from producer Ralph
Geiger of Zurich who
asked how much of the
board's staff was laid off
last year. "Beans were
sold as soon as they were
harvested. You had no
cheques to mail out.
Things must have been
pretty quiet." Although
some staff was lost
through attrition, there
were no layoffs, Mr.
Broadwell replied.
A show of hands by
producers at the meeting
indicated that about half.
plan to decrease their
bean acreage next year
and half will plant about
the same amount of
beans. No one at the
meeting indicated plans
to grow more beans in
1979.
Walter Mcllwain, Goderlch; Jack McGregor, Stanley Twp.; Jack Tebbutt,
Goderich Twp.; were delegates to the annual convention of the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture held in Hamilton, Nov. 27 - 29. Missing from the
picture is Jim McIntosh, Regional Director for Southeast Huron. Huron
County, with over 2000 ISMs, has the largest delegation to the convention.
Outlook is brighter
in '79 for farmers
Canada's bankers are
optimistic about the
future of the country's
agricultura"1 industry,
according to the
president of the Canadian
Banker's Association
(CBA).4
Gordon Bell told the
association's annual
agricultural credit
conference in Vancouver
that there are three
major factors for this
optimism: growing
population, healthy
agricultural exports and
efficiency in the industry.
Bell, executive vice-
president and chief
general manager of the
Bank of Noya Scotia said
world population could be
six billion by the year
2000 so the importance of
food production in
Canada and around the
world would continue.
Canada's farm exports
totalled nearly $4 billion a
year and this was a
significant and important
contribution to the
country's balance of
trade. One reason for this
success was that
Canada's farmers are
among the most efficient
in the world.
"This is, of course, the
major factor in Canada's
competitive position.
Effective management
and advanced technology
have dramatically in-
creased agricultural
productivity in recent
years.
"In the time it takes
Hill...
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from Huron and one each
from Middlesex, Lam-
bton, Perth, Elgin and
Kent. Frank Vanneste
represents Middlesex
county.
At the same meeting,
the 12 Huron com-
mitteemen were named.
They are Larry
Wheatley, Jack Coleman,
Victor Hartman, Cecil
Desjardine, Bill Dowson,
Murray Dennis, Glenn
Miller, Don Moyland, Bev
Hill, Ken McCowan,
Robert Anderson and Bill
McGregor.
Nick Whyte, a member
of the 1977 committee did
not stand for re-election
as he was recently named
to the board of directors
of the Ontario Bean
Producers Co-operative.
you to tie your shoe -laces,
the Canadian farmer's
modern combine can
harvest enough wheat to
make a hundred loaves of
bread."
Bell said the chartered
banks have also changed
with the times and have
become more heavily
involved in agricultural
credit. Loans to farmers
now totalled almost $4.5
billion, up from $1 billion
just 10 years ago.
"The Canadian
chartered banks now
provide well over half of
the total credit extended
to agriculture... Certainly
the extensive in-
volvement of Canadian
chartered banks in the
agricultural credit
market is ample evidence
of the confidence we have
in this industry."
The nature of bank
credit to agriculture had
also changed and with the
availability of long-term
financing from the
banking industry, the
farmer now had access to
all his short, in-
termediate and long-term
credit needs at one in-
stitution. -'
Get more lambs
Sheep producers may
be able to get more lambs
per ewe by feeding birds' -
foot trefoil a few weeks
before breeding.
A two-year study,
conducted at the New
Liskeard College of
Agricult 1ral Technology,
increased the lamb crop
by 10 percent by feeding
trefoil.
"We have known for
some time that certain
legumes affect sheep
reproduction," says John
Field, of the college
livestock section. "The
study set out to find which
legume could maximize
the lamb crop."
Feeding legumes two to
three weeks before
breeding is a common
practice. During this
`flushing' process,
producers increase the
energy intake of ewes to
improve ovulation rates
and the chance of
multiple births.
The New Liskeard
study compared trefoil
and alfalfa as flushing
feeds. The results showed
trefoil had a number of
advantages.
Ewes flushed with
trefoil produced a higher
percentage of twins and
triplets, says Mr. Field.
The trefoil group
produced eight percent
single lambs, 74 percent
twins, and 18 percent
triplets. The alfalfa group
produced 27 percent
single lambs, 69 percent
twins, and three percent
triplets.
The average daily gain
on pasture, during
September and October,
was approximately the
same for both groups.
"But the ewes fed
trefoil lambed through a
shorter period of time,
showing a better rate of
conception," says Field.
"Producers can realize
the advantages of a
shorter lambing • period,
for good lamb
management."
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