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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1973
Pork produces not happy
(by Keith Roulston)
Huron County pork producers
or at least some of them, are
upset at the decision of the Ont-
ario Pork Producers Marketing
Board to move the county's only
hog assembly yard from Clinton
to Hensall.
In a news release last week,
the marketing Board stated the
reason for the move had been
because of an increase in rent
desired by the new owner of the
Clinton Sales Barn, which had
been the old assembly' yard. But
a large number of pork produc-
ers turned up at the Huron Coun-
ty Federation of Agriculture
meeting in Clinton on Thursday
night and indicated they weren't
happy with that decision.
The producers, most from
the area north of Clinton, expl-
ained that they now have to
drive an extra 12 miles to take
their hogs to market and they
don't like it.
Tile marketing board had
provided figures which showed
that costs across Ontario for
assembly yards average 19.43
cents per pig. The old Clintot
cost was 19.02 but the new
Clinton cost would have been
27.95. Lorne Tyndall, the new
owner of the Clinton yard was
present and disputed the figures
saying they included an increase
in salaries that he had not asked
for.
Several directors of the lluron
County Pork Producers Associat-
ion were present and came
under heavy questioning about
the decision. Eric Moore of
Colborne Township admitted
that the Huron directors had bee.
given "no say what -so -ever"
in the matter.
Adrian Vos, of Blyth said it
was an exercise in futility to
condemn the board and suggest&
instead that those who didn't
agree with the decision should
go out and take up a petition
and find out just flow many hogs
would be affected, then asl< for
a second yard in the county if
the figures warranted it.
Lloyd Stewart of Clinton said
that when the county association
directors inquired about the
reasoning behind the decision
they were told "it was none of
our business." The manner in
which the decision was forced
upon them made him wonder
what the purpose of the Huron
association was, he said.
John Van Beers complained
about the lack of rationality in
the situation of assembly yards.
Iie pointed out that in some are,:
of Kent and Lambton counties
where there were few flogs prod-
uced, there were yards only
10 miles apart that combined
didn't ship as many hogs a week
as the Clinton yard did in a
single day.
Mr. Stewart said Huron
County produces 200, 000 hogs
annually but many do not go
through the county's single yard
at Hensall but go through yards
such as the one at Lucknow or
at Ilarriston. "1 honestly believe
there are enough hogs produced
to warrand two yards" he said.
Another yard would help cut
down on unnecessary travel for
the hogs to get to market he
said.
A resolution was passed by
the meeting asking the Pork
Producers Marketing Board to
consider establishing a second
assembly yard in the northern -
central parr of the county.
The controversy concerning
the proposal to locate a lagoon
for the Grand Bend sewage disp-
Tti
Bill Broadworth has been
transferred to I iuron County
from Carleton County, effect-
ive June. He succeeds Richard
Farion who has gone farming
in Alberta.
lie will be Associate Agricult-
ural Representative in Huron and
will be specializing in farm
management with dairy farmers.
Bill is a native of Madoc, in
Hastings County. lie grew up
on a dairy farm which special-
ized in purebred Holsteins.
Following his 1963 graduation
from the Ontario Agricultural
College, Bill joined the Exten-
sion Branch of rhe Ontario Dep-
artment of Agriculture and Food
in Peterborough County. In
1967, Bill transferred to Carleton
County where he has worked
until his transfer to 1-iuron. In
Carleton, Bill was coordinator
of the dairy extension program,
as well as coordinating the 4-11
Agricultural Club program.
nn for Huron
B111 has been very active in
sports. Ile has played on several
Ontario champion softball
teams in Madoc. Ile remembers
playing against Wingltanl. Ile
enjoys golf and cross country
sl<iing.
Mrs. Broadworth is a McGill
University graduate in !Ionic
Economics. Site also has a
College of Education degree •
from the University of Toronto.
Mrs. Broadworth has worked as
llonte Economist in Lanark
County, taught high school for
the Stormont- Dundas Glengarry
Board of Education, and last
year worked as complaints offic-
er for the Federal Department of
Consumer and Corporate Affairs
in Ottawa. Bill and Lynda are
looking forward to their first
child in September.
13111 is impressed with the
farm land he has seen so far in
Iluron and looks forward to meet
ing and working with Huron's
farm families.
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osal system in Stephen Township
was also mentioned at the
meeting. Allan Walper and Orv-
ille Farrell said after the meet-
ing that 80 acres of good farm-
land would be taken up by the
lagoon which will be situated
on Mr. Farrell's farm. A meet-
ing was scheduled to be held
June 13 to discuss the matter.
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