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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
NEW ROAD SIGN
Ministry of Transportation &
Communications crews have
erected 21 metric designation
signs along major highways
throughout the province sign-
alling the start of a six year
program to convert the Min-
istry's operations to the met-
ris system. All highway signs
in Canada are scheduled to
be changed to metrics by
September, 1977.
(Photo by Ministry of Trans-
portation and Communications)
Farmers
protest
Angry farmers at the regular
meeting of the Huron Federation
of Agriculture accused fertiliz-
er companies of exporting huge
loads of nitrogen fertilizer
desperately needed here to the
United States because prices
there are up to $150 per ton
higher. Even some individuals
came in for severe criticism for
doing the same thing, by truck-
ing their oversupplies across the
border,
As a first step it was decided
to phone Agriculture Minister
Whelan and Agriculture Minist-
er Stewart as well as all Huron
MP's and MPP's to ask for help.
Many farmers found that conf-
irmed orders can't be met by
the dealers, who have their
confirmed orders cancelled as
well.
If the farmer doesn't have
the fertilizer, the yield will
be down at harvest, with sub-
sequent increases in prices to
the consumer, The meeting
demanded immediate action by
government and considerable
support was expressed for event-
ual picket lines at the exits to
the USA.
Agri -notes
(By Adrian Vos)
Some people have an odd
way of fuguring. What is not so
odd is that the figuring turns
mostly so that they make more
money. Take for instance the
Canadian Food Processors Ass-
ociation. Because of the increas
ed cost of peas the price of a
14 ounce can of peas will go up
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by 70. however, the processor
pays the farmer only one cent
more for a pound of peas. I
cannot but wonder if Mrs. Plum•
tre is aware of this kind of arith-
metic.
I read in "Farm and Country"
magazine that a new type of
rabbit has come from good old
England. It could do the same
thing that earlier rabbits did in
Australia, overrun the country,
bur this time in the rabbit barns,
They can raise 100 little ones
a year. The male mentioned
was something else. "After
mating with 60 females each
day for seven months, fie died
one happy rabbit," the mag-
azine says.
Aluch has been written in the
press about the ban on Americ-
an beef. A little because of pot-
ential cancer through American
use of DES and a lot on the way
it effects the price of a steak.
Not so much has been said
about the position of the pork
producer. Ile however, is in as
much of a ham as the beef man.
Losses of $15 per head are now
common. If you figure that a
total of five finished hogs weigh
as much as a finished steer, you
can also figure that his losses
are comparable. The beef men
received some help in the form
of a federal subsidy but the pork
tnen are just still hoping. If the
hope fades we will see heavy
cutbacks in production, follow-
ed by pork shortages and sub-
sequent higher prices. Again,
the producer loses and later on
the consumer loses.
After Agriculture Minister
Whelan apparently got assur-
ances from the fertilizer compar
ies that sufficient fertilizer
would be available, it comes
as a kind of a shock to learn
that huge trailerloads of the
stuff go to the US and our farm-
ers are told that their needs
can't be met. We hope that
stern measures against these
profiteers will be taken.
THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1974
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