Zurich Citizens News, 1975-04-10, Page 4PAGE 4
Forget the pitchfork!
Perhaps no technology in this country has undergone such
profound change in the past 25 years as the agricultural industry.
Long gone are the days when a farmer with passable land and a
strong back could be reasonably assured of a comfortable living
as long as he was prepared to work. The successful farmer today
has to be a heavy investor, a well-informed technician and a
shrewd gambler. Perhaps he occasionally swings a pitchfork,
but his office calculator is a more. important tool.
Within recent weeks we have attended two seminars on
agricultural subjects and the greatest single impression was
made by the young farmers who attended those gatherings to
add to their store of vital knowledge. The first meeting was
devoted to the production of profitable corn crops and after the
highly -qualified seed company employees had given a series
of talks, backed by proven statistics, the panel discussion
brought forth questions from the floor. It was evident from the
start that the farmers who were seeking information were no
mere country yokels. Their queries were as detailed and probing
as the answers were scientific.
At a second gathering held at the University of Guelph we sat
through an afternoon devoted to talks and demonstrations on
an entirely different subject --deworming of cattle by injection.
New drugs and new technology have permitted the introduction
of a system of ridding animals of parasites which will save
tremendous amounts of time for cattle owners with larger herds.
The,average farriily gives little thought to the problems and
costs faced by the basic producer of the food on the dinner
table. The consumer's attitude is neither careless nor unsymp-
athetic. His position is exactly the same as that of the farmer
who knows next to nothing about the production problems of
the company which manufactures his automobile or his local
newspaper.
Suffice it to say that a whole generation of younger farmers
(any many of the older ones) are engaged in an industry which
requires intelligence, hard work and investment know-how.
It was encouraging to us to see firsthand just how eagerly they
are applying themselves to the task of providing good food at
the best possible prices... at a time when their own costs of
production are escalating so rapidly.
(Wingham Advance Times)
GB councillor resigns
Grand Bend councillor Doug
Kincaid announced last Tues-
day night that he was resigning
from his position on April 30
due to pressure of business.
Kincaid was successful in the
December 2 election last fall
and assumed his council seat
on January 6 of this year, It
was his first try in municipal
politics in Grand Bend and he
finished second in the election
with 347 votes only six behind
the leader Harold Green.
The retiring councillor is
district manager for Ralston
Purina Feeds and added duties
recently of placing new dealers
in Western Ontario has increased
his work burden.
Kincaid told council, "It
would not be fair to the other
councillors and to the village
itself if I didn't carry my fair
share. I like Grand Bend and
will continue to live here."
"I enjoyed my few months on
council. The new council is a
good team. They are sincere,
dedicated and are putting forth
an ambitious program which is
within reach. They all have
the interest of the village at
heart, " he added.
Commenting on the resignat-
ion. Reeve Bob Sharen said, "I
hade to lose Doug. He was
doing a good job."
On a matter of a replacement,
Sharen said, "While it's a
council decision I would expect
we will fill the vacancy by
appointment. Under the Munic-
ipal Act we could call an elec-
tion but that would prove too
costly. "
Filling vacancies on council
is nothing new for Grand Bend.
In 1973, John Teevins, Doug
Martin and Tom Webster were
appointed due to resignations
by Walter Cruinplin and Ted
Flint and the vacancy left
when Bob Sharen moved up to
take the reeve's position from
resigning John Payne.
The 1973 appointments were
made at large despite pleas
from Ian Coles that defeated
candidates should be named to
fill the vacancy. Coles finished
fourth for three posts in the
1972 election.
The defeated candidate in
the 1974 election was Murray
Des Jardins who was a council
member in 1973 when the other
appointments were made.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1975
Jottings
by
Jack
from
Queens Park
Last week in the Legislature
the Minister of Agriculture
announced that the Milk Com-
mission of Ontariavill hold
a public inquiry into certain
aspects of the Milk Industry, in
view of the several price in-
creases in recent months. Milk
prices have increased by about
400/0 over the past year - more
than twice as quickly as other
foods. In Toronto a year ago
a quart of homogenized milk
averaged 37¢, today it is about
56¢.
The Ministry of Agriculture
indicated that consumers in
Ontario have a right to know
how certain elements in the
chain of milk production and
sale affect the final price paid
for a quart of milk. These
factors include the cost of
production, processing and mar-
keting fluid milk products,
trade practices, price spreads,
management policies and
methods of financing. The
public 'inquiry will begin as
soot: as the necessary arrange-
ments can be made.
At the end of March the
Milk Commission, an agency
of the Ministry of Agriculture,
which was set up in 1965, den-
ied an appeal by m ilk pr ocess-
ors against another milk price
increase set for April 1. Loss of
the appeal means that farmers
will get an extra $1.16 per
hundredweight for whole milk,
for a total of $12.01 per hundred
weight. The Milk Commission
upheld the farmer's case for an
increase, to meet increased
costs, as put before the Com-
mission by the Ontario Milk
Marketing Board, which rep-
resents the milk producers. The
increase means farmers who
receive about 25¢ a quart of
milk sold in Ontario last April
will receive about 32¢ a quart
in future.
Some of the price increases
are due to removal of a 5¢ a
quart federal government sub-
sidy which was introduced in
1973 to cushion effects on the
consumer of earlier increases
in prices to milk producers.
However, increased production
costs have contributed tremen-
dously to the higher prices.
Milk production in Canada in
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1973 was 16.9 billion pounds,
which was 4.6' o less than the
1972 production of 17.7 billion
pounds. Ontario produced only
4.25 billion pounds of milk last
year, compared with 5 billion
pounds 10 years ago. In 1973
Ontario milk production declin-
ed 5.8% from that of 1972,
and in the first 6 months of 1974
the province's production was
down 2.6%. Many small operat-
ions have gone out of business,
and large milk producing oper-
ations have taken up the slack in
milk production. In fact, we
now have in Ontario 2910 fewer
milk producers than five years
ago, producing 810 less milk.
Some 17, 000 Ontario dairy far�-
mers out of a total of 34, 000
have gone out of operation
since 1964.
One challenge facing the
milk industry --in fact the
agriculture industry generally --
is ensuring that consumers
understand the problems involv-
ed. Since the end of World
War II the people of Canada
have enjoyed a higher standard
of living-- one of the highest in
the world --and until recently
incomes have risen faster that
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