Zurich Citizens News, 1975-07-10, Page 1112 - Zurich Citizens News, July 10, 1975
MENSAL!. GRADS — Graduates of Hensall Public School were
hondured at a banquet held cat the Pineridge Chalet near Hensoll on
Thursday evening. Graduates were, front rtsw, Lori Lovell, Jackie
McClinchey, Melissa Veai,. Jackie Mock, Alma Archer, Linda Lenting,
Debbie Tower, Donna Williams, Lori Mousseau, Janice Elliott and Jen-
ny Elliott; middle row, Mrs. Mary Jacobe, Barbara McCurdy, Kim Par.
Agricultural tidbits
Maybe you townspeople have
heard some rumors that the Ont-
ario Federation of Agriculture
is demanding a farm income
insurance plan, and you have
undoubtedly thought that this
a problem that doesn't concern
you. I will try to show yhou
differently.
It is your problem because it
concerns the producers of the,
food that you will have to buy.
It may surprise you that the
percentage of your income
spent on food was in 1974
some three percent LOWER than
ten years ago. The reason you feel
that it is higher is because
of the fairly steep increase in
food prices last year.
This steep increase would not
have happened if the producer
had his cost of production ret-
urned every year. What is happ-
ening in the food producing
industry year after year is the
lamentable fact that everyone
wants to be on the bandwagon.
If the priceof pork goes up, the
corn grower will fill a barn
with pigs. When all those pigs
come to market we have more
pork that we can eat and the
price drops below he cost of
production.
At the same time, corn is
taken off the market in great
quantities so the remaining
corn increases in price. When
the corn price is profitable, the
corn producer will empty his
hog barn there will be less
pork and the price goes up. The
whole thing starts all over again.
The income of both groups
of farmers fluctuates from a good
profit to a loss. At the same
time when you as a consumer
just get used to a low pork price,
all of a sudden it begins to rise
again. Then come the anguished
cries about rising food costs.
The farmer may, on the aver-
age of several years, have reas-
onable food costs. But the fluct-
uations make no one happy.
sons, Debbie Venner, Lisa Hyde, Mary Hovius, Jim Pollock, Terry
Wedge, Shelley Wareing, Brenda Campbell, Vicki Baker, Kim Stewart,
Deanie McClinchey, Mr. Ron McKay; back row, David Campbell, Brian
Randall, Bryan Baker, Jim Baird, Mike Venrter, Robbie Pryde, Tim
O'Brien, Philip McLeod, Bruce Thomson, Ken Aikenhead, Absent: Cindy
Bisback. T -A photo
The income insurance plat; is
designed to give the farmer his
cost of production.
Not every farmer mind you,
only the efficient one. The farm-
er pays some of the premium
and you, through the govern-
ment pays some of the premium.
The result will be that the corn
producer sticks to corn and the
pork producer sticks to pork
and the price for you in the store
will be stable. In B.C. the urban
people supported the scheme.
What about you? Why not tell
the government what you think.
About people
you know
Mr. and Mrs. Morley Wit-
mer, of Detroitwere recent
visitors with Mr. and Mrs.
Ted Steinbach, of Zurich.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Clausius;
of Penticton, B.C. were recent
visitors to Zurich.
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Cac warns consumers not to
buy food in swollen cans or cans
that are leaking or bent. One
tablespoon of food contaminated
with botulism taxin can be fatal.
Many deaths have resulted from
people tasting food they suspect
may be bad. Canned meat oc
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