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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1983-01-12, Page 8A8 - THE HURON gXPOSITOR JANUARY ,12, 1983 IRam Brian Oldfield heads Huron •4-H leaders SEAFORTH MAN IS PRESIDENT -The executive of the Huron County 4-H Leaders Association were elected at their annual meeting onJan. . 5, In the photo, from left are, second vice-president Terry Smith Walton, first vice-president Les Falconer of RR5 Clinton, president Brian Oldfield of RR4 Seaforth, secretary -treasurer Maurice Hallahan of RR1 Belgrave and past president John V n Vliet of RR1 Walton. (Photo by Levesque). DOUI2e@024Gl@pcml The market at Brussels Stockyards traded at Steady prices with a lot of top quality heifers on offer. Buyers were discounting heavily manured cattle. There were 638 cattle and 1096 pigs on offer.' Choice Steers -73.00 to 76.00 Good Steers -71.00 to 73,00 A steer consigned by Maple Emblem Farms of Dungannon weighing 1110 lbs. sold for 76.00 with their offering of 56 steers aver- aging 1102 lbs. selling for an overall price Of 74.02. Five steers consigned by Glen Sellers of R.R. 2, Blue - vale averaging 1260 lbs. sold for 75.00. A steer consigned by Earl Fitch of Wroxeter weighing 1200 lbs. sold for 76.00 with, his offering of 30 steers • averaging 1211 lbs. selling for the overall price of 73.15. Six ,steers .consigned by Fmerson Mitchell of Walton averaging 1226 lbs. sold for '4.75 with his lot of 13 steers «eraging 1252 lbs. selling for 73,90. Thirteen steers consigned by Berherick Bros. of R.R. 1, Mildmay averaging 1227 lbs. sold for an overall price 'of 74.15. • Choice Exotic Heifcrs- 72.00 to 75.00 with sales to '8.75. Choice Hereford Heifers - 68.00 to 72.00. Good Heifers -65.00 to 68.00 A heifer consigned by George Blake of Brussels weighing 1150 lbs. sold for 78.75 with his lot of 24 heifers averaging 1127 lbs. selling for an overall price of 74.78. Two heifers consigned by Joe Zettler of R.R. 2 Walker- ton averaging 1065 lbs. sold for 76.85 with his lot of 7 heifers averaging 1068 lbs. selling for 75.30. Two heifers consigned by Glen Sellers of R.R. 2, Blue - vale averaging 1127 lbs. selling for 74.10. A heifer consigned by Wayne King of Gorrle weigh- ing 1160 lbs. sold for 78.00 with his lot of 18 . heifers averaging 978 lbs. selling for 73716. Two heifers consigned by Ken Fischer of Brussels aver- aging 1050 lbs. sold for 74.00 with his lot of 17 heifers averaging 1028 lbs. selling for 73.18. Four heifers consigned by Elwood Fitch of Wroxeter averaging 1140 lbs. sold for 74.85 with 'his offering of 25 heifers averaging 1010 lbs. selling for an overall price of 72.55. Choice Cows -45.00 to 48.00 with sales to 52.75. Good 'Cows -42.00 to 45.00 Canners & Cutters -38.00 to 42.00 30 to 40 1b. pigs traded to'a high. of 53.00 40 to 50 Ib. pigs to a high of 63.00 70 to 80E1b. pigs to a high of 89.50 By STEPHANIE LEVESQUE . Stewart - rabbit, Ron Doug - Brian Oldfield of R.R. 4, las and Don Dodds • swine, Seaforth was named presi- Bob Pavkeje - snowmobile, dent of the . Huron County Allan Haugh - tractor, Ross 4-H club leaders' association Gordon - plowmen, Barry at its annual meeting in Cleave - poultry, Dave Mc- Clinton on Jan. 5. Clure • conservation, Haiti Mr. Oldfield takes over the Winkel - gun safety, Fran reins from John Van Vli�e�t of McQuail - goat, and Reg R.R. 1, Walton. Othe>xe- Wilson - financial manage- cutive members inCluddddde, first ment. vice-president Les Falconer Agriculture representative of R.R. 5, Clinton, second Don Pullen indicated the vice-president Terry Smith of number of 4-H clubs.' has R.R. 1, Walton and secre- increased in the county since tary-treasurer Maurice Hal- 1969 as has the member- iahan of R.R. 1, Belgrave. ships. The trends in 441 Directors of the association clubs has also changed .over include: Phyllis Merkley - th eyears. beef, Jim Hallahan "- dairy, While beef, dairy, swine John underwood and Alan and sheep remain constant, Powefteld crops, Florence crops, tractor, senior dairy Pullen - sheep, Marjorie Ann management and money McMichael - horse, Cheryle management are not as Perth FofA supports Canagrex Support in prin pie for the proposed expo ng crown corporation Cahagrex has been given by the Perth County Federation of Agri- culture. The group of farmers met on Dec. 14 in, Mitchell and voted to support Canagrex and let federal agriculture minister Eugene Whelan and Perth MP William Jarvis know of their support. A motion originally put forth by ' past federation president Tony VanKlooster popular. Increasing in popul- arity are rabbit, horse, poul- try, conservatoin and snow- mobile clubs. The coming 4-H year was planned by the leaders. The regional 4-H day will be held in Stratford on July 28, visits to 441 farms will be held in July and August, the final 441 quiz will be held at the last meeting of the year, there will be the usual gate eign competition, an educat- ional bus trip is being planned, exchanges for 4-11 members are being investi- gated and the whole year will wrap up at the annual awards night on Nov. 25 at Central Huron Secondary. School in Clinton. A new club is being R.R. 2, St. Paul's indicated the group's support but also asked for farm groups to be involved in the setting up of the crown corporation and that two thirds of Canagrea be made up of farmers. Paul Verkely of R.R. 2, Atwood amended this motion noting that Canagrex is coming before the House of Commons for its third read- ing and final vote and now isn't the time to put in- omARNOLD J. STINNISSEN LIFE AND MORTUAGE INSURANCE FLANS INANNUITIES FLEXIBLE NO LOAD•R.R.S.P. NEW NON-SMOKERS RATES AVAILABLE Tel. 527-0410 REPRESENTING 117 Sun Life Assurance GODERICIOST. EAST SEAFORTH an Comp y of Canada formed this year and John Heard of the local branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food presented the project requirements. To join the club, a perspective mem- ber must be 16 to 19 years of age. There will be six weekly meetings and research on the financial management of a farm, restaurant or shop will be completed for presentat- ion. Mr. Heard indicated that besides a 441 credit, mem- bers have the opportunity to obtain a $500 scholarship. Leaders are being sought for the project with a leader- ship workshop to be held in Stratford on Thursday, Jan. 13. irussels curlers have jitney Brussels curlers held, a holidayjitney Dec. 27 with 40 curlers present. After three six end games were played the winners were Ernie Lewington and team with 48'x. points, vice - Velma Locking, second Pauline Pat- terson and Lead -Kerry Bauer. Second prize went to Mer- vyn Bauer, Madeline Steiss, Brad Knight and Gary Pipe. suggestions. Third prize winners were The newy ear means hope di)* iquimw by Dok 7POO'n@ff Hope springs eternal in the human breast, especially when the new year dawns. 0 is a time to think about the past but look forward to the future. It is a time for new wishes and resolutions. Lee sjust pick a few for farmers and those connected with agriculture. For wheat farmers in Ontario, a wish and a hope that government restrictions on vomitoxin will be eased so the bumper crop can be sold. For Western wheat farmers, a niarketl6r their wonderful crop at a reasonable price to the farmers. - Forthe CBC brass, a few more brains so that agricultural reporting will be returned to the excellence of a few years ago. The Crown corporation. in its efforts to balance .a budget drained by television. has cut so many. contract artists and broadcasters that the effects on morale have been almost disastrous. Can't forget our old frierld Eugene Whelan. either. He appears to have lost any clout in the federal Cabinet so here's hoping he can regain the stature of five years ago. And to all those hard-working provincial ministers of agriculture, here's a sincere wish for success in efforts to John Exel skip; Annette alleviate the plight of farmers. Dennis'1'imbrell.in Ontario is young and articulate. He has been trying hard to make his mark in the farm portfolio. He is a personable gentleman with more charisma than any agminister since Bill Stewart. Perhaps by the time this appears in print, the, new Crow rate will have been announced. It will never please everybody. Western agriculture is far from united on What should be done. if anything. So here is a wish that the entire agriculture community will try t8 make it work, just to prove to the rest of Canada that it can be done. For chicken farmers in Ontario. a resolution of the prickly quota -setting system for the provinces. Ontario producers say they got shafted in the last go -round. The same wish for Ontario milk producers who also feel they can produce milk cheaper than in any other province and are having serious over -production problems in this dairy year. Although pork producers have had a reasonably good year, prices in the last few weeks have dropped below what many feel is a break-even point. It depends on where you are in the scheme of things, of course, but general agreement is that pork producers must get about -83 cents a pound to break even. That target is not being reached and those who are supposed to know say it will pot be reached too often in 1983. So let's hope it will. 1. Egg producers. too, are suffering from over -production and are seeking a greater chunk of the national pie. Here's - wishing them success and a year free of disease in the barn and strife in the marketplace. And what can we wish for the cattlemen? They have been against any kind of a marketing board for so long that it is natural for them to resist just out of habit and to maintain the tradition. We can only hope they will get better prices after almost a decade of disappointment and struggle. For Ralph Barrie and his hard-working executive, another year of success in working together to help farmers. We could go on and on. of course, but I' m sure you get the picture. To all of you, faithful readers and to the brilliant edito s and publishers who carry this column, a very happy new year. May your best day of 1982 be your worst day of 1983. Bless you all. NOTICE TOWNSHIP OF HIBBERT The residents of the Township of Hibbert are requested by the Council: NOT TO PARK CABS ON TOWNSHIP ROADS Lewington vice; Fred Smith second and lead Ruth Bauer. Fourth prize went to Brad Speiran; Yvonne Knight; Ross Cunningham and Jerry Bremner. Consolation prize went to Doug Sholdice; Teuni Smith; Gordon Mitchell and Donna Bauer. Five junior curlers present were welcomed and members hope to see many more in future jitneys and spiels. during the winter months in order to facilitate snow plowing operations. Council will not be responsible for damage to any vehicles parked on roads or streets. Council also requests that the resi- dents of the Township of Hibbert: DO NOT PUSH OR DUMP SNOW ON TOWNSHIP ROADS. 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