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20' Am. THE. HURON, EXPOSITOR, FEBRUARY 1; 1979
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JAM ffiDDELL, Keep bets shew otherwiee„ aflarP
beef PM:0 inereaS'es*. either castaiceipts or cost or
)1VegP4 SilCh 4 Cat* and
Ey__ ,___, __ ,___. about • According to Statistics hogS, **Well as better grain Ibis ,srPIng' Farmers ClailPed' production* 1n 1951'
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.,,c Canadah ri f theprices on vvorld markets' Itn'as Price recQverYt "'tin& Statistics Can da rt '.
't,i,n.,• IRO:ease_ In t11°,:.°51•:, .'''' tools. the
end land Actually, world prices art .that thcY had last $400 the total net4 inc:nt O ofs
CZY fihrgc we re;liq
IIVIrtg, tom seems- 40 pe - •million because f: the lowgr Canadian fa • $1 9
. the allegation that food , "147t7ls,:,vsleh::::
a w th needed to produce food in still low. but the devaluation 0
priees has been the major 2aQn14 177e7.eent betWleen. 1951 reticles means Canarlia'n virt!°4nItollirsairarn7.1:"r fliilitn:in
'farmers are getting; higher '
agricnitttral Province Pro- had risen to $10.1 billion but
cOntribtitIng- facto* UP' , ,Lturing that period, the nrices for exports in terms of ,
fortimately consumers often • - ie - - e- - • . 1.
look upon the farmers and reiail price of food as Ole Canadian dollar, The ' OncIng- -4 wide' vanety of net income was only 53.6
smaller dollar is a two-edged gruin, vegetable aid' ',fruit billion,
Marketing beards as being to. ttte°ute4 by the c°rIsUl"r -
blame for, the food cost price indez went up by 151 swerd, however, because , gg g to a recent FA,
billion, During Mat ye5i,
ectunPauled i that re rt. Canada 'rose loPY WbOPPing of North American eur- Price$ in recent YearS.
erOpS as well as cohtainin Accordiri C
spiral. Perbaps1 can attempt Per cent. FartnerS in that most farre Suppli4 are im- tbt.tvut& livestock and Olaty brier, total net farn1 ineOltle
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to put the farmer's ease in time received only 89 per ported from the United 11 r.‘ or titan° represented 59 per cent rpe •
40rne perspective, and in this cent more for their Prodncts, States and other countries !fanners a key problem is 'total expenditures on food
connection 1 have been very AR is pot bad, however. for whose CurrenCies have 'Mt intParl c°mPetition. Growers ,:conStIrned at home in 19$1.,
t d f the man on the land. The dropped as melt, so farmers Can be hit hard by United
Mere§ e n a se es o
articles that ha.s been Written federal and PT"Incial
an agriculture reporter f" goNernments contribute tO.
•one of the daily papers, crop-srabIlizatIcnt Oregrale$*
There Was a time in this which ensure farmers breek-
VoUntrY when fartners en- P e
returns drop below a pr'
'couraged, their sons to farm de
and when the sem re -
co t ib te to these
termined level, Farmers
spondee' positively to such
en co r a telt e nt • Un- There is a crop inSurence
fortunately things have program . unique in the
ha d •
Canadian agriculture
altnost unrecognizable today. had weather F
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pregrains., •
c nge ,
"-World-. which compensates
farmers for crop loss -due to
Gone are the small self-suf-
. ficinti farms relying, on tribute to this as well as
natural horsepower to get the gevernrnents, And dairy
work done with a few farmers receive subsidies
chickens and a cow to help eparoedhuycetaiornfOorfmiitlekmussesduigthaes
'keen' the family fed. The
typical Canadian farmer is cheese' ice cream' Skim milk
not an, unsophisticated bay- tPuTedeefr s ea mnd ey3o00g yogurt
Ire n't.11 e
seed- Certainly many of them ,
Still the rate of all these
armers. con -
never vvere.yhere is no room '
••subsidies in total and on -a
• in agriculture for a farmer
e ea ita basisis anion
Today's farmer must bea: the lowest in the estern
who can't cut the mustard. P r' P ,
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World. The federal Ministry
cOmbination land baron,
speculator, book-keeper,
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of Agrieifirure estimates 'total
haul
mec . c. electrician, car-
- tributions to farthers to be
grow crops and livestock HeabOut 5500 million each Year.
h t k d t •1 d d In comparison. United States
of 'money or c eroica s,
some 522 billion,
gasOline, machinery, taxes, • • ___
and -interest payments, lie--- . , •
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penter, and still manage to
f h r subsidies this year will total
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to see how grain prices in
The bottom line is .that re
Winnipeg and Chicago coin- be successful today, the
modity exchanges are getidgfarmer must be a shrewd,
Every cent oLprofit is care- hard-headed jack -of -all- ,
fully weighed. Should it be • trades, He mu'SI be willing
. used to buy a new 578,000 . and able to work in the fields
• combine or that 100 acre and in the barns, repair
parcel down the road?
The. average, canadian equipment • mend fences,
farmer bears little re. plan and carry ont expansion
programs, juggle 'finances
semblance to his forefathers. to maximize profits and
He can't be satisfied merely
minimize taxes, know What
with a day's work and the
knowledge that he is his ow Foirnoli.!,y to prodnee from
year -• to year as prices
boss. He is his own boss all
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right _with a 5200,000 capital v.,vefluctuate, theandinsoflma!eihoonahlw
investment to protect. He is Canadians are familiar with
a self-employed capitalist, in
Net farm income dropped,
debt to his ears, with pro-
duction costs constantly
1978 was the beginning of a
threatening net income. turnaround. Contrary to
He produces much of the
for two years in a row, but
food eaten around the world earlier expectations, ineuthe
across Canada rose by 30 per
yet his fellow countrymen are
d mainly to higher prices for
pews directly with domestic County asks
cent last year. This was "due
'eating more and . more
importe food whichin •
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are paying higher prices. States. an Mex can mports,
Our Partners supply, along ;NI:0%n in'tgiursientotith.e GC:eaenhaoduiasne
with those in the United
States, Argentina and, `'egetable growers centred
A r , of the wheat rigreiNevlYs 1a8romunodliqvLea:virtnkto,00nf •
sold to other countries
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PO WO of the order Of 17 per :all food and $1 PA -alcoholic
gent to 20 per cent since beverages at 'home. By 1977
1961, Despite the billions of the cash 'rereipts. from
dollars flowing into, farms domestic saleS, were 35-4
every year, farmers have had billion, and: consum
to abandon the independenee spending had jumped to
they cherish and take outside 518.2 billion on •food and
job1ns. tili9e5CJACannoatedsiatn farm non-alcoholie beverages at
home.
"Cash receipts from the sale of In percentage terms, that
agriculture products on the means that 54 per cent of our
domestic niarket that Ts, food dollar went to Canadian
chased by Canadians were the percentage) had do", ped.
51,7 billion, while consumers to 30.
spent a total of $3 1 billion on Next w ek wilt d'
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lacking great, agricultural! re- cucuntnets and tc'man'es1"t
year. When those products
sg°0‘,,tierrctelms`entThlt:s gCoaarnaandtei h• tore es in :
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a price far wheat 'Sold and summer Months, they
had to compete with cheaper
domestiCally, bat Since most
farmers p.reduce from southern re -
wheat is exported,
h f gions, which although ex -
price emits ‘„,•hat millers and still can be tTonldsix)rrtelatiliveerf;
Price eonclitions. The pegged PCnswe 10
other grain processors pay cheapb• because of much
for Canadian y.4 heat to lOwer • production costs in
between 54, and 55 per their country of origin. They
bushel - increase from are grown outside under the
$3-25 a bushel. While this Son and picked by low paid
new price recognizes in. laborer, Canadian grewers
creased production costs of In,'enastitogspgernedeobrnoollslei:tiswhoone
farmers it will also help
push retail bread and estr)---e4-" sNcrlonptesra,raengdrolwabinogr costs
ghtehree
costs up this year. ••
Besides grain, cattlemaa major
:rnedhi!the.drsi., woarnkdis hardl•
agriculture activities in employed Canadians would :
hog production are
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plicated relationship with industrial jobs or collect un
grain, since much of the employment than take on
grain crop is used to feed • seasonal farm work
livestock. Thus When grain
prices are high. beef and to'
same situation applies
porkpriceearefikely to go up peach."apple and other
because of the higher,cost of OfrnitarciroopswghricmiN;nbionasStosinshoemrne
feeding the animals. Howl"'
ever, the major facr in• of the bc,st farmland in
livestock prices from farm Canada..
Quebec is differnt. Dairy
gate to supermarket is sup -
production is the main
ply.' The greater the
numbers, the lower the agricultural industry .there
prlce.and it is 'a highly subsidized
type of farming. Milk prices
• . are set by the federal govern
BEEFPRICES ment and provincial
This year s rapidly ex. marketing boards in Canada
calating beef prices provided and although the work is
a perfect example of that hard ....dairymen must w k
basie• supply and demand 365 days a year - the reward- •
law. •For several years high is a stable industry With •
cattle numbers in Canada guaranteed returns. Yet
and the United States kept farmers, and their commodity
the price low, often below marketing boards have come
cost of production. and con- under increasing attack by
sinners had relatively.eheap some groups which claim
beef. Cattlemen voluntarily they are ma king too much
began reducing the breeding money.
herds by sending more fe- According to the Canadian
male cattle to slaughter, herd Federation of Agriculture,
numbers declined, and farmers' net incomes have •
Canadian consumers saw not grown proportionately to
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Service and repairs to
GE, FRIGIDAIRE
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HORNE'S
Major Appliance
REPAIR SERVICE
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CAR CARE
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Fred LawrenCe
Electrical -
Contractor
HOME FARM &
COMMERCIAL WIRING
Phone Auburn 526.7505 -
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Mitchell 348-8684
to,_ all makes of cars .---.-IELECTRICAL7--N
and light trucks " -
Will pick up and . Geo. A .Sills
deliver
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.160 • Home. 345-211.4
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DUBLIN, ONT.
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On ' paper ' he and his, ,
• Colleagues are worth • more
of them are forced to hold • .Y.•
than ever, yet more and more
outside jobs. Huron County council'
wondered Friday why the
house and is slowly being health needed to attend a
mechanization 'because Banff, Alberta, in 1980 when
Canada, a country beset with he had just spent nine
high unemployment, can".t months at one in Toronto. .
seasonal farm labour to get prove a recolnmendation
Pleted• send Dr. ' Brian Lynch on a
three week executive
development course for
senior health Administrators
at the Banff Centre School of
.Management in 19$0. Costs
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costs more than a small county medical officer of
forced to accept more management course in
supply him with enough Council was asked to ap-
crucial harvest work corn- from its board of health to
costprice squeeze, the
Canadian farmer has
-managed to snare much of ,
the blame for the rising cost
of food this country The
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Obituary
. EDWARD SCHERBARTH and Mrs. Ross (Marlene)
Edteard G. Scherbarth of Townsend of RR 2, Tavistock
Brodhagen p4ssed away on one brother August Scher -
Sunday at the Hillgde Rest berth of Logan Township and
home, ItR S, Stratford, Ont, three Sisters, Mrs. Charles
where he had resided for the (Emma) Dietz, .ifiliside Rest
''•-• past two years -He was born Home, RR 5, Stratford, Mrs.
in Logan Township on Janu- Marie Sttnder, Southfield, •
my 10, 1892: a son of the late Michigan and 'Mts. Norman
Charlet Scherbarth arid the (Adeline) • Mikel of Ellie
former' Mary Herborth. On Township; There are 24
December. 24, 1914, he was grandchildren and ,14, great
marriod theformer grandchildren'He
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Martha Eggertwho survives. deceased by two sons. in
' Following their marriage, infancy, six brothers, two
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h farmed at Lot 34 C sisters and •Son in Iaw
cession 10 a Logan Towle Wilfred Wolfe in 1972,
ship until their retirement to Friends Were reeeived. at
Brodhagen in 1955. Mr. the Lockhart Funeral Home
Scherbarth Was a member of in Mitchell until noon on
St Peters Lutheran Church, TueSday when removal was
Brodhagen and had served made to St. Peters Lutheran
on the church board. He had Church in Brodhagen for the
serted: on the Logan ToWn, funeral and Committal ser -
ship Council for a number of vices with Rev. 'Arthur Horst
years and was an honorary officiating. Temporary
mernber of the Bredliageii, entombment was Made in the
Chamber of Commerce. HElizabeth Ritz Memorial
Surviving besides his wife Chapel with burial later in St.
WhO, it a resident of the Peters Lutheran Cemetery,
Hillside REM Home are two Brodhagen.
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soh% P-ilWard. C. of Logan
- • TeWiithip and Ralph of Every week hinte „
WestlEid, Michigan; three more people discover What
daughters, Mrs; Lloyd mighty jobs ate ac„
(Velma) Prueter, Mitchell]. etiMplished by 16* Ost
Mrs, Wilfred (0orothy). Iluron 8kpositor Ads.
Wolk of Logan: TOWn010 Dial 521-020
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a . licensed Mechanic
nee s course
Service to all.
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for the sehooling will be
about 52,000, which includes
tuition books, rooms meals•
and registration. The board
of health suggested that the
course cots be budgeted in
1979 and travelling costs be
budgeted for T980 to spread
thetw
Goderich township reeve '
Grant Stirling asked Dr.
Lynch if he had learned
anything in his first session
at school, Stirling suggested
that there must be "seine -
thing wrong with Toronto if
you've got to go to Banff to
find out what you learned rn
Toronto."
Dr. Lyneh was hired by
county council just over a
year ago and spent nine
months in training to handle
duties of the medical officer
of health.
The MOH told council that
the nine month session in
Toronto was the net best
thing to a waste of time and
meney. He said he was not
the only student of the course
that was dissatisfied with. the
results, He said Other -
medical Officers had the
same opinion of the program
and had made the minister of
health aware of the fact that
it leaves "a lot to be
desired'', •
Dr, Lynch taid many pro-
fessionals had come to the
deciSion that they would.be
better off taking university
programs for training3
councilthat it was
very important for the
niedical officer' of health to -
be a good- r. He
Said the,„"age "we live in"
teduitei that the art of
adininistration be "far more '
if e's
necettery ne said he
knew very little •about
administration when' he took
the job of medical officer
conceding that he "learned a:
bit" atthe nine month
course, He said
administrative Ability Would
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help him to get through
budget cuts from the
province atr& may be the
difference between surviving
restraints without service
cuts or cancelling programs
now offered by the county
health' unit. ':••;"
Paul Steckle, Stanley
council that the cost of
sending the MOH te Banff
was not as bad as it
appeared. He said the
ministry of health pays half
the costs for the Banff course
and that the board had
decided Banff would be the
only Course Dr. Lynch would
be attending. .
Mr. Steckle said -two
things normally attended by
the medical officer, the
Canadian Public Health con-
vention and the University of
Toronto refresher course,
would not be attended in the
years 1979 and 1980 if
council approved the Banff
course,
The deputy -reeve said the
costs for these courses would
help offset the cost to send
Dr. Lyneh to Banff and that
rtioney, coupled with the '50
percent subsidy . from the
province, made the dosts for
Banff nominal,
makes of cars
Detroi, Diesels
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Phone: 527-1620
Seaforth
SEWING
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SERVICE DEPOT
Service to all makes.
Free estimates 90,clay warranty
Experienced since 1952
SEW AND SAVE
CENTR1E ILTD.
149 Downie St,
(2 doors sotith of Hudsons)
- Stratford, 271.9660 '
Closed Mondays
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Now Doing Lubes and
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ACCESSORIES
Members of Seaforth I and
Seaforth II met at the Sea -
forth Public School for their
first:meeting of the 4a.
project ''Accesseir+leS-The'
Final -Touth." 01r1S were
given an outline of the
project and the requirements
of the Club . Members.
The topics discussed and
denionSttated were IsOry
Of AcceSories-Selection of
Aceestories re body size and
shape, and the Basic Ward,
robe colour. Each member
plannowwhat accessory
she will make in this prerect.
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Seaforth Coop
527-0770-
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E)ieed interior
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Kern Paints
Wallcoverings
Arthstrong Carpels
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5 ,d'itt St Seaforth
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Lic. L. L. B. 0.
Home of
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RESTAURANT
HUSEN HAUS
Restaurant a
Dining Lounge
Main St. Seaforth
527 1 820
Free Parking on Premises
AUCTIONEERS
TOM 'PAPPLE
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FUNERAL HOME OPTICIAN
Whitney -Ribey
Funeral Home
ROSS VV. RI BEY,
DIRECTOR
87 Goderkit4t., Seaforth,
PHONE, .527-1390
CEMETERY.
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Sincere and
courteous service
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Optician
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OPTOMETRIST'S. -AND.
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.Parscriptions Filled
Promptly
Mon. -Fri. 9.5:30 p:m.
Wed nesday - Closed
Sat urd a - 9 -
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INSURANCE
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and Vinyl, Aluminum
Windows, Doors, 5V-0053
Awnings, Railings. or after alz phone
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PIANO
Plano Tuning
and
Repairs
MONUMENTS FEED NULL
Cemetery
Monuments
Inscriptions Markers,
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WHITNEY-RIBEY
FUNERAL HOME
87 Goderich St., West
Agent for
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Wingham Memorialseaforth 527-1390,
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LONGSTAFF .
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Closed Wcdnesdays
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Clinton
482-3438
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Vanastra
4024931
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Edbro Hoists
Grain Bridles
Fifth -Wheel Trailers
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CAR OARE
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347-2435
Collect Call accepted at
3488383 only ,
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Mervin A, Janet
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