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Quotas in farm prtwtre rnave bcett CUssed and: discussed farther has the cash available -or the credit -40 buy ,more
for a decade, quota from a less efficient farmer.
Tose against farmmarketing boards av ee. 0 This purchase of :orequota, makes'; him more efficient.
h B a. e g ar.. h e b.. n quti:k � hi purchase � .... , , .
point out that the price of buy'ing': quota, must, eventually, if the seller was efficient, he would be in a position to buy
seller
add to the -price the consumer "pays for the product. This ' more quota instead of selling it; Because the;Uuyer• is more
corner has warned of consumerresistance to quotaS. efficient, the price paid does not have to be ref lerted. in the
• Ata Rural. Learning, Association seminar on marketing,. price paid by the consumer. •
this spring,. other, well-known persons in agriculture At present. 1 know of no quota -setting marketing board
voiced the same. concern. Gordon Hill, the' articulate,
past -president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture,
flatly stated that if farmers did not come to grips with the
problem, someone else would do it for them.. •
Quotas, for those not aware, are set by marketing
boards. These quotas, tell the farmer exactly
how Much': he can produce. Only half a dozen of the
three -dozen marketing boards in Ontario are involved with,
quotas, ' notably. the Milk marketing board, chicken
marketing board, tobacco board and egg board,
it is simple to understand why quotas can become a
I' major factor in farming. If you are producing broiler
chickens, for instance, the board tells you how many•
chickens you can produce. If you are a young fanner and
-- want to get into raising broilers, you must first get a quota.
- If you are already in the business and want to expand, you
can't expand until you can get more quota'.
Thus, quotas become important. Them who has wants
Mere,
are willing to pay.
Eventually. the price paid for quotas may eventually add
to the final price of the product. .
Whenthis happens, consumers could get angry.. Why
should the •consumer have to pay for the farmer's right to
produce?
Some fears have• been allayed' recently by two separate
studies carried out in British Columbia and in Ontario. The
B.C. studies conclude that marketing boards are beneficial:
and that quotas should be allowed to transfer freely
between or among farmers. The Guelph study, made the.
same recommendation. ..
High quota prices just reflect greater efficiency by the
farmer willing to buy quota. In other words, the good
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which, includes the ,prtee of quotas in price-settank
formulas.
"The theo that efficient farmers make more monex and
an afford, to buy more quota makes sense. However, the
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B.C. 'study throws in a couple of interesting suggestions,
one of which was voiced by the Guelph study; That That quota
speculation (buying)` should be limited to farmers only;
that non-farm .rs should be barred from buying uota,
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This is important to farmers!
why? Because the multi -national corporations or even
the big: national corporations could eventually control
every bit of quota in the nation. In. so doing, they could
demand whatever price they wanted for the end product
and you, the consumer, would end up; on the short end of
the stick again.
Another suggestion by the 'B,Ci-. study dealt with
maximum quota; Some marketing boards put in upper
limit on the, amount of quota that one farmer can own or
control. These limits; should be reviewed and research
done to determine links between scale and efficiency; In
other words, how big can you get and still "'maintain
It is interesting to no the similarity between the two
studies so .many miles a art and. the fact that farming in
Ontario is quite' ditfern than in B.C.
It iseeertainlytimely. Many farmers have been uneasy.
about the quota , system. Some have beendownright
worried.
The studies certainly appear to vindicate marketing
boards•and could go a long way to. vindicate quota -setting
by some•of the boards in Canada.
Report from Queen's Park
BY MURRAY GAUNT
Environment Ministry
Harry Parrott has indicated
that ,the' information con
Mined in the 1979 "'Guide to
Ontario Sport Fishing" for
the great lakes would cover
the levels of dioxin in', fish
taken from the lakes. The
Guide Book suggests con-
sumption restrictions for
many species of fish, includ-
ing brown trout, rainbow
trout, coho andchinook
saltiion:` and smelt, based on
PCB :and/or • Mirex 'levels,...
Because of -their high fat
content, these species of fish.
would also be the most •likely'
to 'accumulate dioxin. `
Consumers following these
guidelines would either not
be' eating;: these fish (Women
and children), or would be
restricting their consumption
of these species' of great
lakes fish to levels which do
food re
not pose a health hazard,: Dr.
Parrott :advised.
. Opposition Members have
severely criticized the
Ontario :Commission, into
:,Food Discounts as a "white-
wash'' and a "ehar.ade''.
Jack 'Riddell, the Liberal
agricultural critic,; doesn't
hold. out much hope that the
report will be worth more
than the •paper it's written,
on", and the . NDP' critic
described the inquiry as a
"pussycat affair.'..`. The
Commission_ was set up' last
• year after both. Opposition
Parties pushedfor a : full..
investigation.. of discounts
demanded by supermarket
chains from suppliers. How-
ever, apparently commission
staff have . • 'tadopted the
'attitude'' that nothing .is
wrong withdiscotfntS•"''
In aneffort to determine if
underground mining in-
creases the risk of lune.
Dedicated cow calf man
eans calves
,BY STANLEY J. PAQUETFE:
Associate Agricultural,
Representative for Huron:.
Can you went' a 95% calf
crop?
Jim Love of R.R1 3 Parkhill
did just that in 1978.. ; He
-owns a Hereford herd.:,
breeding first calf heifers to.
Aberdeen Angus. Cows are
bred back to Hereford.
1.1 questioned Jim as to how
hedid, it. He said, "Youhave
to be a dedicated' cow -calf
m
an
He and his son alternate
and, regularly check the
heifelrs •and ..COWS due to
Calve, Every 4 hours at night
and every 2 hours during the
day is their schedule.:
Other practices ;Jim fel-
.'iotas are:
-an ADE °injection 4 tti, 6
weeks prior to calving.
-ADE injectable, plus Vita-
min' E and selenium' to the
new born calf.
Navel treatment with tine
titre of iodine.
;-Ear tagging.
, Records treatment given.
= Makes' notes of unusual,
calving problems.
' Early calves are t born
inside or in a dry lotttear the
buildings, Later ones' are
born on grass. Calf hutches
protect the young calves on,
cool evenings,
• ilm!s, 19/8 weaning
Weights Were not except-
Tonal. He, plans; to use a
Charolais or Simmenta1 belt"'
on his cows this seroon: Ey
bringing in e* St a blood, he
feels the cross will give him
heavier' weaning weights.
It's Important to be ready
for calving as Ars is, 'the bin-
(Oantlnued on Page 1A)`
cancer,; the Ministry .•of
Labour is studying the health
retords'of more than . sixteen'
:thousand uranium miners
and thirty thousand other
miners in Ontario. All causes
of . death among miners
natural; .accidental or disease
related will be reviewed.' A
recent federal study of sixty
communities across Canada
50% mining and 50%
non -mining' , strongly.` sug- ..
Bested that a high incidence
of lung°;cancer deaths among
men in three Northern Ont-
ario 'Mining ; communities is
related to underground hard
rock ,;mining. 'The '.Ontario
C
tulle t cOttncli amended
the insurance' report as
discussed with 1t. Reed
'wan. InsUrattee *1 May 7.
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Loan $23
The following applications
for the drainloans: weJ
approved for J.ot 5, Co=n. 11
f.ot 12. Con. 8rt lot Ufa, 'Cart,
13. Trot .10•, Con. '9'. All are
l- inlet TON nsh,p taxpayers who have a
*1000 .ussessritt:nt will exp etiettee a $45'
increase•in their taxes this year.,
Hiillett To snship Council :held. ,a special
,meetinhave on. April 23 to discuss the chill rates
4 , , .
which goneup 1$ mills overall, That'
figure includes the school and, county mill
rate. •
For farm and residential taxpayers the
rqunty. rate has gone up from 17.4 in 197g to
20.88 .in 1979. The elementary school rate
haps risen from 33.27 to .37,83 and the
secondary i school rate has . gone up from
subject Flo- gvaila ility
funds t'and subject t
;to w�nabip by-laws.
Council passe:da'by taw 14
provide for drainage works in
the wof Hullettt and:
horrowtTonnshipg, bops the.elredit, of
increased ro ..97 to 4 .03. the kern 3b2 . ,ar'y
school rates. increased tram 31.95 to 3175
and .the separate school rate was: 43.4;8 u
} p
from last year's mill rate of 37.92,
AIso in the business and commercial
rates, the township. mill rttewas 41.89 up
ears
y rt3S �.
from last ' rate of .27 and: the Auburn
_..
rate was 61.14 compared with •last year's
rate of 43.75,
In other business council accepted, the
petition of lli a and .hers and refer: it
p i n F He g...ot
to W. $hifflett forCansideration.
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Council decided allow roads 4 #t S to be,
28,76 to 30.38. The separate school; rate has closed from the High Brid$e to S,R« 20-21 for
risen from: 34.13 to 39,13 mills in 1979.
dog ...ials.. They are to b..re reson.
sible for
The township tate increased byabout: - erectingand removing: barr-crs>
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mills, going from 29x9$ In 1978 to 35,61 in Also at the meeting were'John Benjantins.
1979. Auburn experienced an increase of 15
-mills with ratesgoing from! .37.19 to 52,01;
mills.
Business andeommercial rates were up as
well with, the county rates increased from
20,46 to 24.56 mills, the elementary rates
and Frank Szusz who. were present to discuss
by-laws, regarding;mani!re storage
Cliff Eedy as present to 'inquire about
the possibility of a imutual. agreement drain
rather than a municipal drain.
study will .cover miners with
at least five years experience
and when corhpleted will
show; whether gold miners
are more it risk than the
general popiirlation or mare
at "'risk : than, ' for example;
nickel miners. Uranium
miners have been . 'divided
from the rest, and must have
workedat least a month in a
uranium mine:
According to the Minister
of the ` Environment, ' the
garbage dump at Fort Erie
doesn't contain liquid indu5t-
rial wastes and cannot be
compared with the . Love
Canal, where toxic chemicals
Hi $ 'N DAIRY SYSTEMS LTD.
Sales, Service $ =installation of
pipelines &
milking parlours
R.R4
WALTON
,t:
887-6063
you beat these spray prices?
A Limited Quantity Available'
Dact hal
Patoran . . .
E3lazine
Bladex' 80W . ".
Bladex' Liquid
Dasanit
Thimot 15G . .
Vectal',8QW- Atrazine
VectE,l iquid. Atrazine
Amitrol T '.' '.
Gramoxone .,. '
1130:0015 i.;00/4 Ibb. bag bag
..2 761Ib.:
31611b..
''1$'.25/gal;•
• ,, 33.00/50 lb.
• • ,76c/Ib.
. 51.7011b •
.12.00/gal.
X '17.50/gal...:
. 45.00/gat:..
13.00/qt. '.
MCPArn ine• 00' . . 651.0015' gal'.,
Triton XA •(surfactant conc.) 13.50/gal.
Carbyne " . . . .61.00/4 gall
Desormone (Brushkitler)' . 65.00/5 gal.
Eptom , ,', . _ , , :,.. .145:00/5 gar,
X2,4 -D Amine 80 . .. 34.00/5': gal.
7.5011 giti
MCPA Sodium 48 . . . 35.00/5 gal:
Mecoprop plus 2,430 9,00/1 • gal.
Cash and Carry`
Seafo ri1'1 521-.1910
surfaced years after . they'
were dumped::' in drums by
the Rooker Chemical Com-
pany and arca residents were,
forced to leave, their homes
because of ,the leakage:
While "the Minister admitted
that'Hookerr;,does, use 'the
Fort Erie dump, he said the
company `sends only dam-
aged, empty drums and floor:,
sweepings . Which contain:
-small amounts of a moulding'
compound .'used for making
plastics.
Wallpapet
Hanging
527-1422`
or,
527-1850
• EXPOSITOR'
WANT ADS
Phone 527-0240
theO,ttici lity the surae of
52,21+ 0O.
Severence applications an
:tots 25, Con. ' 11 numbers
71/79. 72/79 and 73/79 were
approved.
Tenders ,on the Y'oungbtut
Drainage Works were .called
and will close Friday lune 1st,
.it 5;00 p.m.
1.4.
C.ouncil•!•issued building°
,permits to R.k Peel. J.
Ver'weyt J. Van B ren. E
Lap l T. Deftter, J.
Hoggart. M. Adams, H.
Thompson.. L. P:enfound, .t'.
,Grcidanous. ' Jas,
Greidannus. and D. Hugill as
applied for. subject to
township by-laws and Huron
. County Health Unit where
applicable.
Council decided` to
it#vestigate tit .e Nesbitt
subdivision before accepting
circular turn as to size for
M.T.C, Standards and as to
Which lot for the township.
Seaforth Fire Area budget
was tentatively accepted and
set aside the portion :for
future capital expenditure,
Council passed a by-law to
raise $500,000,00 to aid in
the construction of drainage
works under the Tile'
Drainage Act.
By-law 1978-17A, was
rescinded and by-law
197940 was gwei 1
Second: ;tum 'd It
By1979.10' a ia• i
amenlawdment to 19711,-#7.,A
adding a green belt area
A by 14w tet regulate thg
use of land: and
character, loratlo and u c
buildthgs: 'and structurct4! `
pursuant to $ectzon 35 oaf t
Planning :Acta 1.970 wag t
ait<4 passed,
,Ctunpl+ tion certificate*':as-
stibtnitted by the Tile
Dcan
Tnprset
Pareor wtee apptssarythe Clerk aitste4*0:''
by-law.
- A by-law to impose special
annualdrainage rates upon
lands in respect of which
.money isborrowed under the
Tile drainage Act, 1971 was
•passed and numbered *979
Councilaccepted the
tender of Potterd Bros. Ltd of
$103.$0 0. 8 tonpp � for a lied. t"
,
talciutigfi
The 'fallowing delegation1,s
met with ;council; Blake
Evans of the Min7"
nis , poi"
od
NResources spoke n
huntingatural and trespassing'.an
limited licences fort deer,
M s. M Govenlock wanted
informationon a.severenee.
Dave Reed' reviewed.
insurance and reviseded
premiums.
for A Bumper Crop of Profits
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