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•�-T E HURON`i E34PiI N"fi'O.R, NOVIEW ER 20, 1975�
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It ring clerk Ross McGoulgle P Thesgg are the works he's put `•"Daring my term itf. oft3ve 'I Nott that he has retired he says
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was honord at a townshi hall his signature on and they are gesso! vim. re #red reports on all H watt assist "the new clerk; ins -
gatherings of 150 ratepayers at •what he wants to be remembered he municipal, drains. The earlier offad gwith municipal drains
P , and operate the Amulree sawmill.
4 Amulree on his retirement as by. ones are coming up for to air.
So I guess between the two I'll be
� clerk of North Irasthope • 'kept out -of mischief:"• •
Township. - When he tarsi took the Job of
i W �.,c'�� Reeve Arthur Horne , who clerk a 1950 first
to considered a
k� •� , chaired the event, recalled Mr. part-time job, but ii d isn't
*r � McGonigfe's many contributions anymore. Wben I'm at home the
x to the township during the many hone. is. always ringing. But I
years lie served. He wasiF4 P y g g
J __ really - enjoyed it, I really
�., a++ +ta er eoo r,o�,a• !lr eo. tar: erm,ti presented with a color TV in - appreciated th@ co-operation 1 got
r« ,� appreciation of his service.' . /j '
w �/ ftvm -the township- reeves and '
Mr, McGonigle, a son of the
Tis thankful I am that this column doesn't depend on the Dr. McDonald candidly, a milted that if and when theRobert'% // // j� residents during my 25 years as '
late Mr. and ' Mrs, / % / / /�
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mail service for its existence. standard mjlkin herds in On ario reach 100• or more caws. // // � • • .
Farmers and those connected with agriculture have bees! then good husbandmen could 'ossibly be trained to become ,McGonigle, was educated" . in % j m
g p j �� 0 % 1 1, - GordoSeaforh are brothers.McGonigle of
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eastig ted by'this, corner for not writing more letters. But competent technicians. The i ea has been tried with some % / - G i
what's he use of writing when the letters rarely gel deliver- degree of success in so e p its of tpe1 United States where Sea its Collegiate. He bas j / . j / i
ed anyway? much larger herds are or 1. T ' worked as, township clerk for' 25
A few'weeks ago in a column about milk producers, a dairy- :'But the situation in State's'is different.•' he added. years. He remembers some of the
man was quoted. He said he felt he could become technician Artificial insemina n in the U.S. is carriedlout by private many projects he' helped
enough to inseminate,lti;s herd without the hefp of expensive enterprise, i b armors co-operatives as it is in Ontario. complete. Projects such ng the
Al technicians -from M'')various 'artificial ,insemination co- ••Those comp nieg are in business to sell semen. The more, pew 'maintenance building at
operatives across the province. they sell, the igger their profits., In Ontario. the three co-
Why
o Hampstead built in the early IQs,
Why," he • asked, "are farmers, forced -to pay great salar- operatives — astern Ontario Breeders, United Qreeders the new township hall finished'in,
ies for a bunch of technicians'galloping.around the country and Eastern On rio Breeders — are ru by farmers. for 1963. .the organization of the
when farmers, themselves, with a minimum amou of train, farmers." North and, South Eastho a fire
ing, could -do the joh?" One other breeds i BC in, Sl. acobs in Waterloo , , area with, a new fire st tion in
It seemed like a Legitimate question. Shakespeare, central schoo
The question was posed in the, column and I placed a g_ County. has also become a.sma erative recently. Ttte the Ross 'Bell subdivision.
er. I said that few, if any, farmers would respond to it but ,best bulls in Ontario. in fact some of the best bulls in the
World, are owned by these Co-ops.
that the artificial insemination co-ops would respond 'with
alacrity and dignity. Both Rusty McDonald and John Mt; Donald hone tly believe A C j
I hate lo say I told you so. But I told you so. that the co-op rgethod as practised in Ontario with2cellent, ( df A faces
I h one farmer responded either by mail before the CUT trained technicians available almost JL4 hours a day fdr 362
strike. Nor by'telephon4, either. days of the year is the best for Ontario farmers. Technicians
Apparently, not one dairy farmer in the entire circulation are at work every dad except Christmas, New ,Years and money crNs is
Faster.
._Ar,ea of the 15 papers subscribing to this deathless prose .
It was a fefreshing vi it #was given a tour of the facilities Adrian Vos of Bluth was named
thought it worthwhile to state his views. as well a§ an excellent p t re of just how well trained !tie 50 i president of the Huron County
But the AI co-ops did; again,as predicted.Federation.'' of Agriculture.
Dr. R.J. McDonald- the gracious and articulate general technicians at WOBI m t e. As well, the call-in system for' O Elected .seco'nd vice. -p esident of
manager of Western Ontario Breeders Inc., made it a point service at WOBI is a. c heated, well-timed arrdngement ti
P which car) bring a tech 'clan to a farm within hours'- some- the 2.200 member, organization
to refute the suggestidn that farmers could be their own -
technicians. times wi n min a of when,a herdsman knows a cow is was Maurice Bean of R.R.I.
Dr. McDonald called personally, asked me,to come to the in heat�t ~ - Auurn��
erha s no one agrees with my dairy farmer friend, uot- Mr. Vos, yrpo 'was first ated
_ headquarters of Western Ontario Breeders Inc. (.WOBI i. P g Y q 'president this past year defeated
for a first-hand explanation of the entire AI process and to 0 the beginning of this column. Perhaps all farmers,
explain why the'idea of on-thp farm technicians may -not be Q, "' Vince Austin of Dungannon in an
wheth r dairym nor beefinen, are co►�pletely'satisfied with
possible in Ontario. The supervisor of technicians. John E. their A co-ops and there is no rea,son'C0 pursue the idea sug election for the top post. Mr.
McDougall, also took a couple of hour:$ of his valpable time geste Bean, who losnout in a three way
to suggest that the techniques of artificial i6semination.can- If , OBI is an example of the efficiency and hotlesty pre.va- vote for first vice won'a three way
not be learned in a week or twgor even , ix. lent all all Al co-op then maybe my friend was out in left fight for the second' vie
e-presi-
'John explaiped the Atire proces�while, at', the same 'field Certainly. no one else has come forward to suppori'his dentia! position. Alan Walper of
time, proving'to this neophyte how delicate the task is.' idea. - R.R.3, Parkhill was named first
vice-president. Elected directors
at large were. Wayne Millian,
' Beverley . Brown and past
president. Doug Fortune.'
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Mr,'Vo�S, and several of the
Nto r r r s Wa ' I o r� a. a other speakers at the meeting
pointed to a growing crisis in the
Morris Council donated` $200 Associates in h vin two catch. B -L w No, 11, 12 and 13, organization. He painted to the
g Y �} Transportation and Comrttuni- fact that. at the. organization's
for Waltop Hall repairs at their basins installed 13elgrave storm 1.975 were passed authorizing the cations to make' a survey of .the year end on August 31 a had $400
November 3 , meeting. Don sewer -system. sale of parts 8, 1 and 10 of bots 70 Township for stop or, yield signs, in the bank. but ngAy $2,000 in
Achilles requested the grant. Applications for tile drain loans and 72, Plan No. 9 of Township of B,M.Ross and Associates were debts, including •per diem ar�ii
Reeve Wm, Elston will work were accepted, in ,the amount of, Morris. instrut:ted to complete the pl . mileage for courtty directors for
with. Ken Dunn ofB.M.Ross and $18,000.,,. Morris -mill ask the Ministry of for Belgrave storm sewersthe past year.
Robt. Grasby and Jas. -Mair will The Huron Federation
o took after repairs to Mills Drain. program, Mr. Vos said, has been
General Accounts paid were
$1,2.42.27' and Road- Accounts one of the most extensive in'the
' province. This, said, probably
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ea a • ; $5,215.13 for a total'of $6;.4S7.4Q:
N kir+, accounted for the f t at Huron '
;• Morris,conncil�•will meet egaiti� has the higfie O.F.A.
' December 1, at 1 p.m. membership in the province:
,. New park ripens
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near Inverhuron
- -� in July
` Not only wish southwestern
Ontario continue to enjoy the day
,R use and swimming facilities of
° ar Inverhuron Provincial Park, but
° will as well have a new
recreational k' complex ' in
MacGregor Point. Provincial Park
R ` just 12 miles away.
FREE F NG Inverfiuroa's campgrounds will
` be phased out' by the end of the N
on a I I current camping season • to meet
regulations, imposed by the t•:''`:` .. -
Case /David BrownAtomic En orgy Control Board in u
connection with Ontario Hydib'sY r s
mvclear, generating . .ation aid '
l heavy water.' plant under Ry�
Tractors construction &t nearby+' Douglas
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Point. T
SPECIAL DISCOUNT- ON .UNKOADER UNTIL NOV. 30th Costs tif•land acqutsi.tf�ii and
l"2 4>t
• - park deXelopmenh^at MacGregor'
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Point to replace the equivalent
�� facilities formerly provided, at 3� �i
the Tractor Specialist �, Inverhuron were financed • by I S;t f �$ }
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i' Ontario Hydro, with additional?s�
costs fo'r the more 'extensile
Sons Litd. '� y y� .Lobb,�facilities guided b the Ministry � '"�''� ,, � "- <' r" f,
` ••' '` - of.Natural Resources.
Bayfield Rd. 4B2-3409
be
than 150 campsites will
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t available to the public by July
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' For personal Sales SersVice see Fred or Joe l.otib.
,. • ' 1• 1976, with a further 200 scheduled for completion by • '" "�" £ � 4,' ' �. i� K ;, •
mid -summer. a s�'s;>
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for livestock and poultry
'Shur -Gain electrolytes... ,
�LECYROLYTES a solution readily available to -
belp replace the vital supplies
Modern Medicaiion for he, ' odern For t of sodium, calcium potassium a
and magnesium in fimes of
stress -or dehydration.
Shur -Gain electrolytes
also contain Propylene
;''� ► GJftol ana Dextrose to
- provide adequate energy
• ,n, levels at such times.
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