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Letters are appreciated by Bob Trotter. Eidetic, Rd . Elmira. Ont N3B 2C7
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Exotic cattle are imported
Canadian cattlemen have
brought 22 different breeds of
exotic cattle from Europe, in tie
last 10 years:
Beef producers arc left with• a,
puzzle. Which breed makes the
best herd sire?
Agriculture Canada has been
evaluating the performances of
exotic-d mestic hybrid heifers at
its research stations.
"We know that cross-bred
heifers have the advantage ,grt
hybrid Vigor," sans 'Dr.
H.T.Fredeen of the Akrieulture
Canada Research Station here,
"With this study, we hope to
provide a basis for cattlemen to
choose sire bre !ds.."
Nine hybrid combinations --
produced by mating -Charolais,
Limousin and Simmental bulls
\Villti Angus, Hereford and
Shorthorn cows are being
compared with each other and
with the commercially popular
Hereford-Angus cross. All of the
1,000 hybrid heifers In the study
were bred ..as yearlings by
artificial insetnination to 'either
Bbefmastir or Red 'Arius bulls:
Final conclusions• can't be
drawn until each hybrid cow has
completed six years of repro-
ductive life, but some- preliminary
observations have • been made
from .first calf production:.
"The . traditional Hereford-
Angus cross appears to have an
advamage in two ' respects --
survival rate of calves, and
number of calVes weaned per 100
cows entering the breeding
herd," Dr. Fredeen says.
More details of the .exotic
hybrid study are available in a
publication, . First-calf Perfor-
mance. of Foreign',x Domestic.
Hybrid Heifers. • It may - be•1
obtained ,by writing to
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"They're a bunch of crooks," he said of the supermarket
chains. "I find it very difficult to accept" their practices of
charging for space in their stores.
But the people suffering the most from these practices
are not the farmers nor even the consumers. In fact, the con-
sumer probably is better off during these price wars and
shady business deals.
No, the people taking-the beating are the independent food
retailers, the people who are not directly connected with the
big food chains.
The Canadian Federation of Retail Grocers has already
submitted a brief to the Ontario minister of consumer and
commercial relations, Sydney Randleman.
The machinations .of the food chains continue to concen-
trate business in a few hands. The powerful continue to be-
come more powerful. Sooner or later, says the Canadian
Federation of Retail Grocers, they will not ask, they will
tell.
They will tell you how much you will pay for every product
in the store. Competition will be eliminated.
And that's what this corner has been saying for almost 10
years. That's why the family farm should remain an integral
pa-Th of :the Canadian scene. That's why farmers should,be
supporting the organizations to which they belong. That's
why a farm income stabilization bill is so necessary in this
province and in this nation.
That's why ,dairy farmers have been so vocal •in recent
months. That's ,Why farm organizations have been so mili-
tant the last few years.
Again, I say, until someone can come up with a better idea
it seems tome farmers have rio other choice but to support
their own organizations even if it means they must submit
to market-sharing quotas and much less indepehdence in run-
ning their own business.
children more carefully at this
season than at any other time ..
and never, ne'ver leave them
unattended.
at Christmastime
Many months ago this corner strongly suggested that
farmers must learn to work together,that they must support
their owrtorganizations to compete ip the market place.
The suggestion was voiced that, until something better
comes along, Marketing boards and commodity groups along
with the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and the National
Farmers Union should receive all the support the agricul-
tural community can muster.
Some of the reasons for this attitude were also written.
The major reason was because big business is highly organ-
ized in that one major corporation can control some food
items from the time it leaves the farm gate until it is eaten.
In two columns at that time, the details of Argus ,Corp. and
the George Weston Group were listed.
I suggested then that a great degree of manipulation by
these huge ,conglomerates is possible. At no time did I say
that this Manipulation is being done, only that it could be
done.
I did entertain the idea that the multi-national firms get 1-
piece of the profit all along the line in the food chaixt*. The
trucker, the processor, 'the packager, the wholeSaler, the
retailer all get a profit but they are all owned or controlled
by the same corporation.
Evidence is now available which suggests that these huge
food chains — the Weston Group, Dominion Stores, Stein-
bergs, the Oshawa Group — have stooped to bribes, black-
mail, kickbacks, volume rebates. and all kinds of other
deals to force retailers to carry their products,
A Montreal-area food company executive said these big
chain stores are becoming vicious because of intensive
pressure in the current food price war in Ontario,
If suppliers of some foods don't agree to the vicious deals,
their products are dropped from supermarket shelves,
Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan is blunt about it:
Be careful
fire danger. This is the time to
take the utmost care to make sure
that holiday f tin will not turn into
family tragedy. Watch, small
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Rot tips for
entertaining
For a 4hOiday. buffet,
you'll want a way to keep
your hot +dishes just that
way. Electric hot trays are
the number one choice be-
cause they are usually Made •.1.
.to keep foods warm, With-
Wit drying them up. Small electric cooking appliances
are great too. You can cook
a dish in one and hen
ready to set out onthe
table, you can turn the
setting down to "wasrm."Tt
will hold at serving temper-
ature nicely that way.
There are many attrac-
tive tabletop warmers that
use..saDined fuels .. . alcohol
burners, butane gas burner,
or candles. Be sure to read
the instructions carefully,
as a safety precaution.
SCENTED GIFT
Pomander balls make
beautiful gifts trimmed up
with velvet ribbons, lace
and pretty braid. Tie them
prettily from bits and pieces
you have tucked awarY in
your sewing box. Their fra-
grance will last long after
the holidays are gone.
Grand- champion boar John Van Vliet of Bryssals is shown with the grand
champion Land_ race Little Brook Expo boar which he showed at the Royal Winter
Fair last week:Mr. Van Viiet's, Little Brook Janis, placed first in a section for sowS,,,'\
from 13 - 24 months.
IT ALWAYS HAPPENS IN
DECEMBER .... Christmas trees
.. Decorations ... gift wrappings
they all add up to greater home