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The Huron Expositor, 1977-03-17, Page 17'44., • 4, Milk .producers want el cheeses to Canada, McKinnon said. Despite the problems facing the milk producers, the OMMB chairman did predict an, increase in the sale of most milk products this year. Cl geese Sales sale of Class I milk, bottle sales, is expected as well as a five percent increase in.' cheddar cheese sales. There is a hope that cheese exports may increase slightly, he said. Specialty cheeses like cottage cheese and.. yogurt are also predicted to face an eight percent increase in sales. At the other end of the spectrum however, butter con- sumption will probably continue to decline by five or six percent, he said. Following McKinnon's address, the Huron County Milk., Producers re-elected six new members •to its milk committee: A, two pe 'cent increase in the. -tiorigooMONOw-.. gai:Kft " • From March 13 to March 18 5% Di count on al! our . store stock includes CREEP FEEDERS WRENCH SETS FLY CONTROL PRODUCTS DAIRY SANITIZERS MEDICATIONS etc. 1144.1.4 n1 Forget the GENERATOR- MEETING Thursday March 1701 7:30 PM at Our Store Coffee & Doriuts' will be served e'likti iinoW ours customers EA CRT FARM. TOPNOTCH FEE DS LIMITED STOP BEFORE YOU BUY A MOTORCYCLE SEE THE LINE UP OF YAMAHA ROAD BIKES, ENDUROS -'AND MOTOCROSS.' :111 ,,,,,, llllll al lllll Watch for news of our Open House, APRIL 1,, 2 & 3 One Mile West and One Mile South.af Hensall ELDER ENTERPRISES HENSALL HWY. 84 • x HENSALL ONT. -__PHONE 26261.42 WHAT YOU-SHOULD KNOW ABOUT FLAX AS A CASH CROP"-TN 1977 e way. 0 a D.W. Vincent Douglas W Vincent To Represent -Farm Equip • ment- in Australia , Recently, Douglas W. Vincent, Vincent Farm Equipment Ltd., was selected by the Rotary. Foundation to participate in a Businessmen!s Group Study Exchange' to, Austfalia during March and April 1977, , This program is Sponsored by • area Rotary Clubs as an educational prpgram degigneil to provide outstanding young busi- ness and professional men • oppOrtunitios for studying and exchanging ideas in another country. Doug. is one of three men from Canada and two from the United States who will be making the trip. While in. Alistralia, the group Will live in private' homes, Meet with Various government digni- tares as well as observe the Political, educational, financial and ti.usines; aspects. Pair of their responsibility will . involve making both group and individual presentations on behalf of Canada, ()Atari° and the industry which they repre3ent, Doug 'will be, involved in making presentations to and exchanging ideas with teemkers of the agricultural industrY in Australia, and is looking forward to sharing knowledgez"g'Veill' experiences with= these people, diiiocalluedttin.g several farm Otripment (Adv.) OPNOTH or tOPNOttit OTSO§1.1M1 c 0 r • - .„..--, Milvertbn, Cintarl6 phone 595.4941 for seed please contact: ANDERSON FLAX PRODI)JCITS Luck/tow, Ontario phone 5284626. '4, 3, input Cost for seed., fertilizer and "spray less than $20.00 per acre as of March 31, 1977. 4. A market is available immediately for all Ontario grown flax. , 5. Quick unload as compared with other cash crops. . 1 6. Forward selling, availat:e (ask Manager for details) 7. Storage available (ask Manager for details) 8., Contracts availabje (ask Manager for details) 9. Crop insurance for flax is. available' in 1977 See your Agent for deta4) Don't delay because interest in this seed is high. To avoid disappointment call today'. • THE ..Expo..fironi, MARCH 17, 1077 even out the yearly supply of milk production, but could be adopted after 'several years of planning ahead. The" OMMB is presently negotiating a national ,dairy policy with Minister of Agricultnre and - Foed, 'Eugene Whelan. McKinnon expects the policy will be set •by ',the end of next week,• .shortly before - the end of the marketing year on Mar. 31. In 1976 the, policy was not set until April 14. ,,,Werst Problen! Outside of the. qnctta:Probletp, low prices and the 'lade- ,of restraints on the reproduction of skim milk on the common market, rare the milk producers worst • problems, McKinnon said. . The glut of skim milk on the world market is such, that if all European countries lowered The federal government should pay more of the cast of marketing milk to offset the levy charged to provincial dairymen that has reached alt "intolerable level,' Kenneth McKinnon, chairman! Of, the Ontario Milk Marketing Board told a meeting of the milk producers in Clinton, last Wednesday, March 9. McKinnon, who is also president of the National Dairy farmers, was ;the featured speaker at the annual meeting_ of the Huron Couity Milk Producers. A crowd " of 170 people, one of • the largest mteetings in; the history of the Huron County Milk Producers Association, heard McKinnon blast the ' government for • the buildup of the $145 million deficit that each. producer helps to pay off through the collection of the _levy. The levy was set at $1.35 per hundredweight of milk last year' McKinnon pid. This year, the government vants a levy of $1.33, • but he said $1.25 would be a more reasonable figure. The defiCit is caused by the difference in Canadian domestic sales prices 'and the lower international price, which currently 50 cents per hundred- ' weight loWer than our own, and has built up over the last three ' years. 4 , . , Remove burden . Compared to Canadian dairymen, McKinnon • said, farmers in other milk exporting countries are given larger milk subsidies' which allows them to keep the international price i.low and remove the financial burden from the producers. McKinnon said the OMMB was asking the government for $15 million to help .alleviate 'the deficit, and the government-waa prepared to look at the deficit "with conditions." The producers do not favour a, government suggestion for. • 'ate national levy which would re-" establish the base of assessment. "Ontario would have' to . increase , its share • of the - levY becauae of its extensive liquid ' milk production," McKinnon said. He expects, the government's direct subsidy to producers will be, continued with anincrease,in- the provincial, share of the Watch for cluster flies -APOticeifild- • be : harboring. genirations of Cluster ,flits in . your home without knowing it. G.A.SurgeOner, environmental .biologist at the Ontario Agricul tural 0-liege in Guelph, says. that ' thousands of Ontario homes are plagued with Cluster Flies. As , spring approachea, home- owners may notice , rather large flies which seem to appear from , 'nowhere, These flies, although ' they seldom enter homes during the summer montha, come inside . in the fall to find a warm place to ' Spend' the winter. On warm winter days the flies awake from their dormant period, and stagger -•• slowly along window ledges. "Althoiiih Cluster Flies do:not • . cause any harm during their stay indoors, they are a nuisance;"- says Dr.-. Surgeoneri • The -best way to get rid of Cluster Flies is still the traditional '- method of sweeping • them up -during the winter. Be sure to check , attic vents and roof eaves for crevices Where the flies can get in. • national milk quota eipected. Federally Set The Milk producers operate under federally set quotas which forced the board to cut quotas .an average of 15 percent, making 1976 one of the toughest years ever for producers, McKinnon said. "Mink we may have cutback a little too much in estimated requirements," be said, adding 12 -percent would probably have been' more tolerable. Milk prod ce 44111d...reach 95 percent of their quotas set for them this year, McKinnon said and predicted a $7 per hundred weight fine would be imposed for people-,'producing above the quota. He asid he doesn't expect a system of monthly quotas will be applied this year, which would Martin Dam, Grey. Township; Stewart • Steekle, Stanley Township, ',I, Drennan, Ash- field 'Township; Boyd Tay let. Morris Township; and Hugh-Litt, HoWick Township. AB five men than in other countries. were elected for three year terms "There is an increase of with Albert Whiting, Grey imports allowed while Vve`ff Township elected to 'finish two forced to decrease our years of a term left by chairman production," he said. Eric Finkbeiner on his retirement Meanwh ile Canadian cheese from dairy pioduction. exports are being curtailed by the The meeting narrowly missed__ levies of the very European electing'"' Beatrice ,,Seili, Grey _countries that-.• ex-port--their----TownshiPi-a-ndik-Preducerls-wi who would have become the Assobiation's first woman, elected ' to the committee. Also elected for the coming year ' was the executive: John Campbell, R.R.3, Eayfield, chairman; J.C.Drennati,Ashfield Township, Vice Chairman; Ddug Ttrreeawsaurrtehta. , Clinton, secretary- 4 , •••'" -••••4 • .•••.; Near-drought conditions throughout the Canadian ,prairies since last summer are placing this year's crop At a disadvantage. According to Stuart Edey, an agrometebrologist at' Agriculture Canada's ,Chemistry .and Biology Research 'Institute in Ottawa, prairie soils, suffered from low . rainfall last Summer and fall, and the moisture reserves aren't • being replenished by snceV. Mr. Edey says that the present lack' f snow amplifies the already" , serious problem of low Mosittire reserves in many piairie areas. - production to meet bottle needs, there is still enough in storage to supply the European markets for three years, he said. McKinnon also ricked' that cheese imports here are heavier This year' the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture (St Food will once again be sponsoring the Junior - Agriculturalist Program during the summer of 1977. The program is &Signed to provide a practical learning experience for young people from non farm homes who have a_ serious interest in agriculture, ,and who have had no "experience working on a farm. As a Junior Agriculturalist, a person will' be placed on a selected commercial farm, where he/she will perform regular activities relative to that farm operation. In addition, a Junior Agriculturalist, will have an opportunity to deYelop • an appreciation of rural life through living • with a farm family, and throuer-partikipating in the local 4-H and. Junior Farmer programs and in other rural activities. • The prospective Junior Agriculturalists • will be either boys or girls 16 to 17 years of age and must be in good physical and mental condition in order to witbkand the vigdrous physical effortf, Selection will be based in :part--on-their reasons for being interested in agriculture, and their plans-for ftirther eifutation-' and a career. • All Junior Agriculturalists will be required to participate in' an ••_ orientation, program • to help prepare them for their farm stay, This program will be held about mid J one apd on farm 'assignment 'MILK EXEC.' -= The annual Meeting of the HuronCounty Milk_.Producers elected six new committee men to the county imilk committee, I to .r, Front row: Stuart Steckle, Stanley. Tdwnship; Martin Bean, Grey tov,Vhship; and Hugh Litt, Howick Township;, Back row: Boyd Taylor, Morris Township; Albert Whiting, Grey Township and Jim Drenri-ah, Ashfield Township. (News-Record Photo) Drought is 'h urting prairie crops Most research', Agriculture Canada Provinces report only half' the stations in the Prairie ..normal snowfall so far'this winter_ is on • - ALL-OVER THE COUNTY — Huron Federation of A6riculture affiliated commodity' group members from all over' the. count y met . in Clinton Saturday for the • - .Federation's annual presentation of. briefs. Bob Hei=n of Woodham, left, president of the 4-H Leaders' club, talks with former OFA president Gordon Hill of Varna and Maurice. Hallahan, of Bly th, of the leaders' club. (Expositor Photo) •••• will be for a nine week, period, commencing on June 20 and ending August 20. A Junior Agriculturalist will be assigned, wherever possible, to a farm- with the type of enterprise(s) in which he/she is most interested; The duties involved' will vary considerably depending on the individual ,farm operation, the • demonstroted ability • of the Junior Agriculturalist and,, the kind of enterprises found on the farm., The interested host farmers are to be. commercialfarms, with the operator engaged in farming full time. They must be 'interested in helping • inexperienced young people develop the skills required on a farm and are expected to have the ability to work well with and supervise young people. Host farmers must also provide suitable accommodation 'for the Junior Agriculturalist during his/her stay on the farm. Each Junior Agriculturalist will 'receive a training' alloWance of $16.00 per day On A six-day week. $6.00 of this will be proVided by the Ontario Ministry_ of . "Agriculture & Food; the host farm • wil provide $5.00 per day in cash, as well as supplying room and Voard worth $5.00 per day. Persons interested, in participa- ting in this program as either a host farmer or Junior Agricul- tural should contact Len ATTENTION FARMERS; • - t. 'Flax Futtires for 1977 continue at an attractive level. 2.' Flax Plantihgs in our area haVe continued to '. - grow. Jr. Agric'ulturalists learn farming, .MacGregor at 482-3428 or long' the Ontario Ministry of Agticul- distance Zenith 7-2800, or write to, ture & Food, Box 159, Clinton.