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TAKE NOTICE THAT THE
Annual Meeti
OF THE.
HURON COUNTY PORK PRODUCERS'
Association
WILL BE HELD:
Wednesday, Feb. 22nd
I :GO p.m.
Legion Hall
Clinton Ontario
For the purpose of the proper business of the Annual
• Meeting, the election of Township Directors and such
business as may come before the meeting.
Guest Speaker - Sid Freliegh, Chairman of O.P.P.M.B.
- Topic -• New Grading System
Elmer Harding . LloydSteWart
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Letters are appreciated by Bob Lola( ElcIale Rd Eirnira Ont N3O r .."4.4"4•ArAra.>„,,
Watch the pennies
Nowhere does good management make more of a dif-
e ference than in farming.
A 1 have talked to a couple of breed association executives
recently and they tell me. that a good manager in a dairy
operation can increase profits as much _as 10 per cent
every year.
And , I am not one of these johnny-come-latelieS who
think profit is a dirty. word, Profit makes, this world tick.
Without .a profit, business would fold up their tents and
steal off into the night. ,•
I am, of course, talking about reasonable profits; pot
excess profits or usury. •
Good management can even make the return on invest-
ment in farming higher than in other businesses if We are
to believe some of these bankers who work with farmers
all the time.
John Murphy — now that's a good Irish name --is
manager of agricultural services for one of Canada's
leading bank's: He told al group pf Holstein breeders not
long ago that too many fames 'Complain of a poor re-
turn on investment but he 'maintains this is only true for
poor farmers.
For good farmers, •the return on investment can be,
higher' 'than in .other private businesses. And he had some
statistics to prove his point from CANFARM, a govern-
ment sponsored system of record-keepidg for farmers, .
The 1976 CANFARM figures indicate that arr-aVerage
group of farmers realized a return on investment of 13
per cent.
I wonder, though, what wages were paid to the farmer
to arrive at . these . figures. Or' wages for his wife and
children. Maybe somebody from CANFARM can enlighten
me.
Good management. he-maintains, does not show up in
one or two big ways, It shows up in many little Ways such
as an extra ton of corn silage per acre or an extra three
bushels of grain corn per acre,
Nowhere does good management shoW up more than in
a dairy herd. It is the extra touches here that really add
to better productivity and better quality milk. I have made
it a point on many occasions to ask those who should
know and they never fail to tell me that ,good managers
gqbd husbandmen ' (no, George, a good husbandman is
a good man with livestock. not a henpecked husband) —
Make the big difference in dairying.
In fact, some, people may make good farmers but never
make a go dairying because they, must have that extra
qualityThat makes them top managers. '
The first person who tells that, hoary old joke that all
good dairymen must have a feeling for Udders can go
take a long swim up a' short street. Or a•short swim up
a long street.
You caniell„the good managers. They never spend more
than they have to -on• equipment. If a 70 -11..p. tractor
will do the job, that's enough for the good, manager. He'll
not waste a lot iof money on a bigger macgille just to im-
press his neighbors.
Years ago I listened to an agricultural economist, a
good one, talk to a groop of farmers, His advice to them
was this: Grow what you feed and feed what you grow.
In' other words, grow as much as you can on your own
place. Keep your buying to a minimum. Feed, what grows
best- on- your,Rlace to your livestock. In that way, you'll
be working for yourself and not letting someone else or
some other firm siphon off most of your profits, '
I might addthat I think involvement -to some degree
in agricultural' organizations which are working to get
better prices for farm products is a good way to become
a' better manager, too. The prices farmers get .for their
products has a great deal to do with, how -much profit they
make. .
I'm no manager but I can understand' that principle
clearly.
I guess it'slhe same anywhere, really. A good manager
takes care of the', little things .properly. Many years ago.
I worked for a Greek who made a lot of money in his day.
One of his favorite expressions was: Watch the pennies
and the dollars will watch themselves.
Still true today.
Es BUR • N EXPO !TOR FEBRUAR 9 19i0 '15
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Phone 527-0270
The upcoming National Food
Conference is to be boycotted by
the Huron County Federation of
Agriculture it was decided.
Thursday night at the
Fedgation's monthly meeting.
Tlit! conferenc-6.41i sponsored by
the, federal gOVernment
(consumer division). The
Federation 'of Agriculture is
dis'atisfied with the poor
representation of agriculture
community and sa s the food
conference is planning for future
reserves of Mod yet. only a token
10 percent, of the input is
agrictilturaly briented.
, The Canadian F of A is sending
a' repoit to the conference and is
also planning a conference of
their own in Ottawa on the same
day in order to protest their
disatisfaction with the national
Food' Conference,
Ex OFA President Gordon Hill
will be speaking to as Many
farmers who make it to the
• conference. P ter Hannam,
Ontario ,president of .F Of A will
also make a presentation.
Of the 400 invitations sent out
to the conference only 41 were
agriculturally oriented. "The
Federation sees the government
-as not being concerned about
fanning a good aiM
farmers are'being ignored", said
HFA past president Adrian Vos.
The 35 members at the meeting
were called upon to support the
boycotting by going to Ottawa on
the February 22 for the F of A
conference.
Merle Gunby and Maurice
Bean weredesignated to organize
a delegation,
A one day workshop is being
sponsored by Conestoga College
to aid F of A members in effective
letter writing. On. March 31 Karl
Schuessler will be heading 'the
seminar and anyone interested I.§
to contact Bev Brown. Lunch and
supplies are required as well as
an advance sample of a letter.that
you have written in order to have
a more effective learning session.
The Huron Federation rejected
a Middlesex F. of A. proposal for
members to pressure for the
,bolition of coupon promotions.
They claim advertising gimmicks
are costly and constitute an
unjust and unnecessary • expense
Whith4 broadenS'theogap between
consumers and farmers, Huron
people felt that those gimmicks
move .products, especially when
,there. is an .over production... — ,
John Hazlitt, grain' committee
man, approached the meeting to.,
encourage the fartners.to get their
corn proposals signed so' that a
vote can be• called for in, March.
"It is important to get something
in order about a marketing
organization"' Mr. Hazlitt
emphasized.'
Members passed a resolution
that a weighing factor be used in
the' -calculation of the Consumer
'Price Index. It is' assumed that
Canadians spend 27% of .,.their
income on food purchases but in
reality 'the figures vary from.
13.8% •Organization • for
Economic and Co-operative
development) .to 16% (Noel
Agrologist,
University of Alberta). This
distoyation leads to inflation, the
resolution said.
The F resolved that*
domestic and imported foods be '
reported separately_ in the
Consumer Price,,Index., Too often
the high cost of imported goods
force up the consumer price index
beyond . what-' is, in deMand, it
said.
Merribers decided to form a
roster of speakers to be provided
with 'proper, training for public
speaking, and media interviews
on consumer • concerns'. The
speakers would be available to
speak •to.. all non-farm , organiza-
tions. The'Ontario F of A will be
asked for fin.ancial support.
Plans'Are to be initiated for a
Media Bus Tour of various farnis
in Turnberry Township, The
Huron. County Consumer liaison
and public relatiOns committees
!BRIEFS' PRESENTED Local MPPs received briefs prepared by The Huran
Federation•of Agriculture Saturday in. Clinton. On hand were Allan Wolper,
president of Huron F. of A. Murray Gaimt, Liber.arMPP for Huron Bruce and
Merle Gunby 1st vtoe-Oesident Of the Huron F. of A. The briefs covered topics
ranging from property tax reform and consumerism tq -commoditYAroups and
reform. (Sentinel Photo .)
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Assessment change
'sensitive' MPP
The Ontario Federation of
Support for the OFA taxation
be exempt from paying property
taxes on most of their' land and
Agriculture proposal that farmers stand was received from the
series of briefs were presented to
Huron P of A Saturday when a
MPP Jack Riddell, Liberal, buildings is a 'politically sensitive Huron Middlesex, and MPP
subject" said MPP Jack Riddell
Murray Gaunt, Liberal, Huron Saturday.
Bruce,he T tax brief presses for a .
definite guarantee that market -
value--for assessment purposes is,.
base on productivity capabilities
or the property, and asks that the
province make ,.this exemption'
permanent through legislation..
Farmers would pay taxes on'
only their homes and surroudning
land and all other land would be
exempt from taxation, the OF
proposes.
The municipalities would
receive grants from the
government in lieu of the taxes
that .would be received from the
taxation of the farm land.
. Under the present property tax
system farmers pay taxes on all
land and buildings including their,
homes and apply for 50 percent
rebates from the provinee..
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HURON
Huron F of A
Will boycott conference
arc organizing the tour of various
farm operations so that the media•
can be aware of what is going one on the tams.,
The meeting broke in iti3'groups
and discussed hoW townships and
counties could work better
together, and how to get more
members joining and getting
involved with the Federation.
Groups reported that good
ideas were pulled out which will
be discussed at the next executive
meeting..
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