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The Huron Expositor, 1978-04-06, Page 15TH • o • HURON_ EXPOSITOR, API% 6, 1978 15 ••••• 7.1..• BEAN--GROWERS — Some of the guests• at the recent annual. meeting of the Perth County White Bean Growers Association Friday night included Rose and Ray Horan, Penny and John Lansink, Mary and Larry McLean, Dianne and Bill Beuerman,. " ,,,and Karen Cronin and Ken and 'Ann Murray. (Expositor Photo) Busy Bees hear speakers at 4-H meeting in Winthrop By Cathy MeGavin Eight members of the Walton 11 "Busy Bees" and their leader Mrs. Hudie met at Nancy Schade's for a- short meeting on March 21. They went to Winthrop . United Church along with clubs from Winthrop and Seaforth to hear two guest speakers. . Marion McClure spoke about the responsibilities of gover, nment. She explained what they discussed at municipal meetings and much more. • Mrs. Anna. Dolmage showed slides and paintings that she does. She told members how she became interested in photo- graphy and oil painting. After the lunch was served. SELBY SAVAGE . NORTH * STAR . oio13 KODIAK CLARKE'S WALLABLE. PUMA >-- 0— ON RUBBER BOOTS Until Sat. April 15 Seaforth - Phone 527-1110 C r 0 CO T. m Eugene Whelan, the federal minister of agriculture, suggested a world organization of the agriculture producing nations similar to OPEC, the world organization of • oil producing nations when he visited locally Friday. Mr. Whelan made the suggestion at the annual banquet of the Perth County Bean Growers Association, held in Kirkton. The 360 bean -producers and their wives were, told that Mr. Whelan saw nothing morally wrong with an organization of agricultural nations. The minister of agriculture said with the great contributions Canada has already made to the world food aid program, Canadian fanners have every right to seek better -prices for food on the world market. The minister said many foreign- countries can afford to pay .'Canada a decent return for food products.• He said Canada has always given "no-strings good aid" and that the country has never taken advantage of the disadvantaged nations. minister 'added farmers don't want enormous profits for themselves, bid' they -do want a fair return for theft labour, investment and management. During his speech, Mr. Whelan discussed the disastrOui year experienced by bean producers in 1977 who were fortunate to harvest even 500 to 600 pounds of beans per acre compared to anormal 1200 pounds per acre after the fall's heavy rains. The Perth County bean producers were, the hardest hit in thejarovince as a result of the liarveSt - conditions, but Mr. Whelan said that a bad harvest no longer means the end for a lot of farmers. He said 455 bean producers in Perth County were covered by crop 'insurance and 403 of these producers 'filed claims for losses on their 1977 crop. The minister added, "As a matter of fact, according to the records of the Crop InsuranCe Commission, on every dollar•. a farmer in this region paid out for insurance, on white beans last year he received -"$20'in' return under the crop insurance program." Mr. Whelan said while nobody is going to suggest for one minute that crop insurance can provide complete compensation for losses on last year's harvest, "the more than $31/4 million paid out on all claims to farmers in this region formulas" to, kill the fungus in a systematic , manner. -The treat- ments have been registered in Ottawa and will be on the market in time for this year's .planting season. At the end of his speech,' the minister joked that he didn't think there would be any white beanS served at the banquet. ' He said 'tie'd told his wife Liz, while: driving up from Windsor that 'If they've got anything up , there to cook tonight,' they must have hid' them from Charlie Broadwell." Mr. Broadwell is the manager of the Ontario Bean Producers marketing Board, who was at the Perth meeting. The minister was introduced by ddcision to place an embargo on Perth MP RillJarvii. the impdrt of Canadian white Following his speech, the beans into the state. .....___Aninister was presented with a This decision was made after bean pot containing white beans' last: year's Canadian white bean by Alan Siemon. Mrs. Whelan crop was attacked by the strain of was given a bouquet of roses by a fungus disease known as. Mrs. Andy McLean. anthracnose delta. Mn, Whelan told the bean producers that effective seed treatments have already been developed to combat the, disease. Researchers from — Agriculture Cana,da, co-operation - with chemical companies, have discovered two separate cheinical i." ,•ol -.1eek better world food prices, Whelan tells local farmers certainly- gees a long way towards relieving some of the burden which last year's problems caused." :- The minister also 'hinted the federal govermitent may provide stabilization payments to growers who suffered severe crop losses. He laid there is currently a request before the Agricultural Stabilization Board concerning stabilization payments for the .1977 white bean crop.. Officials from the board will be ,meeting soon with representatives of the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing. Board to discuss the request , • further. • • Mr. Whelan also ,touched on - the Michigan go\vernment's .11•11111101111110MINIONINOIMININW BEAN GROWERS GATHERING — Loc-al , people Rose Horan, Mary McLean, Dianne Beu erman and-Jim Cronin talked with-Eugene Whelan, the Federal Minister of Agriculture and guest of honor at the annual meeting of the' Perth Morris crit Ica I cuts. grant. to $400 .• County _White Bean Growers Association in Kirkton Friday night. A lengthy discussion over the • value of marketing boards, the quOta system and the Ontario Federation, of AgricultereT(TFA) as a, farm organization took up much of Monday's Morris Council meeting -when representatives of the Huron Federation of Agri- • culture asked for a donation for their organization. Merele Gunby, vice-president of the Huron. County Federation Bill Pullen, president of the Federation of Morris' Township and John Nesbitt talked to. council. • , Mr: Gunby said that there were roughly 23,000 members in the pproximately .2.000 members in Huron County. John Nesbitt told council there were Somewhere around 150 members in Morris' Township. 1 think its One of the most effective organizations we've had in the -province. "Mr, Gunby said. • Councillor Ross Procter dis- agreed. "The federation could diSappear and the average guy up and down the road wouldn't know its- gone. "What worries me more than anything, after being farmers in the county for 120 years I'm almost legislated off the farm today. I have no quotas. Pretty soon 14 m going to be able to sell anything. I'm not against Market-- ing boards but 'I'M against quotas," Reeve Bill Elston said. "Marketing boards don 't funct- ion perfectly_ Generally speaking, I think marketing boards 'are set up td Protect people in business," Mr. "Gunby 'said. Councillor Procter said he'd 1"k to e 11 dstudy. done to see if the marketing board had accomplished. that,, ,Mr. Guy told the• council members that the federation was not run from the top down, 'but that it only did what .members asked it to do. „ • , Councillor • -Procter - said- -he- , thought the federation had done some good things but that it was futile for it to get deeply involved'. in .the commodity . situation. "1 think the commodities have to run themselves," Mr. Procter said. • . Mr. Procter said he thought the federation should be taking a hard look at quotas. atthe system generally Mr. Pullen, asked council if they'd like to prepare a resolution on what they though the federat- ion should be doing and bring it to the next month's federation meet- ing but council didn't decide to do that. Council had previously given the federation a $500. 'donation but decided it to cut it back to $400. Councillor Sam-Pletch said, "I don't think they've done what we thought they'd do. I thirik they should be cut back $100. Council• had received some complaints about dogs running at large discussed various. methods they could use of controlling' them, such as-whether they could be shot or whether'a notice should be put in the paper. Council received a letter from the Huron County Housing Au th- ority asking them their views. Cd'unty-wide residency for senior' citizens housing. Council decided• that the), are happy with - the - arrangements they had . with Brussels and Grey and wished things to remain the way they are now. Council received word that they would get $52,000 for tile draini- age loanS. They decided to give $25 to the Cancer Society.- They supported a resolution of Turn- berry Township to support the Hufon County Board of Education in their actions in the teacher's.. strike. It was .decided that the District Returning.Officers should get $35, the pollsters should get , (Continued on Page 14) , AAA. 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