The Huron Expositor, 1978-10-19, Page 5Doug 'Steinman was:., con- ,
frimed.
Our sympathy gives out to
the Sloan faniily in the lass of
a dear brother, husband and
father. 'Mrx Gerald Sloan,
w14241,ied th pal! week.
A trilseeflifdAus shower
was given by Lorrie, Fergu-
son, MaryAnn Nolan' and Sue
Gerber on Sunday .last for
Rhonda Ferguson, bride
elect of this month. Between
75 and 80 people gathered at
St. Patrick's school. Dublin
for the occasion R honda
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NOWNVHAT TREASURES DQ I. HAVE k! ERE?
— Jeff LOrie was one of'S‘aforth's,avid reader's
who took advantage of a .Sale of. Huron' County
• Library book. discards held at the Seaforth
Library on Saturday morning.' (Expositor Photo)
OFA workload too heavy
Hannam tells Perth
Because there is a definite need for
Can-Farm in the agricultural community
the Canadian Federation of Agriculture is
seriously • considerin'g taking over the
operation itself.
Mr. 'Hannam is currently heading a
committee for the national organization to
study' the feasibility .of the take over.
The study is a race against time as the
,overrurretit wants all-bids for Can-Farnrin
2weeks. "We're unciler the gun ,. . . it took
12 years to build up the Can-Farm service
to where it is now and yet the government
expects all of the final bids to be in by the
25. of October." •
I was hopingl,...that the provincial
government could form some kind' of
consortium to'pick this up but there just
wasn't any initiative, said Mr. Hannam,.
Although the provincial governments
were not interested several foreign based
multinational corporations,were. "It was at
that point the Federation said we don't
want' Canadian farmers serviced from
abroa and we don't ,,want the mass of
product an information that Can-Farm has
in the hands of a multinational cor-
portation,''
Mr. Hannam said the Federation is likely
to propose a new organization sponsored
by the provincial federations. "I think its
• probably the biggest move that any farm
organization has ever undertaken in
Canada!
POrth,61rfs'compete,
to fro dairy princess
Dairy Princess Competition
The Perth County Dairy
Princess Competition and
Dance will be held at Atwood.
Community Centre , on
,Wednesday, October 25th at
8:30 p.m. Contestants in this
year's competition are Linda
Lantz, Debbie Coneybeare
and Donna Zehr. Tickets are
available from the Milk.
Committee members,
2nd Annual Perth County
Sheep Information Meeting
Tuesday, 'October '24th at
8:15 p.m. in the Mitchell
Town Hall. Guest speakers
are'. Henry Stanley, Ag. Rep.
Halton county, who will
speak on "Herd Sire Select-
ion" and. Dr. John Martin,
University of Guelph. whose
topic is "Current Sheep
Diseases.' All persons inter-
ested in sheep production are
welcome.
xecutive Elected
The new executive elected
for the 1979 Ontario Pork
Congress will be - President:
Richard Stein, RR 6, Wood-
stock; Vice Pres, '- DPn
Henry, RR I, Bluevale and
Ken Thompson, RR 7, Wood-
stock; See. Treas. - Carl
Wore, RR 5, Embro. The
'79 Congress dates have
beep- set for June 19, 20, 21,
1979. Any persons ,involved
with the pork industry, 'who
would like to serve on a
Congress committee or re-
ceive further information
about, the Ontario Pork
Congress, can contact any of
the executive;
R.O.P. Swine Performance
Testing Program -
The Ontario R.O.P. pro-
gram was recently- elOanded
to prOVide the performance
testing service to all swine
breeders wishing to enrol
their herd. This service is to
assist in —evaluating the
genetic merit of swine breed-
ing stock in respect to rate of
gain and• backfat thickness.
Progrdm A. for purebred
breeders, is a two part
program consisting of: .
(I+-a home-performance test
of boars and gilts and (2) a
central station test of boars.
Program B provides com-
mercial herd owners with a
home performance test of
potential herd replacements
aAcl is designed to be used
for selecting replacement
gilts from within the herd.
For further details on
Swine Performance Testing,
contact the Ag. 'Office or
write directly to the Super-
visor of Swine Performance
Testing, c/o Livestock
Branch, Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture (Sc' Food, Legi-
slative Buildings, Toronto.
Ste COIUM
• • THE HURON .EXPOSITOR
e 4
OCTOBER 191 5
The Ontario Federation of Agriculture
has reached a crucial point in its
velopinent says president Peter Etan:
nom. Speaking to farmers at the Perth
County Federation's _ annual I.S.M.
meeting in Mitchell, Hannam said that the,
heavy workload that ha's been placed on
'the 0.F.A.'s staff and elected officals is
just too much.
7-"Goverrunent rlep artments are anxious
joget out input before a bill comes before
the house . . • . right now our staff is
working in detail on at least ten major bills
that effect farmers."
As well they're expected to work with
scores of non farm groups, to discuss fafm,,,,,,
policy said Mr. Hannam.' The •23,500 ,
federation members are also plaeing .ntere
demand on the resources of the .head office
in Toronto.
"All of this his just Come crushing down •
- on our heads and its just far more work
•-•than we can accomplish with the present
staff and elected people" he said.
Mr. Hannam stressed to the farmers that
the Federation has reached a point where it
is being recognized by government and
other bodies as an established repre-
sentative of Ontario's farmers. "We've
looked forward to a situation .for 20 years
where a farm organization would have
some clout and now that we're acheiving
clot and high publiC profile,we're feeling
vet eat strairis witin the or-
ganizaton." •
Among those issues the Federation :Is
currently wrestling with arc; revisions
the' Line Fence Act, the labor departments :00...
--imposition of more Stringentfarin safety
regulations, property tax reform, and farm
machinery, parts and service 'legislations,
Mr. Hannam said that for the past few
weeks he has been submerged in the
Canadian Federation's study of the Can-
' Farm computer record keeping.
Mr. Hannam said that for the past few
weeks he has been submerged in the
Canadian Federation's study of the Can-
. Farm cpmputcr record keeping operation
. which asses es the efficiency of farm
operatipns for niers.
The federal Go ernment announced' in
August that it wou o longe bsidize
can-Farni. Most of Can- arm's ork is'
done 4y a staff of 187 people ,and .a
computer at the University of Guelph.
• •
Luba Euchre
4 • • LObii. Euchre 'Held October
16: Ladies High. Mrs. Anona
Crozier: Ladies' Lone. J. •
.• 'Davies: Ladies' Low. Mrs.
N. Maloney,
Men's High. Andy Crozier
Men's Lone, P. Adam;
Men's Low. S. McBrien.
SRODHAGEN PEE WEE GIRLS — The Brodhagen Pee Wee
Girls team, sponsored by the Brodhagen Chamber of
Commerce, recently won the. VV.O.A.A. hOcne brew
championship. The local girls played a' f ive match tournament
against from Shakespeare, and •in an exciting match,
each teen two games before Brodhagen won the final
game to become champions. The members of the team are
(front row) Michelle Rose, Lisa Willson, Loii Scherbarth, Bev.
Beuerman and Glena Beuerman and (second row) Roberta
,Osborn, Sarah Schuessler, Marilyn Harens and Eileen Duffy
and (third row) Nancy Dietz (assistant coach), Terry Ward and
Diane Bach (coach). (Expositor Photo)
ow that the ground work is complete,
Hannam said, the system could be
economical to operate. "There are a
-"t hink
of large companies interested and
-"think they, know there's profit to be made
particularly in other countries."
There are about 14,000 farmers using
Can-Farm.
• The Perth Federation's annual meeting
also involved the election of a new board of
directors and delegates to attend the
0.F.A.'s annual convention to be held in
Hamilton in November.
The new Directors are as follows: South.
Ferth, Ken Green, R.R.I, St. Pauls, N6rth
Ferth, Peter Stulp R.1111, Atwood, East
ferth, Bill Osborn, Monkton, West Perth,
Clara Keller, Mitchell.
Correspondent
Fran Malone
345-2388
Mr. John ' Meagher,
Burnaby, B.C. visited his
„, sister- and her husband Mr.
and Mrs. Dave Co'Raiirke and
family of St. Cohipibaii 're-
cently.
Miss Margaret
McLaughlin visited Mr. and
Mrs. Jr, Storey over the
Thanksgiving season.
Mr. Dom Ducharme visited
his mother Mrs. Mary
Duchartne recently.
Mr and Mrs. Bill Lattner,
Guelph spent ,the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Pete
McLaughlin.
Mr. and Mrs. Vern Stein-
man and Mrs. Marie Coe
attended confirmation
ceremonies at Trinity
Anglican Church, Sebring-
ville• last Sunday when Mr.
•
ban has visitor fro
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