Clinton News-Record, 1966-01-27, Page 9Matter of Principle
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Thurs., J<>«V 27, 1966-~’Clint<opi News-Record-—Page 9
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TV VIEWS
Half The Battle
A couple of weeks .ago CBC
TV presented' a short course on
farming from 10:30 to 11:30
a.m. for three days.
The show presented film of
various farm set-ups: dairy,
beef and 'hogs.
Various farms were visited
by representatives fyom the De
pt. of Agriculture. There were
a few points brought out that
were interesting (and some left
out that were intriguing. In the
i introduction to the program it
was stated that farming is
'“highly competitive.'' Compet
itive with what?
‘‘ Competitive with other in
dustries? Hardly, the rate at
which our young people are
leaving the farm denies that
farming is competitive. •.
Competitive With other farm-
ers? For goodness, sake! Why
should I compete with my fel
low farmer? There seems to be
plenty of land for all of us and
prospects of more and there are
plenty of people to consume our
food products,. However the
sponsors said fanning is “high
ly competitive’’ and so proceed'
to work up a competitive spirit.
Competition was promoted in
the production- of T.D.N. (total
digestible nutrients), On TV we
, visited one farm after another
where we saw .the wonderful
yields being produced by corn
though one farmer in eastern
Ontario did favour legumes and
grasses, but we ended up in
South Western Ontario, where
earn really put ort a show.
Definitely we farmers must
rouse the old fighting spirit
and beat these guys at their
own game. Seems to me I re
member hearing a Department
of Agriculture Representative
make the .statement “Farmers
rnust beat the average or quit/’
Is farming a business or a
rat-race?
Qne point that was passed
over rather quickly was the
physically fit?
intelligent?
Grade 11?
over 5ft. Sin. ?
between 18 & 30?
single?
excellent character?
now see if
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(By William Whiting)
Vivid video is coming to Can
ada — but the big question, is
when 'and how much? True,
the government of Canada has
set the opening date for Oct
ober 1. Aggressive Canadian
TV stations have been and are
ordiering equipment, Color will
debut on time. There is no
doubt of this. However, there
are many buts.
Look at the U.S. situation.
As with the color receivers
themselves, supply of color tele-’
casting* equipment can’t keep
tip with the demand. WBBM-
TV in Chicago, for example',
doesn’t expect to be able to get
color cameras for live studio
productions until next fall. This
situation is Shared by.the ma
jority of the U.S. stations. Only
70 of the 700 outlets currently'
are equipped to originate live
color programs and only 300 —
not even half — can show color
film.
At least two American com
panies have equipment back
logs of 'about $20 million. One
plant is operating six days and
nights each week. Another com
pany slays it has a backlog of
$10 million to $150 million for
color tape-recording gear. C.G.-
E. in Toronto -is manufacturing
film cameras for color and
slides in Canada.
Already CBS has spent more
than $10 million on new color
equipment and is said to be
planning another $10 million
outlay this year.
New equipment not only pro
vides better coloir pictures, but
■also makes the. black-and-white
pictures sharper. This is be
cause of the new color cameras
have1 four tubes, compared with
three, — one for red, one for
blue and one for green, in the
older cameras. The fourth tube
is a black and white one. .
Color film processing will-be
a major problem in Canada.
Many more laboratories' are
needed.
The equipment is the major
factor in the improvement. One
new camera already marketed,"
the Plumibicon, needs less light
ing and is only half as heavy
as other color cameras.
Other efforts are made to
make color better — such tac
tics as dying the grass a little
greener in Los Angeles for the
World Series. It miad'e the grass
look much better on the TV
screens. The ice at Madison
Square Gardens in New York
has been, tinted blue for better
color results.
AU these problems will face
Canadian telecasters. They are
being solved one by one in the
United States.
When.' will all Canadian sta
tions be operating with a full
color schedule from sign-on to
sign-off? Anybody care to
guess?
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The , length of the Expo
grounds is three and a half
miles.
statement by one farmer who
expected a 10Q bushel com yield
or better, who stated that his
costs were pyer $91. per acre. I
think we would do well to keep
. an' eye on this figure as well as
on the yield. z
Then we passed on fo dairy?
Ing. A dairy man with 100 acres
kept 30 milking’cows, sold fluid
milk 'and received $300. per
year per cow over grain pur
chased, In other words he had
$9,000. from his milk cheque
per year. From 30 cows he
would, have an average of 28
calves per year, With such lim
ited acreage he would sell the
bull calves: 14x$20. is $280., and
8 heifer calves, 8x50. is $400.
Six calves he would keep for
cow replacements and sell six
cows at $1000,
This gives a total of $10,680.
per year grass, From this we
should subtract interest on in
vestment — 5% on $50,000 is
$2,500 leaving $8,180. Now I’ll
leave the rest to you ■— sub
tract tractor fuel and oil, re
pairs, taxes, veterinary services
and drugs etc, and decide how
well he was doing even though
hiils' average production per cow
was 14,000 lbs.
The story was much the same
in the hog and beef feeding en
terprises.’ All would seem to
provide a pretty nice living pro
vided the farmer could forget
about 'all or "at least a large
part of the interest charged.
The most important point as
far as I'm concerned was left
out. Not one word was
said about improving the mar-,
keting of any of the products
produced. Neither was there
any mention made of .farmer's
processing their products so
that the numbers of prospective
buyers might be increased.
- I wonder when farmers will
realize that production' is only
half of the farm business'. Ef
ficient selling of products is
the other and very often the
more important half. I
Host Philip Deane
Philip Deane, former war correspondent and
diplomat, js host of The Public Eye, seen Tuesdays
on the CBC-TV network. While reporting the
Korean War, Deane was captured by the Com
munists', and later produced a best-selling book
'about his imprisonment. On The Public Eye,
Deane specializes in interviews with news making
personalities.
1.Which' of Canada's provinces
was first‘to rise public funds
for school support?
2. What were Canada's five
leading items of export in
1964?
Ten years ago tax payments
for the Old Age Security
pension1 totalled $316 million.
What dis the estimate for
the current year?
By papulation totals rani?
Canada’s five largest cities.
In' 1964 did Canada’s im
parts have a per capita value
of $128, $248 or $382?
ANSWERS:’ 5. About $382
3.
4.
5.
per capita. 3. $1,145 million. 1.
New Brunswick; in 1802 the
government there gave 10
pounds a year to any parish
that would start a school. 4.
On the basis of metropolitan
areas ■— Montreal, Toronto,
Vancouver, Winnipeg, Ottawa;
on the basis' of population1 with
in city limits — Montreal, Tor
onto, Vancouver, Edmonton,
Hamilton'. 2. Wheat, newsprint,
wood pulp, lumber,.irion ores-.
Material prepared by the edi
tor’s of’’Quick Canadian Facts,
the packet annual of facts
about Canada.
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The Varna Juniors defeated
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