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Farmers Must Claim
What is Rightfully
Theirs
The farm situation is critical. The farmers themselves are
the only people who can correct the problem.
The National Farmers Union, the truly farmer controlled
farm organization has drafted a definite
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The originally optimistic
outlook for better prices for hogs
through the remainder of 1971
does not appear to be as en-
couraging at this point, according
to Roy R. Hurnanen, a marketing
economist with the Alberta
department of agriculture.
Mr. Hurnanen reports that hog
marketings, up 27 per cent over
last year, have increased by 13
per cent in Eastern Canada and
by 48 per cent in the West.
"While marketings will decline
seasonally during July and Aug.,
price improvement will be
tempered by high storage stocks
of pork. Increased marketings
again in the last quarter will
bring prices down from their
summer highs," said Mr. Hur-
nanen.
According to Mr. Hurnanen,
1971 appears to be a "stable
4-H members
at conference
This summer 800 15-year old 4-
H'ers will participate in eight
Regional 4-H Conferences at
different universities across
Ontario. Every county and
district in Ontario will be
represented, with 4-H'ers at-
tending the Conference in their
area during July or August.
Now in their third year of
operation, these Regional 4-H
Conferences aim to provide
opportunities for meeting people,
having fun, learning about 4-H,
and visiting a university campus.
The 4-H delegates will set their
own rules with the help of
personnel from the Extension
Branch of the Ontario Depart-
ment of Agriculture and Food
who will act as leaders at the
Conferences.
Each Conference will be dif-
ferent. However, two charac-
teristics will be common to all,
The delegates will have the op-
portunity of having fun with other
teens by participating in sports,
skits, talent shows and singsongs.
The other characteristic will be
active group discussions of such
topics as pollution, welfare,
Women's Lib, the Farmer's
Image and 4-1i.
The major purpose for
Regional 4-1-1 Conferences is for
members to learn more about
themselves and other people.
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year" in the hog price cycle,
following a year of• increased
production and falling prices. In
1967, he says, prices averaged
$26.70; in 1964, $23.85, and a
projection of average price for
the current year would range
between $21.50 and $22.50, if 1971
follows the pattern of previous
stable years.
"There are two factors to be
considered in the present
situation. The price decline in
1970 was considerably steeper
than in previous downtrend
years, and the price has reached
a substantially lower level. These
factors should have the effect of
discouraging production," said
Mr. Hurnanen.
The marketing economists
indicates that there are some
influences counteracting this
development. The producer is
aware of the hog price cycles and
there is continuing uncertainty
regarding the feed grain
situation.
"Many producers realize that
the bottom in prices has probably
been reached, and therefore they
are not willing to cut back
production. The expected up-
swing in prices is thereby
delayed by this action," said Mr.
Hurnanen.
He expects that hog slaughter
in the current year will likely
exceed 1970 slaughter by 18 per
cent. While projections for the
remainder of the year indicate a
seasonal decline in the third
quarter, the fourth quarter
slaughter will be only slightly
below the high level of the first
two quarters.
Storage stocks of frozen pork
products are at their highest
levels since 1959. At May 1st,
1971, storage stocks totalled 54
million lbs. as compared to 45
million lbs. at April 1st, and 29
million at May 1st, a year ago.
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NFU groups show opposition
to egg marketing plan vote
he said, "with no provision to.
break up large corporate
production holdings, or at least
impose limitations, spells
another hideous death-bloW to
farmers."
-Ontario_ marketing board .of-
fipials this week voted unanimous
support of Agriculture Minister-
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direct attention away from the
real solution, which is forcing
government to bring forward
necessary legislation to outlaw
vertical integration.
"Imposing negotiable quotas,"
William Stewart and his
marketing policies at a Toronto
meeting of the Ontario com-
modity council.
The Ontario commodity council
is the co-ordinating organization
of boards marketing farm
products in Ontario,
Niagara peninsula grape
grower Paul Szasz asked the
commodity council's support of
Mr. Stewart because of what he
called "the unfair criticism of the
minister."
Mr. Szasz was referring to
reports that National Farmers'
Union vice-president Walter
Miller had asked for Mr.
Stewart's resignation, along with
that of Earl Mighton, chairman
of the Ontario Farm Products
Marketing Board, following the
postponement of a vote on the
Ontario Egg and Fowl
Producers' Marketing Board
marketing plan.
"Ontario leads the way in
orderly marketing," Mr. Szasz
said, "and as businessmen we
can't afford to have ti disrupted
by a small group of dissenters.
The farmers of this province need
marketing boards and the
bargaining strength the boards
provide.
"Mr. Stewart has given far-
mers the strong leadership they
need to bring order to farm
markets.''
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held at Centralia's College
Above, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Bill, Joe and John Gysbers,
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SEMINAR FOR 4-H — Monday and Tuesday of this week a 4-H seminar was
of Agricultural Technology. Part of the program included trips to area farms.
Shapton of Stephen township discuss farm management with brothers Neil,
RR 2, Ilderton at the back and Bill Irvin, Lucknow at the front.
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ATTEND CROP DEMONSTRATIONS — Many area farmers attended the Huron County grain crop
demonstrations at the farm of Jack Peck, near Kippen, Thursday night. From the left are, Mike Miller,
Huron's assistant Ag Rep, Ian McAllister, Brian Miller, Alan Powe, Elmer Powe, Bruce Shapton and Anson
McKinley. T-A photo
Optimism seems declining
for better 1971 hog prices
The proposed egg marketing
plan producers are being asked to
vote on is, in general, not finding
acceptance by members of the
National Farmers' Union in
Ontario.
Walter Miller, Tara, NFU vice-
president said that eloee
examination of the proposal
indicates such a plan, by adop-
ting negotiable quotas, would
provide financial reward for the
vertical integrators and large
operators, but would in effect
lock the smaller producers out, or
at least make it an expensive
procedure to secure quotas
someone else owned.
Mr. Miller said negotiable
quotas, if implemented, "will
provide an overnight windfall for
large producers — a great
number controlled by feed
company interests — as the
estimated trading value of quotas
will probably be approximately
two to three dollars per bird. This
situation will create an im-
possible position for potential
family farm producers,
especially young people wishing
to start farming,"
He said it seems those
promoting the plan have un-
dertaken to create the illusion
that the introduction of
negotiable quotas will serve to
solve the egg producers' income
problems, and is designed to feed
on the economic pressures far-
mers are experiencing as the
result of massive production
techniques of vertical integrators
and large operators that has
resulted in flooding the market
and pressed the price down to
such unprosperous levels com-
parable only to depression years.
"The family type farm cannot
be accused of creating the un-
manageable surplus of eggs," he
said.
Mr. Miller said the one major
cause of the real farm problem of
farmers in general, and the
major cause of lack of net income
for egg producers is vertical
integration.
A program of negotiable quotas
will only serve to enhance its
growth and act as a decoy to
"This level of stocks will keep
hog prices on the defensive for
most of the year. Some decline in
storage stocks from their present
high level is anticipated, but
stocks will likely remain bur-
densome throughout 1971," said
Mr. Hurnanen.
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Plan of Action
designed to put a fair share of the farm dollar where it belongs
— in the pocket of the'primary producer.
The plan will be revealed at mobilization meeting in this
area by
Walter Miller
Vice-Pres.
N.F.U.
and
Bill Langdon
Chairman of
N.F.U. Dairy Committee
Thurs., July 15
8:00 p.m,
Central Huron Secondary School
CLINTON
Hubert Earl
Member of N.F.U.
Dairy sub committee
and
Blake Sanford
Regional co-ordinator
Ont. Region
Fri., July 16
8:00 p.m.
Fair Grounds Bldg.
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All farmers, particularly hog and dairy
producers are urged to attend.
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Pony club
holds meet
The 4-H meeting of the Exeter
4-H horse and pony club was held
Tuesday on the farm of C. A.
McDowell, Centralia.
The meeting was officially
opened by vice-president Mary
Margaret Jeffery. Three well
known local horse riders, Janet
McDowell, Janet Ecker and Jane
Smith demonstrated and ex-
plained how to ride horses both
Western and English.
Also, they discussed riding
outfits which people would wear
for both of these occasions.
On behalf of all the members,
Carolyn Glanville had the op-
portunity of thanking the girls for
such an exciting and interesting
topic.
Next meeting will be held on
the farm of Ron Swartz, Thurs.,
July 15 at 7:00 p.m.
New position
for Hooper
The appointment of Mr.
Graham Hooper as lecturer at
the Kemptville College of
Agricultural Technology has
been announced by Dr. Ford A.
Stinson, principal of the College.
A graduate of Durham
University, Mr. Hooper has had
20 years experience in
professional and commercial
occupations associated with the
management of livestock farms.
This experience includes the
positions of lecturer at Durham
University, principal of the
Agricultural College at Holme
Lacey in Herefordshire, and
instructor in 1969-70 at the
Centralia College of Agricultural
Technology. Mr. Hooper spent
the past year farming in the
United Kingdom.
Mr. Hooper's appointment is
effective July 1.
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