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Canadian Knotty Beech' Cedar 6.95. 6.75 Golden Valley Georgian Elm Pecan 6.95 7.49 Northern Walnut 6.75 Charcoal Barnwood 7.45 We carry matching moulding • and all materials to do the job. Page 14 Times-Advocate, February 14, 1974 F of A to. ask ministers for independent hydro study An Ontario Federation of Agriculture delegation is to ask four Ontario cabinet ministers. Thursday for an independent study of the proposed Ontario Hydro power corridor from the Douglas Point nuclear plant to Seaforth. Mason Bailey of Blyth, chairman of the OFA hydro routes committee, told an OFA round-table session here Saturday the delegation is to meet in Toronto with the ministers of the environment, agriculture, natural resources and energy. He told three area politicians at Saturday's meeting that he wanted their aid in ensuring the new study was granted. Too much productive farm land would be adversely affected by the proposed corridor to allow it to proceed without such a study, he told MPP Murray Gaunt of Wingham (L-Huron Bruce), MPP Jack Riddell of Dashwood (L- Huron) and MP Robert McKinley of Zurich (PC-Huron). "Maybe there isn't a better politicians would be willing to give. "We're fortunate . , . the three politicians who attended the meeting are members of the opposition," he said, adding they might be more willing to speak out than members of government parties, route," he said, "but we on the committee feel there should be a closer look taken." In a brief presented to the OFA conference, Mr. Bailey said 92 of the farmers whose lands would be affected by the corridor have organized in support of the hydro routes committee. The brief says the proposed route will slice through much of the best farming land in South- western Ontario and there "should be more effort to preserve Class 1 and Class 2 farm land than is evident in the plan- ning of the Douglas Point- Seaforth corridor." Jack Riddell told the con- ference farmers must "put their cards on the table." "(Cabinet members) White and Stewart say no oil should go across good farmland; then hydro lines shouldn't either. The Ontario ministry of agriculture has to be with us." OFA president Gordon Hill of Varna said he was interested in how much support the three CHARLIE AT OPEN HOUSE - Visitors to Wednesday's and Thursday's Open House at Centralia's College of Agricultural Technology will be treated to an excellent impersonation of Charlie Farquharson. Shown above reading up on his farm material is Bob McNaughton of Ilderton, a student at the College. T-A photo Different format for College open house Open House at Centralia College of Agricultural Technology will have a slightly different format this year when it's held February 20 and 21. Instead of the usual fashion show, a play The Life and Death of Sneaky Fitch' produced by the Drama Club will be presented at 2 pm and 8 pm, Wednesday, and again Thursday at 2 pm. Another new feature will be a Charlie Farquharson im- personation by senior student Bob MacNaughton of Ilderton. 'Charlie' will perform hourly in the adminstration building and Lower Interest Rates NOW AVAILABLE ON 1 st and 2nd Mortgages anywhere in Ontario on RESIDENTIAL - INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL and FARM PROPERTIES Interim financing on new construction or land development REPRESENTATIVES IN YOUR AREA-PHONE SAFEWAY INVESTMENTS & CONSULTANTS LTD. AREA CODE 519-744-6535 COLLECT WE BUY EXISTING MORTGAGES FOR INSTANT CASH 'explain' the Agricultural Business Management displays. There will be interesting food demonstrations by the Food Services course as well as displays explaining 'What is a food supervisor?' The Fashion Course will have displays showing fibre contents of materials and give demon- stration on how to draft patterns. There will also be practical demonstrations in the steps cf sewing and display depicting the History of Costume. In the animal health building many displays including everything from genetics and surgery to histopathology. The hours for Open House '79 are from 1 pm to 10 pm Wed- nesday, 10 am to 5 pm Thursday. Refresments will be served and admission is free. Area men on bean missions Explains about farm subsidies With ADRIAN VOS In an editorial in the London Free Press last week, the editor was whining that farmers get subsidies It seems that there are people who just don't want to learn. Time and again it has been pointed out that subsidies, no matter who recieves them, always get passed on to the user of the product. Not because the producer wants it that way, but it follows logically. If production costs are too high, no profit is made. If no profit is made production stops, for no one works for nothing. The result is a shortage of product and subsequently higher prices. If a government then decides that this is going to happen and the product is essential, they may grant the producer a subsidy in some form or another. This may induce the producer to keep producing and thus the price won't go up. Hence the subsidy benefits the user of the product. The subsidy may be in the form of tax concessions as in the mining industry or in helping the farmer to pay his labour a decent wage or paying the producer 5 cents per hundred pound of milk so the consumer doesn't have to pay more. An editor of a daily paper, who gives opinions to thousands of readers should not give such shallow opinions. That subsidies wouldn't be necessary if farmers got paid by their productivity is shown in the fact that the farm work force has been cut in half in the last twenty years, while production in- creased by 50 percent. This is not because large corporations moved into farming, for virtually all our production is on family farms. If newspapers were as efficient they wouldn't have had to increase their price so often. Food is the nations largest business. If you count all the workers on the farm, in processing, transportation, retailing and restaurant service, you'll find that one out of every five workers who works in in- dustry is connected with the food industry. An agricultural industry that receives a fair price for its products is a big buyer of all kinds of products. And that means more and better paying jobs for labour in urban factories and service industries. YES TM4•"?.41V research stations on the east coast and check on tran- sportation facilities, including container ports. About 70 percent of the Ontario white bean production in 1972 went for export, marketing board manager Charles Broadwell said Thursday. Figures for 1973 are not in yet. At least two more trade missions to Western Canada and the Pacific rim countries — are planned later, Mr. Broadwell said. The Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board is sending trade missions to eastern Canada and to eight European countries to promote Western Ontario-grown white beans. A group headed by board chairman Phil Durand of Zurich left London Airport Friday on the mission to Europe. Mr. Durand is accompanied by John Hazlitt; Goderich and Joe Miller, Dash- wood. " Another mission left Sunday for eastern Canada, Lloyd Taylor, Lewis Sherman, John Mcllhargey and Earl Wagner will meet with producers, brokers and canners in each of the Maritime provinces. They will also visit agricultural Insurance plans flooding Huron At a meeting of the Huron county Federation of Agriculture, Bill Crawford, the fieldman, reported that an American based life-sickness- and accident insurance company is flooding Huron county with salesmen, concentrating on farmers. While the policy appears to be good, Mr. Crawford, himself a former insurance man, urged farmers to investigate the cost of a similar policy with their own co-operative CIAGG before committing themselves. The difference in premium cost is staggering, he stated. Maurice Bean of Auburn reported from OFA that feed tests are available from OMAF at a nominal cost for home grown feed and that federal services are available for the testing of bought feed. If the cause of disease is suspected to be the feed, the veterinarian is requested to meet with the federal inspector to give directions as to what testing should be done. Testing services are in London, Guelph and Toronto, The Bruce-Huron Hydro Negotiating Committee has presented a brief to Ontario's Agricultural Minister Wm. Stewart, said Dave McCallum of RR 3 Wingham. In the brief they asked the minister to make a study of what hydro transmission lines are doing to Huron county's farm land, especially since it is rumored that a site south of Goderich is being considered for another nuclear generating station. Mr. McCallum said that Ontario now has 22 million acres of farmland of which 10 million acres are class 1 and 2 land and it is going out of production at a rate of over 228,000 acres per year. If this rate continues, he said, we will have no farmland left in 40 years time. A resolution was ,passed,_ asking gO.4iii'm en? herp in keeping young people on the farm instead of trying to get unskilled urban people. Some farmers declared that unskilled people on todays complicated machinery would kill them, wreck the machinery or both. It makes much more sense to keep people there who grew up on the farm says Mason Bailey of Blyth. Bill Regier of RR 3 Dashwood was registered as member number 1,900 in the Huron county federation. The electronic computer saves man a lot of guesswork - but so does a bikini. We still have a good supply of SEED GRAIN and GRASS SEED Available Order Now For EARLY DELIVERY DISCOUNTS Meant for Last Week Personals Sunday guests with Mr. & Mrs. John Rodd, Pamela and Calvin were Mr. & Mrs. George Wheeler, Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Copeland , Cynthia, Ellenand Deanna, Mr. & Mrs. David Wheeler and Steven, Mrs. Frank Rodd, Mrs. Edith Taylor of London and Miss Jean Copeland. Calvin was celebrating a bir- thday. Guests with Mr. & Mrs. Norris Webb, Julie and Lorie Saturday evening to help Norris celebrate • his birthday were. Mr.' & Mrs: Ralph Wareham, Jeffrey, Suzanne and Jennifer of Wingham, Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Webb, Steven and Scotty-Lee, Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Webb and Kris and Mr. Michael Webb of London. Mr. & Mrs. William Rundle and Larry visited Sunday evening with Mr. & Mrs. Gerald Brintnell, Terri and Scott. Mrs. John Rodd entertained Tuesday in honour of her mothers' birthday, Mrs. George Wheeler. Attending were her father George Wheeler, Miss Rhea Mills, Mrs. Mary Jaques, Mrs. Elsie Hopkin, Mrs. Almeda Hazlewood, Mrs. Elsie Rodd, Mr. & Mrs. Harry Webber, Mr. & Mrs.Walter Levy, Mr. Ernie Vodden, Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Copeland and David Wheeler. Mrs. William Rundle was hostess Friday evening when friends and relatives of Joyce Russell of Russeldale gathered to honour her with a miscellaneous shower prior to her forthcoming marriage. David Spence and Bobby Cowdreyvisited on Friday evening with Calvin Rodd. Huron wants plow match Reserve A Time NOW To Have Your ... SEED GRAIN CLEANED Contact Fred Walters At Our Downtown Store Exeter District Co-Op Phone 235-2081 Executive members of the Huron Plowman's Association are making a strong bid to have the 1978 International Plowing Match held in the county. Jim Armstrong, RR 4, Wingham who has replaced Gordon McGavin as Huron's director on the Ontario Plowmen's Association is organizing a delegation to bring the Huron proposal before the upcoming annual meeting of the Ontario group. Mr. Armstrong has been notified that the delegation will be heard on Tuesday, February 19 at 10 a.m. at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. -More than 50 persons from Huron have already signified their intention of going to Toronto to back the request for the 1978 International to he staged in Huron. The very popular International plowing event was held near Seaforth in 1966 and despite very wet weather drew a good at- tendance of competitors and spectators along with the usual number of exhibitors. Anyone wishing to go along as a member of the delegation is asked to contact Jim Armstrong at 3574651. The delegation to Toronto will ask the 1978 match to he held in the Wingham area. Centralia Farmers Supply Ltd. Grain • Feed • Cement Building Supplies Coal 228-6638 Ready Mix CONCRETE 7-1,k plant 235..0831 Rovdence 228.6961 C.A. MOWER By MISS JEAN COPELAND