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THE BLOOMING THING
By Ed Van Geed
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WE ARE ALSO REPRESENTED 131
MAX WATTS, BRUSSELS
Phil. Durant,, the chairman of
the bean board has been much in
the news lately, He opposes a
new power station in bean
groWing areas because the
inherent pollution causes
diseases, like bronzing, in the
beans, resulting in greatly
reduced yields and hence reduced
income for the producer,
When some consumer group
wanted, the consumer to have
representation on marketing
boards, Phil said: "When the big
corporations, like GM, let their
customers sit on the board of
directors, we will do the same.
Until then, nothing, doing".
When Mrs. Plumtree, of the food
prices review board, singled out
the bean producers and asked for
a two rice system for beans, Mr.
Durant asked why the farmer
would have to subsidize the rest
of society when no other industry
is asked to de this, I have to agree
with the bean board chairman on
all counts and since it's so
reasonable, one wonders why
some people even dare suggest
some of it, and I'm sure my urban
readers will agree also.
Those public relations people of
the big corporations are very
adept at shifting the blame for
increasing their profits on the
farmer, For instance Kellogg's
Mr. Robinson. His figures of
course can't be challenged. He
stated that the cost for corn in
cornflakes went up 73.8%. '
True, but at the highest price paid
to the producer corn was only
slightly over 51/4 c a pound. A
pound of cornflakes however
costs 64c. How much then of this
cost increase then can be blamed
on an increase of about 3c a
pound of raw corn? You can see
how misleading these statistics
can be.
Canners are canny people.
They are the vertical integrators
who try to put the vegetable
grower out of business. Now they
grow all their own produce,
except the high risk crops. The
result„ could be that once the
farmer has got rid of his
specialized equipment and is thus
unable to return to the lower risk
crop, the price of the canned food
will go up, because in effect the
canner has a monopoly.
This time I will lift some
sentences and farmers' views
from the report on farm classi-
fication presented to the Ontario
Government that I think will be of
interest to the consumer.
"The production of plants and
animals useful to man must be of •
paramount concern to every
consumer, for with chronic food
shortages, the consequence is not
merely inconvenience and higher
cost, but eventual hunger for
many." "Concern was repeatedly
Cranbrook
student wins
London award
Dale Knight, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Goldwin Knight, and a
grade 13 student in the Mechan-
ics Class at Listowel Secondary
School, waS one of a team of two
chosen to compete in the Chrysler
Trouble Shooting competition
held at Fanshawe College in
London April 24th. Dale received
a trophy for highest standing.
Teams from 15 schools were
entered in the competition.
&,-THE BRUSSELS POSTS MAY
expressed at the (public).
meetings that municipal. and/or
regional plans tend to give
development priority over
agriculture'. Areas. have been
defined for industrial,
commercial and residential zones,
for parks,. golf courses, -raceways,
hiking trails and other
recreational. uses, with the left
overs being considered
farmland."
"Farmland has been
continually treated as an endless
resource, It is obvious that
farmland is not unlimited in total
quInt;ty and ' is particularly
limited in productive quality."
Farmers urged to: 'To prohibit
or control the entry of nonfamily
corporate owners whose prime
activity is not the, production of
'agricultural products but which
may be 4 method of marketing
their principal products through a
system of conversion • into
agricultural . products,'.' In other
words, feed companies raising
livestock in ordei• to market their
feed. I presume it could include
canning companies - who raise
their own chickens and
vegetables_ in order to supply
:their manufacturing facilities.
The ,growing of . agricultural
products then becomes
secondary.
The report also attacks rural
residential ownership. Having a
residence among farmers inflates
prices and thus assessment for
the real farmer, and it reduces
food producing land as well as
creating problems with ' fences
and noxious weeds. It creates
demand for services not needed
by the farmer thus increasing his
cost of, taxation and the odour
problems from close proximity to
livestock buildings, Ali of which
end up in higher prices for all of
us as consumers.
Ontario Hydro has appealed to
developers and industrial
customers to provide the utility
with earlier notification of
planned new developments
requiring transformers and other
electrical equipment.
Clinton Area Manager Walter
Palmer explained that a world
shortage of critical materials,
particularly steel, is causing -
severe delays in deliveries of
electrical equipment.' "One 'area
of particular local concern is the
matter of upgraded farm
services," Mr. Palmer -said.
"There will be delays in our
ability to react to these service
changes as promptly as we have
in the past."
Farmers planning service
changes are asked to have their
electrical contrctor advise the
local Hydro office of their plans,"
as early as possible.
Where once' manufacturers
were able to supply transformers
within a feW days of receiving an
order, deliveries today may take
as long as 40 Weeks, said the
Hydro official.
"Unless customers can give Us
substantially more lead time," he
said, "we can't proVide them with
the eleCtrical equipment they
need, on time,"
Manufactureof transformers is
being held up both by a steel
shortage and a scarcity of the
special oil they Use. in addition,
the oil shortage has reduced the
1, 1974
Trail Riders
have first
excursion.
Twenty-two horses and ri der
took part in the Huron Trail
Riders. Saddle Club's first trail
ride of the '74 season. The riders
left at 1:00 p.m. from' Doug
Riley's farm just north of Sea-
forth. The rainfall didn't dampen
the enthusiasm of the riders, but
the horses were quite willing to
return to drier quarters.
A special welcome was 'ex-
tended to the riders. present from
the Stratford and District Saddle
Club.
After .the ride, thirty-seven
Club members enjoyed a hearty
meal of scalloped potato s, baked
beans, cabbage salad and cooked
ham.
The club's president, Doug
Riley, thanked everyone for turn-
ing out on such a wet day.
Next month's trail ride will he
held in the Hullett Conservation
Area, northwest of Seaforth. This:
ride will be organized by Harvey
Hoggart and. Graham Sholdice.
Energy Tips
Install Storm Windows Earlier
in the Year
Heat loss through these areas
can be cut in half by installing
storm doors and windows.
Service Your Furnace So It
Operates Efficiently
Clean the heat exchanger
surface, replace or clean the
filters, clean the ductwork.
Ensure That Your Insulation
, Is Adequate
A thermometer on the floor at
the outside .wall and one at the
center of the room should . not
differ more than five degrees.
Repair Leaky Hot Water Faucet s
(One drop per second adds' up
to 550 gallons per year.) Turn off
high wattage lights when not in
use. Dry clothes outside as much
as possible.
Brussels ,
Stockyard
,..Report
A good supply of steers met
with an active demand at the
Brussels Stockyards Friday with
very few choice heifers on offer.
Choice Steers - 46.00 to 48.00
with sales to 48.70 plus 5.
Good Steers - 44.00 to 46.00 plus
5.
tifteen steers consigned by Har-
vey Featherstone of Moorefield,
averaging 1013 lbs. sold for 48.70
plus 5 with his offering of 39
steers 'averaging 1075 lbs. selling
for an overall price of, 48.15 plus
5.
Three steers consigned by Andy
Oehring of Chepstow, averaging
1123 lbs. sold for 48.30 plus 5,
'with his offering of 30 steers
averaging 1083 lbs. selling for an
overall price of 47.10 plus 5..
A steer consigned by William.
Hayden of J Goderich,
weighing 1120 lbs. sold for 48.25
plus 5.
Fourteen steers consigned by
Lloyd Johnston ,of Holyrood,
averaging 1143 lbs. sold for 47-.70
plus 5.
A steer consigned by Jacob
Visscher of R.R.2, Wallenstein,
weighing 1300 lbs. sold for 48.25
plus 5.
Four steers consigned by Earl
Fitch of Wroxeter, averaging
1088 lbs. sold for 47.75 plus 5.
Eight steers consigned by Vince
Kurtz 'of Wallenstein, averaging
1161 lbs. sold for 47.80 plus 5.
Choice Heifers - 42.00 to 44.00
plus 5.
Brian tio,
A heifer consigned bylogatp,i9lpsuoisicslibi,.
sold for 44.00 plus 5.
of Monkton, weighing
Two heifers consigned by ,
Good Heifers - 40.00 to 4:0,1010.1cptll
econsignedarnagdi 'four i gy 901 I b s , 1
w feeders ro x e t er, av
845 lbs. sold for 43.6
Lippert of Walkerton,
to
avebreahOo ..'
for an overall price of 5l.65,
One hundred
Choice Cows - 33.00 to 35A „1
Good Cows - 31.00 to 33.00 ' ' .cl
Special Stocker Sale
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at Brussels. Stockyards on It , '
day, May 7th, at 1 p.m. Consigi
ments welcome.
Smile
Short Wint er?
Have you ever noticed hot
short the`winter seems when}
have a bank note due in til
spring?
Summer Camp
Here's P. letter I received ftai
my son last summer when hem'
in summer camp. He wrote;
"Dad, I'm worried about you
Please send•a check so I'll knoll
you are O.K." „.
Turtle Tale
A. mature Pacific ri
may weigh 100 pounds
shell 30 inches- long.
Advise us of plans,
Hydro asks farmers
Supply of plastics used for
electrical insulation with the
result that cable and wire can take
up to' six months to deliver.
Wood poles are also in critically
short supply. ,"Some 10,000 feet
of damaged cable resulting from ,
the recent tornado-like storm in
, Hibbert Township is being
reclaimed for local use as guying
- material, rather than being
scrapped," said Mr. Palmer:
To meet the shortage in
transformer oils, Ontario Hydro is
investigating ways of
reconditioning oils from old
transformers so that they can be
reused in new transformers.
Hydro is also making a
concentrated effort to reclaim or
rehabilitate worn-out equipment
instead of simply selling or
scrapping it. For example, when a
transmission iine is -upgraded, the
old conductor may have 20 years
of remaining life and may be
useable.
Various reasons are given 'for •
. the mat erial shortages == aniong
them environmental demands
that diverted some production to
cleanup devices, inflation which
created additional stimulus to
demand and. the excess capacity
of 10/0 and 1971 that disconraged
the expansion that might haver
met today's shortfall.
No accurate predictions can be
made on when the steel shortage
will ease, but is expected it will
continue through 1974.
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