The Brussels Post, 1975-05-21, Page 4Brussels
Stockyard
Report
Phone 887-6461 Brussels, Ont,
Ontario municipalities, including
the Town of Kincardine, Housing
Minister Donald Irvine
announced this week.
OHRP provides per capita
grants to Ontario municipalities
to administer directly as loans to
homeowner occupants to repair
their houses to an acceptable
municipal minimum standard.
Kincardine has been allocated
$9,637.00 at this time which
represents 25 per cent of the total
1975-76 funding designated
onder0HRP for the municipality.
The prime objective of the
program is the correction of faulty
structural and sanitary conditions
and the upgrading of plumbing,
heating and electrical systems of
the owner occupant's home.
"OHRP is directly oriented to
low and moderate income families
with a maximum annual income
of $12,500," Mr. Irvine said.
"Kincardine is to be congratn.
lated for its initiative in moving
quickly to implement this pro
gram which ensures the eor,
tinued usefulness , of needed
exisiting housing."
The maximum amount of an
OHRP loan, as determined by the:
local municipality, is $7,500, less
any funding from other home
renewal programs. The muniel.
pality is also responsible for
determining the- rate of interest
charged on the' loan, from zero to
eight per cent, and what portion
of the loan will be "forgiven",
and therefore need not be paid
back.
OHRP extends home renewal
possiblities to owner occupantsin
any municipality in Ontario,
urban or rural, which has adopted
either a minimum housing stan-
dards bylaw' or a resolution
setting such standards.
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Report from Queen's Park
Province getting rid of
abandoned cars
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(By Murray Gaunt, M.P.P.,
(Huron-Bruce)
The Ontario Government is
moving ahead with its program to
rid the countryside of about
400,000 abandoned and rusting
vehicles, according to Environ-
ment Minister, William Newman.
Mr. Newman said he hopes the
program will eventually pay for
itself in 16 nreas of the Province.
Municipalities will collect the
abandoned vehicles, tow them to
either existing recycling plants or
new ones to be built, and keep
whatever they are paid. It is felt
that revenues should eventually
reduce or eliminate the
Province's subsidy. .
Where municipalities are reluc-
tant to enter the program, the
Ministry will buy land, collect the
hulks and sell them.
The Ontario Government is
going to abandon its tough
policies that permit the subdivi-
sion of farmland in only 25 acre
parcels and instead allow some
rational use" of rural land for
housing, Donald Irvine, Minister
of Housing said in the Legisla-
ture.
The Government has decided
that 25 acre parcels lead to
wasteful use of land.
The new policy which he
proposed to implement by
November 1st will give regional
planning boards, or local land
division committees the right to
approve much smaller severances
of one acre or less, where the
local boards feel they will not be
objectionable, or where they will
meet new "provincial guidelines.
Under the plan farmers would
he able to sell unconditionally
parcels of their farms in any class
of agricultural region to their
employees, or to relatives who
want to build a residence on the
lot, or to provide a home for
retiring farmers, or to infill a
vacant lot in an existing hamlet.
In areas with less desirable
agricultural land, sales would also
be permitted to any purchaser as
long as the subdivision complies
with local planning goals or
official plans.
Mr. Irvine indicated there will
likely -be local planning controls
that would prohibit such
development along major county
roads, or highways where they
might cause traffic headaches.
Grants for the implementation
of the Ontario Home Renewal
Program (OHRP) have been
allocated to several additional
The prices on all classes of
cattle' at Brussels Stockyards.
Friday were sharply higher
meeting a good demand. Pigs
traded easier.
Choice Steers 50.00 to 52.00
with sales to 52.50.
Good Steers - 48.00 to 50.00.
A steer consigned by Rae
Breckenridge of Bluevale
weighing 1090 lbs. sold for 52.50.
Seven fancy -light steers
consigned by Dan Pearson of
Ethel averaging 962 lbs. sold for
.52.35 with his offering of 48
steers averaging 1050 lbs, selling
for an overall price of 51.60.
Five steers consigned by Hilray
Farms of Holyrood averaging
1048 lbs. sold for 52.40 with his
12 steers averaging 1123 lbs.
selling for 51.90.
Twenty-nine steers consigned
by Earl Fitch of Wroxeter
averaging 1135 lbs. sold for
51.90.
Two steers consigned by Blake
Alton Of R.R.2, Lucknow,
averaging 1150 lbs. sold for
51.60.
Eleven steers consigned by
L .orne Eadie — Sons of
Holyrood averaging 1128 lbs. sold
for 51.30.
Seventeen steers consigned by
Wm. Irvin of R.R.7, Lucknow
Short
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recession. It is true that we are in
economic difficulties but to those
who lived through the Depression
Years of the "Dirty-Thirties" it is
. not accompanied by the
widespread hardships of those
dark days. Many of us oldsters
clearly recall the thousands who
rode the rods then. Among them
were educated professional
people unable to find work of any
kind. Even here in our own village
we came in close contact with
these derelicts of the depression.
Destitute men off the rods came
knocking on our doors seeking a
bite to eat. Shelter was provided
for them in the old Town Hall.
Some asked at homes for soap to
wash off the grime of the rails, or,
needles and thread to mend their
ragged clothing. The W.I., in an
effort to give them some comfort
provided mattresses in the hall.
This did not turn out too well as
they later had to be destroyed for
they were vermin infected.
Hundreds of these transients,
If you have grown cauliflower,
especially in the spring, you are
probably familiar with the prob-
lem of_ some heads developing
very early, but only forming a
small, button-like curd on a small,
poorly developed plant. Cauli-
flower is a biennial, normally
producing seed the second year.
However, if the plant is seriously .
checked in growth, it tries to
reproduce itself. This is called
'''buttoning", which is the pre-
nature formation of a cauliflower ,
curd when the leaves are not
large enough to nourish it to a
Marketable size. It's really
premature seedstalk development
of bolting.
Cauliflower is a tricky
crop to grow, and sometimes even
a slight check in the early stages
of seedling or plant growth may
rdaiilt poor developitient later
44* HE BRUSSELS POSTo
averaging 967 lbs, sold for 51.20.
Two steers consigned by Alex
Hainmond of Monkton averaging
950 lbs. sold for 51.35.
Twelve steers consigned by
Oscar Kieffer averaging 1190 lbs.
sold for 51.0 with his offering of
26 steers averaging 1157 lbs.
selling for an overall price of
50.70.
There were too few heifers on
offer to establish a definite price.
The top end traded from 45.00 to
47.00.
A heifer consigned by Don
Proctor of R. R. 4, Brussels,
weighing 830 lbs. sold for 47.00.
Eight heifers consigned by Neil
Rintoul of Lucknow averaging 869
lbs. sold for 46.00.
A heifer consigned by Don
Deitner of Ethel weighing 860 lbs.
sold for 46.25
Two heifers consigned by Dave
Dewar of Atwood averaging ,835
lbs. sold for 46.00.
Four heifers consigned by
Albert Weber of R.R.2, Mildmay
averaging 993 lbs. sold for 45.00.
Choice Cows - 26 to 28 with
sales to 30.25.
Good Cows - 24 to 26
Bulls traded to 29.75.
Feeder Cattle sold from 46.00
to 48.25.
600 to 700 lb. Stockers traded
from 44,00 to 46.50.
Shots
through those years, dropped off
the rods here, spent the weekend,
left Monday morning to continue
their disheartening journey back
and forth across our Canada.
** * * * *
Whatever has become of the
game of marbles that used to so
enthrall the young fry? His bag of
marbles was one of a boy's most
cherished possessions. With it
clutched in hand off he would go
to join his adversaries hunkered
around a circle, scratched in mud
or dust, there to engage in a
battle of skill to add to his
collection, or , in anguish, lose
them to his opponents. Returning
home he would crow in glee about
his winnings or bemoan in anger
his losses, loudly declaring he
would win every lost marble back
next time. Mother would
congratulate or console, take a
look and shake her head at dirty
hands and face and soiled
clothing and chase him off to
bathe and change. Happy
Childhood!
on, leading to buttoning. The
problem usually occurs shortly
after planting in the field, when
normal plants of the same age are
growing vegetatively,
Although some varieties,
especially early ones, are Mote
susceptible to bolting than others,
buttoning is most often due to one
or more environmental 'factors.
Losses are usually most severe in
the early planted crop ill cold, wet
seasons when vegetative growth
is checked. Conditions Which may
cause buttoning include over-
hardening of young .plants,
unbalanced or poor soil fertility
after planting (especially lack of
nitrogen), low soil moisture, and
extreme arid continued cold
weather (40 to 50 degrees F fOr
about 2 weeks) especially when
combined with wet soil. Other
factors such as maggot injury,
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club root and molybdenum'
deficiency may also cause button-
ing.
So what can yott do to avoid this
problem? .Select varieties which
experience has Shown are less
likely to button in adverse grow-
ing conditions. Maintain
balanced fertility, moisture and
temperatures while growing the
transplants. Harden plants
graduallybefore field setting;
id avo extreme conditions. Con-,
trol diseases, insect pests, and
anything else that reduces plant
vigor. Ensure adequate,
balanced fertility in the field. Pay
special attention to providing an
adequate supply of quickly avail,
able nitrogen at planting time arid
during early growth. This helps
the plants to grow through cold,
wet periods often encountered
after field 'planting in early
spring.
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