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The Brussels Post, 1977-09-21, Page 4heck-off comin ? 4--THE BRUSSELS POST, SEPTEMBER 21 1977 ,ovN • ALL WRAPPED UP Paul Currie kept a blanket on his calf to keep its coat shiny for the judging at the Belgrave, Blyth and Brussels school fair last Wednesday. (Photo by Langlois) OFA president in Huron Discusses corn price WEEKLY SALE BRUSSELS, STOCKYARDS LTD. EVERY FRIDAY At 12 Noon!' Phone 887-6461 — Brussels, Ont. This Fall See Topnotch Feeds For All Your Cattle Requirements Supplements Vitamin ADE Wormer Spotton Synovex Implants Korlan 2 Eartags ALL IN VERY GOOD SUPPLY FOR YOUR' SELECTION 887.6011 Brussels of the committee which proposed the idea of check-off, says that it would require a piece of legisla• don that would impose a tax levy based on the farm's productivity, In Mr. White's words, "It would work, like the separate school tax." For the time being the check. off suggestion is only that; a suggestion. It will be presented in a discussion paper to the county Federations and I.S.M, regional meetings. Check-off is to be discussed by members and a report of concerns, ideas and consensus from' the • meetings will be returned to the committee by October 15. At that time the committee will attempt to reconstruct a new discussion paper based on the members input. The revised piper will be presented at the annual convention in November. Smile if you think you're in shape. Corn growers can expect a federal government stabilization payment bringing the price of the 1977 crop up to $2.30 a bushel , according to Peter Hannam, president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture., The stabilization payments will be limited to 30,000 bushels per grower. Speaking at a meeting of the Huron F of A in Brucefield Thursday night, Mr. Hannam said the payments, representing Women welcome in OFA Hannam The Ontario Federation of Agriculture wants to encourage women to take 'more active part in the organization, according to its president, Peter Hannam., "The women in our organization are a tremendous source of brains, talent and ability, and I don't think we're using them enough", Mr. Hannam said Thursday in a speech to the Huron F of A in Brucefield. Mr. Hannam said the organization's constitution should be ammended to make it easier for women to vote and hold office. Under the present constitution, only one voter per paid membership is allowed. The Membership is usually registered under the man's name in a farming couple, meaning only he can hold office and vote. In addition, the constitution has forbidden proxy votes, to avoid the possibility of someone gathering a large number of proxy votes before an election, Mr. Hannam said. But the t no proxy rule has also made difficnIt for a woman to share her husband's vote and play an active role in the Federation. Mr. Hanham said he intended to seek dinendinents which would give women more chance to participate but would Still prevent the possibility of pre election proicy vote gathering. Farm organizations may, soon be financed by a compulsory automatic check-off of all farmers. This was the word from Ron White, O.F.A. regional director for the counties of Middlesex, Oxford, Perth and. Huron. Mr. White was speaking to the September 8 meeting of the Perth County Federation of' Agri- culture, held in the Mitchell Town Hall. According to Mr. White, there is a real possibility of establishing an automatic check-off of all farmers, based on their acreages as a means of financing the general farm organizations. The farmer would be given the choice of which farm organization he wanted the money to go to. The reasons for this are clear said Mr. White. "The benefits of farm organizations go to all farmers; justic demands that all share the cost. "O.F.A. needs the money but funds are only obtain- able from members. The membership is needlessly dropping, says White. "The time farmers have available for OFA work must ' be freed from membership recruitment and put to work building an organization and helping, farmers." Mr. White, who was a member 90 percent of the five year average price, will apply to corn sold between September 1, 1977 and September 1, 1978. He said there was little chance any payments would be applied to the 1976 crop. The $2.30 price may be further bolstered by a supplementary stabilization payment from the Ontario government. Under proposed legislation. Ontario would pay two thirds of the cost of production when that ' cost exceeds the $2.30 figure. Mr. Hannam said estimates of production costs could go as , high as $2.48 a bushel, and if so, Ontario corn growers can expect the province to add a further 11 or 12 cents per bushel to the federal stabilization payment. The payments will apply to both feed and high moisture corn, Mr. Hannam said, but not to silage corn. Farmers who sell all of their feed corn and then buy feed corn or prepared rations for cattle will have the cost of the corn- they buy subtracted from, their sales when the stabilization, payments are made, he said. At the moment, only corn sold to an elevator qualifies for stabilization payments under federal regulations, Mr. Hannam said. But the Ontario plan would have a broader scope, applying also to farm to farm corn sales. The provincial plan will put pressure on the federal government to broaden the basis of its payments to include farm to farm sales as well, Mr. Hannam said. 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