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The Brussels Post, 1977-11-09, Page 5put your Car in our hands HONOURED WITH PRODUCTION QUALITY AWARD — Walton Feed Mill of Walton ;. haS been presented with a special award recently for a sample of feed manufactured in their Th is award was based on a Feed Texture - • Competition among all .8HUR-GAIN Feed 8ervice:. mill operators in Ontario. Resu lts were announced at. the Annual. SHUR-GAIN Dealers' Conference at the . Victorian. Inn in Stratford recently. Eric Reaburn accepted the award On behalf. of Walton. Feed Mill • from Ontario Nutrition Manager RiPAbbott WhO explained "Correct manufacturing ; including grinding; rolling 0, mixing and 'formulation of ingtedient8 is essential if livestock and poultry are to perform with' optimum results. on a balanCed ration, LET US MAKE YOUR OLD FURNITURE. BETTER THAN NEW! For a free estimate and a look at our newest samples of materials — CALL COOK UPHOLSTER`( Put Your Upholstering -Need, In Our Hands" Blyth, Ont. WE HAVE FREE PICK-UP AND DELIVERY SERVICE Ph. 523-4272 R. Cook, Prop. WEEKLY SALE. BRUSSELS STOCKYARDS LTD. EVERY FRIDAY At .12,Noon•1 ff" .1 Phone 887-6461 Brussels, Ont. THE BRUSSELS POST NOVEMBEF1 9 1977 —5 Tourism would promote employment in Huron County tourist season and that 48 percent of the tourists are from the United. States. • He said that the promotion of that source of money for the economy and the jobs it creates is important for Huron County. He said the county should take steps to encourage tourism by establi- shing new facilities and by advertising itself in newspapers, radio and television. Start Every Time You Start! Your car's electrical system really gets a workout. When it malfunc- tions, it's "no go" for you! Dirty alternator, defective ignition switch . . . our experts find the trouble, get you going again. . • • And Get Off To A Great Huron County has to promote tourism and more industry if it wants to create needed employ- ment in the county and a fresh source of money to complement the county's agricultural base. Huron County -development officer, Spence Cummings told county council Friday that Huron has not escaped the current slump in the national economy nor the national unemployment pmblem. Mr. Cummings told council that the closing of three businesses in the county combined with no new industry locating in Huron has put 1,500 people out of work. He said that three firms, Textral Fibres of Goderich, G & F Farm Machinery in Exeter and Huron 'Acoustics of Vanastra, had closed their doors recently and-no new business had arrived to replace them. He said the county already has 1,500 people out of work and jobs were needed for those The market at Brussels Stock- yards on Friday traded under pressure losing the advance made the previous week. Pigs traded higher, There were 1158 cattle and 1602 pigs on offer. Choice Steers-$47.00 to $49,00 with sales to $49.75. Good Steers-$45.00 to $47.00. A steer consigned by Murray • Bray of Wroxeter weighing 1,260 pounds sold for $49.75. Thirteen steeig consigned by L B FarmS of Wallenstein averaging 1,169 pounds sold for $49.20, Seven steers consigned by Howard Martin of Brussels averaging 1,123 ,pounds sold for 549.40 with his . 24 steers averaging 1,052 pounds selling for $48.35. Two steers consigned by Lorne Eadie of Holyrood averaging 1,120 pounds sold for $49.60 with their 18 steers averaging 1,182 Pounds selling for $48.70. - Five steers consigned by Bruce Richmond of Blyth averaging 1,130 pounds sold for $49.10. Fifteen fancy light steers consigned by Gerald Ball of Embro averaging 1,027 pounds sold for $48.30. . There were very few heifers on, offer. Good HeiferS traded from $44.00 to $46.00. Choice Cows-$26.00 to $28.00 with sales to $29.00. Good Cows-$24.00 to $26.00. Canners and Cutters-$21.00 to $24.00, Madill audio club (By Janice Guest) - This club has been very active this year doing things around the school that you might not be aware of. Supervised by Mr. Wraith, enrollment in the audio 'club is limited to those who take electronics. Right now there are about eight or ten Members, Logs Wanted Sfanding Timber for top prices and instant cash Call your local sawmill CRAIG'S SAWMILL - Auburn Bill Craig Al Craig S26-7220 526-7512 unemployed and for people coming into the work force in the county in the coming year. He said the jobs were for people who are residents of Huron County and were not involved in agri- culture. Mr. Cummings explained that Huron County has an economic base in agriculture and that the agricultural economy is fairly. constant. He said he realized that weather conditions had a great deal to do with agricultural economy but he pointed out that the county needed a fresh source of money to complement agri- culture. He said the two prime areas that money could be found were manufacturing and tourism. Mr. Cummings said the development committee had been working steadily to encourage industry to locate in Huron but had met some obstacles due mainly to a slumping economy. He said many industries were staying where they were and not expanding and • in fact were just Bulls traded to a high of $34.00. At the Special Stocker and Feeder Sale last Tuesday the yearlings traded from '$2.00 to '$3.00 each higher. Choice 800 to 900 pound steers-$46.00 to $48.00 with sales to $48.85. — Seventy-three steers consigned by Ronald Dill of Stratford averaging 747 pounds sold for an overall price of $48.52. trying to make it through the year. He said three firms were planning to locate in Huron, one in Exeter and two, in 'Va nastra, but he had no definite report on how many people .they would employ. He added that oil companies had been carrying out seismic work in Huron and if oil and gas were found in substantial enough amounts to merit mining, the economy here would get a needed boost. The development 'officer said that one area that the county could promote itself was tourism. He said that tourism in Ontario is big business and employs about 165,000 people turning an annual revenue of $2.6 billion. He said it is hard to estimate Huron County's share of the revenue but pointed out that it is significant. Mr. Cummings referred to a recent survey done at the nearest United States entry point, Sarnia. 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