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Brussels Stockyards
Choice steer tops Friday's market at $106.25
The market at Brussels Stock-
yards Friday traded actively at
steady prices on choice steers and
heifers. Choice cows sold SI .00
higher, andpigs traded sharply
higher. There were 631 cattle and
507 pigs on offer.
Choice steers brought $94 to $97
with sales to $106.25; good steers
went at $91 to $94.
A steer consigned by Karel
Michiels of RR 1, Sebringville,
weighing 1160 lbs., sold for
$106.25 and was purchased by
Norwich Packers of Norwich, while
his total offering of 31 steers
averaged 1217 lbs., and sold for an
overall price of $94.65.
Seven steers consigned by
Michiels Farms Ltd. of RR 1,
Sebringville, averaging 1137 lbs.,
sold for $102, with their total lot of
12 steers, averaging 1236 lbs.,
selling for an average price of
Farm
meeting with senior 4-H staff that he slapped a 4-H project book on the table in front of OMAF’s Rural
Organization Services director Jack Hagarty to prove a point. Also present were Cathy Wilson, 4-H
Supervisor and secretary of the 4-H Review Committee, and Barry Cleave, president of the Huron County
4-H Leaders’ Association and meeting chairman.
Changes can be made, Riddell says
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uproar as the perceived shortcom
ings of the ROS staff was the draft
proposal that the structure of the
traditional 4-H Leaders’ Associa
tions, now in place in nearly every
county and district in Ontario, be
changed to take in OMAF staff,
parents and Club Sponsors, as well
as working 4-H leaders, while the
name of the organization would be
changed to “County (or District)
4-H Association to reflect the
change in membership.
Jumping on the recommenda
tion that “the board would be
comprisedofatleast51 percent
current leaders,’’ the leaders
present protested that this was
scarcely enough to give the leaders
any control over their own organi
zation, especially if the possibility
of holding a meeting by quorum
arose.
“What would prevent a non
leader volunteer with no hands-on
4-H experience from “stacking’’ a
meeting, or from winding up as
president? It could be dangerous’ ’,
warned Barry Cleave of Varna,
president of the Huron 4-H
Leaders' Association and chair
man of the Clinton meeting.
Leaders also expressed alarm
over the recommendation that
although the local association
would be permitted to elect three of
its members as delegates to the
annual 4-H Regional Meeting,
which would in turn elect a
provincial director, that director
would remain in place for a
three-year term.
“If the guy is making a mess of
$98.35.
A red white-faced steer consign
ed by Don Burnett of RR 1,
Gowanstown, weighing 1140 lbs.,
sold for $100.25 with his offering of
three steers, averaging 1173 lbs.,
selling for an average price of
$96.82. Twenty-four steers con
signed by Glen Johnston of RR 2,
Bluevale, averaging 1234lbs., sold
for an average price of $92.19 with
sales to $99.50.
A Charolais steer consigned by
George Underwood Farms of RR 1,
Wingham weiging 1270 lbs., sold
for $99 with their total lot of 39
steers averaging 1306 lbs., selling
for an average price of $92. Eight
steers consigned by Jack Giousher
ofRR4, Wingham, averaging 1190
lbs., soldforanaverageprice of
$92.37 with sales to $96.75. Twelve
steers consigned by Ralph Dickson
of RR 5, Stratford, averaging 1210
thingsafterthefirstyear, there
should be a way of getting him
out,” Mr. Shelley said.
In the end, Mr. Hagarty said that
although some of the criticisms
that came out at the meeting were
warranted, he refused to take all of
the responsibility.
“The potential for change is in
your own hands,’’ he told the
leaders and parents present. * ‘This
review committee has been set up
to listen to your comments, and we
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lbs., sold for an overall price of
$95.82 with sales to $96.35.
A grey steer consigned by Keith
Johnston of RR 2, Bluevale,
weighing 1270 lbs., sold for $96.50
with his total lot of 12 steers
averaging 1191 lbs., selling for an
average price of $93.22. Three
steers consigned by Jim and Les
Stephenson of RR 1, Ethel,
averaging 1307 lbs., sold for $92.90
with sales to $95. A steer consigned
by John Brown of RR3, Walton,
weighing 1170 lbs., sold for $96.
A steer consigned by Earl
Benneweis of RR 1, Bornholm,
weighing 1130 lbs., soldfor $95.50.
A steer consigned by Stanley Johns
of RR 4, Seaforth, weighing 1230
lbs., sold for $95.
Choice exotic heifers brought
$94 to $98 with sales to $98.50;
good heifers fetched $89 to $94.
A Charolais heifer consigned by
Gary Van Camp of RR 4, Brussels,
weighing 1100 lbs., sold for $98.50
and was purchased by Dorr Bros, of
Stoney Creek, while his total lot of
seven heifers, averaging 1153 lbs.,
sold for an average price of $92.09.
A black heifer consigned by
are certainly willing to listen.”
Mr. Hagarty’s boss, agriculture
minister and Huron MPP Jack
Riddell, in a telephone interview
later, confirmed the comments of
his ROS director, while urging all
interested parties to make sure
their comments are heard where it
matters.
“If changes need to be made to
strengthen the 4-H program, then
changes will be made,” Mr.
Riddell said.
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Wilhelm Bros, of RR 4, Walkerton,
weighing 1110lbs., soldfor $98.25
with his total offering of eight
heifers, averaging 1180 lbs., sell
ing for an overall price of $94.89.
Two heifers consigned by Francis
Hicknellof RR5, Seaforth, averag
ing 1160 lbs., sold for $96.
Eleven Heifers consigned by
Wayne King of RR 1, Gorrie,
averaging 975 lbs., sold for an
average price of $90.24 with sales
to $97.25. Three heifers consigned
by Wayne Bennewies of RR 1,
Bornholm, averaging 10871bs.,
sold for an overall price of $94.98
with sales to $96.
A heifer consigned by Wayne
Beirnes of RR 2, Listowel, weigh
ing 880lbs., sold for $94.75 with his
Eggs - $600 a dozen
Fleming Feed Mill of Clinton has
shelled out $1,500 for a flat of two
and a half dozen ungraded eggs or
$600 per dozen.
The eggs were the first place
winners in the Ungtaded category
of the Ontario Egg Producers’
Marketing Board’s 8th Annual
Egg Quality Contest, held in
London April 13. Produced by
Gysber’sFarmsof Ilderton, the
top-winning flat won the Master
Feeds Trophy for the Best of Class.
The first place winners in eight
categories which went on the
auction block during the Poultry
Industry Conference and Exhibi
tion, raised a total of $6,725 for the
London Easter Seal Society in
support of physically disabled
children, making th*'- the largest
donation in the history of the
annual event.
Judging of the 115 entries from
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total lot of four heifers, averaging
945 lbs., selling for an average
price.of $90.62. A Charolais heifer
consigned by Neil Rintoul of RR 2,
Lucknow, weighing 1100 lbs., sold
for $94.
Choice cows brought $61 to $64;
good cows went at $57 to $61; and
canners and cutters fetched $53 to
$57.
Twenty to 30 lb. pigs traded to a
high of $1.32 per lb.; 30 to 40 lb.
pigs traded to a high of $1.11 per
lb.; 40 to 50 lb. pigs traded to a high
of $1.05 per lb.; 50 to601b. pigs
traded to a high of $1.12 per lb.; 60
to 70 lb. pigs traded to a high of
$1.02 per lb.; and 70 to 80 lb. pigs
traded to a high of 91 cents per lb.
across Ontario was conducted by
officials of Agriculture Canada.
Bill Fleming of Clinton, presi
dent of Fleming Feed Mill, who is
widely known as the force behind
the company’s extensive charity
work and sponsorship of youth
projects, was the recipient last
February of Clinton’s Celebration
‘88 medal, in recognition of his
position as the town’s most
outstanding sponsor.
The medals were awarded in
conjunction with the 1988 Winter
Olympics in Calgary.
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