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Farmers keep.ui.battIe
Life on the farm • Is bottoming tougher frith .each passing day,
week. and monthfor farmers, who have watched profit's slip in, the
1900s,. and many continue to endure finattiial :hardship on into the,
• 1990*.
Despite the obstacles, farriers' continue, • to bae- *tittle a fight that. pe .
plc in lhigheer ,posltlons...particulorly gov.rnments, have- set. Subsidies
halve emoted •lopslded 'Markets where farriers inone ' country gain
on the backs of-•farmerrs in other 'nations. Canadann farmers. are also
especially worried' what the fro'. trade deal with: the United States
will do to their industry. .
.. Dairy, egg and poultry farmers aro particularly concerned. -They all
operate under• supply management syStents .where theyare. paid for
what they produce, sad , usually, not for. overproduction. Changes are
already 'being planned by the poultry sector to combat free trade. •
The rules, however ,are .changing, especially;, for dairy fames, and
ironically it's not so much free trade, but stockpile# of butter and
milk powder in this country that ...era resulting In cut backs. Dairy
farmers faced a tree, per tont quota cutback last Week, This was.
especially, disheartening for farmers. who expanded, their operations
by purchasing expensive quota. only to have. som•e of it taken away
with no compensation. •
•
Despite the quota cutback. Ontario dairy farmers are an effident
lot -they're producing more milk with fewer cows. However, less• :.
quota means a smaller milk cheque, and because_ of the cutback,
some farmers may be faced with purchasing more expensive'quota
to keep their operations, viable.
It's a vieaous circle that all farmers fate.
The recent Grey -Bruce farmers' Week• in' Chesley had an underly-
ing theme, one that wasn't Lon the program. Farmers did `not talk
about good times ahead,. but worried , about :a. gloomy _future.- Pork'
and beef producers aro particularly 'concerned• as they .are not
receiving. compensation .even close to.• cost.: of .production. Cine' pork •
producer said his, herd could not even pay. their keep (feed and
Shelter).. The ,price he .was receiving for his porkers /verged on be -
Ing ridiculous, he said. Had .it not ;been for a bumper cash crop, hes
said his loss would.ohave been devastoting.,And to'th nk this was'a
farmer who did not owe mon•-' on his land or machinery.
The struggle on the family far* continues, and it would appear
there are no easy answers for farmers, looking, to mak. a fair return
on their -investment. • The least, farmers can. do Is aeneure our govern -
merits ore ,working in theirbest interest and. are not playing inter- ,
national games with the livelihood of an important sector in our,
society.
Though farmers are an optimistic bunch; the, pessimism of .late is • '
getting harder to overcome.' (Walkerton Herald ,-Times) •
Happy Valentine's Day
Todxy' is "mum*, " day, a.k.a.
as Va eutirte's Day. A thatr when the mole
and koala species, from the very
tel Om veryprole* their lore to the
Usher who held' a special piece in their
hurt. A day when we remember close
family members with cards or gifts. A
good number of relationships would be
naticli stronger if we treated every day as
Valentine's Day; if every day we told or
showed our sponte~ or lover, in some
small way, how much we love them.
Enough of tie Aerials mushl
Speaking have changed 'so me from peroonal level,
he �$
Fixit and I were dating. When the 14th
rolled around I always received a fancy,
heart shaped box of chocolates and a
card. I haven't figured out if the lack of
'a box of chocolates is his way of sug-
gesting that the old body could do with
fewer calories. .
Valentine's Day for women is a special
day. We don't require; furs or diamonds
(although we would take them).A sim-
ple card, one rose, a bottle of -wine,
something inexpensive would fill our.
hearts to overflowing.. The other half.
remembering is what is important:
I did a' ulek survey of some area folk
to de a how, or if, they celebrate
Valen . 's. Day. The results were sur-
prising. Out of 13 couples interviewed,
eight men, or 62.5 percent said they buy
gifts forthe women in their lives. Nine
women, or 69 per cent, . said they
remember the love of their a :If.the'
man said he didn't give, 'the female of
the couple usually responded in kind. Tit
for tat? There was one woman, who
AUBUNOS
by fiat Livingston
despite the fact she does not receive from
her mate, coatinues to give Mitn a .card.
Most exchanged cards, flowers or
checohatee.
Some of the comanents were revealing.
One nstoner informed me he
his wife in some special way
every day. I'm not sure if he was
ing my leg. It would be .nice to tidnk.he
wasn't. Some of the wornett remarked
that while they still are on the receiving
end, the item received have changed
over the years. This was not a complaint,
,simply .a statement.
• After researching Valentine's Day
origination, I was thankful we don't still
follow the cuatrens.. of the 4700's, when
women wrote men's names on scraps of
paper, then dropped them all into the
water. The first paper that rose to the
surface had the name of the woman's
true. love. What happened if that man
was not interested? Was the poor woman
doomed to a life alone? What if the
woman didn't like the boor whose name.
popped up first? How about the custom
of pinning leaves to pillows on the eve of
Valentine's Day? Apparently if the charm
worked, the woman would see her future
husband in her dream. These so called
dreams, could be more like tmaresl
Why not surprise that sped4 someone
in your life today. 'The cost need not be
extreme - let your imagination run wild
and have a happy Valentine's Day.
P.S. If you, are reading this after 6 p.m.
on the 14th, thelocal convenience store is
open until' midnight. If you, hurry you
may be lucky enough to get a card and
a chocolate bar for. your spouse.
70 Years ago,
February. 12, 1920
The Murdison concert—A number of in-
cidents was responsible for a rather
small attendance at the concert given in
Carnegie Hall .last Wednesday .evening
under management of Mr. Cowell; of
Wingham. Those who were.. there,
however, were, well pleased with the pro.
gram being especially high in their
praises of Mr. Murdison, whosroved an'
excellent singer of Scotch songs, and of
Mr. Fryfogle, who gave violin selections.
No more Letters—Regarding the Elec-
tric Light light question members of the
Lucknow Council are averse to carry on
a newspaper controversy. If Mr, Stewart
is not bluffing, but is. sincere in his
grievancer, the Council will 'be glad to
give him the opportunity - of expressing
them at a public meeting of the rate-
payers, date to be arranged. Geo. H.
Smith, Wm. Murdie, Robt. Thompson, .
SENTINEL MEMOIRS
W.E. Thompson, Robt. Johnston, (Note as
this matter ° night , develop into an inter
Minable controversy from which little
good, can come, we trustthat further let-
ters on the subject will, not be submitted
for publication. So far as the Sentinel is,
concerned it can take no further part. It
might make trouble for the publisher as
well as for the writers, Editor.)
50 years ago,
February 15; 1910.
Arrived in Britain.. with• third
contingent—Last Thursday the third con-
tingent of the Canadian Active,,Service '
Force arrived "somewhere in 'Britain."
Among its nunibers'was Price Naylor, of
Toronto, elder son of Mrs. Louisa Naylor
Of Lucknow, who Is spending the winter
at Goderich.
Mr. Naylor's.overseas trip came quick-
ly, as itis only a month since he enlisted
in the 15th General Hospital unit, Royal
Canadian Medical Corps.
Like the two contingents that arrived
before it, the latest Kaki wave of Cana-
dians arrived in Britain unheralded. Dur-
ing
ing the night grey troop ships glided
silently, into harbor, waved and cheered
without knowing from what part of the
Empire the convoy had come. They were
kept in suspense until "the first tender
brought ashore its cargo of singing
Canadians.
25 years ago,
February 17, 1105 `
Ashfield and West Wawanosh Officials
discuss possible central school and
amalgamation, . no decisions are made—
The councils of Ashfield and West
Wawanoeh Townships the members of
Ashfield and West Townships,
School
Area Boards, members of St. Augustine
and Kingsbridge Separate School Boards
and Public School Inspector J.H. Kinhead
of Goderich met Monday night of this
Week. at the North Ashfield Central School
to discuss the future of elementary
education in the two townships.
No decisions were reached. The •
meeting was strictly one of discussion
with one of the most important topics be-
ing the construction of a central school to
handle pupils from both . Ashfield and
West Wawanosh Townships, Members of
the West Wawanosh and Ashfield School
Area Boards recently inspected several
large Central schools in the area with
this thought in mind. With . the trend in
elementary education definitely to larger
central school the two boards are looking
to the future in their planning.