The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-09-20, Page 15Ministry will restructure marketing
BY ALICE GIBB
Ken Lantz, Ontario's
deputy ..minister , of
agriculture told members
of the Huron ,County
Federation of Agriculture
that the ministry is
restructuring their
marketing division in the
new future.
Mr. Lantz spoke to 50
members of the • local
federation at their
regional meeting held at
Huron Centennial School
in Brucefield last
Thursday.
The deputy minister
said the new farm
marketing development
branch will bring
together all the•functions
of marketing farm
products including the
export of marketing farm
products, including the
export. of Ontario
produce, domestic
marketing programs and
the Ontario Food
Council's Foodland
Ontario marketing
campaign.
Also the farm products
marketing board and the
Ontario. Milk Commission
will be merged to form a
one branch under a single
chairmanship.
The third change will
be to merge the in-
spection branches of the
two boards to eliminate
the duplication of quality
control services.
Mr. Lantz said the
changes will require new
legislation, which will be
passed when parliament
reconvenes after the
summer break,
The changes in the
ministry's marketing
division were originally
announced by
Agriculture Minister
William Newman at the
International Plowing
• Match media day held on
Thursday afternoon.
Mr. Lantz said the
revamping of the
marketing division will
"provide better co-
ordination and more
efficient ad-
ministration."
As well as announcing
the proposed changes in
marketing, the deputy
minister told federation
members that
agriculture is now big
business.
He said in 1977, $9
Lucl n►ow Sentinel, Wednesday, September 20, 1978-..P4,e. 15
billion worth of
agricultural products
were produced in Canada
and $3 billion of those
were grown in Ontario.
He said. Ontario has
traditionally produced
one third of the total
national agricultural
products.
Mr. Lantz said
mechanization means
farmers can operate
much larger units, while
narrower profit margins
have forced many far-
mers to increase the size
of their.operations.
The deputy minister
said in 1955, corn
production in the
province averaged 55
bushels per acre. By 1975,
it was averaging 92
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Area farm & home owners place
in Plowing Match competition
East Wawanosh Township farmstead
and home owners were the big winners
Sept. 6 at the International Plowing
Match Farmstead and Home Imprdve-
ment Competition .banquet in Brussels.
Seven East Wawanosh landowners re-
ceived recognition at the banquet for the
improvement or attractiveness of their
properties.
First place in the most attractive
farmstead class went to Mr. and Mrs.
Bradley Galbraith, RR .3, Wingham.
Their East Wawanosh farmstead beat
out the George Wheeler property at RR -5;
Brussels, and the Herman Terpstra
property at RR 3, Brussels:
In the most improved far! !stead class,
David and Jean Dinsmore, RR 1, Ford=
.wick, of Howick Township placed first.
Second place' was captured by Donald
`Pattison, RR 3, Wingham, of East Wawa -
nosh and third prize was won by. Frank •
Van Diepenbeek,RR 7, Lucknow, of. Ash-
field
shfield Township.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Merner, RR 3,
Zurich, had the most improved 'rural
dwelling and grounds. Second in • that
class were Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Look into
ownership..
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Pullen and Mery Smith.
The director for. West
Central Huron is Jim
McIntosh,R.R. 4,
Seaforth re-elected to the
board.
Convention delegates
for the area, which in-
cludes Stanley,
Tuckersmith and
Goderich Townships, are
Walter McIiwain, Jack
McGregor and Jack
Tebbutt.
The director .dor South
Huron is Rick Grenier,
R.R. 1, Dashwood,
elected to this office for
the first time. -
Cgnvention delegates
for - the area, which. in-
cludes Stephen, Usborne,
and Hay Townships are
Andy Durand, Allan
Walper and Glen Miller.
The alternates are Sim
Patterson, Roger Ratz
and Doug Lightfoot.
Each region in the
county can send one'
director and three
delegates to the con-
mention
on-.vention in Hamilton,
which will be attended by
over 400 delegates from
Cross the province
Scotchmer of RR 3, Bayfield. Third prize
went to Mr. and Mrs. Ross -Cooke, RR 1,
Kirkton.
Joseph Ditsch of RR 3, Brussels, won
the most attractive rural or uban dwel-
ling class with his home, while Glen
Scheifele's East Wawanosh (RR 5, Wing -
ham) home captured second. Third went
to Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bennett, 95 Patricia
Street E., Wingham.
Runners-up - in the most improved
farmstead category were: Norman
Coulte"s, RR 5, Wingham ; Cletus Dalton,
RR 7, Lucknow ; Keith Johnson, RR 2,
Bluevale; Grant Webster, RR 1, Varna;
and May. Scott, RR 3, Blyth.
Runners-up in the most attractive
farmstead were: Bob Carter, RR1i 3,
Blyth; Mr. and Mrs. William Turnbull,
Box 144, Brussels; Case Postma, RR 4,
Clinton; Fred Meier; 'RR 4, Brussels; and
Hank Haasnoot, RR 3, Brussels.
About 300 attended the farmstead and
-home improvement banquet and dance,
Which was held at the Brussels, Morris
and Grey Community Centre.
Ontario Plowmen's Association, local
plowing match committee members and
area politicians were speakers at the;
banquet, which was the first major event
of IPM '78. Local IPM committee chair-'
man Howard Datars noted that one of his'
group's jobs is to worry about how;
organization of the plowing match pro-!
gresses. The farmstead and home im-1
provement committee `-`came through'
with flying colors", he said.
!
OPA secretary -manager Ed Starr
noted that one of the greatest reasons the
plowing match changes locations each
year rather than stay in one place is they
farmstead and home improvernent'
competition. He said that long after a,
plowing match has been held in a county,,
the .improvement undertaken by farmi
and houseowners can be seen. '
Huron County warden Gerry Ginn said
that the spirit shownin the hall of the'
Brussels, Morris and Grey Community!
Centre gave him reasons to suspect that':
there is a growing "epidemic" in the
county which he called "plowing match
fever".
Special plaques and color.photographs
of their farmsteads 'or homes were given
to- each competitor in the competition.!
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