The Rural Voice, 1978-10, Page 19n
$6/Ib. steak predicted
Eating steak could be a costly process in
1979 if the prediction of Art Dilworth
comes true. Mr. Dilworth recently said that
the best cuts of steak may cost $6 a pound
or more in 12 to 18 months.
Mr. Dilworth, manager of the livestock
division of Manitoba Pool Elevators in
Winnipeg said that if cows and heifers
increasingly are kept on the farms instead
of being sent for slaughter, there will be "a
fairly acute shortage of beef."
Three supermarket chains -- Miracle
Food Marts, Dominion Stores Ltd. and
Ioblaws Ltd., recently reduced their beef
prices stating that they were passing along.
savings to consumers as a result of a drop
in wholesale beef prices.
Charles Gracey, manager of the
Canadian Cattlemen's Association said the
food chains are setting short-term price
policies, while Dilworth is speculating
about long-term trends.
Dilworth's prediction seems un-
realistically high, Gracey said.
Gracey said he would be surprised to see
an average 10 per cent increase in beef
prices in the next year.
He said the market is nearing the end of a
three-year surplus in beef production -- a
time when cattlemen have refrained from
increasing the size of their herds. As
demand continues or increases and as
supply drops. the price of beef will rise.
Gracey said.
Farmsteads win
IPM contest
Winners of the Farmstead Improvement
Contest held as part of the International
Plowing Match are in order of placing:
Most Improved Farmstead - David and
Jean Dinsmore, K.K.#1, Fordwich; Donald
Patterson, R.R.#3, Wingham; Frank Van
Diepenbeek, R.R.#7, Lucknow; Norman
Coultes, R.R.#5, Wingham; Cletus Dalton,
R.R.#7, Lucknow; Keith Johnson, R.R.#2,
Bluevale; Grant Webster, R.R.#1, Varna;
May Scott, R.R.#3, Blyth.
Most Improved Rural Dwelling and
grounds: Mr. and Mrs. Larry Merner,
R.R.#3, Zurich; Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Scotchmer, R.R.#3, Bayfield; Mr. and Mrs.
Ross Cooke, R.R.#1, Kirkton, Ontario.
Most Attractive Farmstead (already
improved): Bradley Galbraith, R.R.#3,
Wingham; George Wheeler, R.R.#5,
Brussels; Herman Terpstra, R.R.#3,
Brussels; Bob Carter, R.R.#3, Blyth; Mr.
and Mrs. William Turnbull, Box 144,
Brussels; Case Postma, R.R.#4, Clinton;
Fred Meier, K.R.#4, Brussels; Hank
Haasnoot, R.R.#3, Brussels.
Most Attractive Urban Dwelling
(already improved): Joseph Ditsch,
R.R.#3, Brussels; Glen Scheifele, R.R.#5,
Wingham; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bennett, 95
Patricia Street East, Wingham.
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