The Rural Voice, 1980-12, Page 5LETTERS
Objection!
I read the guest column by Ruth Jackson (Rural Voice,
October). I wonder when she got the job if she tendered for it?
Did she state how many hours she would work and what would
be accomplished? Was she the lowest tender or bidder for her
job?
How many cars does G.M. make without knowing the price?
How many tractors does M.F. make and put on the market to
the highest bidder?
What manufacturer, when he finds his yard full of equipment
that is slow selling, accepts a price 40% below cost so he can
move it, and does he still continue to make more?
What labourer goes to work in industry or construction without
knowing the wage and the benefit he will receive?
How many office and white collar workers lower their
expectations to get the job when they find there are more people
than jobs?
What difference is there between a labourer withdrawing his
service to get a better deal, than a farm food producer cutting his
production when he finds that it cost him more to produce it
than he can get in the glorious competitive market. That can be
manipulated by the buyers. Why shouldn't a farmer know what
the price of his commodity is going to be?
He then can decide if it can be produced for that. We on the
farm must sell to the highest bidder then take that money and
pay what is asked for what we need. There is not one supplier
that I can tell what I will give him and expect to get the item
needed. There are people who think farmers live off government
cheques.
Maybe it is time for a government agency to purchase all the
livestock we produce. The price could be negotiated years in
advance. We would know then if it would be profitable or not.
I know that profit has become a dirty ti ord to some people, but
to farmers, profit is what we feed and clothe our families with!
We cannot continue to borrow money from the banks to
purchase our household needs.
It seems that those who are secure in their well paying jobs
have more time to complain about what someone else wants and
needs.
Some time they should consider those who are trying to make
ends meet on their own, or working for the minimum wages.
Sincerely
John Ridgeway
R.R. 6 Mount Forest
A hare -raising story
I would like to suggest a topic for articles to appear in your
magazine. My husband raises rabbits for meat and this industry
has not been given a fair coverage it deserves. More people
should know about meat rabbits and their nutritional quality.
What other animal can be shipped to market between the ages
of 8-10 weeks?
Appetizing recipes that accompany each article would help
encourage people to try it.
The rabbit market is slack and needs promotion. With the high
cost of all other meats, and the percentage of their waste, ex. fat
and bone, rabbit is by far the best buy.
Please look into doing articles as people need to know rabbits
are more than just "cute, cuddly animals." They are a meat
animal just like cattle and pigs.
Did you know rabbit tastes like chicken?
Yours Truly
Mrs. Larry Haynes
R.R. 2
Lakeside, Ontario
HOEGY
FARM SUPPLY LTD.
Brodhagen, Ontario
Tel. 345-2941
After hours 345-2243
*BARN WASHING
AND DISINFECTING
Spraying with CARBOLA
whitens and disinfects as it dries
*CATTLE SPRAYING
For Lice and
warble control.
•Seaforth
•Brodhagen
•Dublin
Mitchell
THE RURAL VOICE/DECEMBER 1980 PG. 3