The Rural Voice, 1981-10, Page 23Pork meeting
at Formosa
A committee formed to study the Bruce
County Pork Industry reported to a
meeting at the Formosa Community
Centre recently on the problems of the
pork industry and the supply management
issue.
The Committee members are Keith
Weedon, Ian Clarke, Harry Benninger.
Harold Poechman, Don Forester and
Wayne Robertson.
The report consisted of date and general
information already known to most
producers and was received with little
enthusiasm. Several producers voiced
their objections to the broad aspect of the
report and lack of real "meat" in the
results. Their needs seemed to run to
more significant and concrete proposals to
their present dilemna.
The Committee members rebutted with
statements that they were not qualified to
do extensive research and that the
purpose of the committee was to deter-
mine the feelings of producers on supply
management. Mark MacAuley, the Bruce
County representative for the provincial
board stated several times that counties
cannot implement changes on their own.
Some members felt since Ontario is not
overproducing pork, and actually is 4 per
cent under the provincial requirements,
Natural F
Ontario Natural Farmers met this year
at the farm of Norman and Vera Lamont,
north of Pinkerton. The 150 acre farm has
115 workable acres and 10 acres of bush.
The fields and rolling pastures have never
that supply management would not be the
answer. Another contentious issue was
the cost of production. A formula would be
worked on by an independent agency and
most producers realized that pork had to
stay competitive in the red meat market.
Trying to incorporate the high interest
rate and new buildings would put the cost
of production to levels where pork would
lose its desirability on the market place.
The issue of supply management was
debated at great length and was finally put
to a vote.
Supply management for pork producers
in Bruce County was supported by a
majority.
Students tour Underwood farms
Jim and George Underwood [left] are introduced to the University ol. Guelph ag.
students by Stan Young, Co-ordinator of Agric. Extension, prior (0 a tour of the
Underwood farms and broiler barns.
armers meet at Lamont farm
had chemical fertilizers or herbicides used
on them.
Norman milks around 20 Holstein cows.
shipping over 90,000 litres a year. Most of
his cow are bred to an Angus bull and
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their calves are sold as yearlings. He
breeds some of his cows Al and also buys
some replacements.
The Lamonts grow their own mixed
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HOW IT WORKS;
20" disc. blades, mounted on individual pivots, are
rotated by hydraulic motors to cut bean plants off
below ground surface. Each pivot -mounted section
rests on two depth wheels. Two or three windrows
are produced, depending on the number of blades.
The Smyth Bean Cutter can be mounted on the front
or on the rear of a tractor. This compact machine is
not bothered by mud or trash.
Canada's first rotary bean cutter is a product of
the George Smyth Welding and Machine Shop.
THE FIRST NEW IDEA IN BEAN
PULLING'iN 70 YEARS
SMYTN
Welding and
Machine Shop
RR 2, Auburn, Ontario (519) 529-7212
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