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Times-Advocate, 1982-04-21, Page 161 Times -Advocate, April 21, 1982 ,wa STAKING OUT PLOW MATCH. AREAS — Thursday members of the Ontario Plowmen's Association and the Mid- dlesex committee were at the site of the 1982 International Plowing Match near Lucan staking out the various areas. Kneeling in front is Tented City chairman Mert Culbert. Standing from the left are assistant OPA manager Peter Fleming, Middlesex committee vice-chairman Bill Frank, OPA president Weldon Burrill, Middlesex com- mittee vice-chairman Don McLean, host farmer Allan Scott and Middlesex committee chairman Jack McNamara. nefootintIie !UI7OW' bOffy prices increased, it was the farmer who got blamed. Not so any more. The recent moves by , the major supermarkets in this country .to concentrate their buying power is another step along the way to educating con- sumers that it is not farmers who get the big bucks when food prices go up. The reason he wanted the agriculture portfolio, he said, was because it offered the biggest challenge. . He spent his last four years in the health ministry which spends 30 cents of every tax dollar collected by the province. Compared to agriculture which gets somewhere between a cent and a cent -and -a -half of the tax dollar, it's peanuts. But it certainly presents a great challenge. If he can squeeze more from the province than his recent predecessors, he will be doing a better job than Bette Stephenson has been able to get for education, once one of Premier Bill's big buck ministries. He has pledged to co- operate with the federal government on any plan which will help support and stabilize farm prices. He is also hot on improving the export trade for Ontario farmers as well as trying to reduce imports of food. Although the farm population has plunged down to four percent of the population, farmers still continue to contribute more to the economy than they ever did, a tribute to their productivity. He has said on a number of occasions something which I have believed for dozens of years: When agriculture is healthy, the rest of the economy is healthy. "If the agricultural in- dustry is not going to be strong in this province, Ontario is not going to be strong," he told a group of farmers recently. All the more reason why a strong man is needed in the portfolio he so recently accepted. Born on a farm near Kingston, he has not been close to the land for a number of years. He is young - only 36 - and articulate. He has been a bright light in the provincial Cabinet for more l.atrs lot adpr.aaled by Sob Trotter Eldale Rd Elmrr. Om N39 ?C Delayed opinion: Dennis agminister. Timbrell will make a good A great many observers of - You can't lose when you buy Crop.lnsurance - On good years you build up equity, - On poor years, you are protected; But, every year you have peace of mind. For. Details Call: Donald Weigand RR 1 Dashwood 237-3418 After May 1st You're On Your Own the farm scene had grave misgivings when Timbrell was appointed minister of agriculture and food for the province. They saw him as a bright young city boy with little interest in farming - no manure on his shoes - who was trying to make a name' for himself in provincial politics. He may be doing just that but I met him a couple of weeks ago and was im- pressed. He seems honest and straight forward. And he certainly is bright. He 'has already got a good grasp of his new portfolio. He has organized the ministry along different lines after only a few weeks and the changes appear to be in the right direction. He has already promised more money for tile drain loans in the province for this year and said he would try to increase it in subsequent years. He believes that many urban people do sympathize with the plight of farmers, something I have been trying to promote for a dozen years. Not too long ago, when food NOTICE Hr -TEST READY MIX LTD. announces they have now joined with C.A. McDowell Ready Mix, Exeter to give you added service and years of combined experience in quality concrete production and delivery. Hy -Test, with its plants in Forest and Clinton and now with the Exeter plant are able to give add- ed services and products to areas within a 20 mile radius of each plant. Take advantage of this EXETER PLANT OPINING CONCRETE SPECIAL (from now until May 31) EXAMPLE 20 MPA only $55.50 per cubic metre (metric price) 3000 PSI Only $42.45 per cubic yd. 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The progressive producer and breeder needs to think in terms of what is needed five years from now for profit and satisfaction to those engaged in the dairy business. The goals of your dairy herd must be closely laid out and designed to maximum on milk production and provide for sound functional type. Listed below are some impor- tant points to consider when analyzing how profitable your cows are: A. Production - Year after year milk production showing "profit at least double feed costs." B. Type - Need cows with strong constitution to com- CN can only close part of area line A decision released Thurs- day ,by the Canadian transport commission to allow Canadian National Railways to close only a por- tion of an 83 -kilometre section of track between Lucan and Sarnia has left one of the ob- jectors to the closing with a sense of "reserved happiness." Peter Twynstra of RR 1, Ailsa Craig, was one of 12 per- sons at a commission hearing in November, 1981, who op- posed CN's plans to close the Lucan-to-Sarnia freight spur because it was losing money. Informed Thursday night of the commission's decision to allow CN to close a 36 -kilometre (20 -mile) section between Forest and Sarnia, Twynstra said his initial feel- ingrris of some reserved hap- piness. At least we have a se- cond chance now." The second chance was a reference to a second part of the decision affecting the Forest-to-Lucan section of the line. Althoughthecommissior did not grant the railway .per- missiortto close that section, the situation is to be review- ed in two years. Twynstra, owner of Great Canadian Bean Co., told the commission in November his firm had shipped 37 carloads of beans and planned to ship more on the spur. He said Thursday he does have access to other modes of transporta- tion but they are more expen- siveithan rail. Twynstra said he hopes CN uses the two years to improve its marketing techniques for than a decade and has handled difficult portfolios with ease and maturity. Maybe farmers do not need an experienced farmer as agriculture . minister. Certainly the major problems in farming revolve around economics rather than productivity. Maybe he is just what Ontario farmers need. Maybe their present agminister will someday be premier of Ontario. HONDA Engines Quiet & Reliable 3-5-5-7-1 OHP Sold & Serviced by Cecil R. Squire Sales & Service Repair Shop Equipment 92 Waterloo St. Exeter 235-0465 the spur. CN officials testified the line had lost about $1 million between 1976 and 1980 and they forecast the situa- tion would not improve. However, Twynstra said he believed the line could be made profitable if cars were available when customers re- quested them and the schedule was improved. Among those opposing the proposed closure of the spur last fall were municipal representatives from Mid- dlesex and Lambton counties, MP Ralph Ferguson (PC— Lambton-Middlesex ), businessmen and farmers. Ferguson told the commis- sion, the proposal would seriusly damage and "effec- tively strangle" a number of agricultural businesses depending on rail transporta- tion to get their products out for export. "It would also seriously im- pede efforts to attract new in- dustries and maintain ex- isting ones, as well as make bedroom. communities of many viable small towns." Forest Mayor Ron Dodge said Thursday the decision to close a portion of the line was "what I expected. I'm still happy we have the line to Lucan open. The Sarnia -to -Forest sec- tion has not been used for freight for several years but maintenance of the eastern section of track means Forest has an added feature to draw ir.dustry. MILONNIA ONTRACTORS Ltd. 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