Times-Advocate, 1986-07-02, Page 12SERVING BEEF — Christine Taziar looks on as John Simpson carves
beef of Saturday's barbecue at the Kirkton-Woodham Community
Centre. T -A photo
Allevents well attended
highly sv��essf vlPork CongrOSS
The City of Stratford received its Ontario. Dr. Harry Brightwell, M.P. with entries from London, Stratford,
annual injection of pork people and Wingham and Sarnia. Ross Daily and
other dignitaries on June 16,17,18 and his daughter Alethea from CKPL TV
19. Restaurants, hotels, and motels in London, was the winner of the
were displaying the tasteful pork pro- Cook -Off, with a very impressive
motional material so that everyone disp1ay.of barbequed "Pork Schnitzel -
was thinking of Pork' Perhaps in display
sympathy with the festive mood, the
price of pork reached new heights.
Timely rain on Monday helped bring
pork farmers out of the fields and in-
to Stratford in huge numbesr.
The congress really started on Mon-
day with the judging of pig art at 2:00
p.m. and the Breeding Stock at 3:00
p.m. The purebreds were judged this
year by a team of experts made up of
Bob Robson from Maple, Bob Robin-
son from Walton, and Jim Wilkins
from Woodstock. The supreme grand
champion boar was a Duroc, ex-
hibited by Andreas Schertzer of
Tecumseh, Murray Junker exhibited
the supreme grand champion female
and the grand champion Fl (YxL)
gilts, open gilts was exhibited by Da -
joy Farms from Woodstock, a
newcomer to this competition.
The 1986 Ontario Pork Congress
was officially opened by Jack Riddell,
Minister of Agriculture and Food for t
No one was more hostile than I was
when the news broke that
Dreamstreet Holsteins had received
a $10 million tax credit from the
government for a research project
that was questionable.
The grant was to go to RedGen
Holstein Research Inc., the Canadian
Dreamstreet project, to find out
whether black -and -white Holsteins
were better producers than red -and -
white Holsteins. I said at the time the
idea was as stupid as trying to find out
whether zebras were black animals
with white stripes or white animals
with black stripes.
Nothing in recent history stirred up
more antipathy and outrage than the
red -black Dreamstreet controversy.
In my travels around the country,
nobody spoke in favor. The Universi-
ty of Guelop pooh-poohed the project.
The Ontario Milk Marketing Board,
surely an organization with a great
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demned the plan. Even Holsteins
Canada, the breed organization, was
not enthusiastic.
The Ontario Federation of
Agriculture also rejected the project
outright.
To its credit, RedGen Holstein
Research Inc. has come through with
an entirely new project to earn the $10
million tax credit. The research will
be done through the University of
Guelph and only if the project meets
some stiff conditions. Dreamstreet --
or RedGen – is now talking about
three research possibilities: genetic
studies to enable dairy farmers to
make more rapid selection of
superior cattle; advances in embryo
transfer; and a study of the metablic
traits of young animals as they relate
to productivity.
The company has agreed to make
the final project acceptable to
Agminister John Wise, who was also
against the original proposal, to the
university and to Holsteins Canada.
Larry Milligan, dean of research at
the University of Guelph, has in-
dicated the draft proposals could be
made acceptable.
I have never thought of myself as
a Yankee -baiter but it seems I have
been doing just that too many times
in this corner in the last few months.
I am still not convinced freer trade
will benefit any si*ctor of the Cana-
dian economy, especially agriculture.
And I would still be- wary of
Dreamstreet. The company's main
business in the United States is
breeding and marketing purebred
Holsteins. The company is known
around the world for selling Holsteins
wherever it can. Until now, the com-
pany's main thrust has been selling
cattle, not research.
Suddenly, the selling and
marketing of tattle is not the big con-
cern. It's now research.
A $10 -million grant is certainly
enough to change anybody's ideas.
Paul Flemming, Dreamstreet vice-
president, and Frank Wood, president
of U.S. Dreamstreet, have both gone
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on record as saying the focus in
Canada, at the Bright -area farms
near Woodstock, will be on research.
At the Dreamstreet farms in New
York, Pennsylvania and California,
the focus is on sales.
If the researchers at the Universi-
ty of Guelph can hammer out a
suitable project, Canadian farmers
need all the research help they can
get.
And the project should be in com-
plete charge of the university.
Then the $10 million of your money
will be well spent.
GRADUATES — Michael Jones,
son of Mervin Jones, Walton and
the late Joan Jones, grandson of
Edna Weber, Exeter, graduated
from Conestoga College, Guelph
as a Welding Engineering Techni-
cian and is currently employed by
Babcock Wilcox, Cambridge.
Clandeboye
The Clandeboye Women's Institute
bus trip, Tuesday, took us on a tour
of Sarnia, a visit to the art galleries,
a two hour boat ride on the St. ('lair
river, including lunch on the boat,
then on to the Petrolia and Oil Springs
area with a tour of the oil museum.
Supper at the Kenwick Mall at
Strathroy completed the day. Many
thanks to convener Hazel Cunn-
ingham for an interesting day despite
the cool weather conditions.
Margaret Ilettrick- of Kirkland
Lake is visiting with Jean Hodgins
and family.
Congratulations to Monica Rosch
whose marriage to William Paw. of
DuBouis, Nebraska, took place in St.
Patrick's Church, Biddulph, on Satur-
day. The young couple will reside in
Nebraska.
Alan and Ruth Hill were Wagon
Masters for the Canadian Motor
Home Club held at hock Glen on the
holiday weekend.
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for Perth, brought greetings from the
FederalGovernment and Mayor Ted
Blowes brought greetingsfrom the ci-
ty of Stratford. In his opening
remarks, Riddell announced an ex-
tensive pork industry assistance pro-
gram, designed to hep the producers
and industries produce - more effi-
ciently. Over 50 million dollars will be
injected into the Industry in the next
five years, and this money will help
everyone from the primary producer
right through to the packers and
retailers.
As usual, the Tuesday program was
full from beginning to end. However,
the hours were extended to 9:00 p.m.
for the convenience of busy Pork Pro-
ducers. Other activities included the
judging competiton, pork cutting
demonstration and a fashion show.
The 4-H juding competition was won
by Kent County.
Bright sunny weather and
refreshing temperatures enhanced
the activities at the outside booths as
pork producers once again were
earnestly shopping for the latest
technolgoical developments. Visitors
who enjoyed the delicious pork treats
such as the famous smoked pork
chops on a bun, had the opportunity
to purchase these products by the
boxfull from a specially equipped
freezer van.
The educational program -received
an added boost this year as producers
were keen to pick up anything that
would increase efficiency. The main
guest speaker was Dr. Vernon
Fowler, Head of Applied Pig
Research at the Rowett Institute,
Aberdeen, Scotland, who suggested
some interesting variations of weaner
pig nutrition. Other speakers talked
about many aspects of weaner pig
housing and health. Betty Small from
Hamilton, provided the popular Pro-
ducer Profile.
The pig art and the carcass sale
was very popular again. Val
Lounsburg sold her oil painting entitl-
ed "3 Little Pigs -- Then and Now" to
Canada Packers for $500.00. The
grand champion carcass exhibited by
Hartemink Farms of Aylmer, sold for
over $1,500, with the ham going to
Ralston Purina for -$22.00 per lb.; the
loin going to Grand Valley Fortifiers
for $25.00 per lb.; and the bacon go-
ing to Andreas Schertzer for $41.00
per lb.
The highlight of the Wednesday
program was the feeder pig show and
sale. Everett Forkner from Richards,
Missouri did an excellent job of plac-
ing the many high quality entries.
Ivan and Ann Roobroeck of Gadshill,
exhibited the Grand Champion
Feeder Pigs which were sold to Shur -
Gain for $200.00 each. Once again, the
celebrity cook -off was well attended,
Bob.'
The awards banquet in the market
annex was a gala affair, where over
300 guests paid tribute to the over 20
pork producers who contributed most
to their counties in the last year. The
Pork Industry Leadership Award was
presented to Don McLean for his
many contributions to the Pork In-
dustry in Qntario. Don was in-
strumental in starting the Ontario
Pork Congress, and his achievement
in the Industry through Quality Swine
are well documented.
On Thursday, under cloudy skies,
lighter crowds had ample time to
leisurely browse through the exhibits.
Points of interest for the final day of
the Congress was the Exhibitor's
Breakfast, the judging of Market Bar-
rows, Truckload Lot, the Ontario
Junior Swine shomanship cofnpeti-
tion, the sale of market barrows and
the microwave cooking demopstra-
tion put on by Thora Dolan of tbe On-
tario Pork Producers' Marketing
Board. Rob Miller from Kenwood won
the grand champion showmanship
award, and Allan Hargrave won the
reserve grand championship. ,John
Peter'Van Haren from Ridgetown ex-
hibited the champion live market bar-
row. Kristen Stein from Tavistock
won the grand champion junior bar-
row. This barrow, which weighed 199
lb. sold for $12.00 per Ib. to Nuhn In-
dustries, Sebringville..
The executive of the Ontario Pork
Congress would like to thank the par-
ticipants, the volunteers, the Strat-
ford Agricultural Society, and the Ci-
ty of Stratford for their fine co-
operation this year. Overall, there
were between 11,000 and 12,000 peo-
ple, and we look forward to another
successful year in 1987.
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RECOGNIZED — Over 400 cooperators from the agricultural industry
who helped with research, teaching and ex\tensiorr programs were
honored at the annual OAC banquet at the University of Guelph cam-
pus. The feast was followed by greetings and messages of apprecia-
tion from University chancellor Wm. A. Stewart, president Burt Mat-
thews, dean Freeman McEwen and OMAF deputy minister Clayton
Switzer. Attending the banquet from this, area li�,ere Andrew Dixon,
left, RR 2 Ailsa Craig, and Ginger and Bill Web4r, RR 3 Dashwood.
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