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Times-Advocate, 1984-03-28, Page 14Pogo 14 ••r Times -Advocate, March 28, 1984 MAI'E A DATE TODAY FOR A MORE PRODUCTIVE TOMORROW • You and Allis Chalmers and Versatile have a Rendezvous with Productivity Thursday, March 29th Hensall Arena 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. G` You have a chance to win an Allis Chalmers Alui•014U.MERs. tractor for spring planting HYPE BROS. Hensall, (519)262-2605 Farm Computer "Hands -On -Day" This is an opportunity to see how com- puters can be useful management tools on the farm. We will have systems running at all times showing • Farm accounting' • Herd Audit • Sow Audit • MicroMixer (least cost feed rationing) • Crop Management (a must for cash croppers) • Market charting (charting system for commodities and futures markets) • Agristar • 24 hour access to worldwide marketing news. Talk to Wyoming, Ont. farmer Ken Smith, owner of a 120 sow farrow to finish operation which also finishes 700 head of cattle and has 700 acres of crop. Ken has been using 'a computer on his farm for two years for accounting, managing his swine herd, least cost food rationing for his cattle and for charting commodities and futures. When: Thurs., March 29 Time: 1 o'clock Place: Old Town Hall, AuditoriumExeter Nome Hardware Ratko lhack 110 Main St. N. 233.0800 FOUNDATION COATINGS Liquid Asphalt Coatings applied professionally by spray Free Estimates AT JUNIOR FARMERS SEMINAR — The South Huron Junior Farmers sponsored a computer seminar attheExeter Legion hall, Thursday. Shown at the Jerry MacLean and Son display are Murton Brock, Gary MacLean, Cliff Hicks and Carol Ritchie. You ain't seen nothin' yet, folks, to paraphrase Al Jolson. The recession may be eas- ing the tension in some areas of the economy but the pro- blems on the agricultural front are far from over. In his swan song to the On- tario Federation of Agriculture, Ralph Barrie said too many innocent farm families are getting hurt by the continuing recession. There are more farm bankruptcies than ever. In the first two months of this year, 114 farmers - up from 72 in the same period last year -- declared bankruptcy. Barrie resigned as presi- dent of the 25,600 -member OFA to become chairman of a committee set up to ex- amine the beef industry in On- tario and make recommenda- tions to the government. His words were echoed just last week by the Canadian Federation when spokesman -David Kirk said agriculture remains in a deep recession. Livestock prices are terrible and grain prices are not much better. It is difficult to refute the figures on bankruptcies com- piled by the Department of Consumer and Corporate Af- fairs. These figures do not in- clude the farmers who simp- ly walk away from their farm or those who sell out. Those stories about hog farmers walking into the bank and dropping the barn keys on the manager's desk with the words, "Okay, mister, you run the place," are coming true. Hog farmers are in a dread- ful mess. With prices, as this is written, hovering around the $62 -mark when $85 is the suggested break even point, it is no surprise to the agricultural community that hog farmers are desperate. The drop in beef consump- tion -- poor consumer demand -- is taxing thousands of beef farmers -into deep distress. When plenty of feed grain is available, farmers count on cheaper feed. But stocks are not that high and feed prices keep inching higher. Hog farmers may even get intosupply management, a quota system, which they have, for many years, avoid- ed. They may have no choice. The so-called red meat commission being chaired by Barrie is expected to come up with a stop -gap solution to some problems but it will be no panacea. And you can bet your fax rebate on that. Mr. Barrie has been an outspoken critic of both federal and provincial farm policies. i expect the new president, young Harry Pelissero, an egg and pullet producer from the Niagara Region, will be just as mili- tant as ili-tant.as Barrie. He had better be because farm problems are far from over. It is heartening to read about Chrysler's return to health and the automobile business in general floating in black ink again. When the automobile manufacturers are healthy, so is the steel in- dustry and literally hundreds of auxiliary businesses that depend on cars. But governments continue ne loot in the furrow BARN PAINTING Modern Equipment Local References • Work Guaranteed Airless Painting Book now for Spring Free Estimates CALL LES TURNER, CLINTON, ONT. 482-3563 br l ttl.,. wit tpp,e<,,led p, sob 1,011., fIdW Rd Elm„t Ooi 101 7C 1 to ignore one of the basic in- dustries in this country, an in- dustry with one of the greatest potentials for job creation and economic activi- ty, that of agriculture. These spokesmen for agriculture cannot. be ignored. There is still trouble in the boondocks. It certainly is not .going to be helped with the federal government preoc- cupied in choosing a new leader. Who at the federal level is going to stick his neck out at this point to help the beleaguered farmers? Not on your green cowboy hat, my friends. Farmers make up on- ly about five percent of the population and you don't get elected by five percent of the people. A 900d INSURANCE AGAINST CROP FAILURE 15 TILE DRAINAGE DON'T MISS A "good THING. SEE.. . 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