The Wingham Advance-Times, 1972-08-24, Page 10Page 2—The Wingham Advance -Times, Thursday, August'24, 1972
Milk marketing board
waives pendity clauses
At a special meeting of the On-
tario Milk Marketing Board, held
last week members of the Board
agreed that penalty clauses for
quotas covering milk production
in certain Eastern Ontario areas,
where cattle feed crops have
been affected by adverse weather
conditions, would be waived for a
determined period.
This move followed a survey
made in eleven Eastern Ontario
counties by the vice chairman of
the Board, Kenneth McKinnon
and Board Member, Grant
Smith.
Effective immediately, the
quota penalty clausesthey ap-
ply to the Group I Pool (fluid
milk) program and the Market -
Sharing program (industrial
milk) will be waived for milk
producers in the Counties of Rus-
sell, Dundas, Prescott, Stormont
andGlengarry, as well as to pro-
ducers in the Townships of Glou-
cester, Osgoode and North Gower
in Carleton Cour and the Town-
ships of South GovVei, Edwards -
burgh and Oxford in Grenville
County.
In these areas, stipulated, by
the Board as being • severely hit
by extreme weather conditions
including -,heavy rainfalls, the
penalty clause for the Group I
Rae Gowdy
is chairman
A meeting was held in Gorrie
Legion Hall to organize the How -
ick and Turnberry Liberal Asso-.
ciation. Rae Gowdy stepped up
from vice chairman to chairman;
Peter Keil of Gorrie was elected
vice chairman and Miss Laura
Inglis, RR 1, Clifford was elected
secretary.
Poll chairman for the Township
of Turnberry is Jack Willits and
the following poll captains were
appointed: No. 1, Lloyd Case -
more, Wingham; No. 2, Alex Cor-
rigan; No. 3, Jack Willits; No: 4,
Mrs. Don. Wallace.
Murray Gaunt, MPP for
'Huron -Bruce was present at the.
meeting and spoke briefly.
Jack Willits introduced Charlie
Thomas, Liberal candidate for
the Huron riding and give him the
opportunity to field some ques=
tions from the floor. Answering a
question concerning expanding
welfare programs, Mr. Thomas
..agreed that the incentive for
people to work must. be .kept
alive. Too much welfare causes
people to abuse it. He stated that
the Liberal Party tentatively
plans to review the welfare pro-
grams and make adjustments
wherever necessary.
At the conclusion of the meet-
ing lunch was served and a social
time enjoyed.
Calf club holds
final Meeting
With fall fairs close at hand,
members of the Howick Beef Calf
Club were given a demonstration
by Barry Gibson, who displayed
the art of being a good fair show-
man at, the •club's final meeting.
It was held August 9th at the farm
of Bill Hutchison..,
Minutes of the previous meet-
ing were read by secretary Steve
Edgar and a class of mature
steers was judged. A discussion
of common diseases and external
parasites and a short quiz were
held.
Lunch was served following the
adjournment of the meeting.
Pool quota program will be
waived until June 1, 1973, and for
the Market -Sharing quota pro-
gram until the end of the 1972-1973
dairy year.
With regard to the six other
counties surveyed, it was agreed
that, while conditions may now
be difficult or could deteriorate
for some individual producers,
they were not of the same cata-
strophic nature as in the areas al-
ready mentioned. As time pro-
ceeds, the Board felt it would be
in a better position to make a
more realistic assessment of in-
dividual cases, and plans to deal
with any additional waiver of the
penalty clause on that basis. In
these instances the Board will be
working closely with its County
Milk Committees.
Similar consideration will be
given on an individual basis to
other milk producers in the Prov-
ince who have experienced cata-
strophic weather conditions.
In addition, the Board has
made representations to the Ca-
nadian Dairy Commission in Ot-
tawa to consider' the waiving of
its penalty clause as it applies' to
Federal dairy subsidy eligibility
quotas.
It was also the Board's decision
to determine if there were other
ways in which it could help to al-
leviate the difficulties of produ-
cers in the areas concerned, par-
ticularly with the view to retain-
ing as much as possible of the
milk pro€ctiion in these predom-
inantly dairy farming sections of
the province.
Gilmer reunion
GORRIE — The descendants of
the late William Gilmar and
Rachel Wynn met at•the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Sanderson
for their 1972 reunion with 54 at-
tending. The members of the
original family present were Ed
Gilmar, Mrs. Joseph Sanderson,
Mrs. James Hoey and Mrs. Wil-
fred Browne.
The games were aranged by -
Lauranne Sanderson and Glen
Brunskill.
Those attending were from
Sundridge, Orangeville, Toronto,
Burlington, Ancaster, London,
Wingham, Wroxeter and - sur --
rounding -district.
Wroxeter
Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Attwell and '
family of South March called on
Mr. and Mrs. Alex Petrie last
week.
Mrs. George Allan, David and
Sara of Sarnia, and Mr. and Mrs.
Dick Allan, Toronto, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Mac Allan at the Week-
end. -
Miss Ada Norman,. Galt, and
Mrs. Reg Clark, Simcoe, were
guests the early part of last week
with Mr. and Mrs. Vern Clark.
Mr. and Mrs. Brian Manuel,
Seaforth, visited their aunt, Miss
Hazel Spading,,Sunday evening.
Mrs. Wallace Matthews ac-
companied Mr. and.' Mrs. Bev
Boyce, Laura Marie and Nadine .
of Brantford to visit the former's
son, Mr. and Mrs. Craig Mat-
thews, Star Lake, Manitoba, and
returned home Sunday evening'.
Miss Millie Miller, Moorefield;
and Miss Hazel Sparling spent
Thursday in London.
Mrs. Kate Griffith is a patient
in Wingham and District Hospital
following a fall at her home Sat-
urday evening.
Seventh Annual
BEAN
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SIT. AtIGUST1E;
Pa.cak. aid Sewage Breakfast Commencing at 8 a.m.
HOME COOKED BEANS — FAMOUS STREET MARKET
Bean Queen Contest
Dance In The Arena Saturday Night
e. dI. uot4 gate4itheotsal Mialueeut 104 kids
BE SURE TO VISIT GREEN ACRES
DEMAND AND SUPPLY will ultimately set the price of beef, says Bill Coultes, RR 5,
Brussels, well-known, beef man who believes most farmers will not be too concerned about
the announced banning of the substance DES as a growth stimulator. The ban announced
by the federal government follows a similar ban announced by the United States. Actual
production costs might rise to $10-$12 per carcass,' some have estimated. (Staff Photo)
.Gaunt criticizes Gov't
Asks Eastern Ont. farm lands
be- declared as disaster area
Murray Gaunt, MPP Huron -
Bruce, the Liberal agriculture
critic has called for the Ontario
Government to designate East-
ern Ontario farm lands a disaster
area.
"The heavy rainfall in the 'past
two months in South Carleton,
Dundas, Prescott -Russell and
Glengarry Counties means that
most of the crops in those areas
are without harvest potential,"
he stated. He noted that many
farmers have already started to
.sell their cattle herds as they
cannot afford to purchase feed.
"I have been told that hay is
selling at $1.50 per bale in some
areas," Mr. Gaunt said, "which
is beyond the reach of all far-
finers."
W. A. Stewart,' the Minister of
Agriculture has toured the area
'and is aware of the problem, but
Mr. Gaunt is critical of the On-
tario Government's offer to
match any funds raised locally.
"Any funds raised locally would
just be peanuts," he said, "and
the federal government is ham-
strung as they cannot inject funds
into the area unless the provin-
cial government declares it a dis-
aster area."
In addition, he called on the On-
tario Government to subsidize
transportation costs for hay
shipped from Western Ontario to
the East. "The hay is available in
the West, but the Eastern Ontario
farmer cannot be expected to
bear the cost of transportation."
Mr. Gaunt indicated that an ex-
change program has been dis-
cussed among the farmers
whereby dairy herds in the East
would be shipped to Western On-
tario farmers who would feed
thein and care for them until next
spring in return for the milk pro-
duced. "In this way the farmer
would not be faced with the enor-
mous cost of acquiring a new
herd next year," he said. "I un-
derstand the Milk Board is sym-
pathetic to waiving the quotas to•
accommodate such a system, but
the government must be instru-
mental in establishing such a
program. Many rules would have .v
to be established to make it work,
such as who would bear the cost if
a calf or cow were lost over the
winter."
Mr. Gaunt also attacked the
Crop Insurance Program pres-
ently administered by the prov-
ince. "The insurance doesn't
cover existing crops . which
cannot be harvested due to condi-
tions such as we've had this year,
and when a crop loss does qualify
the payment is only sufficient to
recover the original investment
in seed and labor.. The lost in-
come must be borne by the
farmer. The whole Crop Insur-
ance Program needs to be re-
viewed and revised."
"Many farmers will endure
great financial hardship this year
and the shortages will be re-
flected in consumer prices and
still the Davis Government does
nothing, except continue to pour
money into 'things like Ontario
Place which lost $2 million last
year and is now headed toward
greater' financial. disaster.'
Personal Notes from Corrie
Richard. Pearce and friend of
Wheatley are visiting his grand-
mother, Mrs. Victor Stockton.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wade and
Kathy of Pointe Claire, Que.,
spent the weekend with Mrs. Nor-
man Wade.
Mrs; Beverley. Currah returned
home -Saturday from Kitchener -
'Waterloo Hospital.
Mrs. James McKercher of
Rosetown, Sask., is visiting rela-
tives in the community. •
• Miss Mary Beth Sanderson is
spending the week in Kincardine.
David Geiger of Tralee is visit-
ing at the home of Mrs. Stanley
Lennox.
Mrs. John Baylor attended the
memorial service at 'Trinity
Lutheran Church, Kurtzville on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Jamie-
son, Goderich, spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McIn-
nes. Mr. and Mrs. John McInnes
and family of Bluevale visited
Saturday evening at the same
home;
Mrs. Max Abram of Kitchener
spent a couple of days with Mrs.
Wilford King:
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Robinson,
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Haskins, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Gibson and Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Gowdy attended
the 25th wedding anniversary of
Ex -warden Donald and Mrs. Mc-
Kenzie, held in Brookside Public
School, Ashfield Township, on
Saturday evening.
Recent visitors with . Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar Dane were Rev. and
Mrs. .Elmer Taylor of Beams-
vilie, Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Taylor
of Dorchester, Mrs. Bert Taylor,
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hannah and
family of Auburn, Mrs. Melvin
Taylor of Brussels, Miss E.
Sturdy of Wingham, Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam Taylor and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Ross' Taylor and family, all
of Belgrave, Miss Carol La
F1'amme and Barry Dane • of
Waterloo. Barry Dane has .re-
turned to Grenville, Quebec. Eric
Taylor of Belgrave spent a
week's holidays at the same
Miss Elizaoetn McBurney,
Reg. N., of•London and Mrs. John
Wemp, Reg. N., of Welburn visit-
ed Monday with Mrs. Thomas
MacDonald.
• Clifford Cooke is•a patient in
Kitchener -Waterloo Hospital.
Mrs. Laurence Stirling of Kin-
cardine, Misses Barbara and
Christine and Anna Mae Kincaid
of Montreal visited at the home of
Mr. .and Mrs. Leonard Sander-
son. •
Mr -s. C. A. Appleton of Essex,
England, is visiting with Rev.
and Mrs. George W. Sach, -.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hyndman,,
Mrs. Roy Gowdy and Mr. and
Mrs. 'Harry Gowdy visited Mr.
and Mrs. Lorne Doig of Drayton
of Sunday. •
Miss Janna Gowdy spent a few
days with Miss Barbara Zwank,
Con. 14, Howick Township.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken. Underwood
have returned from' a trip to Mc-
Adam, N.B. They also toured the
Gaspe Peninsula. A
St Helens
Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Martin
spent a few days holidaying in
Northern Ontario.
Mrs. Ward Shit• kluna of Toron-
to visited with her brother, An-
drew Gaunt and Mrs. Gaunt.
Terry Wilson,' John Andrew
and Douglas Miller are enjoying
a week's camping in Eastern On-
tario and the United States.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mewhin-
ney and family visited on Sunday
TYPICAL SCENE these days on farms in the Wingham area is harvesting activity. Allan
Walker (on harvester) and his father, Wilfred Walker, threshed barley last 'week in a field
on the farm of John Carmichael just north of Belgrave. Windrow harvesting has become a
trend in this area recently, owing to uneven ripening. (Staff Photo)
:pact beef prices up
-when DSS hart effective
About 65 percent of the beef
producers in Huron County, and
that's quite a few, will be affected
by the recently announced ban on
the use of DES, the drug diethyl-
stilbestrol by the federal govern-
ment effective Jan. 1, 1973.
Announcement of the ban was
made jointly by Health Minister
John Munro and Agriculture Mi-
nister H. A. Olson and explained
that the suspension would apply
to use of DES not only as a food
additive but also as an implant in
beef cattle.
uw Increase Certain
The immediate reaction locally
is that DES has proven itself in
the industry, and loss of this
growth stimulant will mean a
major economic change in beef
prices, upward, of course, with
an increase in beef costs inevita-
ble, on top of already buoyant
beef prices at the retail level.
An Agriculture -Department
spokesman said recent estimates
by beef producers indicate that
$42 would be added to the carcass
price of each steer if DES or any
other growth promoting chemical
is not used.
Stan Paquette, associate agri-
cultural representative at the
Clinton office of the Ministry of
Agriculture and Food was doubt-
ful about the estimated 'cost in-
crease, thinking the $42 estimate
high on the average carcass size.,
He did not doubt that costs would
have to go up, but was doubtful
the percentage would be that
high.
Mr. Olson has said that food
safety officials in Canada have
not found "any evidence of dam-
age to anyone's health" as the re -
Milk quotas
up Sept. 1
The Ontario Milk Marketing
Board is advising all milk pro-
ducers that there will be a gen-
eral 'increase in their Market -
Sharing Quotas effective Septem-
ber 1, 1972.
This increase is in accordance,
with the views of the Canadian
Dairy Commission and the dairy
industry representatives •from
various provinces on the milk
supply management committee,
that there is a need for a greater
,•production of milk for manufac-
turing into dairy products in the"
current dairy year.
Market -Sharing Quotas are a
means of aligning tliie amount of
milk produced with market
demand.
Antique car
weekend tour
GORRIE _ Mr. and Mrs.
George Brown, Miss Jean Brown
of Galt, Miss . Vera Brasjen of
Teeswater, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Hudson and Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Felkar, Kurtzville, of the Mait-
land Valley Region of the Histori-
cal Automobile Societf of Canada
and members of the Blue Water
Region Qf the ACCC, ()Wen Sound;
were on a weekend tour. They
visited CKNX and Natural Re-
sources at Wingharli and held a
Parade in Goderich. They were
also at the Goderich Airport and
Museum.
Personals
at Milton with Douglas Mewhin-
ney. .
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Grewar,
Nancy and Bradley of Mississau-
ga spent a few days at the Webb
farm. On their return they were
accompanied by Mrs. Harvey
Webb and Mrs. S. B. Strothers
who left by plane Sunday evening
for the British Isles. There they
will meet Mr. and Mrs. Dan Rose
and family of Ghana, Africa.
sult of the use of DES in Canada.
In addition, an expert in Western
Canada has opined that a humaq
'would have to eat at Least 5,000
pounds of beef liver in 24 hours, to
ingest enough. residual DES to be
affected at all.
Export Ran
In a speech in Medicine Hat,
Alta., last week, Mr. Olson said
DES• is being suspended in Cana-
da mainly for marketing con-
siderations, by which he anent
that beef in which DES had been
used. would be refused at the U.S.
border.
One senior Health Department
official said last week the suspen-
sion may last three or four years
at least, until tests can be com-
pleted to show whether DES is
safe or not. At that time a final -
decision on DES will be made by
the government. '
It will probably be several
years before the Canadian ex-
periments, started in Ottawa two
months ago, can show whether
DES is safe or harmful to humans
either in pure form or contained
in meat.
(boon of haw
coutest In iiwil
'op August 29
The Huron County dowing
Match is being held on August 29
on the farm of William Weide, 2
miles youth of Bayfield, Hwy. M..
In conjunction with the match
is the Queen of the Furrow con-
test to pick the Huron representa-°
tive who will go td the Interna-
tional Plowing Match at Sebring-
ville.
The girl must be 16 years of age
and not have reached her 25th
birthday by November lst, 1972.
The contestants will be enter-
tained to a luncheon by Robert
McKinley, MP for Huron County.
The Queen will receive gifts and a
trophy and the runner-up will
also receive a gift.
Other classes of interest this
year are the businessmen's class
° and around the field plowing,
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