Loading...
The Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-02-06, Page 12c ;yance-Tronas, Thursday, February 6, 1975 P. clarifies present situation for cattlemen E. McKinley, M,P. ffor 1q-Middlesex, h s forwarded the following outline of the exist- ing in regard to m : rket- ing and shipment of cattle: iae- caWe of the many alterations (luring past months farmers and -consumers alike will appreciate this clarification. 0-0-0 Ottawa, Ontario. January 30th, 1975. Because of the unsettled situa- tion in the cattle industry the fol- lowing comments may be helpful to producers. Canada's cattle and beef global quotas have now been official policy since last August 12th, and the U.S. retaliatory quotas start- ed on November 16th. Light weight fat cattle (mostly heifers) under 700 lbs. can enter Canada legally and are not sub- ject to our quota. Our cattle feed- ers are very critical of this item as it has been a depressing factor on our fat cattle market. A five per cent tolerance in this 700 lb. weight range had been permitted but this has now been eliminated after protests were made. All imported slaughter cattle, regardless of weight range must be designated as "for immediate slaughter", and of course are subject to Canada's DES certi- fication policy. All feeder cattle, including those over 700 lbs. can enter Can- ada outside our quota provisions provided they are designated as feeders and held for a least 90 days before slaughter. Feeder cattle imports must show the necessary negative tests to 5 health items: T.B., Brucellosis, Anaplasmosis, Blue Tongue and our DES certification policy. Some mixed loads of cattle in- cluding heavy slaughter cattle and, cattle under 700 lbs.a have beemported and were not sub- ject to quota because their load average was under 700. All of these loopholes in our quota provisions — legal or otherwise, have been vigorously pointed out on several occasions by -cattlemen to our federal Agri- cultural people including Health of Animals who are responsible for the administration and follow- up procedures involving our quotas. For the last quarter of 1974 there were MI' slaughter cattle under 700 lbs. imported from the .USA — not subject to quota. In the same period (3 months) 9071 seeder cattle were imported into Canada. In 1975, at this date (January 28), 13,576 U.S. cattle have been imported, but this figure includes some out of quota cattle. This is an average of about 714 head per day: At this rate of importation our first quarter quota . should be filled by about mid February. While it is perhaps too early to estimate the impact of Mr. Whelan's cow subsidy policy of December 13th, it is my personal View that it will not substantially reduce our total Canadian cow and bred heifer numbers. There are now indications that our '75 calf crop could be up 2 per cent over '74 and that crop was 7 to. 8 per cent over the previous year !- Again it seems to be more of the same for '75. Our Canadian beef cattle industry is faced with two fundamental market depres- sing factors: 1. A short term oversupply of .breeding cows (and ('calves) a situation which has apparently put Canada into a net export posi- tion, for the first time in 4 or 5 years. 2. A shortfall of domestic feed grains with resulting sustained Men's club hosts meet FORDWICH — The Men's Club of the United Church held their meeting Monday night com- mencing with a dinner. Local churches represented were Anglican Church Fordwich, Gorrie United, Kurtzville United, Lutheran of Wallace and Kurtz- ville, Wingham and Harriston Baptist Churches, Brethern in Christ of Fordwich. Rev. Ball of Gorrie United Church was guest speaker. Rev. William Parker of Anglican Church also attended. Meeting was closed by the hymn "In Christ there is No East 'or West" and prayer by Rev. Charles Forrest. —Miss Mary Lou Foxton of Wingham and Miss Sharon Mc- Grath of Iroquois Falls are student teaching for two weeks at 'the Sacred Heart School in Wing - ham. Mary Lou and Sharon both attend London Teachers' College. very strong prices for these do- mestic feed grains, although I never have thought th•::1 cheap grain was any long term benefit to livestock producers. This same broad situation ap- plies to the American cattle situation as well, and their cur- rent market levels are well below ours. A delegation from C.C.A. is meeting with the Trade Com- mittee of the American National Cattlemen's Association in Las Vegas to begin cattlemen -to -cat- tlemen negotiations, that may re- store some common sense to the current very unsettled,trade re- lations between our two coun- tries. Hopefully, mutual understand- ing of how the 10:1 ratio of our re- spective cattle populations influ- ence both markets, -will move our governments to more statesman- like negotiations and less short term retaliatory actions. I expect to shortly be.receiving a copy off the cattlemen's brief to the Canadian Trade and Tariffs Committee. This is a brief relat- ing to Canada's cattle industry that has been submitted in anti- cipation of Canada's involvement in the Tokyo round of discussions relative to GATT. I have also made representation to the Min- ister of Agriculture. • Gorrie Personals Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Needham, Henry and Murray of Kincardine Township and Mrs. Harry Need- ham of Bervie were recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Doubledee of Wingham visited Mrs. Harry Gowdy on Sunday. Mrs. Wilford King and Mrs. Thomas MacDonald spent a few days with Mrs. Arnold Edgar of London. Mrs. Arnold Edgar and Mrs. Ralph Elliott of Ripley accompanied them home. Rev. Stanley Johnston and Harry Barnard were supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hyndman last -Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Mc- callum of Wingham visited Tues- day with Mr. and Mrs: Sheldon Mann. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hastie- spent the week at the home of Mr. and.. Mrs. Jack Blythe of Milton. Mr. and .Mrs. Jack Ferguson attended the Zimmer -Field wed- ding'at Port Dover on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. James Hyndman of Guelph spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hyndman. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Miller visited Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Work- man of Brussels on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wi1ii m A. Smith spent the weekend with relatives PWedeVe44 CJI': — Mr. and Mrs. "Jim Toth, Robbie and Billie of Waterloo were Sunday visitors with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Currie. — Assisting Rev. T. K. Hawthorn at the morning wor- ship service in St. Paul's Angli- can Church on Sunday, was Harry Brydges who read the epistle. —Mrs. Clarence Ritchie and Stephen of Kinloss visited on Fri- day with her mother Mrs. Ger- shom Johnston of Catherine, St. Stephen remained to spend the night with his grandmother. Sunday visitors at the same home were Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Smith, Mr. and Mrs. John Liddle and Davey, all of Kitchener, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wood and Sylvia of Egmondville. in Orillia and attended the wedding of their niece. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Graham at- tended the funeral of the former's sister, Mrs. George Downard of Orillia on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ferguson visited Mr. and Mrs. Everett Sparling of Goderich on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. James Austin, Jeffrey and Derek of Elmira spent Sunday with Mrs. William Austin. DEPUTY GOVERNOR of the Lions, Grant addresses the Wingham Lions at their Jan, 28 SACRED HEART MAILBOX Grades one and two have had a guest teacher in their class. Miss Mary Lou Foxton has told us about Roman numerals and we are learning to tell the time. We hive also talked about some African animals. So far we have discussed the elephant, leopard, hippopotamus and the lion. Winter safety rules are very important to us and we are trying to remember them when we play outdoors. We enjoy tobogganing at recess as well as going to -the arena to skate on Wednesday afternoons. Miss Foxton was a former student of this -school and we are pleased to welcome -her back. She and Miss. McGrath are graduates of the University of Western Ontario and are' pres- ently attending London Teacher's College. • Grades 3 and 4 have had a visitor in our room since Jan»ary 27. Her name is Miss Sharon Mc- Grath. We have enjoyed her visit very much. We are still studying birds in our science class. This week we learned about different kinds of beaks and claws. In art we used straws, strings and sponges dipped in paint to make beautiful pictures. It was a lot of fun. Some of us had red hands and one girl got a red mouth. We are now reading "Huckle- berry Finn". It is an interesting book. Some of us saw the movie when it came to the Wingham theatre. Sacred Heart Mailbox On Thursday, January 30 Allan Weinstein of Teeswater discussed Judaism with Grades 7 and 8 students. He pointed out that there are three classes of Jews - Orthodox, Reform and Contem- porary. He stressed that the daily life is of great importance and that Judaism's focal points are a happy home life and concern for others. Father Nolan and Miss Mary Kennedy, religious con- sultant of the Huron -Perth Sepa- rate School Board, also took part in the discussion. On Friday, Fathers Mitchell and Winegarde of Detroit, who had been visiting Father Nolan, celebrated a co -celebrated Mass with, 'Fr:, Nolan:' Following the - Mass the visiting priests spoke to the students and compared their schools with ours. During the week Grades 5, 6, 7 and 8 participated in the school speaking contest. The students were judged by their teachers and fellow -students. Rachelle Campeau, Grade 6, who spoke on "Disneyland" and Darlene Rich, Grade 8, who spoke on "Think- ing" were selected to represent the school at the Legion Speaking Contest on February 1. The pupils of Grades 7 and 8 have begun a bowling program. The pupils go to the local bowling alley every other Thursday. We have now completed two of these, Sessions. During each session two games each are bowled. The scores vary from about 60 to almost 200. However, the sec- ond time our scores were much JACK WINS the princess, Joelle Reavie, in the grades 1 and 2 presentation of "The Golden Goose" at the Wingham Public School junior assembly. Chisholm, meeting. better. Some of the better scores were: Joe Homen 174, Chris Dubelaar 179, Danica Rammello 196. Everybody seems to enjoy this new activity. 0-0-0 Just smile at this one!! Always spread newspapers in front... of your fire place, then if sparks .fly out they won't get on that "ex- pensive rug. Of course, you may need the fire department in time. Notes from Belgrave- BELGRAVE -- Five tables of euchre were played at the Bel - grave Community Rooms last Wednesday evening. The winners were: High lady, Mrs. Robert Powell; low lady, Mrs. Pearl Wheeler; high man, Edgar Wightman ; low man, Mrs. Albert Bacon, (playing as a man) . Mr. and Mrs.'Randy White and Carl Lynn of Kitchener and Miss Andrea Joseph of Jamaica, who is taking a special course at a Waterloo university and is stay- ing with Mr. and Mrs. White, visited on the weekend With Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Jamieson. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Smithson of Downsview and Mr. Mark Speak- man of Toronto visited last Sun- day with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Procter. Miss Bonnie Hackett of Tees - water was a week end guest of Miss Maxine Procter recently. Mrs. Hazel Procter is a patient in the Wingham- and District Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. William Steven- son attended the funeral of his grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Pilkington in London last week. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Marshall and John of London visited with her -father, Stanley Cook, who is a patient in the Wingham and Dis- trict Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cantelon of Tweed were overnight visitors on Saturday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry McGuire, en - route to Florida. Mrs. William Coultes and Mrs. Ross Higgins attended the kick- off dinner for the Ontario Heart Fund Canvass, held at the Sun- ningdale Country Club, London, on Wednesday, January 29. Plans were made for a canvass to take place during the month of February in Belgrave and the surrounding area. Since heart problems take three times as many lives in a year as cancer, you are asked to give generously when the heart fund canvasser calls at your door. Mr. and Mrs. Warren Zurbrigg of RR 2, Clifford visited on Sun- day with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hibberd. Miss Heather Currie of RR 3, Wingham spent the week end with Miss Doreen Taylor. Mr. Ken Davis of, Stratford visited on Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. William Coultes and at- tended the Waugham Legion public speaking contest in which Karen Coulter was a competitor. Mr. and Mrs. Donald MacLaren of London were dinner guests on Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Rinn and John. - . On Wednesday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Rinn visited with friends at Huronview, Clinton and in the evening visited with friends at Mitchell. 1Wr. and Mrs. Hugh Rinn and John visited on Tuesday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Elvey Rock, Joanne and Jennifer and cele- brated the girls' birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Ron Nicholson and Sherri of Listowel visited on Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Garner Nicholson. Jack Armstrong, Hamilton, Gibson Armstrong and David of London visited on the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grasby and with their mother, Mrs. Mary Armstrong, who is a patient in Wingham and District Hospital. Friends of Mrs. Mary Arm- strong are sorry to hear she bad the misfortune to fall and frac- ture her leg. John Gaunt was in Toronto on Friday, a guest of the Scottish Curling Club at the Toronto Cricket and Curling Club. He met his two friends, Willie Moir and Alex Brown of Mauchline, Scot- land, and attended the curlers' dinner at the club. Mrs. Cliff Logan visited last week with Mr. and Mrs. America Arruda and family of Toronto and Mr. and Mrs. Barry Logan and family of Oakville. Mr. and Mrs. Roy McSween spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Vincent of Oakville. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Logan and baby Kevin of Wyoming spent the week end with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. George McGee and Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Logan. ANNOUNCEMENT The Township of Turnb ,rry Council wishes to announce with regret, the resig- nation of Mr. J. V. Fischer as Clerk of the Township effective December 31, 1975. Mr. Fischer has served the township for thirty years, in various positions. Used Car savings '74 DODGE Colt, "Demon - stator, 1,000 miles '73 GOLD DUSTER, V-8, Au- tomatic with radio '72 TORINO 4 -Door. V-8, automatic, power steer- ing, radio _. '71 DODGE 4 -Door Sedan '71 DODGE Half Ton V-8, 4 speed transmission '70 VOLKSWAGEN Wagon, automatic '69 METEOR Rideau 500 it Door Hardtop '67 DODGE 2 Door Hardtop CRAFORD MOTORS CHRYSLER - DODGE - PLYMOUTH WINGHAM ONTARIO PHONE 3S7•3E64 a BALL' AUCTIONS Gigantic Clearance of Brand Name Carpets FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1975 1 - 10 P.M. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1975 12 - 6 P.M. at BALL AUCTIONS Temporary Location, Main St., Brussels Carpet styles in: SHAGS, PLUSH, PRINTED AND SCULPTURE with RUBBER AND CANVAS BACKING Various Sizes 3x12to6x12 to9xl2tol2xl2etc. If you need carpet don't miss out on these GreatBargains! MISCELLANEOUS 10 OFFICE DESKS $40.00 EACH 1 COMBINATION WOODBURNING/ELECTRIC STOVE X75.00 1 ELECTRIC BOOKKEEPING MACHINE Cott Approximately $1X00.00 SELLING FOR X250.00 TERMS OF SALE ARE CASH, CHEQUE OR BUDGET PLAN NOTE: THIS IS NOT AN AUCTION SALE BALL AUCTIONS Brussels For Further Information CaII 887-6571