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To be a part-time farmer! To
come •home from a;^,day in the
shop or office and spend a . few
minutes feeding the chickens
and patting Bossie affec-
tionately on the rump; then to
sit on the front porch and
watch the sun sink slowly
behind the (distant hills as. the
crickets sing and the breeze
There aresome limitations to
services a farmer may expect on
new or used farm machinery
uncier warranty.
"Farm machinery warranties
are not pp"'operly_.understood, by
many farmers," says Hal
Wright, secretary .manager of
the Farm' Machinery Board.
wining
GODERIq#H SIGNAI -STArt, THURMAY.. AUG
farmers under microscope
wafts gently across the green
pastures and•fields of grain. To
"be a part-time farmer...paradise
on earth!
That's not exactly the way it
is says Julius' Mage, who has
just earned a Ph.D. degree at
the University of Waterloo and
whose doctoral thesis consisted
of examining 'the part-time far-
on
mers of Waterloo county.
He .tried to find out who the
.part-timers are, how many of
them there are, why they farm
that. -way and. what they do
when they aren't farming. He
found that many of them -25.5,
per cent- in fact are'what lie
°calls "aspiring" farmers. Most
of these are ,,young ,people • who
hope to get into 'taming on a
full-time basis some. day; but
for now 4they don't- make
enough to be able to give up•
their 'city: jobs. He found that
almost a third of them--31.9•per
cents -- are small ,scale "hobby.
andmiscellaneous'; farmers;
6.4 per cent wereJhobby farmers
on a large scale; 21.3 per cent
were "persistence'.'' far-
es mers...former full-timers who
warranties is issued
Manufacturers, not dealers, are
responsible for honoring
warranty agreements, he em-
phasizes.
Most farm machinery
warranties extend 12 months
from the date of purchase".'.
However; when units are fitted
With an hourmeter, - the
warranty might be limited to
1,000 or • 1,500 hours of
operation.
Many warranty + agreements
contain a clause which reduces
the period of the warranty's of
fect if the machine is to be used
for custorn work or is leased to
'the operator by thl dealer.
gri-..credit could improve
A better credit system for
farmers' from banks will -, be
discussed this October in
Calgary at a• special conference
announced by the Canadian
Bankers' Associatijon.
The bankers have invited
representatives from all levels
of government, farmers'
associations and 'agriculture -
related business to discuss bet
• ter ways for farmers to receive
credit.
• Discussions will include
agricultural credit legislation,
cow -calf financing, feeder cattle
financing; and computerized ac-
counting systems for farmers,
Many farmers have com-
plained of difficulties in
securing capital they need for
'production.
International Al breeders.
review industry progress
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff McNeil
joined 700 from 37 states•, six
provinces and three other coun-
tries recently at the 28th an-
. nual convention of the
National Association of Animal
Breeders. The. meeting .of the
artificial insemination industry
this year was.at. the Royal York
Hotel, "Toronto, Canada, .the
first time in 17 years that it has Livestock Production Poten-
tial." . •
-"Food demand is expected to
increase. at the. rate of about. 3
per cent 'per year", he said.
believe : that the breeder
organizations which you head
and work for must play a
leading •r°ole in assisting with
the improvements necessary".
' In his annual 'report,
Executive • Secretary William
Durfey traced ;the progress of
artificial' insemination oyer the
past three years. Sales of dairy
• bull semen last year in the U.S.
totalled over twelve million
units,, up six percent since 1971..
Beef but semen sale
been held outside the:U.S.A.
The purpose of the artificial
breeding is cattle improvement,
and the keynote speaker
recognized this fact. Charles
Munro, President of the Inter=
national Federation of
Livestock Producers chose as
his subject "A View of
Spare parts service
w!..1! red uce
downtime
.,
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One of the biggest problems a
farmer may have to contend
with is down-time. Even equip-
ment in' good repair 'can break
down at a critical time: at
seeding, at harvest.- Shortages
of machinery. and replacement
parts have aggravated the
situation.
The farm -machinery industry
is cooperating to 'reduce crop
losses caused by machine
breakdown. International Har-
vester,' for. example,, has ad-
vised. its dealers, distribution
centers, plants and %les
regions that "service parts will
be provided fora -customer with
- a 'down' machine even if it
means removing the part from
the assembly line".
• This critical problem, has
been. alleviated • to a degree by
the fact that, in scent years,
major • farm -machinery parts
depots in Ontario have,
remairec3" open,'. on , an.
• emergency basis, on Saturdays
and holidays, 'at'the request of
the Farm Machinery Boards.
Hal Wright; secretary -manager
of the Board, 'says: "Plans' are
• to continue this practice during
the production season for
1974."
bampretires Most companies have a sur-
charge to cover the additional
• costs of this service which is
One of the grandest Holstein usually a percentage of the cost
cows "ever to grace the breed, of an order, with,minimum and
Challenger Sovereign Princess, maximum chaes set.
has "retired:" Princess, who is ' "The • rriachinery dealer, or
the first how ever'to produce the f, rmer acting a'if a dealer's
.Q more than 300,000 lbs. of milk ' �`
agent, must }dick up the parts
in a lifetime in .Canadian himself," says Wright. "Far-
, Holstein history, will enjoy- the mere should• rernember that
comforts of life as she grazes in • the truck lines and the express
a small, pasture paddock on the, 'companies do not make,pickups
farm of . her owner, Hardy of -parts at depots on Saturdays
Shore, Glanworth, -Ontario. or holidays."
Now grey with"years, and easily
,. the' oldest animal in the breed ' +� �.�:.
e at 21 years and seven months, : MCKILLOP MUTUAL -FIRE,
Princess has ended her career
with 318,413 pounds milk and INSURANCE
COMPANY
SIV '�
i2,177 pounds , butterfat. "�r
�"
Presently this ranks fourth in'
li.fetime production in the
world,. asthere is one higher in
the' U.S. and ° there sire 'two
'higher in Fnglapd.. , : ,
•
Be l s were over
three Million units, an increase
of 37% over 1'971`.' His advice to
• the delegates for continued suc-
cess sounded promising for 'the .
Al customer -breeder.
. "We must provide continuing •
management training and
assistance as a significant part
of our sales pr,ogram...and as
new 'breeds shake down -�Ge
must develop sire evaluation '
,programs in beef," he said.
.. On the Canadian scene, the
number of cows bred 'artificially •
.1973 was the highest on
record, w,ith • licensed •in.
seminators breeding 1,326,333
cows, an increase of 8.2 percent
• over 1972. Over 50 percent. of.
the Canadian dairy herd 'is now"
bred artificially, "and 10 percent
of the national beef -herd.
Other topics covered by con-
vention
speakers included "The
importance of'beef in fhefnture•••'
AI Industr;v" and `1�Iilk
marketing and the'dairy cow of
tomorrow." y
'' The ,.meetings concluded
• August 14 with a banquet and
introduction of the new NAAB
board. The 1975 convention
will be held in. Dallas, Texas.
Dealers 'cannot extend the
life of a warranty,` either ver-
bally or in writing. A dealer
may offer a personal warranty
or guarantee ;for any period of
time, but such a warranty does
not obligate,.,the manufacturer...
Dealers' win often guarantee
Used equipment. r 30 days,•if
it is to be used i a normal
manner. Dealers' wary ties on
used equipment are not binding
on manufacturers.
Farmers should be aware o
.the warranty arrang 'ments bet-
ween dealers 'and manufac-
turers. Most manufacturers pay
dealers a flat rate on labor
required • for ` repair - or
replacement work done under
warranty.
.These payments seldom
cover the full cost of warranty
service and the loss is borne by
the dealers. Replacement parts
are generally covered for 90
days after . the date of
replacement or for the balance
of %the unexpired warranty on'
the machine, whichever period
is longer:
It is usually the purchaser's
'responsibility to transport
equipment to be repaired under
warranty to the' dealer's shop.
Sometimes an arrangement is
made where the purchaser
reimburses the dealer for tran-
sportation. costs.
Warranties do not cover crop
losses. due to machinery
failures, Machinery failures
caused by improper. operation
or lack of regularly scheduled
maintenance are not covered by
warranties. Tires are warranty
by the tire 'manufacturer --not
by the fa°rm machinery
manufacturer.
"The major .:machinery com-
panies will honor -their warran-
ties," says -Mr. Wright, "but to
avoid problems, purchasers
, should he fully ,aware of the
terms and conditions °- of
warranties on their. ` equip-
ment.
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are. virtually on, their way out
of agriculture; 12.8 per cent
were '`sporadic" part:timers
;and 2.1 per cent were cases he
ouldn't neatly categorize:
He found the,"aspiring" full-
• time farmers are strongly at-
tacli'ed: to farming;; those who
ate just 7hanging on --the "per-'
sistence" group -- have a low
.attachment. Those ip • the
"sporadic" group, tend. to like
it, but they also tend to have
little success at it... so they
move in and out as the
pressures dictate. The'- hobby
farmers tend to- be highly
educated dilettantes...doctors
and business executives and so
forth... though he found a
couple who were caretakers in
large • buildings in the Kit-
chener -Waterloo community,
Many of 'I the hobby farmers
were born on farins and like to
get back to farm life, at, least
part-time:
On the other hand; most of
the people who are actually
living in the rural areas -are not
farmers at all; in Waterloo
county these °tex-urbanites".
utnumber the farmers two -to -
or . They. don't, incidentally,,,
live"iq old farmhouses; they're
more lik ly to buy; just a small
acreage a put up a ranch-
style bungalo . on it.
Mage found t part-timers
are more prosperou than the
full-timers because of seir off -
ueen will
the -farm income. On the other
hand, their net return for the
amount of time they do spend
on farm work is much lower
than the full-timers.
He says it's difficult to tell
'from driving through the coun-
try whq is farming part-time
and who -is full-time. Typically,'
the part-timer has a, smaller
farm, and specializes in only
one product: Dairy farming is
les popular among them, par-
tly perhaps because it takes
more time. On the other hand,
more than half the hogs raised
in Waterloo county are on the
farms of part-timers,
Mage says part-time farmers
nonetheless form an important
part of the agricultural`
economy in Ontario. More than
35 per cent of Ontario farmers
were part-timers in 1966; they
operated more tharr 25 per cent
of the farm area, and sold 21.2
per cent of the agricultural
products. Since then the per-
centages have increased, and
,the trend is expected to con-
tinue. In addition, he notes
more and; more wives of full-
time farmers are going to work
irf the cities. --
• Now that he's a faculty mem=
ber at the University df Guelph,
Mage is continuing his studies;
he has students working' with 4
him on sirnilar projects in
Rainy River, Dufferin county,
• around Bancroft' and in Huron'
county.
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