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Eggheads at the -university level are (.1 f t e n ignored by rnilk.is the only reason dairymen should he in business
farmers, usually with good -reason'. . 'Buy a c°hv„ tor milk production only." was his advice u•
It is the man in the field iind`in the barn who knows what Duos it matter what she looks like" She can look like a..
he wants and,how to get rt rather than the textbook -type western pinto in an east wind as long as she .produces "i'he
with. a string of letters behind his name who knows where Holstein -Friesian Association has had a pol►c\ ,ut em-phasiz-
. it'sat, ing equally bothtype and production Pei haps it's time to
But there are times when the eggheads have something revise that policy
to sav and the guv with manure cin his hoots should listen: The fancy show -winner who fails.t,tl milk at a high rate
under normal conditions has no place on a"modern dairy
tarn unless the owner is after prestige instead of an im-
pt•ci,'e►nent in milk production And if he is .after prestige,
lie shouldn't he in the dairy business -
`:1nd how sfjuuld co-op member's -4g° about. changing sunie of
the attitudes of selection committees'' By actively seeking, •
membership on those committees Get elected to them.
Get your spoke into the wheel 'Soon', 'you'll be" come°'the hub
and that's what ,gets, the grease. You cant fault the pure -
I am far from an expert in th.e field of genetics but 1•hav(' bred 'hreeders fur simply protecting their ti�yn interests
.an idea that Burnside knows whereof he -speaks vti'tiat should.
many purebred breeders are not in the
a dairyman be looking for when building hitt _herd'' Milk business of producing Milk. :Many are hobby farmers with
production, first and foremost'. ' an eye only to the'expo.rt market.
Does it really matter whether a co'w has a twisted horn , Comm. t ial dairymen should have as their chief goal the
.oj' poor coloring in her switch as long as she produces great efficient production of large quantities of quality milk per
quantities 01 quality milk? Does it Matter if het udder iS inan per year. It is not beyond the realm of possibility for
-so lam. you could scfiffle corn wit her' -Does it matter. Ontario dairymen •tocproduce a million pounds of milk pen,'
whether she's red, black -and -white or brindle as lung as she man per year, according to 1)r. Burnside, in spite of the .
,can produce`' . tact that the average in the state of N; yYork is 300,400
That, in essence, is what Burnside told a group of dairy pounds of milk penman per year. .
farmers this summer:.- , The dairyman who can reach these goals will be as sought -
Because these influential purebred breeders get Them- after and as respected as the dairyman who 'consistently
selves elected to the sire selection Committees. they nater- , breeds superior progeny -tested Al "sires or Royal Grand
ally...,lQok-for .show winning~ and the fine points of confer, •('hampiogs.
mation in the selection of bull dams. Many sound'prilducei's Breeding show winners does not necessarily point-in-the--
get
oint--in ••the --get passed up because the selection committee members' same, direction as effieient production of large quantities
are looking for other things. :. ` ' of quality, milk. It can point in the same direction and often
This extra attention to type, said the doctor= of animal° dues but consc•ientious dairy farmers should -be iia the tore= •
husbandry, is costing dairymen significantly in lower rates front in letting their hreeding co-operatives know which
of improvement of production of milk, And ,production of direction they want to g1).
- loot long ago,' 1 heard.a talk by I)r• Ted Burnside of the
department of animal and poultry science at the t'niv.er•sity
Of Guelph. He didn't have too many kind words for some
of the artificial'`insemination.co-operatives ivy so popular
in Ontario. lie maintains that.piany of the hreeding co-ops
acre controlled by an influential minority, of purebred breed-
ers who derive more'inoorne from the sale of fancy b'r,ecd-
ing stock than from the sale of milk
at
More fertilizer available
s000 to Qnt. farmers,
members
[flood,. Cu -operatives
Ur,)t,.rrill ,thong with
Incfu,tril ,- 1 oc•-, have an -
noun( oii- plans to construct a
30,000 -ton anhydrous ammonia
storage and di.' ibution facility' Fertilizer's Limited (CI~ 1-).
three miles �s e ``
Port Huron, CFL is currently building a
Michigan nitrogen fertilizer complex at
1T)Ituii siti work begins im Medicine Hat, Alberta, con -
the tornonal to be operational
mediately with plans callingfdr sistrng of two anamonfa
production units and a urea
plant. '
('F1 ndustrirs is a
mutaufucturer and distributor
of basic chemical' fertilizers
and is owned ..by' UCO':and 18
regional farm co-operatives in
Canada and the United States.
C0 -0P
Ont.aho
.Additionally, CF has joined,
with two other Canadian farm
co-operaOyes to form Canadian
(;01)ERICH S1GNAL,S°fAR,THURSDAY, SE1'TEME,ER 11, 1975--P'A,C 1IA,
across
by'n)tc� ':ti •
• Act-ird►ng to Gordon Mather,
t.'('()A-op products depart-
ment nignager, "Nitrogen has
been in short supply in the past
two years and this , will held
expand the in -season supply to
Stewart opens Ontario agriculture museum
Some 1,500 persons attended
the - official opening of the.
Ontario Agricultural Museum
recently in Milton by the
far is $1,800,000; the site was storage ,area and ad -
acquired from the . Halton ministration offices. . •
Conservation Authority in 1966, The Honourable George Kerr
by the Ontario Government. 'also ,recalled the past in Halton
Honourable William A. °County and the agricultural
Stewart, Minister' ofbenefits that his County enjoys.
Agriculture and Food. The Museum is a single- He said that Halton County was
'Also participating in the storey) building, containing a natural place for all'
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opening ,.were the Honourable some ,000 square feet of floor agricultural" museum because
James Snow, Minister ...' space, with two large adjoining' of its farming heritage which
Government Services and e . ,wings and a partial mezzanine. • continues today. o
Honourable . George Kerr, The building houses workshop Mrs. Anne MacArthur, the
Ontario's Solicitor General. . for the construction of exhibits Mayor , of Milton, brought
In his address, Mr: Stewart and the restoration of artifacts greetings from the ToWn
reminisced about life on the as well} as an implement Council, and recalled her days
farm as heknew it as a boy in = Y....
Deerfield, Middlesex County ben e
d referred to the new d i n
an Resee
'agricultural equipment in
troduceds 'his ••
d hearlier - yearsafarmhs or winter
•
had such a dramatic effect ori increase
-, the output of 'today's .modern. •
far. mer. Modern t:•chnology has eat insurance
"allowed Ontario farmers to w
produce nearly one third of
Canada's agricultural. wealth,
.said Mr. Stewart. ' '
The Museum, a project of the
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food, is situated on a 92 -acre
farm which in time will depict
the evolution of farming in
Ontario from log house days to
the present. Six farmsteads are
planned for the area, complete
with• house, barns and out-
buildings. • Crop Insurance .Commission, pei'iencc.
Each farm will tell the story Ontario Ministry of Agriculture'''..pr9duction is less than his
of a particular period of time in and°Food,'a farmer may choose production guarantee, he is
farming and ,will demonstrate the4price option per bushel to paid for the difference at the
the farm pi`actices of that provide the level of coverage he estiiblished price per bushel he
period. desires. chose upon purchase of the
,The aim of the Museum is to plan.
show ,a typical Ontario farming For the price option $1.50-bu, •The final date for new ap-
There there is a reseeding.benefit of plications and for new
the
crossroads community:. $15 -acre, a farmer's premium 197x)-76 wheat
will be a one -room schoolhouse,) )r
a small community. church, a of $2•20 -acre; for $:-..-.)-bei, there „0, 1475
ceding benefit of $20- .
Ontario's winter wheat
growers may now insure' their
1975-76 wheat 'crop against
winterkill at,up to $25 an acre.
This increased indemnity
wheat have to be worked and
reseeded next spring. •'
In addition to the reseeding
benefit,• crop insurance
provides a farmer with a
reflects the higher costs of seed production guarantee on his
and fertilizer that the farmer- - wheat • crop.. The plan
faces in putting in a crop. guarantees from 70 to 80 per -
Under the winter wheat crop cent of the farmer's individual
insurance plan,' as revised for average farm yield of wheat,
the 1975-76 crop year by The depending on his claim ex -
If. his actual
blacksmith's shop and a rs
general store. acre, a farmer's premium of
Mr. Snow, Minister .,of V.30 -acre; and, for $3.00-bu,
Government Services, there is a reseeding benefit of
- remarked, ''My Ministry has $25 -acre, a farmer's premium
, been actively involved in the of $4.40 -acre.
design and construction of this'
..the , winterkill reseeding
facility since late 1972. We have 'benefit is tied to the price op -
worked ;closely with the tion Per bushel chosen. This
okl+ifnistry 'of Agriculture and means that the farmer . who
Foul to provide a modern and wishes to insure his production
attractive showplace for the
display of tools, implement at the top level of,$3 per bushel
would also receive the
and artifacts associated with maximum value of $25 per acre
Ontario's agricultural history.- if more than three , <rcres"of
The�•cost of the Museum thus . • l` •
rt. Y..��(�\;�.�<«", fir, t �<t' �((m�\`��`.1-1- 1) IML`` 1\�YC
You only look
as good -
as you "feel.
PaRT/Upa[T/On
i; mess. In your heart you know it's right.
Goderich Majorettes
'7S-76°Season will commence THURSDAY, SEPT. 18 •
New Registrations will be accepted on thb 18th
TIME - 6:30 p.m.
LOCATION - Robertson Memorial School
FEE :115.00 for NEW registrants
Minimum Age - Must Turn S_ years in "1976
We are hoping -to increase our corps to include a rhythm secti1 n (snare drums)
We are looking for .DRUMS, INTERESTED DRUM PLAYERS and DRUM INSTRUCTOR.
If you can help usTn'this respect, please give our office'h call at 5'24-8373.
GODERICH RECREATION & COMMUNITY CENTRE BOARD t
as a daughter of a farmer, then
her role as a teacher and later
as the Reeve of Nassagaweya.
She felt that the Museum site
was .a good one and that both
Milton and the Museum could
be beneficial to each other.
The Museum's General
Manager,
Manager, -R.W.,-Carbert,. ex-
pressed • his deep pride in the
Museum's progress and
thanked the many donors and
his staff for helping to make the.
Opening such a great success.
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Canada. And we've got them all ... ready for fast
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Come on in today, With quality and prices like
these, we won't be surprised to see you.
Bill Davis,clean
• The Davis government has Cleaned up a few things in its time.
Take, for example, conflict 91 interest. -
Mr. Davis Came down hard on some of his cabinet ministers who
were ex osed as having conflict of interest. Now .we have guidelines tc,
steer our -politicians:
;. Or there was the case of corporate contributions to election
carp a7 . ns. Again;, Mr. Davis responded. He cleaned up that legislation.
But-theovernment has.sacly neglected the rights of 60,000
g ,
,citizens, It hasforgotten ' its own' em ployees. . .
ivil servants have practically
Crown employees and c p y
no political rights.
The Public Service .Act anc the Crown EMployees. Collective
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Bare
aining Act spell this out clearly. -
part o
We can't canvass on behalf 'of a candidate,
In' fact, we can't even speak or write publicly' on an,y topic that is
any .party's election platform.
Thi's is a denial of our pasic cermpocratiC rights'.
7 To change) this costs t xpa yens .nothing.
We have askec Vlr. Davis to clean, up these .two acts.
He has refused:'
We hope you will vote for c,emocratic justice. for everyone
a These are two 'hard acts to swallow.
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