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Few people seem to be working in the farmers' corner
these days.
As suggested last week, both Jean -Luc Pepin and Beryl
Plumpire are making huge noises in Ottawa about the value
of farm marketing boards, especially national marketing
boards with authority *to set production quotas.
Consumers associations are also making disquieting noises
about marketing boards as well as government subsidies.
It appears, to carry the simile a little farther, that few
people in the crowd are even cheering for farmers let alone
supporting them in the corner of the ring.
Even Canada's two major railways are asking 'for freight -
rate increases for cattle moving from western Canada to
the east. Perhaps even by the'time this epistle gets into
print, those increases may be.granted. It is the third — or
is Mlle fourth? — increase this year.
If the newest request is granted, it wilILmean an increase
of 64 per cent in shipping costs for farmers bringing "cattle
in from the "west. It will Mean an 84 per cent increase for
double -deck cars,
This corner suggested recently that it must be dreadful
to be a beef farmer these days with prices to the farmer low-
, er than they were 20 years ago yet production costs 20 times
higher. This added cost of shipping could be enough to break
the steer's back.
Not t` be outsmarted by the big rail companies, many
beef farmers are turning to truckers to help solve the prob-
lem, Beef men are working together with trucking.firms
to have western trackers bring the beef east to Thunder
Bay and have Ontario truckers pick the animals up at the
lakehead.
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Letters are appreciated by Bob Trotter Wale Rd Elmira. Ont N38 2C7
Facilities are available at Thunder Bay to have the ani-
mals fed, watered and rested. But the trucking''firms cannot
possibly handle all the beef being shipped to Ontario. About
350,000 head will be moved into Ontario this fall. Trucks can
handle about 10 per cent of that total, perhaps 35,000 head.
Cattlemen, then, are understandably upset about the 're-
quest for another freight -rate increase. And here's a spot
where Mr. Pepin and Ms. Plumptre can help farmers a lit-
tle. They can intervene with the clout of the anti-inflation
review board and discourage this new request for an in-
crease. They can even suggest a rollback of one or two of the
recent increases allowed by the Canadian Transport o' n-°
mission earlier this year. One increase or maybe two. But
three or even four in one year, seems a bit thick to me.
The recent request for freight -rate increases by the Cana-
dian Pacific and the Canadian National amounts to 15 per
cent for single -deck cars and 5'per cent for double-deckers.
What makes me think the railways aren't too interested
in farmers is because facilities for feeding, watering and
resting cattle at Midhurst have still not Ween completed
as promised by the railroads earlier this year. The .last re-
port I heard was that workmen started on the project in late
October or early November. The way laborers work these
days what with unions, strikes, 'wb'rk stoppages and general
laziness on the job, I doubt if the facilities will be finished
this time next November,
In other words, ,the railways are not out to co-operate
whole-heartedly with the farmers,-
Agriculture is getting little help from the anti-inflation
board, none from consumers associations, less and less
from governments and now, the Big Two rail companies
seem to be working against them.
Christian Farmers Federation
t.o hear The .Farmers' Nun
Christian farmers from
across the province will be
gathering for the 1975 annual
meeting of the ” Christian
Farmers Federation of
Ontario in the Acton Christian
Reformed Church on Friday,
December 5.
The theme for this year's
„event will be "Religion and
Agriculture".
S iste> ,. Thon-las More, "The
Farmer's Nun", from Silver
Lake ,College, .Manitowoc,
Wisconsin will be the guest
speaker on the subject,."The
Christian Faith and
Agriculture".
Martin Verkuyi, President
of the Federation, will be
stepping down after leading
this' general farm
organization for five years,_
Six men have already been
',nominated to take over the
leadership:
Herman peen, a broiler
grower and dairyman from
Drayton, in Wellington
County; John Janssen, an egg
producer from Watford, in
Lambton County; Sid
Ryzebol, a hog and beef
producer from Laurel' in
Dufferin County; Sid
S ikk"ema; a hog producer and
dairyman from Moorefield in
Wellington County: George
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CrQDERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 197&--P,,�O::
Huron County gal takes
second place of Royal
Cathy Madill. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Madill of
Blyth was chosen runner-up
at the Ontario Pork Hostess
competition at the Royal
Winter Fair in Toronto.
Cathy, who represented
Huron County after winning,
the„,
Huron title in Seaforth
this summer, was one of eight
contestants for the crown
The winner was Marilyn Dale
of Woodstock who was
Cathy's roommate during the
two-day stay in Toronto.
Cathy was one of two runner-
Black widow spiders
The black widow spider has
earned a bad reputation in
parts -,of the United States
where it has caused a number
of deaths. Although black
widow spiders are also found in
�
Canada, therehave been no
deaths recorded here from
black widoyv bites. The black
widows found in southern
Alberta, southwestern
Saskatchewan, southern
British Columbia, Vancouver
rsland, the G�.l€'' Islands and
southwestern Ontario are
relatives of the deadly black
widow spider but the Canadian
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Ducharine
ups chosen by the judges.
The girls went to Toronto on
Friday where they worked in
the Ontario Pork Producers
Association booth at the fair,
handing out publicity in-
formation. They attended the
horse show on Friday night
and were treated to a lun-
cheon on Saturday where
they were informally in-
terviewed b" the judges.
Then each ade a short
speech on some aspect of
pork production, Cathy spoke
on how pork has changed in
the past two decades, the
exact topic the winner also
chose.
Though she would , hav�,g
liked to win, Cathy says, Ate
is relieved in a way that she
didn't because of the heavy
demands being made on-. the
Pork -Hostess in her job of
publicizing the use of pork in
Ontario.
She . was the youngest
contestant, she says and
would have been afraid how
her schooling at Central
Huron Secondary. School
..might have suffered with her
extra responsibilities.
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Zekveld, a hog producer from
Sunderland in Ontario
County; and Robert Zylstra,
a hog producer from
Strathroy in Middlesex
County.
The Federation's
Executive Board is proposing
an increase in annual
membership fees for 1976
,;from the present $35.00 basic,
plus $15,00 requested, to
$50.00 basic, plus $20.00 ad-
ditional requested.
Elbert van ' D'onkersgoed,
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Federation, will also address
the meeting with a talk on
"Religion and Agriculture:
There is a Connection".
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