The Goderich Signal Star, 1976-05-13, Page 30(con
and t
Comm
-Then
tied,
Ombu'
resort.
Mr.
budsm
holdi
to the
the ulti
budsm
cothe ofmpla
self.
Durr
fs
crowd 1
Ken M
the- 0
Board s
under,h
poligies
A on
;API
scse
replied
$60' a da
in the
da
the mon
the udf
Heat
govern
changin:
cutbac
-monthly o
from th
he. said
directly
govern
Accor.
the moil
attempti
- getting t
those p
•most. H
"over. re
crisis•
"But:
States a
w
askedhen Mith
Mr. Mt
. far h
havenas't g
yet: "13u
many shy
stop it?
already
Other
McKinnc
garding
quota:- lE
for chee
surpluses
In rept
surpluses
Mr, MCKI
Dairy Co
by taking
manship,'
no end
to go out
Heninttold
tothee
backs wo
industry d
skim milk
Thus wo.
per cent c
years.. Lat
• the assem
bowo
trialard o mil
existance
tegrating.
fluid prod
dairyThe farpro
ruin within
were dro
farmer wh
vincial ind
gram as a
He said
input loan
industrial.
need at lea
"I prod
poundsof
only have t
cah't find a
- My gross
from $50, t t 1
to make
interest. Ho
of four, pay
and feed on
th
mAtany farmispe
"We've be
bag," said
2I
ra
Cir
A
at
,d`
PAGE 12A—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1976
Letters are appreciated bV Bob Trotter. Eldale R
was to cheek on energy costo and , the tncreases,expeetec
]wiry farming is,. Unquestionably. onCsof.}1etheoatgnul . thin year. tq aril a at the reasons farriers need to Kat.
plicated .and, ea5 ., 5p h rise or .. `
tttraf economy. robably fives in a big •
•o e :dairy farmers canngt`explain the svtitem oto He P • h dro. costs. =--.increased more
Even s m .
and 1 am a layman wtteii it comes to subsidtas, andsmuchUhr>;her th. nl h; droof this year.�When yburadd `
a lavrnan . � ,lanuar}
quotasa rollbacks; holdbacks, transfer of market qu than' 10 pet: cent in,
naUor i c.e,daiI.can agr Who ehea redly �l Plum er ..cent to .an already- inflated figure, that 10 ,per -Cent For tine, I can agree n°hgieheartedly with Ber}. P P oin hi tier and higher and farillers,can't
tre, vice-chairrrian vt the federal anti=inflatiofi board. She means alot. ay tiot yet, anyway: Gasoline
tali! dan agindult ry i conference recently that she skink- ' ru alts actorseon.n ethdnegg' =
tire Theirw• industry 1s in a titerk.' Board i what s 'that" 1' costs are .going up again this year, too. and the farmers"of
•
er cent,of the total amount.
•`The ,Canadian Dairy. Llarketing d in Ontario
°'' hands down a policy, then changes it:.and then changes it this province use about eight p
oposed but rro analy- of. ,11 . o ire of labor
again: A lot o c
th { g term needs itf the industry •1;ti carried out, •• •
As I Understand it. policies -are• set . do«' Dairtithe
:�tarketing
1 't upderstood recto 4 ore for thea m a Toronto home and
costs —
f ad hoc- solution. are pr
sir of the
Said l tie
Dairy Commission, not the Canadian
City- no used costs TheSe•keep in
City people are we a .
creasing at alarming rates• aridarmNo ers m�els rood i
salaries to get qualified' help:
manage-
ment more necessary than in the dairy business.
. An increasingly iniportant'element in production costs
is•that of repairs and servicing. An item that cost $10 only
tour or five years ago is mow priced
ic atto$50 in n somme capes. in•
•Is the dairy. farmer supposed
creases without a whimper? Eugene Whelan tried for
weeks' to get a•better,deal for; farmers through the Cabi-
net but he was unsuccessful and dairy farmers are
stuck with it. •
.not to increase Production. In
They . have been warnedrack on production by as much
Board, Beryl.. in a mess
•
However. the statement about dairying being'
rings true.thein heads as they reel
' Most dairymen are shaking
• from the recent• punches thrown att`he bThe .Toronto
,; the Canadian
Dairy Commission and the big -City press. Mn
Globe and Malt recently headlined - an editorialabou
coft ow-.
=Whelan milking the consumer try rand buttex ising the ri eve coots
dered milk by four cents a pound
a pound. •
' fact, they've been.toid to cut
P said the (;lobe,, are subsidizing cheap as 20 per cent. In etifec[: if they ".do what they have been
The consuntries .a d
ntries.not in need of foreign aid. They arepay told. they.«'i11 be spenttdpicl lesse he long ney ruin year to pro
milk fcono duce mill: but making
with
g for Mr. �1'helan's mistake in confusing social policy . • duce
mil lumptre was right.' teen •
with economic policy. increase
1'he Glcibe also said, that the new four-ger-cented- costs to the The dairy bus}ness is in a mess
et mocefarmers, ted the
•is supposed to be the - result of increased
the .incentive a year ago• to produce the
"Sinenttprice of feed is falling and feeder challenge and now find themselves su here . kithirhe oin teat
i;
p,ri�ducer
ICS too bad. in a World
•• 'the' major element in costs. ,consumers may' well wonder De's to bed hungry every night. that Canadian fat -
cost
s -have
theincrease daieye in costs arises*:.: l t on g
farmer can telt that city writer that feed penalized for over producing.
. 11� much but �5roducti h t' the way the milk pail p
Well any
dairy ar on costs have
roses have .not is n misguided piece needed to do
risen. All, the writer of that ming
a i
meas are.p}[ls.
Butthat.' stile
NFU viewpoint.
• �
erttl� xer_.� prices
•Goderich 524-8386
BUCHANAN $z HALL LTD_
STRATFORD -
COMMERCIAL` REFPiGERATION. '
& AIR CONDITIONING
•
CLAY —
- Silo Uriloaders
• Feeders
Cleaners -
Stabling ; - -
Log Elevators
- Liquid Manure Equipment
Hog Equipment
•
FARMATIC -
- Mills
Augers, etc. -
ZERO -,
Bulk
Pipeline & Parlour Equipment
W EST E E L-ROSCO-Grana ries
8 & L.- Hog Panelling
Bulk Tank & Pipeline cleaning
Detergents, Teat Dip, etc.''
Bovadine .
Dyne
Loran
Ud,dersan '
Foanicheck
Kleeneasy -
Attention:
Farmers
A- FOR SALE
FOR SALE • used model 955,
12 ft. Case swather with hay '
conditioner and water cooled .
engine, in good condition.
Phone 524-6452._20nc• -
LARGE pile of horse'Thanure
delivered to ;.the highest
bidder. 'Phone 524-8429 or 524
7182-20
atter -after
airy' far
By Marilyn Duff
ATwooD — Over 600 farmers,
attending ,a rally here to protest
15 per cent cutbacks In ind-ustrial
milk 'quotas, last week appealed.
to the Ombudsman's office to
'save them frem economic ruin. ,
Near the•• end of the stormy
,four-hour- meeting,punctuated
with several:emotional outbursts
by farmers facing bankruptcy,
dairy producers agreed .they,
• would ' follow'' the `"proper -
channels" laid down by the Or
budsman's office.
They agreed` to set up a cons!
mittee composed of Mrs. Alice
Burt, RR 5, Ethel, rally.organiier
and representatives probably'..
from each, of the regional milk
committees to meet with officials.
of the- Ontario Milk Marketing
Board before bringing ii the Om-
..
Dairy producers also endorsed
budsman,
a four -point plan put forward by a
liarriston area farther Dirk
Woestenenk, recent or
plan calls
nizer of
a milk give-away.
The. for:,
1. A commitment from the pro-
vince to ease interest payments
and defer repayment of the
principal on industrial milk "inn=
centive .loans until the dairy
crisis has passed. -
2: A commitment from the.pro-
vince to pay the difference to
farmers between what. their
dairy cattle are worth themeat
What
they would bring on
.mar
3 A commitment from the pro -
vince to purchase surplus skim farmers wanted to see the milk
Milk powder and either donate it marketing board remain in'exis,•
to the world food
bank as>k.ur make it Cance. tin had. been
available to Ontario farmers. for The ince g
use in animal feeds. • arranged by Mrs, Alice Burt, RR
4, A commitment from tht? pro- 5 Ethel, who. two weeks ago led a
•
pars air their .grievances
•
0
•
' al
-Mrs, Alice Burt of RR 5, Ethel demonstrates a bit
of Atwood. he hting
Above
FIGHTING 5P1RITover AA
she calls n iruitr to organize r rally to•co operate w th'the Ombudsman's office
ficef by pro-
testingo-
tf rmally to milk pro
formally to the Ontario Milk Marketfrl'4;� Board.
'vine to. introduce a school. milk delegation of w 20 . - farmers to
program inthe schools where
Queens park, where they
junk foods . ' Stu randy served in .
cafeterias would be replaced with dumped milk in front of the legis -
attire. -
`milk and dairy products.. rMy neighbors -
t
.telly me your
At the same time ,the Ontario can't fight government," she
said `But I feel there's a demo- .
Milk Marketing Board received - th f rme s
•
an unofficial vote of confidence cstic__sxst._?nd
._• Fafter-o ie~farmett suggested t.be�` their .say." Yrn
would: he better off
can. have
dairy industry .She had invited Gilles Morin, .
without. various government . agriculture, rural and municipal
agencies who had. "bungled': the director for 't Ombudsman s
Milk supply issue. office and r t 't1>0mbu s an's
, BY G. AUSTIN cheaper than it could.be with •
th�a.nadian plant. Ma be we should doaway chairmap of the Ontario .1Vlile
Y
In January of '76 after. three bought atthmilk marketing board coma : Marketing Board to speak at th
years of investigation W er Canada fertilizerx The learned of the cartel deal pletely "the , farmer said. "Ail meetings.;
fertilizer comp thethey ve done is louse things up. • : Mr Morin told dairy farmers
of : advised to stop selling.to Gordon Hill, president of thee• . he would not be able to help them
charged under ActCombines and the_ American dealer waswent through 'the='
InvestigationOntario Federation of would
A'g d .unless they
t
preventing competition its the Canadian
N F U fanners.
had _ culture told, farmers they "proper channels". -He said
and le of fez:- The der this step very must first appeal to
Provinces
: tocarefully• • Ontario
Provinces and part:' of :incidents were brought,
attention of. Eugene Whelan, sembly which followed los
re. (continued on,page 13A)
'F ARM WORK.
CUSTOM •
• Shannon and Hunter Ltd.
RR. 3, Goderich
HIGH CAPACITY` EQUIPMENT
AVAILI►BLE FOR
:Lc . p owing n�d-C 1iseLP_1oWing.
* 'Cultivating
the
production the sale similar experiences have to consider farmers
tothe A cheer from the as Milk Marketing Board
a Agriculture, marks indicated the majority Ontario. cMinister and
In 'April, 1972 Local 523 of heat MinisterBoard Mg •
the National Farmers Union
Saskatchewan was the Minis%'r of Consumers -
in
bargaining for fertilizer for Corporate Affairs.
its members. They found that The . present investigation
-
a dealer in North Dakota and the charges,' which have
would sell fertilizer$24. Per et to .be proven, came
d:
ton cheaper than in. directly out of the events
or- experienced, by the.N;F.U.,
Saskatchewan• so they
' dared 300 -'ton .from the were �Coinince Ltd.; Companies
named
ia
American plant. r purchased Oil Limited; Northwest Nitro-
oye fertilizer p.
Dyed to be manufactur U S GordonalMines Limited;
Pr.
Canada, shipped to the
and farmers sold trruckedCanadian
it back and Limited and Western Co -
into
at a, price operative Fertilizers,
into Canada,
LORRY FARM SYSTEMS
RR 1, Phone 3i5-506 fario
F FOR RHO .
60. ACRES . - 'Hwy. 21.
Amherley area. Phone 524-
7875. _19,20,21
150 ACRES of pasture land.
Phone ,482-9819.--20
NEW HOMES and FARMS -
Free Estimates -
You and your family deserve the best of water
so don't hesitate to call .
TOM LANA
010146 524"6440.
'l MILE NORTH ON HIGHWAY 21,, GODER$CH
•
...not painting
your house!
Stelco Si mg
The tough stud ....the' siyart alternative!
Strong and durable. Guaranteed 20 years!
manutaCturerl lnur�
steleo
siding
Call today fOr a tree -estimate:
Discount Dave's Home'Centres
(A DivisiOn of Conklin Lumber CorTipany L,s niteee
GODERIGH 524-8321'
EXETER 235-1.422
.fe' r„ .,--_ _
Wettable
powder herbicide
s
Pre -emergent
.eed control in
ybeaflS field beans
(white and kidney)
snap and
lima beans.
ev,
Why spray for weeds You
- don't have? If you don't have
vetvetleaf, cocklebur,
thistle, yellow nutsedge or -
bindweed, but you do have
troublesome grass '
problems like crabgrass,
green foxtail, witchgrass,
and weeds like lamb's-
• quarters, black nightshade,
• pigweed or ragweed; then
Patoran isyour most
efficient and most - -
economical weapon against ,
weeds.
AGRO-CHEMICALS OF OUR TIME.
BASF Canada Limited
-10'Constellation' Court, Rexdale, Ontario
418-677-1p30
r .,