The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-08-26, Page 25,:
Quick now, .without thinking too long on the question, what
,meat packing plants while Virtuallystarling 1
I •
is vertical integration? • . .
answer that out ef'tiusrness. 'then, oreourse; the
y set what
ever price. they please
• Display, as any"retailer will tell you;. means a lot. Food
Lettels•are apprevialed by Bob Trotter. 'Etdale Rd . Etmna. 'Ont N38 29 u..•
_ates are quite able to sit back and.take huge tosses`on their
• Perhaps otie in. a 'dozen" COir.lm`ers could-'
question without giving it some thought. But I suggest to
everybody, who shops at a superrnart et and 90 per cent
tett .alfalfa this p�
a Tor goi...icr�p
" Good fall management can
make the difference between keep the top inch of soil lave
a thick or thin stand of alfalfaegrees or more warmer than
next year. Damage to the it were removed•. It holds •, " ,
alfalfa crop actually occurs in . the snow, keeping the plant a•. FOR SALE
the fall,. although it may over the winter period, says
crowns at about 2 to -3
degrees C (25 to 28 degrees F)
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Professor R.S. .F•ulkerson, regar ess o su z ro
awing a competitors
Department -of Crap-Science:,temperatures;' This is ex
p
are tree to untartt Agrteultural 'College: ° imp.Artant' siri�es
g alfalfa: dies at. -8 to -12 degrees
Farmers should' •avoid s F . .
erazing or cutting too near C (1.0 to 20 degree ) .
the critical fall harvest date . ` ". Ice from'winter rains and
if they Want to protect their sleet -storms can accumulate
crop. ' on the soil ; surface
Harvesting close,to the smothering the alfalfa.. Fall
Critical date alloWs the• alfalfa . top growth can prevent this
to 'regrow -for .only two or• by providing channels for gas
three weeks because the exchange: If top growth, is'
alfalfa leaves . become present, it bolds the• snow
sev-erely injured by fall
acting like a
blanket,
itfrosts. This does not provide preventing the. _ice from
it' with enough time for food . forming on the soil surfje
storage .in the roots. The killing" the ':alfalfa at : the
plants then go into the winter " crown. -
of, consumers do - that it is: a term you sh &lel know about
and a trend of which you should be aware.
Much concern .in farm circles IS being• expressed about
'the big names; in the supermarketchains.getting"irito verti-
cal integration,. Beef producers are especially aware. Others
'.' quite concerned about•the trend are meat processors and
meat packers: 7
.. What does it mean? •
• It is a trend whereby one company or a group'of related
companies .control a product frorn production..te the dining
table, Many„people are aware of the food chain in meat. The
.,~.farmer produces it, lie sells it' through:a marketing board
chains wouldanaturally display their own products better and
more' lavishly so that . even if competitive 'products were
ayailable.'in that store, they could be with the hearth! foods
somewhere, almost out of sight like the truss advertise..
meets and the personals in a newspaper. •
Other things enter the picture, of course. Nothing is com-
pletely - black -and -white these days. Retailers would like
to buy meat cut andpackaged to, the consumers' satis-
faction but meat packers in Canada do not do it that way. '•
They selithe carcass.
Meat.packers and processors; shoal"d beencouraged to
•
rtr a commodity . board or. a -sale _barn. The meat processor get into this type of production• and a recent 'beef commis-
buys it, sometirnes on the hoof. }le processes. it.aad use slop report suggested that government -grants in aid of pack-
buys
packages it although sometimes he packages it with
someone else's brand name on it. -
Then, .a wholesaler buys-t.and sells it to the supermarket,
Then, and onlythen; it reachesou, the. consumer. Verti-
cal integration could -eliminate almost everyone•.along the
line. The hilge food- chains: - and there are only about five
or•six•in this country - could set uptheir own:feedlots. pro
• cess their own meats and put those meats into their own.
stores with their own brand name 9n Ahem, thus virtually
eliminating everyone else, even the farmer.
So what, you say? Just, this: -Competition is eliminated,
too: Without competition, a producer -packager -retailer
could set whatever price he wants to set. You have to pay
that price;
.It is happening right now. Some food chains are quietly
integrating•such items as wieners and sausages, They could
easily take a loss,too. on such items, just to get you into the
' store, and set a whale of a mark=up: on their coffee after you
• are in that store:.Rob Peter to pay Paul, How 'can indepen-
dent 'processors compete whenthe market place becomes •
distorted by such shenanigans?
Not only that'but these huge multi -national conglomer
The ,Maitland • Valley
,The
. Authority has.
ceived Ministry ,of. Natural
esources approval for 'a.
200,0.00. floodplain• ,land
cquisition - program . in
urnberry Township. The,
ffected b 100 acres in the
wnship have had a history
f flooding problems :. dating
ack to the 1940's and 1950's.
In .the last three years the
rea has suffered through
ur floods. -
The majority of the funds
ill be .supplied by the
inistry and supplementary
rants from the Province of
ntario. The • benefiting.
unicipality w.i11- pay . 20
ercent while . the: entire
CLAY
•- Si18 Unloaders
- Feeders
Cleaners
Stabling- •
- Log Elevators
- Liquid Manure Equipment
- Hog Equipment
FARMATIC
- Mills .
- Augers, etc.
CORN -
Cleaners .
• Heated Waterers
ERO r-
ink
alk Tanks .
ipeline & Parlour Equipment•
ESTE'EL-ROSCO-Granaries
& L - Hog Panelling
Wk Tank & Pipeline cleaning
etergentt, Teat Dip, etc.
Bovadine
Dyne.
Losan
Uddersan
Foamcheck'• -
Kleeneasy -
LOWRYFARM SYSTEMS
RR 1, Kincardine, Ontario •
Phone 395.5286.
work for water control
ers and-proces s�should be encouraged, Restaurants and -
hotels, in pa ricular, would prefer to buy 'special cuts in'
this manner. At present few, if any, meat packing plants are
equipped to provide this service which is why so�'much im-
ported beef, already cut and packaged, is being bought in
Canada.
What can you, as -a consumer, do to prevent this trend?
Write in support of your consumers association, Write to •
your local member of parliament and your member of the
legislature: •You can boycott such products already on dis-
play in your favorite food store if you feel .strongly enough
about the trend.
I've been called all kindsof names for; constantly harping
op •the power -available to multi -national conglomerates,
names such as`radical, socialist, even communist. It is quite
possible that this power may never be used but having it
available could be disastrous;to• the farmer: the -consumer,
the meat packers and everyone else connected with produc-
ing food. •
Wheh you remember that more than 40. per cent of the
gross national product inthis country is generated. through
agriculture;;it is•a great deal of power indeed - - -
with low. .root reserves or Farmers should check with
antifreeze and are killed by their agricultural
low -winter temperatures. representative or' Ontario
•.. A lack of fall growth denies repre'try of Agriculture and
the alfalfa proper winter Food publication 296, •Field
i.ns'ulation, causing it to die. A Crop Recommendations, for
foot of ten vrn,vth hnwevar, the critical date in this area,
•
Farmers getting
.
ready for corn
Farmers are beginning to
sharpen their -knives for
harvesting corn silage which
will: begin in the first two or
three weeks of September.
There are several steps
farmers can follow to achieve
an optimum harvest.
authority will . supply the
remaining••5_percent.
The program has :been
established to offer tan-•
downers of the problem area
an alternative choice of ac-
tion. It hasnot been
developed to expropriate the
land.. "
Land appraisal will
establish guidelines for prices
offered by - the Authority:
Initial acquisition efforts will.
be centred on 53 acres that•
are categorized as severely
flood -prone. .
Member municipalities
bordering Lake Huron have
been approached for their
approvals • to commence an
extensive lakeshore
.development study.
The study will indicate the
causes and :extent of gully and
shoreline. erosion in the
Townships. of Ashfield,
Colborne, Goderich and 'the
Town of Goderich. Upon
municipal approval con-
sulting firms will be asked to
submit estimated costs for
the •study. The study will also
result in a master plan which
would ensure safe develop-
ment of the area in future,
Engineering represen-
tatives are•pres.ently revising
a report for the recon-'
s.truction of the Gorrie Dam..
,Preliminary studies' . in
dicated that the dam requires
facilities to handle greater
eapacity of, water. Various
methods of achieving this
objective are being studied,
F'inal reports will ... then be
sam.itted for approval' to the
Ministry of Natural
:Resources and the Township..
of Howick. '.
Applications for the
Authority's 1977 Tree
Planting • Assistance
.Program have been sub-
Plans underway
for '78 plow match
reparation? for the 1978.
International -Plowing Match
have been underway for some
time.
Altl'iough the Hui -on
International is 'still more
than two '`years • distant,
practically all the com-
mittees have been named and
are busy with their plans. The
1978 match will -be held on the
Jim Armstrongfarm a mile
east of Wingham and on those
of his nearer neighbors.
• One committee .which has
to ma - an early start is the
gro • wh'ch : takescharge of
-p a Iicity ,a • promotion,
he ded by Ray Sco•tchmer of
Ba field as cha rrtian
t a meeting in Clinton last
k the P & PR committee
CUSTOM FARIVM.WORK
• Shannon and. Hunter Ltd.
'RR 3, Goderich
HIGH CAPACITY 'EQUIPMENT
AVAILABLE FOR
* Plowing and .Chisel Plowing *
* pCultiv tilting *.
Planting *.
BOB
52768,11
5 61
CALL
9 • 6 p.m.
handled much of the planning
for the Huron plowmen's.
exhibit at the forthcoming
International to .be held near
Walkerton at the end of ..
September this year. The
exhibit is essential -to
publicize the forthcoming
match in Huron. A similar or
even greater effort will be
i equ iced -next' year, when the
International will be held
near Kingston.
Within the next few weeks
committee personnel forthe '
78 ---.International _ -. vrl . , be
identifiable by their • official
garb - maroon blazers or
squall' jackets highlighted by
the official crest of the match,
powder -blue trousers ;and
blue Shirts and ties.
mitted ' to • the Ministry o
,, Natural Resources. Request
for 42,000 trees have bee
ordered for 15' watershe
applicants.
• . Reports from 'the Ministry
nurseries indicated that the
may Ilse a shortage of spruce
Aid red oak for the next two
• :
Visitors to the Fall
Reserve •.Conservation Are
are > unknowingly aiding ' the
Authority. in deciding future
.development plans for the
park,... -
A statistical study
presently.' being undertaken
by' Experience '76 staff will
indicate how far people drive
to stay at the' Falls, what
areas and facilities they
prefer and what time of'year
is the most popular for
campers.
Ian Deslauriers; the
Authority's - Resources
Manager recently attended.a
rrt`anagement seminar in
-Barrie: The five day seminar,
presented by the Civil Serviee
Commission; was attended by
twenty people representing
the:Attorney General's office,
Ministries of. Housing,
Labour, Revenue; •Tran-
sportation ° and . . Com-
munications; and .Natural
Resources. . -
The •program, was
established to better equip
Managers .. in . dealing With
office and administration
.matters, •
The Authority has received
a supply; of placemats for
-distribution; In`addition to the
placemats that will be sold to
various establishments in the
watershed, the Authority is
offering placemats to service
dubs and non-profit.
\organizations free of charge.
Maitland Valley recently
took part in the festivities
celebrating Maryborough.
Township's ,.125th an-
niversary.. The A,tithori:ty
received third prize in the
f open class for . their float' .
s entry in the.parade. -
n The comnr 'o
.pletiof; the
-
d • Authority's Experience” '76
program was August 20, To
date, the crews"have com- •
re piked work at Galbraith,.
'Brussels; and'Fall' Reserve
Conservation areas.
Municipal work -has also been
s done in Brussels, Clinton,
Area
Elma Twp *Goderich,.
Goderich • Twp.,. Harrston,
-Howick Twp., Listowel,.
Maryborough Twp.,
Wiiigham, Lucknow and East
Wawanosh Twp.
The technical staff .. have
completed a wildlife
management
managemennt report for •the
Wawanosh Valley Con-
servation :,: Area and a
preliminary report con
perning .the restoratioryof the
Brussels., and Gorrie Mills.
Flight line mapping of aerial. .
photographs and a base map
for the •expanded watershed
have also been established.
WATER
DRILLING
NEW HOMES and FARMS
Free Estimaies
You and your family deserve the best of water
so„don't hesitate to call .
TOM LAN
PHONE x 5i2 4-06 41 O
1Mtxx NOR1H ON'HtGHWAY 21,°GODERICHx
It' is extremely important
that the corn is not harvested
too wet or too dry. Prbfessor
O.E.,.Hatley, Department .o
Crop Science, Ontario
Agricultural College, ex-
plains that corn silage ideally
should be harvested when it
has .30 to .40 percent dry
matter or 60 to 70 percent
moisture content. At this dry
matter content The .silage
yield. is . at . an optimurn,
harvest' and storage 'Iosses
are at a minirnum., arid dry
chatter intake by cattle . is
high.
For the best results, far-
mers are advised . to keep
-
their cutting - knives sharp,
and machinery adjusted for a
fine chop'. This fine chop;, is
necessary for good packing
and exclusion .of excess air.
Excess 'air in the silage -mass
will increase the : storage
losses, Another' aspect of air
exclusion .is fast filling. Fill
the silo as quickly as. possible,
• evenly :dispers,ing the silage
and covering it with plastic. .
• If for some reason afarmer,
has time to only partially fill
his silo.,..and then has'to leave
it, for .three or four days; he is
advised to cover it with..
plastic' until ready to com-r
plete the filling: -
If these'steps arefollowed,
farmers' 'should, achieve: a
reduction in spoilage, and get
a good; fermentation from
their silage: .
en. ion ar
GRAIN for sake, .3 -way mix, FOR, SALE Purebred ser-
.:vice•able .. age Hampshire
r`lsoars; ;also
Ifatrrp---e#"OS S
,:Duroc and oar crass Tan-
- •liraee..boars: R.OP tested and
cornmerciai- . flob Robinson,...
Walton, 345-2317;.'
35, 36.
barley, oats.: and 'wheat
Phone 52OT 7732:---•3"0tfnc'•
THOUSAND bales second'cut"
hay. 80 percent Alf41fa`and 20
percent Timothy. Phone 524-
9.88"-35
Help your
STANDING good ,second' cut
hay. Apply Mose `J.• Shetler Hee .Our
Raj, Dungannon. -34,35 -�, N -
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SEED DIVISION .
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BADEN, ONT.
Phone Toll Free
1 -800-656374
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ELECTRICAL
serving •
Serving
Iindustria, Commercial,
Residential Needs
524-6O38
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