The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-09-30, Page 33'A
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Why. you might ask. does this lunkhead Trotter'keep peck-
ing away at the plight of •farmers'' •
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If farmers are so, badly of't, why do they stay on the farm
and why aren't, more farmers going bankrupt?
(.rood questions but the answer is easy.
Why are beef farmers able to ,remain in business,,when
they are losing between $60 and ,$200- a head when they •
Market their .cattle? liiov; can. dairy f•arrriers remain in
business when they are forced tocut..back.:production as °
much as•20 per cent and.. take a corresponding loss in, in-
come? And what is happening to ell those pork producers
now that the price of pork is. beginning to drop this fall?
' Again., .the answer is simple..
• They are not going bankrupt because thousands of farm-„
niers in your county and mine are working part time et some
"'other job to augment their incomes. They cannot make a
decent living as full-time farmers. It's as simple
as that.
How can these things be'proven'' The, facts. come from a
52=page -report released by the Ontario Ministry of Agricul
• ture and Food. The statistics are staggering..
In other words, the most important industry in this or any
other province - that of producing food —•has to be done
on a part-time basis. This, to me: is a terrible indictment
of.the system as it stands. Farmers. most of them anyway.
have toearn-moremoney off the -farm .to remain in busi-
ness.
Is it any wonder that the average age of the Canadian
farmer. is 52? Why would any young man in his right mind,
'want to get into farming..when the figures are available to
prove that the greater majority of farmers in . Ontario.-
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at_least,,.must have a second job to make ends meet?
In the• Waterloo Region. for instance. which is supposed
to be one of the finest agricultural:co.unties in. the province.
only 36.4 per.cent of the income of farmers came from the
land. The,resta startling 63.6 per.cent—came from•off-
y end of September
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Ontario
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Leitersate epptecrstAd by Bob Trotter. Male Rd . Elmua. Ont M36 2C7
farm wages. saCaries and other sources.
.Other revealing figures in the .ministry:s report: The•
average net income for farmers in 1973 was $3,519.Off-farm
income`averaged $6.137. .
And don't ggive me that old fable about farmers being able .
totake advantage of all kinds of tax dodges. That just isn't.
true. -A-recent report of the now -defunct Food'Prices Re- .
view' Board claimed that farmers pay almost as much tabes •
as everyone else and even more than most small businesses. ,
In Peel County, another good agricultural area.only 8.4
per cent offarmers'•income came from farming,. Pity the
• poor chaps in Haliburton,County. though. where income tax
figures revealed that they had an average net income of
MINUS ' $239 iri 1973. Thank heaven -the. good Lord made • °
Haliburton County a summer paradise'st,, tl4at Many can
• make additional income in the t lurist business.
To bring this discussion to its logical conclusion. farmers
are actually subsidizing, consumers. Farmers are forcgd
to drive scliool buses. •be building custodians. part-time auto
mechanics or machinery repairmen,' Farm Wives have to .
teach school. become secretaries or sales clerksjust to
make ends meet on the.farm,4
And yes. I know,•a greatmany other men and -women have -
•to hold-down two jobs these days to afford what they con-
sider are the amenities of life. But how -many of them are
in a business that is so essential to the welfare of theme nation
'as that of raising food? •
Consumers can scream as loud and long as they like about '
the high cost of ,food in Canada but the fats prove that we
have been. spoiled in this country for the last 30 years. per- •
haps.even,.the•Iast'100.years: into belieying that we deserve -
low food prices. •
Canadians pay less than 20 cents of every disposable dol-
lar on food. one of the lowest rates in the world and farm-
' ers are.suffering because of it.
Wheat Board
sending final payment
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•The final payment on 1975
crop Ontario wheat will be
made to producers by the end
of September according to a
release issued by the Ontario
Wheat Producers' Marketing
Board.
Irving Kleiman, RR 1,
Simcoee, r chairman of the
marketing board,, said the
al payment on last year's
crop will. be •781/2 cents 'per
bushel:
He emphasized that the
payment applies only to
wheat sold by producers from
July 1, 1975 to June 30,1976,• -
The announcement was
made followingcompletion of
the board's audit for the 1975
crop year andwhich was
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CLAY
Silo. Unloaders
- ..Feeders —u
LL - Cleaners
-..Stabling •
- Log Elevators
- Liquid Manure .Equipment
- Hog Equipment
FARMATIC —
Mills
- Augers, etc.
ACORN -
-. Cleaners, •
-' Heated Waterers
ZERO
Bilk Tanks
Pipeline& Parlour. Equipment
WESTE EL-ROSCO-Granaries
B & L - Hog• Panelling
Bulk Tank & Pipeline cleaning
Detergents, Teat Dip, etc.
Bovadine
Dyne
Losa n
Uddersaq
Foancheck
eeneasy
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presented to a meeting of the
board on Monday, September
20th.
'Mr. Kleiman•said plans are
underway for preparation
and mailing of approximately
16,000 individual producer
cheques which should be in
the hands of producers about
the end of September. '
In the' pooling 'system,
producers receive an . initial
payment when they':sell:their
wheat plus interim and final
payments. Mr: Kleiman
explained . that . to date
producers'' have received 'a
total of $2.85 per bushel, made
up of a $2.00 initial payment
and 85 •cents per bushel in-
terim payment on last year's
crop. •
• The board official further
explained' .that the final
payment to be made of 781/2
cents per bushel will make a
total of. $3.63i/2 per bushel,
which is 711/2 cents per bushel
lower:than' the total for the
previous .crop which was $4.35
perbushel.
Mr. -Kleiman' pointed out
that the drop' in price mainly
reflectsthe lower export
price for wheat, on world
-markets 'ceimpared tp those
experienced during , the •.
previous crop year. .
The board chairman also
advised that the annual
meeting of Ontario ' wheat
producershas been set 'for
October 25th in .London, and
that a notice of that meeting
and the board's annual report
:.and financial' statement will
be mailed to producers.
during the second week •of
October..
A- (OR SALE.
TEN. white 'Leghorn hens, 75c
apiece. Phone 52,4-6372r-40
PUREBRED ROP tested
Yorkshire boars, : call 348-
9164. Heinz Hinz, RR 5,
Mitchell. -39-40
•LOWRY FARM SYSTEMS •'
RR 1, Kincardine, :Ontario
Phone 395.5286
Perform a.
deathodefying
act.
Give 'Heart Fund.
Give Heart Fund 0:
C - WANTED
WE . ARE, looking for . farm
property with water' frontage.
-50 acres orover, some biish.
Machinery and stock ' op-
tional. Access to schdols.
Please send full particulars to
Box 371, Waterloo Ontario.
All replies acknowledged.
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F - FOR, RE -NT
FARM TANI2 fo
acres, near- Amberley, south
1/2' lot 33, Lake Front Con-
cession, Ashfield township.
Contact Sharen Realty and
Insurance Ltd. 238-2303, —39-
40-41 ar.
GODERIC • S1011.4,7!STA
(ontro t itch r 8
with �atii►e nor
. By Pat L.yneh,.:.:.
Soils and Crops Specialist
OMAF
Perth and Huron Counties
The past two wet summers
along with dry weather this
past spring , when herbicides
were applied has led to twitch
grass getting out of control in
some fields. The . perennial
weed, twitch grass or •quack
grass, .can. be controlled in.
next years corn , fieldsby
spraying finis fall.
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Two poundsof actual
atrazine applied this .fall
along •with a further two
pounds of atrazine next
spring is still the best method
to control infestations of
twitch grass.. The atrazine
Pony club
The Huron -Bruce Pony
Club held its grading tests
Sunday, September 19 and
will be given a • recognized
status at' the° next Western
Ontario Region District
Commissioners meeting.
The Huron -Bruce ..club is
now 29 members strong and
meets all the requirements
for official pony club status,
The final hurdle the club had
to. clear wasgrading tests
• which were done at the .Tack
Shack Equestrian Centre in.
should be applied anytime
before ploughing. This
atrazine that is ploughed.
down this fall will be in place
as soon as the twitch begins to
grow next spring.
This fall application, allows.
you to spray only the areas of
a field that are infested. Th'.
ggnerally less expensive
than spraying the' whale field,
but just as effective since •
twitch grass generally sjpst.
grows in certain areas of . a
field.. Atrazine applied this'":
fall will not break down or
leach away before next.
spring and can be applied
even minute's before
ploughing and still be ef-
fective.
official:
Lucknow. Mrs. Willi.arif
Godson, chairman: of the
Western Ontario Region and
David Godson, the pony club
inspector, graded 23 of the
club's 29 members. ° Both'
• visitors are prom •Caledon
Hills,
The club members
travelled from., Goderich,
Clinton, Teeswater,
Lucknow, Ripley and Kin-
cardinefor the tests and then
enjoyed lunch provided by the
club mothers:
Savings • -eels
salesman
from district
, Mat SI AY, SEP'TE .
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DAVE HAYS
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Industrial! Corona t*
.Residential tiewlr
Thomas Moran 'of Owen
Sound has biien appointed
• organizer in the 1976 Canada
Savings Bond Campaign,
payroll savings division, for
the Owen Sound-Collingw od
Goderich area. •
His territory includes Ow en
Sound, Medford,
•Collingwood, Orangeville,
Markdale, Southampton
" Port Elgin, 'Kincardine,
Chesley, Hanover, Dundalk,
Walkerton, Palmerston,
Wingham, Durham,"Hensall,
Mount Forest and Harriston.
This is Mr. Moran's first
campaign as, a Canada
Savings Bond organizer.
This year marks the 31st
anniversary ,'of:'.'. Canada
Savings Bonds and during.the•
period . 1946-1975inclusive,
almost $7.3 billion in Canada
Savings 'Bonds . was pur- i
chased through the Payroll •
Savings Plan across the
country. • •
Last year in this area, 3,180
employees bought -a total of
$2,035,850 worth of Canada
Savings Bonds through
payroll savings. • -
This Percheron,, held by its owner Allan Horsburgh of
Holstein, Ontario, seems to be ignoring •the.judge of the
grooming class of the Dungannon Fall Fair heavy horse
show while he casts his eyes over the fans at the show.
The attitude of the animal didn't bother judge Oliver'.•
Bannerman of Monkton, Ontario,however as he named
the horse the best groomed of the show. (staff photo)
PUBLIC FORUM
ON FARM INCOME
STABILIZATION
MON., OCT. 4, at 8:30 pm
The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and.food .will
hold—meetings across the province. on. Monday,
Octolaer 4, to' receive views on ar
stabilization.
Interested individuals are invited to participate in
any one of the following meetings:
RIDGETOWN •
Ridgetown College -el •
Agricultural Technology,
Livestock Pavilion
STRATFORD
• Market Annex
Fairgrounds,
Bring your oWvn tont finers
the finest FRESH CIDER
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La NOrc ori
rft, MILES FROM NO, 8 HIGHWAY ON
DRIVE IN ROAD SOUTH OF GODERICH.•
CAMPBELLFORD
District High School
Ranney Street "
CARLETO.N PLACE
Zion Memorial United,
Church Hall,, ' •
37 Franklin Street
ANCASTER • KEMPTVILLE •
•Marritt,HalI - `'Kemptville•Ceillege'of.
Fairgrounds : Agficultural Technology;
Engineering Building
FLESHERTON
Grey Highlands.
Secondary School,
Auditorium
NEW L'ISKtARD
New Liskeard College of
• Agricultural Technology,
Auditorium •
MARKHAM:. THUNDER BAN,.
Mari<ham Arena Hall . Airlane Motor Hotel
Highways 48 and 7 • '
Ministry of
Agriculture
and Food
Ontario
Hon William G. Newman
Minister
R G Bennett
Deputy Minister
Minister
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