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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-05-05, Page 40PAGE 12—.GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1977 Letter aw app•euated b. Bob Trotter Eldale Rd Elmo. Om N3e 2C7 • What do you do with an.old. old dog'' t'ul they did Regular readers of this currier will remember our But he is too old now tor any of that nonsense dog. Jake He has beengoingslowly blind for a couple of years 'We think he is almost 20 years old Somewhere around and now. he is deaf as a pos�t He can't even hear a whistle the house is a picture of hire as a puppy and the date these days Just recently, hj`,took another seizure and we on the picture is 1958 He s been around ,here since be- were sure it was over But his stout heart is still going fore we moved to the country -strong but his rear end ha9\betrayed him..His back legs Almost 10 years ago. I wrqte a column about him be- just simply won't obey him any longer Every now and ing puzzled for a month or more because he couldn't bark again. the legs collapse and he sprawls in an undignified at the mailman because, you see, mailmen do not come heap On the floor or the ground. up your walk in the rural areas Ile used to come out to the barn with me regularly after He travelled with me for man} years in the back seat gaining considerable respect for the horses He learned the of the car Where I went. Jake went Ile loved a car in hard way. too. after getting a kick on the snout that those days He would hop into the back seat. brace his knocked him clean across the corral. legs against the seat cushion and drape his front hall But he has to be almost carried outside these days over the front seat As most dogs. he loved to flop his because that pesky rear end won't obey his old brain. head out the window in the warns months and let the wind The muscles. the vet says, are atrophying. He is just play with his ears too old to cut the mustard any fnore. He is, of course. a Heinz 57 varieties. a tri -color. most- He spends about 22 hours a day sleeping on the woollen ly black and golden brown with a slash of white from his rug at the side door People come and' go and instead of throat to his chest. He was a rambler Cur years. He exploding when visitors arrive. he finally senses some - would disappear for many hours and wearily. grinning one new in the room and looks around. puzzled, and stag - from ear to ear with his tongue lolling come bounding gers over to welcome them home after a days debauch somewhere About the only thing that still works right is that sen - He's an epileptic, the vet tells us Once or twice a year. shove nose of his. Open a tin of, dog food 40 feet away and ever since he was a puppy, he would have a seizure and he'll laboriously naul his weary old body up and stagger scare us silly In a few hours atter a good sleep and a towards the odor. gallon of water. he'd be his crazy self again. bounding It is really a pathetic sight when he falls over. grunts around like a puppy disgustedly, and wearily gets to his feet again. He has helped us raise two daughters to maturity anof What—do you do about it? I don't own a gun.as most until recently, he helped us with our third daughter who readers are aware. Besides, 1 couldn't shoot him even it' is now 10 years old. just about halt the age of old Jake He w.1$ so well-known in Elmira that many people' stopped to say hello to him instead of the driver He would let loose with a gay hark to the delight 01 those who spoke 1 did have a gun.. We hate to take him to the veterinarian to be given the needle and take that long trip to his favor- ite•tclephone pole in the sky because he dislikes the vet clinic. to him • We have some friends who say he would be better off He had a few girlfriends over the years Again, he dead, that he is no good to himself or anyone else the way would disappear tor hours. sometirnes. days. and we he •staggers around the house. He's a four -footed Foster would find him parked near the house of a bitch in heat. ,Brooks, looking inanely. foolishly at her front door. One summer, But I have the feeling that he'll go when his time is he parked ' himself right in the middle of the road and up and we'll just wait patiently. carrying him in and out. sat there stupidly and lasciviously. Idngingly looking to- until' his old heart decides to quit. ward a house with an irate owner ready to kick him a After nearly 20 years, he has become part of the fam- block Cars had to detour around him We are still grate- ily and it will be a wrench when he goes. i°` Farmers victims of food chains Gordon Hill, immediate past president of. the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, said in a meeting last night that farmers as much as consumers are being vic- timized by the giant food Mr. Hill pointed out that the food chains are not only in- volved in the retailing of food but also in its prof essing.and in selling goods and services a mere 3 to 12 per cent of the retail dollar for processed fruit and vegetables and only 12 per cent ' for bread. The irony, Mr. Hill went on to say, is that the agricultural in - which farmers need to run dustry is one of our most, chains. Mr, Hill, who was their farms. "They've got the significant. He related the nominated recentejy as the farmer both going and findings of the Agricultural economic Research Council NDP candidate in Middlesex, coming. They have which revealed that more was speaking at the tremendous power," said Mr, than 40 per cent of Canada's nomination meeting of NDP Hill, Leader Stephen Lewis, in He cited figures which Scarborough. �- showed that farmers Rural more energy conscious Gross. National Product is generated by agriculture. Farmers spent about 4.6 billion to operate their farms while 20 per cent of the gross value of manufacturing is in processed products of farm origin. In Ontario, the in- dustry is even more significant since one third of Canada's agricultural output is from Ontario. "You have to wonder about a society that allows the people involved in its most vital industry to be treated so unfairly," Mr. Hill said. Ontario's rural youth are becoming more• aware of energy conservation through 9-H electrical energy con- servation clubs, according to Grant Webber of Ontario Hydro. - The clubs, organized by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, have been conducted in various counties throughout Ontario since 1960. Instruction for the program is provided by the agricultural conservation supervisors at Ont4io Hydro's six regional offices. "The 4-H electrical con- servation club program deals with the wise use of electrical power. During the program club members investigate electrical energy use on their individual farms. They discuss heat loss in production buildings and the farm Name, lighting controls and other ways to rice energy waste," said Web lice The 'club program also gives practical advice for common problems such as incorrect wiring, outdoor wiring and rodent damage. Last year, electrical energy conservation clubs were active in Bruce, Nipissing and Northumberland counties. Mr. Webber says he expects clubs will'be set up in several other counties this year. 4-H club programs are organized in each county to provide training in a variety of subjects fromfarm safety to animal care. More than 10,00 boys and 3 Take a step in the right direction. Take a few. 14 yy3111 3140,11'6.1,. girls from 12 to 20 years of age participate. in Ontario 4-H agricultural clubs. For more information about the 9-H programs of- fered in your county contact the local,offices of the Ontario Ministr of Agriculture and Food. Martin appointed as Huron agriculture representative, Mr. Dennis Martin was recently appointed Assistant Agricultural Representative for Huron County. He suc- ceeds Bill Broadworth who was promoted to the position of Agricultural Represen- tative for the distrie`f` of Thunder Bay. Mr. Martin graduated January 1975 from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York where he received his honours degree in Animal Science. Dennis is a native of Bruce County where his family operates a beef farm. - Dennis worked the summer of '74 with the Ontario °L/T4E° 1 I I I CONVEYS AND FEEDS k 1 1 1 I 1 Butler Convey•N-Feed cattle feeder, two machines I in one, is "loaded" at silo end for straight-out con- veying and feeding. Adjustable incline and decline kadd flexibility. Feeds silage fast. We,al.ro install silage distribuuing-unloading, venti- I lating, and manure -handling systems. 1LOWRY FARM! EQUIPMENT! RR 1 KINCARDINE, ONTAR-IO I PHONE (519) 395.5286 Ministry of Agriculture and Food broadcasting, livestock market reports with Market Information Branch, Toronto. In January '75 he started as Assistant Agricultural Representative in York County and was' in charge of Dairy programs, Canfarm, 4- H and Junior Farmers. Newman for protection Agriculture and Food Minister William G. Newman has released a report on financial protection for agricultural producers in cases where buyers go bankrupt before payment is made. The report was prepared by the Financial Protection Task Force, established by Mr. Newman in 1976 to make a systematic review of the effects of such bankruptcies. The task force recommends that all those who buy from agricultural producers be licensed and that prompt payment procedures be implemented for all com- modities. Where necessary,, the task force recommends a fund be established for in- dividual commodities under The Farm Products Payment Act. The report says that Ontario producers lose a total of only $135,000 a year as a result of buyer bankruptcies. "Of course, this is no comfort to the individual who suffers and it should be the aim of everyone involved in agriculture to prevent even this loss," Mr. Newman said. "1 hope commodity groups will consider this report very carefully and give me their comments as to how they believe their situations could be improved." Mr. Newman said he and his staff will review the recommendations in detail, giving particular attention to those requiring changes in legislation. Task force members were Morris Huff, chairman Hubert McGill, Richard Heard, and Dr, J.A. Meiser, all of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food; Marshall Dawson, Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations; Hugh Baird, dairy farmer; Sam Piott, Ontario Tender Fruit Growers' Marketing Board; and Charley Gracey, Canadian Cattlemen's Association. Copies of the report are available at no charge from the Information Branch, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Legislative Buildings, Toronto, M7A 1A5. Farmer can get student help As the summer months are rapidly approaching, farmers should be thinking about where their summer help is going to come from, To help them in this aspect and to ease the student employment problem, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food is again sponsoring the Junior .,,..Agricultura.list Program. In three years of operation, this program has been highly successful. This summer 300 Ontario students from urban areas, aged 16 to 17 will be placed on farms from June 20 to August 20. During this period, the student gains a firsthand understanding of a farm operation and ap- preciation of rural life style. The host farmer gains a helping hand for the summer and an economical means for easing any farm labor shortage. The host family themselves develop a better understanding' of city life style by relationship with the urban student. The farmer is only ex- pected to rpovide for the student's room and board plus $5 per working day, with the Ministry providing $6 per working day. For application forms or further information, please contact your local agricultural office or write: Junior Agriculturalist Program, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, 9th Floor, 195 Duffernin Avenue, London, Ontario, N6A 117. Application deadline • for Junior Agriculturalist is May 1, 1977, and the deadline for host farmers is May 1.5, 1977. Dr. Currie appointed associgte principal The appointment of Dr, V.E. Currie as associate principal (foods and home economics) at Centralia College of Agricultural Technology was announced last week by J.A. MacDonald, principal of that college. Dr. Currie has had wide academic and teaching ex- perience. In 1962 she graduated from Howard University, Washington, D -C., and completed her M.S. degree in 1969 at that same university, majoring in human nutrition. In 1974, Dr. Currie was awarded her Ph. D. ,degree at Cornell University. 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