The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-02-22, Page 29FARM PAGE
Show dells how to hold the line on costs
"Keep Costs in Line in
"79" -- that's the
challenging theme for the
42nd annual Farm Show
to be held at the Western
Fairgrounds February 27
to March 2.
The 1978 show attracted
36,885• visitors, making it
Ontario's premier farm
equipment show. This
year more than 160
exhibitors and over four
acres of space will
combine in a
kaleidoscope of the latest
in farm equipment,
machinery and services.
Afternoon theatre
programs each day will
take a serious look at the
problems, opportunities
and future facing the
modern farmer. Among
the topics to be discussed
are Canada's self-
sufficiency in food
production, the risks and
practical experiences in
expansion, • management
for maximum yields and
weed control.
Friday, March 2 is
"Policy Day" and
Eugene Whelan, Federal
Minister of Agriculture
will be the' keynote
speaker for the afternoon
program. Written
questions will be ac-
cepted from the audience
following the presen-
tation.
An ever-changing
Huron County 4-H leaders attended the Provincial
4-H Leaders' Conference at Toronto recently. From
left are Ken Mewhinney, RR1 Luckndw; Michael
Rogers, RR5 Goderich; Gordon Lobb, RR3 Clinton;
Sandy Bunker, associate agricultural represen-
tative, Lambton County; Robert Hern, RR1
Woodham; and Allan Haugh, RRI Brucefield.
(Photo Courtesy Ministry of Agriculture and Food)
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It depends which side of
the bread the butter is on.
It depends, too, on who
pays for'the butter.
Some years ago, many
members of farm
organizations in this
country, specifically the
National Farmers Union
and the Canadian,
Federation of
Agriculture, lampooned
marketing boards. They
called these boards tools
of the government and
tools of big business.
They feared farmers
would lose their in-
dependence if they
organized marketing
boards. Farmers have
lost some independence
in the market place but
many have gained a
great deal in financial
independence through
marketing boards.
I'm not sure exactly
where I , stand on the
question of quotas and
how quotas should be
figured in the fine °-price
of a farm product. I do
know that marketing
using quotas are in for
some great problems in
coming months.
Every, consumer
organization in the
country is getting set to
pounce on quota -setting.
Quotas, for those who do
now know, are just that:
the marketing boards
have the power to tell a
farmer just exactly how
much he can produce in
tobacco, milk, chickens,
eggs and turkeys.
Naturally, these quotas
become extremely im-
portant, very valuable.
There are about 40
marketing boards
operating in this
province. Only a handful
operate under a quota
system.
A notable segment of
the agricultural sector
has consistently refused
to form any kind of
marketing board: beef
producers. Fiercely
independent, the beef
producers in Ontario are
no closer to a marketing
board now than they were
20 years ago.
Now comes Joe Casey,
the Ontario co-ordinator
of the National Farmers
Union. He maintains beef
farmers today could be
providing . consumers
with lower-priced beef if
they had a marketing
board.
He is even " inviting
consumers groups to take
a serious look at how to
achieve this desirable
Letters are appreciated by Bob Trotter Eldale Rd Elmira Ont N3B'1C7
goal rather than just harp
on the high price of beef
when prices swing too
high. I'm on Joe's side
this time. Regular
readers of this column
know I favor marketing
boards.
Mr. Casey advised
consumers to be wary of
comments that "supply
management's (quotas)
time has come and
gone," made by Henry
Beben, past -president of
the Meat Packers Council
of Canada and sales
manager for J. M.
Schneider Inc.
Mr. Beben doesn't like
supply management. I
'r' doubt if he has much use
for marketing boards of
any kind. But they have
surely done a great deal
for farming.
,A few years ago I spoke
at a local beef producers
meeting. I said I was an
advocate of marketing
boards. You could have
cut the air in that meeting
with a knife. Those beef
producers wanted no part
of it.
So when they get
'hassled for thehigh price
of beef, I say let 'em take
it. They have had 'Hun-
dreds of opportunities to
form a board which could
go a long way to take the
extremes out of their
business. They have
suffered through half -a -
dozen years of
disastrously low prices.
They are now riding high
as every consumer
knows. That high will last
for a year or two, maybe
until, the federal gove
nment allows beef imp
quotas to increa e,
maybe until cattle herds
get built up in three or
four or five ygars.
In the meantime,
they'll take the hassling.
They'll be accused of
robbery and heaven
knows 'what because the
price ofbeef, ' remains
high. The consumers,
organizations will
scream and yell at them
and maybe we'll even
have another in-
vestigation of the meat
packers.
But the price of, beef
will remain high and beef
farmers will chuckle all
the way to the bank to pay
off the mortgages they
were forced into buying
when beef was so low.
It seems to me
something is wrong in a
cycle of prices that keeps
producers on the brink of
disaster half the time.
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program of demon-
strations and shows has
been planned for • the
laches. On Tuesday the
preparation ,of chocolate
Easter treats willbe
demonstrated and
Wednesday's program
features a fashion show.
On Thursday the topic
will be flovVer arranging
the easy way and a film
program of travel and
comedy will be presented
on Friday.
In the evenings the
emphasis is on light and
lively entertainment. The
crowning of the Farm
Show Princess and the
Baking Queen and
Princess takes place on
Tuesday evening,
followed by a_ Junior_
Farmerama variety
show. An amateur con-
test is the highlight of
Wednesday evening's
program and square
dancing competitions are
planned for Thursday
night.
Farm Show '79 spon-
sored jointly by the
Western Fair Association
and the Middlesex Soil
and Crop Improvement
Association, offers four
exciting days for the
entire family. The show
opens daily at 10:30 a.m.
and activities conclude at
.10:30 p.m.
Free parking is
available on the grounds,
Is Lnd lunches
will be served in the
Progress Building
cafeteria. The Top of the
Fair Lounge on the third
floor of the Grandstand
offers a relaxing at-
mosphere where full-
service luncheons and
dinners may be enjoyed
during the show.
Adult admission. price
is $2 and children under
12 years of age ac-
companied by.• an adult
are admitted free. There
is no extra charge for
persons attending the
theatre programs.
Name
Peppin
Deputy Minister of
Agriculture and Food
Ken Lantz has announced
the appointment of
Arthur J. Peppin as
director of.. the
Agricultural and Hor-
ticultural Societies
Branch. Peppin will also
serve as secretary -
manager of the Inter-
national Plowing Match
and Farm Machinery
Show.
Peppin, who graduated
from the Ontario
Agricultural College in
1941, joined the public
relations department of.
the college in 1952 and
became a member of the
Information Branch of
the Ministry of
Agriculture and' Food in
1964.
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Fred Vodden, Hol -Den Farms, Clinton (left) became a member of United
Breeders "Starlite 200 Club" at the unit's annual meeting. His cow sired by
the United Holstein bull Roybrook Starlite, produced as a six-year-old in ten
months, 11005 kgs. of milk and 426 kgs. of butterfat, which is more than 200
percent of the established average for her age group. Vodden was presented
with a color photo of the bull by Harold 'Riney of Seagrave, Ontario who
served on the unit selection committee when the Starlite bull was pur-
chased.
Holsteif s can
be beef cattle too
Feedlot operators and
packers treat Holstein
steers as second-class
citizens, says Dennis
McKnight, Kemptville
College of Agricultural
Technology.
In many cases, this
discrimination is valid
because management of
the raif, +
0 as a
feedlot weight is handled
poorly, he says.
However, research
conducted at Kemptville
College shows that
Holstein steers will
perform as well as beef
steers in the feedlot, if
they are managed
properly.
Tests,, sponsored by the
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food,
demonstrated that most
Holstein steers can
achieve a Grade Al, when
marketed at 450 to,500 kg
liveweight, at 15 to 15
months of age.
"To achieve
these
results, producers must
start with healthy cattle
that • are castrated and
dehorned as calves. The
steers- should be fed a
minimum of 25 to 30
percent grain and corn
silage."
Several American
studies support the
Kemptville data. Tests
prove,. that dairy steers
can grow faster than
British beef breeds, but
they have less fat cover, a
lower dressing percent,
and lower degrees of
marbling, when fed the
same diet.
However, in all the
studies, Holstein steers
yielded a higher per-
centage of carcass weight
in boneless trim med
retail cuts, says
McKnight. "This is the
most important 'fact to
consider.''
The key to success with
Holstein steers seems to
be in the diet. Studies
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