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Seaforth woman's quilt a finalist
Mary Fotheringham of
Seaforth, Ontario, was one of
the 14 finalists in the Fifth
Annual Canada Packers Inc.
• Quilt Competition held re-
cently in Toronto at the
Annual Convention of the
Ontario Association of Agri-
cultural Societies. The 14
finalists' quilts were selected
from approximately 235 win-
ners at local Agricultural
Society fairs across the pro-
vince where 6-7,000 quilts
had been entered.
This year's Championship
Quilt was designed and quilt-
ed by Miss Melinda Weber of
R.R. #1, Neustadt. Miss
Weber received a prize
cheque for 5700 from Murray
Stewart, Public Relations
Manager for Canada Packers
Inc. The company also pro-
vides prize money for first,
second and third place entries
at all .District Competitions
and to the local Agricultural
Society where the champion-
ship ituilt started on its way.
A cheque for 5100 from
Canada Packers will' go the
Neustadt Agricultural Society
to be used at the discretion of
the local ladies' committee as
prize money in the cialtin8
section of the ladies' division.
The champions.•ip quilt,
entitled "Leaf of Mexico
Rose". is an original .design.
The quilt is made of a soft
beige polyester cotton high-
ight d with eight appliqued
ars. The petals are in an
alternating brown/beige
print, surrounded by an ap-
pliqued scalloped design con-
sisting of the same print as
used in the flowers. The
border is finished with a
picketted edging. The quilt
becomes part of the Canada
Packer's' Quilt Collection.
which is available for display,
free of charge, to fairs, clubs,
churches, societies, etc. in
most areas of the province.
Bill Coleman reports on Cattlemen's annual
advertising. It costs the beef
1982. This has put the O.C.A.
in a difficult situation. Pro-
ducers agreed to a check off
for advertising and some
have claimed it back, thus
depleting the fund. Since
other meat producing organi-
zations started advertising,
beef consumption has drop-
ped from 107 pounds to 91
pounds per capita.
Based on 4100 of product
sold comparative check off
fees are: Eggs -7.87 of whiyh
7x.10 goes for advertising.
Milk - 1.45 of which 1.40 goes
for advertising. Pork - .80 of
which .47 goes for advertis-
ing. Chicken , .52 of which
.36 goes for advertising, Beef
- .20 of which .12 goes for
producer .02c in advertising
Bill Coleman, president of
Huron Cattlemen's Associa-
tion and 14 directors attended
the Ontario Cattlemen's As-
sociation Annual Meeting in
1 oronto Feb. 23 and 24.
Each year county directors
have the opportunity to pre-
sent resolutions at the annual
meeting. These resolutions
must have been passed at
county annual meetings prior
to presentation at the O.C.A.
meeting. Some resolutions
highlighting tole meeting
were:
(I) Resolution passed ask-
ing the Federal Government
to change laws so that the
ownership of cattle would
change when payment was
received. (2) Huron County
presented a resolution asking
O.C.A. to develop a system of
identification from the live
animal to carcass (i.e.) retain
identification during the tran-
sition. This was passed with
support from all segments of
the industry. f3) Resolution
passed requesting the Ontar-
io Minister of Agriculture and
Food to hold a plebiscite
making check off compulsory.
In 1982 Ontario Cattlemen
voted at the U-.C.A. Annual to
advertise beef on a national
scale. A budget of 5950,000
was set as Ontario's share.
Since check off is not compul-
sory'. sonic producers have
asked for refunds. These
refunds to producers have
risen drastically since Annual
Meeting time in February,
tor every pound of beef sold
retail.
O.C.A. and the Beef In-
formation Centre have a 1983
advertising schedule, T -hey
will be participating in T.V..
Radio, Magazine, Poster and
daily paper advertising. Dis-
plays at Canadian National
Exhibition, Royal Winter
Fair, schools and public ga-
therings will also be part of
their overall advertising cam-
paign.
As consumers. we would
be pleased if you kept an eye
and ear open for the beef ads.
We think you'll enjoy them..
-Bill Coleman, President
Huron Cattlemen's Assoc.
LIVESTOCK SYMPOSIUM
The 1983 Livestock Sympo-
sium will -be held on Friday.
April 8 at the Stratford
Fairgrounds.
The program has been
planned and organized by the
Milk Committees, Beef Im-
provement Associations and
Pork Producers Associations
of Perth, Huron and Oxford
counties.
The Symposium program
will center on Human Rela-
tions - 'understanding your-
self and your relationships
with other people. Successful
farm management depends
to a large degree on under-
standing the human ingre-
dients of your business.
Reserve FOiday, April 8.
More details on the program
will be released in the corning
weeks.
Credit opportunities outlined to Perth farmers
There are credit oppor-
tunities for farmers this year.
but those in the financial
business advised a group of
farmers to plan -for those
opportunities;
Representatives of various
financial institutions spoke to
about 10 farmers in Listowel
on March 3 at a meeting
sponsored by the Perth Coun-
ty Federation of Agriculture.
Representatives from
Farm Credit Corporation,
Canadian Impcfial Bank of
Commerce, Fcdcral Business
Development Bank and an
accounting firm made up the
panel.
Accountant Bruce Karcher
of Ward and Uptigrovc in
Listowel ,said he is' a strong
supporter of the provincial
government's Ontario Farm
Assistance Program (OFAP).
"It's the first time farmers
have had to look at their
operation on an accrual ba-
sis," commented Mr. Karch-
er.
fie old farmers have to
decide if they want to run.
their farm as a business and
if so, farmers should do so.
Mr. Karcher also criticized
banks for being lax on their
lending policy by accepting
bank statements as financial
records. He acknowledged
that financial records involve
more work. but they are
necessary.
Bill Herron of the Listowel
branch of the Farm Credit
Corporation said the corpora-
tion does have money to
lend, but the much hoped for
decrease in interest rates
won't be that large.
"It's not expected to
change a whole lot from the
current 13 per cent." said
Mr. Herron guessing the
figure may go down to 12.5
per cent "or lower if you're
optimistic."
Klaus Brodhagen, mana-
ger of the Stratford branch of
the FBDB, said credit oppor-
tunites in 1983 are different
then they were two or three
years ago. He said there has
been a change in lending
insilutions' attitudes towards
farmers.
Noting that banks have
used land values to determine
a farms net worth, bankers
were nervous as land values
decreased.
"Bankers are afraid of
losing money. They wouldn't
help any longer, when you
(farmer) tieeded help the
most. That's a statement of
fact, as a banker.'' said Mr.
Brodhagen.
Taking a positive view, Mr.
Brodhagen said the problems
can be solved and advised
farmers with difficulty to get
into their banks and find out
where they stand financially.
"When you know where
you're going, we (banks)
know where you're going and
there is no reason problems
can't be solved." said Mr.
Brodhagen.
Alex MacLeod, agrologist
with the CIBC in London. said
he doesn't sec too much
change in the future in that
bank's loan program. He
notod there is tremendous
activity in fixed rate loans as
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rates again. lessons they have learned in
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Agr. Rep.
the, past couple of years and
go forward from there.
How to
make
yogurt
500 ml whole, 21/2 or
milk
300 mL instant skim
powder
500 mL water
125 mL fresh plain yogurt*
Scald milk to 85°C. Blend
together skim milk powder
and water until smooth but
not foatny. Add to scalded
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milk and cool to 45°C. Stir in
skim
milk
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Traction, fuel savings comparisons
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CANADIAN MARKETING MANAGER
MONDAY EVENING
March 21st (Ladies Welcome) 7:30 p.m.
yogurt. Pour yogurt mixture
onto small (500 mL) wartn-
canningjars. Seal with plastic
wrap, then lids. Place in a
Targe pan filled with luke-
warm water and cover with
lid. Set pan in even with light
bulb on. without disturbing
until set (about 3h1. Refriger•
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days old.
Serving suggestion: Use 75
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frozen fruit . Add sugar •
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Serving the area since 1974
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