The Huron Expositor, 1962-06-28, Page 9Furrow pan
By FAIRBAIRN
Thirty years ago when l: left
the farm to go to agricultural
college, there were a lot of
farmers in Ontario (most of
them. 1 think) who had little
faith in the professional agri-
culturist. They looked at the
college man as a theoretical
farmer with a lot of book -learn-
ing that would not help grow
grain or raise cattle and .hogs.
They mistrusted the agricul-
tural rep. and the local vet. or
accepted them with tongue in
cheek — many said, 4n effect,
"Let them try and then we'll
laugh when they make fools of
themselves."
However, few of the profes-
sionals made fools of them-
selves and most Ontario farm-
ers now accept the agricultural,
rep., the local vet, the feed and
fertilizer salesmen, the field
staff from the OAC and the
OVC and others as men who
know what they are talking
about. They have found this
advice and assistance valuable
—most have been able to in-
crease production and effiici-
ency and usually increase their
income. Literally, as the late
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Tom Kennedy us d to sy,
farmers are growin two bla eS
of grass where o e grew e -
fore.
Now, I wonder : whether we
are not in' just about the same
position in the marketing field
as we were in the production
field thirty years ago. O tario
has the most advanced mar-
keting legislation on the . North
American continent, but how
many farmers are familiar with
it or trust it? Sbme fruit and
vegetable growers who have
had marketing plans for quite
a period of tine have had en-
ough experience with their own
type of scheme to gain certain
knowledge, and some who have
had agency plans like tobacco
and hogs where all the product
is sold by the marketing board,
are beginning to learn. But,
basically, I'm inclined to ques-
tion the general knowledge of
farm people about marketing
boards. And, of course, wherev-
er there is ignorance there is
bound to be distrust.
So let's briefly take a look
at this marketing field. Under
the Farm Products Marketing
Act, authority is given to the
Ontario Farm Products Market-
ing Board (appointed by the
government and operated by
the Department of Agriculture)
to regulate the marketing of
any farm product. This author-
ity is delegated to local or pro-
ducer boards elected by farm-
ers growing the particular pro-
duct. It includes the direction
of the product to market, as in
the case of hogs, and the ac-
tual selling of the raw product
to process6rs or distributors.`'
When a marketing plan is ap-
proved by a two-thirds vote of
producers, the local board may
be given jurisdiction over all
the product raised in the prov-
ince.
Not all marketing plans, have
.this ultimate in regulation nor
do they require it. Plans range
from those which collect , a
levy on all production (through
the processor or distributor—
the buyer) for promotion pur-
poses only to what are called
the agencv,plans like the 'hog
and toba-6co plans that actual-
ly sell the product. Between
these two extremes are negoti-
ating plans • in the fruit and
vegetable field under which pro-
duct prices are negotiated by a
committee of growers and buy-
ers. If they fail to agree on a
price, the matter is referred to
arbitration — to an appointed
board. Other marketing hoards
do not actually handle or sell
the product, but have the pow-
er and the funds collected from•
producers to step into the mar-
ket if prices are falling below
a certain minimum and buy the
surplus for sale abroad, such as
in cheese and wheat. General-
ly speaking, these boards sug-
gest minimum prices dependent
on conditions in any given year.
In Ontario almost every farm-
er in the well-developed agri-
cultural communities is affect-
ed by one or more marketing
boards, although taking Canada
as a whole, only about one-third
of 'the farm people are directly
affected. Nova Scotia follows
Ontario with about 28 per cent
of its farmers marketing
through boards, while Quebec
is third with about 22 per cent.
In Canada, nearly all tobacco,
almost half the fruit and one-
third of .the sugar beets, hogs,
honey and some vegetables are
sold under marketing plans. In
Ontario, farmers raising beef
cattle, poultry, sheep and ap-
ples are the only ones not af-
fected by marketing plans.
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Harry Coates - RR 1, Centralia
Clayton Harris - Mitchell
Solicitors:
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CURTIS D. LOVILL, of
Gardiner, Maine, was elected
International President of
Lions International .at the
Association's 45th Annual
Convention in Nice, France.
Lions International, with 640,-
000 members in 116 coun-
tries, is the world's largest
service club organization.
Attending the convention
and representing the Sea -
forth Lions Club, are J. A.
Stewart, J. E. Keating, John
Modeland and Elmer Larone.
FLOWER BOXES
ADD COLOR
There are few things that
will brighten tip a ' wall or a
fence, a patio or a verandah so
much as a box, tub or pots fill-
ed with flowers. And they are
not at all difficult to have. The
main thing to remember is that
these are concentrated gardens,
and thus we need specially rich
soil and most importantvof all,
frequent, often daily watering.
The 8th and 16th Unit of
Walton UCW met at the home
of Mrs. Don . McDonald on
Thursday evening. Mrs. 'Don
Fraser read the Scripture,
Psalm 19. Mrs. C. Martin gave
the topic, "Old and New Cana-
dians."
The minutes were read, and
15 ladies and one guest answer-
ed the roll call, "Name a man
of the Bible." Two thank -notes
were read, copper collection
taken, and waist measurement
taken. Lunch committee was
Mrs. E. Bryans, Mrs. C. Hollin-
ger, Mrs. J. Van Vliet and the
hostess.
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Ontario Wheat Prices
The floor .price- for, winter
wheat produced in Ontario Ibis
year has been linergased by 25
cents, a bushel over that pre-
vailing for the 1961 crop. The
new floor price is $1.65 a bush-
el for Grades 1 and 2, and
0.62 -for Grade 8. Under an
escalator clause, the minimum
price will increase by 2 cents
per bushel a• month from Octo-
ber through February: Thus,
at the end of February and
through March and April, the
price to growers will be 10
cents a bushel above the sup-
port level. °
The Ontario Wheat Produc-
ers' Marketing Board says that
the increase in price this year
is justified because of a small
winter wheatcrop, the recent
devaluation of the Canadian
dollar, an increase in the In-
ternational Wheat Agreement
price range and improved ex-
port prospects.
Bread and Wheat Prices
"On the day of devaluation,
Canadian wheat prices rose
automatically by 6 cents a bush-
el. That is the • basis of the two -
cent increase in the price of a
loaf of bread now spreading
across the nation."
The above is an excerpt from
a recent front-page dispatch
from United Press Internation-
al dealing with the increased
living costs resulting from the
further 21// per cent devalua-
tion of Canadian currency in
May.
As on so many previous occa-
sions, the increase in the price
of bread has been attributed to
higher wheat costs, when in
reality the price of wheat is
only a small factor in estab-
lishing the retail price of
bread. To , justify a 2 -cent -a -
loaf boost in the selling price
of bread (on the basis of wheat
costs only), the price of wheat
would have to increase by
about $1.00 a bushel.
As long as the press prints
items such as the one above,
it is unlikely the public. will
ever fully recognize the true
relationship between wheat and
In the seed catalogue usual-
ly flowers that are especially
suitable for boxes are so mark-
ed. There are all sorts of suit-
able materials such as pansies,
petunias, nasturtiums, geran-
iums, lobelias, alyssum, agera-
tum, and special foliage plants.
Some of the flowers should be
of a semi -trailing type so that
they will overflow,the edge and
hang down. Needless to say,
the boxes, especially if made of
wood, must be strongly built
with the corners reinforced and
they must be well supported as
they will be heavy when filled
with moist soil.
Very often one of these boxes
or pots, filled with bloom, can
be used to hide a stump, stone
or • other obstruction we have
not had time to remove. These
boxes or pot, too, if not too big
can be brought onto the ver-
andah in the fall when frost
threatens and with a little pro-
tection ^will go on blooming
until November.
Do you carry
bread prides, Perhaps a boos'.
in the price of bread is lusti •
fied due.to the rising lefel a
costs" since the last >,ncxease,
but certainly'• not because' the
higher price for wheat result-
ing from recent devaluation for
this would have added less than
one-eighth of a cent a leaf.
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Per capita consumption of
eggs in 9anada in 1961 was
23.5 dozen: This works out at
an average of a little less than
one egg per person per day.
Friends Honor
Bride -Elect'
At Winthrop
On Thursday evening a large
crowd of friends and neighbors
gathered in Cavan Church, Win-
throp, to honor Miss Gloria
Boyd, bride.- elect of next
month. The basement was dec-
orated with pink and white
streamers, bells and baskets of
summer flowers.
The program, in charge of
Mrs. Gilbert Smith and Mrs.
Stanley Hillen, opened with an
instrumental by Linda Somer-
ville. This was followed with a
chorus by Sharon and Sandra
Johnston, Glenda Little, Yvonne
Pryce and Janice McClure. A
musical contest was conducted
by Mrs. Betties and Mrs. Har-
vey Dolmage. Mrs: Harry Rap-
son gave a reading. A magic
word contest was followed with
a duet by .Margaret Hillen and
Eileen Smith. The program
concluded with a sing -song of
love songs.
The address was read by
Eileen Smith, after which the"
presentation of many useful
and beautiful gifts was made to
the bride.
Words of appreciation .and
thanks were expressed by
,Gloria, and she invited every-
one to her trousseau tea on
Saturday, June Al
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For Grovel
A special meeting of Morris
Township Council considered
four tenders received for the
contract of supplying, loading
and hauling approximately 0,-
000
-000 cubic yards of pit run grav-
el. The tender of Mel Jermyn
to supply, load and haul ap-
proximately $,000 cubic yards
of pit run gravel on Morris
Township roads as the road
superintendent shall direct, at
29 cents per yard- was accepted,
subject to the approval of the
district municipal engineer.
Engineer James A. Howes
was ihstructed . to survey and
make a report on a new drain
affecting S36 lots 7, 8 and 9,
concession 3, and N1 lots 7,
8 and 9, concession 4. -
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UCW. Meets
In McKiIIop
The regular June meeting of
Duff's, McKillop, UCW was
held, at the home of Mrs. Reta
Orr with a good attendance.
The president, Mrs. McKercher,
opened the meeting and con-
ducted the worship'period. Mrs
E.1din Kerr, secretary, read the
minutes and the roll call was
answered to a wedding tradi-
tion on memory. Business was
discussed and it was decided to
continue the meetings as usual
till the end of 'the year.
.Mrs. McKercher gave a re-
port on the regional conven-
tion which was held at Londes-
boro. Mrs. John Kerr gave a
reading, "My. Cup Runneth Ov-
er."
Lunch was served by the
lunch committee.
Every week more people dis-
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POINT
SYSTEM
Ontario Department of Transport announces
changes in Demerit Point System
effective July 1st, 1962. , • •
The Point System has been changed to. encoura 'better driv-
ing habits and to correct dangerous drivers by strengthening
the demerit point scale. The changesare designed to save lives
—including yours.
NEW DEMERIT POINT.SCALE
Points: Violation:
7 Failing to remain at scene of accident
6 Careless driving
6 "Racing
6 Exceeding speed limit by 30 m.p.h. or more
5 Failure of driver of bus to stop at railway crossing.
4. Exceeding speed limit by more than 19 m.p.h. and
less than 30 m.p.h.
4 Failing to stop for school bus.
4 Following too closely.
3 Exceeding speed limit by more than 10 m.p.h. and
less than 20 m.p.h.
3 Driving under, through or round a railway crossing.
barrier.
3 Failing to obey the directions of a police constable.
3 •. Overcrowding driver's seat.
3 Improper passing.
3 Driving wrong way on one-way street:
3 Driving wrong way, on a divided highway.
3 . Failing to yield right-of-way.
3 •Failing toobey stop sign, signal light or railway cross-
ing signal.
3 Failing to report an accident.
2 Failing to lower headlamp beams.
2. Making U-turns where prohibited.
2 Making turns where prohibited.
2 Towing of persons on toboggans, bicycles, skis etc:
2 Failing to obey signs.
2 Pedestrian crossover violations.
2 Failing to share road.
2 Improper right and left turns.
2 Failing to give signals.
2 Unnecessary slow driving.
2 Improper opening of vehicle door.
Upon conviction, points are recorded against the driver for the
offences listed in the Point System Scale. Demerit points re-
main on a'driver's record for a period of two years after the
date of conviction.
At 6 points The driver is informed of hid record and urged to
exercise greater care.
At 9 points The driver is required to attend a personal inter-
view to discuss his record and give reasons why
his licence should not be suspended.
At 1'5' points Accumulated within a 2 -year period—the driver's -
licence is suspended and retained in the Depart-
ment for one month.
At the conclusion of a period of suspension --the number of
points on the driver's record is reduced to 7. Until the driver
has cleared his record, a further accumulation of 15 points within
a 2 -year period will result in suspension for six months.
m ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT
Hon. H. L. Rowntree, Q.C., Minister
A. Q. MacNab, Deputy Minister
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