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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 6 Apr 1983, p. 44

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14 Section 2 of The Canadian Statesman, Newcastle Independent, Wednesday, April 6,1983 Dairy Cattle Wait to Be Milked at Allin Farm The dairy cattle in the milking house at the Allin explains that only four cows are milked at a Allins'farm patiently wait to be milked. Shelley time. SflFE DRIVERS SAVE BIG MONEY with 623-6100 For Competitive Quotes over the phone on Auto Insurance, Fire Insurance and Business Insurance. Pitch-in and Keep Canada Beautiful INSURANCE BROKERS SINCE 1922 181 Church Street Bowmanville, Ontario Shelley and Neil Allin, who operate a dairy farm on Clarke's Fourth Line, are actively involved in the Durham County Milk Committee. Shelley runs the Dairy Princess contest locally. Durham Milk Committee Plays an Important Role In Local Production Schwarz Bros Livestock Ltd. Suppliers and Buyers of Purebred and High Grade Holsteins and all dairy breeds. Schwarz Bros. Livestock Ltd. In business in the Bowmanville area since 1939 R.R. 6, Bowmanville 623-2895 By Brenda Larson All the milk produced for sale in Ontario must be sold to one buyer. All the milk purchased purchased by Ontario processors must be purchased from one seller. In Ontario, the buyer (from the farmers) and the seller (to the processors) is the Ontario Milk Marketing Board. The Ontario Milk Marketing Board is a dairy farmer organization organization representing all milk producers in the province. province. It is totally financed by these farmers and the representatives representatives who sit on the Board are dairy farmers. The representatives are elected by milk producers in their regions for a four-year term, on a rotating basis. Each region forms its own milk committee. The Durham County Milk Committee takes an important important role in the operation of milk production. Shelley and Neil Allin, who operate a dairy farm just south of Orono, explain explain the work of the milk committee locally. "The milk committee is a group of producers elected by other producers in the county to represent their interests. The committee acts as a sounding board for the Milk Marketing Board and as a liaison between the board and milk producers," says Neil. There are 120 milk producers producers in Durham County and that does not include cream shippers. You must be a licensed licensed producer to be a member. Shelley says that milk is collected collected every two days for shipment shipment to processors and samples samples of the milk are analyzed. "Once a month, and it could be at any time, the milk inspector inspector takes a sample of each producer's milk to be analyzed analyzed at the laboratory in Guelph," she says. "It's tested for bacteria or traces of inhibitors inhibitors and if there's anything wrong, it affects your income." These monthly tests ensure that records of the quality of the milk produced on each Turn to Page 16 BANKOFMMREAL PRESENTS A FARM MORTGAGE THAT'S AS INDIVIDUAL ASAOU ANDTOREARM. Most farm mortgages are designed for the average farm. But there's no such thing as an average farm. Its not fair to have to pick from a variety of cookie- cutter packages where you might wind up paying more for features you don't need. That's why Bank of Montreal created a farm mortgage that gives you the option of picking your own features. Choose a fixed or floating rate to support your business plan. Fix the rate when you apply-or later when you need the funds. , Repay your mortgage with monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, or annual payments. Amortize your payments up to 25 years. If you choose, pre-pay as much as 10% of the principal on each anniversary date within the term. Talk to us about security-second mortgages considered. And when you choose the Farm Credit Insurance option you get an exclusive plus offered by no other bank or insurance company. Property loss insurance at no extra cost. All this and very competitive rates as well. Find out more about these and other features of Bank of Montreal's Farm Mortgage. FtalankAgn-Sank*,'" Bankof Montreal Vfc,-.

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