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-- PORT PERRY STAR --~ Wednesday, Aug. 23,1972 There's Increased Feeding Efficiency for You in Shur-Gain Bulk Feed Service from Us You need hardly be reminded that livestock farming is a highly competi- tive business. . . that to succeed today, production costs have to be controlled today, in every way possible. Feed costs, labour, time . . . these are all costs of production that you can probably reduce even more. If your herd or flock is large now, and likely to expand further, start calculating the production savings made possible by bulk feeds handling. Behind SHUR GAIN BULK FEED SERVICE is years of experience in feeding herds and flocks that number in the thousands. That experience is yours for the asking. Would you like to talk it over? Blackstock, Ontario 986-4201 Group enjoys many visits On July 4, Mrs. Chas. Hadden entertained a group of Friendly Visitors at her home on the second concess- ion, Brock Twp. The group enjoyed an afternoon of games and contests, fol- lowed by a nice lunch courtesy of the Pinedale UCW. On July 18, a unit of the Uxbridge UCW "entertained the group at Uxbridge Park with contests and games. They were joined by Rev. Gibson for a pleasant picnic lunch. Despite some hurried last- minute arrangements find- ing persons to drive, the Friendly Visitors had an outing to the Bowmanville Zoo on August 1. After lunch, the group spent the after- noon viewing and feeding the animals. An afternoon of conver- sation and outdoor games was enjoyed by the group August 15 at the home of Mrs. Stella Heayn. Lunch was served and Timmie Southwell entertained with a flute solo. The next outing for the Friendly visitors will be the Port Perry Fair .early next month. 1 ir oir Shots at random during Western Week-end Total loss to farmers from rain Disaster-stricken eastern Ontario farmers may get immediate forgiveable loans. They will, if the federal and provincial gov- ernments quickly accept the Ontario Federation of "Agri- culture's plan. : Directors of the Ontario Federation yesterday voted unanimously in favour of forgiveable loans. The exe- cutive will soon- ask the federal and provincial gov- ernments to each pay half the cost. Loans must equal twothird of a farmer's crop loss caused by the flooding. They would be forgiven 20 percent yearly, over the next five years. Loss would be asses- sed by the Crop Insurance Commission of Ontario. Heavy rains turned fields into shallow lakes in eastern three townships of Grenville county, southeastern three townships of Carleton, and the counties of Dundas, Stormont, Glengarry, Pres- cott and Russell. Crops are drowning and can not be harvested. Between 70 per- cent and 80 percent of the hay, pasture, spring grain, and corn crop is a total loss. The OFA wants the area designated as a disaster area. . "Farmers desperately need these loans now. Not next month or next year. We trust that our elected repre- sentatives will shoulder the responsibility, burn the red tape, and act,' says Gurdon Hill, President of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. To prevent abuse, the OFA calls for the loan to be treated as income at tax time. Farmers selling their farms within five years would have to repay the balance. &