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Mrs. H- Harnden, cox 351, COLBORNE, Ont. Beef at 22 cents a pound Charles Barlow is a young farmer, an incensed young farmer. "I get 22 cents a pound for my steers and then go out and buy steak at $2 a pound. I must be crazy!", he said. Mr. Barlow, with his father Robert, operates two farms located at RR 2 Castleton, Lot 26, Concessions 6 and 7. Oct. 10, Mr. Barlow sold 17 head of cattle at the Toronto stockyards. For the sale of COLBORNE Citizen Colborne, Ontario !55 Vol. 2, No.44 Wednesday, Oct. 30, 1 974 Some will - some may -some won't At least two incumbents have declared they will be seeking re-election to the Colborne Village Council in December; two are still undecided; one newcomer plans to run; and one, the Reeve, Delbert McLaughlin, has stated he will not stand for re-election. Walter Luedtke, Colborne, a teacher at East Northumberland Secondary School in Brighton, has declared he will be a candidate for Council. When making his declaration, Mr. Luedtke said the unique heritage and tradition of Colborne must be preserved if at all possible while at the same time, the right kind of growth must be encouraged. He believes the shortage of serviced land is a drawback and something should be done to provide a proper sewage system. Mr. Luedtke also expressed the belief that taxpayers are entitled to open meetings where everyone is welcome to listen in and form his own opinions. He also believes important decisions are to be made in the next few months that will shape the future of the Village and said he would like to have the opportunity to keep Colborne a good place in which to live. Councillors Ray Kelly and Harold Harnden have both voiced a definite "yes" as candidates for re-election while Albert Dance said "I've been asked to run again but I have not really made a firm decision. I suppose, though, when election time rolls around, I will be in there". Deptuty Reeve, Walter Rutherford, said he has been giving the situation some very serious thought but, in the last little while, has been so busy harvesting the apple crop, he has not had much time to come to any firm decision. "I suppose, though, we will have to do something very soon because time is becoming short". He said he would announce his decision "very Reeve Delbert McLaughlin announced some time ago that he would not be standing for re-election this time. When speaking with the Citizen last Thursday, Mr. McLaughlin gave as his reason, "I want to rest and relax for awhile. After 18 to 20 years, I believe it's time I spent a little more time on my own to get a chance to catch my breath. This is not to say, though, that I may not run again at some future date. I enjoy the work and will probably return to it, if not in the next election, then the one after that". The period from November 7 to 5 p.m. November 12, has been set aside as the nomination period for candidates seeking election in the December Municipal elections. In the news last week TORONTO - Hugh Hall, Plattsville, Ontario, was awarded Minor Hockey's top award, the OMHA Honour Award recently, for outstanding service to minor hockey. TORONTO - Premier William Davis announced recently, Ontario has no plans to increase provincial taxes in the near future. "As far as the municipal mill rates are concerned, it will depend on what we feel we can do for the municipalities and to what extent they themselves can reduce their level of expenditure or at least maintain their level of expenditure", he said. ROWE NAMES SPEAKER - Russel Rowe, MLA for Northumberland, was elected Speaker of the House, last week at Queen's Park. BRIGHTON - Ted Snider and his Trenton Citizen's Band helped Trinity St. Andrew's United Church to celebrate its 126th anniversary. TORONTO - Finance Minister John Turner announced there will be cuts in personal income taxes in the 1975 tax year. TORONTO - New liquor laws are to be forthcoming in about three or four weeks. John Clement, Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations, made the announcement in the Legislature. SOUTH CRAMAHE - Tonight is Open House night at South Cramahe Public School from 7 to 9 p.m. OTTAWA - Health Minister Marc Lalonde announced the institution of a three-month meat-sampling program, in the latest development of contaminated ground beef. INSIDE Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Pages Page!) Pages 10 & Lawnbowlers Meeting Sports Grafton Public School Report Editorial Bob Trotter Nomination Day OPP Report Socials More Sports New Student Service South Cramahe Public School Report 1 Classified Ads these cattle, Mr. Barlow received $2,785.64. When this figure is broken down, he sold the beef at the following prices. Ten of the steers weighed an average of 1,000 pounds and sold for 22.6 cents per pound. Seven of the steers averaged 573 pounds and sold for 14.35 cents per pound. The proceeds from the sale amounted to $2,975.56. However, there were expenses totalling $189.92 involved in transporting the cattle to the stockyards in Toronto and selling them there. The trucker was paid $127.50, Gamble and Rogers Limited, the commission agent who sold the cattle to a buyer, received over $54 as a commission, and as rental for the stockyards. With insurance costs andother incidentals, Mr. Barlow was left with $2,785.64. What did.it cost for Mr. Barlow to raise these cattle? To begin with, he bought the young calves at $50 per head for a total purchase price of $850. The 10 larger calves were bought in Aug., 1972; the seven smaller ones in Aug., 1973. Each of the young calves consumed two bags of vealer at $21 per bag, and one bag of milk replacer at $18 per bag. So far, it cost $60 to feed each animal. It was necessary for Mr. Barlow to feed 10 of these cattle ensilage for one winter. During the winter, the cattle consumed 40 Story by Don Earle Photos by Ted Forder Barlow lost money in the transaction of about $786.36 or $46.26 on each steer. "They wonder why the young farmers don't stay on the farm. At these prices, whoever would stay?" Charles Barlow Last year, Mr. Barlow received 47 to 48 cents per pound for his steers. He said, "This year, because there was such a poor grain harvest, more farmers are selling' their cattle; they simply can't afford to feed them. As a result, it is a buyer's market. The market is glutted with cattle, the big buyers can buy the cattle at a cheap price". According to Mr. Barlow, when a meat packer buys a 1,000-pound steers, only half of the animal is dressed. For the meat that he sells, the packer paid 45 cents per pound for Mr. Barlow's product. Mr. Barlow wonders, "Will this reduction in the cost of meat be relected at the grocery store? If not, then where does the money go, the difference between the 45 cents a pound paid to the producers and the $1 to $2 a pound paid by the His product will change hands as much as six times before it reaches the consumer, according to Mr. Barlow. It is obvious to him these legions of middlemen KB! 3 Will Adam grow up to be a farmer? Charles Barlow holding his son Adam looks over his cattle. His father Robert is tons of corn feed which he grew on 12 acres of his land. It cost him $60 an acre to fertilize the corn for a total fertilizing cost of $720. Mr. Barlow had to pay a custom operator $325 to come in and take the corn off the field. Added to this is the cost of 900 bales of hay that Mr. Barlow had to buy at 73 cents a bale totalling $657. According to Mr. Barlow, his approximate total cost for raising the 17 head of cattle was; the orginal purchase price of $850, and feeding comprised of vealer and milk replacer at $1,020, ensilage at $1,045, and hay at $657. Assessing the bare minimum, Mr. Barlow says his total costs were $3,572 not taking into account the cost of his labour and that of his father's. Considering the net price he received for his steers, Mr. in the background. Cattle such as these sold for only 22 cents a pound in Toronto. are making the profit, a profit which sometimes reaches $1.50 a pound. Federal Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan is aware of the problem in the beef industry. At a meeting of the Commons agriculture committee Oct. 22, Mr. Whelan expressed concern over the falling returns of the producer. He said, of the situation, "We are trying to decide whether to carry out an investigation of the beef industry, and what form it should take". The federal government is apparently only at the stage of conducting a study to see if there is going to be a study. This could take years, and, at the same time, farmers like Mr. Barlow are losing money. Mr. Barlow sums it up this way: "Maybe, if some people starve after the farmers are forced out of business, then something just might be done!" Busy week for firemen HOUSETRAILER BURNED - An estimated $2500 damage was the result of a fire at the house trailer of Mr. John Boyd, Centreton Rd., at 10:30 Saturday night. It is believed the fire was started by a space heater. BARN A TOTAL LOSS - On Oct. 27, a barn fire at the farm of Tom Meekes, north of Telephone Rd., destroyed a barn and its contents. Lost in the blaze were 50 chickens, two grain elevators, a hay elevator, and all the grain and hay inside. There was also damage to machinery outside of the barn. The cause of the fire was cited by the Fire Department officials as spontaneous combustion. BARN DESTROYED - A barn at Lome McDonald's farm on Lot 17, Concession 3, Cramahe, was destroyed by fire Oct. 24. A spokesman for the Colborne Fire Department said the cause of the fire was spontaneous combustion. As well as the barn, an implement shed was gutted, and a boat, motor and tractor were destroyed with 4,000 bales of hay and 1,000 bushels of oats. The property was partly insured. Both the Colborne Fire Department and the Brighton Detachment of the OPP were at the scene.