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wa'-c}' 7 bonus on cheese, the Government [eels that it is making a necessary contribution toward not only pro-- + 6 viding food for Britain, but in maintaining the industry on a basis Advance SUbSId B'IIS of fair returns to farmers. This '1 will have a highly important bear-- | 1 ng en the whole future of agricul-- | A{* d PI ture in the Province." er enn e y s e a Introducing the Sugar Beet Sub-- sidy Bill for second reading, Col. e e Kennedy said that the war had| o e e e r|+a I n brought about a world shortage of| sugar of major proportions. The| shortage of sugar in 1945, as com-- Vital necessity of continuing for duced--Grade A up from 36.5 to 39.g, P3Yéd with the world's normal re. f another year the Ontario Govern--|and Grades A and B--1 combined up JW'Tements, had reached the stag. ment's subsidies on cheese, hogs|from 82.9 to 84.2, which was higher B°!"Z total of 2,400,000 lqng tons. and sugar beets, "in face of the|than the percentage for the whote , M th¢ face of that sntuatan."l greatest food shortage of modern|of Canada. -- he said, and with little or no im-- times," was stressed yésterday in| "The burdenof maintaintmg a faip PTOVeMent likely this year, it is the Legislature by Agriculture Min-- proportion of export hogs for the CSS°NtA! that we in Canada :Arivl ister Col. T. L. Kennedy when his| British market has been very large. 3UC° 28 large a part of our require-- -- _ subsidy bills received second read--|ly carried by Ontario," said the Min-- n?nms ds 'possible. It is vilal that ing. It was imperative, he said, that|ister. "A further encouraging fac. W° SUPP!Y as much as possible of Ontario farmers should be assisted|tor, which has a bearing on the °U OWn needs without drawing too and encouraged to produce food to{s:msiq.\'. is that, while in 1944 10 f.f}'"?e'-""",m" the v«_/orld ausgar pool." the utmost, especially in view of'z'ullnlw.\' averaged better than 40 per dm.n(}a Bi, hg saxzc(i). Canada PMC: the serious food shortage in Britain. cent of Grade A hogs, in 1945 20 oxli-Lne reoqnu_ixr:mg?'fq pefrenofiite 'In GCreat Britain," the Minister{OOVNLAS Whve iN that category. a SBeet Production U said, "the food situation is so des_idwmmo'mmc::nnn of the trend .lo- * roduction Up perate that the rations allowed the~".'""l ""P"O\'NW':H ; of ('|u:1h1_\~ : Col. Ker_medy told the House that people have had to be reduced dras-f',""')""l""" the Province, largely in Ontario last yea.r there were tically, far below even the most| 4U° !* the payment of l!m. hog sub-- 18.000 to 20,000 acres in sugar beets, critical period of the war. Here m{xm;\, introduced as a wartime meas-- producing about 55 million pounds Ontario the farmers have made a|f !0 &°! hacon for Britain. T s magnificent -- contribution . toward|_ \\YWN!¢. Ontario hog -- producers of sugar. "This year, according to P "ia} \were doing a fine job, he said, they i ; meeting the needs of Britain for * t o uies ; reports compiled by the field men vital food supplies. :: l::! '?;""l', ;;,l::;"'"}' "") ~"()i "":.'0 "";Ch of the sugar company at Chatham, '"'The other day the head of th",\\'lmxl(-l ;'r::z;:!o them 't:)Orrl;l:(nrl,:;'o :\'i{a}: n 1s estimated that there.is a pof British Food Purchasing Commis-l,.mm" ies like Denmark, which con. SiPility of 30,000 acres coming under sion was in my office making an'.;'ifllf'ntl;'pl'O(lll('Nl from 70 to 80 per o eats, WO Wwould mesh A o0 urgent appeal to the farmers Of|cen; Grade A hogs. per--vent incrense in sugar produced Ontario to send all the bacon andt At present Britain would take a *" _ONtario." he said. cheese they could to Britain. Heline nacon that Ontario could pro-- oo es on ts 4n anaterte painted a dark picture of the Brit--\quce "Bui if We &NC io increage Rlanis JAd been 'able lo operate Ish food situation, especially the the amount we are shipping we! B o onoviane ap es es it shortage of bacon and cheese." must Iook to qualfty: as welt as) AqlSe Ol Shorlage of sugar bects. Col. Kennedy recalled that he had |quaniine i; § Droduct: ; This year, if the expected beet i A quantity in our hog production. If acreage materialized, both the pointed out in the House last July'a" our hog producefs took advant. 2L!PAE " eCs 4 that Canada and Ontario "have per-- agoe of the kno"v]edg"(\ and informa-- Chatham and \Va"a('eburg plants i roduptipn" Genada's hes m hog'lion available to thém, we could in ol hbate allhoughinot e C ult production. Canada's hog produc--\ya yory short period of years bring | "Po¢'"*; ; cond: tion had increased from 3,706,000 inlom."lm.(:pnta.,(. of Grade A hogs up [, Lo Kennedy said labor condi-- 1939 to 8863,000 in 1944. Ontario's|r, tnat of Denmark. We must lool[c leliest on nrodumion "IW oo cos ; j * f effect on production. "It is cer-- production had jumped from L667--iforward to the timg.when we wil |[tain," o. « 000 to 2,108,000 in the same period. 'ha\'e to compete on a quality basis i) . 6 bhimbed ol "Lhat the He explained that the hog Subsidyland set our house in order 'accox:dA- faxm' labor situation this year will provided in the bill was a subsidy};;p;,» . :g:stwal\"ieoi'h:l?r;; ;']::rsbeel?asltn \'g;f' %'.'lql;:)l;ts). ?;:e G::-gfie? iggsfi::gs; That was why the subsidy had lhelp was given to the beet growers ; $ been based on quality, to give An |by the use of prisoners of war, but suitable for export at present. |additional premi io the farmerillP .. P , Wwat. k That the subsidy nad justifiea iqs[AUQIONA! promium to the C / it is very doubtful if this source ; producing Grade A hogs and *® |of help will be available at all this purpose was shown by the mcreased'gmaner premium for Grade B1 is i> percentage of Grade A hogs pro--| nitaAAa . j |Yeat: ; S ; oess Continuance of the bonus on | |" 'The prices paid for competing vheese, also established as a war-- |crops subsidized by the Dominion time measure,. had a similar aim.| |Government, the Minister said. to 111"071;9859 :he quanutlesB _;hfit \were such that unless beet growers| could be sent overseas. mntaln| |were allowed higher returns they| . ;'r'-;e:]e(éa.'ll';afilt'l sugplei:sb:fforzhe::;' j;voluld be unable to obtain required | * nada than ev k |help. cheese producers of Ontario had| / "For these reasons, and in \'iewl' taken a leading role in meeting| |of the desperate need for more f their requirements, increasing pro--' |sugar production, the Government duction from 89 million pounds in |had decided that it is necessary to 1939 to a peak of 128 million pounds |continue the sugar beet subsidy to in 1942. Last year's production had compensate growers for higher exceeded 115 million pounds. with &A |Jabor costs and enable them to progressive improvement in qual-- |compete in the general farm lebor ity, until approximately 96 per cent |market. In view of increased re-- of Ontario cheese was top grade. 'turns as a result of Federal in-- Ontaric Leads Canada !cx'ease_s ip the price of sugar, how-- Oatario, Col. Kennedy said, far |°VCr. it is felt that the same sub-- overshadowed the other Provinces |Sidy as last year will not be neces-- in cheese production, with Quebec SArY. So it is proposed to set aside second and' Alberta third. half the amount prov_nded last : The result of the, subsidy had YeAt, & total of $112,500, instead of| f been to maintain the price of cheese $225,000. This will give producers) to the producer at a level of 22 an average subsidy of 50 cents_a} cents a pound. exclusive of the .ton from thg Government and wnll] ; Federal Government's premium on increase their returns from crops| quality and the cheese milk subsidy by that amount, with the price in--| § of 20 cents vber 100 pounds. crease also aiding t}1e farmer. Last wM "It is the policy of the Govern-- year growers received $11 a ton. j ment to maintain that price and (With the new subsidy rate they | Yogmet not let it go below the ceiling of 22 will receive approximately $11.50." | MA cents during the period when the Federal Government is taking all our cheese export," Col. Kennedy declared. _ "In _ continuin the