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page 6a the tribune thursday mar 12 1970 ofa tax levy may be on the way out win safety award mr i l jennings vice president of the aggregate division of standard paving and materials ltd presented the i l jennings award to the employees of the stouffville plant of consolidated sand and gravel ltd at a banquet held feb 13 at the sleepy hollow golf and country club the award is pre sented annually to the division of the company working the most accidentfree man hours the stouffville plant completed an accidentfree year in september of 1969 and operations have continued since that time without a mishap dean wagg right of queensville wet mill operator at the plant accepts the award on behalf of the employees peter harris farm productivity said 85 productivity in the canadian farm machinery industry is about 80 to 85 per cent as great as productivity in the united states a researcher for the royal commission on farm machinery believes christopher j maule economics professor at mcmaster university said earlier estimates that canadian produc tivity was only 68 per cent of us are a statistical illusion the difference he said is due to differences in the way in which ship ments are valued when they are reported by the companies to the dominion bureau of statistics in ottawa and the bureau of the census in the united states the value added estimates of the value of the work and materials added to raw or semiraw goods is valued lower in canada than in the us mr maule warned that the same situation may not apply to other in dustries than farm machinery the automatic tax levy used by rural municipalities to support the ontario federation of agriculture is on the way out this will be the case if a complete restruc turing of the federation is carried out according to agreement reached at the latest meeting of the ofa executive and marketing boards the restructuring will eventually do away with the automatic tax levy popular in some countries and townships mr hill president of ofa is counting on in dividual memberships to carry the ofa banner ahead he is banking the future of the ofa on farmers buying a membership in the organization 1 want an organization controlled by farmers he said in an interview after the meeting we want an ofa that is not controlled by govern ment by commodity boards by cooperatives or anyone else but far mers i think an individual membership is the only solution if a man puts his money on the line -25- then he is going to be an active member and thats what we want many objections to the plan were voiced by marketing board members furniture hardware cbest your onestop shopping centre is your headquarters for the multitude of items youll be needing this coming spring for your convenience crests own family purchase plan offers you the easiest terms lowest finance rates and purchases with no down payment necessary inquire today appliances paint zenith freezers refrigerators laundry equipment tappangurney electric ranges plumbing supplies electrical supplies builders hardware gas or electric power mowers now in stock make your selection today magicote paints in all finishes for both in terior and exterior work top quality at low low prices fertilizers seeds now in stock fr check the great buys in our furniture department rototillers heres a mode here f y use our convenient family purchase plan no down payment necessary furniture appliances hardware 5 main west stouffville phone 6402771 paint open thurs fri until 9 pm some felt a voluntary membership fee would fail and suggested an automatic checkoff on all farm products to finance a strong federation with funds to do ail the work that is necessary ontario farmers rejected an automatic checkoff when a vote was taken for a general farm organization in june it must be a voluntary membership thats what farmers said last june and we miff t work within tliis framework said mr hill the propisal by the federation vould allow the marketing boards and commodity groups to form a commodity council within the framework of the ofa mr hill was asked if the commodity council was being given too much autonomy within the federation the proposal on in dividual membership was challenged from the floor a couple of times most seriously by one man who said the membership fee would make the federation the same kind of organization as the former ontario farmers union now affiliated with the national farmers union whats wrong with that said mr hill i have never had any argument with the ob jectives of the farmers union just its methods ammonium nitrate is part of a wide range of highgrade fertilizers produced in our lambton works- your nearest cll dealer can supply you with modern applicators time your fertilizing early this year and reap more bushels per acre fertilizers master feeds stouffville phone 6401892