One of six in county Its taken Don McLean 20 years to gai tte as aster Breeder Don McLean of Elmvale one of Simcoe Countys six Master Breeders is shown with Con don Perseus Paula Very Good classified cow from his herd at Condon Farm The eight yearold is the daughter of the first Excellent cow McLean had in his herd in 1966 Cows from the McLean herd have been sold in the United States Japan and other Canadian pro vinces $4 million budget set for dairy market wk market development ro gram is to be implemente by the Canadian Dairy Commis sion with budget of up to $4 million for sales promotion and research The Canadian government will bear $20 million for marketing costs and $15 million for export costs associated with the 197778 diary program These two items were among the information contained in report presented to milk Marketing Board held recently at the Bond Head community hall The meeting was part of series of 13 regional meetings being held across Ontario Francis Redelmeier board member chaired the ses sion which was attended by about 55 committee members from the counties of Dufferin Halton Peel Simcoe and York NATIONAL POLICY Discussions were held con cerning the national dairy policy for 197778 and the attain ment of single bulk milk pool for Ontario report from the board stated that the processor margin has been increased by 17 cents and theproducers margin by 41 cents total of 58 cents At the same time the price of butter supports has in creased to $118 from $108 per pound while the price of skim milk powder to 70 from 68 cents per pound The withinquota levy assess ed producers to operate Canadas surplus disposal pro grams was discussed The dairy farmers of Canada DFC have asked the federal government to absorb the ex port equalization fund deficit of $152 million The report stated that the farmers were being asked to compete with the treasurers of foreign countries and especially European Economic Community countries in the world market that is grossly oversupplied and is char acterized by disastrously low price levels Indications are that imports of cheese will reach the max imum set down by the govern Most say well stay together More than threequarters of YorkSimcoe federal riding residents answering 11 by MP Sinclair Stevens lieve Canada will stay together the Conservative MP said this week Stevens said in press release that the questionnaire was sent to every household in his riding which includes In nisfil Township and small part of Barrie and 1135 residents responded Of those participating he said 77 per cent believe Canada will survive cur rent difficulties over separatism 945 per cent believe the majority of Quebeckers wish to remain in Con federation 966 per cent believe the majority of English speaking Canadians want Quebec to stay 839 per cent believe the federal bilingualism program has weakened na tional unity 56 cent consider more exible decentraliz ed federal government the key to united Canada 867 per cent believe Quebec should be treated the same as any other rovine rather than receiv ing special status Stevens said be circulated the same questionnaire during re cent visit to the Yukon and found similar views In the Yukon however 87 per cent wanted more flexible federal government while 97 per cent elieved bilingualism had weakened the country ment on imported cheese of 50 million pounds The DFC had asked that the quota be lowered to 40 million pounds but this was not done When asked by one of the pro ducers what the impact of the Egoposed levy on cheese would Redelmeier replied that he could only answer in rough figures The total levy which is ex pected to be raised is $1312 million If the levy went on the reduction of imports would reduce the levy also We would have to expect the unexpected he said The ex porters from other countries wouldnt take it laying down and they may make it difficult for our exports Has the levy been settled was question from the floor If it is settled it will be over few dead bodies was the answer QUOTA DISTRIBUTION Quota distribution and utilization was discussed ac cording to the changes named in the report Too many producers feelthey want to have more and more quota and then find they cant make it up We get re quests all the time from farmers wanting special con sideration because their quota is too high They buy quota without realizing how much it in volves Redelmier said Theyre afraid they arent going to get it all so they ask for it anyway someone said from the floor MARKET SHARING The Market Sharing Quota Plan will be put back into effect April 1978 The performance date used to judge whether province gains or loses quota is the calendar year January to December 1977 So far this year the board is producing an annual equivalent rate of 95 per cent If this level of quota is main tained the province will not lose quota to other provinces The report stressed that if producer has quota he does not intend to use he should sell it or loan it as soon in the year as possible to ensure high provin cial quota utilization FRANCIS REDELMEIER chairs session All milk producmg farmers in Ontario are going to be brought up to GradeA standards in milk production The board is continually of fring incentives to farmers to bring their standards up Group and Group II Pools are now in effect The Group Pool being the higher stan dard Producers who enter the higher quality pool receive 50 per cent of their total Group entitlement in their first year Although this does not in crease their potential milk pro duction it can mean higher level of net returns for the pro ducer METRIC CONVERSION The date for metric conver sion by the Milk Producers Marketing Board has been set ahead to April 1978 more scientificall act curate measurement can be ob tained through this methodl the chairman told the group It will be necessary to change all farm bulk charts and other measuring equipment from pounds to litres SINGLE BULK POOL An eightpage report on at taining single bulk milk in Ontario was discuss at great length during the after noon By PAT GUERGIS Examiner Staff Writer Don McLean of Elmvale is one of the six only Master Breeders in Simcoe County During the 20 years it has taken McLean to build up enough points to qualify for Master Breeder he has learned lot about milk production and breedingcattle Building quality into his herd is one thing McLean can be noted for He has had many top quality cows in his herd some of which have been sold to the United States Japan and other Canadian provinces About every nine months classifier comes in and goes over the herd for body con formation checks their milk production and classifies them McLean explained As each cow is classified it is given points accordingly which are registered with the HolsteinFriesian Association of Canada As an example cow which is classified as excellent receives 10 points very good cow gets seven points very good bull receives points and superior type sire receives 15 points The number of points required for Master Brccdcr Shield depends upon the avcagc number of registrations per year within the last 25 years In herd averaging 12 or less registrations per year the breeder must earn 150 points For each additional registration per year 13 more points arc necdcd Today ondon harm as the McLean farm is named has two Excellent scvcntccn Very Good and the rcmziindcr of the cows are Good Plus with the ox ception of one classificd lood LONG ASSOCIATION long association with IIolstcins has assisted Nltlxan along the way He workctl on the homc farm unit until 1030 At this timc llt already owned two cows which he had purr chased from his father Ill 1054 Working with the Maple at tle Breeders as an inscminator and later with the cntral On tario Breeders until 1905 also served to give Mchan $1 200 goes to Society City council voted this week to include $1200 grant to the Barrie Agricultural Society in the citys 1977 budget despite staff recommendation that the grant be dropped this year be cause the society is no longer in debt Other grants in the budget in clude $500 to the Salvation Ar my compared to $200 last year and $300 recommended by staff $25000 to the Barrie YM YWCA $13200 to the sheltered workshop operated by the Bar rie and District Association for the Mentally Retarded $12102 for the Simcoe County Museum and Archives $6200 for the Barrie City Concert Band $5300 for the newlycrcatcd Barrie Association for Safety Education $3300 for the Barrie Horticultural Society $3000 for the annual Barrie Winter far nival $1800 for the lluronia Symphony Orchestra and Ju nior Symphony $1100 for thc Georgian Foundation for the Performing Arts and $2000 for the Barrie Jaycees Santa Claus parade BARGAINS FROM BLACKLOCKS Budget Saver 110 lb spllt uldo of beef cut Into roasts steaks staws mlnoos otc Includan lbs of pork chops lbs of sllood bacon 10 lbs of pork roasts 10 lbs of sausage lbs of wlonors lbs of chlckon everythan Included priced at 013988 wlth up to months to pay Custom Kill $800 per head All Government Top Quailty Inspected Meats BLA CKLQCKS FARMAND MEATS RR Cookstown on Hwy 89 mile of400 705 4584232 greater knowledge of his chosen profession His present herd of 110 cattle is completely home bred and traces back to the original two cows purchased in 1954 with the exception of three of the cows Not only has McLean bred show cattle but also out standing milk producers He had the highest county herd average in the year 196970 and has constantly been in the top10 McLean designates much of his success to his wife Connie whom he describes as devoted and interested partner Special credit can also go to his her dsman Takara Suzuki who has worked on the farm for five years Most of the cows in the km don Farm barn have card hanging above their stalls stating the cows name its date of birth mother and father its classification and its milk production Those few who do not have not been classified as yet ARTIFICIALONLY Condon farm uses artificial breeding only The amount you pay for the frozen semen depends on the quality of cow you hope to produce McLean said sold good bull to the states few rears ago and kept some of his semen so have been using lhat mainly Semen is kept on the farm cady for use in liquid nitrogen tank capable of holding 1200 vials Each vial has the bulls name and thc datc it was put in on the out sidcolthctulxx McLean said prefertilized eggs from Holstein cows which are in great demand in other parts of the world are being flown to several places in Europe McLean recently bred one of his Excellent cows Condon Royal Molly using artificial in semination Two days later she was taken to Woodbridgc where the fertilizcd eggs wcrc flushed out of her and transplanted into eight heifers Only four or five might take McLean said but the ones which do will lx cxccllcnt quality just like Condon Royal Molly They will bc rcgistcrcd ashcroffspring All McLeans cows havc thc prefix Condon at tho bcgin ning of their names This is done so that his breed is known just by that prefix thcr breeders are known by their OWn prefix Spring for your WASAGA BEACHCoun Ray Mickevicus wants to know why candidates for municipal office cannot deduct election campaign expenses from their income tax while federal and provincial candidates can Tuesday night he convinced Wasaga Beach council to ask the Association of the Mu nicipalities of Ontario AMO for its support in getting the tax law changed to permit can didates for municipal office to claim the deduction like their federal and provincial counter parts While preparing his 1976 in come tax return last week Coun Michevicus learned he could not deduct about $200 he spent last fall to get elected was flabbergasted when found out about it he said had always assumed that they election expenses were deductible The $200 is no big deal he added but it is matter of principle In last Decembers municipal elections 23 people ran for the Volkswagen Honda Reasonable rates licensed mechanics EGON MOTORS 204 Shanty Bay ltd73745791 the examiner Thursday Aprll 28 1977 Give us same tax breaks Wasaga council asks feds seven seats on Wasaga Beach town council Coun Michevicus teacher at Stayner Collegiate estimated that each candidate spent between $50 and $500 on the very lively campaign UNFAIR He said it unfair that those people who went out of their way to offer their services at the grassroots of government cannot deduct their expenses while candidates for Partia ment and Provincial Legislature where the power to grant the deductions rests can claim their expenses on their tax returns The situation becomes more incredible he said consider ing the very attractive de ductions given to those who contribute to federal and provincial political party cof fers Federal tax regulations permit taxpayers to deduct 75 per cent of their donations to political parties from their federal income tax News quiz answers PART lb 2Iost 3a 4to save money 5Andrew Young PART 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