When at last Parisien arrived at the Smith ranch in Mt. View, Alberta on Friday, April 7, 1967 to commence his final farm-quarantine period, his total direct costs could be calculated at:
Item: | Cnd Dollars |
Farm Price (France) | $ 3,620.00 |
CDA fee | 600.00 |
Brest quarantine fee | 25.00 |
CCA Administration/animal | 40.00 |
Insurance | 438.00 |
Shipping Brest to Grosse-Ile | 300.00 |
CDA Quarantine charge-G.Ile | 450.00 |
Shipping Grosse-Ile to QB | 50.00 |
Shipping QB to AB | 65.00 |
TOTAL | 5,588.00 |
Other costs relating to phone bills, travel expenses, bank charges, SBL incorporation ($170.00), and partial loan repayment ($1,000.00) left the 8 shareholder/investors with $534.00 remaining of their $8,000.00 budget (being shareholder deposits of $500.00 each and loan guarantees of another $500.00 each). They could use more investors, more loans, and a whole lot of success. They were already in motion with a flurry of letters and calls and promo-prep as Parisien began his last-stage Alberta quarantine.
Before long (on July 20, 1967), they were greeting the end of the on-farm quarantine with great elation and expectation.
