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Huron F of A protests
hospital closings -
At a special directors meeting
held in Cliot9n On FEbruary 25,
the Huron '(ounty Federation of
.Agriculture voted to put all their
resources behind the move to
resist closing of the Clinton
Hospital. The federation directors
leel that the presence of a
„hospital in a rural town
contributes much to its economic
iability and to the well-being of
its citizens - both urban and rural.
The fareaccideril rate is one of
'the highest of any industry and
••
the proximity of medical help can
mean the difference between the
lossor saving 9f-an arm or a leg,
said Adrian' Vos, Federation
President. With more than 2200
members in Huron County, the
Federation represents a potential
10.000 hospital users,
The subject of hospital closings
skill be further discussed at the
March 4th meeting of.the Feder-
astion to he held Brookside-
School
at—
on the 9th of Ashfield. All
members are urged to attend.
Ausable budget
down '100,000
IT'S HURON IN '78 — The International Plowing
Match comes to Huron County in 1978 and
representataives from the county, pl-owmen's associa-
tion made sure that delegates to the Ontario
Plowmen's Association annual meeting knew it.
Among those promoting the 1978 match during their
recent Toronto meeting were left - Jack McCutcheon,
warden of Huron County; Allan Campell, local
committee vice-chairman; Howard • Deters, local
chairman; Jim Armstrong, host farmer for the match
and county director; Dort Pullen, county agricultural
representative; and Roy Pattison, local committee
vice-chairman,
Gordon Hill describes
A typical day with the OFA
Gordon 'Hill. President of the
Ontario Federation of
ca [Tying fonvard the concerns of
farmers front all across Ontario,
Mr. Hill closed hi , saying:
"Ekon-- though lhe .income
squeeze is not as had 'as it it as a
number of .Ve.11. •ago. there art'
still things that , farinc:rs 'arc'
coneerned about am) the 0. F. .
warts to rnakt.:',LIN: that \‘ 0,(10 not
go hack to those hail old times.
Unless farmers stick together and
work together, then vie will go
hack to hots things tiers ',.1.1111 tuber
of years ago. We see on the one
hand well-organized labour, big
business ,and hig gov crnment.
We must recognizi:.- that by
pulling together 'and hididing
structures such as the Federation
of Agriculture' and 'our marketing
organizations. there is notch we
can do to help ourselves. But-we
hate to stick toget1Lir, ht.-cause
for farmers there n...tCi att power
without unity.''
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budget for the t ear 10 -6
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htt,igs t ac, voted is as for 5513 ,)32
this IS dovv n front $614,400 in
1 0-, and almost $200,000 lower
than the proposed 10"6 budget.
I hi. restraint 111111PL't si ill hit
hank,. 'It at the ',and aeLltil•.1(1011
PrOQritrn andwater COMIC)l eon-
strut- tion,
'sk ts It elet tett chairman 1:oy
Vs's st,ott said the Authority is in
lor a difficult sear. He added, "It
,k III ht htugh and this is not it one
i nan's job. not .afriad to
LI , up to challenge. Some
oidjs, is may hate to be tarried
ot er to anothyr year.:
\X csicott, a former rest e of
shorn,: tow nship replaces light
I hompson of 'l tiekersinith tt lit
lit Id the chairman's position for
Ili, past three years... Is an 1.1u:arn
of I 11,',111 IS the IleW i hairman
y number of Authority mein-
rs were nominated for the two
top exceutit c spots b u t milk
sy, st, ott and Hearn qualified.
B o b Austin of Arkona
-1'111 it sitsed in our Centennial
It orations in inayhe
another kcal: I will Mite it a
Nlunicipalitius in the ,Authorits
t III be pay ing les it-, Of Si(17,"3.2
It 10 -6. T his is an increase of
about nine per cent.
Boer Martin, the authority's
r, sources nranager". proposed
that members consider a resoup.
managehient program its an
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If you're
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Fitness. in your heart !,ou know h .. rh4ht.'
its \ had to back up a
sonsitierable amount on their feed
.01:11(.1",ltArl figures. They.
admitted that if the e had had on
'di the reports on which C.F.M. A.
bases Its pricing formula. they
would not have made the sugges-
tion that a tanner should be able
to produce a dozen eggs on 4 lbs.
.feed. C,F.M.A.. says that it
takes 4.4n lbs. of teed to produce .
do/en rugs. ;As feed siomprises
about or the cost of a dozen
eggs .. a v aniable of halt' a pound in.,
the cost forniula would alter the
Final price by a considerable
amount.
Mr. Hill said that it was rather
gratifying to the farmers, in the
audience to hear . the C.A.C.'s
'arguments dieing demolished.
When the .C. brief • tt as-
cOmpleted. the C.F,M.A. 'lawyer
made the statement that had this
been a court of Itivy he would have
asked, for a dismissal at that time.
based on the 1)001' ease that the
made.
• One of the points Made in the
•FL_•deration brief submitted by
Mr. ..a farmer
is ith 10.000 lavers. an extra cent a
do/en v. On Id mean $1900 extra
net income per year. But for the
consumer. an extra cent a dozen
would only cost a family of four an
exira 4e per year.
Back . in Toronto "on Friday,
February. 27. Gordon Hill, along
is ith • "Vice-President Peter
Flimflam and General Manager
Jack Hale had an opportunity to
meet with the new leader of the
Ontario 'Liberal Party Stewart
Smith. in' order to acquaint him
ith the U.F.A. and its policies.
Mr. Hill made it clear in his
speech that it is the policy of . the
0.F.A. not to support any
political party, However, the
executive • meets
periodically with all' parties to
discuss. farm' problems and to
make sure the politicians
• iindcrsiand that the 0.F,A.
tion of Consumers. She stated
that she did not agree vYith Mrs.
Plumptre's report on marketing
boards as the research had • not
gonek, deeply enough into the
baAground as to \1hy
boards were necessary. Mrs.
,lackson felt that the main, ,itistn
fication for marketing hoards Is
that they give the small farmer a
chance to h is e a say as to is hat
the prices of his product should
he when he. is trying to sell it 'to
one of the big processors. Mr.
Hill was very plea .sed to hear
Mrs. .laekson come out a s
strongly as she did on behalf of
farmers.
On evening Wednesday
Gordon Hill flew to Ottawa vvhere
he appeared on a' TV program
called Platform. The panelists
that evening wdre front a group
known as the v.0„9,, ,:y1 for the
Survivalofg"riculture. These are
farm women all member, of the
Federti`tion of Agris'ulture, it ho
have gone out and tried to tell the
people who lii e off the farm -about
the. problems of, running it farm
business. They: started off the
program and had their soy and
then there was a. discussion ti Ith
the audience. Amongst the
audience were Herb Gray. former
Minister of _ Cotisunn.'r Affairs.
research assistants for different
cabinet ministers, people front
fartbs and urban consumers
On Thursday . morning.
Febrtuary 2h. still in Ottawa.
Gordon Hill attended the egg
price hearings held' by the
National Farm Products
marketing Council. The. Canadian
Association of Consumers it as
claiming . that consumers were
being charged an unnecessary
SI-million a week because the
price of eggs is being artificially
inflated by, the Conadi:an Egg
Marketing Agency. _After the
C.A.C. had presented their brief
and were being eross•examined
by the counsel for the Cr, \LA..
is, ruled out' hi financial restraint.
Ile explained that by buying
kt i properties in tin area, the
authority could allow special
interest groups to participate by
purchasing land for special pro-
it', ts. I he authority could _also
gain k ass mints of er private lands
to agott for public use , by
pros icing the land owner with
sk rs it s rather than money..
.Ile told the authority it'has too
unique rit er areas in the Ausahel
gorge-from Hungry Hollow to
nights and in 'the Bayfield
cdtcd &Flys\ here else
kitsr area that cannot beinduitIhlie-
prot ince. Ilk: urged the authority
to consider long-range land
a( tlt,isititan raid resource manage-
ment' in those areas.
Projects approt Lid and added to
flit 1,0 -o list were:
• Pori Blake additional work on
roads and parking lot .and picnic
pat iron S11.000.
clearing in valley
lands
si()1-1c
;o ld
re t shtiLe lknel t)iul )aarrc;w$2rk7,0o0n0.a
Parkhill 7 pat ing of the conser-
vation area's main road, repairing
'oilier roads •and upgrading trails
and camping area. $27.,090.
Bock Glen- nek's: gatehouse,
completion or par king lot develop-
,ment .and grassing $10.000,
Credium-dekulopment of six-
aCre Park at east ,end, $6,000.
he authority also hopes to
pro% ids ation't.:30,jobs for students
this year. Their'svage rate is about
halt tits full-time rate and will
ot t111,11„t,,york to he done that would tr
restraint budget.
'Boger Martin, , who has taken
otrd the post of resotirces mana-
ger k:kit its o Owen
in,
area
. atrthOritit'S wilt.'he in, Exeter:each
Friday find!' a rePlacement has
been found. '
In attend-am:Li at the meeting
was Da Wood, newly appointed
program supervisor for Conser-,
r ation Authorities in the smith-
Yt estern region.
Wood was resources manager
here 'idiom 11 years ago.
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Massey Ferguson
Agriculture ).‘ as the guest
speaker at the annual dinner
meeting of the Stephen Township
Federation Of Agriculture on
Friday . Over 180 farmers and
their wives gatht.'red at the
Crediton Community Hall to hear
Mr. Hill describe a typical week's
activities of the provincial
executive of the 0.F..A„ He feels'
taht it is important for farmers to.
realize the work that is being
done on their behalf by the
Federation on a continuous basis
throughout the year.
On Monday, February 23. the
O.F.A. executive held one of their
regular luncheons with represen-
tatives from the Ministry of the
Environment: Mr. Hill said. Part,
of the discussion centered on the
.problems brought about
farmers who import chemicals
such as weed killers. pesticides.
orchard sprays. etc. from.' the
United States. Another area. of
....concern is the problem of control-,
lingblackbirds in corn fields. in
some parts of the , provin.ce,
especially places close to
marshy areas, flocks of blackbirds
will descend on a corn field in the
fall and cause damage to the crop
that can amount to a loss to,,the
farmer of up to 15 bushels per
acre. There has been a chemical
developed t Avatrolj for use in
controlling these birds, .but it is
not licensed for use in Ontario.
The O.F.A. is concerned that if
this chemical is not, licensed, then
there Should he some other
means found to control
blackbirds. so that farmers do not
have this added pest to contend
with.
On Tuesday. February 24, the
executive of the held a
historic fitst meeting- with the
executive •of the Quebec general
farm organization known as the
United Producer's of Agriculture
(U,P,A.). The meeting was held
at a hotel near the Toronto airport
and arrangements had been made
for simultaneous translation of
the proceedings so that each •
perSon could speak in his own
language. but his message `,.‘ as
instantly translated for • the
benefit of the listeners. The
11.P.A; was established if ter a
vote was held several y ears ago
and tinder the legislation. 'every
farmer in Quebec must pay- an
annual membership fee of 550, to
the 12..P.A.., although he does not
have to he a member of the
organization unless he elects-to-
do so..About 48.000 out of 52.000
farmers in Quebec are members, •
The U.P.A. executives explained
a great deal about their income
protection plan and confirmed
that they have an, agreement with
the government of Quebec
whereby farmers negotiate with
the Department of Agriculture
through the U.P.A. The
executives . of the two farm
organizations met for two days
during which they exchanged
•information on their various
activities,, discussed mutual
problems and possible solutions
and decided that co-operation
'between the -two farm
organizations will benefit fai'mers
in both Ontario and Quebec.
At noon on Tuesday, Gordon
Hill drove into Toronto to the
CBC radio station where he
fielded questions on a one-hour
call-in program called Radio
Nopn. The subjects covered that
day were food prices, consumers,
marketing boards, etc. and
Gordon felt that he had an
'excellent opportunity to get the
farm message across 4o 'urban
listeners, The last call on the
program came from Mrs, Ruth'
Jackson, President of the Ontario
Section of the Canadian Associa-
invgAtories until April 30th, 1976
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