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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1976-09-09, Page 15Letters are appreetated by Bob TreNer, Eldale Rd., Ewers:Ont. N38 2C7 Is all that rtois,e necessary Beef producers Not getting a fair deal Hearts of gold they have. They're depicted in' verse -and song as beingt big, bluff,, hearty men alwaysmilling th lend someone more unfortunate a helping hand. They are the men who drive those highway monstrosi- ties; the huge, noise-making trucks. Kindly they may be. Willing to help as well. And I'm bit- ing of( a big chunk when I condemn them for the noise they make. Three or, four years ago this corner complained in print • about the noise pollution caused by these huge trucks. It wasn't long before a rash of letters'arrived, one or two from truckers and the rest froM executives of two or three truck- ing firms. Yes, I agree that most truckers are great people. .They may ,even be as good a, group as the popular country and western songs depict them. But their machines are an abomi- nation as far as I'm concerned. - Let one teen-ager with a faulty muffler boom through town and every police car within miles converges on him. But these behemoths of trade, the 18-wheelers and the 24- wheelers and the crashing diesels can bang away on the highway like a young war looking for some place to do battle and no one stops them, When my original complaint was printed, it wasn't long before the provincial department. Of transportation and corn- , munications announced that something would be done about noise pollution. At that time, Jimmy Auld was•the minister- of that portfolio and he said police vyould be equipped ,with portable machines which could be set up. at strategic places along the highWays to measure noise pollution. But Mr. Auld' disappeared into political limbo and his plan, as far as I'm aware, was never carried out.1 said at the tithe that it was a good idea but, something happened to delay it, Trucking firms pay huge licence fees for the privilege of using our highways but I do not think those licence fees give' them the privilege of polluting the air. You cannot stand on a street corner and talk in our town when one of those huge obscenities goes through town. I'm convinced that the noise decibels climb a whale of a ,lot highei from a diesel crashing up a hill than a hollywood muffler. I know next to nothing about trucks or mufflers but I'm sure a great deal more could be done by trucking firms to alleviate the noise pollution. I know, too, that the. better the sound is muffled, the, less power the engine has but I have to carry noise pollution devices and air pollution devices'on my car so why can't the trucking firms be forc- ed, by law, to do the same thing? • Miles-per-gallon are also diminished by, efficient muffling systems but, again, everyone else must have an efficient muffler so why not trucks? Or buses, too, for that matter. - The highway traffic act is quite clear. It' says it is an of- fence for which the owner of the vehicle can be fined, as well as' the driver, if the motor vehicle is not equipped with a muffler in good working order and which is in constant operation so as to prevent "excessive or unusual neise,"., And there's the rub. Who is to spy what is excessive or unusual? Most of us are so stupified by the noise all around us these days that we automatically raise our own voices a couple of decibels when a truck goes whining past. We put up with it. I submit it's time to crack down. Nothing is more shat- tering than to have the silence of a summer night spoiled -1:iy the mile-long clashing and banging of a great grain train as it clashes and snarls and whines and whangs along the highway. Is it absolutely necessary that these trucks make so much noise? Somebody tell me. I'd be happy to know. ' And was it the vocal noises made by the trucking firms -of this province that scuttle&Jimmy Auld's plan to monitor highway noises? I'd like to know that, too. ' Average' net Ann income •yes". shown as $3,984. with 04, aVera.80 net i4g1t3e 'from. all sources; 'A 374)4S LET US MAKE YOUR OLD FURNITURE BETTER THAN: NEW! For a free estimate and a,olook' at our newest samples of materials AN, COOK UPHOL C STERY "Put "Put Your Upholstering Ph: 523-4272 R. Cook, Prop. 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Huron's 55,000 acres of fodder corn was also tops in Ontario and was valued at $12,144,000. It yielded an average of 16 tens per acre for a per acre value of $221. Middlesex was again second with - 44,000 acres valued at $9,636,000 and a per acre value of $219. • Hay production in the county' was listed at 98,000 acres' with a value of $11,646,000 or $119 per acre, In grain corn, Huron had 95,000 acres and the corp was valued at 122,344,000. 'This worked out to $235 per acre. Kent county was the leader in this department with a total crop value of $54,600,000 and a per acre value of $260. • In mixed grains, Huron had 82,000 acres with e value of $10,824,000. This was $132 per acre with a yield of,66 bushel per Oats were valued- at 'Only $95 per acre for a total of $1,116,000 in the county, while barley was acre. valued at $in Pg; acre withUotta crop value 474900 acres being $6,063,000. - Winter wheat broug,ht flueoh farmers an average ,of $200 per • acre for a county total of $4,600,000 on 23,000 acres in 1975. ' In the livestock categories, Huron listed 176,000 cattle with a per head value of $297. This brought the total value to $52,486,000. • There were 165":500 pigs with'a .per head value of $72 for a total of $11,991,000. In 'both categories, Huron placed second. Bruce county led in cattle figures and Perth was tops ie pigs. The county also had 9,500 sheep listed'at a value,per head of $30 for a total value 8285,000. The statistics show Huron with Boys Brigade celebratei 00 yrs. In 1983, the Boys' Brigade will celebrate 100 years of service to Boys around the World. In this connection, the Boys' Brigade in Canada are most anxious ,to contact all former B.B.Officers, Leaders, Boys, and friends of The Boys' Brigade. Anyone with any past connection , with 'The Boys' Brigade in any part of the, world is asked to write Robert Carr, Centennial Preparations Committee, The Boys' Brigade in Canada, Inc., 6 Angus Drive, Willowdale,Ontario, M2J 2X1 10 4 tots 11414..vgg,"nifi44.000.0▪ .rep. • Of that, 614194 is 1,ixt4gr etp0, thipipv..e4 atufear- SWAMP; fallow„ • • the Township of ' West Wawanosh, the swamp comprises beef in Canada is mainly caused by the high rate of heifer and cots marketing last year. ,.And again this year it is exceeding all expectations, with heifer kill 15 per. cent--above-last-reaf and, cow kill 18 per cent above. "If goes without saying, , of course, that if we weren't marketing so many heifers and cows our domestic prices would have been stronger". The poor return in the cow-calf ,sector hasi ,led to the very heavy heifer and cow marketings, he explained, Mr. Gracey,„ critized farmers An Ontario grant of $150,000 will be awarded-to the Maitland Valley Conservation' Authority over the next four. years for land acquisition ifr the Saratoga Swamp, Natural Resources Minister Leo Bernier has announced. • • Located along Shar's Creek in awarded to MVCA Provincial grant who hold, cattle beyond acceptable marketweights to increase the dollar value. "Especially when we ,,o' have an oversupply of beef, these animals_.-. should go to market as soon as ready." ' Mr. Gracey said the on again, off again, federal dairy policy has been a minor• factor in increasing cowmarketings but that it has softened recently. Ht warned that if the dairy surplus' problem is not solved, and he strongly suggested that it hasn't been, then the dairy cow marketings would increase, 4,000 acres, of which .460 acres have been previously acquired. Flood control will be maintained in the area, which has been experiencing residential development pressures, Acquisition of the land •will also protect the biological community in both the swamp and Sharp's causing a major problem. Mr. Gracey predicted that the industry 'fundamentals are' changitig__ _and that - reduced' breeding herds in both Canada and United States give some promise of strong price recovery in 1978. He cautioned producers to be careful about their plans fol. 1977 because it is expected there will' continue to be very heavy marked supplies. The second speaker at the ' information meeting was. Richard S. Heard; London, • a farm management specialist with . the Ministry of Agriculture. He discussed "Can You Afford Not to Hedge Your Cattle?" which refers to hedging and futures stock'markets which some people are using, as a way of making .money. 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Mr, Gracey said" the federal government is"quite content to let . beef farmers carry more: than their fair share in the battle againsts inflation, and "there is little interest in Ottawa in letting you off the hook". He cited the information that low beef 'prices have been Mentioned repeatedly as a major 'ctor in the decline in the consumer price index. k A number of unpredictable factors have fouled up the cattle market this year, Mr. 'Gracey said, including the massive increases in off-shore imports of jovipriced beef - up 58,per cent over last year. ,"Why should Canada be the only dumping ground for beef Nien we have a tremendous surplus ourselves?" he asked. ° " Mr. Gracey said the surplus of • Creek, which supports brook and losses. rainbow trout. r- We like to knoi:v our cuslomers by name! SEA FORTH FARMER S Plow Down Bagged - FALL FERTILIZER SEED WHEAT FLY- SPRAYS & BAITS NOW'S THE TIME TO SAVE Make The Farmers' Elevator Work For You! 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