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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1976-09-30, Page 13ove to make county council smaller defeated Fredrick Seed Wheat is now Novv Available Ask Us For Prices ake The Farmers' Elevator Work For .You! YOU CAN BE ASSURED OF * Fair prices Honest weights Reliable grading Patronage return on profits Courteous service Ontario Bean Growers Co-Operative plant at Sealorth WHITE BEAN GROWERS ONTARIO BEAN GROWERS mif CO OPERATIVE litir Two Locations LONDON SEAFORTH 3452007 "Service and a fair deal is our motto" PLAQUE FOR NEW•GARAGE — Grey Township reeve, Roy Williamson holds the plaque that will have a place of honour in the new works garage the township opened Friday night on.'the county road, just south of Ethel. From left are councillor John Johnston, clerk Edythe Cardiff, road superintendent ROSS Engel, Reeve Williamson, deputy reettglifford Bray and councillors Leona Armstrong and Barb Dunbar; • (Staff Photo) Twitch grass out of control The past two wet summers along with dry weather,this past spring when herbicides were applied has led to twitch grass getting out of control in some fields, says Pat Lynch, local Soils and Crops Specialist. The peren- nial weed, twitch grass • or quck _grass, can be controlled in next years corn fields by spraying this • fall. Two pounds of actual atrazine applied this fall along with a further two pounds of atrazine next spring is still the best method to control infestations of twitch grass. The atrazine should be applied anytime y before ploughing. This atrazine that is ploughed down this fall will be in place as soon as the twitch begins to grow next spring. This fall application allows you to spray only the areas 'of a field that are infested. This is generally less expensive than spraying the whole field, but just as effective since twitch grass generally just grows in certain areas of a field. Atrazine applied this fall will not break downn -or leach away before next spring and can be applied even minutes before ploughing and still be effective. ne foot in the] uro by 0.4 Letters are appreciated by Bob Trotter, Wale Ad , Ont N3B 2C7 PUBLIC FORUM ON FARM INCOME STABILIZATION MON., OCT. 4, at 8:30 pm The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food will hold meetings across the province ,on Monday, October 4, to receive views on farm income stabilization. Intereated individuals are invited to participate in any one of the following meetings: RIDGETOWN Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technology, Livestock Pavilion STRATFORD Market Annex Fairgrounds CAMPBELLFORD District High School Ranney Street CARLETON PLACE Zion Memorial United Church Hall, 37 Franklin Street ANCASTER Marritt Hall Fairgrounds FLESHERTON Grey Highlands Secondary Schoolr,- Auditorium MARKHAM Markham Arena Hall Highways 48 and:7 Ministry of Agriculture And Food 'KEMPTVILLE Kemptville College of Agricultural Technology, Engineering EIuildin§ NEW LISKEARD New Liskeard College of Agricultural Technology, Auditorium. ' THUNDER BAY Airlane Motor Hotel Hon. William 0. Newman Minister R. G. Bennett Deputy Minister Ontario NOW IN STOCK'! HYACINTH- , TULIP BULBS Sl"ct Good Stock of Freezers 15 & 20 cu. ft. Anti Freeze . & Lubricants We like to know our Customers bynamef S EAF ORTH FARMERS' e te. • nt..)'!00.-:f;;Kit !earn_ Tlig,,,:}1(4.110.0 ,EXPOSiTOFt, SPTEA/11311 Statistics presented to CMIntY Connell at its Septentber meetings by the Land Division Committee showed -that, for the period. ending Augnst 31, there had been 196 applications for severance, 140 approvals, 10 denied, 54 were still pending, two had been withdrawn and four were under appeal . The Secondary Plans ter H owick and Usborne Townships were pas-sed under Amendment NuMber 10 and 14 to the Official Plan for the County of Huron Planning Area. The Planning Board authorized R. Dzus, to attend the University of Waterloo - Southwestern Ontario Chapter of Canadian 'Institute of Planners three day workshop on agricultural and rural planning at Waterloo. The Board will pay the $125 registration fee and expenses. The Land `'D Committee announced the election of Harold Robinson to the Board of Directors of the Ontario, Association of Committees of Adjust ,ment and Land Division Committees for 1976-77. ilk 'farm wages, salaries and other sources. Other revealing figures in the Ministry's report: The average net income for farmers in 1973 was $3,519. Off-farm income averaged $6,137. And don't give me that old fable about farmers being able to take advantage of 'all kinds,of tax {lodges. That just isn't true. A recent report of the now-defunct Food Prices Re- view Board claimed that farmers Ray almostas much taxes as everyone else and even more than most small businesses. In Peel County, another good agricultural area, only 8.4 per cent of farmers:. income came fruit farming.'eity the poor chaps in Haliburton County, though; where income tax figures revealed that they had an average net income of MINUS'$239 in 1973. Thank heaven, the good Lord made Haliburton County a summer paradise so that many can make additional income in the tourist business. To bring this discussion to its logical conclusion, farmes are actually subsidizing consumers. Farmers are forced to drive school buses, be building custodians, part-time auto, mechanics or machinery repairmen. Farm wives have to teach school, become secretaries or sales clerks just to make.ends meet on the farm. And .yes, I know, a great many other men and women have to hold down two jobs these days to afford what they con- sider are the amenities of life. But how many of 'them...are in a business that is so essential to the welfare of the nation Os that of raising food? • Consuthers can scream as loud and long as they like 'about the high_eost of food in Canada but the facts prove.that we have been spoiled in this country for the last 30 years, per- haps even the last 100 years, into believing that we deserve low food prices. Canadians pay less than 20 cents of every disposable dol- lar on food, one of the lowest rates in the world and farm- ers are suffering because of it. Why do farmers stay on the farm f, '4"0111.,11 '444' 4.06.4axi ' t,t0,0 k14.$2 Why, you might ask, does this lunkhead Trotter keep peck- ing away at the plight of farmers? • If farmers are so badly off, why do they stay .on the farm and why aren't more farmers going bankrupt? Good questions but the answer' s easy. Why are beef farmers able to remain in busineSs when they are losing between $60 and $200 a head when they market 'their cattle? 'How can dairy farmers remain in business when they are forced to cut back production as much 'as 20 per cent and take a corresponding loss in in- come? And what is happening to all those pork producers now that the price of pork is beginning to drop this fall? Again,'the answer is simple. They are not going bankrupt because thousands of farm- ers in your county and mine are working part time at some other job to augment their incomes. They cannot make a decent living as full-time farmers. It's as simple-as that. How can these things be proven? The facts come from a 52-page report released by the Ontario Ministry of. Agricul- ture and Food. The statistics are staggering. In other words, the most important industry in this or any other province — that of producing food — has to be done on a part-time basis. This. to me, is a terrible indictment of the systegrras it stands. Farmers. most of them anyway. have to earn more money off the farm to remain in busi- ness. • Is it any wonder that the average age of the Canadian farmer is 52? Why would, any young man in his right mind want to" get into farming when the figures are available to prove that the greeter majority of farmers in Ontario, at least, must have a second job to make ends meet? In- the Waterloo Region, for instance, which is supposed to be one of the finest agricultural counties in the province. only 36.4 per cent of the income of farmers came from the land. The rest—a startling 63.6 per' cent—came from off- The Land Division Committee reported that the actual expenditures for the period ending August 31 has been $24,533 compared to an estimate of $26,960, ,.The County Planning Board has A final attempt to. pass a motion calling for a private members bill which would have reduced the size of County Council from its present 45 members to 36 failed at the September session of Huron County Council in' Goderich on Friday. If passed- the bill would have provided for a county council composed of: the reeves of the towns, not being separated towns, and of the villages and townships in the county, together• with the deputy reeves of towns, villages and townships where there were' 2000 or more municipal electors. Where a town not being a separated town or village or township in the county had more than 4000 and not more than 6000 electors, the reeve ,as a member of the county council would have an additional vote and where the municipality has more than 6000 electors, the reeve and deputy reeve as members of the county council each had an additional vote. Speaking before defeat of the motion Cecil Desjardins, Reeve of Stephen Township, noted that reintroduction of the motion was ,another attempt to change "what, authorized the Planning Director to attend a Heritage Planning Synposium September 10 to 12 sponsored by Heritage Canada, the Ontario Heritage Foundation and the Frontenac Historic Foundation. is working just fine." The motion was lost on a vote by show of hands. Oppose deer hunt Huron County Council passed a motion, with only two members opposed, at their Friday meeting to object to the Ministry of Natural Resources over the Ministry's intention to allow hunting of deer within the county with bow and arrow. A letter of information,sigded by H. Lancaster; Forest and Land Management Supervisor of the Ministry of Natural Resources, had been placed in the report of the Development Committee noting that there would be no deer season in Huron County in 1976, with the "exception of a season for bow and arrow only from October 25 to November 30. Bayfield Reeve Ed. Oddleifson, in making the motion to object, called the hunting with-bow and arrow "cruel" and asked that council request cancellation of the season. Mr. Oddleifson said the animals are often only wounded and could take days to die, : OPNOTCH TOPNOTCH FEEDS LIMITED Grain Bank Storage available for feed customers Storage Space available on a first come first served basis. Book yours now. . 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