HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-03-12, Page 8"If the law supposes that." said Mr., Bumble...."the
law is a ass, a idiot."
It would be difficult to improve on Charles Dickens'
assessment but maybe Aristotle said it just as t% ektv. hen
he wrote that' even when laws have been written doss n.
they ought not always to remain unaltered.
A classic example of the foolishness of some laws is
exemplified by energy buff Richard Thomas. He is the
chap television watchers know as the bearded Ben in
Maple Leaf commercials for bacon. ham and wieners. He •
ran afoul of the Mounties wt‘en he made his own fuel.'
It began some time ago wti.n Thomas decided he could
produce alcohol and use it in his car. He did just that. He
planted, an acre of sugar mangelS, a type of cattle feed in
the United Kingdon. He put together his own still made
from parts bought at a hat:chicare store and from a wrecking
yard. The mangels were distilled and he claiMs he got 300
gallons of alcohol at a cost of 22.9 cents a gallon.
y' With the help of a handy mechanic, he converted his car ,
to use the alcohol. Unfortunately for Thomas. he didn't
stop there. 'He put big sign,SAiii 'his car: He publicized the
fact that he. was getting fuel for his Car at a cosi of 22.9.
cents a gallon. He went to radio stations and newspapers.
He got 2,600 leterS,.
Never initid-that the federal government had said that
alcohol produced on farms was uneconomical: ..that_it.eost
anywhere , from 0.30 to $3.80 a gallon.,
Never mind that'he could notaffstrd the $500 necessary
to take out a S200.000 borid which is demanded by the
federal government for anybody, who %%ants to set up a
----legal still: •
The law of Course. ran its course.
The •Mounties stepped in and. confiscated hiS'S•tilL Thevj,
also charged Richard Thomas although they knew he was
-itt-ntoonshi-timg. Lobe fair, the'MC-tonnes did not want to
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a decline innativt:wpods and
would like to see a bush lot
cultivated.
It would be open to the age
group of 14 to 1.8.
John Nesbitt. chairman of
the county insurance com-
mittee, informed members
that the Co-operator will be
taking over existing instt.
an4e- -pregram with few,
f114nRe% Tbe-eOg of per
family or $26 for singles
would remain the same' but
three limits had been set.
The total plan limit is $5.0001
$500 limit on the- drug plan
and a $1,000 limit on nursing
care per family per year. The
company is also picking up
unsatisfied, claims prior to
February 9 and members are
allowed' to. siwi ttlf 411l.11.111e •
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-THE, flUfKiN. EXP981TOR MARCH 12, 198
to youn
GENERATIONS OF 9:4,1:11PH GRAD-
Bolton of ','Seaforth 404*
recently graduated,f0.the oeperal ,programirom
Mg. 001Igg‘ $C)Ofil 1..folv.eistly ',Of
• 0440. With Janet. are tier grandparet0. (lef0
BY LINDA ELLIS
Seaforth One and I wu
met on Wednesday. March 3'
in the familt studies room of
Seaforth Public School tor
meeting 3. In this meeting
we discussed patterns. lab-,
nos. pins and .shears. We
also talked about slat Stitch•
Big. setting darts. gathering
and finishing scams. We
eompleted.ouridarts and the • •
other business from 'MClAilig
t. This trams a very intorma-,
tit e meeting for the 4-h girls,
V ARNA 4 H,CLG•B•
BY PEGGY VAN
WONDEREN
Our fourth meeting was
held ' at Sandra - Turner's
hums . We took attendance
,and talked about Achiete-
'ment Night on Tuesday. • .
Mai 12 at Huron C'entennial
'School for all -141 Clubs in
the Brucefield area.
Sandra showed us how to
do ,. interfOcing like the ex-
ample in the book. The
seniors learned 1mm, to put in
a zipper., and, is ere to do it for, •
hOniework. After the meet-
ing we had a snack made by C
Laura Roy:—
On March 211c1.` the Thrift(
Threader>, held their fifth
meetingat the home of Kate
keys. We diseusSed the idea
• of going to the Ice Capades
as a group.- rh(. leaders
showed us how to apply
Waistband and.do a hem,.
BY MICHELLE FRY
The .11fth meeting of the
'Egmondsifte • Ten Little
Stitches Was held March '.5 at
Egmondville 'Church.
Secretary treasurer, Suz-
anne. Eckert read the minutes •
without any' om fissions or
errors. Leader Itarb Doig
taught herno apply a
waistbandNind how to turn
up hems. Members then,
finished the extended facing
sample and 'started the hem
sample. The sixth meeting
will be held March 12 at the
Egmondville Church,
rs: fitieset Sol,tcrtth,a94
• (en' rota), h/ti: arid ,IN4c4s Areitoltop art `;
graduate of the Ontario AtgriCuttp.col College at
Guelph 1:0%, tlifitveritly Of QttietpkPhotP)
'barge him I he% Oct'. . sits Fat and Olinif-1 magazine.
shametaced and apologeti. hen 1h.. • unded his ,Muskoka
area farm The% had known dhoti: ;it em% ities for months
and had turned a Mind CSC
But somebod% in the hierarchs Ottawa decided it had
gone Joo far,and I homas's plme was raided
He couldn't wait for his da% 16 court . He was. ready to
prose he was doing nothing illegal in his mind. that he was
°nit. Irving to pros. that alcohol for automobiles ,•olltd be
gross n on a farm
Strangelt emiugh, siunehods Iinalls
common sense
The charge, %seri: droppocd
Sonic people. are sugge"song that the %barges were
dropped because some orator changes art. coning in the
Excise Act under is hieh Thomas is as,charged. ,
One of the most important facts ttlout this is hole ease is
that the mangels is ere gross n on C. lass farmland, land
that is. in f homas's ossn sit ord., al most is orthless, l'homas
had gone'a step farther. Last year. he planted Jerusalem
anti:Mikes hich . he sais,.grow like cedS' and produce a
,higher alcohol wield than mangek.
- The prosec union of I homas. sa%s 'Farm and Country
magazine. "was a CitS1 -iit ptire burconeratk %indicti‘e-
ness.- Ii mai . though. bring about those neededxhanges.
in the act which will allow farmerc lu produsC alcohol for
fuel.
It seems stupid .the Ian is an ass, an idiot-- to require a
5200,11(k) hood .
Certainty.. those, en teriirisolg.lAnkees-Ita.%12.. pulled-ma
Al The' stops and are allow ing farmers t;i produce alcohol
like hell.'' 'Bonding for farmers ended, oser there sonic
time ago. •
Thomas, is by hiS ow n admission an cnet'gv nut.
stand alone. ready to tliti,e rhe;eonsespienees of
his so-called illegal actions, -mas' mean ci byeakihrough_for,
on-farm production of alcohol as fuel..
If so. we .are all in his 'debt.
Continued from page 1
bo.rort w rntte.orer. to No more. f(0 tain be
Thi
s l4kofund tinan
ctal
management '-isshared with allsnallbusinebsts.sr.
Gunn said.
so:Ac:uRATE
,
• ''Most farmers do not
make accurate, ftnan. IA pro-,,
g":45- . . rCPerls.• ' ' Mr. Gunn
said, .... , ., -
Fartners., -have .to Oiallgt,";
the emphasis • fretii- ,prodwilT•
•19.11. ,r9p,o4s. to Linamial, stOrf-
si%
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.'-'il.N.4r," i:liCiAtg`4,nini ;g13°10
011-41 r4411,41144.t1141:11:144
90,11 .9r. ql.e.4earz '.
enough .fitinneial ttlileret'a'
att. 'providing ions 1,*, ittatut
c,ti,st.p A c•
e C
cott;ittITiaennits all sl d , I di.' !,,r) !.'
Gunn said coward'', Lu.Louni-.
ants are afraid it, gist the
service • and charge them
(farmers) for it.- ,A,,iiiiiitants
are overworked iii Ilk spring
when the farmer arm cs with
a shoebox of receipts and
records and only- [her mini-
mum of wok is re, cis ed.
But, Mr. Gunn added. ae•
sviarun7letarntisf Can
he d
iOs a 1%I.it iilititigr theto
cheek out the benefits
It all comes down to lime.
The concept of simple at--
counting or a bookkeeping
system is not diltkult ,but
there is id sa demand on , time. for. G
•On the Matter of tonortil
ling assets Mr. Gunn felt that
a look at individual eases
would be required'.
. Young farmers got a word
of encouragement hem Art
Lawson of the Perth office of
the Ministry of Agriculture.
To succeed,, farmer% now
need both experience and
education as well as 'Miley ,,
"Faced with High rate of
inflationpene tomakesgetin sivi t itanitiir,c e)
„farming). but if -you are really
serious - you have to take the
plunge sonietime.''Mr. Law-
son said. .,,,
EACH IS UNIKE .
.--,When. _investing- to your .
future each case is unique.
Mr. Lawson pointiM out that
if your Money is tied up in
livestp our,/ . yi o i IS - per_ t
cent uld he mak inginoney .
That is one of the major
thingsi to consider: 'he 'said.
how rouch money. is tied up
in areas not making money.
"You have to be cold
hearted and objective when
a.ssessing what to own," Mr.
Lawons said. Farmers may-
want to have minimum
equipment like sprayers so,
that they can control when
they want that work done. _
Some Solutions that work
are syndication of etripmebt
where grO140 farMers.;
sbatreoworship'afa•pieAt of
NYIP111t441A, Finally Mr, taw:sott' noted
that there is an0(ernotivo td
ftfe ramilx-Miented,farm gitri
tlt jvit)iffitiittar have
!P,k itart elsewhere- Although
land' 'wanes are high in
Huron—tberte are other op.,
portunAw,,in ,the •province.
The, final' i.vord was from
Lorne Luther. a former from
the Lucknow area and mem-
ber of the National Farmers'
Union.
year, whereas we coma go
broke. in three or four years"
Mr. Luther said-
INFLATED PRICES 4 ,
The panel fielded quest-
ions from tlhe audience
which included matter of
inflated land prices to Huron
county. The panel agreed
that -rocigti" ,investor's - arc
only .4Paying the going, price
.*P. 119.1, tflOSOY.
inflating 010,..p.riCe*.:11,10 real _
iaffatinti713cOm. -.Yiteit2;toicf ."
fat-luerS'AVIR compete refOT 14t2
some pie*t. and
that
004 investment trft •P4RtICP'
ed04t.iititn#formet*shoiAld •
Start small, and avoid :the •
flaShy equipment;. '
In Other business - Roy
}Willa of Auburn approach-
ed the ,grottp looking for
support for a proposed -con-
servation dab. 'It would be
not iti'co-operation with the
4-H clubs and help has been
solicited front environmental
science teachers at the God-
erich high school as, well as
Len McGregor from the
Ministry of Agriculiiire and
Food.
The club would be involv-
ed in studies of topsoil and
water 4panagement as well as
tushlot and wildlife manage.
ment. Mr. Hanna has noticed
showed some
Mr. Luther outlined the
advantages of the Saskat-
chewan land bank commis-
sion and- suggested that a
similar 'program would be
beneficial to farmers here in
Ontario.
Mr. Luther told the group
that getting. into farming
today is no harder than when
he was younger.
"You can go broke in one
Tinie 'is running out to
apply for the Ontario Farm
Interest Assistance Program....
Applications must be
submitted as soon as.
possible. but not later than
March 31st. 1981.
Application . forms .. are
available from most banks in
Huron County and the
Agricultural Office in Clinton,
This program applies to
interest paid on money
borrowed front chartered
banks, credit unions or trust
companies for. operating
Credit-.
The Ontario Government
will prj'iviN, a subsidy under
this . rogram. up to a
of 0 ort hurt
!term working capital that is
borrowed above 12%-attinual
interest rate. The, maxinturn
amount of intest assist
re a n ce
Interest assistance
program runs out
is 31,687.50 -and not to
exceed the actual amount of
operating interest in The 9
month period . • April. 1st to'
December, 3Ist. 1980.
To qualify for the interest
assistance, farmers must
-hove • a gross agricultural
income from the farm of at
least $8.000.0if during the 12
months immediately
preceding the date of
application and have owned
less than 75% of their assets.
Don Pullen
Agricp1itir,1 Representat ive
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