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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-04-22, Page 16Cardiff. the government, foreseeing Dr. Ayiesworth's retireMent, should have pro. cec4e4 as much as two years ago CO recruit a qualified replacement so that existst$ programs were not jeopard- ized and so that white bean research may continue unin- terrupted, At a meeting of the House of , COMMotts' Agriculture ,on April 1 Mr. '4E44 ADttstiCtila Agricut- Minister Ekt twit g Whelan )01Pol• 40,1fartinental et„ -irt, Seeking :40) ref4ace- ftifiP.r Or. Dr. Aylesworth. Oft V144 'Agrienliorb can- #4,.Ac0301PPJYilig the Mini- ster acknOwledged that no replacement had yet been. earned and indicated that the process of recruitment would require additional the months. They expected technicians at the Harrow Station would preserve the breeding stock belonging to existing pro- grams and would continue the breeding. programs, al- rea tle nroatess at Dr. 1 1 • A :cenierence. ern:01 taitin .tie is bow 'n't11.Prt`,t.L.1.,Lle • ti ea, and , . tU4.1, tunto,!,nidt: tilt nvaq..>. kin,dieng- t:!4 Uns,i chaitklys; lets ittg rural ens I co ffse-, nNolvf-004.4. *4"`'N'4 4,%. Letters any abaraciabed by Nob riots,. Eidatorki Ont POO 2C7 4 Whats so wonderful? SEAFORTH. FARMER S° CO-OP ,Form Supplies-Petroleum Products-Feeds-Hordwore 527-0770 Seaforth 18 HURON EXPOSITOR, APRIL, 22. • • .7y,..-1*.,7*****r,,,-.1.7*••::11.17'.1•. • • .* it continue - and Mortgage hisiitamt income Lis Dediniahle li.i ist.r.d Retirement Sa‘ings Plans an' 1nit tail /mimic ‘‘eragtnit \nnutIlLs 'tisk for our net! H. 011,. Premium it Ft 1 I" ' FthPFtFSI \ I IN(' Sun Life Assurance As a result of assurances Mr. Cardiff had called for given to the r agricultural preMpt action by the Federal committees Of Which he is a DepartMent of Agriculture member. Huron Bruce MPP to ensure the continuation of Murray Cardiff said he was programs in white bean re- happy to know that white search carried on at the bean research be cumin- Harrow Research Station. tied at the Harrow Research The recent retirement of Station. • Dr. John Aylesworth after "White bean research is of years of research in breeding vital importance to the pro- new varieties of white beans (Ulcers. who are competing has, left ti* Harrow Station for a wo1710°Avide` market and without. a qualified`. scientist have up to nOitti-.,made ft4It$040.. ' the world's leading ,eviarter OrriP100 1,01gak1W. tin of white besets:'. Mrl'car4iff ,progros4: at the tictt of his .• • • .„ retirement. 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Harrow also has been Vk about # director recently. but has been supen.tsed by an acting director. but ac- cording to Ministry officials. the director's position has now been staffed. and a public announcement-4s ex• pected within a ler?. lets weeks. fer rIce .1Ziot.i.J14.-Aill'he -itei0 Ihei. '14.14 4 4,74810 .1:4:(4.04001,1 !Ott) rural titant,Wrs aeadeittics ,front 'across • 0• 4,, still ppoeide tit national tot-uttl for diseussioo of tic ti• es .aud k,"..0-Ordittation sit et- torts int rural development:. sav, v Professor Mai h • A aid., ,eniterence chau man. (Jo% %Aliments, tom ti sines atiel eommunities ha% s: all hI. ell on, Lilted in nu dewl• opulent VI. it 11 various I CSUll'S. • . Waldron tmvern• Ills Ill involvement sometimes relate', Mlle to tvstilts tit. a top hear t I II. %.{.1111{111.11111) he explains, eMte , nail %ell> ,ounitunit> groups ,n. I) as institute, 1 .1110 lilt th. 1.11( to e0111111.1114.1* a idc attention. Ice COIlterenCie V. OA SIII,VS Hill tackle curri. Ill Hill; 1`0.11, '5. I 11(...se ` 0 o.) [I, with chnnknl4 ILL lin , plug • a steady sta. 1..•ton- 0111. and challene,v, to agri- -Lulture and to the rural . I he cinifieretice is sponsor ed loiral by the Diliartment 01 Regional Econonne Ex- pansion. Gov ertiou:itt of ada. the Ontal•io Ministr Agriculture and And the L'in‘ ersity of (Judith's Rural Development Dllttt nt h Project and the School or Part-Tim,. putties• and C ontinuing Edmation. TUCfcgR$MITH FEOE1RATI6N TIVE-r Tne 1981 executive of the Tyckeirsmith Township Federation of Agricultdre is. (left to right) director Jim McGregor, president Lyle Haney, director John Kinsman and (front).-Bob Canada's Wonderland, they're calling it. It's a mammoth leisure complex.located on land near the little town of Maple. about 18 les northacres of f Toronto just' off Highway All . Or Disneyland North and a lea other tinsel-type names. It is going to open near the end of May and it has already eaten all those. acres of prime agrieuff oral land; Regular__ readerS Of this column will know that I have been opposed to this,dreamland since it was first proposed a couple of years ago. Already. I hear that an additional 50 acres of - land across the road from this artificial playground hasn been bought for a motel eomplex,. Another farm pe 1 Another area no longer available to farmers. cotern4h, director,- secrOary4reasurer Stanley Johns and director ` Bob Lam/4aq Absent: vice=president John Van Miltenbdrg. Photo by Gibb) • Is The original 370 acres of land was enough. In fact, it was too much. Probably another few hundred will disappear under ticky-tacky hot dog stands. fast food outlets and ancillary buildings to service this park. You have probably seen some of the advertisements. watched some of the advertisments, watched some of the toleisinn.erattasner-t rats_,„„. • When it was proposed,. it got final approval from the Ontario cabinet. Even the agricUltural ministel• at the time gave his approval. . Nobody, at that time, spoke for gre en growing -things, They were--and I suppose they may, have had an obscure reason for doing so--talking about jobs. They were more interested in jobs than in saving prime farm land. But look what is happening to this theme park which has A false mountain made oftoncrete, chicken wire and steel. The owners have'spent $122 million. $50 million in Yankee money add the balanee from four major Canadian insurance companies including Great West Life and the Torontennittion_BanL Yet-the-yanks-will retain- 75-per cent of the park. Something soundsa little screwy there. what? - Ariyway. this company, now permanetly housed on farmland no longer able too-produce crops. expects to,. attract 2.3 million ,people this year who should generate more than S46 million in. revenues. ° When all the fooferaw and the objections died when the., park was finally approved, it was supposed to create a lot of jobs. That was one of the reasons it was allowed to happen. H ow many jobs? So far, 2.200 of them but only about 200 are permanent jobs. The rest are seasonal. And what kind Of pay? The base pay for the seasonal help is $2.75 an hour for thoSe under 18 and‘S3.50 an' hour for those 18 and over, barely more than the minimum. Some job at $3.50 an hour! As thiS is written, this wearisome wonderland has- been put on the •"unfair” list by the Toronto Musicians Association for paying performers less than scale. So much for all the jobs it was supposed to create. Less than one full-tiMe job per acre of farmland. But that ain't all, my friends. Not only is it a bust in providing employment, it has little or nothing in it that is CanadiatiAt's imported--or most of it--from good, old Uncle Sam. even to its comic strip characters. So when you're driving'north or south along Highway 400 this summer, bumper td bumper as the traffic moves in and but of Canada's Wonderland, think of all that- -farmland-nOw-lost-forever7-Think-of -all-thos-c jobs-that were ..4.,0004“,towitto$ CE SMITH Sales Representative ar i Mitchell Co-op Store - 130 Georgina Street Mitchell, Ont. NOK INO pia Bus: 348-9975 Res: 348-9975 '4141,6 the CO—OPaak* P .d. INSURANCE AND SINANCIAt SERVICES LEFE•notn•Aurolinusuess.miim Tei.527-0410 Ill GODERICH ST. EAST SEAFORTIr Whenyoti. choose Lasso® plus .Atta .44e... a bigger:...Vield is just . a ..harvest )(may. . ALWAY$ REA: ANT: F::,1,1,..7)W THE :ABEL CO ECTIGtitS OR Monsanto Canada Inc • LASSC . Winnipeg. Montreal. 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