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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1981-11-11, Page 27HunoN expo TOR, emo .a compendium when he announced the purchase, a- bout which only four Mini- sters kneer ahead, of time, and which was strongly opposed by the Treakurer, Frank. Miller. Liberals have expressed strong opposition to the transaction, and had complained that, the $650 million could have been bet- ter spent to support the Province's industries. The sad truth is that the $650 -million being spent on Suncor will not create one single new job in Ontario, and will result in capital outflow to the United States. This ' money should have been spent on creating new jobs for Ontarians, by pro- Better I should have stood in bed. Oh, the infinity of possibility; the irony of fate! The day dawned, beautiful, warm, fresh, crisp- The back garden was cleared, ready to cultivate. The strong, autumn sun, full on my back, so I borrow my neighbor's roto-tiller'. First, I take the power mower through the corn stalks to 'provide mulch. All is ready for fall cultivation. I am happily being bucked-around the garden by the tiller. My daughter comes riding doWn the lane on the bUCkskin mare. I loosen one hand from the tiller and wave at ' her. The tiller hits an imbedded ,corn stalk and the loose handle hits me in the ribs. Better I should have quit then. - • - But, no. 1S get diddled by the diabolical digit of destiny. Mn ogled by the fickle finger of fate. I get the machine under control. Two more rows done. I notice a couple 'of dogs in the frOnt field. The five-month-old colt is upset. He is, not weaned yet and his mother, the buckskin mayor, is beyond his reach. She is loosely tied by the reins to the railing on the stairwell at the back of the house. My daughter has forgotten something and is inside the house. The colt_is racing through the.field-as-though-a-warble-fly ushes anted Buying Bush Lots or Selected Trees FREE. 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Hopper I -iind Sons 4 NIODERN ROTARY I RIGS Nell S27.1737 Durl 527-0528 I Jim 527417/5 j Ministry of Transportation and Communications ntario JamesSnow,Minfiter William Davis, P'rett'ier R.R..4, Weston, 5.21-0629 - CALL US FOR YOUR Christmas Parties, 1 anquets, Receptions OR WHATEVER THE OCCASION YOU MAY NOTGET A SECOND CHANCE Farm families hurt financial Jack's Jottings BY JACK WARTY AnAFARmmANAGENENT SPECIALIST If tears are a symptom of stress, then I'm seeing an increasing stress level among farm fatuities these days. Many farm people are hurting financially and they're hurting emotionally as welt One young- man said "I just wish we hadn't bought that jferm1A- iiin4 a middle-aged father said 14,1 get no respect alnce•we went into the 50/50 Partnership." fringing a new Stmetatinn into the fording busing** is **enrol prooedure Athe best of times. At 010,re:cent Q.F.A- T-nrergencY, Task reree meetings in Londontwo President-Of enutt7 said that rung people should not be encouraged to start farming-now. They said that the economics are not right for a young person to start with little or no equity. How do farmers get a start? How have they done it in the past? There are many stories. Many farmers will tell you that it never has been easy. John Stephens of Centralia College of Agricelturattechnology lust completed a BY JACK RIDDELL MPP Debate on the Suncor deal continues. Angry Opposition members have demanded that the Speaker enforce the rules of the Legislature re- quiring that Premier Davis table the compendium of information which he used when deciding to buy Suncor Stock. He wits asked for such study called "Factors Affecting the Establishment, .m14 ..Success of Young Farmers." Every farmer who started fanning- In the years 1972 end 1975 inclusive in Hibbert Township of Perth County, Usborne Township of Huron County and Bidduiph Township of Mid- dlesex was interviewed and a question- naire was completed. Fifty farmers were interyleived. Over three-quarters of the young farmers had a farming backgtound and: tear two-thirds bed patents who were farming, frill tittle' . time the -00 started. farming. . 7Z.% of respondents were ope of the first ti,yo children, born iotheir family; and 68% were " the 'first' bent in- the respective families. 84% of the young, farmers had no older brothers farming when they startedlaeming Only three young farmers had 'eight yearS Or less education while twenty-two had some college or university education. Ten young fann-ers hid either a diploma or degree in agriculture. Most of the young ;farmers had considerable farm experience before starting to film. 'Oyer half of them had responsibility for a particular enterprise of their own. Others pined Valuable experi- ence in nog farm occupations before starting to farm. The young farmers' parents were the most often used and most respected and useful source of information and advice when attempting to get established in fronting. Slightly more than two-thirds Of the yopng farmers were established in farm- ing by eee twenty-four, but 12%. were thirty,five or Older when they stetted to farm. " ' Hallotthe young farmers-were bythe time they- started farmingand 50%. of the wives held full-tithe off-fariniehk. Almost half of the young farmers entered farming through some form of agreement with the parents or relatives. Most parents attempted to increase the farm income 'to accommodate the son's entry into their business. 58% of the respondents purchased land and 34% rented land at time of entry. Due to a shortage of capital at time of entry. almost rhri-o-quarters of the young farmers relied on custom operators for equipment. 60% exchanged their labour for the use of their parents' equipment. 90% of those who purchased land at time of entry stertednut with a mortgage on their property. Most mortgages were either private mortgages With their parents or the ,revious owner or with Farm Credit Cotperation. Neatly helf of thernIng fainters started farming with anowner eqnityof $5.S100,or less and .,88%. ;had: owner 400' of less than MOW The shortage- of capital would prtrti>slly explain; why 50% of the Young' farmers ..tiesan, their farming career as'cash croppers. 20% of the resPOndents had no real difficulty .in getting into. farming. The other . 80% hot varying • degreeS in difficulty but primarily in the area of acquiring capital and making manage- ment decisions due to lack of experience. The fifty young farmers in this study were successful in getting into firming. Cooperation and encouragement ftom,, their families and neighbours, sharin g machinery with their families and neigh- hours. and off-farm work by themselves and their wives were the most often mentioned factors that that them to succeed. Remember these farmers started back in 1972-75. Most, if inter- Treat warbles now Dairy heifers can greatly benefit fOim 4 fall treatment for wartiles Ia one, 1978.7 study. treated heifers out: *TO/ untreated herd mates by 17 to 14 leis.. %shies. M dairy bell* cart, be controlled 'with the same products as the ones used for heel; Dairy' hefts should- 4150 be--oestted no later. than November 30th. The products sheuld not be used on milking cows. Warble central products will control the blood sucking ace. The treatment may not affect lice hatching after the treatment of lice feeding on hair and skin. -and Contributions, show that 31 major Ontario developers gave the Ontario Progressive Conservatives $116,175 in campaign funds to fight the last provincial election. It shows a heavy concentration cf donations by developers for five riding associations and candidates in Metro Toronto's western suburbs. These include Premier Wil- liam Davis's riding of Brampton and Transporta- tions and Communications Minister James Snow's Oak- ville riding. Housing Minister Claude Bennett. who repre- sents Ottawa South. received , contributions from about 45 bulinesses in the housing industry. Premier Davis in response said that he did not think the S8 million his party spent on the March election was ex- cessive. Nor did he think such spending affected the democratic process. accidents occur. Write for the booklet "What you should know about seat belts" to: Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Public and Safety Information Branch, 1201 Wilson Avenue, Downsview, Ontario M3M 1.18 Buckling up can mean the difference between walking away from an accident and being carried away. clueing energy supplies using Ontario resources - on signif- icantly improving our econ- omy rather than bleeding it of vital capital. ._no foo in t 71111140W°"04 leideis are appreciated balrob UMW Midi lid Elmira Ord N38 2C7 Trotter should have stood' in bed had broken through his hide. He is kicking and bucking. sliding to a stop, wheeling on his rear legs and steaking back across the field again with those'two dogs snapping at his •little switch. The mare now has her tail up and is lunging at her reins. ' Off comes' one rein. Off comes one of the tailings on stairwell. Beingthequicirthinker that tarnJ deride Ifisd betterdo something, fast. I slip the tiller into neutral and go racing across the lawn just in time to save the entire back verandah from ruin as the mare is still struggling to free herself and get to her colt. The dogs, having created enough havoc, signal to each other the way dogs do, and trot happily down the road, grinning to each other with. their tongues hanging out and their tails waving goodbye. I get the horse calm just as my daughter comes out the back door. The mare,-still fidgety, decides to drop a two-day load of manure on the outdoor rug at the back steps. "Dad!" shouted my. daughter. "What's with that tiller?" Situation now all fouled up: SNAFU, as they used to say in the navy. Or Fuban fouled beyond all recognition. I should have observed the safety rules and not left that lousy machine running when, I went to rescue the back verandah. Somehow, it slipped into gear or I had not put it fully into neutral. The tiller had taken off on its own, through a flower bed, into an aspen, through the electric fence and was tearing up the lawn. When I got to it, after racing back across the lawn, I foolishly grab,bed a handle. But I grabbed the metal part of the handle which was touching the electric fence. Oh, the infinity of possibility. I should have Stayed in bed. I finally extricated the machine -from the fence. gave it back to--my -neighbor, walked carefully home, fixed the mutilated verandah. went into the house, poured a long, tall cool one and watched the ball game. • ° So much for the fall chores around our house. So much for fresh air and soaking up the last of the warm sun and fresh atC- To make matteR"worse, the Expos lost. Some days aren't worth getting up for. Had the $650 million been invested in fuel alcohol plants, six1900.tonne-a-day plants could have been con- - structed, with-the capacity of ..arprodfirc tre ing 430 i akOliol m oyneagra.11oBnys 1990, these plants could have replaced 15% of Ontario's gasoline requirementS.' In additon, web a project would ..have created nearly - 7,000 direct and continuous jobs. as well as more than one thousand jobs during con- struction of the plants. ' Such a venture would have secured these fuel supplies for the province; would have kept the capital in Ontario; IP would have created badly needed jobs;, and would have -helped-to revitalize our pro vincial economy. -- INSURANCE The Honourable GOrd rk , Walker, Minister of Co miner and Commercial Re- lations has stated that auto- mobile insurance companies won't be allowed to change elderly drivers high prem- _ inns solely because of their age. More than 250,000 of Ontario's five million licen- sed drivers are over 65, and the Minister has said it is "unfair and arbitrary" for some firms to change more and-to request medical certi-ficates from elderly drivers in good health. Effective 'ink-- mediately, no insurance' firm -can refuse to renew a policy or to sell a new one solely on the basis of the driver's age. FOREST REGENERATION PROGRAM 'Liberal Leader Stuart Smith stated in the Legisla- ture that the Ontario Govern- ment. could have reforested 100,000 acres of Northern Ontario forest for the $10 million it paid for a jet for Premier William Davis. Dr. Smith told the Legislature that Ontario's forest regenet- &ion program is falling behind by 150,000 acres a year. He asked ' Natural Re- sources Minister Alan Pope why he approved the pur- chase of the 16 seat jet for Mr. Davis out of his budget. Mr. Pope replied that the 510 million was•not taken out of the regeneration program but was added to his budget by the Management Board of the cabinet. ELECTION EXPENSES Opposition Membeti tried to put more pressure on the majority Conservative Government to itiiPiernent more restrictive election spending laws than those now in force. Figures compiled from re- . parts filed with Commis, slot* of Election Spending Queen's Park debates Suncor decision .- In a head-on collision at 50 kph (30 mph), between chest and belt-especially on those it only takes 1/10th of a second for a car to short trips close to home when most slam to a shattering stop. Many people think they can protect themselves in 'a collision. But even in a low- speed crash an unbelted person hits the • inside,of the car with the force of several thousand pounds. Wear your seat belt properly-snug and low over the hips, the shoulder belt worn loose enough to allow an inch or two viewed today, would agree that it will be more difficult to start In I• -8S young farmers will start *Wag. And many will sweucil But not likely without some tears: * LARGE HARDWOOD DANCE FLOOR * CAPACITY OVER 200 * KITCHEN FACILITIES * WE CAN ASSIST 'YOU , WITH 'ARRANGEMENTS FOR ANY SIZE GROUP FOR A GOOD TIME COME TO FAMILY PARADISE "CITIZEN OF THE-NEAR" Nominations for this award can be submitted by sending a written signed nomination and background information on the, nominees accomplishments to: Seaforth Recreation Committee P.O. Box 885 Seafortit, Ont. NOR 1WO • The nominee should be a resident of the Town of Seaforth who is and has been actively invohied in worthwhile projects in the community. Denaltne4or nominations: November 20, 1981