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' flegttlar readers-of this column are aware that we live in
Wider100 Region, the heart o1 Mennonite country in the
PrOYin0e1 - .
The Plain People as. 'they are' sometimes called are
wefl,knoWittlireashoUt Meat Third World countries for the
aid given edherever and whenever it is needed.,--The
Mennonite Central Committee administers .the 'relief and
when money is donated,' you can bet your best barn boots
that it all goes to where it is needed.
The committee has organized someinnovative ideas over
the years, the most fathous of whiCh is the Mennonite Relief
Sale held in New Hamburg annually on the last Saturday of
May.
This fall, with the help of many other church
organizations, the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC)
organized Corn for the Horn whereby a ship was filled with
donated corn to feed the starving people in south-east
Africa.
Now, another innovative idea has been born in the minds
of these hard-working farniers: Donate a heifer, organize an
auction sale and give flit proceeds to.the MCC. '
Here is an opportunity for every dairy farmer in Ontario
to help others in need.
Actually, the idea came from Pennsylvania. another
well-known Mennonite area. An annuitratiction is held
there but hundreds of other items are offered in the sale.
When the Pennsylvania organizers figured it out, they
found that many farmers donated a heifer.
The committee in Ontario decided to limit the offerings to
heifers. They are not going to be fussy about what they get
but they are hoping for some outstanding animals. The
animals, of course, should be old enough to be shipped so
they, can withstand the rigors of transportation and a change
of diet.
One'of, the best-known auction centres in the province,
Prubacher Sales Arena on Highway 86 just a mile north of
Guelph, will be the scene of the sale slated for April 2. The
Bruhacher family has donated the facilities for the sale.
Knowing the spirit of the people of Waterloo region. I'm
sure the response will be overwhelming. But many of the
best Holstein breeders in, the province will be contacted to
donate a calf.
I have never used this column to promote anything over
the years except. perhaps. my own sometimes-warped
opinions, I believe this is one of the most woigihwhile
projects ever deyised by the farming community.
Barns are certainly full these days. Donations could be
Brown Swiss. Guernsey or Jersey as well as Holstein.
The man in charge of the committee is one of the
best-known dealers in the province: Orton Bauerman of
Floradale. He has bought cattle all across Ontario for
shipment around the world. A few years ago. be bought
1,025 head for shipment to Korea. He once accompanied
105 heifers to Great Britain by airplane.
So. all you dairy farmers out there: If you see a roly-poly
man with hearty laugh driving in your farm gate any time
between now and the middle of March, be prepared for a
sales pitch to help the needy people starving around the
world.
It will be Orton Bauman of the Mennonite Central
Committee or perhaps one of his committee members
asking yeu to dopate a heifer. If he doesn't get in touch with
you and you want to help out, recintact the editor of the
Holstein-Friesian Journal. He'll put you in touch with the
right person.
Ain't it a great idea to help someone less fortunate?
The Ontario Waste
Management Corp. is back at
the drawing boar,d studying
possible sites for a liquid
industrial waste treatment
and disposal complex. follo4,r:
lag The announcement last
Wednesday (NoV. 18) of its
decision to reject a controver-
sialproposed SOO-million site
in South Cayuga. about 40
miles south of Hamilton.
When the complex finds a
home ,it will be used for the
treatment and storage of
fpost of the 70-million gallons
Of liquid waste produced
annually in Ontario.
The decision may mean the
corporation will once again
consider a site for the toxic
waste dump in Ashfield
Township north of Goderich
in Huron County. rated the
top location in the province
and more environmentally
suitable than the site just
rejected by consultant Mac-
Laren Engineers. Planners
and Scientists Inc. in a study
done before the site in South
Cayuga was proposed for
government land because of
its "central location". A site
in Ashfield town:..-ap in
Huron County was also near
the top of the list of the 17
sites studied in the original
$425.000 MacLaren report.
Donald. Chant, president of
the Ontario Waste Manage-
ment Corp.. said, when an-
nouncing rejection of the
South Cayuga proposal a
study of new sites will start
immediately. He questioned
the •criteria On which. Mac-
Laren made its teCommenda-
dons. and said' preliminary
studies will determine their
validity. Ontario's Environ-
ment Minister Keith Norton
added at a news confaence it
will be up to the corporation
to look at the previously
considered sites as well as
any additional ones that can
be located: The minister
estimated the site selection
process could take less than
three years but didn't pro-
mise an environmental as-
sessment.
"The waste is still being
generated," the minister
said. "We are not going to
put any citizens octhis
province at risk."
Dr. Chant also said the
need to dispose liquid indust-
rial waste is still urgent. but
stressed any future site
recommended should under-
go an environmental assess-
ment with full public hear-
ings, including provincial fi-
nancing for people iate,rested
in the issue to prepare their
PAM-
When former environment
minister Hefty Parrott
announced tile 000 acre
South Cayuga proposal last
year. Dr. Chant 'said the
region's• clay sail made it
appear a ipaod, choice. How--
, ever a S65.000 study by
consultants Cartner Lee
Associates who reported to
the waste management corp-
oration last week indicated
the site was marginal at best
because of the potential for
flooding, a shallow clay layer
which would allow leachate to
pass through to ground water
and highly porous deposits of
Al courses
Ontario Swine A.1. As-
sociation is once again hold-
ing one day training coupes
throughout the province dur-
ing the late fall and winter
months.
The course puts emphasis
on reproductive efficiency in
swine production; special
- emphasis is put on practical
understanding of the estrous
cycle and how to manage a
breeding program incorpor-
ating Artificial Insemination.
The Plain People 64p out
Methane research suggested in report
glacial debris. There was also
not enough suitable land at
the proposed site to preside
the 20 to 30-year longevity the
government wants.
"We are not in the busi-
ness of developing marginal
sires," said Mr. Chant,
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Smith described the motion of
closure as a muzzles, on
debate and said that "the
government had abused the
rights of Parliament and the
people". He had condemned
the oil company deal as a bad
investment of $650 million in
tax money at a time when the
Province is resorting to deficit
financing. The money could,
he said, have been„-better
used in other areas in Ont-
ario's slumping economy..
"The government has made a
very expensive purchase...
and should justify the pur-
chase or go to the people”.
The justification which he.
and the 'Opposition members
seek should - hopefully - be
contained in reports prepared
by private financial consult-
ants advising the government
on the Suncor plirchase.
Robert Runciman, the new
Conservative MPP for Leeds,
in an interview, -joined the
Opposition in calling for gov-
ernment disclosure of inform-
ation 'on the Suncor deal.
Another Conservative Mem-
ber Morly Kells (Humber)
left the House rather than
vote on the closure moth*,
which he said was "politically
stuPid" and tlhe last thing"
which ''should have been
done.
Even some Cabinet Minis-
ters have expressed, private-
ly, their concern about the
Suncor deal, saying they
should have been told more
about one of the largest single
expenditures in provincial
history.
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'HE HURON EXPOSITOR, NOVEMBER 25, 1981
Cayuga dump turned own,
it's back to drawing board
J
Jack's Jottings
BY JACK RIDDELL M.P.P.
A report, "Energy,raid
Agriculture", was tabled in
the Legislature this week. In
brief the report states that in
the next two decades, the
price of energy will probably
rise much higher, and some
fuels may become scarce.
These facts and other econ-,
nomic influences. mean that
farmers must conserve
energy-especially Oil, while
ptvdelcing increasing quanti-
ties of-food to feed a growing
population. The study recom-
mends immediate steps to
preserve farmland in South-
ern Ontario for food produc-
tion. Over the next two
decades it will be necessary to
provide the equivalent of 1.1
million hectares of new food
production capacity through
either expansion of the food-
land base 'or increased pro-
ductivity or a combination of
both. This increase in food
production will be necessary
lomaintain current levels of
-self-Sufficiency while meet
ing future demands. The
provincial study concludes
that if farmers who now use
about 3 per cent of all the
petroleum products in Can-
ada, continue to, expand their
production their energy re-
quirements will expand 30 to
40 per cent. While the study
group says that the use of
alternative fuels is possible, it
may be hard to combine their
use with agricultural expan-
...Won, since they feel land
should not be shifted from
food to fuel production. How-
ever, the Ministry, should
accelerate the development
of alternate energy crops in
cooler parts of Ontario.and on
less productive land. "It will
be a great challenge to
increase farm output in Ont-
ario at something more than
one per cent a year while at
the same time reducing de-
pendency on oil-based fuels,
fertilizers and chemicals."
The study also rec ommends
increased research into the
use of the provinces 18
million tons of manure for
methane gas production to
heat farm buildings and the
use of waste heat from
Ontario industries for green-
houses vegetable production.
The report which took a year
and $400,000 for a govern-
ment task force 'to produce
lacks a time franie within
which these recommenda-
tions should be implemented.
The Treasurer Frank Miller
announced in the Legislature...
this week that the Ontario
Government will aid the auto-
mobile industry. Under the
temporary assistance pro-
gram announced there will be
a full rebate of retail sales tax
paid, up to a maximum of
$700, on purell ,ses of new
1981 model rar passenger
cars and light trucks. The
rebate will be in effect for
vehicles delivered between
November 1, 1981 and Dec,
ember 5, 1981, inclusive,
provided the- vehicle is pur-
chased prior to November 29,
1981. The Treasurer said that
full details of this program
will be made available by the
Honourable George Ashe,
the Minister of Revenue.
The Treasurer also an-
nounced approval of four
projects under the BILD pro-
gram. Two of these will be
implemented by the Ministry
of Agriculture and Food and
two by the Ministry of Natural
Resources. In partnership
with these ministries. BILD
Will contribute upwards of
$5.5 million on a variety of
resource development pro-
grams over the next five
years. Additional funding will
also be provided by, each of
these ministries. Recognizing
the increasing need for ad-
vanced education in agricul-
ture, including computerized
farm management and high-
precision laboratory proce-
dures, a four year program is
to be instituted at the agricul-
tural colleges throughout the
Province. Micro-computers
are to be purchased so
students can learn how to use
the computer on the farm for
accounting and recording
systems and for, budgeting
and marketing. High-preci-
sion itistruniereste to be
provided for laboratory tech-
nology courses that includ .e
instruction in food manage-
ment. an .imal health and
agricultural laboratory tech-
nology. The Treasurer. said
that complex farm machines
are becoming normal equip-
ment for many farms and
funds will be used to lease or
purchase such machines for
college instruction. The se-
cond BILD program under the
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food, is the extensive • up-
grading .of facilities at the
Farmers' Market at the Ont-
ario Food Terminal in Toronto
including greatly • increasing
the number of stalls and the
installation of a roof with a
total cost of S3 million of
which MD will pay two
thirds, the remainder coming
from the food terminal board.
The debate on the govern-
ment's purchase of 25% 'of
the shares of Suncor' Inc.,
continued, with the Opposi-
tion carrying on a filibuster
against the government's
motion on supply. which
would have given accessin -S7
billion in tax funds to pay
provincial bills for the next
five months.
Debate was lengthy and
heated, and was only ended
when the Government invok-
ed 'closure. As Toronto's
"Globe and Mail" comment-
ed, in an editorial on Novem-
ber 5, "For the first time'
since 1814, an Ontario Gover-
nment has cut off debate in
the Legislature .through the
invocation of closure. It has
done so for a reason which
makes a mockery of the
parliamentary systein • to
avoid giving the Opposition
Parties detailed information
on the purchase, and reasons
for purchase, of 25 per cent of
Suncor Inc. of :Toronto." •
During the debate, the
Leader of the New Democra-
tic Party was ejected from the
House, and 'Liberal, House
Leader Bob Nixon was threa-
tened with the same things
before the Speaker called a
ten minute recess for temper's
to cool.
Liberal- Leader Stuart
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