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Times-Advocate, November 30, 1967 Page 2 Could be satellite city?
Students attend nominations — Continued from front Page
them to meetings and urging
them to participate in local pro-
grams," he said, Nomination meetings at L'S-
borne and S t ephen Townships
were well attended this year, but
the numbers Weren't exactly in-
dicative of ratepayer interest.
Students from the Centralia
School of Agriculture and Home
Economics attended both Monday
afterntion sessions and in both
cases the students almost out-
numbered the ratepayers.
Half the class of agriculture
students attended the Usborne
meeting and the other half went
to Stephen.
Doug Jamieson. who accom-
panied those at Usborne, told the
ratepayers the students were tak-
ing a course in civics and were
looking at some of the principles
they've been studying.
The students attending the Ste-
phen meeting were accompanied
by Bob Thomas.
Thomas told the Stephen gath-
ering that all sports facilities at
the former air base are now be-
ing used and that township resid-
ents wishing to use the ice arena
for skating purposes would be
quite welcome at a nom i nal
charge,
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County organization elects officers
The Huron County Crop andSoil Improvement Association annual banquet was held at Belgrave, Thursday,
and the officers shown above were elected for the coming year, Seated are president Bob Grasby and
secretary Doug Miles. Standing from the left: Elmer Powe, past president; Bob Broadfoot, second vice-
president; Jim Knight, vice-president. T-A photo
shown concern about the addition-
al costs and the added respon-
sibilities involved over the Cen-
tralia project.
He suggested there will be
many difficulties — but the test
of Huron County, and the success
of the Centralia experiment, will
depend In large degree upon how
these problems are viewed.
"They can be looked upon as
impossible obstacles — or as the
hurdles of opportunity," he said.
In conclusion, he explained that
his purpose in his address had
been to stimulate imaginations
and to help visualize the oppor-
tunities ahead and to convey some
ideas on how to capitalize on the
challenge "you face both as a
community and as businessmen".
"It's simply a matter of team-
work," he suggested, "to realize
the potential of Centralia Indus-
trial Park as the centennial pro-
ject that will write a new chapter
of history for this community."
Prior to his address, he noted
that the Hon. C. S. MacNaughton
would have enjoyed being present
"for the discussion of a project
to which he has devoted a great
deal of time, effort and imagin-
ation a project in which he
retains a very special and keen
interest."
Southcott pointed out that the
Huron MPP recognized the sub-
ject as being one that should be
Tells farmers many areas
in which to watch methods
County youths
meeting Friday
The 20th Annual Huron County
4-H Achievement Night will be
held in the Seaforth District High
School, Seaforth, Friday com-
mencing at 8:00 p.m.
All Huron County 4-H Agricul-
tural Club members who com-
pleted a project in 196'7 will
receive their awards on this oc-
casion. Of the 425 4-H projects
started in 26 4-H Agricultural
Clubs last spring, 94.0% were
brought to a successful conclu-
sion,
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Board of Trade.
SEVERAL GUESTS
Some of the special guests
present at the meeting held at
the R. E. Pooley Branch Legion
hall indicated the growth of Cen-
tralia. Representing the Cen-
tralia School of Agriculture and
Home Economics were James
MacDonald and Miss M, McGhee,
Fred Rowland, site manager for
the ODC, was also present, along
With local and area civic, edu-
cation, recreation and conserva-
tion groups.
President. Carf Cann said he
was overwhelmed at the large
turnout and said he hoped the
enthusiasm shown by the Board
of Trade members would con-
tinue.
He suggested the Board should
consider holding more than one
meeting a year at which all mem-
bers are invited.
In the only business at the
meeting, members agreed to in-
crease the annual dues from $10
to $20.
SHDHS Principal J, L, Wood-
en spoke briefly, asking the Board
and the various members to con-
sider donating plaques and
awards to the school to be used
to recognize academic and ath-
letic achievement of the students.
He explained that with many
new courses, there were no
awards for students in these
courses. It was indicated the
cost of plaques was not a large
expenditure and he said they
would be a welcome addition.
Past president Iry Armstrong
presented the nominating com-
mittee report and the following
were approved:
Cart Cann, past president; Bill
Smith, president; Fred Dobbs,
first vice-president; Miles Tis-
dale, second vice-president;
Harold Patterson, treasurer; Bill
Batten, secretary.
One-year directors — Earl
Campbell, Ray Frayne, Bill Rowe
and Don Webster.
Two-year directors — Murray
Moore, Lloyd Cushman, Gerry
MacLean and Glenn McNabb.
it puts dollars In their pockets,
by reporting on some of the
experiments conducted in Huron
this year.
He indicated that some of the
fertilizer tests revealed that
while one pound of fertilizer was
good, three pounds would not be
better,
He recommended that farm-
ers continue to take soil tests
and follow the OAC recommend-
ations they receive.
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MORE INDUSTRY
The former Exeter resident
also suggested the Board of Trade
might encourage the town to take
advantage of the Centralia attrac-
tion to seek industry for Exeter
itself.
((It's an established fact that
one industry attracts another, and
there's every reason to hope that
some of the newfirms would con-
sider locating in Exeter," he
pointed out.
Noting that some 40 firms had
been unable to find the type of
building they required at Cen-
tralia, Southcott questioned how
many of those prospects might
have looked at Exeter if there
had been some kind of industrial
mall or similar facilityavailable
to them.
"I leave the answer to your
imagination," he said.
He also suggested that Exeter
and all other communities in
Huron should explore immediate-
ly their eligibility for the Equal-
ized Industrial Opportunity Pro-
gram, under which significant
financial aid is available for new
plants establishing in non-metro-
politan areas.
To date, Exeter council has
not discussed the possibility of
asking for help under the pro-
gram.
The final consideration men-
tioned was that involving the
South Huron District High School
and the possibility of establish-
ing a close liaison between the
needs of the industry and the
courses which are given at the
school.
"In some communities,"
Southcott advised, "such co-
operation has extended to the
•point where students spend part
of their holiday periods in local
plants learning about the opera-
tions which may provide future
employment for them."
In concluding his speech, he
questioned whether Centralia
might well be the first of the
satellite cities which Premier
John Roberts has envisioned for
more orderly growth in this
Province.
He also questioned whether the
Centralia concept could be the
answer to the need for greater
industrial development in eastern
and northern Ontario and also
whether a government-sponsor-
ed industrial park could provide
the answer to the demand for
diversification of industrial and
commercial assessment, and
employment opportunity, across
the province.
"To be sure, there are prob-
lems associated with growth,"
Southcott stated. "Some com-
munities in Huron already have
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BAD YEAR
Many of the other speakers
on the program noted the bad
year being experienced by Huron
farmers.
"The adverse weather has cer-
tainly made us conscious of soils
and crops this year," president
Elmer Powe, RR 2 Centralia,
noted.
He said there were too many
farmers in difficulty this year and
suggested too many had put all
their eggs in one basket.
"It's hard to interest the bank-
er in something under the snow,"
he stated.
Past president Ian McAllister,
Zurich, told the group that Powe
had the biggest rain gauge in
Huron and started off the year
by having to get up in the night
to empty it.
He jokingly added that Powe
then put extensions on the side
and then the gauge finally broke
down due to the heavy use it
was receiving.
Huron-Bruce MPP Murray
Gaunt said the year had been
"treacherous" and was one of
the wettest in history, while
Warden Don McKenzie suggested
"a lot of us are probably in
trouble",
"It may be a year to see if
we're growing the right crops,"
he suggested, noting that most
farmers got their hay off.
Robert Grasby, RR 4 Brussels,
was elected president of the As-
sociation at a meeting of the
directors following the regular
meeting.
Dr. Charles Baldwin, a crop
specialist from the Western On-
tario Agriculture School at
Ridgetown told 200 Huron farm-
ers this week that the perpetual
news of rapid advances in farm-
ing may not be as rapid as some
would like to think.
He also questioned whether
some of the so-called advances
were really required, or whether
farmers were being asked to
change for the sake of change
only.
Dr. Baldwin was guest speaker
at the annual meeting of the
Huron Soil and Crop Improvement
Association at Belgrave, Thurs-
day.
He said actual "break-
throughs" in farming methods
and procedures were few and
far between and read from an
article dated 1866 that stated
farmers in seven states of the
U.S. were getting corn yields of
from 160 to over 200 bushel
per acre and were planting rows
24 inches apart.
"We're all too easy prey to the
whims of advertising," he said,
and listed four areas where farm-
ers had to take a good look at
their present methods.
The first major area where he
suggested some farmers were
falling short was related to equip-
ment, adding that many farmers
were over-equipped.
He questioned whether this was
becoming a status symbol, re-
porting some isolated cases to
prove his point. He told of one
farmer who boasted of having
$50,000 worth of equipment on
his 50-acre farm and of another
who thought he needed a six-
furrow plow for his 70-acre farm.
Another case was cited where
he was told by a farmer that
he was replacing his small three-
year-old corn planter with a big-
ger, expensive model so he could
be able to plant all his corn in
one day,
Dr. Baldwin's second area of
concern was that of seed. He
said farmers were being urged to
narrow rows, increase yields
and yet there was insufficient
evidence to back up some of the
claims being made.
He also told members of the
Huron group that peoplewho sug-
gested planters should go seven
miles an hour would certainly
be able to lessen their storage
problems,
The third area mentioned was
that of herbicides, which he said
were misused and misunderstood
from both the crop and human
standpoint.
He said there was a real need
for farmers to keep more records
so they can tell how, when, where
and why they followed some prac-
tices. He said this was the only
way in which they could deter-
mine the value of the programs.
The crop specialist said he
could relate a dozen amazing and
amusing stories to cover the final
area of his concern—that of fer-
tilizer.
However, he explained that the
day is gone when farmers should
think that if one pound of fertil-
izer is good, three pounds would
be better.
Farmers were told that to gain
results for their own particular
farms they would have to "dis-
cuss with, discuss about, com-
pare, sort out, look up, try an
acre or two, adopt, adjust, see
what happens when" etc., etc„ to
plan their cropping programs.
Dr. Baldwin said agriculture
extension people and the results
from experimental farms could
help them, but farmers had to
help themselves too by experi-
menting on the basis of their
particular needs,
Also speaking to the farmers
was Howard Lang, area crop
specialist, who backed up the
contention that dollars spent don't
mean anything to farmers unless
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