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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1973-12-06, Page 10TALKING ABOUT HAY -- After Wednesday's annual banquet of the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association at the Pineridge Chalet the above picture was taken. Shown chatting are, from the left, Huron warden Roy Pattison, Soil and Crop secretary Mike Miller, crop specialist Pat Lynch and Russell Bolton of Seaforth, 1973 world hay king. T-A photo New column suggests towns keep garbage REDI-MIX CONCRETE Washed Sand & Stone (ALSO FORM WORK) McCann Const. Ltd. DASHWOOD Phone 237.3381 or 237-3422 seems that they make some profit on it, so why not Toronto and London? Talking about recycling reminds me that more efforts are being made in the recycling of animal wastes through farm digestors. The University of Waterloo plans to build a methane gas plant near that city on a hog farm as a pilot project. In the meantime I received another book from India with engineering designs for different sizes for gas plants. After adapting one design to my present facilities I sent it away to the Bio-Ga engineers at the U. of Manitoba for comment. If the design is approved the next step will be a cost estimate, to see if it will be economical. With fuel prices going up as they do, this should be soon. I'll keep you informed on the progress. The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it. 7/6011•111111111 WE'VE BEAUTIFUL FIXTURES THAT WILL SURPRISE:GIVE PLENTY OF COMFORT 4 INEASINGTO THE EYES" G. L. 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Ltd. to supply equipment extensions for all three of our ex- changes; the equipment being necessary to meet the re- quirements of existing and potential customers. We are con- tinuing to replace our existing pole lines with underground cable; our goal being to have all major lines replaced with un- derground cable. We are continually working with Bell Canada and other independent telephone companies in regard to extablishing Extended Area Service to neighbouring communities. As we are all aware the costs of materials over the past years have increased substantially including those required in the telephone industry. To meet the costs of equipment and cable necessary to supply the demands of our customers we find that we must look at our rate structure which has not in- creased since 1971. The rate increases we propose are in line with other telephone companies in Ontario. Application has been made to the Ontario Telephone Service Commission for authority to make the following charges for telephone service, effective January 1st, 1974. EXCHANGE RATES - All Exchanges Per Month Individual line Business $ 7.75 Residence 4.30 Two-party line Business 6.25 Residence 3.35 Multi-party line Business 4.65 Residence 3.25 PBX Trunk 11.00 GRAND BEND ZONE RATES Zone 1' Individual line Two-party Zone 2 Four-Party line Multi-party line Business Residence Business Residence Business Residence Business Residence 8.50 5.05 6.75 3.85 5.75 3.45 4.65 3.25 If individual or two party line service is required outside the Base Rote Areas of the three exchanges or Zone 1 (Grand Bend), excess circuit charges will apply. SUBSCRIBER RATES: A paid-up subscriber shall pay 50 cents per month less than the above listed renter rates. a new subscriber shall pay the sub- scriber's rate plus $1.50 per month for ten years at which time he will be con- sidered to be a paid-up subscriber. SUMMER SERVICE RATES Application has also been made to the Ontario Telephone Service Commission for the cancellation effective April 1, 1974, of "Summer Service Rates" which provided that the system charge full rates for seven months and $1.00 per month for the five winter months. It has been found that more and more people use their cottages and summer homes all year round and in any case the cost of the system is the same when the phone is used during only part of the year as it is when it is used on a year-round basis. Customers may still cancel their service in the Fall and have it re-installed the following summer, but the system could not guarantee that they would be assigned the same telephone number or that their name would appear in the telephone directory. Furthermore, installation charges would apply if a customer wished to re-establish service. This application will be heard before the Commission at its next regular meeting in Toronto. Any representations to be made to the Commission with respect to this application should, therefore, be submitted on or before December 24, 1973, and addressed to the Chairman, Ontario Telephone Service Commission, 1201 Wilson Avenue, East Building, Downsview, Ontario, M3M 1J8. If you desire any further information in reference to the need for increasing the telephone rates, you may apply to the undersigned either personally, by telephone, or by letter, W. C. Hornet, Secretary-Treasurer, Hay Municipal Telephone System, Zurich, Ontario, Huron represented by sixteen delegates Two new township directors were named Wednesday night at the annual meeting of the Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Association at the Pineridge Chalet near Hensall. Donald Rader BR 3, Dashwood will represent Hay township replacing Howard Datars of Dashwood who just completed his term as president of the Huron group. A change also took place in Usborne township with Murray Dawson, RR 1, Hensall taking over from Maurice Love of RR 3, PANEL-A-ROOM Only paneling can add the warmth and beauty every home needs. Save two ways. Buy here and you do the job. up 4x8 Panels $429 •••••••n •10° SUSPENDED CEILINGS It takes a professional to repair bad ceilings, but you can put in a new sus- pended ceiling yourself. AverageCost 32t sq.ft. Exeter. Members passed two resolutions which will be presented to the annual meeting of the Ontario Soil and Crop annual meeting to be held at the King Edward hotel in Toronto on January 28 and 29, 1974, The first resolution asks utility companies and railways to use non-agricultural land for trans- mission lines in the future, The second resolution deals with the possibility of moving the site of the Ontario annual session to different centres in the province. Regulations now state the meeting must be held in. Toronto. The request asks to remove the restriction of mobility. Pat Lynch a soil and crops specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food outlined some of the projects completed in 1973 and those expected to be undertaken next year. The projects include co- operating with the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority in erosion control along the banks of Lake Huron and with the Maitland Conservation Authority in improving pasturing and reseeding of recently purchased land. Also mentioned was the annual bean day at Jack Peck's farm near Kippen, wild oat control at the farm of John Hazlett and herbicide demonstrations. The guest speaker was Stewart McCall manager of the Brussels sales arena and president Howard Datars was the chair- man for the banquet and meeting. In line with recent pleas by government officials, to conserve energy, Soil and Crop members enjoyed their dinner by candle and lantern light. Actually a power failure in the Hensall area put the Pineridge Chalet into darkness for about four hours. . A new farm organization has been proposed by the Christian Farmers Federation. A proposal for a United Farm Organization was unanimously adopted as a C.F.F.policy statement at the September meeting of the Provincial Board in Georgetown. `It is time farmers in Ontario again tried to find a permanent way of co-operating with each other,' says Martin Verkuyl, President of the Christian Far- mers Federation. "Ontario's farmers need an organization through which the present general farm organizations can co-operate effectively. At the moment there is more quarreling than co-operation and the voice of farmers in the province is weak - even on issues where we all agree - since there is nobody that can speak for all." Mr. Verkuyl an Oxford County corn grower and hog producer sees the C.F.F.proposal as a starting point for discussions across the province towards greater co-operation between general farm organizations. This column written by Adrian Vos of Blyth a member of the executive of the Huron Federation of Agriculture will now become a regular feature of the T-A farm page. Agricultural Tidbits By ADRIAN VOS It seems that there are dif- ferent yardsticks for farmers and for urban people. Take the item I mentioned last week about the location of livestock buildings. This does not apply to dwellings. No farmer can even dream of putting up a livestock building near a town or city. The town or city however find it quite normal to dump their smelly garbage in the country. At present two more townships are engaged in a fight to keep the city's pollution out of their backyard. Hope township in Copies of the proposal are available upon request from the C.F.F., Box 135 , Drayton, Ontario. "The decision to adopt the proposal was the climax of more than a year's work," says Elbert van Donkersgoed, secretary- manager of the Drayton-based: Federation. In April of 1972 the C.F.F.ap- pointed a Committee for a United 'Farm Organization to draft details of the proposal. The Committee members were Ray Muizelaar a Jarvis area dairyman and pork producer, Tom Oegema, a turkey producer from Talbotville, Elbert van Donkersgoed, Federation Secretary-Manager, and Henry Westerhof a dairyman near St. Ann's. The Committeek draft was submitted to the C.F.F. Provincial Board in June of this year and submitted to the 15 C.F.F. locals across the province for study during the summer. The result is a proposal for a United Farm Organization that would be administered by a 50- member elected council responsible to independent groups such as the C.F.F., N.F.U,, and O.F.A. "Back in 1969," says Mr. van Donkersgoed, "the vote for a General Farm Organization WRONG NAME In the November 22 issue of the T-A, a picture was printed showing the winners of the Exeter Board of Trade Christmas poster contest open to students of Stephen Central School. C•ne incorrect name was listed. It should have been Bradley Gibson of Crediton. Durham county with the help of the local Federation of Agriculture and a one thousand citizen group called HOPE are fighting desperately in "hearings" conducted by Ontario's government. The other municipality is Elgin county. With the energy crisis upon us, isn't it about time that some more money is made available to come up with a plant that recycles the garbage into methane gas and fertilizer? It has been known for decades that this is possible. The argument is that this is not profitable. One never hears if it reduces the cost of disposal, and what about the quality of life of the people that live nearby? These are intangibles that can't be expressed in money, so the computer leaves it out of the computation.Hamilton city has a system of partial recycling and it (GFO) was lost because the proposal would in effect destroy the organizations that now exist. The C.F.F. proposal suggests an organization built on the organizations that are now ac- tive." The Federation wants profincial legislation adopted so the UFO could be formed on a 50 percent plus one vote of farmers in favour of the proposal. The organization would be financed by an automatic check- off. "This," says Mr, van Donkersgoed, "should not be confused with a compulsory check-off. We propose that anyone who is opposed to the work of the UFO should have the right to request that their money be returned to them at the end of the year." WIN With every $5 pur- chase or more each customer has a chance to win $75 of merchandise dis- played in our show room. WINNING TICKET TO BE DRAWN ON DEC. 17/73 Huron county was represented by 16 delegates at the recent convention of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture in Oshawa. A resolution from Huron County to request that machinery parts be available at all times, so that farmers, through their dealers will be able to pick them up at depots during weekends in °emergencies was adopted with an overwhelming majority. A resolution by Phil Durand of Zurich, to increase the tariff on US corn so that it matches US tariffs and subsidies was carried but only after a lively discussion. Some livestockmen felt that this would result in increased input costs in their operation. It was pointed out that if the corn price was' too low that corngrowers would turn to more livestock farming and thus create an over-supply thereby depressing the price of livestock to the detriment of the same livestock producers. In the end the resolution was carried by a comfortable majority. One cash-crop farmer com- mented that the passing of this resolution was a good omen for the future of farming, as it means that one producer now recognizes that the other producer has a right to a fair income, even if this entails some risk to himself, Adrian Vos of Blyth introduced a resolution asking the govern- ment to spend more money into research to develop an economical way to extract methane gas from animal waste, as this constitutes a valuable resource. Especially in the energy crisis we experience now, it would help all of Canada, as this is a potential source of one third of all of Canada's gas needs, It was passed easily and created a great deal of interest as all livestock farmers have a lot of this resource at hand. Mason Bailey of Blyth, past president of the Huron Federation of Agriculture presented the report of the Hydro Routes committee of which he was chairman. The reception of this report was excellent which was evident in .the corridors, as this affects more and more farms. John Stafford of Howick township was a member of the Line fence committee, Vince Austin of Ashfield township of the membership committee and Gordon Hill of Varna of the Ontario Machinery Agency committee, besides being president of OFA. ,Annual. Soil and Crop fete Two new area directors Christian Farmers want one general organization BALL MACAULAY LIMITED tILINTON - 482-9514 HENSALL- 262-2713 SEAFORTH 527-0910