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From the left are course co-ordinator Doug Jamieson of the College staff, Dr. Ted Rothmel of OMAF at Stratford, Ancaster area farmer David Loewith and Elson Lynn, Usborne township, T-A photo Wallop Root-Worms ®Dl-SYSTON systemic insecticide is still your best buy for corn rootworm control. • Economical low rate • Systemic action extends control throughout active rootworm larvae season • Won't damage germinating corn seedlings • Won't wash away • Convenient formulations—liquid or free-flowing granular in 10- and 50-pound o vapour-barrier bag 7no2 Order now from: bl•SYSTON ie s Reg TM of Bayer AB Cooks Division of Gerbro Corp. locations at Kirkton, Centralia and Hensall Exeter District Co-op, Exeter Times-Advocate, March 31, 1977 P.990'11 NFU makes recommendations for Huron land zoning The National Farmers' Union was one of several Huron County farm organizations and com- modity groups which presented viewpoints to the Huron County Development Committee, The NFU brief, dealing with land use, hydro plant develop- ment and health care, will be referred to the various com- mittees of county council having interest in the brief, likely the planning board, the board of health and the development committee. The matters brought forth in the brief should then come to the entire county council for discussion by way of committee reports. The NFU brief is as follows: "We wish to congratulate the Countyandthe Planning Board for the effort made to get an official plan working. As the townships in Huron County adopt secondary plans, zoning by-laws will be incorporated into the plans and a plan is only as good as its zoning bylaws. "Huron County being 89percent Class 1 and 2 agriculture land, we expect agriculture will be the predominate industry in the county, taking precedence over other purposes using prime agriculture land, "We hope it is the Development Committee's intention to retain the present type rural com- munity we have in the county, and to create a climate that will allow the family farmer to remain in control of our agriculture land base. "If this is our goal then simply zoning our prime land agriculture is not good enough. Rules have to be written into the zoning bylaws to accomplish this. "The following points we hope will be adopted in the zoning bylaws in the county: "-that there be an upper limit no greater than 500 acres that any one individual farm family can control, "-that a family farm be classified as one that the family operates by the fact that it is in financial control, provides the decision making and supplies most of the labour, "- that any livestock or poultry unit must either own or have under long term lease enough land to handle the manure from the entire operation. "-that where land is, zoned for livestock or poultry, the farmer who follows an accepted code of practices have the assurance the zone will not be changed, "-only classified family farms be elegible for tax rebates, special incentive loans, im- provements grants, tile loans, farm subsidies, etc. "-that only farm related commercial corporation be allowed to operate commercial enterprise in the agriculture zone and these be carefully screened for need. "-that severances not be granted to accommodate ad- ditional residences on class 1 and 2 agriculture land; if it is desirable to build an additional house, then it would become part of the farm property. "-if in the future any agriculture land must be rezoned for urban development, the farmer receive full value of the land for farming purposes plus adequate compensation for all inconveniences that may be imposed upon him, "-we , seriously question the advisability or necessity for land developers to own land for the purposes of urban, industrial or recreational development. We believe that such development should be publicly planned and that the public should acquire land fbr future use for such purposes. The role of the private developers would then be to contract to make the necessary improvements to such land. Experience has demonstrated that allowing private developers to acquire and own land leads to speculation in land for the pur- pose of capital gains, irrational land use and poorly planned communities. Detect reluctance "We detect a reluctance on the part of our municipal politicians to show any real leadership when it comes to having the above points incorporated into our zoning bylaws, we feel that a toothless bylaw will, in the future, regulate the family farmer, at best, to a manager of an agriculture unit, or at the worst, a hired man, and the charmed circle of ownership will be lost to the future generations of the present owners in our county. "If the farmer is to give up some of his speculative rights in order to keep a reasonable food resource base, to grow the nation's food, then our senior levels of government mus t develop and legislate a realistic stabilization plan based on the cost of production including a fair return for labour and investment. "Realistic stabilization must go along with zoning, and the township councils, the county council and the farmers them- selves must inform both the provincial and the federal governments that only with stabilization will zoning Huron County agriculture be ac- ceptable, "For too long our nation's farmers have had to carry the cost of a cheap food policy while everyone else involved in the food industry make a profit once food left the farm gate. "We wish to reiterate our views expressed to this Committee previously. "In the interest of Huron County retaining a rural predominance, we believe any future plans to build a hydro generating station must be ,blocked. "Any planning authority existing in Huron County should exercise every clause possible in the Planning Act to prohibit hydro from building a proposed generating station. "In the first place, if rural municipalities do have the control, as the provincial government claims, and if the area for such a station is zoned agriculture, such a development would require a zone change to industrial-or whatever. Secondly, severances would probably be required. "We are saying Huron County should persistently refuse to yield to a development that will only facilitate the destruction of rural Huron. "The Huron County Plan is really a form of regional government on a much smaller scale than the Provincial Government would prefer to shove down our throats. For purposes of health care we strongly recommend this is the way it should remain. "Again, we wish to reiterate our views expressed to this Committee last year on coor- dination of hospital boards. "-that a District Health Council be made up of one member from each of the existing hospital boards and one nurse from each hospital. "-that each hospital should not try to be proficient in every specialized function, but that each should specialize in certain services that will best serve the public efficiently. -that active treatment beds not be used for non-active treatment, and that other facilities be found to accommodate these patients. awaiting treatment in other centres, -that Huron County should establish a District Health COyncli to coordinate the various hospital boards in the county.