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Active discussion
highlighted the monthly
Huron Federation of
Agriculture meeting
Thursday. Over 40 members
attended, making it one of
the best attended meetings
in ages.
The subject of severance of
corner lots on farms came
under heated debate as
members questioned a
'resolution submitted by
Stanley township to have
severed lots zoned rural
residen ial which makes
owners aware of nuisance,
noise and smell of farm
operations.
It was point ed out that in
some townships retiring
farmers who want to build on
the corner of their farm don't
need a severance to obtain a
building permit. Many
members argued that the
land should be left zoned
agricultural.
OFA , past president,
Gordon Hill, Varna, and
Mason Bailey, Blyth, were
both vocal opponents of the
resolution. Mr. Hill felt the
resolution was asking
members how they stood on
severances and wondered if
farmers needed to be that
drastic here in Huron
County.
Mr. Bailey pointed out that
the restrictions proposed
would penalize farmers. He
• sited the example of the
farmer who owned a 400 acre
farm and was denied a
severance to build a
retirement home. The farmer
ended up going down the
road and paying $14,000 for a
lot to build his house on.
"People who have money
will find a way to live in the
country" said Mr. Bailey.
The resolution was
referred to the F of A's land
use committee for ironing out
before submission to Ontario
Federation of Agriculture.
Bev Brown, Bluevale, told
members that there is talk
that the import duty ontwine
may go up in the spring.
Complaints have been
received that twine is being
dumped from Tasmania and
Mex ico. If subsidization is
proved in those countries
then the case will be brought
before the Anti Dumping
Tribunal.
Ms. Brown pointed out
thafAgrieulture Canada does
not know about the situation
but the Ontario Federation is
aware of the problem. Huron
members passed a resolution
to ask the Ontaio F of A to
become actively interested in
the case in Ottawa and to
make sure that no import
duty is put on twine.
A request for support for
an erosion study by four area
youths were received and
members recommended
support with the
understanding thdt the
students explore possible
solutions rather than
problems. The students are
applying for a Young Canada
Works program to develop
an educational slide show
and cassette that will be
offered to groups for
viewing. The presentation
will be self-explanitory.
Maurice Bean and Norman
Alexander, both members of
the Erosion Committee, felt
that groups did not know
what they are looking for
when undertaking a study of
this nature.
"I am into the 18th
showing of my slide show (on
erosion)" said Mr.
Alexander, "And people
want slides of results":
The members
recommended that the
students contact the erosion
committee for further
information.
Brenda McIntosh, head of
Public Relations reported on
the public speaking lessons
members are in the middle of
taking. Ten have enrolled.
Members of the last
federation speaking class
have given two speaking
en ,;agements and have two
more coming up. The
federation does speak to
service clubs, and members
of the course are invited to
speak.
Members were offered
lessons on writing press
releases and reports. The
course is three Saturdays
long and anyone interested
may contact Brenda
McIntosh, Brucefield.
Members divided into
regional groups and
discussed membership
drives and communications
with current members and
recruiting. Update
memberships data, foreign
ownership and dealing with
local concerns were among
the major topics of discussion
The discussion was started
with Tony McQuail, head of
program and education
committee, throwing ideas
out to the members for
discussion in groups.
Lottise Marriott,
federation member and
co-ordinator for the Rural
Development Outreach
Program gave a brief history
of the Federation.'
Getting old members out
to meetings and enlisting
and signing up new members
is a problem many said.
Many members felt they
needed more information
before going out to sell
memberships., but others
disagreed. Mason Bailey
found that being sincere sold
a lot more than statistics.
Jim McIntosh suggested
that members watch for new
farmers moving into the
area. Suggestions varied
from annual dances, as a
reward for a year of effort for
members, to showing films
available free from the
libraries to spark interest in
members at the township
level.'
Workshops and kitchen
meetings for county lines
were emphasized and
members from north Huron
agreed that the kitchen '
meetings got interest going
on their secondary planning
committees in Turnberry
township.
On the subject of foreign
ownership members were
told that four provinces
already limit the amount of
acreage that can be owned by
anyone outside of the
province. They are
Manitoba, Saskatchewan,
Alberta and Prince Edward
Island.
Members felt that more
information was needed on
the subject to determine if it
was in fact a problem here in
Ontario.
Bev help
issued a plea
for help in updating
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