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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1979-04-11, Page 19at: See our Representative FAYE COOK The WIngham Motel, Sirhigham RISSSEED PEATMOSS FIRTILIZERS For Your Complete DEN Center DECORATIVE SHRUBS Use of Spreader free with purchase of fertilizer or grass seed. •Rose bushes *Mountain Ash trees *Flowering Crab trees *Raspberry bushes *Asparagus Roots OLDFIELDq!'S HARDWARE 887-6851 ,Brussels Owners ofsmaller businesses... weprovide: * Financial assistance * Management counselling(CASE) * Management training * Information on government programs fir business Can we heOjou? 2nd & 3rd Tuesday of each month [Next Visit: APRIL 17] on: FEDERAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BANK THE BRUSSELS POST, APRIL 11 1979 19 Industry shouldn't disrupt agriculture the Huron Federation of Agriculture, told the group industry and agriculture can't survive side by side. He warned that the "farming community breaks down in the face of urban expansion" citing the Niagara fruit belt Every week more and more people discover what mighty jobs are accomplished' by low cost Post Want Ads. Dial Brussels 887-6641. BY JEFF SEDDON IN THE GODERICH SIGNAL STAR If Huron county has to have industrial expansion that expansion should be in light, non-pollutant industry that is not disruptive tothe rural atmosphere of the county. That was the general con- sensus of an economic development seminar held recently in Goderich. The seminar was organized by county development officer Spence Cummings and brought farm organizations, politicans, businessmen and merchants together to try to determine how the county could be developed in- dustrially. The seminar was designed to try to outline the economic strategy the county should be plotting to incorporate future industrial expansion into the present economic base of Huron County. Several speakers highlighted the day long event which brought spokesmen from a variety of economic concerns together in a workshop format to try to determine how agriculture, industry and urban growth could be best handled. Cummings was looking for some direction from those invited to attend the session and asked that the group workshops attempt to form- ulate a recommendation on economic development strategies county council could ask the development officer to work on. Five workshops were organized, each with a chairman. At the end of the sessions the chairmen sat together and prepared a recommendation for county council that hopefully would offer Cummings the direction to promote industrial and economic growth here. The resolution prepared for county council's action outlined the concerns farmers and businessmen had for the future of the county. The resolution was very descriptive and clearly indicated what those people would like to see happen in Huron. The document in- dicated the groups — wanted the county's development committee's budget increased to permit greater promotion of the county in areas of tourism and industry. — wanted light nonpol- lutant industries to .be en- couraged to establish near urban centres in the county. —wanted tourism en- couraged provided that tourism does not disrupt the community life in the county. — wanted the develop- ment office to be maintained and the development officer to promote industry keeping in mind that the mainstay of the county economy is agri- culture. — wanted land use in the county closely guarded to prevent confrontations between agriculture, urban 1 expansion and industrial development. " — wanted industrial ex- pansion to be concentrated in areas such as Huron Park and Goderich's Industrial Park so that present sites are taken full advantages of. —wanted the development officer and other agencies promoting the county to con- sider that prime agriclutural land is very valuable and only marginal land should be developed. — wanted municipalities to co-operate rather than compete for expansion. —wanted the county to consider developing a land bank to determine how much land is being used and should be preserved for agri- culture and how much is available for industrial and urban growth. The resolution represented as close a saw-off as possible between industrial concerns and agriculture. Farmers in- dicated right from the outset of the meeting that they were not enthused about the pro- spects of industrial develop- ment. Many claimed any time industry has been al- lowed to invade agricultural areas the invasion seems to continue unchecked until the - agricultural areas are severely restricted or gone. Adrian Vos, a farmer from Blyth, told the group he objected to the assumption of many people that fanners wanted industry in Huron County, He said he tinder- Stood the purpose of the session was to review what the county already had and what it wanted. He said not all the people at the meeting wanted industry. Merle Gunby, president of (Branch Office Address) For prior infOrMatiOn Mill 271,5650 [Collett] Or Write 1036 ()Matto Street, Strafford as an example. He said any relationship farming and industry had when an area first began to be developed "simply breaks down with time." Bill Jongejan, president of the Christian Farmers Association, told the group that the greatest natural resource Huron County had was its--land. He said com- petition municipalities had for industial growth quite often created more problems for communities than any expansion was worth. Jongejan said municipalities in the province should co- operate to best take" advantage of their resource to guard against their mis- use. He suggested that a province wide plan be developed so that agri- culture is promoted_ in agri- cultural areas and indditry in industrial areas. Behind the scenes by Keith Roulston (Continued from Page 2) Newspaper reporters told us Richard Nixon was a crook for so long that we - started thinking they were paranoid about him, but suddenly the facts came out and we knew they had been right. The RCMP kept protesting their inno- cense until it was proven thay they had been doing all kinds of illegal things in the name of law and order. So not only do we not know who to believe, but we have little chance of finding out the real facts. Everything is so complicated today. We might, through intensive study, come to grips with one small area such as atomic power stations, but what about all the other areas of concern such as chemical additives in foods Ag minister and overuse of chemical sprays. It can take long training in universities to come up with a comprehensive knowledge of just one of these subjects. Who has the time? Most of us have our own jobs to carry on. And again the problem of who to believe. We've become super cynical in the seventies. We can't believe the politicans and • the industry people. We often don't believe the media anymore. Even the university professors who could provide us with the knowledge needed to understand the complicated subjects likely I have their own opinions for or against that may colour their instructions. The running I of a democratic society depends on a thoughtful, informed public and that become more difficult all the time. Whelan Agriculture and Food Minister Bill Newman has announced that farmers who wish to raise turkeys for home use, up to a maximum of 50 turkeys per year, will be exempted from the regu- lations of the Ontario Turkey Producers' Marketing Board. Mr. Newman also said that farmers who raised turkeys prior to January 1, 1979, and vho wish to raise up to 400 turkeys a year commercially be able to -buy the necessary quota from the turkey board at the current price for quota. Applications to purchase quota must be received by the turkey board by May 31, 1979. In addition, growers who can furnish proof that they raised turkeys in the turkey plan's base qualifying years of 1966, 1967 and 1968 will be granted free quota based on the number of turkeys they grew in those years. The turkey board will also be authorized to licence all hatcheries and dealers in turkey poults. Small turkey flocks exempt (Continued from Page 1) pay for it, "but now you're not scared because you've got social services," he said. Referring to thaebig giant to the south of us" the minister asked "Do they have social services compared with ours? You know how they fear to get sick. It would be cheaper to die," 'he said. Mr. Whelan reminded the audience of the companies that were investing in Canada like Ford Motors, United Co-op, and the Thompson and Weston groups. He quoted Lord Thompson as saying, "I think this is the best place in the world to invest in" and Weston who said about investment in Canada, "I believe that even at these high prices, assets are going cheap." Canadians are the best housed, the best THE NEW BERG ?LIMES IHE HE MOUE WRE IOU WRNI. IT END II WILL BE REAM WHEN IOU NEED II HYDRO= MAN MANURE PUMP HYDRO-MAN MANURE PUMP educated, have the best food, have the most television in the world and are the best travelled, he said. The agricultural minister said he bragged about how efficient Canadian farm production was and said that across Canada the average Canadian farmer produced goods worth $2000 more than the average American farmer. He spoke of farmers as being the best off in the world and the most productive and "I'm not scared to defend that anywhere with anyone, anytime," he said. An indicator of farm economy is that young people were returning to farming, he said and added that for every farmer who wants to retire, three more are waiting to take his place. "Marketing boards are the one thing that stay below Canada's anti-inflation guide- lines and they say marketing boards create inefficiency," he said. "As your Minister of Agriculture, when I go to meetings in other countries what do they want to find out? (Continued on Page 20) Keith demon Plumbing—Farm Equ ipment. R. Ra 4, Walton,Ont. 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