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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1975-04-09, Page 12ATTENTION 'FARMERS Have you for your 1975 considered cash crop? For the past two years Flax as a cash crop has shown a net return, per acre equal to, and in most cases better than, most cash crops available in the area. We have cleaned a limited amount of FLAX SEED and this is now available for booking. Interest in this seed is strong and we suggest you phone and order now 'to avoid being disappointed. For seed please contact: or ANDERSON FLAX 'PRODUCTS Lucknow, Ontario phone 528.2026 viaphimoicH TOPNOTCH FEEDS LIMITED Milverton, Ontario phone 595-4941 FARM NEEDS•• • 1975 CONTRACTS AVAILABLE FOR WHITE BEANS . AND MALTING BARLEY We have a good supply of — Highland - mixed and seed grains — Seed clovers and grass (free mixing) United Asgrow Warrwick • Northrop King Super Cross — Fertilizer Bulk or Bagged We deliver and/or spread for you FOR THE BEST , PRICES, QUALITY & SERVICE • SHOP AT E . sic 'col da, hil du • rec ble be( Hu Ag du( wit ble Do he tur lar, "T fin tha L pat cp tho Ag tur sus law the bef agt ear bet Th esr gro ha, nu l ren 1111( inc fill litt it foo cor abi red reg wit nitt anc pat phc Ap for en the an no ing eas ing gro apr apl pec are Wa 88, G. Townships want wolf bounty, Ministry says it doesn't -work Wolves at one time were seemingly extinct in Huron County but recent action by township councils within the county indicates that the animals are increasing in numbers and becoming a problem. Herb Clark of the Ministry of Natural Resources in Wingham stated that the ministry has received several resolutions from township councils in Huron County to reinstate the wolf bounty. He also anticipates that all of the townships will eventually ask for the reinstate- ment of the bounty. However, Mr. Clark said it has been proven that the wolf bounty ' does, not alleviate the problem of damage to livestock. Farmers may collect a bounty but they are :• not compensated for damage to , livestock. Under present legisla- tion the Ontario government does pay damages to a farmer but only if the farmer can prove that a volf did the damage. If the bounty were reinstated he person who kills a wolf would receive payment but farmer would not be compensated for any )amages done. A wolf bounty .ystem was in effect in the County 'ut was abandoned about two' ,ears ago. Mr. Clark believed that the 'ounty system is a burden and or tit added expense to the tax- payer. He has not received many reports of damage in the Wing- ham area but there were seven claims for 'damages in the town- ship of East Wawanosh last year. Mr. Clark is confident that the ministry's present legislation on wolf damages is more beneficial to farmers. Since the recent changes the townships have now appointed evaluators to evaluate wolf damage to the livestock. A claim form is submitted by the evaluator to the township and then processed by the Ministry of Agriculture. Colborne Township Reeve Doug McNeil said that residents in that township have been very fortunate and there has been no damage caused by wolves, of which he is aware. Goderich Township Reeve Gerry Ginn stated that there have been definite wolf problems in that township and the council has' approved the resolution and sent it to the Ministry of Natural Resources. Mr. Ginn claimed that incidents involving wolf damage have increased within the last year and that the once almost extinct animal is now on an ipward trend in the county. The resolutions rendered by the township councils will be forwarded to the Ministry of Natural Resources head office in Toronto. pants are helped to reassess their aptitudes and skills. "They are helped not only for work,_but for living," as Dr. Brooker puts it. Brooker gives as examples the typist who is encouraged to increase her speed so that she can apply with confidence for a job; the university student who is ihown how to concentrate better; and the schizophrenic who is taught how to relate differently to others. The workshops serve as a launching pad for six months or so of follow-up once the patient is back in the community setting where help and guidance are continued. The Clarke Institute's rehabili- tation services looked after some 375 patients last year -- actively placing more than 200. of them in new work or learning environ- ments. The Institute works with Canada Manpower and other employment agencies to return Mental patients to suitable and fulfilling work -- to put them back on the tracks as soon as they're ready. And, with ongoing care, it offers help when needed to keep them there, If you walk to work, it= won't be work to walk. Mete/WWI? I ikrmss. fn your heart s(ou- know k's Today's Health Mental illness no longer a disgrace Statistics show that one Cana- dians in eight will at some time or other undergo psychiatric treat- ment. In most cases such .treatment merely means putting back on the right tracts those who may have wandered off them -- which is easy enough to do. For mental illness has its roots mainly in problems of living, and, says Dr. Harvey Brooker, a . psychologist at Toronto's Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, "There's a very thin line between coping and not coping with life...people with psychiatric problems aren't that much different from so-called 'normal' people." It's the realization of this in recent times that has led to more humane and practical treatment. Mental illness is no longer talked about in whispers; its sufferers are no longer shunted to some quiet institutional siding to be left. For instance, patients at the, Clarke Institute, once they have' undergone medical treatment for a specific problem, are actively helped back into their family, employment • and community roles. ' The people who provide this rehabilitation come from a variety of disciplines: they are psycholo- gists, occupational therapists, social workers and nurses. For patients whose acute depression or anxiety affected work or personal relationships, and caused them to seek help in the first place, it may be difficult' to pick up the threads of their former lives when they return to the community. Rehabilitation programs at the Clarke and elsewhere help make the transition easier by conduct- ing Workshops in Which partici- 12-TNE BRUSSELS POST, APRIL 9,, 197$'