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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1975-08-27, Page 14RADIO & TV z, 523-9640 (Electrohotne) fry SALES & SERVICE Fe, Bray Chiropractic Office 197 Josephine Street Wingham, Ontario Phone 357-1224 Anstett Jewellers Ltd. Watch and Jewellery Repairs — We Sell and Service BU LOVA — ACCUTRON — WATCHES 3 Stores — SEAFORTH — CLINTON — WALKERTON J.E. 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It was suggested that the municipality provide space and the dead stock companies be paid to bury the animals. A suggestion was made that the health officials be called in to take action against• those leaving dead animals in the open. Finally a committee composed of Mason Bailey, Jake Van Wonderen and Adrian Keet was,, set up to investigate the matter further. In other busines at the meeting. O.F.A. fieldman Bill Crawford said he was finding a lot , of apathy on the part of Huron farmers on his visits. He said farmers seemed to be wondering if there is a future in farming. Concern was expressed at thei August meeting of the Huron I County federation of Agriculture about dead animals left to rot in remote areas of farms.. Several farmers in attendance said they knew of farmers who were towing their dead stock back into the bush to rot rather than pay a charge from dead stock companies to pick up the animals or pay the cost of digging a hole to bury the animals. The problem has arisen because of the drop in the market for meat for dead animals used in pet foods.The bottom has dropped out of the market and dead stock companies can no longer pay for the animals as they once did. Now they must even charge to take the animals away from the farm in order to meet expenses. Some farmers, accustomed to being paid for the dead carcasses have objected and apparently are getting rid of the animals on their own farms. Some are burying them but others are just letting them rot. The Christian Farmers Federa- tion of Ontario has criticized the lack of leadership being shown by' the provincial government to preserve Ontario's prime food land. In a statement adopted in Milton on Aug. 5 by the Provin- cial Board of the province wide general ,farm organization, the. C.F.F. urges the province to end its 'no questions asked' policy and stop severances by owners of prime food land for their own retirement, for family members or for farm employees. "There's not enough leader- ship by the province to save prime food land from concrete and asphalt", said Elbert van Donker- sgoed, Executive Director, of the family farm organization. "Agri- culture is a provincial responsibil- ity but Ontario is leaving our number one agricultural resource our prime food land, in the hands of municipal politicians. The C.F.F. resolution singles out for criticism a statement made by the Hon. Donald Irvine, Minister of Housing, on May 15, in the Legislature. That statement reaffirmed the 'no questions asked' provincial policy of allow- ing lots for intrafamily sales, for farm employees, and for retiring farmers. "Farmers don't find it easy to say that they will give up the , opportunity to sever parts of their` farms, for housing when lots in even small rural villages are ettorbitant," says Mr. van Donkl- ersgoed. "But' most members of the C.F.F. realize that the short term benefits to them of such 'opportunities are far outweighed by the long term loss to Ontario's agricultural industry." "There are acres and ares of non-food land available in the province. The province should be asking of everyone who wants a severance: 'Is it on food land or tion,food land?' " insisted Mr. van Donketsgoed. "That is the concerti of the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario and our members say in out Provincial Board statement that we are willing to lose the opportunity to build on food land, There is lots of non-food land in Ontario. Let's build on that following the guidelines of the Agricultural Code of Ptactice, an there will be room for many ii:iore people in 14—THE BRUSSELS POST Adrian Vos of Blyth noted that animals left in the open are a health hazard. Birds and wild dogs can carry the disease that killed the animal back into neighbouring barns and rapidly spread the disease. Mrs. Doug Fortune said it could even spread disease to humans. The problem came to light after Adrian ' Keet of Wingham complained about having trouble to get a dead stock company to come to his farm to pick up an animal that died on a weekend.' He related the story of a cattle beast that died on a Saturday and after telephoning four dead stock companies he was unable to get an answer. By Monday when he could, finally contact a company, the company refused to come because the animal had been dead too long. So, he was forced io bury the animal on his own property. Other farmers then told of seeing dead carcasses left in bushes of neighbouring. farms. A great ; deal of discussion was held on the problem. M ason rural Ontario.' Mr. van Donkelrsgoed noted that a number of Regional, County and other MuniCipal governments are drafting sever- ance policies designed to stop severances on food land. "The responsible way in which a number of our municipal governements are facing up to the need to preserve our prime food land literally puts the perform- ance of our provincial political leaders to shame", said Mr. van Donkersgoed. The complete resolution reads as follows: Resolution Re: Severances of Lots On Food Land; Adopted August 5,• 1975 by the Provincial Board Christian Farmers Federation of • Ontario. Be It Resolved That ; the Christian Farmers, Federation of Ontario urge the Provincial gover- nment to give more leadership in the area of severances-for housing on prime food land than shown in the statement made by the Hon. Donald Irvine, Minister.. of Hous- ing, on May,15, in the Legislature Be It Resolved That the Christian Farmers Federation of Ontario urge the Provincial ....Government to end its 'no /questions asked' Provincial Policy of allowing severances by owners of prime food land; and That it stop severances by owners of prime food land for family,. retirement, or farm employees; But That it allow such severances on any non-food land within the limits of the Agricultural Code of Practice. CCF urges province to end land severences •