HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1986-10-15, Page 17PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1986.
McQuail wins HFA award
Tony McQuail [centre] and his wife Fran accepted the Huron County Federation of Agriculture Award for
service to agriculture from President Doug Garniss at the annual meeting of the Federation Thursday
night in Brussels. Mr. McQuail, a West Wawanosh township farmer, has been active in many farm
organizations.
West Wawanosh township
farmer Tony McQuail was named
winner of the 1986 Huron Federa
tion of Agriculture award for
outstanding contribution to agri
culture Thursday night in Brus
sels.
The award, presented at the
annual meeting of the Federation
held at the Brussels, Morris and
Grey Community Centre, recog
nizes Mr. McQuail for his dedica
tion to agriculture. He is a past
HFA passes
resolutions
Three resolutions were support
ed without much discussion at the
tail-end of a lengthy annual
meeting of the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture in Brus
sels Thursday night.
The first r esoltuion called for the
Huron Federation to set up a
committee to study the Ontario
crop insurance program. In sup
porting the resolution John Van
Beers, RR 1, Blyth said that the
province said it would bring in
changes in 10 days but his
experience said that the 10 days
would probably mean mid-Janu-
ary. A local committee would let
local farmers have input into the
changes needed, he said.
A second resolution called for
grain to be fed to livestock to be
included under stabilization pro
grams. In supporting the resolu
tion Paul Klopp explained that
under the tripartide red-meat
stabilization program home-grown
grains for feed are included in the
costs and it has made farmers
realize the value of their own feed
grains.
The third resolution called for
the Ontario Federation of Agricul
ture to support the position paper
of the Soil Conservation Society of
America, Ontario chapter recently
issued.
Doug Garniss, supporting the
resolution said that the Huron
Federation had earlier sent a
resolution to the OFA calling for
the OFA to formulate a policy on
soil conservation. The resolution
had not been acted on yet he said
but this position paper ‘ ‘falls in line
with what we talked about”. The
new resolution will be considered
at the October meeting of OFA.
presidentof the Federation and
has been active in leadership
fighting the intrusion of Ontario
Hydro power line corridors on
prime farm land. He has also been
active in the Natural Farmers
Groups and has run as a New
Democratic Party candidate.
In accepting the award, Mr.
McQuail paid tribute to this wife
Fran who, he said, doesn’t get
credit but has taken over much of
the farm work while he has been
active with the Foodlands Steering
Committee.
He said that once his work with
the Foodlands committee has been
reduced he hopes to get involved
with the Federation again because,
he said, the current crisis in
farming means people must get
involved. Preservation of the
farming community is important,
he said, because in the long run a
major reason people like farming is
the community aspect of farm life.
Mr. McQuail was the 11th
winner of the award first presented
by Doug and Gerry Fortune to the
Federation in 1976.
OMMB candidates
speak Oct. 23
On Thursday, October 23, 8:00
p.m. at the Brussels, Morris and
Grey Community Centre in Brus
sels, dairy producers will have an
opportunity to meet and hear from
the candidates running for the
position of Ontario Milk Marketing
Board members for Region 11
(Huron, Bruce and Grey counties).
The following producers have
been accepted as candidates: Mr.
James W. Hunter, RR 1, Belgrave;
Mr. Stuart Steckle, RR 2, Zurich;
and Mr. Bruce Saunders, RR 1,
Holland Centre.
Election day will take place on
Tuesday, Octobe- 28ch with polls
open for Huron County voters from
9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the
Hensall Legion Hall, Blyth Mem
orial Hall, and the Gorrie Town
Hall.
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