HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1977-03-16, Page 13ANSWERS OF HFA Huron
\raised in a brief presesnted by
and MPP's Murray Gaunt and
members.
MP Bob McKinley responds to one of the points
the Huron Federation of Ariculture Saturday. He
Jack Riddell heard several briefs from. Federation
(Staff Photo)
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Saving farm land 'BS' club tells MP's
Trying to save farm land is a
"bunch of B. S, " the Huron-Perth.
Shorthorn Club told local
members of parliament Saturday.
"We are fed up with all this
B.S. that we should save farm
land, we feel it should be sold to
the highest bidder," Frank
Falconer, representative of the
club said.
"I feel myself there is too much
land," he told Bob McKinley,
Huron M.P., Murray Gaunt,
Huron-Bruce MPP and Jack.
Riddell, Huron-Middlesex MPP.
The Shorthorn club's presenta-
tion was part of an afternoon of
briefs by the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture and
affiliated commodity groups to
local members of parliament at
Clinton.
Mr. Falconer said -farmers
should not have to carry the
burden of saving4arm land when
urban people aren't even
concerned
"Town people simply don't
care for' us," he said "They
won't even slow down to let us
cross the road."
MPP Jack Riddell disagreed
saying it was important to keep a
viable farm industry in Canada.
He said if farm land wasn't
protected, Canada could find
herself dependent on other
countries for food imports.
"Surely we do not want to find
ourselves at the mercy of
countries that can produce food
cheaper than we, can now. We
could soon find ourselves paying
a lot more."
The proposed reform of
property taxation also came under
fire at the meeting by various
commodity groups. Bert Elliot of
the Huron County Cream.
Producers said "land should be
taxed for education, but people
should pay for services to
people."
"If the government paid all
land taxes, we would lose control
of our land, and would soon' be
told what to grow, and where to
grow it," he said.
MPP Murray Gaunt said the
Blair Commission's recommenda-
tion that the government pay 90
per cent of the land tax and the
farmer pay 10 per cent "is no
better than the original
proposal.,"
"1 don't think the Blair
Commission has resolved it. it all.
The Federation and members
have to be pressing from now on
to make sure the government
doesn't come in with it. I think we
should oppose it right down the
line," he said.
A brief by the Federation of
Agriculture supported the Cream
Producers' presentation. The
Federation brief, presented by
Maurice Bean, pointed out the
Snowmobilers Association had
already suggested they should be
given access to farin land for
recreation purposes as the public
will be paying the taxes.
"This suggestion alone verifies
our stand that farmers would lose
control of their property," he
said.
Other briefs, many of which
were discussed at Federation
meetings throughout the year,
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You could be harboring
generations of Cluster Flies in
your home without knowing it.
G.A.Surgeoner, environmental
biologist at the Ontario Agricul-
tural College in Guelph, says that
thousands of Ontario homes are
plagued with Cluster Flies.
As spring approaches, home-
owners may notice rather large
flies which seem to appear from
nowhere. These flies, .although
they seldom enter homes during
the summer months, come inside
in the fall to find a warm place to
spend the winter. On warm
winter days the flies awake from
their dormant period and stagger
slowly along window ledges.
"Although Cluster Flies do not
cause any harm during their stay
indoors, they are a nuisance,"
says Dr. Surgeone,,,
Tile best way to ,'get rid ,of
Cluster Flies is still the 'traditional
method of sweeping them up
during the winter. Be sure to
check attic vents and roof eaves
for crevices where the flies can
get in.
In the spring the flies will leave
the house to start a new
generation. The female lays eggs
in the soil where the larvae
develop and live as parasites on
earthworms. With the first cool
days of early fall the adult flies
enter houses, barns and garages for the winter. Dr, Surgeoner says there are
probably two or three generations
of Cluster Flies each year in
Ontario.
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