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own Private plots of land which out-prod-
uce the collectives• five:to-One.'
China, apparently from all recent
reports, has learned the lesson, From
huge -collective farms in 1958,China has
returned to,the family,farm,' By1961, the
W9ric brigades' had dwindled and 'the
family farmsuccessful.' 'Mao • Tse-tong
had learned a lessori from the Russia
They invested heavily in industry and
arms withdut first putting agriculture on.
a sound basis, Mao gaVe agriculture top,
priority. ,
Agricnlititally, China is „holding its
Own. Only a more, drastic population
explosion could halt this, plan. Maybe that
country's. ."Cine-child family" campaign'
will prevent it.
So why this lecture on the'differences -
'between' Russia and China?' .Because the
emphasis in China:has been on the right.
sector Of the-economy: • agriculture,
The Russian machine cannot succeed
until the emphasis.is Changed. The' only
reason Russia inVided-Afghanistan is to
gain access to oil-rich countries. 'Without
that oil, 'Russia cam* exist. They need
food and oil and western technology and
they, will do anything'to get it.
The Chinese do not face these same
• dile-minas. -They will-somerlay -be-
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ations waterregar• quality
Karl Mari, says ':Lester Brown' o
WaShington's Woriwatch Institute, Was a
city boy‘.
:And:: in a nutshell, •that is why 'the
Russians seem: unable to feed them-
selves. Marx, a German who worked in a
London libraryi had a:Strange philosophy
when it •came to peasants, There 'Eire
many whO feel he had a strange Philcis
ophy about• everything, mind you, but he •,„
seemed to vent a lot of spleen. on the'
peasantry.
Hecalledthem "a class that represents
• barbarism within civilization, clumsily .
cunning, knaVishly 'naive, doltiShly ,sub-
lime, 'a calculated superstition, a pathetic
a•-:cleverly stupid ariachron
' . '
No wOnder, the Russian collective farms'
are notworking, When the Aierarchy in
the country if they are MarxiSts and
most of the- old-guard Russians :are --
think' of 'the' peasant farther in those
terins, it does not inspire loyalty.
Estimates indicate that Russia' has
more than 300 million acres grain
lands. It is'not enough to feed 260 million
people.
But 11. •: 0 million Japanese can grow
enough rice on 7.5 million acres to feed
—themselves: The :Chiriese;-althong-h still
major importers, have not increased their
reliance on outside grain to. any great
degree in the past decade, The popula-
tion there is more than a billion.
ArneriCans with about,,390 million acres
in grain feed themselves and many in the
third world as well.
tie to the land. They are tied only' to their •
0 •
Of tile, Environthent,•"Many • son, has announced deigns of
concerns were brought to the • the Ontario Farm Interest
attention of the Minister, Dr. Assistance prograin for 1980..
Harry Parrott, by critics of This program was announced
.both, opposition parties, and. in the. Legislature earlier this
during this debate I--was able month, in an attempt to
• to touch on Many issues in assist farmers who have been
this area.. Environmental'
matters are very important,
and. are perceived to be very..
important by' the public, •• '
but much more needs. to be
chine in this' regard.
the Minister of Agricul-
ture and Food„ Mr, Hender-
hard hit by 'interest rates• .on '
operating loaus„sinte April
1st of this, year.
Terms of this program
were announced as, followSt•
- Farm corporations and farm
partperships are eligible un-
der the same terms as indiv- . idual farniers;
- ASsistance is available for
money borrowed to cover
operating expenses• on food
production and livestock pro
This week the Standing
Resonrces Development
Committee met to consider
,the estimates of the MitiistrV
ater quality manage-
ment is of prime importance,
and two areas in., particular
were emphasized: the stand-
ard7setting process' „ire the
pq1P and paper industry, and
in respect to Ince.
The .lack of enforteable
regulatiens 'in regard to
,water: quality was noted. The
Ministry has adopted
guideline approach to control
Polhition, With flexible objee-,' • fives, taking into account the
• ability: f the :polluter to meet •
standards, the prime use,
such as reereational purPos-
esi or effluent disPosal; and
The, problem of acid rain
haS come to Our attention ,
very frequently in recent"
years, and studies indicate
that-ii-is-now:Seen as-s major
aPcl • is, increasing, in
severity:, Serious' and ivide;
spread• soil and forest, effects
are expected Over theneit 25
Jo, 100 years if the acidity
remains at current levels. In
• Ontario:140 lakes - many
prime, cottage country, = Fare
dead; and another _48,000 will
hecome biOlogiCally sterile,
within, the next fifteen: to
twenty years due tdacid rain.
A-s Inco-at:Suclbary 'is the
largest single point source of
sulphur dioxide emissions in
North .America, there ism
greato reauce mese
emissions. Control orders
have been issued by the
Raise $800
for mentally
handicapped
For the first time, "FloWers
of Hope:were taken door-tp-
door in Lucknow by canvas-
sers. Over $880 !has been
(Inchon. Leans for capital
purchases of , such items as.
machinery .are not eligible;
,•'Items which qualify include'
'sped ? fertilier, fuel, spray,
twine,_ feeder cattle and
pigs, Machinery repairs, hir-
ed labour; and custom work.
Applicants shouictieek assis-
tance from the local Agricul- -
tural Respresentatives' offic-
• es for further details.
-Tice maximum:: amount of
leans te covered under the
program for any one farmer
is $7,&;000, A subsidy of 3 per
Cent on Operating capital
borrowed above 42 percent
will' 'be rovided on loans
between April.1 arid Decern#
bet 31,.1980;
To be eligible, a farmer.
must have had .a 'gross
annual income froin farming
of at least $8,000 in the
'twelve/ months immediately
preceding the
-
date . of appli-
Otion, and must own „less
• than 75 per cent 'of the farm •
assets in comparison to:'the
liabilities. ,
Application forms ancl bro,-
chnres will scion be'available
"from the local Agricultural
Representatives' Offices and'
from lending, institutions
around the province.
Is. Mir Farm
For Sale?
10 REG q
OM UTAH IRONER
Holyrood, Ontario ;
NOG 2B0
Scott Mcitirri; Jill Murray.
Nancy Thompson, Norma
Weatherhead .and llarVey
feed themselves, •
And until the north American people
realize just how important agriculture is,
the same dilemmas could face them.
Farming is, in my. humble 'opinion, the '
most important industry in the country.
Yet farmers are treated as second-class
Again,, the blame for Russia's depend- citizens, ignorant rubes, without enough
erice on grain-exporting countries boils brains to carry' them out to the outhouse.
down to the fact that the emphasis there. They are called cry-babies and corn-
has been on arms instead of agriculture. plainers, always at the government
Agriculture is an unpredictable mess. trough with their hands out for another
They have put their best brains to work subsidy.
on • military problems and lack the They cry only when hit the hardest.
technology necessary to 'increase farm They complain because their complaints -
raised. The money raised
production. Most experts feel Russia's are legitimate. They are'not, ignorant
shortage of warm, irrigated, fertile land rubes 'or second-class citizens.," They are
District Association for the
goes to the Wingham and could be overcome with 'up-to-date farm decent, hard-working, respectable people
science with more brains and 'ability than other
of the generosity of the
Mentally Retarded. Because
Yet,. Russia clings to the huge small businessman.
residents of Lucknow, the• mechanized farms which are worked by . They are the salt of the earth and
Silver. Circle Nursery School
squads of men and women who have no deserve your respect. „.
in Wingham will be able to
continue its service to handl-
- Webster who gave freely of
* riOn on the fourth concOssion. Entries to be in position by 12 noon. Parade time 1:30
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Anyone who was missed in • PLEASE PRINT ONLY
by calling Mary Lynn Cayley. , • - MAIL TO: , *
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Special thanks goes to •
Debra Arnold, LiZ - Black,
Lorna Boyle, Mildred Cam- I
eron, Laura Lee Cayley,
Mary Lynn. Cayley, Cathy ;—
Chisholm, Doug Clayk, •
Christy Davies, Sandra Gard-. • ,
ner, Kim Hilverda. Lynne • •
Hilverda, Anne Hamilton, •
Judi Hunter'; ,LOrl
the canvass May still donate • NAME'
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