The Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-05-06, Page 98—teeleiow Sees
Why, May 6, 1981
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The. lid is going to blow in rural
Canada.
When it blows, it will not only hit the
roof but go right through the ceiling.
Potato farmers in Prince Edward
Island are being warned that last year's
high prices for a record crop was a fluke.,
They are being told to cut back on p.
duction and save what they made "last
year for a lean year ahead.
'Quebec hog farmers and broiler
chicken producersare being told that the
fair prices; (fair?), they got last yearare
going to bottom out this year.
Ontario farmers, especially beef and
hog producers, are suffering record -high
bankruptcies. They are :. for relief
to senior governments to stop high in-
terest rates. A group in southwestern On-
tario is calling for the resignation of
Agminister Lorne Henderson.
Western farmers are watching their
land blow away in spring dust storms
reminiscent of the Dirty Thirties.
They have also been warned of impen-
ding droughts that could see their crops
wither to nothing.
The concern is spreading to almost
?every aspect' of agriculture across
Canada. -
To make matters worse in
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cern is growing that the. giant K.C.
Irving -owned conglomerate w#1 be given
permission to acquire 9,000 acres of land
at Kensington -Cavendish to grow more
potatoes to feed its processing plant. The
fears, of course, are valid since indepen-
dent farmers feel Irving interests would
use the extra land as a leverage against
the little man.
The Kensington -Cavendish operation,
to be fair, has been a,losing operation for
former owners. The Irving people are
trying to make it profitable and much
money has been spent to improve the
product. Improvements mean more than
300 jobs on the Island and that cannot be
frightened away.
But the unmistakable signs of a "rural.
uprising are there for everyone to see.
L•UI!b ate apptec.Yied D. SOD tgotN, Iles* Old Elm.' Oat N]Ei 2C?
Farmers are unhappy. Beef farmers
have been in deep trouble for more than
half a decade. They have steadfastly
refused to org a marketing board
preferring to staunch free enter-
prisers. One cannot a but admire their
tenacity, but the wri is on the wall.
Farm bankrup • in Ontario alone in-
creased by 91 rcent last year and this
year doesn't seem to be much better. In
other businesses, bankruptcies increased
by only 18 percent. Foreclosures are also
increasing and the federation of
agricultureestimates foreclosures are 10
times higher than bankruptcies. `y
I have related two or three horror
stories here recently about farmers be-
ing unable to get enough money to put in
their crops this year. Some younger
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farmers arepaying huge interest `debts.
Even the usually non-farm oriented.
Globe and Mail carried .a , story recently
about Brian Ireland from Teeswater, a
hard-working,, respected farmer, is
paying $1,000 a week in interest s who
Cha>r"gesi`.
of Don Morrison of Lucknow who paid
$30,000 last year in debt charges; of Glen
Smith, a 24—year—old farmer from Troy
who can't sell out because the bank beat.
him to it by demanding $170,000 in 24
hours.. -
When he couldn't pay, trucks were sent
to take away his hogs and leave his land
frozen so that he can't even put ina crop.
Te it any wonder so many are selling
out to foreign buyers who are willing to
pay top dollar. for Canadian farm land?
Is it any wonder that conglomerates such
as K. C. Irving with all kinds of backing
can contemplate buying 9,000 acres of
land?
There are plenty of reasons why.
farmers are crying the blues. When you
are forced to pay, $750 for replacement
cattle; feed them all winter and.then sell
them for $735, you aregoing to get very
angry indeed.
That's why it is easy to predict that the
lid is going to blow in rural Canada.
Farmers are angry and bewildered and.
who can blame them?
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By Ruth Buchmeler
Mr. and Mrs. Jack. Need-
ham
have returned to their
South Kinloss home after
spending the winter in Flor-
ida.
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Logan
have returned . home from
Texas. On route home they
dropped into Calgary, Al-
berta to visit with their son.
Frank Gleason of Kelving-
ton, Saskatchewan, died in
his 87th year. He worked for
yearsfor the late Archie
Macintyre He left here 30
years ago to go west:
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mac-
Intre, Margaret and Sandy,
Mrs. Nancy MacIntyre and
Mary MacIntyre•and Dr. and
Mrs. Alex. Maclntyre and.
girls of Alliston "visited last
Sunday with Dan and Ruth
Rose of Markdale. Mary
wet . to the Markdale hos-
pital to visit .. with Dan's
mother, Mrs. Elizabeth
Stothers, formerly of Luck-
now. She is hospitalized,with
a fractured hip.
Sundayvisitors with Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Maclntyre
and family were Mr, Jack
Blue of Goderich, Mr.. and
Mrs. Virdin Mowbray of
Lucknow, Mary Maclntyre,
Mr. and Mrs. -John Mowbray
and Duncan, Mr. and Mrs. J.
R. Murray and family of
Palmerston, Mr, and Mrs.
Dog Bannerman and family
of Kincardine, Mr. and Mrs,
Alex Thompson and family of
Binbrook, Mrs. Ron Sim-
mons . of Toronto and Gary
Gibson of Harriston.
Many from this area at-
tended the Lucknow Presby-
terian church 108th anniver-
sary with guest minister
being Rev. R. D. Currie. Mr.
Currie is no stranger as he
was minister at Langsitle and
Whitechurch churches for a
number of years. It was sure
good to see him again.
Sunday dinner guests with
Mr. and Mrs. Fraser Mac-
Kinnon and Murray, were
Mrs. Jim Ritchie, •Mrs. Bell
MacKinnon of Lucknow and
John MacKinnon and Mr.
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and Mrs. Jim Frayne of
Goderich.
Mr. and Mrs. Fraser Mac-
Kinnon visited last weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Roe, of Milverton:.
4-H achievement night
wa sheld. in Ripley High
School last Wednesday even-
ing with the course being,
Ready Get Set Sew. Those
taking the course were Jo-
anne de Boer, Linda Vander-
Klippe, Yvonne Hartemink,
Anne Doelman, Heather
MacDougall. and Nancy Hal-
denby. The leaders were
Mrs. Jack Mali and Mrs.
Brian Doelman.
Visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Buckmeier and Carol are
Mr. ' and Mrs. Ron MacGil-
livray of Medicine Hat, Al-
berta. .Also Mrs. Stewart
MacGillivray was a dinner
guest..
Attend
guide
meeting .,
Mrs. Jack McKim and
Mrs, Don Thompson of Luck-
now attended the Provincial
Annual meeting of -the Girl
Guides of Canada on May 1,
-2, 3, at the University of
Guelph.
Critical care unit
C ODERICH The Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital
board ' has appointed a
steering committee to study
the feasibility of raising
$450,000 to construct and
equip a four bed critical care
unti and improved day
surgery facilities:
recognized a need for these
th se
The mini of health had
facilities in the area.
However, the hospital's
initial request for funds has
been turned down by the
ministry since their capitat
funds for the next three
years have• been committed
to other provincial health
care projects..
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