The Rural Voice, 1978-03, Page 12cannot be separated and the cure "can only be found in sound
conservation practices".
He spoke of the recent Pollution from Land Use Activities
Reference Group (PLUARG) hearings and said farmers hope that
the recommendations will be reasonable, practical and
economically acceptable to farmers.
He called for co-operation of the Safety council. and ministries
of agriculture and environment to provide farmers with more
information on the proper and safe use of farm chemicals. He
called for a major research project to reclaim and purify sewage
so it can safely be used as a fertilizer.
He called for more research to develop new crops and cropping
practices to help conservation without reducing yields. With
sufficient research, he said, scientists could develop crops such
as perennial barley which would eliminate the need for intensive
cultivation, reduce erosion and saving on energy unputs.
He also called for more research into the causes, effects and
remedies of pollution and soil erosion and said more personnel
should be trained in the techniques of conservation.
John Hazlitt, a member of the OFA grains committee outlined
the OFA corn marketing plan proposal and said a corn
organization could fight such inequities as the tarriff structure
that imposes only an eight cent per bushel charge on American
corn coming north, but a 25 cent levy on Canadian corn going
south.
The media came in for another blast in a discussion following a
presentation by George Underwood of the Property and Landuse
Committee of the Huron Federation. He dealt with
contradictions in the figures shown by Agriculture Minister Bill
Newman which purport to show that Ontario has plenty of
farmland in reserve. He said the people of Ontario are not being
told the whole story and that the media is not doing its job in
telling the story. Most of the so-called reserve land is in northern
and eastern Ontario. "You can't grow peaches in Northern
Ontario", he said.
John Van Beers discussed input costs objecting to hydro rate
increases, the rapidly increasing cost of parts for farm
machinery, the poor workmanship and design many of these
implements show which ends up costing farmers a good deal of
money for repairs to expensive machinery that is only a few years
old. In discussion following the high cost of farm delivered
gasoline was also discussed where farmers had to pay 91 cents a
gallon delivered while it was for sale at as little as 79 cents at
pumps in town. Some farmers reported that after putting
pressure on local dealers the price dropped as much as five to
seven cents a gallon in the Seaforth area.
Albert Van Dyken reported on Huron county's successful 4-H
program, which had 399 members and a completion rate of 90
per cent in 1977.
Tom Papple, speaking for the Huron County Pork Producers
said the pork producers are spending a considerable amount of
money in research but felt the governments were ignoring their
responsibility in that area. He called for ways of getting
inexpensive credit to young farmers to get into the farming
sector and warned that if it isn't forthcoming, Targe integrators
will take over more of the farming industry at the expense of
family enterprises.
William J. Scott reported for the Huron County Egg Producers
complaining that while Ontario produces 38 per cent of all the
eggs in the country, it has only one vote of 12 on the Canadian
Egg Marketing Agency board. He outlined some of the problems
that have arisen between the provincial regulations and the
CEMA regulations regarding quotas and the price of surplus
eggs. Rae Houston, Secretary Treasurer of the Huron County
Cream Committee pointed out the problems of the cream
producers and that government officials complain about the cost
of storage of skim milk powder but his group does not add a
single pound to that surplus. Still, he said, Canada imports 12
millign pounds of butter a year that could have been produced
here, saving Canadian jobs. Likewise, he said, "the manufacture
of cheddar cheese does not add any powdered milk to the
PG. 12. THE RURAL VOICE/MARCH1978.
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