The Rural Voice, 1978-10, Page 28a dairy barn with a fog of DDT to control
flies, how he mixed pesticides in barrels
and how a salesman, to demonstrate the
saftey of 2, 4-D. used to drink it.
Don Weber, incoming association presi-
dent and an official of Dow Chemical Co.
Ltd., of Sarnia told Whelan that the
pesticide industry operates "from hour to
hour at your descretion" and urged
Whelan to speak up more in defence of the
industry.
Peter Hannam, president of the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture said that farmers
"want to produce wholesome healthy food.
We don't want and won't tolerate harmful
residues in our products. and we don't
condone pollution of our environment."
He said it is the abuse that should be
ended rather than regulationby total bans.
Hannam said the DDT problem in Ontario
was not caused by farmers, but by
cottagers and tourists "who used
mammoth amountsin Northern Ontario."
Earl Butz, a former U.S. secretary of
agriculture who was fired by then -president
Gerald Ford, defended the pesticide
industry. He said that profits are necessary
and that science and technology are the
main hope for food production increases.
He said North America has the cheapest
food in the world affording Canadian and
U.S. people the highest standard of living.
Cattlemen offer
5500 scholarships
The Ontario Cattlemens' Association has
announced 2 annual scholarships of 5500
each. They will be awarded to students in
the agricultural degree program at the
University of Guelph. One scholarship will
be awarded to a student in animal and
poultry science and the other to a student in
agricultural economics and rural develop-
mentThey will be awarded after completion
of second year Recipients will be selected
on the basis of academic standing and
participation in rural community leader-
ship activities. This year's winners will be
selected by the 2 university departments
involved. To be considered in 1979 and
following years. students completing their
second year mu st apply to the assistant
registrar by April 1.
The Great Canadian Bean
Company is formed
The Great Canadian Bean Camp nay is
the name of a new Ailsa Craig company
involved in exporting edible beans.
The new company, owned try Peter
Twynstra of the Ailsa Craig area, was
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The owners sees a good export market
for white, yellow -eye and other edible
beans grown in Ontario, including red
kidney, soybeans, mung and azuki beans.
Mr. Twynstra said, "Milk is nature's
most perfect food, and beans are a close
second in nutritional terms. The more
expensive red meat becomes, the more
people will turn to beans."
The farmer, who operates a 1,000 acre
farm, is not new to the commercial elevator
business. Next to his nine silos of The
Great Canadian Bean Co., is a long
established grain elevator, Twilight Acre
Farms Ltd. which handles corn and other
feed grains.
Mr. Twynstra said while there's a lot on
money in the food business. it's not at the
farmers' end.
"If farmers have made money, its
because of appreciating land prices rather
than selling products. "Mr. Twynstra said.
The farmer decided to go into the edible
bean business rather than expanding his
farming operation. in order to "get closer
to the consumer dollar."
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