The Rural Voice, 1979-06, Page 33program since he and his sons were
ttaining farmers for three of the students in
the program.
Mr. Malcolm told the graduates when he
started farming the pork industry "was .n't
much" - just a barn with horses, cows and
sone pigs next to where you kept the
turnips. The speakers said in those days,
pigs were nicknamed "mortgage lifters."
Over the years, Mr. Malcolm said the
pork Industry has certainly become more
sophisticated.
Ten years ago, when the index system
started paying producers for the lean
weight in a carcass, this meant the pigs
being marketed now are much leaner than
in the past. Feeds improved and marketing
has become more sophisticated. Mr.
Malcolm said there are now 45 assembly
points across the province where producers
can deliver their pigs and every county has
a pork producers' association.
Mr. Malcolm said the marketing board Is
now spending $700,000 a year or 23 cents
per hog on promoting pork in Ontario
through television and newspaper
advertising as well as the two pork
restaurants opened in the Toronto area.
The speaker said now "it seems every-
one is going into the pork business lately."
He said there are now 17,000 producers in
the province turning out 72,000 hogs per
week. He said as pork producers expand
their operations there is a "definite need
for more help", since farmers don't want
to work a seven day week. He said
producers are now going into two or three
man operations and herdsmen's salaries
have increased up to as much as $350 per
week.
He said producers want workers who are
dependable, prompt and observant enough
to see what's happening in the barn. He
told the students that one of the most
important attributes was their attitude to
the pigs -"do you like pigs?" he added.
"They (pigs) are very intelligent animals
and very clean if given half a chance," he
added.
Mr. Malcolm concluded his remarks by
saying the pork business is big business
and "1 think it's here to stay." He said as
people eat less beef, then it should mean
more pork will be eaten in the future.
Doug McRae, co-ordinator of the
program, told the students they were a
wonderful group of people to work with and
that some of the trainees brought as much
practical information to the courst; as he
had himself.
He said the students were fortunate in
being the first class in the program since
they will have the jump on everyone else in
finding jobs.
The graduates of the program are John
Edgar Ahren of Ayton, Douglas Bridge of
Wiarton, Howard Burke of Angus, Leo
Glazema of Moorefield, Ruth Hastings of
Wingham, Brian Ireland of Brighton,
Cornelia LeRoy of Ripley, Patrick Lord of
Codrington. Percy Aarts of Arkona, John
Johnston of Auburn, Dennis McCarroll of
Parkhill, Peter Mogensen of Moorefield,
Gary Spruyt of Mount Brydges, John
Steeves of Colborne, Peter Stockall of
London, Robert Vanderpryt of Dublin,
John VanEngelen of Thedford, Mike
VanKessel of Forest, Erich Wilson of
Durham and Stan Wilson of Walkerton.
Wingham to get
new feed mill
, A new retail feed mill for Wingham in
Huron County is expected to be operational
by the spring of next year.
The mill is the result of increased area
feed grain production and requests from
members of the United Co-operatives of
Ontario.
The new facility will be located on
Highway 4 two miles north of Wingham
and will, have an annual 20,000 tonne
capacity.
The plant will open a new market where
area farmers can sell grain. Also, the mill
will custom mix grain and make balanced
rations.
The mill will include 69 bins with a 2,177
tonne storage capacity, modern dust
control collection system and provisions for
future retail receiving.
Waterfront
restaurant
plans dropped
Plans for a waterfront restaurant along
the Goderich harbour have been dropped
due to opposition from harborfront in-
dustries Domtar Sifto Salt Mine and the
Goderich Elevator and Transit Co. The
Huron County Federation of Agriculture
also opposed the move.
Local developer Bob Gibbons dropped
his plan saying he doesn't "need any more
aggravation."
Opponents said dust and noise levels in
the area would interfere with a restaurant
and that could eventually lead to restric-
tions on grain -handling at the harbor.
New trespass laws good
for urban, rural people,
Newman says
Agriculture and Food Minister Bill
Newman says that the proposals for a new
law covering trespass would be beneficial
to both urban dweller and rural landowner.
Mr. Newman was commenting on the
release by Attorney General Roy
McMurtry of the White Paper, "Occupiers
Liability and Trespass to Property" tabled
in the Legislature on Thursday.
The White Paper describes legislation
proposed to limit the liability of property
owners towards people who enter their
lands, and to extend the categories of land
to which entry is prohibited without the
landowner having to give notice.
The proposals are intended to safeguard
the rights of landowners and at the same
time to encourage them to make land
available for recreational activities. They
were drafted following a review of the
present law governing landowners' rights
and liabilitites, which was conducted with
the assistance of various agricultural and
recreational groups.
As protection against trespass, the
proposed legislation would raise the fine for
trespassing from 5100 to $1,000 and would
permit the courts to impose on convicted
trespassers the costs of prosecutions. It
would also allow the courts to compensate
landowners for damage caused by tres-
passers to property or crops.
The proposed legislation would add
orchards and fields under cultivation to the
category of land to which entry is
prohibited without the landowner having to
post signs or give other notice. Under the
present law, only lawns, gardens and
enclosed lands are included in this cate-
gory.
The proposals also call for limiting the
liability of owners to persons who enter
their lands to a duty to take reasonable care
to ensure their safety. This duty would not
be owed to persons entering land for
criminal purposes.
Also proposed is a code of colored
markings and signs which would allow
owners to designate which activities they
wished to permit on their land.
In discussing the proposals, Mr. New-
man said, "Legislation along these lines
will go a long way towards protecting the
farmer against the increasing problem of
theft of crops and damage to property."
He also said that by relieving the farmer
of liability, the proposals would make more
rural land available for such recreational
uses as hunting and hiking.
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