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72 THE RURAL VOICE
NEWS
"There's no use going into lobby if you
can't be positive."
A small sample of comments from
those who presented briefs indicates the
conflicts raised by the severance issue:
• Paul Younger, from District 2 of the
Ontario Sheep Marketing Agency, was
critical of "the present craze for quick
cash."
• Don Lewis, cash cropper: "The day
you decide to divide your farm up is the
day you've decided you've failed as a
farmer."
• Kevin Eccles, a dairy farmer, asked
why the county is being "cut up without
any plan or design."
• Julie Hertel, beef farmer: "If you
want to stop severances, double the
farm -gate prices."
• Bill Hodges, a past president of the
Grey federation, suggested legislation
to make preserving food land a social
service, like health care, for example.
He added: "Supporters of the open-door
severance policy ... are selling their
birthright for a 'mess of pottage'."
• Ed Ryscroft, livestock farmer:
"Now, if a severance is proposed and
you oppose it, you feel like an outcast."
• Norman Seabrook, a property
rights advocate, said he believes prime
food land must be preserved, but the use
of marginal land to farm "is no longer a
viable way of life."
• Michael Atkins, farmer: "If the
people of Canada want farm land pre-
served for the future they must preserve
the farmer."
• Grant Preston, a farmer: "Farms
and farmers are good for Grey County. I
hope Grey County will continue to be
good for farmers. An environment suit-
able for farming is one in which land
severances are controlled and restrict-
ed."OLG
SAFETY AWARDS
Betty Boyce of Perth County was a
Merit Award winner at the 17th annual
conference of the Farm Safety Associa-
tion last month.
Boyce has been a 4-11 Farm Safety
Club leader for more than 10 years and
devotes a great deal of time to Farm
Safety Association activities in Perth.
Other winners of the Merit Awards
were Eugene Lemon of York County
and Jim Gibb of Oxford.0