The Wingham Advance-Times, 1967-04-13, Page 22farm Sector fcr its Inputs, At
least, however,. we realize that
improved farm price stabiliza,
tion measures and, increased
transfer incomes should be use-
ful in stabilizing, and. raising
farm income, Such develop,
ments may be helpful In dis-
couraging the increased rate of
migration from .agriculture,
Thursday, April 19, 1967 Page 4 Wingham Ad.VariceffTi.
Use of safety
devices cuts
tractor hazards
When eight of the fourteen
.farm employee deaths in Ontar-
io last year were caused by ov-
erturning tractors, and when
one quarter of the province's
vehicle deaths involved tractors,
mote farmers should make use
of anti-roll bars, says Safety
Specialist Hal Wright, Ontario
Department of Agriculture and
Food,
This year several companies
are making anti-roil bars avail,
able, The cost is approximate-
ly $200, The extra bonus is
that many of them have canvas
stretched over the top to shade
farmers from the sun - a guard
against sunstrokes.
Tractor cabs are safety de-
vices, too, especially if they
incorporate anti-roll bars, and
certainly lengthen a tractor's
work hours since they afford
protection from the rain and
snow. These cabs can be equip-
ped with air conditioning, heat-
ers, and even radios. Cabs cur
down on the noise level, too,
reducing accident-causing fa-
tigue.
Jack Alexander
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$20.95
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BOYS' DRESS SHOES - 20% OFF
Men's Latest Style DRESS SHOES
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the 54,000 soil samples sent to the Univer-
sity last year by 14,000 Ontario farmers.
Soil testing is recommended by the On-
tario Department of Agriculture and Food
as a necessity for today's modern farm
operation. The cards shown in the insert
are the results of soil tests translated into
computer language.
THE "BRAINS" behind modern day soil
test recommendations for farmers are not
always human. This data processor can
compute the results of a single soil test in
a fraction of a second, Professor T. J.
Heeg, Department of Soil Science, 0,A,C.,
University of Guelph, talks with the oper-
ator about some of the results from among
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Should we be concerned about the
quality problem of Ont. farm labor?
BOYS' 4 to 6X CANADIAN MADE
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"In the period from 1953-55
to 1963-65, the number of farm
operators in Ontario declined
from an average of 153,000 to
95, 000._ The output of On-
tario agriculture increased by
37% during this same period.If
we take the reduction in the
number of farm operators to
represent the decline in the
number of farms, we see that
the output per farm increased
by 122%", J. A. Dawson, Can-
adian Economics Council, re-
ported to the Ontario Agricul-
tural Conference of 1966.
From this quotation, we
realize that the technological
revolution has made substantial
progress in Ontario agriculture.
However, let's take a further
look at the declining numbers
of farm workers, Mr. Dawson
continued, "The number of
farms and farm workers were
expected to decline, with the
number of workers estimated to
decrease by about 100,000 be-
tween 1963 and 1970." We
might wonder whether the in-
creasing total productivity due
to the technological progress
can still last and offset the loss
resulting from the reduction of
farmworkers in the future. Cer-
tainly we will also ask why the
real farm income decreased in
the same time period of in-
creased production? Such prob-
lems have long been a concern
of agricultural economists and
rural sociologists,
In studying farm labor mo-
bility, research workers suggest
that, among the variables pert-
been initiated. It includes pro-
visions for reestablishment and
retraining of people. Likely it
would be more difficult to prac-
tice on farmers who are older
and partly or completely tied
down by tradition or physical
condition, or who have not
been able to participate, or
have resisted the process of
change. Therefore, the rela-
tively increasing percentage of
older farmers means that the
production capacity of the la-
bor resource used is somewhat
narrowed. Once the technolog-
ical progress cannot sufficiently
counteract this reduced produc-
tion capacity and if effective
alternatives cannot be provided
then Ontario agriculture will
face a decline in production,
income, or both,
While the overall decline in •
Ontario's rural labor force is be-
coming apparent, the changing
qualitative problem of farm la-
bor has been neglected. Al-
though its change has not been
significant enough to alert
policy-makers at present, the
problem does exist and may
tend to become more serious.
Apparently, solving the farm
labor problem has become more
difficult and complicated as a
result of agriculture's increas-
ing dependence on the non-
country in the western world.
From 1963 to 1970, one and
one-half million additional jobs
will have to be created. Of
these, at least 100,000 em-
ployees will migrate from farm-
ing, The majority of migrants
will probably be the younger
and better-educated farmers.
As we have discussed, the
facts that decreased real net
farm income i.e. increasing
educational opportunities and
favorable employment condi-
tions, are likely to encourage
the younger farm labor to move.
If this phenomenon is accepted
as a long-term trend, then the
component of farmworkers in
Ontario will soon become rather
old. In 1956, farm operators in
Ontario under 45 were about
40% of the total, and only 3'7.7%
in 1961. This not only indicat-
ed that a substantial quantity of
the workers will leave farming
but also the quality of the farm
labor force will change.
Following the substantial
technical change, the average
size of a farm operation is ob-
viously increasing. In 1951 on-
ly 32% of the total number of
farms were over 400 acres. In
1961, there were 46%. The
larger size of farm business is
also increasing the need to have
improved managerial ability.
This need raises important ques-
tions about the adequacy of the
education and training of those
who are farming today and those
who will be farming tomorrow.
Recently a farm enlargement
and consolidation program has
OVER 1,000 PAIRS of PANTS . . .
ALL AT GOOD PRICES
inent to this field of investiga-
tion, age and farm income,
skill in non-farm work, and
non-farm employment condi-
tions are major factors, Among
the farmers under 45 years of
age the potential mobility in-
creases significantly with de-
creasing net farm income and
with increasing skill in non-
farm work and favorable em-
ployment conditions.
In Ontario, net farm income
earned by farmers from the sale
of farm products dropped from
an average $158 million in
1941-56 to $122 million in
1961-65 or by 22.8%. During
the 1951-60 period, Ontario
farm operators under 45 years
declined by about 4%.
In Ontario, the knowledge of
younger farmers in non-farm
work is significantly increasing
as the educational opportuni-
ties increase and technology
progresses. Up to 1961, we
find that less than 30% of the
farm operators in the province
had gone beyond elementary
school. In 1961, 56% of the
15- to 19-year-old boys living
on farms were attending school.
This indicates that the potential
mobility of younger farmers in-
creased and will continually in-
crease,
In recent years, the most im-
portant element of potential
growth in the Canadian econ-
omy has been the rapid increase
in the labor force. Mr. Dawson
indicated that it had increased
more rapidly than that of any
other industrially-advanced
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