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PARTICIPATE IN CLINIC - - Taking part in Sunday's horse training clinic sponsored
by the Exeter Saddle Club were Kerrie Schmidt, Lynn Huff and RoxonnoT Edwords.
T -A photo.
The actions of Allan
Wilford, .president of the
_Canadian Fanners Survival
Association,' have been
chronicled by the press from
coast to coast.
Mr. Wilford refused to sign
a bond to appear in court. Ile
went to jail and refused to eat
until the federal government
passed legislation which
would prevent banks i'rom
foreclosing on farmers. •
The picture of the slight.
34 -year-old Arran Township
beef farmer, risking his life
for his fellow farmers,
brought sympathetic gestures
from other sectors of the
economy. His wife and fami-
ly were also shown in a sym-
pathetic light attending a
special prayer service outside
the Stratford ' jail where
Wilford was incarcerated.
It worked.
A private member's bill to
.amend the Farmers'
Creditors Arrangement Act
was given swift second
reading. The amendment will
allow farmers facing
foreclosure to seek a court
order to give them time to
find alternate financing or to
wind up their business in an
orderly fashion.
-It will also, if it receives
third reading, allow judges to
-order reductions in a farmer's
debt anri allow farmers to pay
a loan ahead of schedule with
a small penalty. It is similar
to legislation which was in ef-
fect during the Great Depres-
sion years.
Mr. Wilford has become
famous. Ile was in western
Canada shortly after his
release from jail, speaking to
farmers there on how to form
a survival association.
But a lot of surveyors of the
farm scene view such tactics
with a jaundiced eye. Mr.
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Wilford is entitled to do what
he thinks is right but I am of
the opinion that a great many
fanners do not agree with ac-
tions that border on
blackmail.
For that is what Mr.
Wilford almost did. He said he
would continue his hunger
strike until Parliament pass-
ed the bill to help farmers in
trouble. ire used his health
and well-being to coerce
Parliament. Is it tantamount
to blackmail?
if every person in this socie-
ty with a legitimate complaint
and 11r. Wilford's complaint
was legitimate - decided to go
on a hunger 'strike, the
democratic system in Canada
would be killed. It would die
from outside pressure.
The governments of this
Bidders prep -
for top eggs
Members. of the province's
egg industry Will try to out -bid
each other for the best eggs in
Ontario on April 29, as the
winning entries in the Ontario
Egg Board's annual Egg
Quality Contest are put up for
auction.
The top entries from each of
• seven different classes will be
auctioned at 3:00 p.m. at the
Western Fair Grounds in Lon-
don, Ontario. The Egg Quali-
ty Contest and the auction of
prizre-winning eggs will
highlight the 26th annual
Poultry Industry Conference
and Exhibition, sponsored by
the Ontario Poultry Council.
Ifaif of each winning bid
will be donated to the Easter
Seal Society in support of
physically disabled children;
the other half will be award-
ed to the entrant. Last year,
a total of $1,542.50 was
donated to charity.
The top five entries in each
of the seven classes will be
awarded a cash prize by the
Ontario Egg Producers'
Marketing Board. In addition,
six trophies will be presented
during the Ontario Egg
Board's Luncheon on April 21.
All eggs entered other than
the award -winner's will be
donated to a local charity.
country, right fi•oln municipal
councils to the House of ('om-
mons, are under severe
pressure to please many
segments of society. It is im-
possible to satisfy them all.
To paraphrase Abe Lincoln.
you may please all the people
some of the time; you can
even please some of the peo-
ple all the time: but you can't
please all of the people all of
the time.
Mr. Wilford took drastic ac-
tion and he got results. But
suppose every banker in
Canada decided to go on a
hunger strike to allow banks
to use legislation to foreclose?
-The situation could be carried.
to inane lengths if every in-
dividual who thinks he has a
grievance decided to fast or
use some other form to exert
pressure on Parliament.
Parliament's concern is to
decide on the merits of the
laws, based on the justice of
those laws. and not on an
emotional binge.
Such bizarre methods can
lead. if carried tb the ex-•
tretne, to anarchy.
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Your Pioneer Sales
Representative is:
Case
Van Relay
R.R. 3
Dashwood, Ont.
Ph. 237-3496
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Oil
Crop Insurance
rates unchanged
The price farmers pay for vulnerable to the freak
Crop Insurance on general August frost" he added.
crops this year has not in- The number of farmers
participating in the Crop In-
surance program is the
highest ever, which explains
why the rates have remained
the same for 1983. Risks are
spread as the acres insured
increased.
"We like to make sure all
farmers know about Crop In-
surance and are given the op-
portunity to buy it. I'm sure
they'll agree that Crop In-
surance is even a better value
than ever," said Davies.
creased over 1982. To make
their package even more at-
tractive, the benefits paid for
reseeding have been
increased.
"The program we are offer-
ing this year has the same
positive features as in the
past, at a price farmers just
can't afford to 'pass by,"
stated Len David, Sales
Manager for Canada Ontario
Crop Insurance. •
As an example, on corn, the
high price option of $2.75/bu.
on guaranteed production,
will be $6.50 per acre, which
is essentially the same as last
year. However, in 1983 if an
insureds corn crop fails to
germinate or give a satisfac-
tory stand due to weather
related perils, Crop Insurance
will pay the farmer $25 per
acre to reseed his field. Last
year's benefit was $20 per
acre.
In 1982 the general crops
like corn, soybeans, winter
wheat, and spring grains had
their share of weather set-
backs. Crop Insurance paid
significant claims on a winter
killed and poor yielding wheat
crop. "Frost on the corn and
soybeans amounted to heavy
losses for Central Ontario
farmers. The white bean crop
was delivered a severe blau,
by rainfall at harvest and
claims were fairly high in this
crop account" said Davies.
"However, the biggest loser
in 1982 was the Flue Cured
Tobacco that was most
On holiday in • Egypt, a
tourist asked a guide at Giza
the meaning of some
hieroglyphics at the foot of a
pyramid.
With a disarming smile the
guide answered, "It says
'Continued on Pyramid
Three, Column Two."
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Canada ® Agriculture and Food
Times-Advocute, April 6, 1983
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