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Self sufficiency. is theme
of Farm Union convention
By LLOYD WILLERT exploited by people who
Self sufficiency or under should know better. This is
development in agriculture going on all the time,
was -the theme chosen for the especially uninformedpeople
ninth annual convention of are taken for a ride, but with
the National Farmers Union sp many people today being
held' in the Chateau Laurier told to make a.fast buck, no
hotel -in Ottawa December4- matter -how its done, what
8. .. else can we expect. We hear
President Roy _ Atkinson very -lttle today 'that isn't
reported that Canada is related dollars and cents.
importing 350 million dollars Taking advantage of your
worth of agricultural neighbor is taken for
. products that could be grown granted, that it is alright.
id•.Canada and that means Roy Atkinson has been
we are exporting jobs and called -to testify at the
importing -inflation. /"' R.C.M.P. Inquiry and he
In 1978 Mr. Atkinson was in said only history. will reveal
England at a meeting of some of the true facts of
World wheat exporting some of the cooked up
countries in Geneva to sit in schemes and • crooked ac -
on the negotiating of world tivities of our government
tariffs and trade. He said and solicitor general that
International trade links have taken place from the.
-between countries ander time of the F.L.Q. crisis till
bo -produeers of agriculture ,now.
commodities would be more For some unknown reason,
solid if they were based on the media will not or dare not
mutual interdependence and reveal the facts.
need rather than exploitation .In the late 60's the task
and greed". force on "Agriculture in the
In his farewell address as Seventies" revealed the plan
president Mr. Atkinson gave that agriculture should
an example of exploitation
that took ,place in our own
country.
This summer, Roy took a
trip to the far north on his
holidays to visit some of his
native friends, whom he had
met on a government mis-
sion -back in 1967. He said
while he was there two civil
servants and represen-
tatives of fish companies
came to make a deal to buy
fish from these people and
Roy sat in as an observer at
this meeting.
He said they offered 15
cents a pound for fresh lake
whitefish and when one
- young lad got up to try to get
more money he was told the
demand isn't there but if
demand improved they could
maybe give seven cents
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poor helpless people being
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I believe a man's greatest posses-
. sion is his dignity and that no
calling bestows this more abun-
dantly than farming.
I believe hard work and honest
sweat are the building blocks of
a person's character.
I believe that farming, deipite its
- hardships and disappointments,
is thea most honest and honor-
able way a man can spend his
days on this earth. •
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2..-•I'believe farming nurtures the
close family ties that make life
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I believe my children are learning
values that will last a lifetime
wand csin be learned in no other
way.
ti I believe farming provides educa-
tion for life and that no other
occupation teaches so much
I . about birth, grovih and lrTatu-
2 ' rity,in such a variety of ways.
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I believe many of the best things in
life are indeed free: -the splen-
dor of a sunrise, the rapture of
wide open spaces, the eilibilarat-
ing sight of your land grf ening
each spring.
1 believe true happiness comes
from watching your crops ripen
in the field, your children grow
tall in th't sun. your whole fam-
ily fee) the pride that springs
from their shared experience.
I believe that by .my .toil I am giv-
ing more to the world than I am
• taking from it, an honor that
dos not•c?me to all men.
I-believe,•my life will be measured
ultimately by what I have done
for my fellowman, and by this
standard I fear no judgment.
I believe when a man grows old
and staffs up His days, he should
be able to stand tall and, feel'
pride in the life he's lived.
I believe in farming because it
makes all this possible.
Merry Christmas and`Happy New Year
From Our Staff
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follow and then last year the
T.M. 10 report„ a secret
document, leaked out,
showing us the course
agriculture should follow,
then there was the meeting
of • the (Trilateral • Com-•
mission) of ,which Roy
Atkinson attended.
These groups all recom-
mend agriculture- should
become less labor intensive
and push for the • huge
conglomerates. This applies
in other industries as well.
Japanese are buying into our
fishing industry, eventually
ending up processing the
fish. No matter where you
look -big business is
gradually taking over the
renewable resources of
Canada without much of a
fight.
The mass media seems to
be governed by what these
big corporations tell them to
say and what not to say.
If present trends are not
reversed soon we in Canada
will be swallowed up in a
system that most. everyone
says they don't want, but by
saying everything is going
good, will take us to where
the communist countries
were when communism took
over,
Vice-president - James
Mayne reported on some of
the activities of the Union in
1978. The Maritime -regions
put on demonstrations with
600 farmers blocking the
Trans Canada Highway,
trying to get their message
across as to how potato
producers were being ex-
ploited. Potatoes were being
impoi`ted while at the same
time. local growers could
hardly give their potatoes
away. .
In Ontario the main push is
to get corn under the um-
brellaof the Canadian Wheat
Boa -ed System Under the
Canadian Constitution we
need a national approach to
marketing sp we can
regulate imports and ex-
ports. The Canadian
railways were taken to task
this past year for failing to
move enough grain to export
positions.
N.F.U. members con-
ducted a program known as
"spy sky", where farmers
conducted a search •by air
and ground and found many
rail cars transporting C.S.
grain . - on American
railroads, as well as many
cars in Canada sitting on
siding empty, some needing
very little repairs. After a
heated confrontation with
the heads of railroads, they
promised to do better.
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Fcirminput .costs: .
to rise with oil
Tony McQuail, Lucknbw
area farmer and the former
co-ordinator of Huron
County's Energy Con-
servation Centres, .told
members of the Huron
Federation of Agriculture
that as crude oil goes up In
price, farmers' input costs
also increase.
The problem, Mr. McQuail
said, is that "we in the
farming industry can't pass
.on these price 'increases to
the consumers as quickly."
'Mr. McQuail spoke tv
federation members on
Thursday night at their
monthly meeting held in the
Clinton OMAF office.
IP examining -some of the
energy conservation
practices and renewable
energy options fot the farm,
Mr. McQuail pointed out
farmers, as well • as the
general population, have
become heavily dependent
on non-renewable sources of
energy.
He said farmers could face
a situation where oil supplies
are exhausted, and "we're in
a crunch situation." He said'
this situation could be three
years from now or it might
not be for 25 years.
He pointed out farmers
once depended on the sun,
their own labor, and organic
fertilizer •to• produce crops.
He said "More energy was
produced frqm the crops
. than labor was put into the
system by the farmer."
Today, however, farmers
depend on non -renewal
resources to provide fuel for
,their farm machinery, and
petrochemical derivatives
are used in both fertilizer
and pesticides.
Mr. McQuail said farmers
should- look at their own
personal system of energy
use. on the farm,and then
examine "what otions are
open to us."Finally, he said,
"Farmers should evaluate
how you can get from where
you are today to where you'd
like to be down the line."
Mr. McQuail said
agriculture is presently in a
very vulnerable position
with i6s' dependence -on
crude oil energy resources.
He suggested some ,ways
farmers fan conserve
energy in their operations is
to match machinery to the
-work it's required to do, to
insulate farm buildings
properly, utilize natural
ventilation and consider
using- alternative energy
sources in • the farm -
operation.
Two such sources Mr.
d McQuail stggested were
using windmills to pump
water and using wood -heated
boilers to provide heat, using
wood from 44 farm woodlot.
He sai the danger of
exhausting non-renewable
energy resources comes
nearer, scientists and others
ate becoming more pr>tctical
in their experiment with'
alternative forms or energy.
He said experiments are
being carried out to fuel
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tractors with alcol)'ol-, from
crop rbsldues and others are
experimenting -with methane
gasps produced from
manure.
Mr. McQuail •said it's time
to try to • interconnect
systems on the farm again.
For example, an operation
which requires•'heat can
passively collect solar heat
from the sun on sunny days.
Thi>}can be backed up with a
wood -fired boiler system to
supplement the sun's heat or
fuel oil =can be burned in a
generatorratherthane boiler
to produce electricity.
Mr. McQuail said if enough
electricity could be
produced, it could be sold to
Ontario Hydro.
The secret of conserving
energy, Mr. McQuail said,
"is to try. and make use ,of
waste from any one system
as an input in another
system."
Following Mr. McQuail's
speech, audience members
discussed whether methane
gas could be produced in
septic tank systems and how
to use generators in a home
Times -Advocate, December 21, 1978 Page 27
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It's such a pleasure to say
thank you to our, many friends
and customers at Christmas.
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approval of the idea of
selling excess electricity
said, "It would be nice to
receive a cheque from
Ontario Hydro every month d'
instead of a bill."
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In other business, 2.
federation members ap- •
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proved a resolution sub-
mitted by the Grey Township 2
Federation of Agriculture.
The resolution asked that
Farm and Country, the OE* i
monthly newspaper, be
asked tp publish the Chicagoecl�zrin flint
hog futures in their 2
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this holibau fz�ill
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