HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-07-13, Page 15CHECKING REFORESTATION — One group of visitors to the conservation tour of the Whyte Brothers farms
near Seaforth hear about reforestation. T -A photo.
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The last time I wrote a col-
umn about battered wives, I
got half a dozen letters which
said, emphatically, that I
made it sound as though
every farm wife in Canada
was being kicked around by
her husband.
Not so.
But it does happen, even out
there in the boondocks.
Statistics indicate one woman
in 10 in Canada is battered at
some time in a relatiohship.
The incidence may not be as
high in the rural areas but to
turn our backs on the plight of
even a few farm wives would
be ignoring a problem in the
hope it will disappear.
The problem in the country
is that help for a battered wife
may be many miles away. In
towns and cities, homes for
victims are relatively close. A
battered wife can walk, take
a cab or a bus to get away
from an intolerable situation.
In the country, though, help
may be many miles away and
farm wives may be unable to
escape. It costs scads of
money to take a taxi in the
country. The unfortunate vic-
tim may be forced to remain
and simply take the abuse
becau.ae she cannot get away
from it.
Again, let me emphasize: 1
do not want to leave the im-
pression farmers make a
habit of battering their wives.
I suspect it happens less often
in the country'lhafi iii the city.
But it is worth mentioning
that a program is being
developed in Manitoba
specifically for rural women
where shelters are not
available. The Manitoba
Committee on Wife Abuse is
receiving both federal and
provincial funds.
"Rural women, especially
those in outlying areas, can be
hundreds of miles from the
nearest shelter or have no
place to go when they are
beaten," says Toni Nelson, a
public education co-ordinator
for the committee.
Under the two-month pilot
project, a battered woman
can telephone a toll-free,•
24-hour crisis hotline and get
immediate counselling from
a trained volunteer. If she
wants to leave home, a
volunteer or the police will
pick her up and take her to the
nearest community with a
sate -home where she can
stay overnight or even for a
few days.
The committee, instead of
finding and funding houses to
be used full time by battered
wives, has inaugurated a
"safe -home" plan. Families
are recruited who will offer
their homes as a temporary
refuge for battered women
and their children.
About 14 homes
strategically located across
the province have been found.
Another 25 or :30 homes are
being screened. Some
municipalities have even of-
fered to pay food and shelter
costs incurred by a safe -home
family.
Provincial Policing in
Manitoba is handled by the
RCMP and officers are being
informed of the safe -homes.
A.
GOOD LISTENERS - Seaforth farmer Nick Whyte
Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority
manager listen to a speaker at Thursday's
tion tour at the Whyte farms near Seaforth.T-A
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When thepare,called to a
domestic dispute, they can
recommend accommodation.
The same thing could be
done with provincial police
and small, local police forces
in this province.
The Manitoba committee's
goal is to establish a safe -
home in every community so
women can seek safety and
shelter without being banish-
ed from familiar ground.
The entire idea is commen-
dable. Perhaps the farm sur-
vival organization of the
women for the survival of
agriculture or the federation
of agriculture -- somebody! --
could organize a similar plan
in Ontario. If Manitoba can
afford it, any other province
should be willing.
If farmers are going to sur-
vive in this country, we could
start with farm wives.
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and Food
huron farm
and
home news
Been to a
conference lately?
Well they are great fun.
There are always new people
to meet, new ideas, new ek-
periences. The 4-H
Homemaking Provincial Con-
ference was held June
27th -30th at the University of
Guelph. Over 155 4-H'ers from
all over Ontario attended the
four day event that worked
through the theme "Dimen-
sions '83 - What's Ahead for
Me?". There were speakers,
discussion groups, tours,
recreation and a lot of good
mingling.
Huron County was
represented by four 4.11'ers:
Christine I3oogemans, Grand
Bend II Club; Kendra Bailie,
Cranbrook II Club; Cathy
Van Ninhuys, Holmesville II
Club; Diane VanOsch,
Kingsbridge ('lub; Susan
VanderSpek, Hurondale IV
Club.
Ask them about their ex-
perience. I'll bet they're smil-
ing when they tell you.
Jane Muegge
Rural Organizations and
Services Specialist
I Home Economist
1-11 exchange with
Turtleford, Saskatchewan
What an exciting opportuni-
ty! Fifteen enthusiastic
Huron County 4-11 members
along with two chaperones
will be flying to Saskat-
chewan on July 12th for a one
week visit. Each 4.11 member
will be hosted by a Saskat-
chewan 4-11 member who
they will host in Iluron Coun-
ty from July 19 to 26.
Exchange delegates will
have the opportunity to
discover and understand
another part of Canada and to
meet and to make new friends
in Saskatchewan Sight-
seeing, touring, visiting,
speaking, 4-11 activities,
recreational activities and
farm work are all part of this
exchange proer-am. Maybe, if
time permits. the delegates
will catch a few winks of
sleep.
Participants from Iluron
County are Kate Boon, Denise
Brand, Janet Iloggarth,
Carole llohenadel. Karen
McMichael, Jacquie Robert-
son, Dianne Shelley, Sandra
Shelley, Sharon Thiel, Lisa
Thompson, George Alton,
Murray delioer, Greg Hog-
garth, Alan Benning, Darryl
Smith and Keith and Phyllis
Tyndall are the chaperones
This "once in a lifetime op-
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and is organized and ad-
ministered by the Canadi'n
4-11 Council.
Local funds from the Huron
County "Friend of 4-11 Fund"
are also used to help finance
tt.Ls learning experience for
the 4-H delegates. So if you
meet one of the visiting
Saskatchewan 4-11 delegates,
please welcome them to
Huron County.
John Bancroft
Rural Organizations and
Services Specialist
New group holds special tour
Times -Advocate, July 13, 1983 Page 15
Farmers consldor conservation alternatives
More than 150 Huron
farmers attended a Wednes-
day Soil Conservation Day
held at the Whyte Brothers
farms near Seaforth.
The day was sponsored by
the newly formed Huron Soil
Conservation District. The
new group was organized by
the Huron Soil and Crop Im-
provement association, the
Ausable-Bayfiled and the
Maitland Conservation
authorities.
A -B authority general
manager Tom Prout is chair-
man of the new organization.
Prout said Soils and Crops
president Bruce Shillinglaw
and Don Lobb who won the
conservation award in 1982
were the instigators.
Other district committee
members are Ray Hogan„
Walter Mcllwain, Norm Alex-
ander, Jim Arnold and John
Heard.
The theme of the day was
"The Soil Conservation Plan"
and asked the question,
"What are some alternatives
you might consider when
planning for soil and water
conservation around your
farm?"
The morning was devoted
to wagon tours of various soil
conservation practices
around the 1,500 acres host
farm.
One of the tour guides
pointed out Whyte's practice
of corn, bean, winter wheat
rotation.
Their conservation prac-
tices include in addition to
crop rotation, cross slope
cultivation, chiselplowing,
no -till trials, clover plowdown
and tile draining.
One area which requires
ditchbank stability was
pointed out to visitors. Solu-
tions of building up berm
along banks to hold surface
flow or a 50-60 foot buffer of
grass along ditch were sug-
gested to rectify slight slum-
ping due to overland flow and
the silted bottom.
The afternoon keynote
speaker was Professor Tom
Lane of the University of
Guelph and later five
workshop groups were
organized.
Marvin Smith of the
Wingham district office of the
Ministry of Natural
Resources spoke on wind-
breaks and reforestation and
erosion control structure was
the topic for Ron Fleming of
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TALKING CONSERVATION'-- Marvin Smith of the
Ministry of Natural Resources, Ian McAllister and Brian
Howard of the Maitland Authority chat during Thurs-
day's conservation -tour at Whyte farms near Seaforth.
Ausable-Bayfield authority
Bob Caldwell of Hyde Bras.
in Hensall and John
Schliehauf of OMAF talked
about ridging and no -till was
covered by Jane Sadler -
Richards and John Havlin of
the University of Guelph.
Tony Vyn of Guelph and
Soils and Crops specialist Pat
Lynch talked about tillage
and cropping practices.
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the Exeter facility for delivery to dealers and
distributors in Canada and the United States.
The Exeter facility currently manufactures the
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its original design by Kongskilde engineers.
The addition of the Kongskilde plow production to the
Exeter plant will allow Kongskilde engineers to respond
even more quickly to the needs of the North American
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All models will be readily available. Spare parts will
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Kongskilde is one of the world's leading manufacturers
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