Times Advocate, 1984-08-22, Page 21•
Pick MacDonald successor
1 New Liskeard College of fruli the University of Guelph
is
eipal Doh Taylor will assume
the position of principal at the
-Rldgetown College of
Agricultural Technology
September 1, Dr. J.C. Rennie,
Assistant Deputy Minister of
Agriculture and Food an-
nounced recently.
Principal of New Liskeard
College since 1980, Taylor
holds a bachelor of science
degree in animal science
Agricultural Technology prin- ' and a masters
animal biochemistry from the
University at Alberta.
Taylor replaces Jim Mac-
Donald who is retiring alter a
34 -year. career with the
ministry. MacDonald served
as assistant agricultural
representative and
agricultural representative in
Lanark and Lambton coun-
ties before becoming head of
the livestock section at
Riigetown college in 1967.
• He was a ted the first
principal of College
of Agricultural Technology in
1967 and was named principal
at Ridgetown in 1979.
"During his career with the
ministry, Jim MacDonald has
made an outstanding and
dedicated contribution to the
ministry's education,
research and extension pro-
grams," said Rennie.
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It has been a dull campaign
on agricultural issues as this
is written.
None of the three major
parties has stood apart from
another. Listening to and
reading about the three
leaders would lead a stranger
in the land to believe they
were all using the same text
book.
And Ralph Ferguson, the
present Agminister, is cer-
tainly no Eugene Whelan. He
is quiet and soft-spoken where
Whelan was flamboyant and
colorful. Nobody so far in this
campaign has even approach-
ed the robust oratory of
Eugene.
What are the issues as seen
by the politicians?
Number one on
everybody's list appears to be
farm credit and that is as it
should be. Promises of more
credit at lower interest rates
are being made by all parties
although one can only wonder
why the Liberals did not do
something about it before the
election.
Some specifics have been
pronounced, particularly by
the New Democrats, but
neither Ferguson nor Murray
Cardiff, the assistant farm
critic for the Conservatives,
has made progress with
farmers.
The three parties also agree
that the red meat sector of the
economy needs help. They
want a three-way answer with
provincial and federal
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governments working with
farmers. If Canada's history
repeats itself, it will be a cold
day in hell when all provinces
agree to work with the feds
and the farmers.
All parties say they want to
preserve the family farm but
have not put forth any con-
crete policies to enhance the
philosophy.
Another important
agricultural promise by the
mainline parties is to amend
the income tax act so part-
time farmers can get some
relief on money made off the
farm so that it can be invested
in the farm. This seems to be
an excellent idea. Also, the
promise the reduce or
eliminate capital gains taxes
on farms that remain in
agriculture is a good idea.
The Bobbsey Twins of Bay
Street have not commented
on tighter anti -combines
legislation that would address
the great clout that the five
major buying combines have
in the food industry.
What would excite more
people than farmers would be
a campaign platform to ad-
dress the increase in aid to
Third World countries where
thousands of people are star-
ving. If Canadian farmers
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could be assured of a
reasonable return on their
labor and investment, they
could in one growing season
produce tons of food for star-
ving nations.
In addition, a solid program
with government help to pre-
vent soil erosion and saliniza-
tion would get a lot of votes
outside the agricultural com-
munity, too. Also, soil and
water conservation policies
should be at the top of every
politician's list.
But it isn't.
Soil conservation and
salinization is too dull. People
are far more interested in
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patronage appointments,
mortgages, unemployment,
the economy and bum -patting
than in the future of
agriculture.
A pity, isn't it?
Yet, without soil -- and that
Senate agricultural commit-
tee report tabled in July said
the failing quality of farmland
should be the number one
priority in Canada -- we don't
eat. The report said farmers
cannot improve their farming
practices without help from
the government.
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we will have no farmland in a
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