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Clinton News-Record, 1975-12-04, Page 17*.* „ • 1.! '" I I M”. ma. IMmatti MUM '00 AV, ten between when and C aUtttY. The Wdnesday Vern attracted ptsons, but less than 4 dozen of os pesent, were from "the general Mo5tOfthOOthCrs ware memhethe rs varkns Levelsof municipal DVez?nrnent tn Rttron. and 40 - MOM. and boards of education iemters,.Xt • conctete- solutions were put on the table bout the polltkcal restructuring of Hurn County, but many -00m et the meeting emphasized more cooperation is needed between the various pottticat bodies in HurOtt. as well as better cost _ sharing agreements. • County Council in October sent the restructuring committee back to the drawing board after the 45 county counell members overwhelmingly rejected a report that recommend40 two different ways ot amalgamating municipalities in Huron. Warden Anson McKinley. Reeve of Stanley Township, chaired the meeting and said ,the county wanted to get more ideas from the nubile. "I'm not denying that it would cest more, t4 restructure •goverment ln littron. tstlp s. what is the cest.benefit Warden McKinley said. Recreation cost sharing between the towns end the townships was the' biggest item discussedwith the towns on one, side of the fence and the curet townships ort the other. "The towns are supplying the tewn. ships with reereation but are getting; no • hell) 'With- their operating expenses." Clinton DePuty Reeve, lzrankCooksaid. Townshlp Reeve John Jewitt said his township was willing to help the towns with recreation costs1 lt they had 40tne say.. "Are the towns prepared to give up some authority to run the recreation if it went eeunty wide?" Mr. Jewitt asked. Bill Howsen of Blyth argued that his village had three townshi. s represented on the Blyth reereation and even though 50 percent of those using the Blyth facilities were from the townships. they were only supplying 10 percent of the revenues. Goderich Tmvnship Reeve, Gerry Ginn e his township didn t pay their fair share of recreatiOn costs, and also wanted more say on the rec boards. redeation) a two way street." Mr. Ginn said, noting tbet the . townshipa have Many outdoor recreation fadillties that are not avalIahlein tbetownet440. as golftng and VLOWAtIbiqr.l.g. "it Orke$44t: "Thc.people are bappzikwitn the flrearea boards and the garbage disposal -- . mad in shaing recreafl lontaa, wearetalking Hill Morley of Usborx echoe „intt's "we're • _ O erS,, We ean se up a pretty workable systeM it we want. The township! should pay a share of what • they use, Exeter Recreation director slim McKiaLe argued the meetituf had Its priorities turned around,,(It s people first and then finances. The peoplehave - to get together and talk about the r essence of co.operation." • Wardell McKinley said the county is doing its own recreation study now because an earlier studyby EXeter an Godertcb Contained some "distorted figures."*. Roads and police were also discusseg briefly as being two other areas the county could increaso services in, but Warden McKinley said no god re rt available on restrueturing the ponce 're more parochtet than practtcat thi atter*" Warden Uolizittioy said4 at in Western. Canada. the ial an iim Mountetj Police did ,veitein r itt 0 In Huron want better ls, itt have to pay forthem. rd to Ordain' county me state as the King's ia cant afto Highways) as their costs are eight to 10 times _higher per mile than ours." Mr. Rritnelt said. Clinton Reeve Haroid Lobb said that because Huron has a small population, "per capita NOW were paying too much for Services" Warden McKinley said it was a matter of ,getting the prOVIRCiai govern raent to change their priorities. Om got to get away from the idea at a given tax is tied to a given ser - vice." Warden McKinley said. BaYfield Reeve Ed Oddleifson won dered what the county could do about the rumoredclosing of two or three hospitals in liaronCountl. Huron presently contribates million towards the Ontario Health budget. No plans were announced at the meeting for any more public discussions on restructuring. Getting a veternar4an who knows much about hogs seems to be a big problem for many Iluron County pork producers, it Several pork producers at the NovernhAr Meeting of the �uron County Federation of Agriculture in Clinton complained about how hard it is to get a veterinarian who knows much about hogs. Beverley Brown, a Wingham-area operator, said that -a graduating vet often knows less than the farmer about pigs. She said she, and her partner had talked to t' Venn of" the Ontario Agricultur ,,J*-Ige veterinary school about 4atom and had been well receiver: and that changes are being made. In the meantime, though, vet students are stili getting little education in the problems of pigs. The schools have great problems. she points out. In many ways a vet student. who has only five years to learn about several different animals and their systems, have it harder than medical ' students who have only one body„to study. In the past, the teaching idea- was if students studied the husbandry of chickens they tould then apply the knowledge to other animals. Students onty worked with pigs for a few days in their final year. Vet students regularly visit her farm, Miss Brown said and are surprised at how interesting it is to work with pigs. Last year the graduating class at Guelph recommended doubling the time spent on the study of pigs from five days to 10. Another hog farmer at the meeting complained about. a London vet who seemed more interested in selling drugs than in treating animals. Miss Brown agreed saying the man In question has a reputation for this sort of practice of docking all hogs over 180 lbs. 515. Adrian Vos of /Myth president of the Huron Federatlop, commented that he was sorry to see 'that 'negotiations bet. ween the Ontario Pork Producers Association and the meat packers had not resolved the matter. The pork producers had hoped for a gradual method of docking for over- weight pigs rather than the present set up where a pig one pound over the limit can cost a farmer a lot of money. Another producer present argued that the packers would still set that hog one pound overweight at the same rate they would for a 180 pound hog yet were paying 515 less for it. N, Mr. Vos agreed and said the only solution for the present seems to be for the pork producers to weigh their hogs carefully and ship them before they go overweight. Dairy producers were also upset at the meeting. Alice Burt. who said she had only recently entered the dairy industry% complained about a 25 percent reduction in the subsidy on industrial milk because of the oversupply of mak, and the fact huge international stock piles of powdered milk have built up. First, she said, the government spent millions to encourage people to get into or stay in the dairy business and now it cuts the subsidy. The cut% she said. would cost $300 a month on her operation alone and with just trying to get started caused real hardship. The problem of sale of sick animals ' through sales barns also was aired at the meeting, Vince Austin of Dungannon told the story of a young farmer he knew who bought cattle at a sale and took 44, them home Only to find out they were ill with I.B.R. (a kind of pneumonia). Not only did thrimals die, but he lost two of his own rd as -well and several others Were tiffecitid. The person Wact sold the animal meanwhile had sold out, and gone west. The young farmer lost close to $2,000, While all cattle at a sale are supposed to be checked by a government - appointed veterinarian, there is little that can be done if an animal is doctored enough to look healthy on the day of the sale and disreputable seller such as the one in question signs the card saying the animal is healthy. Mr. Austin said. He said the operator of the salesbarn was concerned over the problem but that the sales barns act only as a selling agent to bring seller and buyer together. The operator asked that the Federation press to have all cattle dealers bonded. This would also help, he said; in cases where packing houses grit broke leaving farmers high and dry like the Essex packers c*se. A matioh was passed by the meeting and sent to Ontario Federation of Agriculture asking for the bonding. In the meantime: Mr. Austin advised, all farmers` buying cattle should check them before they leave the salesbarn. If the cattle look suspicious. have a vet look at them. If he finds anything wrong. the sale is void. But once the cattle leave the salesbarn it is the buyer who takes the loss. The meeting saw the final four places on the executive of the Huron group filled. Beverly Brown, Glen Miller, Ralph Foster and Doug Fortune were named to the posts. They joiin president Vos. vice-president Alan Walper and second vice-president Maurice Bean, Among the more than SW persons who attended the Ontario Federation of Agriculture's annual convention. in Hamilton last week were delegates representing the West Central area of Huron. Left to right are James Nott of RR 5, Clin- ton; Jack Tebbutt of RR 2, Clinton and Ivan Mcelymont of Varna. Missing from the picture was Jack Van Wonderen of Varna. Huron farmer Gordon Hill of Varna was re' -elected to a seventh term as president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture at •the OFA annual in Hamilton last week. Peter Hannan of Wellington County was elected first vice-president and Ralph Barrie of Lanark County was elected second vice-president. Mr. Hill, following his eliction, discussed the role of marketing bpards and suggested that coma) dity marketing boards are here to stafr and likely will take over Invier pon- sibilities in the future, Mr. Hill said he feels marketing boards will be expanded to cover wider variety of crops. He said there now are 24 boards in Ontario, handling 38 agricultural commodities. "They are the only way a farmer has to have a say in the price of his product," he said. Mr. Hill said the boards will help both farmers and consumers. "The consumer is assured a supply of high-quality produce at a reasonable price. * He said some boards have come under fire recently for some highly-pubbeized mistakes, but he predicted that. in future, consumers will take a greater interest in the boards' operation, "The hoards are in public view more than any other operation.'' he said. In Ontario, the Farm Products Marketing Board oversees the decisions of other commodity agencies and can over -rule any decision. He also said he feels farming is changing to adapt to new technology and said he sees a trend toward more iwo - man operations. • '',4-.4.1*;.10.40.,,-X4,:,;4',...1',,„;%A,1,1.;*0 . 4 " reXlfilatellt It* ' 't. the radminittrators. - banes dllOtiSsed, flteethtgbet41ttAilinteniliStvtiek *eta eittm4 orbogotontroi iindroads, (Nttivs4 1s ttam • flout ottakipittlito ifl fturn,• OtterillY (114Ott restructuringtommittee listen ritg liorlAvettntitrir: 'iledf4t tOittrildghint - are John Tlanty, rove at chew, reeve oiltrussels., 4ohlr Ituroid Lobb. reeveof Clinton. (News.