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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1979-06-14, Page 12PAGE 12--CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1979 FOA Iearn how to have better meetings It seemed for a while last Tuesday that nearly everybody in town had stopped working to view the moving of a house on Ontario Street to a new location on the Auburn Road behind the North End Store. Schools were let out, and some businesses closed up to view the moving, which went of without a hitch. Here the crowd gathers on Ontario Street.(News-Record photo) news farm news Agricrew comes to Huron Farmers, do you have work you couldn't do in the winter and now you're too busy in the summer to do it? Well then lend an ear. Agricrew is new in the Huron -Perth area. In fact it's new over most of the --province. It was such a success last year as a pilot program that it is back and bigger)omit) Agricrew is new in the Huron -Perth area. In fact it's new over most of the province. It was such a success last year as a pilot program that it is back and bigger than ever. Agricrew is designed to help farmers and agricultural oriented groups get ,tasks com- pleted that they are too busy to tackle. Agricrew is a crew of boys and girls 15 years of age and up. They are selected on their previous farm experience and attitude towards farm work. These crews have five members - one foreman and four crew members. They supply their own lunches and transportation to and from the farm. Agricrew, like the Junior Agriculturalist program is administered by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food but differs in the fact that Agricrew is a working program and employees have experience. Tasks these crews undertake can range from painting, mending fences, cleaning up and haying to harvesting, to mention only a few. When a farmer hires a crew, he Foreign ownership BY RHEA HAMILTON Foreign ownership of farmland was a topic at a Huron F of A meeting Thursday. Merle Gunby, president of the Huron F of A told members that the Ontario F of A has checked into several of the farms involved in the foreign ownership issue. "Huron instigated a fuss over this and now maybe we should look into having the Rural Development Outreach Project have some research done on the problem." Agriculture Minister William Newman earlier in the week said he doesn't see any reason, based on statistics his department has unear- thed, to take action to halt the spread of foreign ownershifr John Van Beers recommended that the study should involve the impact of foreign ownership in the county. A motion was passed to ask the RDOP to consider a request to do a study on the effects of foreign ownership on farm land in Huron County. Louise Marriott, from RDOP indicated a request can be made outlining what in- volvement would be necessary for the study. "The problem is that we just don't have the time to do the in- vestigating ourselves" said a Bluevale farmer, Bev Brown. 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The government assists the farmer in paying for the crews to make it affordable to the farmer. Farmers are en- couraged to call their local agricultural office at their earliest con- venience if they are in- terested in Agricrew or if they would like more information. Agricrew is run on a , first -come -first -serve basis so start thinking of those jobs that need to be done. Many calls have been received already from interewted farmers and the crews are raring to begin on the June 25 starting date. To hire Agricrew, call dFern Cole, Huron -Perth Co-ordinator in Stratford ,at 271-0280 or in Clinton at 482-3428. BY RHEA HAMILTON Father Carey is director For interesting of the,. -department of meetings the Huron adult extension service at Federation of Agriculture St. Patrick's College may have other groups which is part of the beat out. Members National University of learned Thursday night Irelaid. in Clinton that they The fieldman's report already have many of the indicated that mem- qualities that make in- bvrship in Huron County teresting meetings is' falling. Fieldrnan Bill better. Crawford reported to Guest speaker Mark members that in general Waldren, of the most of the farmers he University of Guelph talks,to are satisfied with spoke on how to make OFA but are unaware of meetings more effective, their own provincial informative and in- directors in the•ar'ea and teresting. are unable to express HFA President Merle their concerns.' Com- Gunby and secretary- pared to the provincial treasurer Carol Finch membership which is conducted the business down one percent, Huron and Mr. Waldren later is down two percent. referred back to a lot of Norman Alexander what happened to reported that there is a illustrate points he made. wave of concern from a Breaking into groups, number of farmers about members were asked to disposal and spreading of make lists of their key animal waste. Mr. problems in attending Alexander wanted to and running meetings. know if the federation is The problems later looking into this matter. summarized included The ministry of the en - discouraging irrelevant vironment at present discussion, getting better keeps check of operations attendance out to by aerial surveilance but meetings and getting are slow to act on mat - commitments, necessary ters, he said. to conduct ., interesting "There is a growing meetings. trend for people down - Most important, Mr. stream to speak out" said Waldren pointed out is to Mr. Alexander. It was keep a sense of humour. suggested by Tony Relax and enjoy the McQuail that the matter meeting and make the be brought before far - best of it he said. mers by an article in Accompanying Mr. Rural Voice on the Waldren was a collegue problem. from Dublin, Ireland, The matter was left to Father Liam Carey. the F of A's soil and erosion committee to check into further. The president of Huron F of A has been helping Wingham high school students with a planning project. Mr. Gunby was . asked - to --judge-- plans - drawn l•ansdrawn up by students participating in a two week project under:, the direction of Wendy Fisher, of the Huron County planning department. Tony McQuail reported on a phone call from. someone interested in a followup of the brief Huron farmers presented Authorities hold special seminar on drainage About 120 people at- tended a municipal drainage seminar in Exeter., last week, jointly sponsored by the Maitland Valley and the Ausable-Bayfield Con- servation Authorities. The need for more consideration of the agricultural benefits and environmental costs in the planning stage of the proposed construction, or repair and improvement of municipal drainage works was discussed. Two conservation authorities expressed a willingness to become involved at a much earlier stage with the municipalities and their engineers to discuss local erosion conditions in each drain report ,to be con- sidered by council. The ongoing main- tenance of these drains to the Porter commission and the need for more on the proposed Hydro experienced corridor. "Our sub - professionals in the drain mission did catch design field were two someone else's eyes," other problems also said Mr. McQuail who is discussed. waiting for more in- formation. The seminar reviewed the research presently being done, including several new ways to transport water to reduce soil erosion. A feeding program that makes sense Horse Sense f•� iA t M Horses vary in nutrient requirements according to age and activity. MASTER FEED has the right kind of Horse Feed for your horse. MASTER HORSE KRUNCH CUBES - primarily for breeding and growing stock. MASTER HORSE SUPPLEMENT PELLETS • to feed with oats and hay. MASTER SWEET HORSE FEED - formulated to meet the nutritional requirements of mature horses when fed with hay as recommended. MASTER 17 PERCENT FRISKY FOAL PELLETS - for the growing foal at its most critical period. MASTER COMPLETE HORS -E FEED - a completely balanced substitute for hay or grain. . For More Information See: Hummel's FeedMill 35 Mary Street, Clinton 48 2--9 7 9 2 OPEN: Mon. - Friday 8:00 - 6:00 p.m. Saturday - 8:00-12 noon in other business, members were reminded about the Agricrew program. Fern Cole, co- ordinator for the program, wrote that the pilot program still has help available for far- mers in Huron -Perth. Crews of boys and girls 14 years and up will work on farms doing everything from painting and mending fences to haying and harvesting. Help is on a first-come, first-served basis and starts June 25th. A request for funds from the Salvation Army was filed. The Annual, meeting is set for October 19 in the Brussels arena. Tony McQuail requested input from members concerning several regional meetings as opposed to one. An invitation has been extended to the staff at the offices of the OFA in Toronto to visit . for a weekend on some of the farms in this area. The invitation was extended when it was learned that some of the staff have never been on a farm and yet do so much work for the farming community. Bev Brown received a letter from/ the staff in Toronto asking if some of the people might bring their children. The members agreed it would be a good idea to include the younger people. A list was passed for volunteer hosts to sign and indicate what accommodations they had. Miss Brown noticed while attending Centralia College graduation exercises recently that there was no award given by the largest farm organization in the county, the Huron F,4of A. 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