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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-06-12, Page 13c, HFA studies Absentee owner problems 1 7 RHEA HAMILTON It is not -just foreign ownership that fat -Mets in Huron County have to be warofr but absentee o' tners p. The .completion of the first phase of a studyinte foreign . ownership was presented to the Huron Federation of Agriculture last Thursday evening. At a request from the federation, the Rural Development Outreach Prgject has undertaken a study into the effects of foreign ownership of land. Professors Julius. Mage ( Brinkman (agricultural Geography) and George economics) presented the results of the first. phase complete with a map • .-i1rdi tittng- a t—and- distribution of foreign and absentee ownership. Although land may be foreign owned there may be a benefit. Prof. Brink- man pointed out that the land could be leased back to the younger farmers or to farmers who wanted to expand their operations but could not afford the cost ofbuying more land. The first step in the study involved making an inventory of land affected by all absentee ownership through researching township assessment records . and registry office data. Four major absentee farmland ownership types were identified. They are: foreign .... anyone living outside -of Canada, .95 percent; non -Ontario - •Can.adian—_. living -An -- Canada but not Ontario, .1 percent; non -local Ontario - Jiving within Ontario but outside the township in which the land is located or its adjacent townships, 3.8, percent; local urban - living in a town, village or hamlet within the townshipp in which the land is located or its adjacent townships,. 3.8 Percent. The percentage figures indicate how much county land is involved in these categories. There were 4. foreign owners that could be identified. Of those, 27 were American and 16 were classed as "other". - Non -American . 'foreign owners also tended to acquire parcels adjacent or in close proximity to each other creating a clustered effect. McKillop, Tuckersmith,. Turnberry and East Wawanosh had no foreign ownership to date as; opposed to Ashfield, Hay,' Howick and Stanley Townships which had the g eaea es conGen anon:.- Ashfield has 3.4 of its farmland foreign owned. On the other side of the coin, land owned by non - local Ontario type was four times the amount of land foreign owned. The greatest con- centration of land owned by non -local Ontario types was in West Wawanosh and Turn- " berry Townships where 6.3 percent and 9.3 per- cent of the assessed farmland were owned. "Each ' irfdividual non- resident group does not control more arable land than one would expect," the- report stated. "However, the arable land of foreign owned parcels tends to be comprised mainly of class 1 and 2 soils." --Questions— from..-_. the floor indicated members of the_ federation had a. particular interest in the second part of the study. -that will be done this summer. Jack Riddell, MPP for Huron, Middlesex commented on the lawyers he has talked to Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. huron farm and home news PREGNANCY DIAGNOSIS FOR DAIRY CATTLE, BY DENNIS MARTIN ASSOC. AG. REP. The concentration„ .of progesterone in milk is an accurate reflection of the status of the ovary in cows. After ovulation, the corpus luteum secretes copious quantities of progesterone and if the insemination was successful, the secretion of progesterone continues throughout pregnancy. If the cow is not pregnant, the corpus luteum and consequently the concentration of progesterone declines to a very low level. This dif- ference in the production of progesterone in pregnant and open cows allows the diagnosis of pregnancy by measuring the concentration of progesterone in a sample of milk taken 23 days after breeding. From September 1979 to March 1980, approximately 5,000 cows in Ontario herds ' were diagnosed by this method and each _._diagnosis . was checked by a veterinary examination. To date 95 percent of all open cows and 83 percent of all pregnant cows have been. diagnosed correctly. The milk progesterone system has now been adopted as a commercial venture on a trial basis by United Breeders Inc.,. Western Ontario Breeders Inc., and Eastern Breeders Inc. and has been allplied'-m•various herds as an aid in diagnosing problems in herd management and in individual cows. FEEDER HOG STABILIZATION PAYMENT, BY DON PULLEN, AG. REP., We have just learned that copies of Federal Hog Stabilization Payment forms will not be mailed to each producer. However, forms are now printed and available at Ontario Pork Producer Marketing Board Assembly Yards. . Contrary to earlier reports, the Ontario Ministry efp Agriculture and Food office at Clinton will now have applications available for , the convenience of producers. BY BRUCE LOBB, PESTICIDE - CONTROL MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT Every person who has' pesticides in their position is responsible for the safe storage of these chemicals. Under the Pesticides Act and Regulation no person shall store pesticides where they can contaminate food for man or animals. Where a "farmer stores Schedule 1, 2 or 5 pesticides on his premises, the room in which these chemicals are kept must be ventilated to the outside atmosphere. This, room must be kept locked and a sign placed on the outside of the building to notify anyone (fireman) that dangerous chemicals are stored inside. Schedule 1, 2 or 5 pesticides include rootworrn insecticides, atrazine, bladex, low volatide amines, etc. Storage signs are available at the agricultural office in Clinton. When rinsing pesticide containers, a triple rinse of emulsifiable (EC) pesticides leaves less than .1 percent of the pesticide in the container. These containers would be clean enough to dispose of in any landfill site. Containers holding flowable liquids when triple rinsed' have still contained as much as .1 percent of the pesticide toxicant. wtio claimed that they have never been so busy with land transactions as they 'are now. The new bill on foreign ownership "before the house this week, if passed would. require farmland to ;be. registered . °and a full disclosure made of ownership and capital. In the second'. phase representatives from the 'RDOP will be in- terviewing people renting the land and doing more in-depth • work into land management. Members discussed having the field workers talk to the .neigh- bours of leased lands, as well as the ones leasing the land. The group also hopes to construct a picture of land use 'with.- the ith"the aid of aerial photos as e11- as -questionnaires-- concerning types of uses and practises. Leasing arrangements will also be included in the questionnaire. Murray Culbert, president of the Huron township federation in Bruce County 'remarked that in his township there are -3,000 acres involved in foreign ownership and cautioned that farmers not be naive about the seriousness of the Problem. Local cow wins A Holstein cow owned by . Hol -Den Farms of Clinton has been named - seventh in her class for milk production. elm Arbe Empress Annelle, as a senior two- year -olds ,yielded in 305 days on twice a day milking, 1,1977• -kilograms of milk with 306 kg of fat and tested at.3.22 per cent butterfat. Her BCA was 243 kgmilk, 212 kg fat. Smile Plenty of people are willing to give God credit, yet few are willing to give Him cash. Holstein •cattle judge Roger Dyment of Dundas had his hands. full, picking out winners. In the excellent Huron County show held last Friday at the Clinton .Spring -Fair. The McNeils of Goderich were the -top exhibitors. (News -Record photo) Transportation needs are studied By Shelley McPhee Are the elderly, han- dicappedand disad- vantaged receiving adequate transportation services? Are they able to travel to social functions, the grocery store, the doctor? How easy it for them to get to these places + and what problems are they having in their mobility? - These are some of the questions Action for Wheels is asking , and looking for answers to. The summer youth program, 'sponsored by the federal government is talking to service organizations, church groups and various clubs throughout Huron County to find transportation services they are ° of- fering, or could provide. The 15 -week course is being funded by the federal government and the Huron County Community Social Service Council, which is a collection of agencies in the county. Three university students are conducting the survey and they are working out of offices at the Clinton branch of the Huron County Health Unit. Janice Dunbar from Belgrave is the project manager. She is a fourth year student at the University of Western Ontario where she is studying anthropology. She is working with Joan Huether a Brussels girl r who is studying at Fanshawe College and Debbie.. Hunking, from Londesbo.r , Who has just" completed her first year at Fanshawe. Janice explained the the group will first be documenting the existing services offered through clubs and private businesses such as cabs and bus lines. With that information, it will be discovered where ad- ditional transportation services are needed and a self supporting working model will be..establiied. Janice explained that in 1978 the Huron Outreach conducted a similar study for the northermr part of ,. the county which calculated, the percentage of senior citizens in rural and urban areas and their access to transportation services. Janice noted that the majority of disad- vantaged people who need transportation aid are senior citizens and she. said that there is a possibility that many .of these _people--are-living-in....__ urban areas. Despite the further distance to travel, she, explained that dis.avantaged people in rural areas are often looked after by relatives and neighbors. The completed survey will be given to the Community Services Council for study and any group or person who can offer information for the report can contact Action on Wheels in care of Betty Cardno at the Huron County. Health Unit, at 105, Shipley Clinton. 112th ANNUAL 1980 HENSALL Spring uesday, June 24 Heavy Horses, Light Horses &Ponies Promptly at 5: o0 o'clock JUNIOR TALENT PRIZE MONEY -R ALL h - FEATURING - 3 so Prize Hereford Feeder Calves TO BE JUDGED AND AUCTIONED • AUCTION SALE OF CALVES - 9:30 P.M. PONY PULL in the Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. No Entry Fee Prizes for all contestants OLD McDONALD'S FARM DISPLAY PARADE at 6:00 p.m., with commercial floats and band MAPLE CITY SHOWS PARADE 6:00- OFFICIAL OPENING 7:30 P.M. Murray Cardiff, M.P. for Nurotl=•Bruce ADMISSION: Adults- *2.00 Students -'1.00 Children under 12 . Free Mobile Unit in Attendance CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THII`RSDAY, TUNE 12, »pers win awards Competing against -weekly newspapers -from across: Canada, the Bluewater Regie?dial Newspaper Network probably established some type of record this week, — Seven of the 11 newspapers in the group received "blue ribbon" awards. A blue ribbon award indicates that the newspaper achieved 80 per cent or moreof the first pface-mark awarded the best all round paper in each circulation category. The Exeter Times- Advocate was designated one of the - recipients in class four, for newspapers with cir- culation up to 6,500. The St. Marys Journal Argus also won a blue ribbon --award in cls three and was judged to have the. best editorial page in that division. The Goderich Signal -Star also won a blue ribbon honor in the same class. The. Clinton News- ReQord, Mitchell Advocate and the Street in Seaforth Huron Expositor won ribbons in class'. three, with the Mitchell paper .► !�tgr'd` .,. place in the front page competition, Rounding out the blue ribbon awards for the Bluewater Network was the Blyth Standard in the class one tabloid! Com► petition, Another network xnembier, -the Ludlow Sentinel, won the best ' feature photo one of the three classes for that competition and the Goderieh Signal -Star won the same prize in the second class -The latter - placed second for best special section, The Seaforth : Huron Expositor won the competition for the best Christmas edition in class one, finished in. a tie for the best sports photo, and ass-- .gain-ed--third--for--fest- women's content, ' Letters received Fran Jane - Lashbrook, co- ordinator for the lietterr newspaper competition told the blue ribbon winners to wear their 1980 logos with pride. "Your newspaper is one of Canada's top weeklies," she noted. We now have an excellent inventory of New -Holland haying equipment in stock, for immediate delivery. All INTEREST-FREE TILL MARCH 1, 1981. Looking for a bargain? Me have a good selection of USED HAYING EQUIPMENT. Also INTEREST-FREE TILL MARCH 1, 1981. Your authorized ERY+f WV HOLLAND dearer.