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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-12-09, Page 37• • ‘4„ • \The District, Farmer spea 0), ,e3 low svit—m; f, •?,; S out' Huron MF being heard , Huron's member to federal, parliament 'has been making himself heard these days and was, the _Centre of a confrontation recently in Ottawa. al The following is the context of the. confrontation taken from- • Ha nsaid Mr. R. E. McK.Mley (Htiron): • My question is foithe Minister of Agriculture. It has to do with the communique . on agricultural jonference tabled today in . ich the minister states that provisions will be.. forthcoming to-•-enible farmers to more readily acquire. land and , 4 capital resources essential to improve their income, and also that programs will he directed to family -type farms. What will these programs be? " Mr. Speaker: Order, please. 1 suggest to the minister and to • , the. hon. "member who has asked the question that this kind of h� glverrby way of a general statement. • - • Mr. Homer: Farmers Will be forced -off the land. •-,. Mr; •McKinley: Mr. 'Speaker, I •• ' rise on a question of privilege. The -decision you have just Made .focuses attention on many "-*-fecent events that have occurred here which involve the Minister of Agriculture: Statements such as the communique concerning a major confevnce that thp minister tabled today should not be tabled. Such statements - shonird be made on motions„so that opposition members may have the opportunity to look at - 4- • • • • That is evidence of .how we can get involved ' in difficulties. Certainly the hon. member's point was not a question of priVilege. The minister rose on a point of order. This could go on all afternoon. I Wander whether that is 'What hon. members want to do. I have to rule that there is no question of privilege and no point of order. • Mr. McKinley: I have another_ point of order,Mr. :Speaker Mr. Speaker: I will listen to the hon. member and the rule on whether he has a legitimate point of order. But I suggest that -when hon. members' raise points of debate by way of a point of order they are -not helping the , efficient progress.of the work of the House, ,Mr. McKinley: The minister is quite correct. I did receiVe this in the mail yesterday I will say. that "- but at the same time a -STRAlefirtIntild -bee-riT made in the House regarding this important agricultural conference held here in Ottawa, and the' state In Which agriculture finds itself. Some hon. Members: Hear, hear! Mr. Knowles (WinniPeg North Centre): Mr. Speaker, I rise on a point of order which arises out of the statement_made just now by the Minister of Agriculture to Ch. effect that the. communigue which he tabled was notN.a federal government .406ument. If that is the, case, he had no right to table if under Standing Order them and express their opinions • 41(2). Gordon Hid of Verna was re-elected ,to a third term as President of the A Ontario Federation of° Agriculture at last week's annual convention .in Hamilton. HeTold nearly. 400 delegates that federation membership must reach 11,000 by next April. • Mason Bailey of Blyth addressed delegates at the . Ontario Federation of Agriculture's annual convention in Hamilton last week. Mr. Bailey represented the farmers of Huron county. -Tough Elm trees • not so tough Scientists at the Canada Agriculture Plant Research Institute in Ottawa are cautious about • the outcome qf their •efforts to provide Canada with., stocks of an elm tree that is resistant to Dutch eIm disease. The restrarrrt is -mxe—tcr difficulties encountered in their first attempt to propagate the • new elm Stfain,, known .as :the Quebec elm from its origins at L'Assomption, Que. • -Hie initial attempt failed to produce the expected number' of plants," says A. R. 'Buckley, who isin charge of the project at the, Plank,Research Institute. Of the 300 cuttings taken from six young disease-resiStant .trees about a year ago, 5.6 rooted and surxived, • Scientists are now exploring ways to step up results so the e, most effective propagation on them. Recently other Some hon. Members: Hear; procedures and supplies of •statements have been made hear! - disease:resistant plants can be outside the klonse and outside Mr.* Speaker Ordefs of the made available to nurseries for Ottawa entirely. For instance, day. • , their own production as soon as after I had •Sentto the chairman had been recognized before,: but hoped, but tests of the 56 of the Farm Products„Marketing - we got involved in a question of offspring did produce a highly Board -plans: to carry out sucharitilege. • Perhaps • the hon. encouraging answer to an program. If the minister chooses member might be allowed to ask. • importantqUestion concerning. to do irtlii§-way; he hastihat his -question quickly.- • r. esistance. privilege, but it .should be known that he is afraid tb face the ' representatives of .the peOpie and W• make j statement. Some hon. Members: _Hear, the • statement ,on -the fowl Forrestall: Mr. Speaker-- possib4le. buying program was made on Mr. Speaker: Perhaps I should • The initial propagation may the east coast after questions apologize to the -ho. member not have • resulted in as many - had been asked in the House and for Dartmout-Halifax East who plants as the scientists ha hear! The tests showed that all of theni:. were . just as resistant to Didch elm disease as their parent trees. A factor slowing progress at ,the mom4it is the slow growth of t he qt. ,M4tzA0e$s- ticaiiTaliihtit of the "American elm's 15 feet in six years. ..... The new elm strain's Origin ..goes.back more than 10. years to the federal experimental,faiin at L'AssomptiOn where C. 1::. 9uellet, a plant scientist who has since been `transferred to Ottawa, wasinvolved in research-. On elm trees, 1 , From seedlings that had been 'treated with x-rays, he produced mutations : with different. cell strUctures,..,,Six plants, from -one selection that •was found resistant to -Dutch elm disease, were ,later rridved to the Plant Research Institute at Ottawa t() by the hon. member inight have Mr, Speaker: The point raised , Some hon. Members: Qh,. oh! V , been raised by way of a point of order. I do not think it is a question of privilege. In fairness, • I think the minister might want g The top man -'-oh your list merits gifts that . , to reply, btit I suggest there is no g questidri Of privilege before the 4 House. ioN" .My. Olson: On the point of .54 't4 older Mr. Speaker, the_ commUniqUe 1 tabled Was not f,4 mine; it was the collective g agreement of all the ministers at g the .'cbriference. If the hon, member will, read his mail, .he will see he has had all the :)4 proposals- • . Mr. Speaker: Order, please. (4 • OPA., says g ministers .CO-ORDINATE on • be nursed along for further testing and propagation. Forestry scientists are now experimenting With systemic fungicides and a method of applying, them through • the roots. Spreading upward. to all paris of the trees, the chemical would protect them from. the fungus disease spread by the elm bark .beetle when it feeds on the bark. The beetle itself causes littk or no damage to the trees. 3:;;;A3t)13tgi5;="1>zsIcsaA • , Speciail Cedar 'cutting tried A recent harvest cutting of cedar in Grey County took tAe form of a special strip cutting "experiment". ft is hoped that the,strip treatment .will result insuccessful cedat regeneration on the clear cut strips. The 'project, in Osprey Township, cOvers.an area of 13 .acres. The stand consists of dense mature cedar trees with average height 'of 40 feet- and stump •' diameters up to 16 inches. It ". consists of both swap and upland type S which have an age of approximately 60 years. Six strips (each 33 feet wide and k60 .feet longlewereacut in a northeasterly direction at right to the prevailing winds. Intervals •of -66 feet were left between the strips to providd shelter and protection to the clear cut strips and also to provide a source of 'seed to regenerate them. Thelelling was done so that all standing growth within the strips was removed and skiddedk, in tree lengths to a landing along a township road. The skidding was thine with .a small crawler tractor so the tractor pads would stir up the ground, expose the mineral soil, and thus create a Suitable seed bed to. encourage cedar regeneration. In addition, the brush was distributed evenly over .the strips to allow faster deterioration of slash and bulk' up of the organic layer of humus., Through - projeCT- Department „of s, Lands and Forests staff hope to find out additiTO)il •information concerning the management requirements of local ,cedar stands and 'so develop new:. and better , techriirnfeg' for the management of these stands in the future. show him he's special . . . gifts of furnish,.- ings that look the best, do the most for him, - in styles, colors_suited to(his taste. 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"I believe governments are beginning to realize that farmers have been exchided from the development " of policies affecting their own industry," Hill said. "The result has frequently been unrealistic, unworkable programs." The 29 -page -report to Olson contained hundreds of other recoMmendatLons. "It'll take time for us to study t is document," Hill said. "But 4:4ASSil4k),AtrOnOtti• will improve their incomes and ensure the continuation of the 'family farm." gs I for him. 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