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Host Glen McNeil, "left, talks over common farm problems and affairs with an Australian
counterpart, Bruce Hearman. Bruce 'visited the McNeil farm at R.R. 6 Goderich last week as
part of a Farm Youth. Exchange arranged through the various farm organizations in both
Canada and Australia as well as the respective Departments of Agriculture. Bruce noted
many similarities between farm life in Canada and his home country. (staff photo)
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As he compares his hofne country to Canada, Bruce Hearman of
Australia speaks not so much in terms of differences, but rather of
similarities between the two widely spread sisters of the common-
wealth. .
"I think probably farm people, and people generally in Canada,
are more like their Australian counterpart than is realized," he
observes. '`Even the United States has many similarities to
AtS'atf4ali ;"but life in Canada is even more like that of home."
Bruce is visiting Canada as part of a "Farm Youth Exchange"
program organized through various farm organizations in both
countries and the respective Departments of Agriculture.
"My visit to Canada was actually not planned in my original
schedule," he explains. "Last June 1 flew to the United States
through the program to visit various states and see American far-
ming methods and so on first hand. But last month the opening to
travel to Canada came up and I was asked if 1 would like to visit
this country as well.
Bruce's stay in Canada lasts only a month, he spent one week
with four different farm families in four different counties. Duf-
ferin, Haldimand, Elgin -and wound up his Canadian stay in
4. Huron with the Doug McNeil family, R.R. 6-Goderich.
1; The 'Hearman farm in Australia is a cow -calf beef operation in-
volving about 300 range fed cows on .a 1,500 acre section of land.
Bruce points out that by Australian terms the set up is of average
size. The stock consists mostly of Hereford cattle with some cross
breeding now underway.
Although the Hearman farm is a totally beef operation, mixed
farming is also common in the area with some farms growing fruit
to supplement'the beef income.
"By your standards," B...ce points o'tt, "we earn about half
what Canadian farmers do per pound on market cattle, but then
operation costs are lower since, due to climate wedon't have to
have barns for housing or storing hay and other crops."
Winter in' Australia is mild and actually represents the best
pas^ure season. Only when pastures are grazed off due to low' rain-
fall are the cattle fed in addition to what they can graze. This sup-
plefnenting usually consists of hay crops cut into forage and dum-
ped for the stock'inthe field.
The Hearman farm is in Western Australia (200(1 miles west of
Svdney) and in the southern portion of the country.
Problems -facing the Australian farmer are very similar to those
,Canadian farmers;—must deal with.
"Some threat is. already seen to the family at home," Bruce
feels, "and this threat will no doubt grow. Farm consolidation is
apparent and the "Get big br get out" question is very real." A
farm.nearbv the Hearman operation has already grown to 6,000
acres and a few years ago the Hearmans Nought an adjoining farm
to make up their 1,500 acre unit.
Bruce Hearman's visit to North America is not aver vet. When
he left the McNeil farm last Friday he travelled to. the .Southern
United States where he will visit beef operations in that part of
the country for a few weeks and then its on to England where he
will spend Christmas. After Great Britain its finally time to head
home. '
" anadians -incl Austrari n 'have'' a great deal 'in comrniin,''"'
Bruce notes, "perhaps it is our common heritage in Scotland,
'England and Ireland (although we both have many other
nationalities in our countries) and this trip has made me really see
how much we think, feel and live alike."
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motorist stvk in a jammed -up
city expressway gets to the state
.w -here he asks himself: •
"How did 1 get in. this guess
and where the Hell do I go
from here?"'
Well, in Ontario, the answer
was made' clear lust ' over a
week ago by Premier William,
Davis. The El"` is where we go'
from here.
Elevated. electt9ically
powered transit systems hold at
lot of the answers to city tran-•
sportation problems. Ex-
pressways, 'the safe and of-,
ficient system for' connecting
cities and towns, grow a lot of
defects when they moye .inside
city limits. They are expensive
for the amount of traffic they
move. They encourage
automobile commuting to the
point where they overload
during rush..hours.
And they bring the sight,
sounds, smell and air pollution
of traffic to impose on residen-
tial areas.
They are a major factor in
urban noise alone. The
Ministry of the Environment
has found that traffic noise is
the single greatest source of
noise -pollution complaints.
And Ontario and 'Toronto
found by experiment that
sound harriers along. ex-
pressways are largely ineffec-
tive in muffling traffic sounds.
The Major problems with
subways are high cost --
prohibitive according to
Premier Davis-- and serious
disruption oftraffic and urban
.amenities uring their con.,
struction.
The latest transit systems;
now being explored for use ,in
Ontario's cities, avoid these
problems. _
They.are universally powered
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The new systems, at a
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With this low noise, low
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uKing more than a few square
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More than a decade ‘ago -
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York tore down its last El'.
Thew didn't know then, that
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