HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-12-02, Page 20. PAGE 20—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1981
Tells delegates to make decisions for farmers
The 1981 Ontario Federa-
tion of Agriculture annual
convention convened in
Toronto'" on Tuesday,
November 24. Before in-
troducing. Father Quellette
from Beaverton to give the
invocation, President Ralph
Barriereminded delegates
to make decisions for
fanners.
Mr. Barrie told the shock-
ed delegates of the sudden
death the evening before of
Grant Wallace. Mr. Wallace,
a long-time employee of
OFA, was widely known and
respected across Ontario.
Mr. Wallace had served OFA
in many capacities, in-
cluding Director of Field
Services and most recently
as Director of OFA In-
surance Programs:-
Following
rograms:Following the invocation
the convention immediately,
began to deal with the many
resolutions and committee
recommendations, which
prompted a great deal of
Huron Farm
and Home News
Prevent Cow Injury
A popular area of interest
in dairy housing, and this
may be of greater interest to
the free stall opera tion, is the
use of the. "Scabbier," to
help roughen slippery
concrete.
Hundreds of dollars are
lost every year by dairymen
who,have been faced with the
problem of slipppery con-
crete flooring causing
permanent injury to milking
cows and heifers. One
alternative into roughen the
surface using a, wheel
mounted device called a
scabbier, which has a series
of air -driven hammers or
bits with hardened steel.
points. U$ reports indicate
heat detection has been
easier because cows . are
more sure en their feet and
less afraid of falling.
The "Scabbier" is
distributed, in . Canada by:
Allan Pyfe Equipment, 261
Bes ;Road, ` Thornhill
(l igwhway 7 near • Keele)'.
Phone: 416.609-1313, and
sells for $2,878• complete
(five head L5 unlit). The
distributo"r was aware of the.
following rental outlets.
which have the "Scabbier"
available: Newmarket
Rentals, 180 Davis Drive,
Newmarket, Ontario (895-
2345) - Charges $60 per day
plus $40 per day for com-
pressor. (if -:desired): Will
demonstrate for groups
anywhere if the interest.
'would make it worth their
while (five head unit).
Ray Gordon, Ltd., 21
Milvam Drive, Weston,
Ontario. (one . mile. west of
Highway 400 north of Finch)
(742-3190) - Charges $75 per
day plus $40 per day for the,
compressor. There is an
additional charge of $195 for
sharpening the bits each
time the machine in returned
(seven head unit).
Retizel Rentals, . 85
Bridgeport East, Waterloo,
Ontario, (885.5000) - Charges
545 per day plus 530 per day
for the compressor. The
person renting must supply
his town bits, which they have
for sale for 5250 per set (five
head unit); also available
through other Reitzel outlets
(London) ;, all rental charges
are for a 24-hour period.
-Detmbi Martin,
Assoc. Ag. Rep.
Drainage Law
In a previous article, 1
discussed the law pertaining
to surface and subsurface
water. If someone has
collected water by anY
means and is dumping it on
your land, (not in a natural
watercourse) thereare a few
ways to deal with it.
(1) If the water is coming
from a small watershed i.e.
50 acres or less, you might
consider an agreement
drain. You and your neigh -
hour would share the cast of
the outlet and future
maintenance, An agreement
should be drawn up and filed
in the registry office. Your
local agricultural engineer
may help with the
agreement.
(2) If there are three or
more properties involved or
if the watershed is large i.e.
over 50 acres, a municipal
drain should be considered.
This type of nutlet is paid for
by all the owners in the
watershed but the
municipality administers the
paperwork and a consulting
engineering firm draws up
thereport.
The following lists the
procedure for municipal
chains: The owners desiring
drainage, circulates a
petition . and obtains a
majority of noes of other
owners in the area requiring
drainage or the names of
owners holding 80 percent of
the acreage in the area
requiring drainage. A road
superintendent can also
initiate a drain The owner
then presents the signed
petition to council. A
municipal drain is eligible
for a 33 and one-third percent
grant on the total costs of the
drain.
There are two other
alternatives and I will
discuss these in a future
article, For further in-
formation, contact Sam
Bradshaw, O.M.A.F.,
Clinton.
- Sam Bradshaw,
'Engineering Assist.
heated debate over the next
three days. A committee
report was adopted calling
on the Ontario government
to increase funding for tile
drainage loans to the
minimum level of 75 percent
of all applications. During
the discussion it was pointed
out that funding for the pro-
gram has been held at a con-
stant level while tile
drainage has been increas-
ing until the present funding
level is near 40 percent. At
the present rate of decrease
the program will soon be
meaningless.
Other resolutions dealt
with the first morning in-
cluded:
+a demand that govern-
ment enact regulations to
prevent private takeovers of
cooperatives;
+better pipeline easement
agreements;
+legislation to enforce pro-
per use of slow moving vehi-
cle signs, and
+protesting the recent in-
terest rate increase on FCC
loans.
The morning was
highlighted by the. Presi-
dent's address. It was a
sober speech built around`
the convention theme
"Search for Stability".
Ralph Barrie summed up the
depressed state of
agriculture and the frustra-
tions.felt by many farmers in
saying, "The risk involved
isn't owning a farm, it's try-
ing to farm the damn
thing,". Mr. Barrie made a
wide ranging attack on..
governments for their lack
of support of agriculture,
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ment spending on
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from two percent to one per-
cent of the provincial
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"The guys in Ottawa
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rie, referring to the recent
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saved some of his criticism
for farmers themselves, sug-
gesting over -optimism, poor
planning, an obsession with
being independent and, the
failure to accept the respon-
sibility for creating the
necessary changes have con-
tributed to farmers' pro-
blems.
Mr. Barrie challenged the
farmers of Ontario to
become more united and get
behind their leaders saying,
"We can't fight the battle for
all of Ontario farmers with
only a third of them paying
dues. The size of OFA's
membership gives the
Federation its security,
while we search for stability
for the entire agricultural in-
dustry, Everyone of -us will
have to put ourselves out if
we are ever to get stability in
agriculture."
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