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left tlixl Aed if there
fQ mm 164i1 ap-
catloxls in any one
year.. -
• The proposal to cetaf'.n
the loan ceilings at 755
percent, of cost with .the
$200 per acre limit WI -
mediately negates the 75
percent concept. The cost
of installing systematic
drainage systems in the
•'80s will not be•under $4011
per acre in mbst
situations. The placing of
•
a $200 per acre limit will
have' the immediate
effect of: the .licenced
•
NAL TAR, 'MILT-BBL/AY, FEBRUARY 7,1980.
o provide ,
draina'e .contractor
being asked by the far
• mer to design 'a system
wll.ich the contractor
knows is not adequate
and; the in`tallationof.ill-
conceived 'systs which
when eventually brought
up to efficient standards•
will result in the
destruction or aban-
donment of a major
portion of. the fernier
work. •
While the 75 'percent
ceiling on loads. • is ac-
ceptable and has stood
the test of time, there
should be no limit to what
the fanner Gan invest per
acre. It is .p ridiculous:
figure ,-ben measured
against land values,
co.mmodit.y values,
equipment values and the
historical costs , of
drainage vis-a-vis the
system "in any point of
time in the past 50 years.
The restriction . of a
$10,000 loan per farmer
per year with an ac-
cumulated ceiling of
$40,000• is not realistic.
The average drainage fob
today is close to 100
acres. The average
Ontario . farm is not flat
---and results in a random
'system of mains with
laterals being usually
straight and evenly
spaced. Farmers attempt
to grow crops that will be
off and out 'of the way
when the land is being
tiled spreading the work
over several years,
makes thisimpractical if
.not impossible.
If contractors are
' forced. to move in and
install only mains in one
year and return in each of
the .next three years to
complete the work, it will
badly disrupt the far-
mer's ability to manage
crop rotations, add to the
contractor's cost to
moving on and off the job
with its attended waste of
labour, equipment
-utilization—
sportation and wasted
fuel and energy costs, all
of which can only result
in the higher cost to the
farmer.
. While it may be argued
that these expenditure
ceilings will make the
, loan funds available to
•more fanners, it must
also be recognized that
one quarter of the Ontario
farmers now produce
three quarters of our
agricultural products and
certainly these are not
the operations that should
be restricted.
Would it nut seem
reasonable' that no ceiling
amounts be.: established
ether than -the 15 percent
considering that one of
the policies of the
government, as indicated
in the Throne Speech was
to make Ontario more
self-sufficient in food
production?
While some township
councils find thefti�if'elves
with insufficient drain
loan funds, others have
allocationsthey are
unable to use. This is the
result of the fluctuations
in demand within a
municipality in a given
year. It appears to me
that if these allocations
were operi-ended, they
would put an end to the
uncertainty. and con-
fusion presently ,ex-
perienced by • township
'councils and farmers and
at the same time put very
little, if any, upward
pressure on the
provincial-hludget.
Certainly it is a much
less costly program than
some other provinces, for
example, Quebec which
pays an outright. grant of
50 per -cent of the total
expenditure.
It has been my opinion,
that the Ontario Drainage
Legislation, (prior t"o
-announcement of the
proposed changes halo
been a model, one. that
gets the job done without
being a burden to the
taxpayer. The proposed
changes, however, makes
the legislation much less
effective.
Members of • both.
Opposition Parties have
long expressed objections
about good farmland
disappearing under as
phalt and urban
development which to
most people is a valid
concern.
Our most valuable
resource in southern
Ontario is agricultural
land and it is for this
reason that most of our
,to*ns and cities are
situated in good
agricultural areas. What
we sometimes' Lail to
recognize, however, is
that thousands of
potentially good acres
throughout Ontario, are
-
waiting -forthe—right
fanners to develop them.
Drainage is pine of the
important tools in
this development,
recognizing that well
drained farmland in
Ontario, makes efficient
use of tillage and har-
vesting equipment,
conserves fuel, and
energy by having larger
fields, permits the far-
mer to use more flexible ..
cropping practices and
virtually eliminates the
need for crop insurance
on other than specialized
crops.
No farmer in Ontario
should be legislated "into
the position of being a
"hilltop" farmer.
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