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The . • Maitland Valley of the Authority's .properties:: combination museum and Jim .Walsh and "Gowdy,
Conservation-=-A••uthority, :kris Twp weeks• -were erit :'n `"" �TM� .. Ray dy;
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_ :-:.•._ _.. ,: -..__. ,:„.a,w., . p. outdoor nuc ti ,
neer ening, sotitelti ,. "11 ` ;, -. a on facilit :... x ori t F,lel=d •.ata:.,
. �. • .1? �a this
.takin'�g..TCe. F°io`use apart: Care. • • . '✓ .• f ...
returns ,for their The ' fo�rernen • the-, Men, is ;.
dollar&.this ;was taken to, ensure that as men also f..,. lme•t,a gun
winter. "The returns aria's 'the much ofthe Dodi do. some work 'on the.old,Mill.derfook •the construction of
It c h Wood ,. as possible
form•of obs well donelis•-Brans a s..new Signs. These- signs areto
1 byfour • ' in - . the' House '' was s, l The awningwas g s lg. . .
,: area' reside not : be 'erected,.
nts wkio. were 'darpa ed �': torn down and time further 1. t, tact.. on , properties .
• ,• hired by the'•Aut ori �� "g clean• u °'o.' 'werewhich the .Ruth rit ur,
h . cy in the ; p "jobs ' carried o Y p
fall: of 1975,: under"the L.I,P The Authority. has .other Dina.," The A.utho•rit is - chased in .1975, •
Y Fon, , .
prbje_cts. planned:`, which in� s'dering pregaxing plans' for
• program, • 1
The Local Initiatives
.volye: the •use .of this wood, renovation Still another job tackled by •
ed this mill as these men was the
Program grant awarded .to The Gnat► found this work to be' Well.' . „' .•
the Authorityin the fallan :interesting change froth• manufacturing of tree racks:,
Picnic tables;' old' mills.and These are to be used in.a new
1975• totaled $13,80 .. It was painting picnic tables. Before old homes have not been. tree nursery facility which.
ori .inall hoped that this they left the'site• they made Y
originallysufficient to occupy all of the .,willbe set • up at the
funding would provide for 92 certain. that all rubble had tittle of_these• hard •working' Wawarrosh .Valley Cori-
. man weeks of labor on been cleaned. up, ,. employees, They have been .servation Area -during 1976,
----Authority projects', assigned to several other Material~; used in theseracks
a c
ollins and Murray ore ,•°recently, Murray ase
Murrayy y;,. -' jobs,. such 'as constructing' were. taken from •the
1VfcCutcheon, both of •McCutcheon,-Murray Rollins outdoor toilets, dismantled *Morris Hill
• Listowel, Charles Bromley of and Charles Bromley have, house..
Blyth and Philip Clements of 'spent time on another Tis. the fall of 1975 a new orest
Goderich. were the. four men project, This involved the campground was constructed
in -
employed under the progt•arn. placing of sheets:ofplyw.00d at the Falls Reserve Con- stallation truction, pl• ayground
serve
Since they 'were hired in over th'e.window•s and other, servation • Arga,. toilet equipment, road clearin
. November they have been.. openings of the old grist mill facilities were needed and•so... fire break 'construction and
workin quite•hard to .com in Gorrie, in an -effort to. L.I.P. crew was assigned dead tree removal are jobs
mn
i i h threat of . to assist in the construction. of
six new outdoor'toi tits. These
Authority owns the mill and is be
all been completed and.
planning to eventually willa set out in the spring.
plete the numerous projects maze t e treat 1 Th yet, to be undertaken by -this
assigned to them during the vandalism at the mill. The hard working crew. If all goes
winter months; according to plan the
These will be completed by
the end"of April.
and painting vandal, pr bofing
. of two historic' 'mills, con •
struction •and 'instal'lation of
playground equipment, road
clearing, firebreak con-
struction and dead tree
removal. However, : in the
meantime, several other'
projects have been ad.de.d to
the list.
The .first task they tackled
involved the . repairing and
painting a some '.400 picnic
tables used by the Authority
at its'' various conservation
areas.._ _These_; tables, sitting..--
outside . all year long" are
'subject, to all kinds of weather
conditions. Same of them are
damaged' unintentionally . by
users while 'others are
. thoughtlessly vandalized.: All -
needed coats.of paint.to en-
sure their survival for many
years to come.
Fifty gallons of paint were .•
''consumed "' and the four,
° needless ' to say, because
skilled in using paint brushes. •
Now, all 400 tables have-been
andare waiting, in
like new condition,.. to be
delivered to the Conservation
Areas in the spring, All of this
work was carried , but. at the
Authority workshop at . the
Falls Reserve. Conservation
- Area at Benmiller.
Prior to the end of 1975, the '
L.I.P.. employees had"' the
interesting task of tearing
down a house situated on the ,
Morris Hill Forest Tract,' one
assignments. were to
include picnic table repairs
renovate it and to use it as a ' Under: the supervisionof
CLAY •
Silo Untoaders.
- Feeders
- Cleaners
- Stahlirrp`
Log Elevators.
Liquid Manure Equipment
-• Hog Equipment '
FARMATIC
= Mills
- Augers, etc.
ACORN
-. Gleaners
- Heated Waterers
ZERO --
Bulk
Bulk Tanks
Pipeline & Parlour Equipment
WEST E EL-ROSCO-Granaries
B & L - Hog Panelling
Bulk Tank & Pipeline cleaning
Detergents, Teat Dip, etc.
Bovadine
Dyne
Losan
Uddersan.
Foa 'check
KIeeneasy
Philip Cleinents'of Goderich, left, oneof the..iour men hired by the Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority. under L.I.P. is assisting Jim 'Walsh,- Field Staff Foreman, in
putting. the finishing touches on' one of six outdoor toilets which the men helped to.con-
- • struuct-• t -the -Falls Reserve Conservation Area Workshop, The toilets will be placed in the
new -campground at Falls Reserve in the spring. The four men, all watershed residents, •
have been kept very- lusyworking on a large. nuinber.of Authority projects. Much remains
for them.to do before the end of winter.
Look
neighbour...
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Power ring drive, no weights:'
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Ask a neighbour who owns Butler.
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•Duren, Equipment Ltd. .
Route 1, Kincardine,
Phone: 519.395.3386
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Gf$DFRICH SIdNAL=STAR, TMURSRAY, FEBRUARY 19
9,76,;,PAGE 1
Last October.
s , a spech:by Earl :Biix? the American sec-
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p : d ui�.. Mr, 13u1z
made' some .cogent remarks: about productivity: , Be' said
• •production in. a •iculture is three. times higher.
' •-it was �.20• 'i "'� g r today than
years.ago. • But output.per Man in the industrial
°area is only 1.8 per cent,higher today than iit'was:.2Q Years.
ago.
,,Those' figures•, of course, apply to the United States farm -
era; The•difference is even greater in Canada Thanks to
John Phillips and his staff „at that hard-hitting: voice for
the farmer in Ontario, Farm and Country magazine, we
now have some figures available for Canada.
If nothing else; the statistics should dispel the notion
that farmers are dumb and- will not accept technological
changes quickly.` I. get .,tired of people usinedisparaging
remarks about farmers.,.
For Canada, output peremployee for commercial • in=•*
dustries increased by three per cent from .196i -to 1972, a
10-year"period_, The non-agricultural goods -producing sec-
tor increased about four, per cent during,;t,he decade. '. Ser-
vice industries increaed productivity by 2.1 per cent. •
It.. should also be pointed out, says 'Farm and Country,
that goverri'nient entployee.output actually dropped _three
per cent since 1968. • •
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What about agriculture?' ••
The average annual 'increase - get that. the"annual• in-
•. crease: not the decade - in agriculture was 5.1 per cent' •
How do you like then apples?
Unfortunately, those; figures.have•never been quoted in
the news columns of this nation's Metropolitan daily news-
papers, to- my knowledge: Farm -and . Country magazine;
,in fact. devoted a biting editorial chastising Toronto's
-Globe and -Mail for perpetrating a lie in its pages.
The Globe. apparently in a backhanded reference. claim -M
'ed•' agriculture has a productivity. level below.the average
.for. the economy.''. The, paper gave no statistics or figures
to prove the statement and so a few hundred thousand read-
ketters arO'appreal ted by_aob Trpitef_ EI4aI Rd.;r%I u
';ers again were treated to a misconception a lie; realtyr.,
The lie , will .live Ion er, than the' •fact a :
g s, I'm frald; orfce
farmers get the manure end of the stick. • .If, thettrv.•'to play ,bali with the big- :dail Papers, they.et-ab.
up the ass: They are under fire front' consuimiers associa.-
tions, the• Food Prices,Review Board, •a number•of:•politi
cians,.trying to makg gains in .urban,ar'eas and any:'ethe
city -slicker who doesn't knew the "difference between a
°Holstein and a Hereford. • '
Fbod producers have pathetically weak defences' in tr. -
p
ing to combat such drivel. Gordon Htlh, the outspoken res-
ident•of the Ontario Federation: of Agriculture'keeps pound
ing at the forces which tend to weaken farm organizations:
He had an alty for years when the National Farmers Union.
• was an activ�•e-.voice in this. province but stands alone now
' that the NFU membership has dwindled in Ontario. i '
The Ontario Commodity Council appears to be growing
. some new teeth • this' year with the appointment of. Jim
Boynton with a new and fresh approach for that organiza-
tion. -- .
The Ontario Milk Marketing Board is another farm:group
•that continues to do more than its. share of educating the
public.: Pork producers, too; are. becoming increasingly•
aware of the necessitx'to spend more money on promotion:
Bat the Canadian Cattlemen's Association members spend
•. se much time arguing among themselves about a marketing'
board that their Voice islost. • * •
It's been said before.•but needs -to be said again: Farmers
in this province must come to the:realization that'they•are
' fighting for survival. They must be prepared to speak out
.at all times, whenever the opportunity presents itself, and
let the consuming publicknow abeut•the•ir problerris.
It's past•the stage where they can sit backand let George
do it. Besides., George McLaughlin, the esteemed chair-
man of the• milk marketing board. says he:s going to retire
nextYear.
• Every.' farrier has to become a public. relations maxi.
And soon.
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Young farmers to discuss~-fvture o►f• agreculture
BRADFORD, 'Ont.
Agriculture' . and , Food
Minister • William Newman
called' today: -for• a 'one -day
conference of. young farmers
to , discuss ''the future of .,
agriculture in theprovince.
The conference will be held
in "Metropolitan '.Toronto at
the Prime Hotel On -March 8.
Speaking. at" "agricultural
night" at the BBadfor'd Lions
Club, Mr, Newman said: the
• conference - -Will - give- the
young - farmer- ' an op--
portunity to exchange views
on the challenges of
agriculture over the next few
years.
"It will: be the.- young far
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risers. own conference,- said
Mr: Newman., "I want there:
to do their own thing and, give
-rine a ...summary: of ,..their
thinking."
Young farmers wishing to
attend may apply by -:con-
tacting ` their local Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture. and
Food offices. - Provincial.
directorsof the Junior
Farmers' Association' _of
Ontario have agreed to ;assist
the provincial ag reins with .
the selection of. delegates so •
that various ages, farming ;
enterprises and parts of. each
county • anddi'strict. are
represented.
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ELECTRICAL
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