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PAGE 8A.GODER ICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, •A 'RIL 22,1976
Letters are apprectat� by Bob Trotter. Eidale, Rd Elmira. Ont N3B 2C7
• Eugene `r`r'helan and William Newman. the two agric.ul-
ture ministers with -which Ontario t trtners•ar•e eon•eer'ned.
arern deep trouble'
• A$ this its wt ittee 1, ugene Whelan has just'.announe.ed
Canada's dairy policy tur'.197ti'. The ptificy was duo"
weeks ago:: Mr. \\helan had great, problems. getting that.
polc�r through Cabinet. .
•
• Jim Ruma'hn.' one,of the .niost.incisive. farm writers in
this. province. has predicted .that Mr Whelan will leave
,. the federal -Cabinet scion because he cannot get policy de-.
4•isions paried by his Cabinet (Cohorts.
Mr. Whelan' was. Mr: .ifornahn's•employer at ode -lime'
so Mr. Homahn may have. •an inner pipeline to the federal
_minister It is .nol, surprising that. Cabinet will not stand
behind Mr. W'helan's. policies It would be interesting 1,6,
find. out how i -many of th,ue 'Cabinet ministers have •any,•
idea .of the problems being t coed by ('anadiatt °1 irnierti,.:
Few ot`• them have ever had manure on • their boots.
wager. - • . /• -
They know- nothing about farming and they do not •ap-
• pear to care: Certainly, rhe prime minister is far from
being a •farm boy. .Few all -rural ridings are left in this
country. •Farmers make up only about six -per cent of the
• population. and who..needs to care, about satisfying. only
six per cent of the voting public.?
Six per cent is just a pesky minority.
• But why can't• (Cabinet• ministers see a little farther
than their own pollticat end,'' Is it too much for thern •to
realize that;a health\ • agricultural economy in any conn
try — be it Canada.or Bangladesh — is .the. best assurance
tor prosperity" .Agriculture in (Canada accounts for mo""re
than 40 per cent of the •gross national product. Although
Only six per. cent at the• population e, direitty. engaged in
" tilling the soil or. growing •food. more jobs depend. on. Agri-
-culture than arty other sector of theeconorhy, . .
fe'w' months ago, this' reporter attended a farewell
dinner fui• the former minister of agriculture and -•clod in
Ontario. - Bill. Stewart. -t that tnee.ting..an enterprising
and attractive • widow.. from We11esley 'I'ownsh•rp`presented •
•%i''illiarrt Newman .the new agriculture mini; ter.„,with the
,.biggest pai•rof barn boots. she could bus, .
farmers rn. riskyF -busrn.ess
have.a big pair of boots to t•i11." she told.Mr. New•
Man, •
•
• • Mir. Newman is under fire now for not. re Z ., g a report. •
prepared by a branch of his` own ministry. disappear-
report
made it q'uite•clearihat'farrhland in. Ontario is`'d•isappear-
ing under the developers" hammers at alarming rates.
The report said the disappearance •"is almost.;impossible
to keep track of.`' Somehow, the, information in the report
was leaked. and Mr. Newman found it difficult to, 'defend his
actions in,not releasing`theirfor.mat.ion.
Opposition Leader Stephen- Lewis ,predictably •' jumped
. on him. And maybe tie had good cause,
I' atuous trivia, said Mr.. Lewis of the province's• series .•
of government planning reports;• that .Were released and
• the .one dealing with agriculture;was• the si•ngle most
turbine clocurrent."
• "It is one ot' the .emptiest ieast-w•eli •directed•documents
we've had dealing with' agriculture '':said Mr: 'Lewis.•:of •
the report that was made public
The fact, that thisprovince has,:itot- h'ad'the guts to un'=
plernent a program of larrd presetvatipn ISA . '•formula
doom.'" according• to the Globe apd;.Ma`E1 ' -
I can only repeat what 1' said in this corner A few months
ago from the pen of Louis A 1411 Leaaone: ot. the'-foretnpst
agricultural'researchers in: }Yarih `AnleriCa It;`is tiq aC-
.cident that societies prospered after thelusades as they
provided tenure •.systeins •for tarmers this creating irk
centives. - .
"And it is no accident that the great bulk of men's other
advances have oeciirred,,:in• these`Same:saoieties.,:°'It•
Accident that health is best:'and late -the easiest in societies' •
that have encourageda prosperbos•"aril
lure:'
`'It is no.'ac ident, thatgarden plots rn'i ussta produce'' 5 :`
out of all. proportiorr to Colleettves., k1id •€inak1y} it rs not'
surprising, that poor health:.and htE ger alk`fid'nd Etr-hand rn',
lands where 'l.and`tenure aa'ditf icult:'f i.eni.pig confit iered .a:.;
second-claiss occupation: and where farmer rnceatl',es are:
lacking r•`
Why. can't polrtrcana utid}errt'tind•:these `.statements and
these implications and give;ta•rmersoe'Ontario atiiin Can-•
ada.the prilicies needed tol eep tllerrl•hacppy:arid
OFA president
suranc
"If is difficult to
exaggerate the -risk position
of farmers today," says
Gordon Hill, president of th`e
Ontario Federation: of
Agriculture.
��li_ HKt1- presented -Ile
annual OFA brief to. Cabinet
recently and .explained that a
producer of grain corn will
invest $90 or more per acre in
cash outlay this . spring. A.
farmer planting,400 acres will
directly invest $36,000, .plus
the use of the^land, in hopes
that the, weatherwi11 yield a
r-
4
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Hill (harps_ land use planning
"The Ontario Govern-
ment's policy / on land -use
planning' is chaotic at
present," said Gordon Hill,
president of the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture,
representing 95 percent • of •
Ontario's farmers through its.. -
23,500 individual farmer -
members: and its 19 corn-
nnod'ity group members,
three provindial co-
operatives and educational .
associations. .
1VIr, Hull, presen.ting the
annual ,OFA brief.` to cabinet
recently,•• explain'ed that
farmers May complywith
suggested Code of Practices
for livestock operations and
yet findthey are harassed or
'forbidden, , to expand due to
the, sensitivities of their new
neighbours. Farmers are
often-oned into• agric,•
ulture
by.municipal by-laws while in.
adjacent jurisdictions
councils ' allow severances
from farms and subdivisions
on top farmland...
Farmers see -the provincial
government' failing to end this
•;chaos of'speculation and land
dealing •It appears to far-
niers,:
ar-
titers :- that the' ' Ontario
Govern'rnent - 'places 'higher
priority on' environmental
:•..and recreational uses than On:.
• food Rxod(ic'tio'rit:' ; . .
Under ;•the Niagara
.Esc'arpment Act and Tithe
Parkw-ay Belt Act, the
:Minister has been,giyen such•',..
.°wide authority that he may..:
'everxide any: mon-icipal
::zoning'1by laws or local Plans:. -
There i;s no appeal in count to
'decisions of the Minister .
• Even .z ore . frightening is
the unplanned way in which;
,`Hydro is exp'anding.: �. ;
Mr .Hilt explained, "At: the
.moment,:Hy'dro has identified
:study •ar;eas for. generating,.
;plants fourof these are in
Nortliei n .Ontarioand the
other t8 are. in .Southern'
,Ontario, surrounding, oitr
prinie.,agrictilturai land: If all.
these genet ng lant -a °e--
l tftlt Southern Ontario will ,.
be'rfnged with these plants;
along'the shores of the Great
Lakes; Ther' amount of land.
involved. inthese plants "is
: • approximately 500,000 acres,
the size of Oxford County, and
-that:just represents the direct -
develop.iGrrent, Industrialand
tial for urban:development will occur •
n
in e500.000. aw.tcinity of etch of these
plants; • taking 'much . more
thacres."
good crop and the price wiill.
be high' enough to repay not,
only_that original outlay but
harvest costs and land rental
in addition.
Even `as he plans and
plaints; =-world markets may
gyrate wildly due not only to
the level -of distant harvests
but according . to week -to -
week .decisions by major'
grain importing .and. ex-
porting• countries. The fate of •
the harvest in one major „
producing .area •will • have
immediate and .direct in -
WATER
DRILLING
NEW HOMES and FARMS
Pre'e Estimates
You and your family deserve the best of•water
.^so don't hesitate to call
TOM LANG
PHONE 524-6410
1 MILE NORTH ON' HIGHWAY 21, GOD.ERICH
fluence over :- whetl ertl•.e
Ontario grower .'doe -s- welt;•
accepts . a sharp dect'ine, .or
faces disaster. Grain prices •
in : turn directly .'`affect
-livestock producers:'
`pttospects and: incomes
The stress , caused "by ;the
risk of .tow -price years, can
only be solved by an , in=.
surance program against low,
price • years a program
establishing' bottom limits to
price.
OFA proposed a_ joint
farmer -government .income
assurance. ;.plain; in its: 497.5
brief for : Cabinet. The.:'plan
would be' voluntary for each
canimodity: and voluntary dor•
i:nd>vidual Tfarmers as welt
•wthings thin s are essen
This : plan: -a .sharing of the th
• risk -hearing by ' society..'at
large in its own food source
by contributintwo-thirds of " .ti . •
the :premium and-' farther
involvement in the shaping of
the plan.
Mr. Hill emphasized; "This
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It is, of course., protested
that to compensate farmers
.for the .loss of value of their
fauns through freezing land
into agriculture would be
prohibitive. But, Mi'. Hill'
pointed out, OFA has
suggested a scheme by which
either a private market' for
d velo me t right r th
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public holding of develop-
rnent rights. be . Created.
Either of these could be done
at an insignificant cost to the.
public treasury,
Now is the time to -save on this .
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a, -gallon on current farm prices:
You .know the high quality and
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ATTENTION FARM
WHAT YOU S11OULD KNOW ABOUT FLAX
° ASA CASH CROP IN 1976
1: Flax Futures for 1976•... continue at`•' an
- attractive level.
2. Flak ,Plantings in our area have trippled in.
the last two years.
•3. •Possibility of new flax seed varieties. With
„higher yields being. available for 1976.
° 4. `Input Cost for seed fertilizer and spray less
than $20...00 per acre:
,-6. A market is available immediately for all
Ontario grown flax.
6. Quick unloadas compared with other cash ,
7. Forward selling available (Ask Manager for
details)
crops.
8. Storage available (ask Manager for details)
9., Contracts available' (ask Manager for details)'
Don't,delay because interest in this seed is. high.
To avoid disappioititmeiiit call toddy.
For
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Milverton, Ontario
phone 9564941 •
sped. please contacts
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phone 528-2026
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