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Hearts of gold they. have. They're depicted in verse exel
song as being big, bluff; hearty men always willing to lend
some n mor unfortunate a helping hand.
They are the men' who' drive those highway monstresi- "
ties; the huge, noise -making trucks. •
K ndl, �tl►ey may be, Willing tohelp as well. And I'm bit-
ing off a big chunk when.I condemn them for the noise they
make: * .
Three or four years ago this corner complained in print
about the noise pollution caused by these huge. trucks. If
wasn't long before a rash of letters arrived, one or two from
truckers and the rest from executives 'of two or"three truck,
ing firms.
Yes, I agree that most truckers ,are great people. They
may ,even be as good a grodp as the popular country and
. western songs depict them. But their machines are an abomi-
nationas.far as I'm concerned: •
*Let one teen-ager with a faulty muffler, boom through
town .and, every police car within miles..converges on him,
• But these behemoths • of trade; the 18 -wheelers and the 24-
• wheelers and • the 'crashing diesels can bang away on • the
highway like a young war looking for some place to do battle
- and no,one stopsthem.
When my original .complaint was printed, it wasn't long
before the provincial, department of transportation and com-
mpaications announced that something^would be done about
noise pollution. At that time. Jimmy:Auld was the minister
of that portfolio and he said•police; would be equipped with
portable machines which could be set up at strategic•pla,ces
•. along'the highways to measure noise pollution. •
But •Mr. Auld disappeared into political limbo and his'
plan, as far as I'm aware, was never carried out. I said at
the time that it was a good idea but something happened
to delay it: •
-Trucking firms pay huge licence fees for the privilege.of'•
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our highways .butt J'o not think those licence fees give
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them the privilege of polluting the air. You cannot stand
'an a street corner and talk in our town when one Of those
huge obscenities goes t ironghttim . .
I'm convinced that the nose decibels climb a whale of a
lot higher from a diesel.erashing up a hill than a hollywood
Muffler. I know next to nothing about ,trucks, or mufflers
but I'm sure a great deal morecould. be done by trucking
firms to alleviate the noise pollution. 1 know, too, that the
better the sound is muffled, the less powerthe engine has
but'I have to carry noise pollution devices and air 'pollution..
devices on my car so why can't;;the trucking firmsbe fore=
ed, by law, to do the same thing?
Miles -per -gallon are also diminished by efficient muffling
systems but; again, everyone else must, have an efficient
muffler so 'why not trucks? Or hoses, too,:for that matter.'
The highway traffic act is quite clear. It says it is an of-
fence for which the owner of the vehicle can be fined, as.
well as the driver,. if the motor vehicle is not equipped with
a rriuffler in good working order -and which is in constant '
operation sous to prevent "'excessive or unusual noise."
• Ahd there's the rub. Who is to -say what is excessive .or
unusual? Most of usare so stupified by tee noise all around
us these days that we automatically raise our own voices
a couple of .decibels when a:.truck _.goes whining past _We. - put
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up with it. _
I submit it's time to crack down., Nothing is more shat-
tering than tohave the silence of a summer night :spoiled
by the mile=long'elashing:and banging of a great grain train
as it clashes and snarls and whines and whangs along the
highway.
Is it absolutely necessary that these trucks make so much
noise?Somebody tell me: I'dbe happy.to know.
And was it the vocal noises made by the trucking firms
of this province' that scuttled Jimmy Auld's plan to monitor
°highway noises? I'd like to knowthat, too. _
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Huron farmers .Lead
ore beans,fodder,corn grown here
Agricultural statistics
released ' : recently by the
ministry of agriculture and
food show that. Huron • county
farmers are again at the top
in several divisions. '
The statistics are the final
figures for 1975.
The report shows that last
year's bean crop produced
revenue of $12,293,000 for
Huron farmers." They had a
total acreage .of 55,000 and a
yield of 13.$ cwt. per acre.
Value of the bean crop per
acre islisted at $224 •
Middlesex was
with a total be
valued at $6,4
Huron's 5 '= of
fodder corn w -, is in
Ontario and wit -y +' d at
$12,144,000. It ..yielded an
average of 16a tons per acre
for a -per acre value of $2-2.1:
Middlesex . was again
second with .44,000 acres
valued at. $9.,636,000 and a per
acre value of $219.
Hay' production' in the
:county was listed at 98,000
acres with a value ' "of
• $11,646,000 dr $119 per acre.
In Fain corn.. Huron had
95,000 acres and.. -the crop was
"CLAY
- Silo Unloaders
Feeders
- Cleaners • .
- Stabling
- Log Elevators
-• Liquid. Manure Equipment
- Hogg Equipment
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-' Augers, etc.
ACORN -
- Cleaners
Heated Waterers
ZERO
Bulk Tanks
Pipeline & Parlour Equipment
r W l ST E EL -R O5 CO -Granaries
B B L - Hog Panelling
Bulk Tank & Pipeline cleaning
,Detergents, Teat Dip; etc.
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Dyne. .
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valued at $22,344,000. , This
worked ;out • to $235 Per acre.: -
Kent
cre. "Kent: county was the leader Mal! -
this department with "a al_b
crop value of $54,600,000 and.a
per acre value of $260..
In mixed' grains, Huron had
82;000 acres with a value of
$10,824,0001. This was $132 per
acre with a yield of 66 bushel
per acre.: -
Oats were valued .at only
$95: per acre for -a total of
`$1;116,000 in the county, while
barley was valued at $129 per
acre with total crop value on
47,000acres being $6,063,000.
Winter ,wheat brought
Huron farmers an average of
$200 per acre for a county
total of $4,600,000. on 23,000
acres in 1975.. ,
In the livestock categories,
Huron listed 176,600 cattle
with a per head value of $297.
This brought the total value to
$52,486,000.
° There were. 165,500 pigs
with a' per head value. of 472
for a,total of $11,991.,000..
In both categories,' Huron
placed second, Bruce county
led in cattle figures and Perth
• was tops in. -pigs.. •
• The.. county also had 9,500
.sheep, listed •, at a value per
head of $30 fora total value of.,
$285,000.
The statistics show. Huron
with a total land 'area ` of
840,000 acres. Of that, 611,308
acres is '.under crops, " -
proved pasture or sumx er
fallow.
Average net farm income
was shown as $3,984 with an
average net income from all
sources at $7,045.
New crop fog �Hu�o�R--
is mustard at Bayfield
By Shelley McPhee ; ;
of the News -Record
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All farmers dread too much
rain during the :growing
season: of their crops and
there is always the fear that
loose cattle will roam through
cash crops, but to James
Cleave of Bayfield this
problem' was especially
feared as he - was ex-
perimenting with a new crop
of yellow mustard.
"We did a lot of things
.wrong this year, but it wai.
only an experiment," his son
Barry Cleave explained. "It
seems that every- we -try
something new, the cattle get
into the crop."
Despite • the • difficulties,
however, the . Cleaves'. six
acres ..of yellow mustard
'proved to be a good crop and
they hope to triple their
acreage next year. .
The' mustard, which was
harvested on August 2 and
taken to theprocessing plant
outside Kemptviile, . was the
_first mustard to go, through
the plant. Mr. Cleave is also
e first farme "-in` Huron
County to have such a crop.:
Now other farmers have been
watching the process of 'his
crop and plan. to, take con-
tracts out for themselves.,
The idea . to grow; mustard,
which is used in pickling,
processed meats and .dried
mu•etarg, ' came to Mr,
Cleaves and Bill Ferguson of
Zurich earlier this year when
Mr, Cleave Was looking for, an
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alterpative cash crop to corn
and beans and Mr. Ferg(is-bi '
was looking for a goodhoney
producing crop for his bees,
Initially they had thought of
growing rape, however they
could not find •a place in
Ontario to • process it:
Meanwhile son Barry, • had
been 'reading several articles
on the' growing: demand of
mustard. Both the United
States and Japan are large
importers of the powdered
mustard.
The Cleaves, ,plante,d' e50• -
pounds of seed, eight pounds'
an acre, early in the spring.
However, they found that
they had planted the seed too
sparsely and there was too
much moisture for a good.
yield.
The plant itself is quite
sturdy and has sweet -
perfumed rich • yellow
blossoms No ` special
equipni.ent r,'is needed `•to
harvest the crop and the
seeds flow smoothly. The
combine used is set the same
as for harvesting wheat,
while the insidescreens are
the size used for, clover.
The bees make a light
yellow honey, similar to
basswood honey, and they
help pollinate the plants
•themselves, so both Mr,
Cleave and Mr. Ferguson are
pleased.withtthe crop.
At •first, everyone laughed
,at the crop, and some neigh=
'bouring farmers were even
afraid that the seeds would
spread to their grain fields.
Iowever, "there is a good.
chance that there :will be
enough contr,acts'in the area
to ;build a cleaning and
Storage plant closer than the
one in Ottawa.
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Say citizens here should be in on planning,
Huron ,F, + -A,:menibers.A feel
Districtinevit�ble
take the opportunity to-•:might,il,erun-by the Ministry
become:. involved.: in planning. of Healire withlittle' or no
now. Otherwise the.eounil• local -say:
BY ROAR SHAW district planning -there. could
The Education Committee be a tendency to downplay the
��F--tl^,�-. Huren=- Goui#3 ideit-of t
he --patient, the
Federation • of •• Agricultuee.:.' professional and the in- .1
was instructed to.prepae4 a • dividual institution..
,'brief outlining • the
Federation's .. stand andInedequate`•or over zealous
suggestions ,on the proposed planning could result in a loss
formation ..of a 'Huron -Perth of faoilities arid professional`
District Health Cou-ncil after services for some com=
the group. heard an outline of munities. Dr. Mills alsa..
the proposal from' guest suggested that if:there s an
speaker Dr. Frank Mills, excess of, political:
Goderich. Dr..1Vlilis spoke to manoeuvering1 the D'istri'ct
the monthly membership Health Council could be
Meeting of , the group en .. reduced to a rubber stamp, •
•September 2. 'administrative process
D. 1VI'rLls, Medical Officer contributing little to e-
a_ Health 1or__._1 txon,.........ex.-' .--ficiericy'9reffectiveness,-but•.-
plained that . the proposed adding cost.
council will be made • up of a
group pf citizens' within the
district who will' serve as an
advisory board. to_ ' the
Ministry of Health on plan-
ning • integrated heplth ser-
vices.
In asking: that the
Federatiorrprepare a brief he
also urged that they propose
at least one person as a
nominee to the new body.- He.
said the existing. ,steering
committee will file d list of•
It was also `suggested that
the voluntary co-operation
necessary between groups in
health care and Social Ser-
vices with different points _of_
view may be 'difficult to
achieve.
In preparei.ng a brief, Dir,.
Mills asked that the
Federation consider five
basic "questions; "Do.. -you
support the establishment of
a' District Health . Council?
nominations with the What should the"membership
Ministry of Health with their ---,be? Suggest a few harries fora
final report and ..that the riierimbership. What do you
participation of country think the function ofa District
groups in suggesting in-.: Health -Council • should be?
teresting persons was List . any other ideas and
desirable. - views that you Would wish the
Initially the District HealthSteering Committee to•
Council will be appointed by consider."
the Minister of Health, he •
explained. Once the bouricil is
established, the by-laws will
make provisions for future
appointments to the body.
Dr, 'Mills said the council
would'•establish priorities and
should deter'mi•ne . the health
of the district. and .match
those, needs, to the resources
available.
The formation of : such a
council, he suggested, could
help provide comprehensive,',
planning on an. area" -basis
rather than • on •facility . or
individual program basis.
The gneeds .of the Huron -Perth
area ' could be outlined more
effectively to the Ministry'of
Health through the .council
which would-ha•ve the support
of people in this area. It; is
also hoped that, it could
: reduce the . duplication of
facilities andservices
through more effective
planning. - -
l5re "lV1111sVefesse ' fo re '
meeting that he was merely
trying to present the. idea to
the people_ of • Huron and.
riot Want the Federation
members to feel that hewas
or was not trying to sell the
idea..
He pointed out that certain.
problems 'could be 'expected
with 'the new council. With
Some • members of the
Federation. felt • that in the
•'question of establishment of
the council there was really
no choice. If Huron was not
agreeal,..e now it would' be
shoved on the area in •any'
case sooner or -later.
Bearing this in mind the'
group felt it would be better to
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four -years -for --land .acquisition -in the -Saratoga -Swamp;
Natural Resources Minister Leo Bernier has announced.
Located along Sharps Creek in the Township of West
Wawanosh, the swamp comprises 4,000 acres, of which
460 acres have.been previously acquired. -
Floed control will be .maintained in the area, which has
been experiencing residential development pressures.
Acquisition of the, land will also protect the biological -
community in both he swamp and Sharps Creek, which
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