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• SJGNAL.1ThR,'i 1URSDAY,
Time to.catch up, on some of the correspondence.
Bob Burns of RR 3, Norwood, penned a little piece just
before Christmas. "This is the time of year when the city
folks are busy hopping the fence to chop a Christmas tree
out of the farmer's shelter& belt or maybe taking a few fence
rails for the fireplace."
Enclosed was a page from the petty._ trespass act which
should make a few urbanites sit up and take notice. The fine
for trespassing, even if you do no damage of any kind, can
now be as much as 8100. The act was changed recently and.
the fines increased from a maximum of $10 to $100.
"Every person who unlawfully enters or in any other way
trespasses upon another person's land that is enclosed ... is
guilty of an offence."
Not ordy that, every persqn found trespassing may be
apprehended without warrant by any peace officer, or by
the owner of the land.
Stories abound on file trespassing done by hunters and
Christmas tree seekers but the newest menace in recent
years has come from those abominable snow machines.
• They come roaring past our place in the country searing hell
out of the horses. We have a ramshackle cedar rail fence
on our two acres. The fence won't keep horses enclosed but
the electric fence wire does.
Electricity means nothing to snowmobilers. They come
bombing through without regard for life or limb.
A few years ago I read of a country dweller in central
Ontario who heard the machines approaching right across
his front lawn. He calmly walked to the gun rack, stopped
the two men oa the snowmachines, took their wire cutters
from them, told them to get off their machines and stand
back. Then, he took his shotgun and pumped the engines of
those two 'machines full of buckshot and 4'xalked back into
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I haven't the nerve to take action that drastic. I•
I don't even own a gun. Regular readers of this col
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Mod by lob Tions Eldsis IM . Elmer. Ont. N21.2C7
aware-ef hyw I hate the things. I might. let a ..engulf!'
some day to shoot a snowmachine full of holes. ; •
The man who took the action was charged and had to pay
a fine for wilfully damaging those snowmobiles. He said it
was worth it.
. Another` letter (bm Adrian Vos, a familiar name to many
farmers in southwestern Ontario.
"You have one foot in the furrow but I wonder if the other
is up in the air? I am referring to your remarks on consumer
representation otr.marketing boards.
"1 don't know of any marketing board objecting to the
appointment of a consumer representative to the oversee-
ing board (the Ontario Farm Products Marketing Board) .,.
but to have another consumer representative on the local
boards is wholly superfluous.
"The principle of marketing boards is to ;assure the, pro-
ducer of the highest possible return on his efforts. The prin-
ciple of the consumers association Is to assure the lowest -
possible cost to the consumer. This constitutes a direct con-
flict of interest.
"The overseeing board, either provincial or national,
with a consumer representatively!l make sure the public
isn't ripped off. A representative on the Local board would
be disruptive. ,The interest of the consumer is adequately
guarded."
And where Adrian and I agree totally is in his next para-
graph: "Where the farm organizations fail is in publishing
the advantages of marketing boards to the consumer. What
have you read about the price of our eggs dropping against
an increase in the price in the U.S.? Without a national egg
agency, our consumers would now be paying a dollar a dozen
for Grade A large. Why is this board not beating its own
drum?
'1 guess I am' saying that the -Consumers Association of
Caridda would not clamor so much about farmer ripoffs if
we ( farmers) spent some of the money on public relations."
Amen to that, my friend.
Plans available in
"Farm operations today
demand well-designed farm
buildings," says J.B. Arnold,
agricultural engineer with
the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food.
"This means structures
should be well-planned and
properly constructed to en-
sure that they are safe,
functional and economicaI.'r
The • Agricultural
Engineering Service of the
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture • and Food
provides design information
for Ontario farmers through
f
local ag
representative
Ontario for all farm buildings
ricultural
ffices.
"An average. of 5,000 farm
,calls are made in Ontario
each year concerning farm
buildin. g designs: Much of the
assistance to ' farmers is
provided, ` through Canada
Plan Service ' (CPS) plans,"
says Mr. Arnold.
CPS prepares.: plans for
constructing modern farm
buildings, livestock housing
systems, storages and
;:equlpn ent Ali." necessary
structural details are
specified on the plans which
are available free of charge
to farmers, contractors and
others who wish to use the
service. •
The plans are prepared by
committees of experts froth
provincial agriculture
departments across Canada.
Mr. Arnold says the plans
are designed in accordance
Mth the Canadian Code for
Farm Buildings and meet the
standards of the Ontario
Building Code.
Plans, are continually
updated -`to ineorporate
changes in design codes and
improvements in materials.
An- average of 22,900
requests for CPS plans are
made in Ontarioeachyear,
The, Canada Plan' Service
design centre originated at
the Ontario ' Agricultural
College in Guelph in 1954. It
was moved to Ottawa in 1969.
Farmers will ' have .:the
opportunity to .talk to
agricultural engineer. about
CPS plans this year at tarn)
machinery shows in Toronttm;
London ardOttawa.
High ozo
Southwestern Ontario may
get "acid rains" in the future
from having one of - the
highest levels of ozone and
PAN pollution in the world.
From several reports
presented at the Ontario
College of Agriculture, :last
week, it -'was noted that
photochemical pollution, of
which ozone and
peroxyacetyl (PAN) are the
most important, develops
from burning fossil fuels,
Southwestern Ontario is
• : bordered by heavily in-
dustrialized areas in the
United Sfates and has Sarnia
to the west and Toronto to the
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ne causes "acid rain
east. These cities make heavy
use of fossil fuels. _.-
Weather factors also
contribute to draw ozone
across the lakes from such
areas as Cleveland, Buffalo
and Detroit.
In Ontario, it burns stalks
and leaves in crops such as
white beans, soybeans,
cucumbers, grapes, tobacco,
potatoes, tomatoes, pum-
pkins and squash.
Levels of 50 parts per
billion are usually enough to
injure the most sensitive
plants. White bean
leaves react at levels 'ex-
ceeding 80 parts per 'billion
and levels six `Mmes that
amount have been detected in
Southwestern Ontario.
Ozone pollution was
primarily responsible forte.
forcing the lucrative white
bean production -out of.Kent.
County and farther north
where it is now centred in
Bruce County.
Scientists have been unable
to` counteract the losses,
which have been up to 100 per
cent in` some onion crops and
could be 15 to '40 per cent in.
some other crops,
• The • primary ozone
pollution areas are 'within
several miles of Lake Erie
and north from Sarnia along
Lake Huron.
The "acid rains," while not
well -researched, probably
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The , Federations i?
Agriculture's'' neW ^ It 1
policy was called everything
from "regressive" to
"realistic" at tha.::H
County Federation meeting in
Clinton recently. •
Township councl11orra and
farmers packed the reeling
to standing room omlyto hear
Bill Benson, a.member of; the
Provincial executive'; of the
O.F.A. explain the
Federation's change in
policy.
The pope.& which was
adopted at the- Pederation's
annual meeting in : Hamilton
called . for the -Federation to
reduce its demands for
Provincial' land use; . control
and to give top Priority to nine
alternative measures of
improving the'competitive
position of food producers
Ontario.
It is more of a 'change in
strategy than a change In
policy,"- - Mr, Benson said.
"Deep down inside the
majority of farmers believe_
farmland should be
preserved for future
generations to use."
The nine measures are
aimed more . at ; saving the
farmer than the farmland,
Mr. Benson said. The
measures include lobbying
for the lessening of odour
restrictions in •the
agricultural areas, noise by-
laws revised to allow for
normal farming operations;
import controls, taxation
reform, . and greater farm
income security. -
The measures call for the
County, F.ederations -to
develop"' -land-use and
severance.policy suitable for
their own county conditions.
"I'm glad to see the
Federation adopt the polIcyof
local ' land -use planning,"
Reeve Gerry Ginn of
Goderich township told the ,
meeting. "It should not be
provincial planning, it should
be local people who do the
planning."
Mr.Ginn said that under
Huron County's planning
-system, the township council
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sa s e , 'tang a b 'rf ral it
County. he $00 .!>,
blame your "Corning froth alt u b'
council as they fringe area,,•I fii nd,tbe litestyye.,
e otter wlto interpretthe in Huron County:; .,so much,
la$ and set the better to live in and to workin:;
.,> .; agriettlture, , he sat.:a ' .
y,#lrfderwpod, In .other buslitgse' the,
however, ,'said ite was most .., Federation' learner! .that'
disappointed with the OFA - many - townshlpe were
policy 1. think it was a receiving'leas' money'' in file
regressive, step taken ',at a drain.. loans -from the
time •when'a farm` prices are provllnclal,government.
low, �We need to push. and cKill, Reeve Allan
push., . . .. k•. r +r... ,,. 9P .
.Campbell �t d the meeting
Merle Gunby ,sugsested lhat`:is township had been
that the .'Federation should :cut.back.fr,om 1$131;000 i'n 1976
also look -at preserving' the to$11.8,000for1977.Reeve Bill
farm conintunitY 40. --.Well as ;''El'stoh ;x of Morris .Township
the land: Urban development' said that Morris had been cut
seriously, . impaired the back from $37,000toS33,000. •
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rThunder _Ba
... area
Bill Broadworth,. Huron
County Associate
Agricultural Representative
with the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food has
been promoted to the position,
- of AgS,icultural Represen-
tative for the district of
Thunder Bay.
Since coming to Huron.
County, three and one half`
years ago, Mr. Broadworth
has worked closely with
dairymen in areas -of 'dairy
farm rnanagenient. More and'
more dairymen are becoming
more concerned about
proper, adegi ate nutrition in.
their dairy _herds. The -
Ontario Ministry of ,
Agriculture and: Food's
computerized dairy feed.
formulation program is a
valuable aid to the dairyman,
in assuring sound nutrition: •
In assuming the Thunder
Bay position, Mr. Broadworth
will be responsible for the co-
ordination and ad
ministration of Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food -policies and programs
in that district. '
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Bili and Lynda Broadworth
and their three children will
be moving."to Thunder Bay
where Bill *ill assume his
position as Agricultural
Representative effective
March 1st;
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