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Catching up on the correspondence:
A letter from Goderich in favor of the recent column on
Quebec: "Keep up the good work."
Another letter from Arnprior: "What do you mean,
making refrence to tanks along the Ottawa River between
Ontario and Quebec? It's stupid rednecks like you who will
ruin this country." - .
A reader in Cobden writes: "Thank you for saying a few
things in print that I have felt like saying for many months."
So much for Rene Levesque. It is heartening to learn,
though, that the Davis government is taking the labor discri-
mination issue to the highest court of the land. Others felt
that some action had to be taken against Quebec .in this in-
stance.
From Dresden comes a letter agreeing with my com-
ments on regional government but another from New Ham-
burg suggesting 1 probably still wear high -button shoes and
celluloid collars: "You're so old-fashioned you probably
still drive a horse and buggy."
I don't have a buggy but I sure love to saddle and ride my
horse four or five times a week.
A Brighton reader comments: "I recall reading a column
of yours a few years ago talking about the connections that a
huge conglomerate. such as George Weston Ltd. or the
Argus Corporation .must have. It would appear that their
ability to manipulate the marketplace is at last being recog-
nized. Maybe wewill have a full-scale Royal comMission!"
Maybe. But the recommendations are likely to get pigeon-
holed with all other Royal commission suggestions.
A beef farmer in the Drayton area suggests I should com-
ment on the formation of a beef marketing board now that
the price of beef is high again. I have baited the beef bOys
once too often. I'm afraid. A couple of beef farmers near El-
mira where I live will not even speak to me:
Letters are appreciated by Bob Trotter Ektaie Rd Efirn.e4 Ont N38 2C7
A farmer near Stratford happily extolled the virtues of the
steam locomotive after reading a recent column. He said
the town of Stratfordalmost died when the railway pulled
out. My column on trains brought back many memories. he
said. That same column brought letters from Marmora.
Seaforth. Mitchell, Gananoque and Midland.
And the article on getting a Saturday cent brought a char-
ming note from a woman in tganville. She said she can
remember those Saturday cents clearly. She used to go to
the corner store with her younger sister and the two of them
would stand in front of the candy counter for as long as half
an hour deciding what to get for their money in the Dirty
Thirties of the Depression.
One of the most charming letters came from a reader at
RR 3. Goderich. who loved the column on the return of
robins to our lazy acres. Enclosed was a poem by Anne
Livingstone entitled Canada Geese and the poem was dedi-
cated to me.
A lovely gesture.
I have had many pats and many'pans in more than 20
years as a journalist. ItIpmewhere in my trunk of memories
is a statuette about eight inches high. It consists of the rear
end of a horse. That's all, just the rear end.
"You are a...", says the engraved plate on the base of the
statuette.
It was given to me as a booby prize in an amateur contest
back in the days when I thought I could sing.
I am happy to say that soon after I received it. I quit sin-
ging. My friends - the few I have - and my wife. too. are
happy I quit singing in public.
I certainly appreciate the poem much more than I appre-
ciate the statue of a horse's rear end.
-Many thanks to all who filled the summer mailbag.
Man from the moon
to open plowing match
The man who took "one
small step" in 1969 will
officially open the 1978
International Plowing
Match in Huron County.
Neil Armstrong,
spacecraft commander
for Apollo 11, the first
man to land and walk on
the moon, will open this
year's match at 2 p.m. on
Tuesday, September 26.
The site is the Jim
Armstrong Farm, one
mile east of Wingham on
Highway 86.
Organizers are very
pleased that Armstrong,
now professor of
engineering at the
•
University of Cincinnati,
has accepted the in-
vitation to participate in
this year's - show. The
achievement of Appollo
11 was 'indeed "a giant
step for, mankind" and
the world has benefitted
immeasurably from the
technology developed to
put a man on the moon.
Agriculture has been a
great benefactor. The
technology of the space
age can be found in
almost every aspect of
farming. Sophisticated
electronics monitor
seeding and harvest from
Berries need care
Caring for raspberry
canes immediately after
summer harvest can
improve pbtential for
next year's crop.
Professor W.D. Evans,
Department of Hor-
ticultural Science,
Ontario Agricultural
College, says old or
spindly canes should be
removed after bearing
fruit because there is no
value in unproductive
plants which compete for
light.
Following the harvest,
growers should spray
with ferbam to control
two serious fungus
diseases - anthracnose
and spur blight.
Anthracnose results in
spotty fruit and, if severe,
lowers yield. Spur blight
causes shoots to dry up
when fruit is developing
and makes canes
susceptible to winterk ill.
Growers who consider
pruning a burdensome
task in raspberry care
can' take heart. The
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food is
funding research on
mechanical pruning. This
involves mowing alter-
nate rows of canes to the
ground every year.
"This method is not
'very expensive because
an orchard mower can do
the job," says Professor
Evans. It makes thinning
of old, diseased canes
unnecessary.
As raspberries bear
fruit only on second -year
canes, growers will
realize that alternate -row
mowing means only half
the b3iNsare ,productive
in any one , year.
Experiments with
narrower rows to ac-
commodate greater
density of plantings have
shown promising results.
Professor Evans is
studying varieties that
have responded well to
this new pruning method.
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the tractor seat while
satellites map weather
systems and chart crop
progress. Food
processing and
packaging techniques
inspired by the demands
of space exploration,
have opened new
markets and marketing
ideas for agricultural
production.
There ' are few
exhibitions where the
progress in agriculture
which evolved from the
space program is more
obvious than the Inter-
national Plowing Match
and Farm Machinery
Show. Over 500 exhibitors
will be on hand to show
the latest new and
imaginative develop-
ments in agriculture.
Along side them will be
displays from the past
showing where we have
been and glimpses of the
future, predicting where
we will be. It is most
fitting that Prof. Arm-
strong will open the ,1978
International.
Remember the dates,
September 26 to 30 near
Wingham ' in Huron
County.
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THE GODERICH SIGNAL-STAIZ, TRURiSDAY, JULY 27, 19'78,P40 I IA
Maybe new fence act
W. Darcy McKeough,
Treasurer of Ontario,
wants to hear from all
residents of Ontario ,in-
terested in the proposed
1978 Line Fences Act.
The Act was introduced
by Mr. McKeough,
Minister of
Intergovernmental
Affairs, in,June.
"The Government
looks forward to
receiving and discussing
comments and recom-
mendations for changes
to this Bill over the
summer months, and to
consideration by the
Legislature in the fall,"
said Mr. McKeough.
The major reason for
the new act is the need to
provide a simpler and
quicker method for
settling fencing disputes
in both rural and urban
areas.
. A line fence is a legal
' term which applies to a
fence built on a boundary
line between two
properties.
The' proposed act, if'
passed, will replace the
current Line Fences Act
which has been in
eXistence since 1913.
However, the whole issue
of line fences and the
resolution of disputes
dates back even further.
By an Act passed in
1793 in the second session
of the first provincial
parliament of Upper
Canada which met at
Niagara, provision was
made for the ap-
pointment of not less than
two or more than six
persons to serve the of-
fice of Fence Viewers in
each parish, township,
reptifed township or'
place. Acts were sub-
sequesntly passed in 1834,
1845, 1859, 1868; and 1874
respecting the line fences
with the 1913 act really
reenacting the 1874
legislation.' Since then,
there have been, only
minor amendments'.
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Under the. proposed
act, the distiffietion bet-
ween occupied and
unoecupied lands iebeing
removed. Moreover a line
fence will only ' be man-
datory where one ad-
joiningowner .wants a
fence. If the two owners
cannot reach an
agreement, one owner
may simply notify the
clerk of the local
municipality that he
wants the fence -viewers
to arbitrate the dispute.
If, however, the
municipal council has
passed a by-law
providing that the clerk is
not to be involved, the
owner will have to
arrange the arbitration
himself as with the
p 3sent act.
is also proposed that
ptions or the fence-
vie$ers in making the
award be clarified and
broadened_ and...that an
appeal from the fence -
viewers' award by either
owner be heard in small
claims court, rather than
county or district court.
Another proposal is for
a revision of the en-
forcement and cost re
covery procedures. If one
owner fails to obey the
award and the other
-owner does the work and
wants to recover the
value of that work, the
fence -viewers will
reconvene to certify the
amount owed by the
defaulting owner. This
will remove the need for
hhim to take action in the
small claims court.
Also, in addition to the
methods in the current
act, it is proposed that if
the municipal council
passes a hy-law, one
owner may collet' the
funds owed,' by the
defaulting owner, from
the municipal Ireasurer.
The municipality will
thn collect the amount
from the, defaulting
owner as taxes_with in-
terest. M.. McKeough
said "the- proposed
revisions are necessary
in order to deal with
pre -sent -day i r -
curnstances."
Anyone interested in
receiving a copy of Mr.
McKeough's statement
may contact: local
government organization
branch, ministry of
treasury, economics and
intergovernmental af-
fairs, 4th floor, Frost
Bldg. North, Queen's
Park, Toronto, Ontario,
M7A 1Y7'
A limited number of
copies of the proposed bill
are also available.
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Sam: Because the
coach told him to go in as
a sub.
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