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Everybody gets caught in the inflation squeeze,
especially people on a fixed income with no hope of an
increase to equal spiralling prices. '
But the basic indrattries get hit hard, including
agriculture. For many of us, the expected increases in
energy costs may be offset by a pay increase. Far-
mers, though,, need that energy to produce food.
If production costs increase to the point where
farmers just cannot continue to farm, we'll all starve.
Agriculture is still the most important industry in
Canada anddon't you forget it. More than 40 percent of
• the gross national product is generated through the
food chain. No other industry can make that
statement. Others would like to make it, mind you,
such as the steel industry. But only agriculture can. '
I cannot, for the life of me, understand what the
independent truckers in the United States hope to gain
by their strike. They say they want someone to sub-
sidize them for the cost of diesel fuel.
You know who will subsidiie them. The poor tax-.
payer. It's enough to make Yeu weep when pictures in
the papers show an unhappy farmer plowing dozens of
acres of lettuce back into the ground because, the
farmer cannot get a trucker to take produce to
market. •
Yet the poor farmer keeps getting criticized by
almost every sector of the economy. Beef prices are
high, so high that people are turning to substitutes.
Who gets blamed? The beef producer. -
"They're making a killing at our expense," said a
teacher friend of mine the other day. "They're -going
to price themselves right out of the market,"
Yet, where was he when beef producers were
dropping out of business like flies in the fall a few
years ago when beef producers were losing money?
• The Consumers Association of Canada deplored food
price inflation last fall in'a,brief to the first ministers
conference. The. association did not relate the food
price inflation to the rest of inflation across the nation.
.144 -compete.
4-H
There was a total of 144
competitors in the 1979
Huron County 4-H
livestock . and -field crops
judging competition.
In the senior division,
Alan Powe of No.2
Centralia took first place
with a score of 754 out of a
possible 850. Second
place went to Pauly
Pavkeje ' of No.2 Cen-
tralia; who had a score of
745`
The intermediate
division was. open to
competitor.,s 15 to 17 years
of age. • First prize went
to Brian McGavin of No.4
Walton, and Bruce
Godkin of No.1. Walton
won second place.
Forty three. com-
petitors. .entered the
junior division, for young
people 13-14 years of age.
Bill Kinsman, No.2
Lene, a,e app'e, a.lea t„ Ei „c, r,wle' Ei daye Rd Eim:,a On! N313 2C 7
They, of all people,, should know that food price in-
creases have not been significantly different from
other prices. The association failed to suggest that
Canadians are spending less of their disposable in-
come on food these days, even wjth inflation, than they
did 20 years ago.
It seems to me that too many Canadians complain
about farmers, tpo many are interested only in the few
pennies they might save if imported food is•allowed;to
come into this country with no barriers.
It seems to me, too, that farmers would like some
indication from. Canadians that they -- farmers -- are
wanted and appreciated in this country. They would
like some indication from senior governments that
farmland is a limited resource and should not be
gobbled up by urban Sprawl with little or no thought
for farmers.
Farmers would like to know whether Canadians
want the family• farm*preserved. Farmers have the
distinct impression, as articulated recently by the
Christian f=armers Federation, that most Canadians
do not care if their food is produced here by Canadians
or by some branch plant of some international
conglomerate.
For a few pennies difference, Canadian consumers
buy imported fruits and vegetables and Canadian
farmers end up plowing those fruits and vegetables
back into the ground. •
Farmers get frustrated and angry when urban
consumer's expect them to provide land corridors for
gas lines,. pipe lines, hydro lines, roads, ticky-tacky
•subdivisions and asphalt -covered shopping plazas and
garbage dumps, industrial waste dumps and nuclear
-waste dumps.
Through all this, the farmer keeps right on
producing to fill all those hungry bellies in the cities.
Is it any wonder farmers are complaining? • •
competition is held
Kippen, was awarded
first prize, and second -
place was 'won by Greg
Hoggarth, of the No.2
Kippers club.
The novice competition
was open'to young people
12 to 17 years of age
entering for the first
time, and to last year's
Pre 4-H club members.
Cathy McGavin, : No.4
Waltdn, won first prize,
and second :. place was
won by Larry Henry 'of
No.6 Goderich.
The pre 4-H com-
petition was open to
young people 11 year old.
Paul ` Dodds of No.l
-Seaforth received first
place, and Christine
Stapelton, No.2 Auburn,
came in second.
Alan Powe and Brian
McGavin won.Lthe United
Cooperatives of Ontario
trophy' for the highest
scores in the' entire
competition.
The Canadian National
Exhibition Shield for the
high novice ' judge was
won by• Cathy McGavin
and Larry Henry. .
Ron Godk.in, No.1
Walton, and . Cheryl
• Stewart', No.,1 Kirkton,
got, highest ;scores in the
swine section-a-n-d-won•the-
•C.I.L. trophy.
The Huron County Milk
Committee award for the
highest store in the dairy
section was -won by Larry
• Henry, and •runners-up
were Jeannie Brand, No.2
Bayfield and Elizabeth
Stewart, No.1 Dublin.
Winning-the-Eyanamid
15of Canada award for high
score in the sheep section
was Oscar Meier, No,4 -
Brussels. Runners-up
were David Townsend,
No.4 Seaforth and David
Marshall, No.3 Blyth.
The Huron -Cattlemen's
Association award for
highest score in the beef
section- was won by Brian
McGavin. Runners-up
were Sherri Marshall,
No -.3 -- Blyth- and- ' Bruce
Godkin.
Jennifer Johns, N'o,2
Auburn; won the Winston
Powell .award for the
highest score in the horse
section. 'Runners-up
were Jackie Brand, No.3
Clinton and Terry Smith,
No.1 Walton.
Tractor pull -Meld in Auburn
Tractor tires bit into
the dirt as 44 competitors
from across Western
Ontario matched
machines ' on the pulling
track in Auburn on the
weekend.
The tractor pull was to •
have been part of the"
village's 125th an-
niversary celebrations
the . previous weekend.
However, the track was a.
strip of mud ,and the
event was postponed.
The pull - attracted
nearly 2,000 spectators.
The track had turned to
hard clay for - the
Saturday but competitors
.had to deal with a loose,
dusty top'which made the
sled a'tittle heavier to pull
than usual, `organizers
said.
The tractors' and four -
Wheel drive • trucks were
divided into -eight classes.
More than $2,000 in prize won the 14,000 pound
money was offered. class; 17,000 pound stock
tractor, Norman Clarke,
Fingal; 20,000 pound
stock tractor,, Paul ,
Murray, Seaforth.
Winners were: 7,000
pound truckdivision, Bill
Turner, Varna; 7,200•
pound open modified
tractor, Paul McDougall,
RR4 London; 9,200'pound
modified tractor, Larry •
McLennan, Lambeth;
8,900 pound stock trac-
tors, Wayne Whalls,
Shedden; 11,000 pound
stock, Robert Simpson,
RR1 Glencoe who also
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to trespassing act
•
BY ALICE GIBB Federation of Agriculture
The land use com- and to Attorney General
mittee of the Huron •McMurtry.
County Federation of
Agriculture has GUEST
recommended that SPEAKER
Attorney General Roy
McMurtry consider some The guest speaker at
changes to the proposed last Thursday's
legislation on trespassing federation meetingp held
on privately -owned land. at . Huron C.entennia'l
The government is
proposing to replace the
Petty Trespasses Act
with two new pieces of
• legislation - the
Occupiers' Liability Act
and the Trespass to
Property Act.
The attorney general
recently requested public
reaction to the proposed
legislation.
Gordon Hill of Varna,
chairman of the land use
committee, said his
committee recognizes the
proposals outlined in the
new acts are a definite
improvement t'o the
current situation existing
under the Petty
Trespasses Act. •
_Under the proposed
legislation, the maximum
'fines for trespassing
would be increased from
$100 to $1,000. Also,
landowners would be
asked to mark their
property with signs or,
some type of colored
marker to indicate if
trespassing is forbidden
on their property.
Mr. .Hill said his
•committee recommended
that the 'only cause for
landowner liability in the
event of an injury to
someone trespassing -on
the property; should be
when an act has been
School, Brucefield, was
George Kloster, president
of the Oxford County
Federation of
Agriculture. Mr. Kloster
showed his organization's
agricultural film, A
Question of Balance.
Mr. Kloster explained
his group decided to
make the film three years
' ago when there was a
great deal of discussion in
Oxford County about
drawing up an official
land use plan for the
county. Mr. Klosler said
while interest groups
such as land developers
were well represented in
discussions with county
officials, rfo one was
really representing
farmers.
Mr. Klosler pointed .out.
since. farmers make ,up
only five percent of the
population, they needed
to convince the general
population to share their
views on land use in the
county. They decided to
produce a film outlining
their views on agriculture
and the dangers of en-
croaching urbanization.
The film took two years
to• produce and cost the
group $22,000. The
speaker said the filni has
since been shown _all_
across the ,province on
done by the landowner ",television, at agricultural
conferences and has even
been sent .to'Europe for
viewing.
Mr. Klosler said county
officials congratule,ted
the Oxford County F.' of
with "deliberate intent to
cause harm to someone
doming on the land."
He said the land use
committee also
r.econime.nded•. that
rather than putting signs
or markers on the
property' warning people
to keep off the land, there
should be a positive entry
system of signs so Ian-
downers can indicate
When they, would
WelcoiTie Z people .using
theirf land for.
recreational uses. •
Mr. Hill said his
committee also
recommended to the
minister that there
shouldn't be a limit to the
damages award a judge .
could assess on the
conviction of a trespasser
and • that the damages
awarded should be equal,
to the 'full amount of
damages incurred.
Finally, the local
committee recernmended
there be a mandatory fine
for • trespassing upon
conviction of trespassers.
The committee's
recommendations were..
forwarded to the Ontario
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Under the Oxford Plan
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agricultural areas arld
urban centres and
severances .are allowed
only. in the case of the
purchases' of adjoining
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appeal process.
Bill Crawford,-- the
fieldman for the Huron
County Federation told
the audience that the
executive will he can-
vassing for new
federation members in
Stephen, Usborne, and
Ashfield townships on
July 17 to 19.
,The executive ,itlso.
asked federation
members to submit the
names of 'those people in
the county who have
made a worthwhile
contribution to
agriculture for the annual
Huron County Federation
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