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T A RM PA/i1 E Bean Day at Centralia FARM CLASSIFIED
SECTION
Inrnates provided for farm work
A limited number of
selected inmates are
available for emergency
harvesting this year on
request from farmers,
Correctional Services
Minister Gord Walker
has announced.
"We can provide -about
200 inmates from the total
provincial system on a
daily basis to help far-
mers when they are short
of labour or when their
crops are imperilled, for
example, by a windstorm
or heavy rainfall," Mr
Walker said.
There are ap-
proximately 2,800 people
in Ontario's ' jails and
detention centres on any
given day. Many are on
remand or serving short
sentences, while others
are assigned to regular
maintenance, academic,
industrial training, or
community work
programs.
During the past four
years, inmates from
Burtch Correctional
Centre, Brantford, have
been hired . to cut and
hang tobacco, while in-
mates from Maplehurst
Correctional Centre,
Milton, were hired last
year to harvest apples.
Inmates in other centres
and jails have also been
hired sporadically to
assist local farmers.
Mr. Walker explained
that Ontario's correc-
tional policy is to put
inmates to work, rather
than having them idle in
jail, particularly where
their employment
benefits the community.
Part ofthe inmate's
income is used to offset
the cost to the taxpayer of
providing inmate room
and board inrcorrectional
institutions.
Inmates are available
for outside work if they
receive the going market
wage and they do not takee,
jobs from existing
workers or the unem-
ployed.
"Farmers who hire
inmates are not liable for
their custody," Mr.
Walker stressed. "We
have specific procedures
for the farmer to notify
the detention centre or
jail, if for instance an
inmate escapes.
However, our experience
to date shows that far-
mers who`have employed
inmates find them
productive workers,
while the inmates
welcome the chance to
earn some money."
An example is the
hiring of Burtch inmates
to harvest tobacco.
Volunteers -are
thoroughly screened by
correctional staff to
ensure they pose no
threat to the community
and are suitable for the
work. Those selected are
given a temporary ab-
sence pass to leave the
correctional centre each
day.
Theinmates rise at 5:30
a.m. and are picked up by
the farmer between 6 and
6:30 a.m. Last year, six
farmers in Brant County
hired inmate labour from
Burtch, paying $30 a kiln
with a $10 bonus for each
kiln completed. The
Ministry provides each
inmate with a box lunch;
the farmer provides tea
or coffee, The inmates
are transported back to
the centre byitlhe farmer
around 5 p.m.
Farmers in the area
who wish to discuss the
availability and
arrangements for hiring
inmates should contact
the nearest Regional
Director, Ministry of
Correctional Services at
(519) 658-5101.
, ne loot in.
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Letters are appreciated by Bob Trotter EIdaIe Rd Elmira Ont N3B 2C7
Back in March, I suggested that Ontario's Minister
of. Agriculture and Food, William Newman, should not
even consider issuing a permit for an agrominium in
Ontario.
I even explained an agrominium: a sort of commune
where a developer divides a 100 -acre farm into 10 -acre
• lots and puts 10 houses on those lots. The owners agree
to farm the 90 acres that are left and, from the profit,
pay the -mortgage.
Now comes word that the Ontario Cabinet has
turneddown the request for the agrominium and I,say
good for you, fellows.
Itis a decision that could have far-reaching effects.
I, personally, believe it was just another gimmick to
allow developers to circumvent zoning regulations in
agricultural areas. If one agrominium had been
allowed, the door would have opened for dozens.
Ontario farmers have enough problems with
legitimate land development without being saddled
with more.
The green light would have flashed long enough to
accelerate the problems caused by urban people
moving into farming areas. Farmers have enough
trouble now with harassment over noise, odors, long
hours of work and curtailment of expansion.
When, of when, will other sectors of the economy
begin to realize that rural Ontario is not a park? Nor is
it a dumping ground for refuse that' cities cannot
handle.
Farmers keep opposing dump proposals because of
Ontario's love of landfill sites. Rural Ontario is sick
andtired of burying city trash. In the last decade,
farmers have won a number of battles Such as the one
a few years ago when Hamilton and Toronto had plans
to ship millions of .tons of garbage by rail to the
Harriston-Palmerston area. Recently, residents of
Glanb`rook Township fought a proposal for a landfill
site in the Niagara Region. The battle continues.
Would you want a sewage lagoon and -or a garbage
dump in your backyard?
Remember the proposal to bury atomic wastes in
the Marmora area?
It keeps happening. But when will it stop? When will
permanent legislation protect agriculture from
disastrous encroachments?
Peter Hannam, president of the Ontario Federation
of Agriculture, in a letter to the Cabinet, said rural
Ontario is an industrial area whose industry is food
production. If society wants an abundant supply of
food, then farmers must 'be allowed to do their ,job.
Without, I might add, agrominiums, dumps, sewage
lagoons and stupid neighbors complaining about noise
and odors.
And here's another example: A group of farmers. in
North Salem, N.S., got together to con'iplain about.
rock, folk and western music concerts north of
Halifax, They were justifiably worried about land,
fields and buildingsbeing damaged by thousands and
thousands of fans who flock to such concerts.
The fear of fire, for one thing, is, important. One
farmer lost. six acres of hay just through a mess of
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broken glass and beer bottles alone. He couldn't cut
the hay because of the glass.
Some of the farmers in the area are even. talking
about taking things into their own hands and forming a
vigilante group`- a sort -of local SWAT squad - to deal
with trespassers.
That sounds a little too drastic for my peace -loving
tastes but who can blame them? You have spent years..
building up your land, plowing, sowing, harvesting,,.
fertilizing, spraying. The sweat and toil blooms -into a
crop. If the worker doesn't get it, a group of asinine.
city -dwellers brandishing guitars and beer bottles,
ruins it for you. Hard to take, wouldn't you say?
• Rural people are getting tired of -it all, the insidious
ideas to build estates on prime farmland, the constant
encroachment of urban subdivisions, the trash that
nobody else wants, the trespassers who wouldn't know
the north end of cow from the south in an east wind and
the short-sightedness of politicians who know the farm
vote ain't what it used to be.
Anyway, the Ontario Cabinet is to be congratulated
for turning down the agrominium idea.
I wonder what the developers will come up with next
to get around the zoning bylaws?
Modern agriculture is a
rapidly changing in-
dustry. To remain suc-
cessful, farmers must
continually work to keep
up to date with the latest
production information.
On Wednesday, August
22, growers of white
beans and soybeans will
have an opportunity to
see some of the newest
developments in bean
production at the Ontario
Bean Day at the Cen-
tralia . College of
Agricultural Technology.
Tours throughout the
day will feature many of
the research plots at
Centralia College. Among
the topics to be discussed
are new varieties,
disease control, weed
control and crop rotation.
Junior
i3
Farmers
celebrate
'Plans for the 30th
anniversary df the Huron
County Junior Farmers'
Association are almost,
complete!
The Celebration will be
.on Saturday evening,
August 25 at the Clinton
arena. You will have a
chance to visit with old
friends, associated ' with
the Junior Farmers' from
7 to 9 p.m. This will be
followed by a dance from
9to 1. Music will be.
supplied by the Gary
Walters Band.
One of the highlights of
the evening will be the
Recognition Program
beginning at 8 p.m.
Former agricultural
representatives and
associates, former Junior
Farmer presidents, the
M.P. and M.P.P.s and
County Directors have
been invited. A special
guest who will be taking
part will be Gordon
Bennett, former Ag. Rep.
and recently ' retired
Deputy Minister of
Agriculture and Food.
Everyone who would
like to help celebrate the
30th year as a County
organization is welcome
to attend.. Tickets are
available from County
Junior Farmers and the
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food
office in Clinton. •
Representatives from
Centralia College,
Ridgetown College,
University of Guelph and
Agriculture Canada will
be present to discuss
their research and to help
answer any other
questions about bean
production. The tours will
run continuously
throughout the • day
beginning at 10 a.m. and
again at 1:30 p.m.
In addition to the tours,
there will be a large area
of commercial exhibits.
Many dealers and
manufacturers of bean
equipment and supplies
will be present to display
and discuss their
products. Of special
interest, will be
demonstrations of new
developments in
equipment for controlling
problem weeds in bean
crops.
Once again, Bean Day
will be on August 22 at
Centralia College of
Agricultural Technology
beginning at 10 a.m.
Summer seeding
The Ontario coun-
tryside is humming with
harvest activity, but
already, some farmers
are planting forage crops
for next year.
Summer seedings of
alfalfa or legume mix-
tures require the same
preparation as -spring
planting, says Prof. R.S.
Fulkerson, Department
of Crop • Science,
University of Guelph.
Although spring seedings
of new hay or pasture
meadows are superior to
those seeded in summer,
circumstances
sometimes dictate that
summer seedings be
made. In such cases, an
early seeding date is
important to establish the
crop.
To prevent winterkill of
established forage
stands, the farmer must
not allow cutting or
grazing in those fields
after the critical fall
harvest date in his area.
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food
Publication 296, 1979
Field Crop Recom-
mendations, contains a
map indicating the dates
applicable to farm
locations throughout the
province. It is available
from local agricultural
representatives.
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