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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-10-25, Page 29FARM First conference of its kind Greenhouse operators meet . The first annual how new technology can servation, tissue culture Canadian Greenhouse be applied, according to and infra red heating. In Conference, to be held Dr. M. J. Tsujita, local addition, speakers from November 9 and 10 at the arrangement c o- across Canada and the University of Guelph, will ordinator. United States will discuss inform commercial "New developments pot crops, cut flowers, growers how to improve will be shown including bedding plants and their efficiency. Saving fertilizers, lighting and greenhouse vegetables. time, energy, money, and shading equipment, pots, About 70 booths will labor is the central theme soil mixes, misting and display the wares of the of the conference. monitoring devices and greenhouse industry to an Competitive greenhouse seed varieties," says Dr. expected 500 people. operators strive to pass Tsujita. The first national on these savings to ,Flower displays will conference is sponsored consumers. make the trade show a by the Ontario Ministry of The combination of a colorful event." Agriculture and Food; trade show and in- Topics of general in- the Horticultural Science formation seminars is terest include climate Department of the ideal to • show growers - control,' energy con- University of Guelph; Flowers Canada, Ontario Region; Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers Marketing Board; Canadian Region, Bedding Plants Inc.; and allied trades. Greenhouse operators are urged to bring along their employees. The registration fee per person is $10. The con- ference begins November 9 at 8 a.m. Additional information can be ob- tained from Dr. I. B. Nonnecke, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario NIG 2W1. bne loot in the lurrow bv5Zj "Rising out of a field where a year ago cattle grazed is the centrepiece of what has been dubbed Disney World North -- a steel framework that is rapidly being transformed into a 45 -metre mountain. . Sounds great, doesn't it? It's the big amusement park near Maple, Ontario, owned and being built by Family Leisure Centres. Taft Broadcasting Company, a U.S.-owned firm, owns 75 percent of Family Leisure and the other 25 percent is owned by Great West Life Assurance Company. ( ,,lunm i. driven frui.n lencr. dr \ triruliur ( anada and \,.rii ultun• \Linstcr Jam 11 ,.r• Dear Mr. Wise: Dear E.J.: I was thinking of forming I don't believe any of the a club in order to buy a cow major political parties op - from which the members poses the principle of wives could obtain raw milk. Is it of farmers and small busi- permitted to drink raw milk nessmen filing income tax from your own cow and can returns and contributing to raw milk be sold in Canada? the Canada Pension Plan. H.R., Waterloo, Ont. However, the problem of checking on abuses of claims must be faced. The govern - Dear H.R.: ment is currently investi- There is no law pro_ gating ways to allow wives of hibiting anyone from drink_ small business owners to file ing raw milk from his or her separate returns. own cow. But you should be aware that certain human diseases such as tuberculosis Dear Minister: and undulant fever can be I am interested in farm carried in unpasteurized milk. production of ' alcbhol for All provinces, except New energy. ^With fossil fuels so Brunswick, Quebec and expensive, we should be look - Saskatchewan, allow the sale ing at alcohol distilled from of unpasteurized milk direct field crops as an alternate from farmer to consumer but energy source. Could you tell control methods such as me what your department is licensing of vendors and rigid doing about this? milk standards discourage sales. In all cases, regulations prohibit the bottling and sel- ling of raw milk by pasteuri- Dear O.D.: zation plants. livestockThe o of you r uoa quire any hol omppl ntstas an enerion of gy pro - sure to contact local authori- SQUr� be t then certainly holds ties- regarding Municipal th'm be overcome: - animal bylaws. Scientists in my depart- _ ment are working on ways of Dear Mr. Wise economically producing alco- hol from field crops. Also, My wife actively partici contracts have been given to pates in the farm work, yet universities and private enter - she cannot file a separate prise to study this question. income tax return which. In 'addition, discussions means she cannot pay into have begun with Revenue the Canada Pension Plan. Is Canada to find ways of adapt - anything being done to mg the strict government change this situation? regulations on alcohol pro- E.J., Summerland, B.C. ton for eneuion to rgy purposes. its esoduc• 1 grposes. O.D., Belwood, Ont. • Slurry Slinger For Sale 2500 Imperial gals., new floatation tires, agitator auger adaptable or plow down attachment, Hydraulic cylinder to open and close spill spout. Less Hydraulic hose on cylinder, ONLY $6145000 LOWRY FARM SYSTEMS 395-5286 Letters are app'eca.,ed by Bob Trotter EIdaIe Rd Eimrra Ont N38 3C 7 The big $196 -million complex is gobbling p 320 acres of prime farmland. When the idea was first promoted, this writer was disgusted that the province allowed the development on some of the best farmland in Ontario, I said, at the time, that the complex was only a foot in the door; that perhaps thousands of acres would be desecrated in a short time. -Now comes word that the same company is com- pleting a feasibility study for a major hotel opposite this so-called family Wonderland. hate to say I told you so but I told you so. ' No. Correct that. I love to say I told you so. I said months ago that the 320 acres would spread to at least a thousand before the, thing outgrew its novelty status. Farmland in the area will soon be too expensive to be left. in crops. And all for about 200 full-time jobs and maybe 2,500 in•the busy summer months. Sure, it's a good thing for students who -need summer work. It's a good idea to have a Disney North in Ontario but why couldn't it have been built on land that is useless? Goodness knows, there's enough of that land available in the province. Even the majority of residents in the area were against tlit lidea. They objected when it was first proposed in 1973 and fought it right to the wire because all the land had to be rezoned From agricultural to recreational.- Both the Ontario Municipal Board and the Ontario cabinetoverruled the objections. It is absolutely clear now that the 320 acres is gust a beginning. Ontario's minister of industry and tourism is "excited" by the project and the subsequent. development surrounding the project. But Larry Grossman doesn't live nearby. Nor, to my knowledge, is he a farmer. He doesn't seem to care that maybe a thousand acres will be affected before .this thing, this growth, runs its course. Eventually, it will be just another phoney, smell - ridden, ticky-tacky, tinsel town trying , to squeeze every last buck out of mothers and fathers desperately coping with too many fancy leisure spots. Canada's Wonderland it will be called. Canada's Phoneyland would be more descriptive. The place should be ready to open by the spring of 1981. Residents of the area have fought a bitter campaign to prevent it but they lost the battle. It's to be•hoped that the war has not been lost. They could certainly help other farmers fight to keep good land in production in other areas of the province. But it's a tough battle. Look at the figures. Won- derland is spending $106 million to build the thing. Officials are hoping for a first-year attendance of 2.3 million. Senior, governments look long and lovingly at federal and provincial taxes expected to total $30 million during the first five years of operation. It's pretty difficult for a'group of farmers to fight against $30 million in taxes. But somebody's got to fight for green, growing things in this province before all the best farmland is lost to urban sprawl, ticky-tacky houses, amusement parks, plazas, power corridors and super highways. CUSTOM CORN°DRYING Buy - Sell - Store or weigh out to your account ROBERTSON FARMS George Robertson R.R. 5 Goderich 524-6658 WATER WELL DRILLING GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 0979—PAGE HA Little Sarah Parker of Goderich 'couldn't figure out what all the fuss was about at Colborne Township's 14th annual Christmas Country Fair held last week at Saltford Valley Hall. But she waitdd patiently for mom, Brenda, to purchase some produce from Helen Riehl outside the hall before going home. (Photo.byJoanne Buchanan) 17 1 FARM CLASSIFIED SECTION A. For sale EIGHTEEN yearling Hereford heifers. Contact J. A. Scaman 524-4612.- 43 HUBBARD Golden Comets, top quajity brown egg layers, 20 weeks old, available November 1st. Call McKinley Hatchery 1-800- 265-8536 or 262-6372.- 43,44 TWO USED Clay Manger Ranger electric feed carts in good condition. Asking $2,500 each. Phone 395-5286.-43,44ar TALK CORN: Talk to your P.A.G. seed dealer about this year's results from test plots in "operation side by side." Call M. W. Durst 482- 7309.-43-46 CLAY - Silo Unloaders Feeders Cleaners Stabling Leg Elevators Liquid Manure Equipment Hog Equipment BUTLER — SII nloaders Feeds s Conve ors FATIC — Mllls Augers, etc. ACORN — Cleaners Heated Waterers WESTEEL-ROSCO Granaries, B & L - Hog Panelling LOWRY FARM SYSTEMS RR 1, Kincardine, Ont. Phone 395-5286 8. Custom work CUSTOM COMBINING FOR CORN - 6600 John Deere with truck. Phone 527-1939 or 482-3203.--43- 44x WANTED TO RENT: Crop land in Colborne, Goderich and Ashfield Townships. Top dollar paid for ,top land. Call Steve Buchanan, Goderich 524- 4700.-38tfnc C. Wanted CUSTOM' COMBINING - book your corn early before the rush. $18.00 per acre under normal conditions. Call 524-2520 evenings. -42-43 CUSTOM COMBINING with 6600 John Deere combine wide row, wagons and auger sup- plied. Phone 523- 4260.-42-45 F. 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