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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-12-06, Page 33The- individual -has-little say -when -dealing with-btg government and big energy companies says Peter Lewington, a chap who ought to know. He has stubbornly fought an always -exasperating battle with Inter -provincial Pipe Line Ltd. of Alberta along with a couple of his neighbours in the Ilderton, Ont., area. They won a landmark decision 11 months ago in the courts with an average of $10,000 an acre in the settlement. The conflicting interests of farmers with urban people, !utilities and the petroleum industry are in- creasingly coming into focus, especially now that the pressure is growing to explore more arable land. Farmers are being harassed and aggravated by urban people living in rural areas and the Ontario Federation of Agriculture prepared a position paper for discussion at the annual meeting last week. JOIN WISE AGRICULTURE MAILBOX Drawn from letters to Agriculture Canada and Agriculture Minister John Wise Dear Minister: flint corn ani popcorn. Both 1 am interested in pur-types can be grown only in chasing some Canadian dairy the most southerly parts of cattle for importation to the the country, because they United States. Some states require a long growing season. require calfhood vaccinations against, brucellosis. Could you Popcorn grain contains10 tell me what is the Canadian to 15 per cent moisture. The government's policy regarding conversion of this moisture to calfhood vaccinations? steam when heated releases D.P., Columbus, Ohio enough pressure to cause the starch grains to expand. Flint Dear D,P.: cornand popcorn expand up to 30 times ,-their original 'Calfllood vaccination play- volume when popped. ed a major role- in Canada in reducing the. incidence of _ brucellosis to a level where a test and slaughter program- Dear Mr. Wise: could be implemented. We • now have an extremely low I understand my barley herd infestion_rate ef_.-only--that--was-haxvesteu'-aana-ma+- 0.1 per cent. keted in July 1977 is not The decision to vaccinate eligible for a subsidy payment is left to the herd owner. under the federal Barley If a farmer wishes to export Stabilization Program. I was his cattle to a state requiring told that if I had harvested calfhood vaccination, he can in August I would have arrange to have his calves received a subsidy. I feel I vaccinated. am being penalized because 1 Most owners appear happyharvested early. with the present policy and • my department is keeping Grain Farmer, Exeter, Ont. the program under review as we move toward our -goal of Dear Sir: total eradication of brucellosis in Canadian cattle herds. Under the Agricultural Stabilization Act the market period used to calculate Dear Sir: producer returns for barley is Could you give me some August 1 to July 31. information on what kinds of The barley you marketed corn can be used for popping? in July, 1977 ?came ,under • the 1976-77 support year. M.S., Montreal, Que. Because average returns to farmers were higher than the Dear M.S.:. support price, there was no suYou can't grow just any for the .1977-78 suppor. There was a t subsidy corn and get it to pop. There pp y are two types of popping when returns were lower. corn grown' in Canada - The Agricultural Stabiliza tion Act is set up to cover the major marketing period of a crop. We must be con- sistent in order to be fair to the majority of producers. In most years the bulk of the barley crop in Ontario is marketed in August or later. Agriculture Canada is re- viewing data on the harvesting ST E W A RT' S and sales of barley in eastern Canada and BC. to determine • whether the crop -dear' dales should be changed for stabili- zation coverage in future years. SAVE ENERGY and Insulate U.F. Foam & Fiber Insulation Serving Huron County. 15 years COMPARE.:.CONTACT ALUMINIUM & INSULATION 207 Huron Rd. Goderich 524-8821 FARM CLASSIFIED SECTION C. Wanted 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 WANTED - cattle. We pay good prices for reasonably injured or unthrifty cattle. Easy loading trailer with winch. Call collect 238- 2796, John Ansens, Grand Bend. -44-50 WATER WELL DRILLING "79 YEARS EXPERIENCE" • FARM • SUBURBAN • INDUSTRIAL • MUNICIPAL • • FREE ESTIMATES • GUARANTEED WELLS • FAST MODERN EQUIPMENT • 4 ROTARY & PERCUSSION DRILLS "OUR EXPERIENCE ASSURES LOWER COST WATER WELLS" DAVIDSON WELL DRILLING LIMITED 4 Rotary and Percussion Drills PHONE 357.1960 WINGHAM Collect Calls Accepted "ONTARIO'S FINEST WATER WELLS SINCE 1900" Voimmas bi Letters are apprec,ared by Boo Trot:e, Eidate Rd Elm ,a On, Nae 2C --The-p--robleins "ave risen to the -point ot alarm ani a dramatic change is needed"if we are going to avoid serious conflicts between agriculture and non- farm interests," the paper says. Municipal councils in many parts of this country are no longer rural oriented. Lot severances for country homes have increased dramatically in the last decade. Agricultural land, then, is now being controlled in many areas by those who know very little about farming. In Alberta, the pastoral setting around the solitary prairie homestead is broken in hundreds off places by a drilling rig. And contrary to popular belief, a farmer or rancher in Alberta cannot prevent an oil drilling operator from entering his property to drill, build storage facilities and processing facilities. Or even to , drive pipelines through fields and meadows. The farmer has to yield a right of entry to any company which has bought provincial mineral leases to explore and, if successful, to develop crude oil, natural gas or coal reserves beneath the surface. In other words, the actual owner of the land can do nothing to prevent encroachment If the mineral rights have already been leased. Few owners own the mineral rights. Only descendants of a few early homesteaders in Northern Alberta have retained those rights. Most deeds reserve exclusively to the "Crown all rights to minerals and to work the same." The Crown means the provincial government. Alberta, Saskatchewan arid Ontario farmers have been questioning the so-called "fair deal" practices of the petroleum industry and the utility companies. As• many as 7,000 wells will be' drilled in the prairies this year. More than 10,000 miles of pipe of all sizes will be laid in those three provinces alone. Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of natural gas processing plants and crude oil production batteries will be in- stalled and hundreds of miles of power lines will be strung. A group of more militant farmers and ranchers in the Hussar and Drumheller vicinity are insisting on collective bargaining with the intruders. About 103 families are involved. It is my firm belief that most farmers want a clear indication from senior governments that agriculture is an important industry in this country. They want assurance that they are considered to be an integral part of this nation, needed and wanted by the people of Canada. They have been subjected to much high-handedness by big government, big business and big utilities. They have--been-played--against ea eh-other-for-too-ling-tryW- the better -organized elements trying to negotiate better deals for those companies, those utilities. Until farmers can present a united front in this battle to protect their own land, individual farmers will end up fighting long, protracted and costly battles against almost unsurmountable odds just as Peter Lewington has had to do in the little village of Ilderton, Ont. He tilted .at windmills and up to now, he beat the / windmill. It remains to be seen whether an appeal will overthrow the original ruling. Until Peter has t money in his hot little hands, the war is not over. Ontario grant aids GODE RICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1979—PAGE 11A groundwater stu A $61,600 . provincial grant will help finance a multi-year groundwater study to by undertaken by. the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority within its area o jurisdiction. Remote sensing will be used to detect the location of springs as th y reach surface levels. This in- formation w' assist the Authority y'li commenting on /development proposas and changes in Y land usr, and 'ill also facilit , /e planning for suc activities as land ac uisition and lan- assistance 9'owner programs. In announcing the grant, Natural Resources Minister James Auld said that the study will be 'undertaken over a five year period commencing in 1979 at a total estimated cost of $112,000. 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