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GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1979—PAGE 7
MVCA annual meeting attracts 25 of 35 member representatives
Members of the (MVCA) recently
Maitland Valley Con- reviewed program ac -
servation Authority complishments for 1979
Panel to talk quotas
The Huron Federation Producers Marketing
of Agriculture will Board and. Ken McKin-
sponosr a panel a non, chairman of the
discussion on m-arketing Ontario Milk Marketing
quotas, their transfer, " Board.
Market value and
benefits to the producer The discussion will be
and consumer. held on Jariaury 3 at 8:30
The guest panelists are pm in the Clinton Central
-Jim Johnstone, chairman Huron Secondary School
of the Ontario Egg cafeteria.
and discussed the
proposed budget for 1980.
Twenty-five of the 35
representatives from
member municipalities
attended the annual
General Meeting to
provide their input, and
to make decisions. that
will direct the Authority's
activities in the new year.
Authority Chairman,
Lorne Murray, urged
each representative to
return to council with the
preliminary budget, so
that comments from the
municipalities can be
received prior to the final
budget adoption _in
February, 1980.
Following in-
troductions and com-
ments frlxrCl, the various
guests at-- the General
Meeting, the members
adopted the reports of the
Water Management,
Land Management,
Community Relations
and Conservation Areas
Advisory Boards.
It was noted that while
1979 was a very busy and
)ne foot in the
iurrow' by
Cold it is around our place as the old year fades.
Clear and still. The sun is just coming up through the
bare, black branches of the hardwood bush behind the
barn. From the chimneys in town, the white smoke
rises straight up, all golden with sunshine into the
measureless blue of the sky.
When I reach the fence behind the house, the blood is
racing warmly in my veins. The buckskin sticks her
velvety nose out the door and snuffles a welcome. The
little appaloosa raises her head above the stanchion,
looks around at me and strikes her forefoot on the
stable floor - the best greeting she has at her command
'after being cooped in a standing stall all night.
I lay my hand on the bucksin's flank and she steps
over to let me go by. I slap her neck affectionately and
she lays her ears back playfully.
The barn is full of hav and the oat bins are full. In a
few minutes, the barn is quiet except for the contented
sound of animals munching.
Take my word for it, this is one of the pleasantest
moments of life.
1
cannot explain it but at'such moments, the circuit
of that dim spiritual°battery within seems to throb
with new life and the full current of contentment flows
through.
I'm sure it is moments such as these that keep
farmers on -the .land in spite of the problems ahead in
1980. Rapidly rising operating costs will take a hefty
chunk of farm profits in the new year if you can
JOHN WISE
AGRICULTURE
MAILBOX
Drawn from letters to Agriculture Canada and Agriculture Minister John Wise.
Dear Mr. Wise:
I have heard that we
import most of the cran-
berries we eat in eastern
Canada from the . United
States. With all the bogs we
have here why aren't we
growing more of our own
cranberries?
MS., Osgoode, Ont.
Dear M.S.: 6y
At present, most of
Canadian cranberry produc-
tion takes place in British
Columbia because the cran-
berry varieties available for
commercial production are
not hardy enough for our
short northern growing sea-
son.
However, a program is
now underway that could
help expand production in
Ontario. This five-year pro-
gram has been' -worked out
by the Iroquois .Indians of
the Gibson Indian Reserve in
the Muskoka region, and prov-
incial government horticul-
turists. Agriculture Canada's
New Crop Development Fund
is helping to fund the project.
New cranberry varieties
and management techniques
will be tested under com-
mercial growing conditions
in a bog already being worked
on the reserve.
It may not be'too long
before our Christmas cran-
berries are Canadian grown.
Dear Mr. Wise:
I know Christmas is a time
for good cheer, but I have
one worry. I'm preparing a
turkey for a large family
gathering and I worry about
the possibility of food
poisoning. What can I do to
play it safe?
D.J., Swift Current, Sask.
Dear D.J.:
The yuletide bird is one
of the delights of the holiday
season but it won't be if
food -borne bacteria, such as
salmonella, are given a chance
to multiply.
Agriculture Canada's Food
Advisory Service offers the
following safe handling and
cooking advice.
Once the turkey is
thawed, stuff and cook it
immediately. Do not. stuff
the bird the night before.
Warm stuffing provides a
perfect medium for bacteria.
Cook the turkey at 325
degrees. Temperatures lower
than 300 degrees'are not
safe.
Be sure to remove any
leftover stuffing from the
cooked bird before storing in
the refrigerator. Both stuffing
and meat should be chilled
or -frozen as soon as possible
after the meal.
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believe an agriculture department survey released
this month
Cash receipts to farmers next year will be $15.1
billion, an eight per cent increase from 1979. And that
is probably all you will hear from most newspapers.
What they will not include is the figure from the same
survey which suggests that total operating costs will
climb by 15 per cent. In other words, that leaves
Canada's 300,000 farm�ers with a before -taxes income
of $3.3 billion, an actua1'12 per cent drop from the 1978
level of $3.8 billion.
The picture doesn't improve when all aspects of.
farming are considered. Grain and beef prices will
remain high or even increase and feed grain is the
biggest item in a farmer's budget. In fact, the
agricultural outlook conference is predicting 10 to 20
per cent price increases in feed grains.
Continued Canada -wide expansion in hogs and
poultry will increase the demand for feed grains.
Little change is expected in beef prices. Hog prices
will likely drop well below $60 a . hundredweight
compared witli. an average in 1979 of $64.50.
• In fact, little. optimism is shown in the outlook
report.
But farmers will keep on producing. They will
protest and sigh and continue the way they have for
generations by tightening their belts and waiting for
the upswing.
They are fiercely independent people and„;.eternally
optimistic. Some will leave; others will get into it.
They will stay on the fields andin the barnyard
because it is 'a"precious way of life,,a way of life that
gives satisfaction that no other profession can give.
If I, as ,a hobby farmer, a horse -lover, can get so
much satisfaction from our piddly little barn, think of.
how much greater the feeling of fulfillment •is when
your barn holds 50 or 60 Holsteins or a few hundred
beef steers or when your granaries are bursting or.
your hogs are contentedly grunting at the troughs or
your chickens clucking in their cages.
"I see not a step before me as I tread on another
year; •
"But I've left the. Past in God's keeping, the Future
His mercy shall clear; -
"And what looks dark in the distance may brighten
as I draw near." - Mary Gardiner Brainard.
. And a Happy New Year to everyone!
the
store
successful year, 1980 will
provide an even greater
challenge due to the
budget restrictions that
were outlined by
Secretary -Treasurer,
Marlene Shiell. The
combination of increased
'costs and $11,600 less
funding in 1980 than was
received in 1979 will
cause the Authority to
strictljly assess program
priorities, and to allot
less funding to each
program area than was
originally requested from
the Ministry of Natural
Resources..
Programs most
drastically affected by
cutbacks will be land
acquisition and
Legislation is introduced
to set new trespass rules
The Government of
Ontario has introduced
legislation to increase the
protection of landowners
against trespass and to
clarify the liability of
owners to people who
enter on their land. On
Tuesday, Attorney
General. Roy McMurtry
introduced two bills, The
Occupiers' Liability Act,
1979, and the Trespass to
Property Act, for first
reading in the
Legislature.
McKillop
farmer
heads
plowmen
By Wilma Oke
Allan Campbell of RR 1'
Seaforth, was re-elected
to a second term as
'president of the Huron
Plowmen's Association at
a meeting in Winthrop
Thursday.
Vice-presidents are
Ken Duncan of RR1,
Kirkton and Ross Eedyof
Dungannon. Secretary -
treasurer is Graeme
Craig of Walton, who
replaces Russell Bolton
of RRl Seaforth, who
retired after serving for
14 years. Directors
representing the 16
townships in the county
were also elected.
The date and the
location of the county
plowing match in 1980
were left to the executive
to set.
A new committee was
named to establish a
special events. category.
in the 1980 match
featuringthe use of an-
tique plows. Ernest
Talbot and Raymond
-Scotchmer, both of
Bayfield, and Rev.
Kenneth Innes of
Brussels, will work out
the details of this event.
Introduction of the two
bills follows the
publication and
distribution last spring of
a discussion paper on the
question of trespass and
liability.. Reaction to the
discussion paper has
been favorable, with 75
per cent of the letters
received by the Attorney
General indicating
general support for the
measures.
This legislation will
have special meaning to
Ontario's farmers who
have been asking for
clarification of the
trespass situation'.
Agriculture and Food
Minister Lorne C. Hen-
derson said, ''This
legislation will help
farmers protect them-
selves against
trespassers who damage
their property of commit
theft of their crops. But it
will also enable farmers
to allow people to come
on their land to hunt or
fish without making the
farmers liable for
anything tha.t. might
happen to people using
their land.”
Mr. Henderson said
there are :-many' 'far' mers
who ape willing to allow
people access to their
land, or to parts of their
land, for recreational
purposes. All they ask is
that people behave in a
responsible way.
"These new bills set out
the responsibilities of
both the landowner and
the person who ynters on
his land. Both parties will
know what is expected of
them, what rights they
have, and the extent of
their liability. I believe
this legislation will make
an important con-
tribution to good relations
between farmers and
urban people," Mr.
Henderson said.
Goderich, GJir second
run — "Don .ring it
back"
Agriculture Canada
has launched a public
awareness program with
the theme "Don't Brin
Back".
The purpose is to ' ad-
vise, inform and alert the
travelling public of the
dangers that could occur
if foreign materials such
as meat, animals, birds,
fruit, vegetables, plants
and soil were not checked
and cleared by our in-
spection personnel.
Two examples of
severe consequence are
foot and mouth disease
which came to Canada in
the 1950s via uncooked
sausage which resulted in
an $800 million cost to the.
taxpayer. Another is
Dutch Elm disease which
arrived undetected in a
shipment of logs and is
now destroying Canada's
native elm trees.
development 'of existing
conservation areas. -
A year-end summa y of
erosion control projects
was presented to the
members in the form of.a
slide presentation and
photo display. The
examples of the Inter-
national Plowing Match
Demonstration site, a
stream bank project in
the Town of. Harriston,
the McGuffin Gully
project and Belgrave
Creek Improvement
projects were used to
show how effective land
management techniques
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