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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1970
Farmers lack power to
sway government policy
The federal government just doesn't care about farmers.
As evidence, one only needs to look at the decision to
"unpeg" the Canadian dollar, thus allowing its value to
rise. This makes imports cheaper for consumers to buy
and exports harder to sell.
One group which obviously suffers in such a situation
is the farmers. But Canada's farmers are already suffer-
ing because of federal agricultural policies, or lack of
them in some cases.
For wheat producers, this may well be the additional
burden that finishes them off.
But the federal government did decide to come to the
aid of the textile industry and put a stiff tariff on certain
imports from low-wage countries. The reason was given
that jobs in Canada's textile industry needed to be saved,
but one cannot help wondering whether the main, or even
sole, reason was to protect the operators of the textile
business.
After all, they almost certainly make donations to the
campaign funds of the major parties, although no one
knows for sure because no one has to disclose this infor-
mation. (New hamburg Independent)
Those who won't yield
should have to forfeit
It is unfortunate that the first instinct of a lot of people
when they see emergency vehicles with flashing red
lights or hear sirens is to follow them to the fire or acci-
dent,'as the case may be, to take in the sights.
Too few people have the good sense (and respect for
the law) to pull over to the side to allow the emergency
vehicle the full use of the road.
It is not unusual to see one motorist pull over to the side
only to have the cars oehind him drive out around and
obstruct the path of the emergency vehicle even more.
The problem is compounded when, for reasons of
decreasing the tension on an injured passenger, ambu-
lances decide not to use their sirens and only turn on the
flashing red lights.
A few stiff fines and drivers' licence suspensions would
help to correct this situation. (New Hamburg Independent)
Being Fair With Your Community
Down through the years much has been said con-
cerning the duties of the ordinary citizens and his loy-
alty to the communitiy in which he resides. At times
we are inclined to forget some of the basic points which
have previously been explained to us. One of the fun-
damentals to successful and progressive community life
is shopping at home.
Needless to say, the merchants of our community
form the background of the town and district's econom-
ic system. It is they who are first called upon when
funds are required for needy causes. They are the ones
who foot the greater part of our taxation levy. They
are the ones who are contacted when the community
activities need a "shot in the arm".
When there is something you need. why not check
to see if your local merchant has it in stock before you
try to procure it elsewhere. Play fair with your local
business. Do your shopping in your own home town.
By doing so, remember—you will help to make it a
better town.
(The Grenfell Sun)
The good life
There's something basically
piggish about man.
He wants to get his snout
into that trough, and devil take
the runt who can't wiggle his
hum in there, because the
landscape in front of him is
one of solid bums, harder to
break through than a cement
wall.
When you look at the size of
Canada, and then at the popu-
lation figures, it's difficult to
believe that Canadians feel
they can't get at the trough,
that many of them feel like the
runt of the litter. Yet thou-
, sands (10.
Many of them feel, as the
old rural expression has it,
that "they're sucking the hind
tit." Tit is a short, but perfect-
ly decent, synonym for teat.
The hind one is the one the
runt gets, if he gets any.
This is rather a long-winded
prelude to my major proposi-
tion: That thousands of city -
dwellers are desperate to get
away from it all, out of the
smog and the concrete can-
yons, into the wild green yon-
der.
For practical reasons, they
must, in most cases, live in the
city, or exist there. That's
where they make a living,
where their children will have
the best schools, where their
friends are. But they don't like
it.
Obvious solution Buy a
summer cottage. Many do.
But even there, one does not
escape from the throngs, the
cramped feeling. Cottages are,
mainly, stuck check by jowl.
Boats and motorcycles in sum-
mer, snowmobiles in winter,
pollute the air with stink and
noise. Added hazards in winter
are, the roof breaking in under
snow, and local hoodlums
breaking in under booze.
Also, for many, the cost of a
waterfront lot and cottage are
simply out of reach. Have you
tried to pick up a nicely -treed,
sand -beach water lot lately?
Figure on $50 a foot for any:
thing decent. Add a cottage,
drill a well, pay taxes and up-
keep, and you have to be pret-
ty well-heeled even to consider
it.
Accordingly, many city deni-
zens of modest means are buy-
ing a chunk of land right in
the country, anything from 10
to 50 acres. In some areas
within a couple of hours drive,
one can still buy "land" for
$50 an acre. Thus, instead of
socking $5,000 into a 100 -
foot water lot, you can have
your own ten -acre empire for
$500.
European immigrants are
particularly interested in such
land. because they didn't have
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a hope of buying an acre at
home. unless wealthy.
This land is usually sub -mar -
marginal, or worse, But there
seems to be a basic instinct to
own some land. even though it
won't grow anything but rocks
and Christmas trees. Just to be
able to pace around and say:
"This is mine. Nobody can take
it away from me," And the
sheer delight of posting "No
Trespassing" signs around
your domain!
A man's home used to he his
castle. Now it's his prison. But
he can have an estate in the
country.
It's an ideal set-up for a man
uvith a young family. Prefera-
bly he sould be handy with
tools. He can buy his chunk of
junk and spend a couple of
years just going up on week-
ends and vacations, tenting
and clearing a hole in the
scrub brush for his shack.
And if he's smart, it will be,
at first, just that — a shack.
Never mind the three bed-
rooms. Bang in some bunks.
Never mind the big stone fire-
place. Get a good wood stove.
Over the years, he can add
to the place, until, eventually,
he will have a snug retirement
home No traffic problems, No
pollution. No punks. No peo-
ple. Small tax hills A place to
putter, to meditate
Sound silly? Maybe. But
with the new leisure age creep-
ing upon us, it makes more
sense than taking on a huge
mortgage at 10 per cent,
which will be paid off eight
years after you die.
Ideally, the property would
have a small stream loaded
with fat trout, a deer run, huge
patches of wild berries, Real -
Twelve Complete
Dairy Course
Twelve inen have completed
a 10 -week Dairy herd Workers
Course, held at the Kemptville
College bf Agriculture Technol-
ogy.
This pilot course was first con-
ceived by staff members of the
Ontario Department of Agricult-
ure and Food to fill a need ex-
pressed by dairy farmers through-
out the province.
It began on March 16, after
consultation with the Canada
Department of Manpower and
Immigration, the Ontario Dep-
artment of Education, and the
Principal and Animal Science
staff members at Kemptville.
The class of 12 men was div-
ided into two groups which split
the morning and afternoon milk-
ing and chores for the dairy herd
at Kemptville. Some of the men
worked on dairy farms in the area
part of the time.
Each morning all students
attended two hours of lectures on
such topics as formulation of rat-
ions, disease prevention, D.H.
I. A, , R, 0, P. and other aspects
of dairy herd management.
While on the course, the men
received the normal training al-
lowance for Canada Manpower
Retraining courses. A11 of them
had some previous farm exper-
ience, and all have been put in
touch with farm operators who
wish to hire dairy herd workers.
Contact will be maintained
with the 12 men in the coming
months to determine the effect-
iveness of the course. If feasible,
a second course will be held in
the winter.
istically, it will be impossible
to get water when you drill
your well, the land will be
infested by rattlesnakes or ro-
dents, and smothered in net-
tles and poison oak. But we
can't have everything.
I'm tempted myself. Any
chuckling, gleaming -eyed farm-
er want to get rid of 50 acres
of rock and swamp for $10 an
acre
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