HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1971-12-09, Page 13THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1971
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
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Drastic acto ; i; m
needed t
ebt a hers
The Ontario Federation of
Agriculture "has to do some-
thing very different and drastic
over membership or else foldup,
Mason Bailey, the recently -
elected president of the Huron
County Federation of Agricult-
ure, said last Thursday night.
Mr. Bailey, of R. R.3, Blyth.
was speaking at a directors'
meeting of the Iluron federation,
In 1971 individual service
membership totalled 6, 204, far
below the 9, 000 total the OFA
needs to break even financially,
he said.
Individual service member-
ship - introduced two years ago
permits farmers to join on an
individual basis rather than on
a regional basis.
From a report prepared by a
special four -man committee of
the OFA - on which 1.1r. Bailey
served - it was revealed that
membership fees in 1968 across
Ontario totalled $118, 207
compared to $9,18104 in 1971.
Mervyn Smith, of R, R,1,
Walton, a vice-president of
the Huron federation said vol-
unteer recruitment of individual
service members is not working
out.
Trends indicate that the
county membership fee will
continue to decline, Mr. Smith
said, but added that until the
new system of individual mem-
bership was brought .in, the
OFA was on its way out.
"It wouldn't have lasted more
than a couple of months, " he
said.
Jack McGregor, a hog farmer
from R. R.2, Kippers, said the
federation is fighting for every-
thing for everybody and "there
are too few doing too much for
everybody."
The directors will study the
recommendations made by the
special committee, one of
which proposed the establish-
ment of regional offices based
on a minimum of 3, 000 farmers.
A full-time secretary field
man would spend his working
hours selling memberships.
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