HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Citizens News, 1974-10-31, Page 12THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1974
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS PAGE 13
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(By Adrian Vos)
The Kitchener -Waterloo
Region needs water and lots of
it. Their mushrooming growth
demands it for domestic and
industrial use. Canada is the
country with the most of this
resource in the entire world.
However, instead of looking
to the great lakes they want to
dam the Nith river in Oxford
county, flood about 9, 000 acre;
of the best crop land and pipe
it into their system.
I happen to know the Nitlt
River and all through the sum-
mer there is about as touch
water in it as in a good sized
creek. At best then it would
just help out a little bit and
then they still would have to
go to a Lake Erie pipeline.
It seems from here that
people don't care one bit about
food producing land until they
themselves are bit. But I bet
they are the same people who
holler loudest about higher food
prices. Luckily, there is one
man in government who opposes
the move and that is Agricult-
ure Minister William Stewart.
Also opposed is a second min-
ister namely William Newman
of the Environment Ministry.
Let's hope that their views prev-
ail.
Just to show how efficient
farmers have become, Ontario's
farmland declined from 3.5
acres per person of the popul-
ation in 1941 to 1.4 acres now,
but production now is higher
than it ever was. One shouldn't
think however that there is no
limit to what the farmer can
do.
If the revived plan for a
powet plant in Huron County
would be approved it would
certainly mean that due to inc-
reased traffic pollution hundreds
Set date for
Achievement Night
The twenty-seventh annual
Huron County 4-1-I Achievement
Night will be held in the
Central Huron Secondary School
in Clinton, on Friday, Novem-
ber 8, commencing at 8 p.m.
All Huron County 4-H Ag-
ricultural club members who
completed a project in 1974
will receive their awards on
this occasion, as well as those
who have received special
trophies and awards for their
1974 4-H club work.
Everyone who has an interest
in the 4-H program is invited
to attend the Achievement
Night.
TED VOOGEL
AND SONS
BUILDING
CONTRACTOR
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CUSTOM BUILT
Homes
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of acres of white bean land will
have to shift to other, less prot-
ein producing crops. It bothers
ine some that the struggle to
preserve the land is left largely
to the farmer and that the
people in the towns and cities,
who will be the fust to be hurt
are not heard from when food
production is threatened,
The Consumer Association
of Canada devotes a good deal
of their time on fighting farm-
ers to lower food prices but
forget the struggle to protect
the base of food production.
How about it you townspeople
that read this column? Can't
you persuade your church or
your organizations to help fight
unnecessary urban sprawl and
loss of food producing land?
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Mrs. Bob Merner, and Mrs. Bob Johnston, as they practice. on one of the manoueveurs in the course.
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