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It takes perseverance.to beat the biggies
It takes peraeverance and intelligence to beat the big
Porations, And Palience.:lotS Of It,„
But three ruggedindividualiSta, two in particular, in
Middlesex County near London i Ont., have done it. •
Peter Lewington, Stuart O'Neill and Irwin Lunn are the
three. -men who reught for more than four years against In-
terprovincial Pipe Line Ltd, of Edmonton. The company
took farmland or the 520 -mile pipeline to carry oil from
Sarnia to Montreal.
The me, Lewington and O'Neill primarily, produced
more than 150 photographs to prove the big cornpanycaused:
great problems on. their land. Many observers of the farm '
scene, including me, thought the farmers were engaged in a
losing, battle from day one.
' The last time I saw Peter Lewington at the annual mar-
keting seminar in Hespeler sponsored by the Rural Learn-
ing Association;he talked to anyone who would listen about
the_reparations he was seeking. Some listeners were bored.
Some even laughed at him for taking his ase to court.
Peter is an Englishman by birth, sometimes a bit Pom-
pous in his approach, But he's a smart farmer and one -of the
most knowledgeable farm writers in Canada,
Most farmers would have knuckled under, In fact, many
did. They accepted the compensation handed out by the
company with, a shrug .of their shoulders feeling they got as
much as they could. They put up with, the problems.
But not Lewirigton„ He didn't worry about the David -vs, -
Goliath contest: Interprovincial Pipe -Line Ltd. is controlled
by the giant Imperial Oil' of Canada which is owned by the
multi -national company, Exxon Corporation.
You don't put on boxing gloves with those guys:;without
counting the cost. And it was costly. Each hearing, each
, legal consultation cost money. And it took time.
Lewington took the time and spent the money to fight the
• giants., He on. 4,- •• • .
• It could become one of the most significant judgements
for farmers in the last 50 years.
The money spent by Lewington and O'Neill Will now come
back to them because costs were awarded in their favor.
' They ,also have caused a precedent to be set which could
become of inestimable aid to agriculture for many Years
All in all, compensation for the three farmers came to
$10.000 an acrefSounds like a lot of money but County Court
Judge Gordon Keelen went into the question more thorough-
ly than any other senior judge in recent history. He wanted
the truth. Topsoil to the farmer is worth a let of money and
Judge Keelen figured replacement costs for topsoil at $6,000
an acre for 12 inches. Load restoration with manure and
fertilizer he figured at $480' an acre plus a tag of $10 an hour
for the farmer who has to spend time discussing expropria-
tion details with pipeline officials.
These figures will, no &MM. be kept in mind by ail
farmers in Ontario when expropriating bodies suell as On-
tario Hydro, Bell Telephone, natural gas pipeline oifiCials
and highways officials cone knocking at farm doors to buy
land Or to run utility cm:rick:ors through farmland.
Ferturiately, .Lewington is an excellent photographer. He
had the pictorial prpof to back up what he felt was shoddy
workmanship. If any farmer is suspicions -of -what is happen--
ing, he'd be wise to back up accusations with pictures, just
in case the Keelen judgement does not set a precedent. •
I hope it does become,a piecedent, if not in Canada, then
certainly for Ontario, ,
Fm sure Lewington is overjoyed, not just for himself but
for all other farmers. Some of the neighbors near his Ilder-
toil farm settled,' resignedly, for compensation of $600 an
acre, a Paltry Sum, compared to the actual damage done on
some. farms. •
Whether happens the decisions will certainly make for
improved pipeline construction procedures in the future.
And I hereby publicly apologize for thinkieg Peter Lew.
ington was fighting against insurmountable odds when he
launched his Campaign four years ago.
More power to him and others like him. long aOntario
has farmers like him, agriculture will remain strong.
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Glen .MeN0.11, R.R44
Of:40kb,, was elected pre-
aideOt of the tflaron, 'COunty
4.} 1ub Leadere
AssOeiation at their annual
meeting 1a, Oa
Wednesday. He succeeds
Albert Vah PYheit of R4R-I
Exeter, the past presidentOf
the association.
The other members of the
1979 ti
MUler, R.K.-3, • Exeter, the
first vice-president Beth: Co-
oper,. R4R-3, KiPPen, the
second vicepresident and
MaiCe Hallahan, R.R.1,
Belgrave, again elected
aecretarPtreasuret. Mr.
Hallahan has served. in this
position for the 27 years the
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executive are Barry
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THg‘'.11.PRQICEXPOSITOk. IFERAPARV
he�ds Hurcn
•Clubs, or
buster a groups and "a pa
safety PIO, .*
:,10 1978, tbe4Yer#84 *Si 44
club members was 14.5 yeari
old and most members spent.
3.2 years involved with 4,1f1
work. Mr, MacGregor als0
reported! that 87 per cent of
the members completed a
In'tal, of 572 projects lin 1978.
The 400 club members
'111Cluded .131 girls and 269
boys across the county.
Following, the noon ban-
quet, Simon Hallaban of
tilYth, who has been a
4-11 club leader for 38 years,.
announced he was retiring
due to his dutieS on county
ceuntil.
'Mr: Hallahan said the first,
club be led was a swine club.'
in Blyth and he joked that an
elderly member of the com-
munity criticized him fo,
butnhloirldoin.Bglyt' thehs young Conunerciapg
Hotel.
• In his remarks to :clu
leaders, Don Pullen, Huro
County ag rep, praised M
Hallahan's contribution t
4-H work and said, "you'r
going to have to go for tha
40th year (as a club leader).
Tony McQuail a directo
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association has been in
existence,'
The 1979 directors for the
leaders' association are
Brian Oldfield, R.R,4,
Seaforth, 4-H calf club John
Clark, 11.11,5, Goderich. Sod -
busters club;; • Robyn,
Theedom, Clinton, 4.h Horse
club; Ray Hanna, R.R,2,
Auburn, 4 -ft Rabbit Club;
Ross 'Eedy, Dungan-
non, 4-H calf club,; Milke
Rogers, R.R.5, Goderich, 4 -
sheep club; Don, Dodds,
R,R.1, Seaforth, 4-}1 swine
club; Neil Vincent of Bel -
grave, 4-11 beef cal clot) and
Sam Bradshaw, n on, 4-11
tractor club,
in MacGregor, extension,
assistant with the Clinton
OMF office, told the club
leaders that 400 young
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people are now taking part in
agricultur.al clubs in Huron
County. The 33 clubs include
calf, $wine, sheep and horse
THENEW DIRECTORS -- The 1979 directors
of the 4-H Club Leaders Association for Huron
Covnty are (front row, left to right) Brian
Oldfield, R.R.4, Seaforth; John Clark, R.R.5,
Goderich; Robyn Theedom, Clinton; and Ray
Hanna, R.R.2, Auburn and (back row) Ross
.Eedy, R.R.1,' Dungannon; Sam. Bradshaw.
• R.R.2, Baxfield; -Mike Rogers, R.R, 6 •
Goderich; Don Dodds, R.R.1,,Seaforth and Neil
Vincent of Belgrave.
(Expositor Photo)
Jack's Jottings
Pension raise
'BY JACK 1RIDDELL, M.P.P
The Minister of Revenue,
the Honourable Lorne Maeck
announced Gains Level
Increases.
In January, single pen=
i loners who receive the
federal Old. Age Security
pension and Guaranteed In-
come Suppplement (G1S),Will
receive an additional $20 and
married couples. if each
spouse qualifies for GIS. will
each receive. $10 in their
fedetal cheques. In response
to these increases in the
federal payments,. Ontario
has raised the monthly
Gains income levels to S343
($4,120 annually; for single
recipients and $66 (58,000
annually) for qualified mar-
ried couples. . •
Please note that this is the
first time that the married
rate cannot be calculated as
double the guarantee kir q
single pensioner. This' is a
result of the difference in the
increases of GIS by the
federal ,government.
The following calculations
indicate the maximum Gains
payments to single and quill.
fied married pensioners: Old
Age stcurity for Single,
$167.21. for Married,
SI67.21; Guaranteed laconic
Supplement - for Single,
II37.28, for kilhfricd SI14.15
Ontario Gains - for Single.
$38,88. for Married, $52-011._
The total, for Single is
55333433:3377., for Married is
• Pensioners who do not
qualify for the federal Old
Age Security peosion
because of the residency
requirements. but do qualify
for Gains payments, will
receive the full amount of the
• $10 and $20-oincrease direct-
ly. Payments for single
pensioners will increase to
$343,37 and to 5333.37 for
qualified married couples.
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incentive for members. to
eater 4 Oa
• Competitors who biing
three ,OPmore animals to the
fair receive financial as-
sistance frgirt the .Seaforth
A gricalturat SOcietY with, 4
r'mlilleea, gfelogwreavnetr°, c200mpecentitstoraa
for paying their OWtt tratip
swp9ithnaletisosnthcoanst*thr. three enhrialS
in the show are respoesible
fair, they are eligible only for
. difficult to, increase prize
grants
Mr.
A member
so much !Miley in the form of
said the society would find it
money since as a Class "0"
of the forth Ag Society,
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Mr. Papple'said the fair
wili• again be held on .Sept,,
zo, 24 this year, • _,
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golog tO ahowa, flurtM
County, and Vaid this
PrOgram.' Ititiat he "'rept op
Calves are usually vac, -
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leaden at Serattob sly*
encourage 4-.H members ft°
teat all their calves before
Years. The egnais spesSaises
wW visit Hum Co,
404NMee and the *44 41
members travel tQ
Plitiois in *9�O
Mr, f.,4aregor has also:
..contwd 4-H leaders
Elaekford County,Indiana •
setting op a two-r*,r
. exchange Write for Dent
• summer,
Leaders, aiso voted' to buy
Canadian made 4-11 T-shirts
ront a Stratford businew
PO,aidrts will, "be
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' cillittett for brucellosia be-
tween three and four mend?*
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LUMBER
Len MacGregor reported
there was a large amouat, of
lumber left over from the 4-0
display at last Fall's Inter-
national Plowing Match. The
leaders appointed a commit-
tee made up of Albert Van
Dyken, Ray Hanna. Bob
}fern Ray Rasenbur and
youth members, who will be
appointed later, to
vestigate the possibility of
building a permanentdisplay
to be 1140: on floats and for
fairs and Achievement Days,
Ron Shelley, leader of the
Hawick Swine Club, reported .
the 'Howick and Brussels,
groups would like to come up
with a uniform course of
study and exams..In the past,
the two clubs have studied
• different material.
- Len MacGregor reported
there will be an exchange
with 4-H'ers in MacOupih
County of southwestern
Illinois over the next two
r • Neil. Vincent suggested
s trying to create a "friendly
I rivalry" at the fair encour-
age competition between
o clubs,
n Bob Hearn suggested
r trying to work a promotion
o through the "friends of 4-H
e • fiind", and 'in agricultural
t industry promotion to
stimulate competition, at he
r
of the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture,
invited club leaders to attend
the federation's annual
members orparliament din-
ner, held in Clinton•on Feb,
10. Mn Mcgoail said the
dinner is a chance for the
club leaders' association to
present bricfs or recom-
mendations to the local mein -
fair.
Len MacGregor suggested
the declining competition in
the dairy section could be..
discussed with the Seaforth
Ag Society and their junior
fair competition
Leaders also discussed
the brucellosis testing
regulations for animals being
shown at the fall fairs.
In the past, members have
been encouraged to vac-
cinate their calves, or to
present certificates showing
• the animals have been tested
for brucellosis before they
are allowed to show the
animals.
Glen McNeil said the
bers of parliament.
The leaders appointed
Glen McNeil and Maurice
Hallahan to attend the dinner
as their representatives,
The club leaders decided
to continue to put on their
annual show at the Blue.
water Centre for the
Developmentally Handicap -
GAIN MORE
Bob Hearn, one of the
leaders, said- he felt 4-11
. members gained even more
from the experience titan the
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centre residents. Gien
McNeil said the day's pro --
gram at the. centre offered
the 4-11 members an excel-
' lent opportunity- to exhibit
their produce and displays
before competing at the fairs
and Aehievement Days. A
committee of club directors
will be established to plan
the activities.
The farmstead and home
improvement committee of
'the International Plowing
Match donated $1.50 left from
their campaign to the 4-11
fund. This" money will be
• used to funcl prizes in the
• gate sign competition across
the county. •
Club leaders then discus-
sed the problem of a de-
clining interest in the dairy
championship show at the
• 1978Seaforth Fall Fair, One
leader -suggested that the S5
prize offered for winners may
• not have provided enough
t
TX90 corms through again
TX90 showed again in 1978 its ability to perform consistently year
after year. Look at the results of the T.S.T. plot located on the
farm of John Simpson, R.R.1, Kirkton.
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PLANTING DATE:
HARVEST DATE:
SOIL TYPE:
HERBICIDE:
INSECTICIDE:
ROW WIDTH:
FERTILIZER:
'May 19, 1918
October 26, 1978
Cloy Loam
Loss'o',9nd Biadex
N-50 P20-64
(plus Manure
K20-32
VARIETY
% BROKEN
STALKS
TX90 1
TXS94
Plot Average 2
(Ye HARVEST
MOISTURE
YIELD AT
15.5%
26.8
30,0
26.6
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