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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-05-10, Page 31• A FRIENDLY CHAT Merle G.unby, presldent of the Huron County Federation of Agriculturechats with the three federal candidates, Liberal Graeme 'Craig, NOP candidate Moira Couper and PC candidate Bob McKinley at the all -candidates meeting, at •Hullett Central School on Thursday. (Expositor Photo) n ti. (Continued from, Page ?; attempt to bring producers and: consumers . P closer 'together and to promotebetter understanding between the two groups. Moira Couper r s aid ar'cuItu e is i mP o rt - ant since. it is the social fabric of the local community, and without it, the community :breaks up. She said her party fayors the creation of land banks. , in which • the government purchases farmland and then leases or sells it to farmers at a reasonable rate. a •' us` Canada'sre-• She also, advoc ted tog sources to create more secondary industry, • at the same tine providing employment for more Canadians: ' • She said the NDP. party plans to establish' a Fair Prices Commission' to investigate items which are priced questionably high. and 'to "investigate the costs between the farm gate and the consumer.'" Graeme Craig told the audience' white Canada's inflation rate ho been attacked, e last week it was onlynine per cent in Canada compared to a 13 per cent inflation rate in the U.S.. - He said while campaigninghe. hadn't had as many questions about Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau as he had received•about the competency of the leader of the Progressive Conservatives . to be : prime ;minister of: the country He said the Agricultural Export Council annoui4ced by the prime minister. in April will be working with ;marketing boards and provincial governments in the future to negotiate better access to foreign ;markets for Canadian agricultural products. Mr. Craig; told ; the • audience. hp could eventually like to see lower interest rates. for' both the beginning Partner and for the small businessmen: Another audience member asked each candidate to give their views on the gun control laws now rn existence. Bob McKinley said the PC s were opposed to the current -law, since they felt it was too restrictive for gun collectors, hunters .and '• farmers protecting livestock, He'said' head raised: the issue in the House of a person takinga gun in for repair and then needing. an;acqutsitions permit in order, to"• reclaim, .it... Mr. McKinley said the 'Solicitor General introduced an amendment to the • 'act following his question. Mr. 'McKinley said•the gun control. law "stili has to be straightend out so it will not • affect the average person." Mr; Craig said. "If you're" going to shoot someone, then it won't make much diffet encu"if you have to go out and purchase, a certificate first." He told the audience he is hopeful legislation can be brought in making r gun control' less of .a burden on hunters. Moira CouPer said she felt there should be more training available on how to use guns properly and carefully. She said personally she felt the overnent needed to work to improve. conditiions in society so people wouldn't be shooting in anger, •Candidates.were askedfor their views on the abortion question by audience member Dirk van der Werf ,Both Graeme Criag and Bob McKinley y said) they did, not agree with abortion on demands Mrs. Couper said, she believed. abortion was a. matter between a woman and her doctor. . In response to requests for'candidates' opinions oncapital punishment from Blue - vale' area farmer Bev Brown, Graeme Craig replied he understood capital. 'punishment was enforcedonly in the .murder of a prison guard or ponce officer. Saying, '•`1 wouldn't want to be the person to pull the, plug on someone," the candidate called for harsher sentences rather than the death penalty. Bob McKinley said it wasn't true 'about capital punishment being enforced in the case: of guards and told the audience that both times the vote on capital punishment. came tip in the House, he had voted for the retention-of'the death penalty and would do so again. Mrs; Couper said the NDP party 'voted against capital punishment and said :she, believes "we must do •something about the condition of our society:.. that's where we must start:" . Tony McQuail asked candidates whether they would recommend that incentives be provided to encourage. energy conservation on the farm. Graeme Craig said., S250 .million had already been; = allotted, to solar : heating research in. Canada and thathe had noticed on his door-to-door campaigning that people. are becoming more energy conscious in regard to home heating Bob` McKinley agreed educational Pro- grams are need on energy conservationand said: the province' had had a program to e encourage farmers trying to experiment with alternate energy sources. He said, '"we must standby the tried .and true methods, until aa; lot more workis done." Moira Couper said the NDP-party.recom-• mends an increase ip the ;energy research . budget. Tony McQuail said he didn't feel any of the candidates had, answered his question: fully. "-As a farmer, l feel somewhat concerned that the agricultural industry may be being neglected':.. without incentives and encouragement we will never 'sCe'the development: of alternatives we can turn to.'` Find 9 Zoologists at theUniver- sity of Guelph arc main this ,,•year requesting' thd help of the public in collecting. grouse eggs for theirre- search program. Because or the great difficulty in locat= u,g the eggs of the Ruffed Grouse,' researchersat the University have for several years relied on the helpof farmers, fichetmen and fiat- itralists'to report nests. Anyone who locates a nest of Ruffed Grouse eggs within a 125 mile radius of Guelph is' asked to leave the Site Ow disturbed, and report the 'finding to one of the follow- ing numbers during. office DRYWALL KNOWN :FOR .KNOWN Peter Bakes Drywall • t oMpttrE DRYWALL -SERVICE 5274 398 or 521.0606 y_. d4, It Shell Canada doesn't find oil in Huron County, it won't be because ' colony' council stood in the way. Council' agreed Thursdays alto• lease mineral rights oro LI 86: acresaf caunty owned land to Shell. The lease,. tar •Dile dollar per year per acre, is a ten Year pact. Shell leased all county owned. land between the lake Huron shoreline. and Highway 4. The bulk of the property is in Colborne; Ashfield, East Wawanosh: and West Wawanosh• townships,. The lease :citt most of the plots is subject to the approval of the ministry of natural • resources, The land is used, for county forestation projects and the province picks up part of the costs for ates 0 those. Projects: The provincial igovernme;nt •does not advocate private, leasing arrangements on: !publicly owned Kind and in• the past has .refused to permit such: leases to be granted. County clerk Bill Hartley said no word itas- yet been received from the provinces as to whether it approves of the leasing Bit he explained: that the tease with Shell may not upset natural 'resources' .since at, eon.tssina 4 noentry clause. He said the ministry 'i$ anxious to :protect the forest; land :pointing out that the *hell lease does nothing to upset the natural growth on the property. He said the lease is, for mineral: rights only and doe$ not permit. Shell' to go on the .land. for Another Member of the audience referred to the gun control issue again, He said a rabid coyote had been sighted near Landes- born Thursday morning and although the°:;. ministry had been notifief the sighting immediately, no one showed up to look into: the situationuntitavening..He said, "I feel we(farmers) have go to have a gun around." He added, -You-Can't take a stick to a rabid animal." Bev Brown, second vice-president of the federation, said she was pleased when an Agricultural Export Council' as formed by the federal government but she said she was disappointed on its advisory role. "What we need is money spent on salespeople overseas marketing our superior Canadian farm Se Atiy 1'easote Lyutly eaid he did net' know hOW. qty eoorteit woo* rem: to a minist °disapproVaL He said donne l may ,lit go ahead with the lease centraryt to the prevince'sr wishes ee may forget the whale things Pavid Jghnston, spokesman for Shell, told the dev'ek pnnent +committee his firm was anxious to get a handle on the lands: in Huron Pear the Lakeshore; He said much of the land had already been Leased' but explained that if oil: is found on one property neighbouring properties, must be credited, with that find. Because of. .that any raoney arising from, oil ,found on land Shell hatt leased would have to be shared with neighbouring eetin products, she told the candidates. Graeme Craig said plans for, the commit- tee/ still aren't completely formulated, but he pointedout: the majority of directors on the J committee' are farmers. Be said 'hopefully the committee will have the same results marketing other farm products as the Canadian Wheat Board had in marketing grain overseas. • Bob McKinley criticized the fact the committee ` would function' only, in, an. advisory capacity.. He told the audience,., "We (the PCs) believe embassies and trade y placeP missions alread in can 'lay a major part in selling ' agricultural products.'° He called the; new eemmittee, "a public. relations operation .by the government.' Nurse crop of, alfalfa, advised after May 10' • Are you planning to direct seed alfalfa this spring? if the answer is "Yes" then you need to take action right away: Crop specialists sug- gest direct seeding before May 10th and the earlier the better. Early plantings get off to a good start before the arrival of hot, dry. weat- her: The early crop also gets a head.start on annual gras- ses .. which don't • germinate untilthe warner weather in late May. A nurse. (Iron is advisable for seedings after May :10th. The nurse crop doesn't nec- essarily have to be harvested as 'dry grain. It can be removed;. early as silage or Rales,. This procedure .re= moves ;the nurse crop at :a timewhen it has served its. original purpose, and before eegg e4 Call U' .of Guelph collect hours tall collect -Mrs, Betty. Campbell. Zoology depart nlent.:University of Guelph. 5197824-4120; Ext. 2703, out• of office hours call collect- Prof- A.L.A. Middleton. 519- 83(e301.1 or Patrick Becker, ton; 519.824-9848. The eggs will be picked up as quickly as possible and brought for hatching to the aviary at the University, of Guelph where' they will re- delve the best possible care. Birds raised front eggs col- lected as a result of this annual public appeal have allowed researchers to make a number of significant find- ings relating to the reprod- uctive biology and nutrition of grouse. The number of eggs col- lected in an area is not sufficient to harm the local grouse population. In an average spring.. about' 125 eggs are collected from southwestern' Ontario. Be- cause nests are difficult to find and identify. it is rare to have more :than One nest reported in any one area.. The efforts of those who locate nests will be rewarded with one dollar for each eggs R. .PEC 4IIIM.II(IIIWINIWNON#11111711.1•111/.111111iIMIIIMIANSatri K • APPLIANCES "bale heart Ofdealitoivn Varna" VACUtJMi CLEANERS y tittlee.aildser.ice olmos* makes. t•B! RAiI1Os AND ACCESSORIES 'W SPECK QUEEN APPLIANCES MOFFAT' APPLIANCES SMOKE' SENSORS INSECT LIGHTS AND PLT KILLING UNITS ' * HAND' CRAFTED'GIFT$ Vdrno, Onf: 482 7103 it starts . to compete too seriously with the legumes. Spring application of Roundup isn't practical be- cause the twitch must be 6" to 8" high (4 leaves) in '` order to get control. Twitch usually reaches this stage:.. about May 24th. It would be June 1st before a crop could be planted: Roundupis meant to be used Tater in the year. Ies designed to control twitch on fields that are to be planted to some crop other than corn. More details are provided on pages 31 and 47 of the 1979, Guide to Chemical Weed. Control. :It's important to remember, that thischemical works •strictly on. the top growth and becomes inactive on contact with the soil. HOECHST CLEAN CROP NEWS The weed killer that almost mixes Itself! Afolan is distributed by For more information contact W G. Thompson & sons Hensall;, Mitchell, Grantoir' Hoechst Hoechst Canada Idle, r Montreal • Toronto r Reglllit Hoechst eoct,Atotartl rr tectidanna #'Ploeditlk.Allk THE HURON EXPORT Ilwners. if Shad' have leases .90 preperties. r Johnson told +nidal! blit firm was not interested In drilling test well* if it did nor have land Surrounding those test site leased', He indicated 'at the March session of county council that ;unless the: tounty granted mineral leases no test drilling would be done, Johnson told': couneil; seismic testing done in the county ' last summer had indicated there may be oil deposits here. He said it was impossible to tell how much. MI was here or if there was just that there Mete he. any h t some. Johnson refused to say where Shell was interested in drilling its test well and would ,not even tell.: the development committee,; He said, the search for oil was. ot- eral verb coi>apetttivta attd l could not for thole masons," give anything'ay,. Hanley said the committee ,did not realty Pres; Johnson liar any partieuiRrs, an the testi wdll� The hoc's sham of the ,leased land is >l(t Colborne township. Almsot one third of the dotal acreage, .594. acres, ts, in, .. Colborne,. ?i!tsvrangctt ttusltip* acres in A9 West WaWan! i, -84 aIcnsa, Inv Slaty township .and twq ages i ay and n : seven H In Qoderich township. Speculation its•the eeuitt ►. offleee indicates that the test well will bie drilled either in West Wawanosh er Ashfield townships. .•,. y eleeleor Loeser tnterest Rates. row AVAILABLE ON 1st an4 2nd Mortgages ane here in Ontario oil �L RESIDENTIAL r-• INDUSTRIAL,— 4'OMMFR9ALand FARM PROPF.RTU-S Interim lint11Inf,' 11411 �'0n'tructi f'er laned;velopol I.. 1AFEWAY- INVESTMENTS 8 CONSULTANTS LTD.• FOR YOUR LOCAL REP RESEIVTATI VE CALL "MAC ,McNEIL:; ..1-500.261-0600, : i233.7 Hoad Office: 741 King Street West, Kitchener, (S19i 579.4600' Branch Offices: 705 Goderich St., Port Elgin 15191832-2044 ' . • . 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And since Roundup has no residual soil activity, you can till and plant wheat, oats, barley, con or soybeans only 5 days after treatment, without risk of crop injury In those:infested fields you plowed last fall, quackgrass may not be ready for Roundup before planting. If so;we recommend you wait to apply Roundup as a"spot treattnent in the crop— or after harvest, when quackgrass has regrown to the proper stage. Seeyour dealer eooh about Roundup. Roundup controls quackgrass—but you have tet let it grow up ra little bit first • Monsanto al:W1tYs R Mb tOLLOw'nea 1.1 B L FOR e00etxle Roundup" is a registered trademark of Monsanto CO, Monsento CanadeLtd: Toronto, Montreal. Winnipeg, Vancouver: iRcti,2.79'c�Monsanto Company 1979.. 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