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Farmeis can do it themselves
Mr. Johnston said t'h,e
structural steel on the Martin's
bridge was badly rusted andlhat
one of the concrete ducts was in
had shape.
Other recommendaeons were.;
to add rip-rap to. the Badman
Bridge and the. Park ridge ,,,to
replace the rail dn the Brown
Bridge ,'t'o place gnideposts on
the Bluevale East Bridge and
repair the curb on another bridge.
It was also recommended that '
markers be placed at the Blyth
Creek Bridge..
Mr. Johnston, told• council that
the MTC had said there would be
no mere money spent on bridges
this Year. It would doSt $170,000
for council to replace. the Martin ',s
Bridge:: the one with the most
problems.
Mr. Johnston said he didn't
think there was -any actual holes
in theNiartin Bridge, just cracks
in the deck. • '
Council decided to donate $100
towarti the 'Belgrave BINt and.
Brussels School Fair Board,
Maitland Engineering se tit
council a letter saying they. felt
'the, 'proposed route of , the
Bluevale drain waS "no longer '
suitable because they anticipated
problems such as a steep'grade.
They said it Was preferable from a
design standpoint 'to change the
proposal. .
This would mean some survey
work and it will not be completed
until the spring of 1978 however,
,there Should still be ale time
for construction durin 1978,
Maitladd said,
Council also received a letter
from garitsby and Mannerow,
consulting engineers, in Guelph,
On the Johnston and On Ellis 'drain
asking fol authorization on the
repair and a special' field meeting.
Connell authorized them to '
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If every consumer wasxiade "aware Of the fact' that the
net income to farmers is drOpping at 'an alarming rate
even though' food prices are' increasing, those:same con-
sumers would bend 'a sympathetic ear to the farmers
plight. If farniers themselves through their own' organila-
tions would start yelling, shouting from the rooftops,,that
C.aiRdians sped(' less on food than consurners in any other
country in the wood,' then maybe people Would= start
listening: •
Farmers are 'known as' chronic_ complainers. They
haye allowed. governments "and other organizations to
speak for them. It is time they spoke for themselves..
'Most farm organizations budget for everything else and
whateveX is left 'over goes to promotion. Not all of them
are guilty_ of this attitude but too many do it. They.pay
peanuts for public relations directors and expect them,to
do a major whitewashingjob with an artist's quill.... w
They blithe everyone else for their plight and do next
to nothing to explain to the, consumer through their own
organizations.
What the Canadian Federation.of Agriculture needs is
a change in philosophy, a change to that of the Ontario
Milk Marketing "Board, for instance, whiCh will spend
more than $2.5. million 'this year on promotion. That's the
kind of budget needed. in Ontario alone to promote-One
"product. If the milk board can manage 4a budget of this
size, surely the federal farin organization, with a change
in policy a switch in philosophy, cOuId.. Rio the same
thing.
I'M sure Charlie Munro, etirin eSident :a er nine
years, feels more money eeded to tell the pub is what
is happening on the farm front. He isn't likely._ agree
to spend $2.5 million, mind you, but he might, be in* the
same ball park. '
Incidentally, the"Canadian federation is going to •miss
this dignified gentleman. He has served for almost 'a de-
cade With distinction and dignity. His Embro, Ont., dairy
farm is a Showplace in OXford County,
Any time I have met him, he' has always been a gentle-
man. Good luck, Charles.
Huron -F of A. 1):Ocirs.
Erosion a problem.;.
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"The „ liqubr" vote. is
progressing", clerk Jane „Ba they
-told, Morris ;township councillors
at their. , meeting on Monday
afternoon.
'Polling places have. .been se t
'for a township , vote.• aimed at
allowing a* special liquor licence
for the plowing Match.. The 'vote
will be held April, 10. The owner
of th Walton inn also regyested
a v
he ballot' is a composite of
'eight questions to, be answered.
"If there's a committee for the
wets and a committee for , the
drys, they're supposed to register
with the clerk,'" Mrs. Badley
said. •
The final- dates,, for the reyision
of the -voters lists are March 17
from 9 a.m.. to ' 8 "March 20
from 9' aan. to 7 p.m, 'and March
23 from 9 6 and 7 - 9. Anybody
who votes by p roxy for someone
-else 'must do it at the clerk's office
by five o'clock.
Notice of the poll will go up
after March 23.
council considered"
•gravel
tertilerS".from Joe Kerr 'Ltd, of
Wingharn .at a bid of $46, 750,
Donegan's Haulage of Vistowel,
at-a-bid of $46,250 and. Radforif s-
Construction of Blyth at bid of
$45,750. 'Council accepted the
Radford tender. The gravelling i
to take.place at the nork end of'
Mrori on, the first, second, third
and /fourth concessions • to
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Hi way 86. .
Council decided to donate $50
toward the, Humeri 'Plowmen's
Association. Morris also will
donate apples to the International
Plowing 'Banquet' in Howick
-.-"Township iri.the fall.
Morris is to Meet with Grey and
Brussels' councils at a fire
meeting on WedneSday, March 8
at 8 p.m. in the Brussels, library.
The ,Huron County Federation
of Agriculture asked ter council's
help in locating any possible
problem areas'that theycould-b"
working en for the betterment of
the community. .
Council received the .1977
financial report of the East
• Wawanosb 'Recreation and Park
. CoMmittee Centre Baord. Their
receipts totalled $12,723,90 and
their expenditures totalled
$11,513,26, . .
Their', ,budget, for 1978 ' is
anticipated at $12,750..
Maitland 'Engineering SeryiceS
told council • that. Hanna ik
Hamilton 4v,ould be rea410.-start,
„work on the' Bird MunicipatDrain
in the spring and tahl they shOuld
select a tile contractor. Councillor
Sam Plerch is to look into the
matter. . • .
A letter .from the Ministry of
Natitral Resources informed_
thit-' ceuncil that is now illega,)„to
interfere w' fish, habitats in the
. cleaning up'of m unicipal drains
and they . would .. appreciate if
-council .told them 'of any plans
, they had IR, the Blyth brook:
, ' Council discusSed holiday pay
far. ,ernployeeS f and agreed that. -
after 10 years employees get
three weeks h olidays; or a six per
cent of their pay. After 2.0 years
it's four weeks' or 8 per cent of
As usual, a farm organization is asking Someone 'else to
do whatfarmers.themselves should be doing.
At "the annual meeting of the 'Canadian Federation-Or
Agriculture, delegates passed a couple of resolutions ask-
ing the federal government for help. The CFA wants Sta-
tistics Canada, a federal organization, to alter the format,
of th' monthly consumer' price .indeN to make 'the effects
of f01 handling and imports More evident.
In addition,. delegates endorsed another resolution ask-
ing Statisties Canada to. include 'figures on. -increases in .
incomes when monthly inflation rates are released.
• The,federation is doing this because members feel farm-
eri are too often painted as the -villains in cost-of-living
increases, ' . , ,
Most informed people are, well aware that farMers are'
not `responsible for most of the increases in the cost-of-
living index. But it will do no good to ask somebody else
to pound the table foG, thern. . • F , •
'It is. up to farmers to poUnd 'the table for themselves.
It is time major farm organizations quit pussy-footing. ,
They want someone else to do the dirty,worit for them, why ,a* the federal governMent to soften.the bloVv?.-Why.....
not some" right out and say it for thernselVes? I'm sure.
Canadians are ready to, understand. Ihey,,don't want the'
• figures shuffled. Just give them the facts,. ma'am,' and •
tbey'llundersthnd.'-' . . .
Why can't the federation do .the' job?' Why can't mem-
bers fork over.enpugh_ Money to hire 'a daMned good pub-
lic relations staff to tell: the buying public, the consumer,
that furriers are` caught in" the cost squeeze the same as.
everyone else. If they don't get a reasonable, return on.
their liabor and investMent, they...11 Simply.go out of, blisi
ness.' " ' • .. , , . .. .
Get the federatiOn et'. 'any other farm . organization in
the country. -;i11 fact,"get all other farm organizations' in
the country - to fork over,,eriongh cash' to fight the battle
themselves.' __ .
Farmers get only-about .40 cents.of the della'. spent on
food. All the rest of the buck goes. to. somebody else along
the way.
• Good farm mangement is the
key both to preventing erosion.
,problems on'farms. and reducing
farm-originated: pollutinf of the
Great Lakes water basin,' Dr. Dick
Franks of the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Foods Pesticide
Lab' told the .triontbly meeting of
the Huron County Federation of
..... Agriculture in. Hensall Thursday
night"
Dr. Franks was speaking on the'
subject of the Pollution from Land
Use Activities Reference Group
(FLU A R G1 .which was. join ed
under the auspices of The Inter-
national Joint ,Commission to
into pollution problems in the
Great. Lakes.. He warned the
far Mers present that if we don't
do something tit, :improve the
quality of water in the. Great
Lakes basin, we may survive, but
future generations won't. . Once
the Great LakeS get in bad shape.
lie said, it will take'a long time to
bring them back. It's better to.
• stop .pollution before it gets o
the water syste?n.
_.131uring_the::spicily` A.: Fr ankS .
was generally .very syMpathetic to
the concerns and prOblems .of
farmers but he said, that while
farmers "like to be independent
they have to remember that we •
are all dependent on each other.'
-He is often criticized, he said; by
farthers who have the feeling:that
steps to• curb pollution, 'find
erosion will cost the farmers more
naey. ''But if we don't do
something about it" he said,
"tarn rs won't be able to make
any ni racy because many won't
'have at y:-.4s-rft•f7N
Ta ere'
y Murray Gaunt :P.
'This 'cents to be at appro-..
priate tint of the year to remind
evertor • that. . the vari us tax
credits available to .tax i vers
cannot • ecived unless • 'an
income tax return is filed. This is
particularly applicable to Old Ag
Pensioners, who not only qualify
for an additional tax credit
because of age, but also because
many such pensioners may not
have been accustomed to filing
income tax returns on a regular
basis.
further: I haye had enquiries
with respect to the GA1NS
program of the Province. This is
a program which is a kind of
Guranteed Arinual Income
System. introduced to benefit
residentmet-65 years of age and
those who are blind or disabled.
People over 65'years of akwho
receive Old ' Age Security 'and
Suppletpent from the 'Federal
Government need net apply for
the, Ontario GAINS program.
Their eligiblity will be determined
.autornatieally,
For the blind and disabled, this
program is handled by the
,Provincial Ministry of Social and
Community Services.
The major piece of business
transacted in the Ontario
Legislature this week was the
Erosion, he said, is a •rapidly
growing problem in southern
Ontario, and said that on a recent
airplane trip over HolOn County.
he could see where trk- snow had
turned brown because ,of wind
erosion. He' blamed' modern
cropping practices for, many
erosion problems , and .said
government has been as much ,to
blame ap anyone . in urging
farmers , 'to Om corm, corn,
corn," He said in Wellington.
county h.c has seen .many farms
'that were very' good before they'
is available
'signing' by the Premier 'of a $7
billion dollar deal for uranium,
Miniites _after an emergency
- debate in the Legislature.
Mr.. Davis signed an order-
authorizing the agree-
ments between Ontario Hydro
and two milling companies--
Denison Mines 'Limited and
['lesion Mines Limited.
The contracts will give Hydro
access to upto 200 millibn pounds
of gratin= oxide produced at
' Lake over a forty-year
period, with Hydro and the
producing Companies splitting the
difference between a cost plus
pricemid prevailing world prices.
Mr. 'Davis rejected opposition
arguments that the contracts
' involved huge windfall 'profits for
the two Companies. The profit to
Denison is expected to be at least • 0
$1.6 billion and. according to the
opposition, "'will inflate the cost
of power for oil' ''O'nta'rio
consumers over a .
The Premier argued that his
personal interventioib in the
negotiations between Hydro and
Denison resulted in 'savings of
hundreds of millions Of dollars Tor
the people of the .province,
because the negotiated price is
something less than the current
world price.
andsmelt which can thrive in
the new water conditions.
as ..it often appears, Dr. Franks
said.' Livestock pollution, IS 'very.:
visible 'and Ifni's causes concern:
- He said that new facilities built
shouldbaYe some kind.4af manure
dispoSal system to keep .pollution .
out of thewater stream but if ttic
government wants farmers
change their existing systems', he,
feels • 'the government should
Provide some.of the • money.
BUt the good farm manager is.
not causing. pollution problems
either ,. from liveStock from
erosion, he stressed. /"Pollution«
:starts at home." •
In other. business • at the '
meeting,, representatives of the
Huron County. Board'of Education
were present, to 'answer, questions
about the current impasse in
contract negotiations.. with Huron
,County Secondary 'School.
teachers. John Elliott, board.
chairman, Herb' 'Turkheiii. nd.
Clarence . MacDonald prov.i d
information on the two' issues of
the strike, teacher workload and
sick-leave grakuity..
. were no representatives of the'
teachers' •side of -the dispute .
present, ' the meeting did not
result in any action to support one
side or Another in the dispute.
• Gerry Fortune reported on the
successful bus trip to Ottawa wich.
saw 46' people fron'iHuron, Perth
and Bruce counties- (21 from,
Huron) attend the farmers
nrjeting in connection „with...the'.
.National Food Policy Conferetice.
r4Y .
Reeve • Bill , Elston said he
thought council should,' ask the
MTC to attend a meeting with
Morris to deal with bridges and
report, on the flooding along
Concesssion roads 2 and.3 on lots,
5-7,
Councillor RoSs -Proctor .also
'made a motion to request MTC
preparation for a by-law
s regarding construction on
Martin's Bridge for April 3
approval.
Council decided to hire Hugh
LaFay as a sales, tax consultant.
A tile. drainage loan was
approved for Roy' Huether.
Nick O'Donohue from the :F-D
Bank in, Wingham told council he
'was' there to solicit the account of
the township. \
John .Sims, assistant manager
of tile, Royal Bank in Brussels also
•
came -to council and saidlie hOped.
they would keep the Royal in
mind for any '.of their banking
tea nsactions
Johnston of.Daws'ort and
Johnston, consulting engineers in'
Stra. tford' brought a. revised
• report' to the council regarding
tex.‘iiship.bridges. Recommendat-
ions included that .a -five ton load,
sign be put on the' Martin's'
Bridge and thata.1.0 ton load sign
1,)i put on the Blind Line Bridge.
went into corn, 'that • now, have
tremendous erosion. problenis
fromcolrn being planted year after
year on side. hills.' Most of the
erosion josses, he said, are in a
two to four . week period in• the
Spring during runoff. Duringthe
rest , of 'the year there is' crop .
cover. The first 'year corn. is„,
.planted on land' the erosion may
he not be great because there is a
good soil structure -but. as Corn
crop after corn crop is planted,'
theaMoulit of•vegetable inaiteein
tifeTsoir--tlecreasei
'easier .. to w41 oicov in, 'heavy . - run011. •
Although erosion is a • major
probleMin itself, it also increases_
water *lotion by carrying ferti-
lizer residues in these 'soils into
the water system. The problem• of
most concern to the International
Joint .Commission is phosphorus
which promotes plant growth in',
the Water and changes ,the
chemical balance, killing off fish ' •
crops such as trout in favour of
poorer quality fish like carp •
.
In connection with phosphprus,
he said, studies showed . that .
'farmers were, on average,
putting on two and a half times as'
moth phosphoruS as 'needed, for
the growth 'of' their, crops and'',in, '
some eases'--4 to 17 times the
aniou .nt . of , "phosphorus
reco ended, by the soil test' as
h
appli 1.t.o. crops. He. told farmers
that hey are,, throwing, their
money away putting'on fertilizers
they don't, need. "I get, the
impression that in' some areas
there 'are a lot of gullible .
farmers" who . ate being sold,
fertilizer by ,fast-talking sales-
men, he said.
Still, he said, the amount of soil
from erosion getting into the
Great 'Lakes System from erosion.
• isn't . as big a problem for . the
water system as it is for the
. farmers. He warned farmers that
we could eventually fac:e ' the
- problems of the Mediterranean
sea basin 'which went thrikgh •,
.--many--of-Alte--same --erosion a n d
Pollution problems much earlier
in history. Now farmers in Cyprus -,
and' Greece,be said, arc actually
fanning on the-subsoil and aren't
getting nearly the yield 'our
farmers 'get off their rich land.
We don -t want to be peasant
farmers like those in the •
Mediterranean, he said.
Pollution . from livestock
operation's is not as big a problem ,
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