The Huron Expositor, 1978-03-16, Page 15S.
Loners are obprociited by fob Trotto...Erdole Rd , Elmira. Om N30 20
dern ,good question
For exarnple, ,prices to the
farmeron dairy precincts were up
only 8.8 percent,Peultry was up
4.2 percent. pggs were down 3,4
percent. And with the exception
of apples, whose price has been
floated, 'the negotiated price fOr
proccSSing fruits vegetables
declined' from tile previous year.
The year to year increase for,
beef map 19,2 percent to the
• farmer and 33.1' percept to the
consumer. By contrast, pork
prices for the farmer rbse 27.9
percent while 'consumer prices
rose only 15.3 percent.
if not, What would be' required to • _The _NEV _proposal requested-
accommodate,. the proposal. that, in order to protect producers
'In its original,proposal the'N'Fb-- from a flow of cheap cot'n from the
recognized that speciallegislation4.--y.S., the Ontario Government
might be Accessary from the
Ontario Government, and :Mr.
Casey said the onus is on Mr.
Newman and the ,government to
provide a sufficient legislation
that will give corn producers more
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urge the federal government to
vest the power to control corn
imports with the Canadian•Wheat
Board, which now has contrbl
over imports of' wheat, oats' and
barley.
1000to F of
Deputy Reeve 'Joe Winking
explained that this fee seethed
high. especially if someone was
tearing• down' a barn. •
Reeve Jelin Jeyitt suggested
that •a, maxim are-fee-0 ou Id be
set. Council agreed and decided
said, "I know they'll :need as . that. a maximum fee of $15 be'
' much mone''thisyear ye as they 'did Allfaished fig" de'mblition I
building permit.' This however is
subject to' approval from
M Killop Township as well, '
ouncil also passed a motion to
c large $12 A call 'for each
applicant to be paid to building
inspector Eugene McAdam who
• must ,eheck 'and appr‘ove each
'building permit application. '
Ceuncil ,also. approved ' the
following building permits,
subject to the inspector's
kapproval: Dirk Westerhout, two
chicken- barns;, Wayne Allin, pig'
barn; Milton Dale., house': Wilfred.
Whyte, barn addition, granary.
manure storage' pit; C,Vanderlei,
chicken barn; 'H. Pardys, shed
and residence; Howard
Cartwaight; steel granary; • Peter
' Westerhout., house and barn:,
R_ontad_Gross'.; steel. granary and-
house addition.; Gordon Gross,
addition to' implement shed:
William Millson, house addition.
In other business, council
'received correspondence fforrillie'
Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority explaining " the
breakdow,n 'of Ieiiy figures.
Hullett's share was 53568 plus.
the fill line, map at $970.•
Clerk Clare Vincent 'also told.
'Council that' , similar • gOrre-
spondence.Was received, from the
Ansable-Bayfield Conservation
Authority, with Hullctt's levy at
$500. This is 'the I inimum fee
payable despite Hut actual
assessment of $380,: • •, •
A:delegation from the Hullett
Township. Federation of Agri-
culture appeared. before' council,
requesting a grant . fot ,1978;
A motion was' passed'to give.
AMMWOSIM7
the Federation a grant of $1.000
for 1978. ' •
Hallett• is requesting the
- Ministry of Housing (MOH) to
conduct a Senior citizen housing
survey , on their behalf. This
motion was -passed following
correspondence ft-dinthe Town of '
Clinton','including a resolufion.
that •the' MOO Conduct a Joint
survey between Clinton and ...
Hullett to determine combined
gAiror Imusing needs.
Council recommended the
following severeness:. lot 15. con,
'7;.Do4een lot 26. con. 10,
NO'rman • Hardy; lot ' 371.38,
Auburn, With written agreements
on line fences when necessary,
Witham' Andrews,
•George Radford'S tender was
accepted as tbe .gravel tender by
Outwit. at the price of $1.80'a 3',ard
for .18,00 cubic ya'rds of "A"
gravel.
• In other business. council
agreed to instruct Clerk Vincent
to write the ministry of natural
resources to recindst a parking lot
to he set up at . the Hullett
conservation Area forski erS and
snowniobilers. •' • . •
: Councillor Greg Brandon noted
that presently,cars park on the
side of the road. -
In other business, council
, agreed to apply for the Student
Help Program. This program
(Continued on Page 16)
Hullett Council approved a
$1,000. grant to the Township's
_aeration of Agriculture, at its
March meeting.
It was noted that in 1977 the
Federation receives a' $1.000
grant and, Councillor Joe Gibson
last, especially with the plowing
match." . •
'With the hiring of Eugene
MCAdam as building inspector,
Hallett Township will now charge
'for -building permits.
Fees will be set, according to
the building by-law, jointly
established with ' McKillop
Township.
Incltided in the. bylaw 'are the
c
ollowing building• permit fees: a
new building, $25 plus $2 for each
$1,000; addition, $5 plus $2 for
every $1,000; repairs, up to
$1.000, no fee. but a permit is still
required; mobile home, $25;
occupancy, $10; roofing,
shingling or eavestroughing, no
permit is needed and there is no
fee.
Council voiced some objections
to a $5 fee for every 1,000 square
foot on demolition 'building
permits.
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4' AS A CASH CROP IN 1978
1. Flax Seed Varieties now available produce
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2. The nuMber of Ontario Flax Plantings in
1977 was the Largest in Ten Years.
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It must haye warmed the cockles of Peter. Hannarn's
heart to get the overwhelming support he sought at the
National Food Strategy Conference in late February.
• Niffed,,,beenoe_. he and his federation, 'members felt
they -did not get enough representation at the conference, '
• Hannam called one of his own. • .
More than 1,200 farmers from across Ontario crammed
more than 100 buses to get to Ottawa. The farmers twer7
flowed two ballrooms of the big Chateae Laurier Hotel.
They demanded that the food strategy conference' pay
more attention to the needs of Canadian food producer's,
' Hannam denounced a cheap food policy for- Canada and
Prpse,nted a four-point statement: expansion of markets
far farm Products abroad and at home; goveenment sup-
port for the right of farriters to market their products
collectively (hooray for marketing boards) ,, that the
government dissociate itself from a cheap food policy and
any plans to limit food prices;, and federal-proviatial pro-
grams to provide meaningful stabilization or income
assurance. «
Nothing new in any of those demands. Farmers have
• been saying much the same thing for years although some
are opposed to collective marketing:
When Peter Hannan) succeeded Gordon Hill as presi-
dent of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture many federa-
tion ' Supporters had graye doubts about Peter's ability to
--fill-sue-Ii-dynamic- -shoes as those-of -oorden-revital--
ized the federation in pis years at the helm. He ,broUght
it from a lethargic federation of organizational members
to a vital individual members.
Peter -seemed too quiet, too studious, not bombastic
enough to do the job'. But he has fooled all -his detractors.
He ha's kept the federation going full tilt in his youthful,
quiet-but-determined style. Ile ,proved all osier again in
Ottawa last month that he, has the charisma necessary .
to maintain his leadership for as-long-:as he wants to keep
it. -
"There is n4 ".cheap farm machinery, policy. There is no.
cheap' fertilizet policy. There is no cheap labor policy,"
he told the gathering. "How can anyone expect farmers
to accept a cheap food policy?'"
own Faimer Price In Ox
The farmer Price Index (FPI), a
new program to help, consumers
understand what is happening to .
their food dollar, has been
announced by Peter Hannam, —
President of the Ontario Federat-
ion of Agriculture.
Mr. Hannam said each month .
OFA will be releasing the FP.1, to
AVM. what the- 'farmer gets.
Because it is based on the same
formula as the Consumer Price,
Index, consumers can compare
are changing. . 4 •
the two ,and determine why prices
, .• Mr. Hannam explained,. there
A cripple of 'pertinent questions were asked by Albert , is a real need for a . better
Mr. hannam explained, the The Corn Committee of the 1. than juit-Ta token "st marketing
Van Donkersgoed, spokesman for the Christian Farmers educated public in these days of di
fference was due primarily to
Federation. Mr. Van Donkersgoed is another of these pforertsst; Ontario has been advised by' powers:
National FArmers Union . in mechanism without *effective
asticulate young men in farming today WhO is able tii'hold ies. Consumers look at prices on. vegetables, tea, and coffee,
pthaertictellaertysincgitrcefroufitsiT Agriculture Minister . Wm. has already been
• ..finflation and economic difficult-
the shelf and find them increasing
"A precedent
his own in any gathering. He does his immeWork. He is Newrruie that a marketing plan established for special legislation,
i well-versed, on his topics and never makes rash state- eVery, month. Yet the. incomes of
On the other • had, prices for for corn must be developed in when the Milk Act was passed
, ' • merits that cannot be.substantiated. Ontario and Canadian-farnt pro7 .- aceordanee with precedures enabling milk to be priced," he
- . Albert wanted to know® why the National Food 'Strategy - the farmers Wtio produce this WO ,
are steadily declining. Consumers ducts showed
considerable price
moderation. •.,
- * Marketing Act.
outlined ip the Farm Products said,
Conference did not say anything about the preservation* ..,. "Due to the complexity of the
pro
Brussels, Mo ris r • commission be established for
ern,. based on certain-principles trade usually on the Chicago
exchange, it is most important
.... • „that would provide controls. over that a marketing plan have the
imports and exports. necessary control to manage the.
Chairman of the -, NPTJ . Corn Movement and pricing of corn."
Committee, Joe Casey of
t . M r. Newnia ' letterwith corn
'haViiik.'Several meeting
producers 'Mr. CaSey Wallacetown,-said he fias replied After
requesting that he: . Outline said his committee is convinced
FO A intrOuce!s HE HURON EXPOSITOR, MARCH 16, 197845
Its
A dery geodquestion, Peter. •
— •
17 or 18 'percent.
wcints Corn - EU increased by 12.8 percent. It .is
expected, the" March ConSpriier i;
motketing plan Price Index for food will be up by ,
need 10 knew wItY•
"Statistics Canada ,should be
Producing thesecomparisons,'
"We farmers have therefore
they are net", said Mr. !finnan
401i ourselves to provide tthaltimsenrm..iu
tHannam pointed out that .
much needed information."
in the year ending February;1978-
the Farmer ,Price Index 'las
of farMland, a subject closeto this reporter's heart.
And another question that has alio bothered me for
many years: the matter Ot morale of the people involved
in agriculture.. Do the people of this country really Want
farmers? Are they prepared to indicate strongly that the
farmer is really wanted?'
"When farmers hear people talking about cheap'lmport-
ed food, they get the feeling the. Canadian consumer could
get along without him,." he said. "It's .a disturbing feel-
ing."
Albert has the knack of asking questions that disturb
the soul, too., They are often questions that nobody else
has the temerity to ask. '
' For instance: "Does thiS country want private or pUb-
lic-ownect.ta.this.family-operated or corporate-operated
enteqnsiSes?" •
---;--NoW that is a Veg.irtifit th'at is becoming more and more
urgent. I read somewhere not long ago that 85 per cent
of the• broiler producing business' and 00 pet cent of the
egg-producing business in Quebec is 'the hands of five or
six huge corporations. It alSo seems apparent since Qii
bee has moved into first' place in the production of h
that 'the corpoiations have• a great chunk of this pr
tion aS well.
Just wait until those corporationS''COntrePthe entire,
food production chain in Ontario as welf\arid then ee how
much you pay for food.
They'll charge whatever they bloody well want and' yOu,
the consumer, will have to pay it.
Let us thank the Lord. for men like • Peter'Flan • am and
-Albert Van Dorikersgoed.
(By Debbie Ranney)
The councils of Brussels and
Morris and Grey Townships met
in the Brussels arena Wednesday
night to discuss fire protection
arrangements.
Morris Township is satisfied•
with their present arrangement of
haviirg Blyth and Wingham tire
departments-cover their fires and
having Brussels covering for fires,
in' the township in the close
vicinity' of Brussels. Morris just
wanted their present fire •
agreement updated.
Grey was also anxious to get its
agreement with Brussels'
updated. Brussels is now going to
No conclusion as
, , . • .
and Grey talk
fire protection
cover fires in Graham's Survey
ono out, tp the sales barn in Gre
They wilLalse be CoveringAutild,
ings in approximately the first
nrlire-':aritt—a quarter north of
Brussels. All fire calls in Grey
Township will come into Grey.
Township and then the Grey. Fire
Department will contact. Brussels
if they need their assistance.
Reeve of Grey, Roy William-
son, said he left the rest of the
area whiCh is to be covered by
'BrusSels Up to the Grey Fire
Department.
The _Grey fire clepartntent will
also be gojng to fight fi res in
Brussels ,if needed. The two
councils are also going.to come up
with sonic • agreement regarding
the Use of Brussels water to fight
fires' in summer when it is dry or
in, winter when the snowbanks are
too high,
The councils also discussed
.what percentage of the defieit the
townships atid Brussels could pay.
if the Brussels arena had an
operating deficit. 'Morris council
said they would like to see how
many people from Morris use the
Brussels arena first. Grey Town-
ship said they would agree to sit
down and negotiate something
but nothing • was' bset.tt.W.—,at...
Wednesday night's meeting,
facilitate such-a-commission and, mechanism that can be effective.,
wh eth er or not t A he. ct would
Mr. Newman last November
mar keting
priced not on a r vincial basis
reque.sting a mar btit by• „ the international grain
The, NFU made a proposal to 'corn market- and the fact corn is
grow.ers want only a marketing