The Huron Expositor, 1978-07-13, Page 15"
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It's Ontario's most important industry
Foodland Ontario, the advertising campaign for home-
grown products instituted by the province, has been de-
clared a great success by most people involved.
Most of the major food chains opted to co-operate and
carried Foodland signs. Ontario is Canada's No. 1 agricul-
tural province. More agricultural products come from' On-
tario than anywhere else in the country.
I'll wager, though, that buyers and consumers are far
more familiar with New Zealand lamb, Florida orange
juice, P.E.I. potatoes, Swiss cheese, B.C. apples and French
wines than with products grown here at home.
It is a shame that Ontarions are not ready to accept the
fact that agriculture is more important to the economy than
any other industry. Peter Hannam, president of the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture, maintains that the government
has missed a unique opportunity to stimulate the economy
by not doing.more for farmers and farm-related industries.
The OFA's annual brief to the provincial Cabinet suggest.:
ed that politicians are dazzled by the glamor of industry.
Furriers are concerned by the growing dependency on im-
ported. foods. Back in 1961, Ontario was almost self-suf-
ficient but is rapidly losing the capacity to feed its citizens.
The federation's brief points out that, if present trends con-
tinue; by 1985, Ontario will be producing only 74 per' cent...Of
the wheat needed, 57 per cent of the beef, 75 per cent of the
pork and only 46 per cent of the fruits and.potatoes.
Hannam said the best' indication of, the lack of commit-
ment is the budget of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
and Food. Most ministries got an increase but, if inflation is
taken into consideration, the budget for agriculture was re-
duced by six to eight per cent this year.
This translates into more than just trouble for the farming
community because it means more than $340 million in food-
stuffs is being imported which could be produced here,
given the incentives. Which means 6,000 farmers could be
forced out of business and more than 7,000 jobs lost in the
food processing sector alone. As if We didn't have enough
unemployment now.
"When you consider the farm supply sector as well as the
multiplier effect, we have probably lost well over 50,000
jobs," said Hannam.
I'm not sure of his multiplication but there is'absolutely
no doubt in my mind that when the agricultural sector is
viable, the snowball effect .on the rest of the economy is
tremendous.
Just as a f'r instance: When .Russia and China bought
wheat from Canada, Hamilton steel plants ran almost to
capacity supplying new grain cars for the railroads. And
that iS,only one of thousands of spinoffs throughout the econ-
omy when agriculture is healthy.
AndllamiltOn is not part of rural Canada by any stretch of
the imagination.
Farmers, maintains Hannam, are faced with a tragic
paradox. Farm income has fallen 'because of a lack of mar-
kets yet hundreds of millions of people are facing near star-
vation in some parts of the world.
"Obviously, Ontario cannot solve„the world'i food prob-
lems. It's a disgrace, however, that we 'cannot feed even
ourselves. Our minimum objective should .be to maintain
our pr'oduction capacity at a level of self-sufficiency," said
Hannam.
A less-publicized section of the federation's brief has an
interesting suggestion. The brief recommends an examina-
tion of welfare programs to find _out if reeipipnts_are_dis-
couraged from taking part-time farm jobs.
The idea has some merit, don't you think? Suggest to
those few goldbrickers who have been on welfare for years
that they could earn a few bucks on the farm?
The trouble is, they wouldn't last long. Few jobs on the
farm are easy and few of those on welfare could take that
_much hard work.
Grey, council issues building permits
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, THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JO IS, 19 9 15 •
Seaforth
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director
WAR,DgN 1E, HANEY
56, of Seaforth has, r een al),
pointed Regional Director of A c eta.
No. 3 of the Independent Ordei of
Odd Fellows. Mr. Haney, a
member of Fidelity Lodge No. iS
of Seaforth since 1953, receiv
his appointment from Grand
Master, Harry Noels of Forest, at
the Grand Lodge sessions in
Toronto during June. As Rpgioi, r
Director his duties include g
chairman of the expansion a' J
development program for his ar a
and providing education 1
meetings or conferences duri; 4
his term of office. Area No. 3
.rovers 8 Odd Fellow Lodges a"
Huron District No, 8.
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Wheat, oats, barley or quackgrass.
What are you
harvesting next year?
ROUNDUP® WILL CONTROL
QUACKGRASS THIS FALL, FORA
CLEAN START COME SPRING.
Next spring, nothing will be
- more important than getting in and
planting as early as possible. Un-
fortunately, that doesn't
leave much time for
dealing with
quackgrass.
Unless you
apply Roundup®
herbicide by
Monsanto this fall
after harvest.
Simply allow the
quackgrass to re-
grow undisturbed in
the cropstubble until
the majority of plants
are actively growing
and at least 8 inches
high (3-4 leaf stage).
But treat before the
first killing frost.
Properly
applie'd, Roundup will
be absorbed and
"translocated" down into
the network of rhizomes — de-
stroying the entire •plant, above
and below ground. Five days after
treatment, you can resume fall
What's more,
many farmers using
Roundup as the
key element in a
quackgrass con-
trol program,
have been able to
achieve manage-
. able quackgrass
control for as long
as three years.
Don't think of
treating quack-
grass as one more
chore in the fall. .
Think of it as one less
chore in the spring.
See your dealer
about Roundup.„The
herbicide that gets to
the root of the problem.
There's never been a
herbicide like this before.
ALWAYS READ AND CAREFULLY FOLLOW THE LABEL
DIRECTIONS FOR ROUNDUP HERBICIDE.
Roundups is a registered trademark of Monsanto Company.
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tillage operations.
Since RoundUp has no re-
sidual soilactivity, you can plant
wheat, oats or barley next spring —
without risk of crop in-
jury.
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Drain at the price of $9,000.00 be
accepted subject to the approval
of Gamsby and Mannerow
limited, Consulting Engineers,
Guelph.
That George , Davidson be
notifi ed that a request has been
received for the Ewen Municipal
intendent, be instructed to obtain
tender forts and specificiations
and approval from M.T.C. 'to
tender op the purchase of a new
Heavy Duty 1/2 ton truck.
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Council received 'a delegation
regarding the building of a • new
service line of Ontario Hydro to
east half of Lot 31, Concession 5.
It was agreed to allow Ontario
Hydro to . build the line on
sideroad 31 road allowance for
500 feet north' of Concession 5
with balance of line to be erected
on the property of the owner.
Ontario Hydro is' not to damage
trees on ToWnship property.
A Rating by-law, a 'by-law
approving the application for
debenture for tile drainage .loans
for $46,900.00 was passed.
ship Council at its 'July meeting.
THis . included $29,381.12 for
crushing and haiding gravel,
$2,584.17 for 2 tanks of. calcium
chloride and $1,931.95 for
spraying weed's along the roads.
Generalacconnts in the amount of
$229,346.59 also were approved.
Including the .first half of school
,requisitions of. $135,302.00, . the
first half of ' the 'Mitchel , and
District Fire Area Board, and
Planning Board i•equisitions of
. $4.431.35, .. tile drainage loan
- payments to applicants of
Q2,900:00 and, $60,2Q0.93 . for
....,,z,..9ti•tiction 'of municipal drains.
Read payments of $39;587.82 y Council learned that - the Elliceqd include this'Werk in'the
were approved by, Logan Town- Nicholson-Drummond Rain, the Ellice Whirl Creek Repair.
Resolutions adopted by Grey
Township council at a meeting on
July 4 in Ethel included:
--,..gliut-Roy Williamson 'be ap-
painted a member of Court of
Revision on Carvalho-Snip
Municipal Drain July 25th.
That we, give the Huron County •
Historical Society' a $10.00 grant.
That building permits be
granted to: Jacob Zwep, grain
storage .bin; Wendall Richards,
sow barn and holding tank; Neal
Taylor, new garage; Eric Alcock.
trailer; David Baan, milk-
house; Howard Kle in sten ber,
siding on house; Elston and Olga
Speiran, Mouse; A.N. Crocker,
addition to house; L.D. Beer.
house; John Gillis, pig barn and
grain bin.: Frank Ezewski, sow
barn; ' Donald and Barbara
Dunbar, renovate house; William
L Baillie, Royal Home; Emerson
Mitchell, house; Daniel Price-
Jones, hen barn.
Drain to be cleaned out from Lot 1
to west side of Lot 2, Con. 14.
That we give a Grant of
$2,000.00 to the Grey Township
Recreation Committee - $1,000.00
paid now and $1,000.00in the' fall
if needed.
That Ross Engel, Road Super-
Kerr Drain, the. Northeast Drain
'and branches, and the Wassman,
extension Number 2 are com-
pleted. Two. other drains, the
Northwest and the Wassman are
in the last stages of completion. •
In other business, it was agreed
that logan Township would
participate in the Perth County
`125th Anniversary by putting an
entry in the parade in Stratford on
July 29. Having received a notice
from a ratepayer at lot 2,
Concession .1, Logan, that the
Whirl Creek Drain is out of
repair, Council instructed the
Clerk to notify .the Township of
A number of students from
Huron County are spending their
sunimer learning more about
resources while working for the
Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority (M.C.V.A.).
The authority was able to
provide 22 students from the local
area with summer employment
under the Experience '78 pro-
grain sponsored by the provincial
eovernment.
The authority received over 100
applications for the 22 positions
open, and tired whenever DOS-
sible, to hire students from 'the
authority's watershed area.
Alice Beecroft of Belgravp, was
employed as the senior supervisor
for the program at M.C.V. A. and
her duties include co-ordinating
the activities of the summer staff.
Debbie Gohl of Kitchener was
hired as the assistant water
resources technician and she has
been completing field work on the
Belgrave creek Study. Carol
Adams of Wroxeter is working
with Debhig...on the ,sprvey. as
well as interpreting infra-red
photos to map master plans for
the area
This summer there are four
crews of students, one working
primarily at the Falls Reserve
Conservation Authority„-and the
remaining three-rotating between
three major projects. The projects
include plantation management,
woodlot management and a
variety-- •of - erdslorl' and water
control, work at the International
Ploughing Match site. If time
permits, other projects have been
planned for Wawanosh Valley
and Gorrie Conservation areas.
The foremen of the .crews are
Brenda Osborne of IVIonkton, Joy
Rutherford of Wingham, Susan
Kaufman of Listowel and Robert
Youngblut of, Godericht
Other members of the Ex-
perience staff are Chris Dubelaar
and Valerie Peel of Bluevale,
Debbie Hapula of Wingham, Kim
Watson and Kathy Wubs from
the Clinton area, Susan Hart and
Barb Hamilton of Wroxeter,
Elizabeth McCaughan, Brent
Johnston and -Tim Walker of
Gorrie, Chris Moore of Lucknow
and Todcl Hilliard of Benmiller.
The three other studentS hired
on the summer project are Ken
Karges, the audio-visual
technician, Marilyn Graigner, as-
sistant information-education
technician and Marcia. Gibson,
employed in the M.C.V.A. office,
The $37.700 grant to the
M.C.V.A. is part of $2.2 million
dollars allotted to the 38 con-
servation authorities across the
province to employ students
during the summer months.
Evety week more and more
people discover what mighty jobs
, are accomplished by low cost
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Four drains completed
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GROWING BEANS?. •
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yourself why you should harvest your crop with the
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That demolition • permits be
granted to: Cleon' Brubacker,
barn; Neal Taylor, garage; David
Baan, milk-house; W.L. Strickler.
hen house; • William L.
house; Emerson Mitchell. house. •
• That the tender .of David. A.
Inglis Contracting Ltd. for . the
construction of the, closed portion
of the Chester Baker
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