The Huron Expositor, 1978-07-20, Page 15„,,77!•11177•1
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The land grab continues
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Make
oven though Farm *Safety
Week is officially marked only
from July 25 to 31 this year,
Agriculture Canada. says every
week should be a safe one on the
farm,
, The adage, 'familiarity breeds
contempt', often is painfully and
sotnetimes fatally proven on the
farm, That reliable piece of
equipment-if used with contempt
for its recommended operating
procedures--can injure, maim and
kill.
Farm equipment can be
dangerous and a careful operator
pays close attention to his
machines watching out for
hazards such as the following: the
pinch point between the afiiis of a
hydraulic loader; the ends of
rotating shafts, particularly
splined shafts; mower knife
blades; moving belts on such
equipment as combines or corn
pickers; fly wheels in motion after
a machine has stopped; rotary
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Dublin Feed Mill
has been appointed agent for the
Ontario
WHEAT BOARD
TO DIE WHEAT
We are prepared to handle your
wheat crop
Have you-your ,number?
If not,' we have
application forms-
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T E URQN EXPOSITOR JULY 20 1971
every w ek safe
field under rush conditions. If a
farmer lacks the skills to do major
maintenance, his shop and its
,equipment should be. ept within
his capabilities. And he should
keep the shop in good' repair;
otherwise it becomes a hazard,
too.
Tractor ,qccidents are generally
caused by inattention of the
operator. This may be inattention
to the ground conditions; speed,
type of attached equipment or to
the standard rule that tractors are
not passenger vehicles.
Even when equipment is
operated properly such factors as.
weather, fatigue, noise > and
equipment vibration can contri-
bute to 'hazardous conditions itt
the workplace. '
Personal safety equipment is
available . and reduces, or
eliminates injuries. Hard hats,
safety goggles, safety masks,
gloves and work boots provide
protection. However, they must
be worn--a pair of safety goggles
slung around the neck may look-
rakish but gives no protection.
PtrniN
HURON '78 r)
ray. ,firemen,
keq) hay cool
Grey Township firemen were
called out-Monday and Tuesday -'
evenings to Lorne Strickler's barn
where overheated hay was
causing an anxious time. On
Thursday' they had the same
prohlent at the Kerr farm
Concession 8 where Ken Fischer
had hay. Fortunately,„they were
able to control the problem.
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McKillop gets '30,000 in OHRP funds
McKil lop Township has Housing Minister Claude Bennett municipal minimum standard.
received an OH R P grant of announced..
$30,000. , OHRP provides per capita The 'grants announced today
Grants totalling $532,207 under. grants to Ontaiio municipalities represent various portion,s of the
the Ontario Home Renewal to administer 'directly as 'loans to total 1978-79 funding designated
Program (OHRP) were allocated homeowner occupants to repair under 01-1R13 for each munici-
to 15 municipalities recently, their hintses to an acceptable pality.
The prime objective of 'the
prograM is the correction of faulty
structural and sanitary conditions
and the upgrading of plumbing,
heating, insulation and electrical
systems of the owner occupant's
home.
Agriculture and Food Minister,
,aill NeWman has announced the
ppointment of R. „ Gordon.
Bennett to conduct a study , into
the future of the family farm.
Mr.-Bennett, who retired laSt
Mayas Ontario's deputy minister
of , agriculture and , food. will
.:,inquire . especially into the
opinions ' held by farmers ' and
their fainiliesabout their futures..
In announcing . Mr. Bennett's
appointment, Mr. Newman said:
. "The faMily farm has been
fundamental in our way of life for
nearly 200 years. It is our oldest
and . nest efficient ecortOmic and
. social institution. In out constant
efforts to improve our programs
for agriculture in Ontario, it is
essential that we understand the
Resignation
accepted
At a special meeting held. July
17 Morris Council accepted the,
resignation of Clerk Jane Badley.
Her resignation was submitted
June 5 and to date the council had
neithjr accepted nor rejected her
request.
The township is presently
looking for a new clerk to
comic lice duties September 5.
SHIPPER
to
UNITED COOPERATIVE'S'
OF ONTARIO
LIVESTOCK
DEPARTMENT
TORONTO
Ship your livestock
with
MIKE DOYLE
Tuesday is Shipping Day
' Prom Dublin
CALL ibtaiLIN 345.656
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Stop those Flies
and Bugs
We ha e
• Sprays
• Aerosols
• Fogging Machines
• Mist Machines
• Floor Bait
SPECIAL
First Come Basis
SHELL CATTLE OILER
$170-.013
OPNOTCH
TOPNOTCH FEEDS LIMITED
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Malcolmlea Reta Bernice Arab.
a purebred flolstein.cow bred by .
Dalton Malcolm, Dublin, and
owned by Winston and Sheila
Jibhs of Dublin received a 90,000
kg. Lifetime . Production Award
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mowers which may throw up
* stones or other debris;
compressed springs which could
be sudilenly released; electrical
applianres, tools or equipment
which must be properly
grounded.
Farmers should never try to
unplug machinery while it is still
running.
Farm accidents need not
happen if farmers follow some
safety rules. The first is to follow
the standard operating
procedures for any piece of
equipment, whether it is a Chain
saw. , or a combine. Read and
understand the operator's manual
before using the equipment.
Secondly the equipment must
be maintained in a safe condition.
And safety devices must be .kept
in place. A spaeious service shop
that is well-equipped is a must if a
farmer is to keep his machinery in
good repair. Proper maintenance
should help avoid repairs in 'the
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"Don't: you get tired of telling people that good farmland
is disappearing in this country?” asked the young housewife
from the city. 1 •
'1 try.to read your column whenever I come home and •
you 'always seem to be harping on the' same subject. I get t
tired reading,it."
No, I o 't get tired writing about the loss of good farm-
land in this country becatise I think it is a major problem
that, has not been solved at any, level of government. The
federal government is keeping its hands off land. The pro-
vince of Ontario has tabled a green paper with recommen-
dations but is not even,following its own recommendations.
The province is, in a ha hazard way, leaving the preserva-
tion of land in the hand the municipal governments.
And it is not working'.
Some friends of miri notably as tjple hi other farm
writers; laugh when I g on m " rve-the-f a rmland"
hobby horse. They mainta re is no roblem. •
"In a few years, we'll be growing grain on rooftops," said
a friend of mine not long ago. "We don't need to 'preserve
land."
The birds eat that stuff, I just don't believe it.
And one of Canada's leading soil scientists agrees. He has
painted a grim picture of the future of food production
Canada.
Fred Bentley, a soil scientist at the .University of Alberta,
told the opening session of•the International Congress of Soil
Scientists, that all — note that: all — the good farmland in
.Ca nadais gone, _Lis..either. in -production or-covered with
i. . roads, houses, factories and• shopping plazas.
And land not 'in production now is marginal. Even with
careful tending and using the most modern production
methods, the land that is left could, cost $1,000 a hectare
12.471 acres) to make it fit to support crops. .
Only -the Prairie,Provinces in Canada are net surplus food
producers. All the other provinces now import more food
than they produce..
The population of Canada is expected to increase by 20 to
40 per cent by the year 2000.
"Future Canadians who will find themselves faced with
increased food costs as more farmers are forced more and
more to marginal land will find inexcusable our squandering
,.and abuse of the agriculture land resources during the se-
cOnd half of the twentieth century," maintains Bentley.
The past 60 years have seen massive decreases in the
amount, of farmland in Canada: The Windsor-to-Quebec
strip has lost, would , you believe, 28 per cent of its farmland
td urban sprawl!
Only about one-fifth of this great landmass caranada
is fit for agriculture and Canadians continue to o r-estima-
te the amount andquantity of good land available!
"These. harmful myths — that Canada has lots of land —
persist and must be destroyed. Only eight per cent of Cana-
da is even marginally suited to agriculture. In Canada, near-
ly half the farmland lost to. urbaniiation has been coming
from the best one-twentieth of Canada's farinland."
• Those are familiar word's to me. I have been saying much
the same thing for 20. years, sometimeefollowed,by hoots of
laughter from my confederates. It would seem a lot of peo-
ple do not believe it, either, because the provincial Cabinet
has given the green light to allow a mammoth amusement
park to be built along Highway 400'near the village of Maple,
This huge complex, owned by an American firm called P'a-
mily Leisure Centres Ltd„ will gobble up 320 acres of the
best farmland in the province.
. Just 320 acres, you say? Yes,. butcount the periphery
acres, too. Count the acres which be-gobbled.up by
hotels, motels, campgrounds, food takeouts, taverns and
smaller amusement parks and-you've again sacrificed a few
thousand acres of producing farmland in the name of
progress.
Phopey on progress. .
I am not an intellectual snob but I think we shoulci be
paying more attention to people like Fred Bentley and less
attention to spokesmen for Family Leisure Centres.Ltd. '
Those fast-talking Yankees can paint a helluva good pie-
ture,. though. It is their money talking.
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Dublin holstein wins production award
farmers' point of view and
understand what changing social
and economic conditions Mean to
them as individuals and as
businessmen. it I'S one thing to
know what the facts are: it is
another to knoW how the people
affected by. those. facts perceive
them."
The Minister also said he was
pleased that . a • man of Gordon
Bennett's calibre was available to
conduct this study. ':With.his 35
years' experience in the Ministry
of Agriculture and Food,- Mr..
Bennett has an • unparalleled
knOwledgc of agriculture in
Ontario.- Mr. Newman said.
The study will begin this
summer.
BALL-MACAOLAY.LTD,. fro'm the Holstein-Friesian
Association of Canada for a total
of 13 lactations. She yielded on
twice a day 'milking 95,379 kg.
milk, 3,468 kg. fat and testing
3.64 per cent butterfat. Her latest
lactation as .a 15-year-old yielded
in. 270 days 6204 kg. milk, 215
kg. fat and testing 3.47 per cent
butterfat. Bernice Arab is.
classified Good for type. -
Bernice Arab has eight
_registered daughters. Four of her
daughexs are classified Good Plus
for type. They are Malcolmlea
Fanny Reta Duke; Malcolmlea
Carol Reta R. "..Malcolmlea
Roberta Rockette and Parkhaven
Royal Reflection.
Bernice Arab is sired by Double
T. N. Arab who isslassified Very
Good' for type.
' Her dant Bernice Star Admiral
is classified Good Plus for type.
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