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The Huron Expositor, 1978-12-14, Page 26ne t furrow' byasa letters are aoOreckated by Bob Trotteo Etoeie Rd Einva Ont N30 2C -ar Urban encroachment is like a cold Urban encroachment is insidious. The rural philoiophy colored many major decisions It's like patching a cold. First, a shiver up the spine. for years. Then, a sniffle. You ignore it. Hope it will go away. But four years ago' Statistics Canada revealed there Wake up a day or two later and you're full of the cold. were 1,400 households. How many were farmers? . Same thing with disappearing farmland. Just a few Just 140. acres at a time. Annexations where towns and cities are Hard to believe that a se-called rural township could growing. A new highwaSr. A power line. A subdivision. suddenly become non-rural. This experience is con- Wake up some say and half the good farmland in the crete evidence that no Inunicipal law can prevent the .province, is buried under ticky-tacky houses, miles of 'gobbling up of good farmland. concrete and utility corridors. Non-farmers with enough money and a hankering Many townships in this province originally consid- for the country life will find loopholes in the laws or ered rural suddenly find only a handful of farmers left. the planning restrictions. Drive north from Tranna. It has become a single'bu7 And the developers will do the rest. siness strip right through to Orillia, almost to Midland. Which is just another reason why this province Drive east and it's the same thing to Port Hope and needs a comprehensive land-use law and a government Cobo'urg. Drive west and it stretches, yea, almost to with the guts to carry it out. LonciOn. Less than six per, cent of this Canadian land mass is And it happens in some areas before rural. folk are suitable for agriculture„ Only about four per cent is aware. considered prime farmland which leaves plenty of Few townships in Ontario tried harder or longer to rough, tough so remain rural than little North Dumfries Township in ing good Ian Waterloo Region. Those stalwart Scots came here in. You thin the early 1800s to be farmers and, by Jove laddie, they 80 miles f tried to remain farmers. The township's coat-of-• rms on which to build homes without tak- cause you live on the back concessions oronto that it can't happen to you? a situation where oil supplies are exhausted, and "we're in a crunch situation." He said • this situation could be three years from now mit might not be for 25 years.' SUN He pointed out farmers once depended on the• sun, their own labor, and organic fertilizer to produce crops. He said "Morel energy was produced from the crops than labor was put into the syStem by the farmer." Today, however, farmers depend on non-renewable resources to provide fuel for their farm machinery, and petro-chemical derivatives are used in both fertilizer and pesticides. Mr. McQuail said farmers "should look at their own personal system of energy use on the farm, and then examine "what options' are open to .us." Finally, he said, "Farmers sholild evaluate how you can- get from where you are today ,to where you'd like to be down the line." Mr. McQuail said agri- culture is presently in a very vulnerable position with its' dependence) on 'crude oil energy resoifrces, He suggested some ways farmers can conserve energy in their- werations is to match machinery to the work it's required to do, to insu- late farm buildings properly, utilize natural ventilation and consider using alternative energy sources, in the farm operation. , Two such sources Mr. McQuail suggested were using windmills to pump water and using wood-heated boilers to provide heat, using wood from the farm woodlot. EXHAUSTING He said as the danger of exhausting non-renewable energy resources comes nearer, scientists and others are becoming more practical FUNERAL HOME Whitney -Ribey Funeral Home .ROSS W. RIBEY, DIRECTOR 87 Goderich St., Seaforth PHONE, 527-1390 CEMETERY . MONUMENTS Sincere and courteous service INSURANCE IS YOUR INSURANCE ' UP TO DATE? See us about your • General Life. sickness, accident and investment Seaforth Insurance Agency 527-1610 _IMPROVEMENTSTh MacLEAN HOME IMPROVEMENTS Phone 527-0032 Free Estimates For Siding - Aluminum and Vinyl, Aluminum Windows, Doors, Awnings, Railings, OPTICIAN David Langstaff Ltd. Optician ' 87 Main St., South, Seaforth OPTOMETRIST'S AND OPHTHAMOLOGISTS Prescriptions Filled Promptly Mon.-Fri. 9-5:30 p.m. 'Wednesday-- Closed Saturday • 9- I . COMPLETE OPTICAL SERVICE 527.1303 ORGAN —Th GULBRANSEN GALANTI WURLITZER • Best in Organs and Pianos FREE Organ tessoni, Low-Cost Rental Plan All this and more at .PUISIFER MUSIC SEAFORTH 527-0053 -Closed Wednesdays PIANO Piano Tuning and Repairs Bruce Pulsifer 527.0053 or after six phone 482-9618 MONUMENTS Cemetery FLEMING Mo.numents FEED MILL Bulk Pelieted Feed, fast unioaxling elevator, 2 pits open 24 hrs. a day Clinton • • • • • • • • • • • -• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •. • 0 • • • • • ,• • , • • • • • • • • . • 1 • • • I „ ( 8A — THE HURON EXPOSITC414 DECEMBER it), 1978 Hueon Fcieration hears about Renewable ener alternative forms of energy. He said experiments are being carried out to fuel tractors'`' with alcohol from crop residues and others are experimenting with methane gases produced from -manure. Mr. McQuail said it's time to try to interconnect systems on the farm again. For example, an operation which requires heat can passively collect solar heat from the sun on sunny days. This can be backed up with a wood- fired boiler system to supple- ment the sun's heat or fuel oil can be burned in a generator .rather than a boiler to produce electricity. Mr. Mcpuail said_ if enough electricity could be produced, it could be sold to Ontario Hydro. The secret of conserving energy, Mr. McQuail said, "is to try and make use of waste from any one system on_the.f9rm in their experiment& with as an • input in another Monseignefir Adams ,a St. • Brigid's Church. Logan gave the invocation at the inaugur- al meeting of Logan Town- ship Council on.December 4. He also discussed some problems faced by the Church mid the governments of to-day and their inter- relationship. Hill Jarvis M.P.' for Perth- , Wilmot administered the oaths of office. Mr.- .laris noted that the Municipal_ govej • imenfis much closer to a.,1 Ow people they represent' than he is and thatlhey have an important role to fulfill. He commended the council; lots for -standing for office . despite . nominal rernunerc atioic, but being.. recom- pensed by being .ehosen to represent the people -and being involved in local gov- ernment and doing •a job. to • the best of 'their ability. He. presented the township with -----7-• a Canadian flag. . • ' Reeve Carl Vock thanked the Council for their excel- lent co-Operation in the., past and mentioned some prob- lems which he . felt should . receive -attention in the -fut- ure. Deputy Reeve Laverne Gordner added that he felt ' there should be more dust .. control, on the Sideroads. EdwiollIman suggested that the township should pur- chase a truck to plow snow. • Joe 'Vandenberk said that he was in favour of preserving farmland but he felt that our ' zoning by-laws tend to rest- rict farm expansion in sonic _cases. Joe Waite was alsci Monsignor, Perth MP attend Loganouncil , s firgt meeting *Barn washing and disinfecting Spraying with carbota\ - whitens ancf disinfects as it dries.. HOEGY FARM SUPPLY LIMITED Brodhagen, Onta6o Tel. 3452941 After hours, 345-2243 favour of washrooms in the Township Hall and stated: that the meetings were 'run- ning too long and delegations should he limited ' to the second meeting, of the month and given' a time limit., • The minutes of the Nov. 211th Council meeting were adopted. At that meeting, a motion was passed stating that no more tile drainage loan • applications would be ,aeeepted:,u,nt il further notice. Laverne. G0rdher was ap- pointed repr6sentative to the Upper Thames River Con- serVation Authority •for 1979 anti 1980. A by-law . was passed making provision for an extra .advanee)p011 in the upcoming liquor The amending by-law for the Ritz. Municipal Drain was approved and payments for asseSsments•are due on Dee. 5., Council approved a . number of as• sessment reductions. These Were the main items of business at the November 20th Road accounts in the am- amount of S19,210.0:9 wele approVed with major expense being culverts for the Logan Road Drain, road assessment for the Ritz Municipal Drain. and surface treatment of Concession 12 from. Lots lb to 20. General accounts of $103,773:07 were also given approval. The Elma-Logan Fire Area Board,' the Huron- Perth Roman Catholic Sep- arate School .Board and the Monktoti Conimunity Centre Board N1 ere paid the balance other properties was ecived„ Another .petition posing the erection of lights:was also received Seaforth 527.0910 • Clinton 482-3405 Hentall 2622418 We ask for your cooperation in checking any outstanding balances and for your remittance to reach us before DeceMber 31st, 1978 Notice to our CUSTOMERS Our December 31st Year end is fast approaching 010-- • • • -i. re, opt the held On depicts a farmer with a team and a plow. be complacent. It can happen. It will happen • of their levie's. . , ' Also •- Amending bylaws were , , - included was •a tilb drainage passed for the Elligscn !Aim •• ._ loan of $3.600_00. which is icipal Drain' 1977, the Ilk; • • 1 he balance Of Logan Town- gevsun-Ryan MunioP•11 141.11 n • shIP's 1978 allotment .of 19 78 and the Feltz. Nliinieip,i1 • ' SI 00.000.0(Exponses for the Drain 1978. The affected s construction and.. materiih; property owners will be not- for the Feltz Muncipal Drain. ilied • of their assessments the .Ritz Muncipal Drain and• and payments will be 'due by the Logan ,Road Municipal December 20. Drain were'included.. Maps of, the 'house num. A 'petition. . for 3 street hering system have been lights along Highway. Nun .sent to all local hospitals. fire her 23 north of Mitchell to area boards. , hydro offices. the Ritz Lutheran' Villa. and the Bell telephone office and the Ontario Provincial Police -ollici. . ' • . • 'I lie nest Meeting t ill be Dec. 14 at I p.m.. t • • • iiio• I ill•• ive**414 • I I Otio 446.6 • ••I lie Soil BY aim GIRD Tony •McQuail, Lucknow area farmer and the former co-ordinator of Huron County's Energy Conser- vation Centres, told mem- bers of the Huron 'Federation of Agriculture that, as crude oil goes up in price; farmers' input costs also increase. ' The problem, Mr. McQuail said, is that "we in the. Wining industry can't pass on these price increases to the consumers as quickly." Mr. McQuail spoke to federation members on Thursday night at their monthly meeting held in the Clinton OMAF office. IN examining some of the energy conservation prac- tices and renewable energy optins for the farm, Mr McQuail pointed out farmers as well as the general population, have become heavily dependent on non- renewable stihrces•oanergy. He said farmers could face • • • 7:\ • Service Autorized factorywarranty Service and rdpairs to GE , FRIGIDAIRE & INGLIS APPLIANCES Service and repairs to all • makes Don Horne Maintenance - 527-0636 SeafOrih ,—APPLIANCES : APPLIANCE : and Refrigeration • REPAIR SERVICE • • • Jim Broadfoot • 482 -7032 f—CAR CARE -N -Asik • • . DATSUN • SALES & SERVICE • Service to All Makes • TeXaco Products •• Gerald's Datsun s•edorth • \. 527-1010 • •,(---CAR CARE -N • • GORD'S GULF Licensed Mechanic Service 'to all makes of cars Detroit Diesels 527-0333 • • i•---CAR CARE • Complete Line • • of • .CARtA PRODUC TS • EPR: Ts • • • • : • Now Doing Lubes and : • Tire Repair. • • • Archie's Sunoco • • .5j7,-0881 " Feed Seed, Fertilizer Farm Supplies, Petroleum Supplies Heating Oils DECORATING Interior & . Exterior . Decorators Kern Paints Wallcoverings ArMstrong Carpets • Window Shades. • lull DNDEBpARApEr Main St. Seaforth DECORATING. Graves Wallpaper & Paint Featuring MPSi6,4 Canadian & Imported Wall Coverings • 52770550 Sea forth ..-. ELECTRICAL —N Fred Lawrence' Electrical Contractor •.HOME FARM & COMMERCIAL WIRING Phone Auburn 526-7505 or Mitchell 348-8684 e,--ELECTRICAL Geo. A. Sills & Sons HARDWARE MERCHANTS , PLUMBING - HEATING & ELECTRICAL EXPERTS Phone: 527-1620 Seaforth SEWING C Sewing Machine Serv-i7;\ Depot Service to all makes. Free estimates 90 day warranty Experienced since 1952 L Sew and Save Centre Ltd. 149 Downie St. 2 doors south of Hudsonsi Stratford. 271-9660 Clitsed Mondays RESTAURANT The FORGE RESTAURANT ,Lk. L. L. B. 0. Home of C4TH PIZZA $150440 Kentucky Style Chicken 527-0443_, HESSEN HAUS Restaurant & Dining Lounge system." Following Mr. McQuail's slech, audience members discussed whether methane gas could be produced in septic tank systems and how , to use generators in a home heating system. - APPROVAL • One 'member, expressing approval of the idea of selling excess ejectricity said, "It would be nice to receive a cheque from Ontario Hydro every month instead of bill." In other business, feder- ation memiers approved a resolution stbmitted by the Grey Township Federation of Agriculture. The resolution asked that Farm 'and Country be asked to publish the Chicago live hog futures in their paper, since daily papers have stopped carrying the molts, Carl Hemingway, a Brus- (Continued on Page 11) • • • Protection ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD Your National Auto League Membership gives you Legal Defence Emergency toad Service Members' Contingency .Fund Emergency Travel Expenses Accident Services Auto Touring Service Bail Bond Arrest Bond Foreign Travel Assistance Charter Flights/ Package Tours And More! 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Vanastra ' 482-7931 SALES AND SERVICE OF Aluminum Welding 'Livestock Racks Edbro Hoists Grain Bodies f=ifth Wheel Trailers General Repairs I believe it was one of Alifr'', first townships in Ontario unless farmers keep pounding away at those seat§ of : r- APPLIANCES to pass zoning bylaws to discourage farmers from set- power to prevent such a senseless waste of an irreplace- • ling agricultural land to city intruders. • " Appliance & Years ago, I was reporter at many of th. Ose township ahle resource. You can't do anything about it when it is gone. • council meetings. They don't make land anymore. • • . Rehigeration • Seatorth •• 'F ARM SUPPLIES -N • • • • • • • • •I Seaforth Co-op • • 527-0770 • • • • • • • Expert Ai 0011(11/. RESTAURANT ;•"\ N A • Phone 527.1880 52 • PA 7 820 15 I Mairi st , Seatorto usiness Directory. 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