The Huron Expositor, 1981-04-09, Page 14-1
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Al THP MORON exposiTon.. APRI I, 9, 1981
embers hear problems
thoSe •-tetierS1
itiS• not &g idea to,ackno*letige every letter
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OPIPtcp010' reOittt4 :Fle4tZTV,it!,,'
F640.46.04, 4,aittiftttidr, 4k^ht,tteilitie set r.
•noi,'IlortkO*0rk 4ichoo rhomob.. die
farMer Ben in-vontivereials, for Wit:114* hams, and .old
meats-
:;.1(loh't believe men a Wood elf like ten grow an
acre cif iitaitgels Or $68.70 and get 300 gallons of aleohol
22.9 cents a gallon.
"It is good. that the law should belestq hut Ido not
think that so much hype as to costs and even the kiwi - 01
rowing a soil-destroying crop like man gels 1111t1.47,s.
land should be published without some cronal thought:::
Many thanks for the letter and my "research • mane
from Farm and Country magazine. the voice of many
farmers in Ontario. 'I promise to check out the figures to
greater degree before repeating them.
Also, from the Preservation of Agneultur. t ands
Society. (PALS) a letter inthe Toronto Glithe chast /mg that
pdblieation for suggesting that PALS's efforts had been a
failure. It just shows to go you that big-city new spapins
have - little regard for farmers. , Canada's sett-sty led
national newspaper suggested.. the Ontario Mum, ipat
Board had ruled against those yy ho would preserve tarn
lands.
• Not so, says Gracia Jones, treasurer ot _PALS. The
organization through its aronsalof public opinion over the
years helped to pers,u_aile the.prov ince to win 3.300 acres ut
land to be preserved permanently for agriculture. When
added to the lands already accepted as cm by Nia gara
Region andthe province 'for future development before the
hearings started. a , total ,of, 4.400,acres of -land has been
permanently preserved.
Those who say that bureaucrats never listen, that
protest and organizations and letter writing have no effect.
am now rest assured that these things can have an effeet_
InStead of the region taking ,about 10 per cent of the
Niagara tender fruit and .grapeland during a 10 to 15.year
period, they an take only about 3 per cent, period.
Without .the work of PALS and all other groups
interested in reserving one of Canada's greatest natural
resources -- the. Niagara fruitlands -- these-acres _would
have been lost forever under sinks Eaeky- houses.
_Iiighways. _parking lots, •utility corridors and- plazas.
Turning to another touchy area in Canadian agric-iilture4...
it is interesting to seethe fooferaw being caused by P„E.I.
potatoes in the .state of Maine.-
Canadian growers . are shipping spu ids across the
border' like there-was no tomorrow. -More - than 959.900'
hundredweight of seed and table potatoes have been sold.
across the border this year compared with only .286.006
hundredWeight. in the same period last year. Maine
growers are becoming increasingly perturbed about the-
-ShipmentsIalkaicouncLeoffeeibleS_anclituck-sropc-ntorio
• the border is getting around to potato blockades by the
'U.S.-- growers to -prevent the P.E.r. spuds front entering-
County council agreed to
pay..the fine .assessed'against
its weed inspector for using a
prohibited herbicide.
Joe Gibson was fined 5100
plus costs of S.1.00- for spray-
ing with the herbicide 2-4-3T
-after it. has been banned in
Ontario.
Tom Cunningham. chair-
matu - of the-------de.ve.topment_.
committee. explained Mr.
Obi simo was under the int-
VICky'alt:iadiliamt.,'s.,:!•c,1:1•ti l.r.'11\ :p .!' been. faettti with this preplan) for ,,
...,,,e4ar,,„ wb:t...41 tfrIcyre.m,Asp.,-.A.'.s.44401iv.,; cia o tutee, preiduce -ii as.
antiped, into C;•ariada acid rented the year, kt, Canadiati . .
'i i . .
`•. t11. tV1,4 ' 44 . '. r
. .13cnv au W a 'Oivr tow Caoadian 4ollar. 6,larittino potato
growers are in A favorable position and• it tV a, short haul 1.0
Easton} Sitabotird -ntarkets in the U.S.,
'R.E•l• potatoes are:, indeed. selling Well aeross the
txiarder. , „
toile Sam, flexing his muscles again under the
Reagan regime. will surely retaliate before too long.
TAKING BREAK-=The tWo men chatting With NDP agriculture critic
Donald McDonald (far right) during a break in the Huron federation of
Agriculture's annual members of parliament dinner are Jim McIntosh, of
R.R. A, Seaforth and Tuckersmith council member; Jim Papple, also of
R.R. 4, Seaforth. Thedinner was held in Clinton on Saturday.
(Photo, by Gibb)
County. to _ o fi ne
pression he was permitted to
use up existin g, shucks of the
chemical - and had been
spraying it along the Mait-
land River 'flats in Colborne
'township. lt woman skiing
smelled it. lodged a com-
plaint, and as a result Mr.
Gibson was charged and
fined. , •
Mr—Cuilttinghant_s aid_ Mt-
Gibson mixed 2-4-5T with
another -herbicide to rise on
Continuing high interest
rates. subsidies or the lack of
them and quota liolteies were.
some of the issues raised by
commodity groups at the
members of parliament din-
ner Saturday. sponsored by
the Huron Count. Federation
of Agriculture.
.Gordon Hill. representing
the Huron Count. Bean,
Cortmiitto. delivered pleas
tor con tioited lunifing ••df
-white-bean research. He said ,
Dr. 4.041tAyles.tortli's refire,
Maid 'frWI:111e. -Harrow . •
ration had 'raised,
onte00 ties' this research, .,.
wooltin t be continued
Hatoo-ftraee
Cardiff. himself a: hue petit)
prodticer, Sai d . •he . had
checked with the Ministry- of
Agriculture recently. 'Who
told him an appointment
would be matte within the
shrubs like hawthorn and it
worked very well. He said
the county still has 80 odd
gallons of the chemical
and is hanging onto it.
hoping it" will eventually be
approved for use.
•
next two or three months to
replace the veteran white
bean re .searcher.
Mr. Hill told federation
members the next White
bean payment to producers
will be made at the end of
April. He concluded his pre-
sentation saying "'Canada
must have at least as good
research support ‘„as we've
had in the past to remain
competitive ..the world
.bean ttiarket,*-"
Warden PO
Zoilelir ,:01RreFL ort J4411*'
'that ..'ht-.best.proritoilori
beans- theOnpe,h Oran
'PeStivak hadn't • • e6 ,.nierk•
dotted inAr, Brief. .
JIM Hunter, presenting
the Huron County Milk Com-
.mittee!s- brief, said the ex,-
change system of buying and
selling quota "has been Well
accepted by all producers
apart from a few minor
problerrit. which is to be
expectedwhen a new system
is introduced."
He said' the milk produ-
cers' promotional campaign
in 1980 resulted in a. seven
.per cent increase in butter
sales alone.
MP Cardiff. asked Mr.
Hunter.and fellow committee
member...tint Drennan about
Cheese factories not being
able to obtain enough milk
for their production needs.
Mr. Ditirtifian said. "we're
producing all the cheese
which can be used in Canada
now." pointing out tariffs
"hinder us from exporting
more cheese.-
. NOP agriculture critic
Donald McDonald said he
was tantalized by the pro-
. spects if Canada could mar-
ketPmore of its high quality
cheddar abroad. He said he
is., also painfully 'aware the
milk industry' is conscious of
pricing themselves out of the.
market. Mr. McDonald said
the problem was once far-
mers got-an increase in price
for their product. then the
processors and retailers
piggybacked their increase
on top of it. He said 60 per
cent of the increase in price
went to them, rather thanutie
farmer. ,
flItril INTEREST
Neil Stapleton. represen-
ting the Huron Cattlemen's
Association. pOinted out con-
tinued high ioterest rates are
still imposing a hardship on
cattlemen, particularly feed-
lot OPeratOrk. He said two
f401lor$ 10%.his lleigittOttr'
ElPolil:have-teeetaly pool one
of 4shiess,Whigh he blamed
(04st-rates... •
He: pointed • Hitt .;
chartgefs t0 411.e 00k;
nosy law: sb tivestoekOros.:-
itneerS. keve,.the Otne.
protection gffordell tether
1,1;130,1,1*s of tgricultui at pro-
duo.ts in the event packing ,
plants go Out of business,
there's still a loophole to be
filled. Mr: Stapleton said if'
the packer obtains his opera-
ting credit under a floating
debenture. this doesn't pro-
vide any protection to the
cattlemen selling his stock to
that packer in the event of
bankruptcy. Neil Stapleton
said the. association is floss
working on an insurance plan
to protect farmers w hen
packers go out of business.
,which the packers don't fa-
EARLY ORDER
DISCOUNTS STILL
APPLY.
your.
Murray Cardiff. who sat on
the Bank Act committee, said
he was disappointed to learn
the packers still found a way
around the legislation.
SEM TO 011EXI,TARDS
pordop Hill pointed out ft
cattlemen, sold to oi3gx and
the Ontario stockyards, they
%%PM be, PrOI,Oetf4 4gailist
the icycg..ef bankropieies
Hotel a4:0° why those Cattle-
men should, have to pat for
an insurance plan for their
'felleity'eattleandh who •OPPse
.to 4jrCttry:: to packer*.
t4iir. Stapleton said in•spite of
there was 'no opPoSitibn
to the proposed insurance
plan at the cattlemen's.
nual meeting.
Joe Miller. speaking for
the Huron County Pork Pr&
dueers, reported at the an-
nual meeting of the Ontario
board. ''it was very evident
that many hog producers
Were yin financial difticu Cues
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Marketing' syston.`'said "
sY.PPIY;:knOagylnetd (iltiftta)
systems .wei9'tettc4400
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On the county= Joel,
$44PructPoris'axi concerned
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