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Clinton News-Record, 1972-10-12, Page 17The 1972.73 Queen of the Furrow is Miss Linda Shouidice of R.R.2, Shallow Lake. She represented Grey County in the competition held as part of the international Plowing Match at SebringvIlle, Ontario. Linda is a third year student at McMaster University in Hamilton. She succeeds Miss Janice Fox of R.R.1, Cayuga. (Photo by OMAF) Brian Roberts, 21,. and Ritchelle Soull'ire, 19, Members Of the University of Western Ontario Mustang Marching Band, proctille hitch hiking after a band weeks, The band it hitch-hiking from London, Ont., to Halifax to raise money for the United Appeal and play at a college fOotball game. (The Gazette photo) Local chiropractor heads Ont. Association Dr. K.S, Wood, Albert Street, was re-elected President of the Ontario Chiropractic Association at the Annual Con- vention held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Toronto Sept. 29-Oct, 1, Speaker at the convention dinner was Hon. Gordon Car- ton, Minister of Transportation and Communicatoions. Dr. Wood is entering his second year in office. Describing the drinking driver as "by far the greatest menace on the road and responsible for at least 50 per cent of traffic deaths" the minister said that some 2,500 Canadians might have been saved last year in Canada without the in- volvement of such drivers, 'The demerit point system has proven to be a very reliable indicator of the problem driver and a potent deterrent to con- tinuing abuse of driving privileges", the speaker said. Last year, 77,592 Ontario drivers got warning letters at the 6-point level, and of these, only, a third continued to the 9- point demerit level. Dr, David Churchill of Dun- das, Ont., was presented with the "Chiropractor of th,e Year" Award during the meeting. The Association also honoured 12 members who have been prac- tieing chiropractors for. more than 40 years, with the presen- tation of Honorary Life Mem- Dr. K. S. Wood bership; scrolls, Honored were: Dr, W,E, Charlton, 97, Toronto, thought to be the oldest living chiropractor; Dr. Irene McGillicuddy, Willowdale, still practising at 85; Dr. Violet M. Aikins, Dunnville, and Dr. Mary G. Mason, Toronto, both in their 50th year of practice; Dr. George A. Graham, Ottawa; Dr. Duncan Allan and Dr, Fred Lewis, Toronto; Dr. W.H. Wadland, Stratford; Dr. O.N. McDougall, Owen Sound; Dr. I-1,M. Collins, Simeoe; Dr, A.R. Du Val, Wingham, and Dr. Samuel H. West, Sault Ste. Marie. Awards were presented by Dr, S.E. West of Sault Ste. Marie, site of Canada's first chiroprac- tic college, A third- generation chiropractor, Dr. West honored his father with the presentation. A highlight of the meeting was the presentation of two professional papers, "The Mechanics of Walking, Develop- ment and Clinical Significance", by Dr. Adrian Grice of the staff of the Canadian Memorial Chiroprac- tic College, Toronto, and "A Study into the Complaints of Patients Seeking Chiropractic Care" by Dr, Herbert J. Vear, dean of the CMCC. Dr. K.S. Wood, Clinton, was re-elected president. Members of the Board of Directors are: Dr. L.K. Rosenberg, Toronto; Dr. L.K. MacDougall, Oakville (president of the Canadian Chiropractic Association); Dr, R,D. Thurlow, Hamilton; Dr. Ronald Oswald, Stoney Creek; Dr. R.M. Wingfield, Burlington and Dr. Paul Carey, Stratford. Dr. Robert Eidt, Tillsonburg, was named representative to the Canadian Memorial Chiroprac- tic College, and Drs. Paul Holton), Ottawa, and S.W. Stolarski, Toronto, directors of the Canadian Chiropractic Association. Thursday, October 12, 1972 107 Year - No. 41 Olin ton Ontario ,Second Section A look at the farm loon Credit Act Getting the young people back on the land Brucefield man named chairman A seven-man committee of grain corn farmers was named today by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture to outline the mechanics of a farmer- controlled corn marketing agency. Chairman of the Corn Com- mittee is Robert Allan, RR 1, Brucefield. Allan is a Huron county corn and bean cash crop farmer. Cash corn farmers Edward Thompson, RR 1, Arias, in Wellington county; Ray Guy of RR 2, Mountain in Dundas county; William Hardy of RR 1, Inkermari in Dundas county; Kent farmers Leonard Pegg of RR 1, Morpeth and James McGuigan of Cedar Springs; and dairyman Delmer Bennett of Forrester's Falls in Renfrew, are Committeemen. McGuigan, a corn and fruit cash crop feigner, is President of the Kent County Federation of Agriculture, He was active in the groundwork that led to the forming of the Corn Committee. Bennett sits on the OPA executive and is chairman of the Federation's Grains Committee, When making this announ- cement, Gordon Hill of Varna, Ontario Federation of Agriculture president, said, "I expect the committee will develop a practical marketing plan for Ontario corn, which will Win the support of all grain corn producers, Top student writer to win '1,000 Creative writing at the high school level gets a shot in the arm this fall when one of Canada's major trust companies will award a prize of $1,000 to the student producing the best, Open subject, short story. This is believed to be the highest cash prize available to students for creative writing and is on par with amounts earned by many professional writers. Over $6,000 will be awarded to the top three submissions from each province and specially designed award certificates will be given to all other outstanding entries. Rules and regulations have been sent to the Heads of English Departments of all Canadian high schools and copies are also available from branch offices of the sponsoring company, Canada Permanent Trust. "Young people today tend to think of financial com- panies as being , pretty unemotional places," says Den Sinclair, Canada's Permanent Public Relations Manager," and a trust company is the last place they'd think would be in- terested in encouraging them to express their feelings through writing. Our company has made thousands of new young friends across Canada in the six years we have been sponsoring these awards. Well over Z000 stories are received each year and some first rate material has come to light." The company publishes the provincial first prize winners in book font, This is made available to high school libraries and is also used by teachers for class room instruc- tion, Deadline for submission of en- tries is December 31, 1972. because of the work or in- tolerable debt load involved. "This program, which has been developed by the federal government, will encourage the development of profitable family farms and prosperous rural communities," the minister said. The Small Farms Develop- ment Program consists of a land transfer program; assistance to land buyers and sellers; and in- formation, rural counselling and farm management consulting services. The objectives of the Canada- Ontario agreement are to: 1. facilitate land transfers toward the development of economically viable family farms; 2. assist owner-operators of small farms to realize on their equity in their farm holdings. Canada and Ontario will form a joint committee to coor- dinate the Small Farms Development Program with federal and provincial services, And the federal government will establish a National Small Farm Development Advisory Committee to recommend policy proposals to the federal agriculture minister and other appropriate authorities. The provincial government will provide rural counselling and farm management services in the implementation of the program in Ontario. The federal government will provide a cen- tral information service. "I am very happy that many family farmers in Ontario will be able to take, advantage of the provisions of the Small Farms Development Program," Mr. Olson said. Ontario is the second province to enter this agreement with the federal government. The first to enter was Alberta, in mid-July. Those Ontario farmers wishing to participate in the Small Farms Development Program should contact their local office of the Farm Credit Corporation or the provincial Extension Service. Complete details respecting applications will be issued shor- tly. Outline Small Farms Program THE PROGRAM The program consists of a lead transfer plan and infor- mation services. The land tran- sfer program consists of: 1) Special credit for prospective purchasers; ii) Assistance grants for prosper{ tive vendors; iii) A listing service to bring buyers and sellers together; iv) Facility for outright pure chase and resale of farm 'property. The information service consists of; 0 A rural devdonment service' to help the farmer and his family get the information required to make the basic decision to develop within agriculture or to take advantage of other opportunities in the local community or the region; ii) A farm management service to help the individual farmer develop a commercially viable farm business, and iii) An information system to back up these two services. OPERATIONAL The Canada-Ontario Small Farms Development Program will be administered by a joint Canada-Ontario Small Farms Development Advisory Commit- tee. The Farm Credit Corporation will handle the land transfer plan, and the farm management and rural development services will be the responsibility of On- tario, LAND TRANSFER PLAN The eligibility and the benefits to buyers and sellers of small farms are outlined below. Eligibility Criteria for Buyers To be eligible for the special benefits, the purchaser must be a Canadian citizen or a landed immigrant who, at the time of application: i) is the owner of a farm or pur- chaser under agreement of sale or tenant for a-period of not less than three years; ii) is principally occupied in the operation of a farm; iii) has assets not exceeding $60,000 as determined by the FCC; iv) is prepared to purchase ad- ditional land so that the con- solidated farm unit will, in the opinion of the FCC, have suf- ficient land, labor and capital to become economically viable. Development Assistance For Purchasers In addition to the normal loan provisions of the Farm Credit Act, the FCC will offer the opportunity for eligible far- mers to purchase farms on agreement of sale, Under the agreement of sale features of the program, the FCC may purchase the land from an eligible vendor at a fair market value and resell it to an eligible purchaser at cost. The purchaser will be required to make a down payment of $200 on any sale up to and including $20,000. For sales of more than $20,000 the level of down payment will be prescribed by the federal gover- nment, Payment will be spread over a period of up to 26 years at the Same Wiliest tate charged by the Farm Credit Corporation on Mortgage loans, The purchaser will not be required to mortgage the farm he already OWns as security for the newly acquired land. In cases where it is preferable to consolidate the purchaser's overall financial position and to provide ad- ditional capital for the develop- ment of an enlarging farm, the purchaser will be encouraged to take advantage of a normal FCC loan, Priority will be given to owners of eligible small farms rather than to owners of larger farms. In the case where an eligible purchaser who is the owner of a small farm has in- dicated an interest in the pur- chase of an additional farm, the Corporation will attempt to en- sure that the small farmer can borrow as much as the larger farmer for the purchase of that land, Eligibility Criteria for Sellers To be eligible for the special benefits, the seller must: i) be the owner or purchaser un- der agreement of sale and the operator of a farm of uneconomic size on the date the program commenced and at the time of application; ii) be principally occupied in the operations of that farm at the date of commencement of the program and at the time of ap- plication; iii) be able to show that he has alternative means of livelihood (excluding welfare) adequate to maintain himself and his depen- dents in a manner which is equal to or superior to that being realized from the farm; iv) not intend to take up the operation of a farm as a self- employed operator in the future. Assistance Grants for Sellers Eligible sellers will be en- titled to receive a grant of $1,500 plus 10 per cent of the ac- tual sale price of his farm if it sells for up to $25,000. The maximum total amount of the grant, i.e. the sum of the fixed and variable parts will be $3,500. In cases where the FCC is purchasing the farm without concurrent resale and at not more than 90 per cent of its estimate of market value, or where an appraisal of the land being sold indicates that the reported sale price is substan- tially above the estimated market value, the grant shall be $1,500 plus 10 per cent of the FCC's estimate of market value to a maximum of $8,500. Assistance grants may be paid out in a lump sum or may be used together with all or part of the vendor's equity in the farm to purchase an annuity to provide for the future income requirements of the vendor's needs, Eligibility for an assistance grant will not apply under the following cirearnatarices: 0 where the purchaser intends to continue to operate the farm as a separate and uneconomic farM unit; ii) the purchaser is not a Canadian citizen, or landed im- migrant; or the purchaser is a corporation which in the judgment of the FCC is not con- trolled by shareholders who are Canadian citizens or landed im- migrants; iii) where the purchaser is guying a number of small farms for non-farm use, if that use is contrary to provincial plans for the development of the area; iv) when the vendor receives a subsidy in addition to and in relation to the sale price of his farm from another government- sponsored program. SPECIAL FEATURES Use of the Farm Home An eligible seller may make arrangements with the pur- chaser for continued use of the farm home by himself and his spouse, including a suitable surrounding area and the right of access, and still be eligible for the assistance grants. These arrangements may involve retaining title to the house and small acreage, or some kind of lease arrangement. Annuities Where the sale of the farm is financed by FFC funds, eligible vendors will have the option of taking all or part of their assistance grants and their equity in a lump sum or in the form of a fixed term interest bearing annuity. Upon death, the balance of the annuity will be paid to the succession or designated beneficiary. Where the sale of the farm has been financed by another agency, if the seller wishes to receive his grant in the form earl annuity, he will be provided with infor- mation and advice on the various commercial sources from which he may purchase an annuity. INFORMATION AND CONSULTING SERVICES Rural Development and Poem Management Services The province of Ontario will be responsible for rural develop- ment and farm management services at the necessary level as determined by the Canada- Ontario Small Farms Develop- ment Advisory Committee for the effective implementation of the Small Farms Development Program in the province. Information Services The federal government will establish a Farm bevelopenent Information System to provide basic data, reference manuals, and other neeesaary materials for rural development and farm management services: Federal Agriculture Minister H.A. (Bud) Olson and Ontario Agriculture Minister W.A. Stewart recently signed an agreement to implement the Small Farms Development Program in the province of On- tario. The aim of the program is to help farmers to develop more profitable family farms. It will also assist farmers who wish to take advantage of non-farm oc- cupations or retirement. "We want to give the small farmer a chance to. realize hiee-' dreams," Mr. Olson said, . "whether they be of building a profitable, business-like farm or getting out from under a farm that he doesn't want to run any more or that he can't keep going