The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1974-12-05, Page 18AT CROPS HEAD TABLE — The guest speaker at Thursday's annual banquet of the Huron Soil and Crop
Improvement Association was Evan McGugan, general manager of Western Fair.McGugan is shown at the
left of the picture with Jim Barrie, district director, vice-president Scott Clarkson and Huron's Ag Rep Don
Pullen. T-A photo
F of A passes resolutions
to preserve farming industry
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Ask program for plain cattle Immoral. to destroy
any agricultural lancl.
By ADRIAN VOS
Those of you who ,have been
reading my writings for some
time, know that I have deplored
the waste and destruction of food
producing land. Therefore it
made me very happy that the
delegates at the annual meeting
of the Ontario. Federation of
Agriculture agreed with me.
It was agreed that farmers
have the duty to point out to
government and to the public that
once land is destroyed, it can't be
recovered. However, following
this, it is the duty of society as a
whole, to see that the burden of
preserving food producing land is
not borne by the farmer alone,
It was urged that our Northland
should be opened up for industry
and that a permanent freeze be
put on any change in the use of
class one and two land. With food
shortages in many parts of the
world, it is immoral to destroy
even one acre of land. Society
should cry out whenever this
happens.
Some argued that a retiring
farmer should be allowed to build
a house on a corner of his old
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farm. I say that this should only
be allowed if this is an un-
productive corner, and in order to
protect the next owner it should
be far enough from the livestock
buildings so it will not interfere
because of possible smells.
Mind you, I hope to be one of
those retiring farmers myself one
day. Did you know that Ontario
has only 10 million acres of good
land left? B.C. led the way in
Canada by butting all good
agricultural land into a reserve.
At the same time they said that
now that the farmer is locked in
agriculture, he has to be
guaranteed a decent income, so
he can provide for his old age
without having to sell his farm to
a developer.
Over there they have seen food
imports from California dwindle
to next to nothing, and even
imports from Mexico are going
down because on the up it is
gobled up by California. Some
day we will be in the same
position with the food brought in
from Florida, and we better be
ready to produce our own food,
Delegates to the recent annual
convention of the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture in
Hamilton passed recom-
mendations aimed at preserving
and encouraging a profitable and
efficient agricultural industry in
Ontario.
The following recom-
mendations were unanimously
adopted.
Land-use planning by
assessment and by the economics
of the market place must cease
and be replaced by a process of
inventory and allocation to best
use.
Class I and II land must be
reserved for food production and
any departure from this policy
should require the most sear-
ching examination. Con-
sideration must be given to
special use soil classes, i.e.
tobacco, vegetable and fruit
lands. In all cases property tax
must relate to value for
production.
Class III land should be
retained in agriculture to the
extent of supplying local markets
where the proportion of Class I
and Class II land falls below a
reasonable percentage of thd
total.
Agricultural designations for
land should be established as
permanent land use
classifications. These should
enjoy a new integrity and per-
manence, Only then will
necessary capital.'i and
management inputs be put into
the enterprise to make it efficient
and profitable. There should be a
continuing Provincial Land-use
Commission to classify land.
It should be part of public
policy to retain some 15 percent
to 20 percent of land in forest
cover. Class III to Class VI land
could be utilized where possible
for strategically located farm
woodlots. Where necessary, a
form of subsidization should be
adopted.
As a policy guideline, Classes
III to VI land should be utilized
for recreational purposes. The
multiple use of land for
recreation and other uses should
be fully explored.'
Residential, industrial and
commercial uses of land except
for farm buildings should be
restricted stringently insofar as
Class I and Class II land is
concerned. Only when no
reasonable alternative is
available should high quality
land be taken for these purposes
and then after public scrutiny
and discussion. Services and
utilities should be subject to these
restrictions.
Indiscriminate mixing of land
uses should be avoided,
especially at points of interface.
Owners of agriculturally
designated land should not be
exposed to the hazard of non-
farm complaints.
Farmers should not be
required to confer a benefit on
society without recompense:
such as are concluded.
I wish to take
this opportunity
to say
"Thank You"
to those who
supported me
at the polls
on election day
Bob Bell
COUNCILLOR
FOR TUCKERSMITH
Farm Income Stabilization
programs should be instituted to
improve and protect the income
of farmers.
An acceptable Code of Practice
should be developed to protect
farmers from harassment and
conflicting land uses.
In those areas zoned
agriculture, the agricultural
industry should be recognized as
the major industry and should be
protected and encouraged by
policies of all levels of govern-
ment.
A negative capital gains tax
should be implemented whereby
zoning losses could be partly
recouped in a similar manner to
the present positive capital gains
tax, or could be applied to reduce
future income by forward
averaging provisions.
The ARDA program should be
made more flexible and updated
to permit all farm land to be
brought into the program, 'in-
cludtfig special crop land. ARDA
should be empowered, and
suitably funded; to purchase
farm land everywhere in Ontario
up to the market value. ,
Attending the convention from
this area were Allan Walper,
Stephen township - and Albert
Erb, Zurich.
By URSULA REGIER
In response to the deteriorating
economic situation facing beef
producers, the National Farmers
Union has launched into a series
of actions across Canada,
Many requests by 'the NFU to
meet with our Minister of
Agriculture, Hon. Mr, Wm.
Stewart and also Hon, Mr.
Eugene Whalen and discuss the
inflation prices we are receiving,
on most all commodities, with'
either a polite "no reply," or a
reply of having another corn-
mittment, possibly more im-
portant than 'farmers welfare.
The National Farmers' Union
board of directors asked con-
.sideration concerning the
deteriorating position of
Canada's livestock industry and
urges that the government make
a commitment to immediately
introduce a purchase and
processing program for plain
quality cattle including canner
and cutter cows which are
currently being marketed at
distress prices resulting in heavy
financial losses to farmers. •
That it would be appropriate to
have it announced on the eve of
theworld foodconferencein Rome
"such a social policy as part of
Canada's food aid program to,
help relieve current food shor-1
tages in needy countries,"
The current beef situation is a
haunting reminder of the Federal
Government's LIFT program
which was a major recom-
mendation contained in the
'Federal Task Force on
Agricultural Report.
The Task Force had expressed
in glowing terms the future
prospects of beef producers in
Canada when it had predicted
"world demand for beef would
continue to rise more rapidly
than supply and world prices will
be strong.
Most of the projected deficit
will occur in North America. To
further focus attention- on NFU
demands, was a tactic in
demonstration not previously,
undertaken by NFU members
and caught federal officials
completely by surprise. We Code:
named ourselves "Operation
Country Mouse," based on the
folk tale of the country mouse
visiting the "Town Mouse" some
60 Region 3 NFU members oc-
cupied the offices of Federal
Deputy Minister S. B. Williams at
the Sir John Carling Building in
Ottawa.
In all cases, Canada wide, the
occupants were graciously
received by federal civil ser-
vants,
The Nation - wide one-day
boycott on shipping beef hold-
back was as successful as an-,
ticipated, and as I read in 'Press',
- Ontario beef cattle price 15
cents a pound higher which would
naturally atone for the loss of
volume of cattle, and as many
trucking firms quoted they did
not know 'of the boycott so
therefore must be excused for not
going along with the many
truckers who did not ship that
Thursday.
LOCALS AT CONVENTION — Among the representatives from South
Huron at the recent Ontario Federation of Agriculture convention in
Hamilton were Albert Erb, Zurich and Allan Wolper, Grand Bend,
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