The Brussels Post, 1974-10-30, Page 4IN TOP SHAPE — First place winners in the eight
divisions of the cross country run at the farm of Bill
Millson , R.R.2, Seaforth, last Wednesday afternoon
were front, left, midget girls, Dianne Gridzak,
Egmondville, student at Huron Centennial School,
Brucefield; junior girls, Janice Webster, R.R.1,
Varna, Huron Centennial School; intermediate girls,
Elizabeth Reinink, R.R.4, Walton, Seaforth Public
Brussels
Stockyard
Report
Measuring
Maids have
tea party
Agri-notes
(By Adrian Vos)
OCTOBER 'NJ 1974
Huron w
Achieve
Night on
Novemb
The twenty-seventh
Huron County 4-H Ac
Night will be held in t
Huron' Secondary S
Clinton, on Friday,
8th, commencing at 8:(
All Huron Coun
Agricultural club mem
completed a project in
receive their awards
occasion, as well as t
have received special
and awards for their
club work.
Everyone who has a
in the 4-H Programme
to attend the Achieveme
School; senior girls, Kliary COok, Blyth, Blyth Public
School; rear, midget boys, Kevin Coultes, Blyth,
Blyth Public School; junior boys, Michael Maxwell,
Seaforth, Seaforth Public School; intermediate bogs,
Claude Daw, Clinton, Clinton. Public School; senior
boys, Bobby Lawrence, R.R.4, Seaforth, ' Huron
Centennial School. (Staff Photo)
The Kitchener-Waterloo
REgion needs water and lots of it.
Their mushrooming growth
demands it for domestic and
industrial use. Canada is the
country with the most of this
resource in the entire world.
However, instead of looking to
the great lakes, they want to dam
MPP knocks province for
delays in sewage works
The market at Brussels
Stockyards Friday was very active
with all classes of fat cattle selling
higher. Pigs were steady._
Choice Steers - 50.00 to 53.00
with sales to 53.85.
Good Steers - 48.00 to 50.00.
Eleven steers consigned by
Andy Oehring of Chepstow
averaging 1209 lbs. sold for 53.85
with his offering of 25 steers
averaging 1183 lbs. selling for an
overall price of 53.50.
Three steers consigned by Ross
Cunningham of R.R.3. Brussels,
averaging 1193 lbs. sold for
53.60.
Two steers consigned by Brian
Rock of Monkton, averaging 1100
lbs. sold for 53.00.
A steer consigned by Graeme
Craig of Walton, weighing 1150
lbs. sold for 52.50.
A steer consigned by Gordon
Haggitt of Blyth, weighing 1240
lbs. sold for 52.50.
A steer consigned by Murray
Rock of Monkton, weighing 1340
lbs. sold for 52.50.
Nine Steers consigned by
Frager Mustard of Bluevale,
averaging 1165113S. sold for 51,60
with his offering • of 27 steers
averaging 1151 lbs. selling for an
overall price of 50.7'5.
Choice Heifers - 45.00 to 47.00
with sales to 48.00.
Good Heifers 42.00 to 44.00.
A heifer consigned by Gary
Rintoul of Winghatti, weighing
1000 lbs. Sold for 48.00.
Six heifers consigned by John
Wheeler & Son of Brussels,
averaging 960 lbs. sold for 47.00
with his offering of 30 heifers
averaging 910 lbs. selling for an
Overall price of 45.90.
Eleven heifers consigned by
Warren Fines of Bluevale,
averaging 902 lbs. sold for 45.15.
Cows traded much higher'.
Choice Cows = 11,00 to 2.00
With sales to 2/.06.
4- THE BRUSSELS POST J
The Brussels 4-H Measuring
Maids treated their parents and
the ladies from the Auxiliary to a
Hallowe'en party at the Anglican
Church Tuesday night. There
were games and entertainment by
Joyce Ireland and Michell
McCutcheon on piano, Susan
Langlois dancing and Julie
Campbell with two songs.
"It is time local Councils were
given the authority to go ahead
with essential public service
projects of this kind. Let's put-an
end to this nonsense of referring
each and every case to Queen's
Park for clearance. Obviously we
must have guidelines established
by the Provincial Government to
protect our environment and the
health of our citizens, but local
Government should be in the
hands of local people, who can be
relied upon to carry out their
functions in a responsible
manner, without this nnielenting,
arrogant abuse of power by
Ministry officials,"
"Naturally, I am particularly
concerned with my own area,
where construction of sewage
works for Belle River, Stoney
Point and Wheatly is being
delayed by bureaucratic
inefficiency and bungling. Tax-
payers throughout Ontario - in
the Nith River in Oxford C
flood about 9,000 acres of
crop land and pipe it int
system. I happen to know th
River, and all through the su
there is about as much wat
as in a good sized creek. At
would just help out a little b
then they would still have t
a Lake Erie pipeline. It
from here that people don
one bit about food producin
until they themselves are hi
I bet that they are the
people who holler loudest
higher food prices. Luckily
are some in government opp
the move, notably Ag. mil
Stewart and Environ
Minister Newman. Let's
that their views prevail.
* * * *
Just ,to 'show how e
Ontario's farmers have be
Ontario's farmland declined
3.5 acres per person in 1941
acres now, but farm product
higher now than it ever was.
shouldn't think however
there is no limit to what
farmer can do, If the revived
for a power plant in Huron C
Would be approved, it sh
certainly mean that due
increased traffic pollu
hundreds of acres of white
land will have to be Shift e
other less protein predu
crops. It bothers me Sonic tha
struggle to preserve land is
largely to the farmers and tha
people in the towns and CI,
who will be the first to be
are not heard from when
production is thresatene0.
Consuniera Association of Ca
devotes a good deal of their i
in fighting, farmers for IOWer
prices, but forget the sttaggl
protect, the base of
production. Now about it
towns-people that tead t
Can't you persuade your chi
or your organization to help f
unnecessary urban sprawl
loss of food producing
gettiernberl it takes' bi
t:t:iptnerit to place a Ilrowis
Want Ad and be Merida in pc(
To advertise., just Dial Bra'
88,-6641.
Good Cows - 18.00 to 21.00.
Bulls - 24.00 tol 26.00 with
sales to 28.00.
Richard Ruston, M.P.P. for
Essex-Kent, this week accused
the Ontario Municipal Board and
Ministry of Environment of
inefficiency and abuse of power in
connection with 'delays on pro-
posed sewage works in Ontario.
"The bureaucrats at the
O.M.B. and Ministry of Environ-
ment are obviously hopelessly
entangled in their own red tape.
as well as extremely inefficient . in
processing applications for
sewage Works which are badly
needed by towns and villages in
the Province. They are forcing
residents of Ontario to pay
millions of dollars more than
would have been necessary if
thew projects had been allowed
to go ahead quickly when appli-
cations for permits were
originally made", said Mr. Rus-
ton, speaking in the debates on
the Estimates of the Ministry of
the Environment.
fact through Canada - are forced
to pay millions of dollars
unnecessarily, because the
Federal Government, through
Central Mortgage and Housing, '
finances 66 per cent of all sewage
projects, with 25 per cent being
forgiveable if installed before
1977. This is yet another example
of the Conservative Big Blue
Machine feeding the fires of
inflation, and placing an almost
intolerable burden on the tax-
payers of Ontario. Under gill
Davis, centralized power at
Queen's Park is so strong, it is
giving rise to Very real concerti.
People elect local government
officials to handle public service
projects, but the municipalities
are hamstrung when prOvincial
government officials drag their
feet in granting ,clearances with-
°tit -which construction cannot
.begin."