The Rural Voice, 1978-04, Page 12Good
management's
the answer
To beat erosion, farm pollution
improve your management techniques
STAFF REPORT
Good farm management is the key both to preventing erosion
problems on farms and reducing farm originated pollution of the
Great Lakes water basin, Dr. Dick Franks of the Ontario Ministry
of Agriculture and Foods Pesticide Lab told the monthly meeting
of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture in Hensall March
2.
Dr. Franks was speaking on the subject of the Pollution from
Land Use Activities Reference Group (PLUARG) which was
formed under the auspices of the International Joint Commission
to look into pollution problems in the Great Lakes. He warned the
farmers present that if we don't do something to improve the
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quality of water in the Great Lakes basin. we may survive. but
future generations won't. Once the Great Lakes get in bad
shape, he said, it will take a long time to bring them back. It's
better to stop pollution before it gets into the water system.
During the speech Dr. Franks was generally very sympathetic
to the concerns and problems of farmers but he said that while
farmers like to be independent they have to remember that we
are all dependent on each other. He is often criticized, he said,
by farmers who have the feeling that steps to curb pollution and
erosion will cost the farmers more money. "But if v:e don't do
something about it" he said, "farmers won't be able to make any
money because many won't have any land."
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