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Present briefs
to county councils
The April meeting of the Bruce County
Federation of Agriculture was held at the
OMAF boardroom the evening of April
25. Twenty-five directors were in atten-
dance.
Briefs are to be prepared and presented
to the councils of Bruce, Saugeen and
Kincardine reaffirming the importance of
the BCFA and the importance of the
township levies to the BCFA.
Elderslie township has asked for help
and support from BCFA to bring about
changes in the fuel tax charges for
vehicles used on the farm. It was moved
by Ron Garland, seconded by Elmer
Ceaser that a resolution be drafted and
presented to OFA on this matter. Merle
Gunby, OFA executive, was present to
give us some facts and figures regarding
the proposed tax rebate program. OFA
will be putting out more information in
the Member's Digest in the near future.
A motion by Brian Ireland seconded by
Ted Fischer that BCFA support OFA's
position on the tax bill carried by a large
majority.
Our fieldman Doug Gowanlock, in-
formed the board that BCFA membership
now stands at 1282.
Glen Sawyer of our hydro committee
reported on recent meetings he has
attended. He reported that agriculture
and forest resources are ranked near the
top as to importance when routing the
new power lines from BNPD.
Our financial advisory committee is
now in place and actively working on
some cases. Committee members are
Jim Powers, Len Calhoun, Cameron
MacAuley, Carl Spender and Harold
Poechman.
Wayne Roberton, Bruce -North regional
director brought to our attention a letter
he had received stating that the Federal
Government feels that foreign ownership
is not a major problem and that there
were only 7000 acres of foreign owned
land in Bruce County: Wayne's research
has located 5000 acres in Bruce township
plus another 3000 in Huron Township.
This goes to show how up-to-date and
concerned governments are on this
problem.
On June 2, BCFA will be holding a
"Meet the Bankers" meeting in lieu of our
regular meeting. We would like to have
some hard facts on questionable bank
practices to present to senior bank
officials at that meeting. It was suggest-
ed we invite Ralph Barrie or Harry
Zwerver to this meeting. Plans are in
progress for the semi-annual meeting
which will be a banquet and dance.
Next meeting. June 2nd. Time and
place will be mailed out to directors.
Ron Garland
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Bruce Federation of Agriculture
1983
COUNTY EXECUTIVE
PAST PRESIDENT:
PRESIDENT:
1st VICE PRES.
2nd VICE PRES.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS:
REGIONAL ISM DIRECTORS
SOUTH BRUCE
NORTH BRUCE
CENTRE BRUCE
WEST BRUCE
OFA FIELDMAN
SECRETARY
OFA EXECUTIVE
INSURANCE
OFMA
Borden Fenton
Harold Poechman
John MacAuley
Wayne Robertson
Allan Smith
Ted Fischer
Grant Collins
Cliff Hewitt
Brian Ireland
Wayne Robertson
Ron Garland
John MacAuley
Doug Gowanlock
Mary Harvie
Merle Gunby
Bill Crawford
Bob Misch
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R.R. #4, Ripley
R.R. #2, Port Elgin
R.R. #2, Tara
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R.R. #2, Teeswater
R.R. #2, Port Elgin
R.R. #2, Cargill
R.R. #4, Ripley
R.R. #1, Port Elgin
R.R. #2, Ayton
R.R. #2, Dungannon
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