The Rural Voice, 1983-11, Page 21action, rather than any heavy
handedness. "We must preserve the
family farm," stated John Mac-
Auley, also from the Bruce Federa-
tion. MacDonald replied: "We're in
agreement 101 per cent on this
score."
Martin DeBruyn and Ross Eedy of
the Huron County Pork Producers
concluded their presentation by say-
ing "We are pleased to know that the
N.D.P. agriculture policy supports all
of the points we have made in our
brief. If there is not widespread sup-
port in Huron county for the N.D.P.,
it must be for other reasons than your
agriculture policy." The laughter
from this statement was balanced by
DeBruyn's further statement that he
had sold weaner pigs for $25. each
this year, the same price he had sold
them for in 1971. Another farmer
remembered selling weaners 30 years
ago for $27.
Jim Boak, associated with a group
of farmers in Huron county who are
dissatisfied with government and ex-
isting farm organizations, said there
is a total lack of understanding of the
problems of farmers. He said "in
1981 the average farmer earned
$15,000 but $13,000 of this was from
off -farm income. Often both hus-
band and wife have to work off the
farm to support it. No other industry
requires its workers to do this. It is
simply not fair." After a rousing
speech, he apologized for not being
better prepared. MacDonald replied:
"If this is being unprepared, I'd hate
to see you prepared!"
In contrast, the Huron County Egg
Committee said in their brief that egg
producers are faring well, probably
due to the regulated marketing prac-
tices in the egg industry.
The meeting was livened by a
spirited presentation by Gisele
Ireland representing the Concerned
Farm Women. She quipped: "The
advertisements say Ontario is a place
to stand and a place to grow --- well,
we farmers are standing in a trench.
The labour of women and children
are not taken into the cost of produc-
tion, yet we can't afford to do
without this labour. When women are
burdened by the stress of threatened
foreclosures, all the help they get is
tranquilizers from the doctor. When
one farm woman phoned her banker
to ask him to ease off the presure on
her husband as he had threatened
suicide, the banker replied it would
probably be the best thing for him to
do.
FARM NEWS
"I had one of those bankers in my
home and I fed him tea and
muffins," Ireland continued. "We're
the ones who take the 100 per cent
Toss, he took the muffins and no risk
at all."
Other presentations were made by
the Bruce Sheep Producers, Grey and
Huron Cattlemen's Associations and
the Huron Milk Producers. Bill
Jongejan of the Christian Farmers
Federation referred to the problems
of soil erosion and the need for
research into the effects of adverse
cropping practices, chemicals and
pesticides.
Mel Swart explained many of the
problems the N.D.P. see in the
agriculture industry. "After years of
discussion, no tripartite or other ade-
quate farm income stabilization has
been put in place. Timbrell seems
determined to forge ahead with his
higher qualifying criteria for farm tax
rebates. The new criteria will make
almost 20 per cent of Ontario farmers
ineligible."
These are the kinds of issues which
the task force will be pursuing. It may
well be that the time has come for
them to be dealt with by an all -party
task force of the Ontario legislature
or by a royal commission. p
THE RURAL VOICE, NOVEMBER 1983 PG. 19
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