The Rural Voice, 1991-09, Page 8FALL PLANTING SPECIALS
Austrian Pine $6.50
Norway Spruce $6.50
White Spruce $6.50
Serbian Spruce $6.50
Potted 12' - 36' in 1 gal. containers
Specimen Trees
3 ft. Colorado Blue Spruce $45
3 ft. Austrian Pine $45
Selected shrubs and trees $5 each
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9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Come out and join in the fun as Centralia students and staff
demonstrate their skills in these activities:
• "The Food Safety Mystery"
• "Destroying the Myth About Plants"
• 'Food Feud Trivia Game'
as well as veterinary technology, agricultural engineering experiments,
ultrasound technology on livestock, and much, much more!
Demonstrations begin every half hour during the day.
Tour the campus, see the newly renovated library, and meet the students.
Lunch and dinner are available in the college cafeteria.
There's something for everyone!
And for CCAT grads, don't miss the
Alumni Pub
8.00 p.m., Huron Hall Lounge
For more information, phone the college at (519) 228-6691.
We look forward to seeing you!
'School tours are welcome - please call ahead to make arrangements.
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EDITORIAL USES
STEREOTYPES
While visiting my father on his
Perth County farm, I read the July
1991 issue of The Rural Voice. Your
editorial under the Behind the Scenes
banner deserves a response. It con-
tained some serious distortions and I
was sorry to see that you had to use
misguided stereotypes to advance your
arguments. It wasn't good journalism.
First, the stereotypes — you
suggest all non -farmers are lined up
against the tiny minority of farmers.
You im-ply that non -farmers are
yuppies (whatever that suggests) who
dominate the Ontario legislature and
"sit pretty" in $300,000 dollar homes.
In other words, we're all rich snobs
with all the power and we don't give a
damn if the farmer makes a good
living. Untrue, and quite a smear!
Second, as to the arguments about
preserving farmland — let me say at
the beginning that I believe consumers
of food (I think that includes all of us)
should be paying a price for food that
enables farmers to make a good living.
However, to suggest that the solution
to making a good living is to permit
use of any farmland, at random, for
urban or non-farm development, is
pure fantasy.
Yes, we do need some additional
urban land to house an expanding pop-
ulation. For environmental and cost of
servicing reasons, it's best to use land
on the edge of existing urban lands ,
and to develop it at urban densities. .
But not a lot of land is needed — for
example, in the Niagara Peninsula
where I live, 5000 acres or less (out of
hundreds of thousands of acres) is
needed in the next 20 or 30 years.
Some rural landowners may gain a
windfall profit, but the majority