The Rural Voice, 1987-09, Page 143AROUND GREY
FARMERS' UNION
District 7 of the Farmers Union,
made up of Grey, Wellington, Dufferin,
and Bruce Counties, is not as active as
regions in eastern and southern Ontario.
The union was much more active in the
area 15 years ago with 1,000 members.
Today, there are 50.
Lloyd Morrison, district director,
believes that the Farmers Union still
plays a valuable role in the agricultural
community.
Morrison, from Egremont Town-
ship, would like to see all meats being
marketed under one system. "I feel
they're competing against each other,"
he says. "Consumers would still have
the choice of meat, but I don't think one
should be advertised against the other."
Morrison has a farrow to finish
operation and stocker calves on his farm
near Holstein.
Because the Farmers Union is fam-
ily-oriented, each district also has a
female director. Hilda Echlin, also from
the Hostein area, finds that despite the
low membership members in the area
are committed to getting a good price to
farmers for their products. There is
concern for the equality of women and
the recognition of farmers as hard work-
ers who deserve a great deal of credit.
The Echlin's milk 28 cows, keeping
all calves as beef or replacement heifers.
She notes that every dairy farmer is a
beef producer because every dairy cow
becomes hamburg or some type of beef.
Dairy farmers, she adds, should be con-
cerned about the price of beef as well.0
BEGINNINGS
Grey County covers an area of
almost 1,800 square miles and was
settled only 150 years ago.
The first settler, Charles
Rankin, was a government sur-
veyor who settled in St. Vincent
Township in 1833 before moving
to a permanent residence in Owen
Sound in 1851.
The land was first surveyed so
that more property could be
granted to United Empire Loyal-
ists and ex -army and navy officers
from the Napoleonic wars.0
MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES
INTRODUCES ROAR
ROAR (Report Offenders of All Resources) is a program devised to get
the people of Grey and Bruce counties involved in caring for their natural
resources. Conservation officers of the Ministry of Natural Resources are
on the job 24 hours a day, but note that they still need the help of residents.
Officers ask that suspicious activities be reported by calling 519-376-
3860 or 1-800-265-3720.0
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