The Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-03-28, Page 1•
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Chairman of. the BoardiI 'oug Farrell .
trote: repotted the ,i ncrreasedrinte>±est an- "supply
management is caused by the current
ation of Iow' ifi eekain ,;high produccti
Mr. Clarke ='said : -the'Board's general
ma Lager feltthe.,`form 'df enanageittetit is
arennd the corner" and Ontario could..
be opting for this type of stabilization by
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a"^But .l think that is .beingtoo-optimistic,.'
ommented the. Bruce County producer. `
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ed on two principles
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Cancer is a disease`that almost; everyone
aware of._ We are all e t tby sone ow
arid. whether a family, nientber or, a fiend
e disease,citizens and"research
re tryiig everything .tntheir power
id, a cure ;
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can hi.rel come closer to ,
achieving their goat, by dropping by the
Lot ery Shopper; located o.n Lucknow's main
street,:at9 30 a.m March 30.
• Cancer Society R rjll _seningg daffodils'Yfa�r . e
$2150'a bunch rid jir coeds wll go towards
tie Cancer .Fourdation.
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. 40 o h the project
Shat clec'isioii,"however, the_.
it *''Jong:.,. awaited special
sow pros :and cons. of .die'
red the Suns und,'epr reaib r• n .to itgrlen told by able
ratan. Clilldren's 'Story Hoary, lnvl : all #h Ce oto i► -year-olds`. to 'attend
;from T• to 2 ; m. at die `1Gucknow $1brary: The hetielnvelverf read•'aloud
v'fties, Pinel ,games still rorlon
ccawl saravle* and clrati 'P'atettta •fie also
[Wendy SunoteivIDe motel
+F1 eet1:C�, `#1t�sSi b ii • '�5 "aft •
on; nee g to (discuss al , ispts':''
bt" ie huil'dih P`rolect; cs'requ sted wale
's vie chairn in, H-av Ifuyvenhoven;
reminded: the,. chs u -that board'
members had been prr Sea a chance to go
over ',all _ the details before' being asked to
make a:=definite.commitnYent-.'
t In a motion calling for such a meeting, he
oup corm
y Shelley Mabee visited* Port Elgin that fall. The group then
submitted a brief to the. Ontario Federation
• of Agricil tute on the psychological effects. of
-.financial stress on farm. families.
" The Survey
The brief, which began as a small.. poll of
area farm women, became a-Ynajor project,`
one that bas made Concerned Farm. Women
a ' high profile organization. The Farmer
takes A Wife, written by Gisele Ireland of
Tecswater is a result of that expanded poll.
ing's silent partners are now. being.'
across the nation.
rned:Farm Women,(CFW), a group
gait i111 1481 in Bruce County, has
overwhelming {support;from• Men
Men around the country..
founders Beth Shlmskie and Doris
r brought their group's objectives
ncerns 'to Duron County of March 8 .
ey spoke to the group of local. faun,
nd women in Varna;! ,. •
farm women's` -activist group was
to. help the, economically distressed
industry. The organizers explained,
began.., because they;could .no longer
their livelihoods and ' ;community .
rate. Fear Motivated them to take
risis situation is. best: described in the
look The Farmed. -Takes A. Wife,
uptcies;; foreclosures, packed. Meet -
hind( calls for 'government action;
as the'"stuff of headlines. But behind;
dunes was the human toll, the strain
families,. the added pressure as'.
ds acid wifes took on outside jobs, the
to efforts to refinance,' the worry and
conveyed to the, children and the
s t`o keep one's troubles- private.".
skie and Sweiger called a meeting e
and more than 50 women responded.
d' meeting was scheduled and 250
turned out to share their concerns
e disastrous effects of high interest
CFW was formed and members
ately went to lobby on behalf of the
he group voiced their concerns when
r of • Agricultdre Eugene Whalen
Beth S1iursi ki
4J "!�,�iJ:•St3J•1i ,..`f3 +" .. _, !'` s 'iG:t...tY1k•a� i
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open .vwiictl a io out eat the. regular'
meeting App 18 or at another special.
.#neetuig called' in the interim.
During last week's rregular meeting of the
board, Chairman . Mary 'fair announced that
tenders.on the new wing will be opened next
Tuesday afternoon, .and that a special
meeting had been scheduled for Thursday'
eve sc ss th tidlkt s.*: t:
make a Wail', decision.
llowever, several members objected that
would not give ".them _ enoughtime to
thoroughly digest the information and be
ready to vote. '
"What do board members feel about
opening bids one day and being asked to
make a decision the next day?" Dr. Brian
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to tackle farming concerns
The survey .grew to encompass a . cross
section of farm women in Bruce and Grey
Counties. The 31 -page questionnaire was
answered by more than 400 women.
In the book's introduction, Susan Glover,
survey researcher explained, "It is also
about the farm women in' -Grey and Bruce
Counties; how the financial crisis has
affected theih, their roles on and off the farm
and /their views of themselves and their
t`ititures..Our research focussed on one area
Doris Sweiger
of Ontario, but we suspect that our findings
will strike a response in farm women across
the country."
Results of the survey touch many areas.
..The facts are startling and reassuring,
optimistic and tragic.' The survey confirmed
what many farm women already knew, that
they are vital to the farm industry.
'Sixty-seven per cent of the •women
surveyed have joint ownership of their farms
with their husbands and 86 per cent of the
women share financial decision making with
their spouse.
As well as managing a home, • raising a
family and often working off the farm, the
'survey showed , that rural womenalso help
with farm chores and administration.
Fifty-five per 'cent of the women do chores,
87 per cent feed livestock, 81 per cent doctor
animals, 74 per cent do harvesting, 54 per
cent help with milking, 51 per cent operate
machinery and 56 per cent clean barns. ' As
well, 81 per cent of farm women keep farm
accounts.
The survey dealt with many areas of
agriculture: beef (41 per cent); mixed
livestock (20 per cent); dairy 416 per cent);
milted farming (9 per cent); mixed crops (6
per cent); hogs (5 per cent); sheep, poultry
(2 per cent). In spite of the variety of farming
commodity invilved in the survey area, the
majority agreed that farming was worse off
than it was in 1976. Product and input prices
and interest rates were cited as major
contributors to the poor state of the farming
economy.
Farm Stress)
Lack of profit, lack of money for a holiday,
lack of leisure time and machinery break-
downs were the greatest problems
Torsi to pagefelt by 4*the
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