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Rural households in Ontario
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ban counterparts but it costs
more, says a University of
Guelph agricultural engineer.
Professor Ross Irwin says
rural households use between
40 and 60 gallons of water a
day per capita while the con-
sumption in urbanhouseholds
is approximately 100 gallons,
based on a rural water use
study conducted in
McGillivray township.
"I suspect this difference is
largely because of urban ac-
tivities like lawn -watering,"
he says. "People on the farm
tend to be more conscious of
their use of water so they tend
to save it."
One of the main problems is
that design data fot water use
in rural areas is simply bas-
ed on urban data and
overestimates the actual use,
e says.
If actual use is significant-
ly lower, less expensive
methods of distribution could
be used, he says. For exam-
ple, smaller pipe could be us-
ed in rural;' areas, cutting
material and installation
costs.
"In urban areas, 8 to 10 inch
pipe is generally used to meet
the heavy demand," he says.
"In rural areas, the same
pipe is being installed while
two to three inch pipe might
be more cost efficient."
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JUNIOR FARMERS EXECUTIVE — The South Huron Junior Farmers sponsored a successful and interesting
awareness Night,. Wednesday at the Exeter Town Hall. The new executive is shown above. Back, left, direc-
tor Mary Ryan, treasurer Maurice Ryan, director Paul Pavkeie and press reporter Florence Ryan. Front, past
president Cliff Hicks, president Gerald Johns, vice-president Rob Essery and secretary Pat Hodgert. Missing
were Craig Alexander and Jim Ballantyne. T -A photo
Many subjects on agenda
Soil and Crop information March 24
An information day co-
sponsored by the Huron Coun-
ty Soil and Crop improve-
ment Association will be held
at 10:00 a.m. at the Brussels
Morris Grey Community Cen-
tre on Thursday, March 24.
Speakers are as follows:
Bruce Lobb, Ministry of
Environment - Pesticide Safe -
Pat Lynch, Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture &
Food - 1982 Crop Problems;
Bob Forrest, Centralia Col-
lege of Agricultural
Technology - Soybeans; John
DePutter • Market Forecast;
Glen Hayter - Marketing
Alternatives; Greg Murray -
Hay Marketing. •
Huron Soil and Crop
memberships will be on sale.
-John heard. Assistant
Agricultural Representative
'frees or Dust Bowl
Trees are a very important
asset to our environment.
They help retain soil
moisture, our water table and
also provide a natural habitat
for wildlife. Our forefathers
cleared land in the 1800's and
early 1900's in order to farm.
Parts of Huron County are
very vulnerable to prevailing
westerly winds off Lake
Huron. Our soils have become
more and more barren being
stripped of tree growth'over
the years.
A tree cutting by-law has
Now there is a completely
new plan to meet all the
insurance needs of
today's farm owner. With
the Farm -Guard policy
from The Co-operators
you insure your home,
contents, outbuildings,
machinery, livestock,
produce and supplies.
Liability also included.
the co -o per for
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erns Gingerich
374 Main St., Exeter
Clinton Community Credit
Union Office
Residence 235-1109 Business
LiFE • HOME -AUTO • COMMERCIAL • FARM • TRAVEL
been in effect in Iluron Coun-
ty since 1968. It was repealed
in 1974 and updated in 1979.
The by-law is in place and
fines have been assessed for
its abuse. Trees of a certain
size are allowed to be cut for
the purposes of logging or for
ones own use, such . as
firewood. •
Further information regar-
ding the tree cutting by-law is
available from the County
Clerk -Treasurer's office in
Goderich at 524-8394, or by
phoning your tree commis-
sioner JoeGibson at 482-3229.
In spite of the by-law,
Huron has lost more trees and
is more vulnerable to wind
erosion.
Kent County has an active
windbreak program. It is
needed badly. At times, parts
of Kent are now like a desert
dust bowl. We should take
heed in Huron and avoid this
situation.
You may see some tree
planting taking place this
spring. Seedling trees such as
white spruce, cedar, poplar,
and pine are available
Up loan
for farm
Agriculture Minister
Eugene. Whelan has announc-
ed that Farm Credit Corpora-
tion Canada loan limits have
been increased to $350,000 for
one qualifying applicant and
$600,000 for two or more
applicants.
"The increased size of loans
which may now be approved
will allow the Corporation to
better serve the long-term
credit needs of Canadian
through the Ministry of
Natural Resources for a
nominal fee.
Now is the time to assess-
your own farm situation and
the possible need for a wind-
break. Trees must be ordered
in the spring and early sum-
mer for next year's planting.
Order forms and a publica-
tion on windbreak planting
are available from your local
office of the Ministry of
Natural Resources.
-Stan Paquette, Associate
Agricultural Representative
for Huron County
1983 Junior ('onservationalist
Award Program.
Would you like to spend
your summer working in the
Great Outdoors?,The Junior
Conservatoinalist Award Pro-
gram
is co-ordinated by the
Conservation Authorities and
Water Manant Branch
of the MinisfloPof Natural
Resources. Participants are
divided into groups of seven
and are assigned to one of the
watershed areas in Ontario.
The program is open to
limits
credit
farmers.
"The Corporation was
recently given authority to
supplement its lending funds
from borrowings on the
capital markets. With those
additional funds and the
larger loan sizes, more Cana-
dian farmers and those with
levels of assets closer to the
Canadian farm average will
be able to obtain loans from
the Corporation", said the
Minister.
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years of age who have
'demonstrated an interest in
conservation by active
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Participants room
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day.
Completed application
forms must be received by
the Conservation Authorities
and Water Management
Branch not later than April 1.
Forms are available at the
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food office,
Clinton; Ontario Ministry of
Natural Resources,
Wingham; and the Conserva-
tion Authorities.
-Don Pullen
Agricultural Representative
John Emerich Edward
Dalberg--better known as
Lord Acton --said it in 1887:
Power tends to corrupt; ab-
solute power corrupts
absolutely.
It was true of the Hitler
regime. It was true of Nero.
It is probably just as true to-
day as it was in 1887.
Why, then, do Canadians
sit idly watching as a group of
five conglomerates captures
all the buying clout in the food
chain? .
Last month, the presidents
of Canada Safeway and IGA
Canada signed a deal to
become a Single buying
group. A year ago, the ex-
ecutives of Doniinion Stores
and Steinberg engineered the
same type of deal: a merging
of their buying power to be
called Volume One. The
Weston empire, probably the
biggest and most powerful
food conglomerate, joined
Provigo in a similar buying
group less than a year ago.
On the surface, these food
chains appear to provide
competition by stocking their
shelves with great goodies
and gobs of bargains. Maybe
they do but it stinks out loud
in the nasal passages of
farmers.
Farmers get castigated at
every turn for forming
marketing boards to give
themselves some say in the
price they get at the gate.
Even national magazines
take swipes at them for their
organizations.
But how many stories do
you see in big circulation
magazines or big -city
newspapers about the power
now resting in the hands of
these big monsters of the
marketplace?
Let us say you are a food
processor. You make cookies.
You buy flour for your pro-
duct from farmers. You sell
to one of these volume -buying
monsters. The monster says
he will buy so -many -trillion
pounds of your biscuits. The
volume is enough to keep your
factory going most of the
year.
But at the end of that year,
the monster sticks his head in
your door and says he is go-
ing to pay yodthe same price
this year whether your costs
have increased or not. Not on-
ly that, the monster says you
are going to have to pay him
a 10 percent discount --give
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him a rebate, in other words-
-after the order has been
filled.
If you do not pay that dis-
count, the monster says he
will go someplace else to buy.
You have invested a lot of
money to fill the order. Your
plant is geared for those
sales. You pay the discount.
Then, you go to your sup-
plier and'force him to charge
less for the ingredients. The
farmer gets it in the ear.
This is just one example of
the clout these buying groups
have on the food chain. These
groups simply total the in-
voices of their members and
use those totals to demand
larger volume rebates, dis-
counts and allowances.
Now, if it could be proved
that such dubious practices
bring about lower prices, the
actions may be justified.
The opposite is true. There
is, to my knowledge, no
evidence to suggest that this
buying power benefits the
consumer. Food prices in this
country increased 8.3 percent
last year, according to figures
from Canadian Grocer
magazine. That same
research source says that in-
ventories of the chain stores
increased in price only 6.5
percent last year.
The chain stores, then, im-
proved their position by 1.8
percent and on sales of $24.7
billion, that's an increase in
net earrings of $44 million.
1 -low much, if any, of that
was passed on to the
consumer?
It is, therefore, imperative
that Canadians force the
government to pass legisla-
tion against such obvious
power. The present anti -
combines act seems to have
fewer teeth than my Uncle
Eddie who has been gumming
it for 10 years.
It is candy -ass legislation
and needs to be changed now
before this absolute power
corrupts the entire food.chain
right from the farm gate to
the dinner table.
After the sole.../
it's the service:y�
thot counts! .
Tractor Owner
Care Clinic
You are invited to attend our
"All Makes" tractor owner Care
Clinic to be conducted by
Mr. Jim Read, Ford tractor
service representative
Dote: Tuesday evening March 22,1983
Time: 7:30 p.m. sharp
EIDE
Plan to attend this very
informative evening
*Expert teachers *Coffee *Short
film *questions and answers
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