Times-Advocate, 1985-07-17, Page 8Page 8
Times -Advocate, July 17, 1985
SEEN LOTS OF WATER Dori Betteridge of Ideal Drain Supply. Arva, had a display of drainage tiles
at the weekend Tri -County Heritage show in Ilderton. Some of the tile date back over -150 years. Bet-
teridge, right, is shown detailing some of the tiles to an onlooker.
For more than 20 years. this corner
has been a proponent of marketing
boards. even those boards which have
set quotas and rationed them to
farmers.
And no marketing, board has done
a better job than the Ontario Milk
Marketing Board.. Its members took
a segment of the agricultural com-
munity which was in absolute chaos
and made it one of the most pro-,
sperous in Canada. George
McCullogh the first chairman of the
milk board, took considerable abuse
when the board was in its infancy.
But it was successful and has been
a model for others in Canada and in
the United States.
Which makes it difficult to unders-
tand why the Ontario Milk Marketing
Board got its hands dirty when con-
taminated milk is knowlingly shipped
to cheese factories.
This conduct is reprehensible, in
my view.
It happened this way: A cheese
company in mid -western Ontario
0 ht a truckload of milk from the
milk i oa '.11. tulzlot�4 (;!?tl
taminated with peniclln residueue on
--the--New• - Year'• a holiday. The
company, even after di u mg the --
truckload. found the' acceptable
residue levels loo high and refused the
entire blended amount.
The company says five different
tests were made for the penicillin
residue. Only one -- the official
gover•nnient test -- cleared the blend-
ed milk.
But the company still refused to use
it for making cheese for fear the
penicillin would kill the cheese -
making bacteria. The company filed
a claim for both loads of milk. the
in the
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tsttas ate opprecwed by lob riot*,,: Male !►a . EMtae ant t(JB
original 12,809 litres plus (he addi-
tional
ddi-
tional 12,640 litres.
But the milk board maintained on-
ly one load was' originally con-
taminated and that's all the company
could except in the claim.
Regardless of how much the com-
pany got. the milk board should never
have knowingly sold the milk in the
first place.
And even if the milk passed the
government tests and flunked the
milk board's tests, it should not have
been offered for sale.
In offering an explanation, the
chairman of the milk board said con-
taminated milk should never have
been shipped to a cheese maker. It
should have gone to a dairy where it
would again be diluted but not used in
cheese making.
It should never have gone
anywhere. it should have been
dumped when first classified as
contaminated.
Antibiotics are given to cows when
those cows have udder infections such
as mastitis. The milk gets con-
taminated when dairy farmers fail to
e ntibiolic to
clear out of a cow's system,
We have a beautiliTdaughter in our
family who is allergic to penicillin. 1
have seen what happens when an
allergic reaction has been triggered.
it is unpleasant. dangerous and, for
some peqple -- fortunately, not us. --
fatal.
The milk board should, get its
priorities straight and not sell any
milk that is contaminated. Their
defense was that the milk passed the
government tests.
The analogy is arguably not apt but
it somehow reminds me of the Nazi
trials: "We are innocent! We were on-
ly doing what we were told to do by
our superiors."
That, if you'll pardon the expres-
sion, is a lot of (Holstein' hull.
Riddell lists
tillage testing
A major project will be underway
this fall to test conservation tillage
methods for better soil. management.
Minister of* Agriculture and Food
Jack Riddell announced today.
"Tillage 2000 is the name of the pro-
ject," said Riddell 'intended to
establish more viable tillage- prac-
tices- by the end of the -century".
The project will be conducted on at
(east 40 farms throughout the pro-
vince for up to five years. Most of the
sites will -be selected this summer for
the fall start-up.
On-farm research plots will be Us-
ed to demonstrate several different
conservation tillage and cropping
be statistically
`-preeticestlh
compared to conven tuna
•Moniti oring conservation tillage and
crop rotatioU closely will -reveal their
effects on soil properties, soil erosion
and crop yields. • -
"141inistry soil conservation ad-
visors Howard Lang and Doug
Aspinall will play a lead role in this
project.". said Riddell. "They will
work in co-operation with land
resource scientist Gary Kachanoski
of the University of Guelph and with
the Ontario Soil and Crop Improve-
ment. Association".
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Tuckersmith
erosion talks
Tuckersmith Council met at the
residence of Harold Black on
Highway 4 Tuesday at 7 p.m- with
Black, Steve Tyndall and Stanley
Harburn, all property owners on part
Of Lot 41, concession 1, present to
discuss the erosion problems on the
Bayfield River adjacent - to their
propert ies.
Also in attendance were Toni Pro-
ut and Alex Scott from the Ausable-
Bayfietd Conservation Authority and
the township representative on the
Authority, Mervin Falconer.
Their discussion centred on the ero-
sion that occurred to the river bank
during the runoff this past spring.
Trout and Scott explained that there
were 871 _ percent grants available for
soil erosion from the Ausable-
Bayfield Conservation Authority but
that the grants would have to applied
for in the very near future to obtain
an allocation during 1986. They fur-
ther advised that the remaining 1:31:
percent would be the responsibility of
the municipality or the affected pro-
perty owners. -
It was their recommendation that
a study. estimated 10 cost $10.090.
should be carried out as quickly as
possible and it was their feeling that
they would have no problems in ob-
taining a grant for that portion of the
work. • •
Council advised the affected pro-
pertyowners that they should discuss
the matter further with their
neighbours and bring their recom-
mendation 10 council for their next
meeting on July l(;. •
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('ouncil then adjourned the ,meeting
to the municipal ol1ice.
Council will remove the top of the
old water reservoir al the back of the
I' gmondville Church and fill the
underground tank with fill material.
The tank was put inion township pro-
perly, the road allowance. many
years ago for firefighting purposes.
Road Superintendent Allan Nicholson
reported that it had never been
necessary to use it and now•there is
no need for it. and because of its age
it could be •hazardous. 11 was
estimated to hold about 5.000 gallons.
Reeve Robert Bell will be the •
township representative on the Hood
municipal drain with the Township of
Stanley.
Council discussed a request [rout
McIntosh Poultry Farms - Ltd. for a
minor exemption to the counly 1tee
cutting bylaw involving about 1.28
acres. Deputy Reeve William Brown
and Councillor George Ca Melon are
to inspect the acreage on Lot 32, con-
cession 4 and reprort back to council.
Passed for. payment were the
following accounts: Day ('are al
Vanaslra. S6323.16: Special Day ('are
Itec•reation.l'entre. $22.371.66: roads.
S44:8o9.414�-_general. accounts.
$43.145.68 for a total of 5122.161.89:
The Ministry of 'Tourism and
Kecreal ion advised council it has ap-
proved a ('RCA grantof SI .416 for the
installation of a new healing system
al the Vanastr•a Recreation ('entre
•
Corn payment
is applauded
The 1Intario ('orn Producers'
Association has expressed its delight
over amendments to -the Advance
Payments for Crops Act which were
.passed by the Parliament of Canada
The Advance Payments for Crops
-Program involves ,Honey which is
loaned interest-free 10 producers 10
permit crops to be stored after
harvest for later sale. The funds are
dispersed through producer -owned
commodity organizations under pro-
cedures regulated by Agriculture
Canada..
The amendment', which have been
requested by the Corn Association
since early 1984. will increase the
maximum amounts available per
liroduc•er to $30010 for an individual
and (11) to $90.000 for a three-member
'partnership or farm corporation. The
amendments also authorized a doubl-
ing of the total amount of loan guar-
natees available: for all crop cam•
modifies under the program. 10 $41x0
million annually.
The Corn Association has submitted
an application requesting up to $oo
million be made available for Ontario
corn farmers for the 1985 crop.
( )Ther amendments to the Act which
were approved on .lune 26 included a
simplification of application forms
and of pay -back procedures. The
interest-free feature of the program
was retained.
GRADUATES - Dale Kerslake.
son of Robert and Marion
Kerslake, Exeter recently
graduated from Fanshawe Col-
lege on June 20 with a diploma
in Control Engineering
Technology (Systems), and is cur-
rently employed at Esso Research
in Sarnia.
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