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Times -Advocate, October 14, 1987
MERIT AWARD -- John Van Beers and his wife Judy were presented
with the Huron County Federation of Agriculture's 1987 award of
merit for outstanding contribution to agriculture. The award was
presented by 2nd v p Chris Palmer, RR 5 Wingham, at the Huron F
of A annual meeting held this year in the Hensall Community Centre.
bne foot in the
We will remember it as the day the
blue jay came.
Sue, our oldest daughter, was at the
clothesline when a beautiful blue jay
landed on the line only a few feet from
her hands. Startled, she quietly tried
to get her husband's attention. He was
working on the deck in the yard. about
20 feet away.
He saw the jay and held both arms
parallel to the ground. He did it as a
joke, he said later, but the blue jay
left the clothesline and landed on his
arm. He was more startled than the
jay.
Sue called quietly to her children
and all three of them rushed out the
door. This frightened the blue jay and
he took off into the line of spruce trees
bordering their country property.
"Get the camera, just in case he
comes back," she told Ryan, her
13 -year-old son and our oldest
,grandson.
"No film" he said. "I used it last
week.'
Hurriedly, he hopped on his bicycle
to make the mile -run to the village to
buy a film.
By the time he returned, the blue
jay was back, as tame as a kitten and
just as playful.
He was still hanging around the
yard when we arrived and he took a
great liking to me. He lit on my arm.
hopped to my shoulder, examined my
ear. poked at my teeth and proceed -
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ed to scold me for not giving him
anything to eat. Everyope else had a
handful of wild bird feed for him. I
had neglected the obvious.
When I did get some food, he impa-
tiently helped me to open the
sunflower pod to get at the seed in-
side. When he was full, he decided to
hide the food in the folds of our
clothing. He carefully tucked the
seeds into the fold and then proceed-
ed to jam them deeper with his head
going like a woodpecker's.
Unable to hide them in the clothing,
he removed them flew to the ground,
dug a hole with his beak and planted
the seeds. Then, he grabbed maple
leaves in his beak and jammed them
into the hole to cover the seed. And not
just any leaf would do, either. They
had to be just to his liking or he threw
them over his shoulder.
Naturally, the call of nature was
heeded whenever he felt the need.
Rayn's blond hair was a favorite spot.
It has been said that having a bird
crap in your hair is a sign of good for-
tune to come.
Ryan can expect to be a millionaire.
He also just missed my foot once
and dropped a huge load on grand-
ma's purse.
Up until then, it had not been a good
day. Rut that gorgeous bird made my
day and my week, for that matter.
How many of you have been so close
to a live blue jay that you could see
the sparkle in its eye? How many of
you have felt the curious tickle of a
wild bird's grip on your fingers?
And how many of you have stroked
the soft, grey-white crop of a bird and
have seen the autumn sun sparkling
on the heavenly blue hues of a Cana-
dian blue jay's back and wings?
I tell you, my friends, the thrill is
still with me. If I live to be a thousand,
I will not forget it. We spent two hours
with him ( her? l before he took off
with his shy brothers and sisters for
the deep woods.
Maybe it's a sign that the Toronto
Blue Jays are going to win the pen-
nant. Maybe it was God's way of lif-
ting this old man's depression for a
few days. It certainly worked.
The grandkids named him Charlie.
He returned the next day and we
again drove out to watch and par-
ticipate but. then, he disappeared and
has not been back since. We all pray
nothing happened to him.
Whenever I hear and see a jay now,
I hold my arms out hoping that
Charlie will come sweeping in for a
landing. If you see a silly old man in
that position, don't laugh.
I'm just hoping for Charlie to return
and scold me again for not having any
food for him. St. Francis must have
been a happy man.
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farming are greater than non-farm
income in at least three of the most
recent seven years.
"The OFA feel$ the tests simply
subsitute one kind of uncertainty for
another", says OFA president, Brigid
Pyke. "On and off -farm income can
fluctuate so widely that a generally
recognized full time farmer is often
seen as a part timer."
The OFA brief to the committee
also commented on capital gains,
quota, block averaging and capital
cost allowance, along with other
general issues in the government's
tax reform proposals.
The burden of proof is on the federal
government to show the extent of the
problem created by the availability of
cash basis tax filing by farmers,
Brigid Pyke, president of the Ontario
Federation of AgriculturetOFA) told
the House of Comrnons Standing
Committee on Finance and Economic
Affairs this week.
According to the OFA, the govern-
ment 's tax reform proposals have an
unfortunate quality of shadow boxing
and is a poor way to develop tax
policy. Complying with the federal
proposal will mean additional paper-
work and additional cost. For many
farmers, the cash method is the most
easily used way of averaging income.
Year to year changes in farm in-
come average plus or minus 20 per-
cent, so the cash method offers
farmers the flexibility essential to
their survivial.
The cash method of tax filing is be-
ing eliminated even though the Farm
Credit Corporation estimates that 92
percent of farm operators file on a
cash basis, says the OFA. It is
estimated tha' 58 percent of Ontario
farmers do not prepare financial
statements by the actual accrual
method.
The OFA says farmers are puzzled
and concerned by the government's
intention to introduce objective tests
for determining who is a farmer and
whether or not a farm is full or part- •
time. They have trouble with the .
government's proposal to qualify a
farmer as a taxpayer on the basis of
Ask public comment
Proposed legislation to standardize
the practices of Ontario's retail and.
wholesale farm machinery sector
was released for public comment this
week by •Agriculture and Food
Minister Jack Riddell.
The new Farm Implement Act
would replace the Voluntary Cer-
tification Program which was based
on the Ontario Farm Machinery
Code. The voluntary program was in-
troduced in 1980 with the support of 90
percent of machinery dealers and
distributors. However. support for the
program has diminished in recent
years.
"1 was asked by farmers and the
retail equipment sector to develop
standards for the industry covering
the sales. service and warranty of
farm equipment." Riddell said.
"Several key provisions of the pro-
posed act will offer more protection
for farmers when they purchase new
farm machinery."
The act calls for a registration
system for distributors and dealers,
as well as standardized contracts,
establishment of minimum warran-
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Also included would be provisions
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tions, supervision of safety measures
and provision for buy-back
agreements between distributors and
dealers.
The Farm Implement Act would be
administered by a board consisting of
representatives of machinery
manufacturers, wholesalers, retail
dealers and individual farmers. The
hoard would be authorized to mediate
disputes between farmers and the
farm equipment industry.
Riddell said those interested in
commenting on the proposed legisla-
tion should do so in writing no later
than October 20, 1987. Submissions
should be sent to John Kessler, On-
tario Farm Machinery Board, 7th
Floor. 801 Bay St.. Toronto. M7A 2B7.
Anyone who has not received a copy
of the proposed act should contact
Kessler at the above address or at
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