Times-Advocate, 1979-11-21, Page 22 (2)Times -Advocate, November 21, 1979
LIFTING A SAG OF FEED — in the exponded wing of Cook's Farm and Gorden Centre in Kirkton are retail soles manager
Mike Goodlife deft), Chris Bradford, chief executive officer of Cooks and vice president of Gerbro Corporotion, and plant
manager Bill Burton. The 5150.000 expansion allows the company to better meet the needs of the farming community.
Cook's open Kirkton facilities
A $150.000 expansion better
enables Cook's Farm and
Garden Centre in Kirkton to
meet the needs of the far-
ming community.
Chris Bradford. chief
executive officer of Cook's
and vice-president of the
corporation which owns it.
Gerbro. said the expansion
reflects a broadening of the
operation.
Instead of just buying the
crops of farmers. the centre
will be better able to meet
the local needs for farm and
garden supplies. This in -
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are coming to
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eludes seed and fertilizer as
well as farming and gar-
dening materials.
Bradford said the ex-
pansion is the first for Cook's
and others are con-
templated.
Cook's have two similar
operations at Centralia and
Hensall, the latter being the
headquarters.
Approximately 60 people
are employed by Cooks with
most at HensaU, Mr.
Bradford said.
The expanded Kirkton
operation has about 12 full
time employees.
The recent investment
reflects the growing nature
of the farm and garden side
of the business. The
renovations included a new
addition to the warehouse
and the installation of a
showroom in the old one.
A new 80 -ton bin with six
sections over the weighing
dock was added. too.
Bradford said he was
pleased with the expansion.
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Attending the official
opening Friday were
representatives from Cook's.
Gerbro, the Montreal-based
holding company which
owns it, and Masterfeeds as
well as other dignitaries.
Entertainment was provided
by the country band of Tom
Destro.
Built in 19;4. the Cook's
plant in Kirkton is con-
tinually being expanded the
spokesman said.
Cook's will celebrate its
100th anniversary next year.
Concern expressed over
retirement farm homes
Huron County Federation
of Agriculture has expressed
alarm and concern over
recent statements made by
the Honorable Lorne Hen-
derson, Ontario Minister of
Agriculture and Food. Mr.
Henderson has recently
stated that "a farmer should
be allowed a lot on which to
retire or to help get his
children started on the
farm."
Merle Gunby. President of
the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture
noted..
"These statements appear to
run counter to government
policies as outlined in the
Food Land Guidelines
publication," which states...
"If a'farmer who has been
farming a substantial
number of years and who is
retiring from active working
life needs to sever one lot on
which to build a house in
which he intends to retire -
because the lot may sub-
sequently be taken over by
others and create problems
for adjacent farm
operations. the farmer
should be encouraged to
consider retirement in a
nearby village or town.
Alternately, if a farmer
wishes to retire to a
relocat eable house on his
farm, he should be permitted
to do so.
"If a residential lot is
required to provide ac-
commodation for full-time
farm help -this may be for
hired, help or family mem-
bers (son or daughter)
whose working activity is
primarily devoted to the
farm operation and where
the nature of the farm
operation requires this help
to beaccommodated=lose to
thefarm.Thisaccommodation
should be provided as part of
the farm unit rather than on
a separate lot. The ac-
commodation could be a
conventional dwelling or a
mobile home."
The following quote taken
from a recent Huron County
Federation Exectuve letter
to Mr. Henderson sums up
our concerns, said Mr.
Gunby.
"Since statistically so-
called retirement homes are
used for their original
purpose for less than five
years, the Directors of
HCFA would like to know
what proposals you would
bring forward to protect the
Agricultural industry from
these non-farm interests?
We would suggest that
permitting residential
severances in an
agricultural area is a very
short-sighted policy that has
historically caused
harrassment of farmers and
created pressures for further
development causing serious
social and economic
disruptions in our
agricultural oriented
communities.
We would hope, that as
Minister of Agriculture that
you carefully consider the
implications of your
proposals on the efforts of
communities which are
trying to plan meaningfully
for our agricultural industry
in Ontario.
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CCAT PRINCIPAL HONOURED — Former Centralia College of Agricultural Technology principal Jim MacDonald was
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talking with students at the College when it opened in 1967. From the left are Bev Shipley, Bob Drummond and Betty and
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0' the ooe","g of their new retail Farm and Garden Cen-
tre o' K .kro' or November 16.
We ore pleased to hove them os distributors and are
proud to be suppliers for the centre.
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