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Connections Canada sponsored this 4-H exchange between Huron County and Napan, New
Brunswick. Here the group poses for a photo. At front left is -Elizabeth French, and Dennis
Hodgins is at centre back. Photo courtesy North Huron Citizen.
4H members head east
NAPAN, N.B. - Last month 10 4-H members from
Huron County entertained 4-1-1 members from Napan,
New Brunswick, in an exchange sponsored by Connec-
lions Canada. The members were in Ontario from July
12 until July 22, and highlights included trips to Toron-
to, Niagara Falls, and the Blyth theatre.
On July 26, the 10 4 -Hers from Huron County and
-their chaperone flew to New Brunswick to continue the
fun. The members were warmly welcomed by their
host families. During their stay in Napan the members
spent a day in Moncton at Magnetic Hill, the zoo, and
Magic Mountain. They also visited the Parliament
buildings in Fredericton, Kings Landing, as well as
some of the local attractions.
One Foot
in the FurrowyBajausi
By Bob Trotter
Will we be growing oranges right
beside peaches and pears in Canada
in the near future?
A group of scientists in Leth-
bridge, Alberta will spend the next
four years trying to answer that
question because life will be differ-
ent when the greenhouse heats up.
'The greenhouse is the globe. What
kind of farming will be viable 50
years from now?
This group of scientists will spe-
cifically tackle the grain belt be-
cause they are working out of Al-
berta. Greenhouse gases like
carbon dioxide trap heat in the at-
mosphere. Without them, the
world's average temperature would
drop an estaimated 35 degrees. An
increase, though, causes the warm-
ing effect.
The scientists will try to suggest
other types of crops that may be
grown in the Prairies grain belt.
The eggheads may also find out a
few other things such as whether
Regina will be siuing in the middle
of a desert where the risk of
drought is sd great no crops would
be viable.
What will happen in central Can-
ada? Nobody really knows and, to
my knowledge, no one is studying
At the end of the 10 days many tears were shed as it right now, but it could mean
the 4 -Hers boarded the plane for home. Although the orange groves, especially when you
exchange seemed to be over the memories will remain I consider that Point Pelee in Ontario
in all their hearts forever. I is on the same parallel of latitude as
northern California right now. A
few more heat units in southern On-
tario during a longer growing sea-
son could mean the introduction of
all kinds of crops that arc simply
too tender for the area right now.
Will we be growing tobacco in
New Liskeard? Will we be harvest-
ing corn in Moosonee? Will we be
raising hibiscus in Niagara?
It is intriguing to think about it
when you consider that the famous
The members representing Huron County were Eliz-
abeth French, Angela Terpstra, Julie Terpstra, Susan
Stewart, Nancy Stewart, Karla Stacey, Andrea Postma,
Dennis Hodgins, Erin Mitchell, Sandra Schuttel and
their chaperone Thelma Dougherty.
Visiting from Napan, New Brunswick were Stacey
Walsh, Jacklyn Martin, Terri Sanford, Alison Jones,
Tracy Glynn, Jeremy Blackmore, Jamie Reynolds,
Scott Dickson, Cheryl MacNaughton, April Dickson,
and their chaperone Velna Dickson.
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WINNIPEG Initial payments
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grains for the 1993-94 crop year
were announced July 29 by Agri-
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The following are the initial pay-
ments for wheat, durum wheat,
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No. I Canadian Western Red
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ly are the initial payments for the
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the initial payments can be made if
world prices increase during the
course of the crop year.
"Canadian grain prices continue
to feel the effects of the interna-
tional grain subsidy was between
the European Community and the
US, Mayer said. "These initial
payments are a reflection of that.
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ment is desperately needed to re-
turn the world marketplace to a
more realistic level."
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WorldWatch Institute recently pre-
dicted that we would run out of
food in the near future. Worldwatch
is a prestigious organization. The
eggheads there are saying that food
production is simply not keeping
pace with the worldwide growth in
population.
That means starvation for some.
Millions of eapisrare starving -en -
this globe but it is not because there
is not enough food in the world at
this time. There is enough food and
farmers in the more developed
countries can produce more. No
me needs to starve at this time. It is
simply a matter of production and
distribution. The starving millions
can be fed.
But WorldWatch in the second
edition of Vital Signs: The Trends
That Are Shaping Our Future,
warns of a bleak future. World per
capita grain output which climbed
40 percent between 1950 and 1984,
has fallen eight percent in the last
eight years due to the lack of
growth in crop land areas, low wa-
ter supplies and the decreasing ef-
fectiveness of fertilizer.
We are all aware, too, how ocean
fisheries have reached their limits -
surpassed them if we take Atlantic
cod as an example.
At the same time as all this is
happening, the world's population
increases by 91 million people eve-
ry year. The only way to feed eve-
ryone is to reduce consumption. Alt
of us will have to get along on less
if we are to feed everyone. The ex-
perts say that the world's popula-
tion wilt reach 10.7 billion by 2030.
That is only 37 years from now.
Do we wait for mass starvation or
start planning now?
Is it time we coddle our farmers
and suggest . to them that we need
them more than any other sector of
the economy? We can afford to
keep them in business so let's not
hear any carping about the hand-
outs to agriculture.
We got to keep 'em down on the
farm.
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