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EXETER - Finally, some financial help• for the
ABCA and landowners for tree planting! When set-
ting the 1994 budget, the Authority had to reduce the
number of trees that it could plant but funding from
the National Community Tree Foundation (Tree Plan
Canada) will greatly improve the financial picture,
giving the Authority the funding to plant an addition-
al 75,000 trees if the demand is there.
While the funding will help the Authority, it will
also assist landowners. The ABCA is able to offer the
planting and management service for $200.00 per
1000 trees, a savings of $100 per 1000 trees. The
five-year management program after the trees are
planted includes any necessary herbicide application
and the replacement of dead trees. "'lite first five
years are the hardest for seedlings. If we can get them
through this period, they'll have a good chance of
surviving," said Stephen Harburn of the ABCA.
This program also includes technical assistance and
help with the design of a planting project.
The demand for the ABCA's services has been
down this year compared to previous years. "We
Early hint prize
The early bird prize in the ABCA Foundation -Exeter Lions Conservation dinner was won by
Charles Corbett. From the left are dinner chairman Peter Raymond, Corbett and Matt Clarke of
Exeter Chrysler who sponsored the prize.
One Foot in the FUnoW
By Bob Trotter
Toronto Stock Yards part of history
A huge chunk of agricultural
history disappeared last month
when artifacts and memories
were auctioned at the Toronto
Stock Yards.
I have not been there for
almost 40 years but I can clearly
recall when the Toronto Stock
Yards meant the big city to a
great many farmers in this
province. The official name was
the Ontario Stock Yards but we,
in my home town of Lindsay,
Otlfario, Stever called them
anyt'fiing but the Toronto Stock
Yards.
More than 500 bidders
wandered through the yards one
Sunday in February for the
auction and many of them,
including mil, felt that it wac
wake rather than an auction. I
saw one elderly farmer -- he
looked older than me so I can
call him elderly -- fingering an
old halter that was at the bottom
of a basket of junk. He had tears
in his eyes so the cracked
leather and D -rings must have
brought back memories.
The sprawling, 90 -year-old
facility was a hive of activity in
the '50s and into the '70s but it
became tightly surrounded by
factories and urban sprawl. It
became more difficult and, more
important, too time-consuming
to get into and out of the yards
as Canada's biggest city grew
and grew and engulfed that
section of Toronto. The major
reason for the popularity of the
place was the proximity of
packing plants. But, as most of
us know, those plants merged or
went belly -up or just simply
pulled out of the city. The
convenience of the Toronto
yards gradually shifted to other
places until, in the late '80s, the
place became a ghost of its old,
b.usy, bustling self.
In addition, a few neighbours
in close proximity began
complaining bitterly about odors
which, when you think about it,
was legitimate. 1 have always
found livestock odors
reasonably pleasant but to out -
and -not city people, they stink.
The new facility is in
Cookstown, well north of
Toronto, but it just won't be the
same.
In its heyday, the stockyard
and the packing plants and
neighbouring businesses
employed close to 6,000 people.
The focus of the livestock
industry has gradually shifted
away from Hogtown to other
parts of the province. In
addition, the packing plants, the
slaughterhouses, are up to their
necks in debt, most of them, and
have no incentive to keep
Toronto Stock Yards going.
Besides, the property on
Fair facts
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Hensall Spring Fair June 10, 11, 1994
Zurich Fair July 22, 23, 24, 1994
Kirkton Fall Fair September 9, 10, I I, 1994
Exeter Fall Fair September 23, 24, 25, 1994
which the facility is located has
become too expensive to keep.
Some of the old-time drovers
in the Toronto area made a trip
to the Toronto yards every day
of the week except for
weekends. In the early days of
its existence, it was even open
on Saturdays.
The winds of time whistle
eerily through the place now
that all the animals are gone.
The wrecking crew, probably as
you read this, is removing the
buildings and the holding pens
and the auction rings to make
way for something new. I
cannot say that I regret seeing
the yards go. The facility has
really outlived its usefulness in
that section of the city. But the
new place will not have the
same history and nostalgia.
I was happy, too, to see the
old gelding, Jimmy, find a
home. He was the last animal
left and he used to pull the feed
wagon through the yards. Henry
Regelinkof Oro Townshiop near
Orillia took old Jimmy home
with him.
Times -Advocate, March 2,1994 Page 17
think that people were waiting for some kind of grant
program to help cover the costs. Hopefully, the _:•
Plan Canada funding will help landowners to
in favour of planting trees," said Harburn.
The Ministry of Natural Resources' provinc
series still have good supplies of, most van
seedlings suitable for establishing woodlots on
land or starting windbreaks on erodible fields.
Trees are sold on a first-come, first-served
and the Authority has set a deadline of April 1 for
ders, although they can not guarantee that tree sup-
plies will last that long.
The ABCA's tree planting programs are a coopera-
tive effort of the participating landowners, member
municipalities, the ABCA, MNR and other agencies
such as the National Community Tree Foundation.
On the topic of trees, Wingham District of the
MNR is holding a seminar on March 7 (7 p.m. to 9
p.m.) on reforestation and managing your woodlot for
income. Steve will be at the workshop to take tree or-
ders and answer questions.
Deadline is
approaching
CLINTON - The deadline is ap-
proaching for the final group of
Ontario farmers to register their
farms with the Ministry of Agri-
culture and Food.
If the fifth character of your
postal code is between T and Z,
the registration deadline is March
15, 1994.
Farms in Ontario reporting a
gross farm income of $7,000 or
more are required to register with
the Ministry of Agriculture and
Food under an Act that received
Royal Assent on October 26, 1993.
Many questions have been gen-
erated with a project of such scale.
When completed it is expected that
50,000 farms will be registered.
Here are some of the questions
answered at the Clinton office:
Q. I have received several forms
in the mail, what do 1 do?
A. Please complete one registra-
tion form and return it with page
one of the extra forms marking
VOID across the front. Do not for-
get to attach your cheque for $150
to OFA or CFFO.
Q. I am a landowner, but / rent
all my farm to a neighbour. Do I
register or not?
A. NO. The renter will qualify
your farm for the Farm Tax Rebate
Program provided he/she has a
new registration number. Please
return page one of your form and
mark "Landowner Only" on the
front.
Q. 1 am already a paid member
of the Federation. Do 1 send more
money?
A. Yes. A cheque for $150 must
be attached to the registration
form. It must be made payable to
OFA or CFFO. Please put your
membership number on the front
of the cheque.
If you have additional questions
on the program, call the Clinton
OMAF office at 482-3428 or 1-
800-265-5170.
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The Kirkton-Woodham Farmers Club met Thursday afternoon
in Kirkton for its 77th annual general business meeting. The
club now boasts over $2 million in sales of farm products to
its 300 members. The new executive was elected at the
meeting: seated, from left, are vice-president David Marshall,
president Albert Weemink, secretary -treasurer Lisa Suther-
land, recording secretary Dave Wheeler. Standing, from left,
are director Murray Switzer, past president Ted Brine, and di-
rectors Tim Shute, Gary Urquhart, and Keith Selves.
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