Times-Advocate, 1983-09-14, Page 21Some unhappy over offer from county
Tuckersmith farmers get deadline
Some Tuckersmith
Township farmers
negotiating with Huron coun-
ty council over a proposed $i
million improvement to Coun-
ty Road 3 between Egmond-
ville and Brucefield have un-
til October 1 to accept one last
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But that does not go over
too well with the farmers who
say the county still isn't
prepared to pay them enough
money for the land it wants
from them.
Tuckersmith council learn-
ed Tuesday in a letter from
the county engineer Bob
Dempsey that affected land
owners have until October 1 to
accept $2,400 per acre. The
letter was a copy of a letter
from Mr. Dempsey to Ken-
neth Moore, Egmondville,
who is acting as secretary
between Mr. Dempsey and
about 30 landowners, while
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Robert Broadfoot and Wilson
McCartney both of RR 1
Brucefield have acted as
spokesmen for them.
Dempsey wrote, "the coun-
ty is offering $2,400 per acre
with no reimbursement for
trees or existing fences and if
this is not acceptable the
county will proceed with the
next project on its long range
plan." Mr. Dempsey conclud-
ed that confirmation must be
received by him by October 1.
Tuckersmith council •
received the informational
letter without comment but
later councillor, Robert
Broadfoot, whose farm is af-
fected, said the offer is still
not enough. He point out that
Huron county has paid rnore
where farmers got $2.500 an
acre and to Middlesex coun-
ty where they got $3,000 an
acre.
Broadfoot said each lan-
downer would receive a copy
of the letter and later a
meeting will be held to
discuss it before October 1.
Mr. Broadfoot expressed con-
cern that with tfte road widen-
ing, a lot of beautiful trees will
be gone.
He said many of the lan-
downers had planted the trees
years ago inside the road
fences on their own land and
recently when a tree has
started to decay county
workmen have cut it down
and removed the wood
without notifying the farm
owner. He said most of the
owners of small holdings have
accepted the county offer but
farmers with 100 acres or
more are the standouts.
Broadfoot concluded his
remarks by saying, "We
would like to see a new road
but we would like to see the
farmers dealt with fairly."
This five mile stretch of tre Street in Egmondville bet -
road between Egmondville ween Victoria and Queen
and Brucefield was scheduled Streets.
for reconstruction during the Tuckersmith will invite the
summer of 1983 but no work members of Seaforth council
was done because the tan- to a meeting to explain why
downers had failed to agree Seaforth refused to give a
on the land value and the grant to the Vanastra Recrea-
county spent money on other tion Centre this year as they
road projects. did last year. The date of
A new road entrance to the September 15 was suggested.
hamlet of Vanastra off Council went into commit -
Highway 4 will be constructed tee of the whole at midnight to
this fall by Tuckersmith discuss personnel.
council. .
The tender for the work to
open up 7th Avenue was
awarded Tuesday night to
George Radford Construction
Ltd, Blyth. His tender, the
lowest of four will cost the
township $10,272 plus the
engineer's fees. The new en-
trance is to be completed by
October 5.
Preparing for the winter
snow, council accepted the
tender of McGregor Farms of
Kippen to plow the roads in
the south end of the township
at the rate of $32 per hour and
$24 a day for standby.
Allan Nicholson, road
superintendent, reported the
Roman Road bridge which is
being replaced, has now been
taken down and work on the
new bridge is underway. It is
to be completed by October
19.
Nicholson reported his
plumber's snake was borrow-
ed and he wants the man who
borrowed it, to return it to his
office.
Four tile drainage loan ap-
plications for a total of $42,200
were approved.
Passed for payment were
the following accounts totall-
ing $240,416.85 including Day
Care, Vanastra, $6,157.62;
-Recreation Centre, Vanastra,
$12,579.59; roads, $33,180.37
and general accounts
$188,499.27.
Council will ask its
representative on the
Ausable-Bayfield Conserva-
tion Authority, Mervyn
Falconer, to attend the next
meeting to give an explana-
tion as or the Authority's re-
quest asking Tuckersmith
and Stanley townships and
the town of Clinton to assist in
the maintenance of its park
on the south limits of Clinton.
Work is to be done on Cen-
Government funds decrease
needy families increase
Government -funded pro-
grams have helped to ease the
welfare burden in Huron
County but the number of
families requiring assistance
will rise as these programs
conclude.
While social services ad-
ministrator Jack MacKinnon
had encouraging news on the
welfare caseload at the
September meeting of Huron
County Council Thursday, his
optimism was tempered.
"The figures have decreased
each month and some nr LI h -
to do with the vernment-
funr+r' et °grams. ' he said
wrany people corning off
these employment programs
are going back on assistance
and we haven't h 'ard-of any
new programs hying approv-
ed for the cou.ity."
The report of the social ser -
1
vices committee indicated
that the caseload had
decreased for six consecutive
months. For the first six
months of 1983 the number of
intakes declined by five per-
cent while the number of
cases and beneficiaries in-
creased by 32 and 24 percent
respectively.
During the month of July,
55 cases were closed and on-
ly 47 opened. Social services
committee chairman of the
Bell said h.--.
ire-. in figures over the
past six months."
The financial report to Ju-
ly 31, 1983 indicates revenues
and expenditures of $606,351
which is $48,792 under budget.
The total for the same period
last year was $476,992. The
1983 figures represent a 27
percent increase.
FEEDING AT FEED MILL OPENING -- More than 400 people attended the opening of the Hensall and District
Co-Op's feed mill facilities at Zurich. They dined on roast beef or pork, and were entertained by the Paul Brothers
of Kirkton.
F of A hear of animal welfare issue
It's up to farmers to think
about and find a sob ition to
the criticism leveled aL them
by the animal welfare
movement.
Dr. Frank Ilurnik, a pro-
fessor in the animal and
poultry department at the
University of Guelph, gave
the above advice and eclips-
ed the history of the move-
ment which started in the
1960s in Great Britain at the
Huron County Federation of
Agriculture's Sept. 8 meeting
in Londesboro.
The university professor
advises farmers to take steps
to face the i. ;ue and develop
rationales to answer the
movements criticism.
A slide presentation
developed by an American
animal welfare movenient
and shown by Dr. Hurnik
depicted what it considers to
be abuse of farm animals.
Considered cruel treatment
of animals by the movement
is the restraining of calves us-
ed for veal, large numbers of
poultry, swine and cattle in
one room, poultry penned in
small cages, debeaking of
poultry and castration of cat-
tle without anesthesia.
Now, those involved in the
animal welfare movement
are more factual than they
were 20 years ago, said Dr.
Hurnik.
"You can't dismiss them as
not being familiar with real
life," added the professor.
The movement is having its
effects added the University
of Guelph professor. He refer-
red to the increasing number
of people becoming
vegetarians.
Five freedoms for animals
outlined by the movement are
that animals should be able to
lie down, get up, turn around,
groom themselves and
stretch their limbs.
Some advertising by the
movement can effect con-
sumers noted Dr. Hurnik. He
said that in Germany, eggs
are sold with labels indicating
whether they were produced
by free range or caged
chickens. The result is that
more free range chicken eggs
are being purchased despite
the higher price.
The movement, said Dr.
Hurnik "should be understood
not underestimated."
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