Times-Advocate, 1984-04-25, Page 23seminar in
Hur�n saf.ty
the number of farm -related
fatalities. Huron County had
17 fatalities, northern Ontario
had 19 and Grey County led
with 23.deaths.
The April 26 seminar at
Family Paradise Hall will
feature two tastefully done
films that show how accidents
are caused and how to pre-
vent them. Following the
speeches from the two guests,
a question and answer period
will follow. Underwood
Farms will make a presenta-
tion on their silo gas rescue
equipment which they are
The increase in farm- of the Huron Farm Safety
related 'fatalities over the last Association described the in -
six months has prompted the creased number of accidents
Huron County Farm and in Huron County as "a tense
Home Safety Association to situation."
hold a seminar in an attempt "We feel frustrated. We
to educate area farmers don't know where to turn. You
about the prevention of don't need it until it's too late
accidents. (information about farm safe -
The seminar entitled It ty). You can't legislate it, you
Hurts to Be Careless will be have to educate it," Stirling
held April 26 at the Family said.
Paradise Hall located at RR Stirling explained that the
4 Walton from 8 p.m. to 11 government can't legislate to
p.m. Guest speakers at the keep safety equipment in
seminar will be Steve Matisz, place on the farm. He said
Farm Safety Consultant and farmers can go to work
John Marshall from the without necessary safety
Goderich OPP. John George equipment and no one will
is organizing the seminar. stop them, unlike industrial
According to Matisz, one safety in tactories.
person died in a farm -related In 1952, Stirling, a Goderich
accident in Huron County in Township farmer, met with
1983. Over the past six months an unfortunate accident when
three people have died. he was thrown off a hay
Bob Stirling, the Chairman wagon. A pin slipped out of
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the wagon he was on and the
tongue dug into the ground.
The accident left him with a
broken hip andbe was confin-
ed to a bed for one year.
"I went through 20 years of
hell before my hip was better.
After that gccident 1 felt that
surely 1 could spend some
time helping people realize
how important farm safety
is," Stirling said.
Stirling is serving in his
third year as Chairman of the
Huron County Farm Safety
Association and has spent 10
years total with the
organization.
He noted that province -
wide statistics show that the
15 to 25 -year-old bracket is the
most accident prone. He
stressed that the only way to
help reduce the number of ac-
cidents and fatilities is
through education and
awareness.
"Most accidents are hur-
ried and some are because of
fatigue. It's a bit like Mur-
phy's Law - if it can it will
happen," he said.
Between the period of 1975
and 1981 Huron County rated
number three in Ontario for
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ours, some major changes
are necessary. Interest is.lag-
ging in the same old scenes,
the same tired exhibits and
the persistent hucksters along
the midway.
Not too many years ago,
almost everyone at a fall fair
had some knowledge of
agriculture. If not born on a
farm, many had relatives still
connected to agriculture and
were interested in the
livestock shows. But that has
changed. Less than five per-
cent of the population today is
directly connected . with
agriculture. The interest in
farming -- the idea behind
agricultural fairs -- has
drastically diminished.
In my area, the fair is in
deep debt, struggling to get
back in the black after a few
disastrous years.
Which isn't to say that all
fall fairs are in trouble. Many
are booming along in great
shape. But the trend is in the
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hibition in Kitchener is in
trouble, has been for a couple
of years, and had to be bailed
out by the city. The big Cana-
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struggling too, although a lot
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Directors of the CNE are
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been studying ways to im-
prove the fair for five or six
years.
To be blunt, the hand-
writing is on the wall. Some
re -thinking must be done if
the traditional fall fair is to
survive. If some of the big
boys are in deep trouble, the
smaller fairs will be next.
Some already are.
The province is aware of
what is happening out there in
the boondocks. The Rural
Organizations and Services
(ROS) branch d the Ministry
of Agriculture and Food has
people available.
A couple of workshops have
been organized. One in par-
ticular for the Cobden fair in
Renfrew County, northwest of
Ottawa, was extremely suc-
cessful. A community in-
teraction day was organized.
More than 100 people attend-
ed, representing more than 20
organizations. Fourteen
discussion groups came up
with more than 50 ideas for
new directions for the Cobden
fair.
Suggestions included a
parade, fireworks, more
youth involvement in
•ffort. to cut accidents
presently using.
"Farming is the third most
dangerous industry next to
mining and forestry. We're
decision-making, a petting
zoo, a fashion show, family
passes.
I have attended hundreds of
fall fairs over the years in
various parts of the province .
as well as in other parts of
Canada. Because of the ig-
norance of urbanites, I would
recommend one big change:
Have the judges - or someone
who knows what he is talking
about and can explain'things
properly -- give reasons why
one cattle Mast is chosen over
another; why one hog is
chosen winner; why this
horse placed better than that
one.
Without crowds from towns
and cities, fall fairs will die.
But towners have no idea why
judges make their decisions,
at least at the fall fairs I have
seen lately.
I have watched city people
in bleachers and along fences
admiring the animals but
with no understanding at all
of decisions made by judges.
They soon grow bored -and
wander off someplace else,
eyes glazed and heading for
the midway.
I am convinced that giving
reasons in public for the deci-
sions would make barnyard
quarterbacks of hundreds of
city -bred people. It would
give them reason to return
again and again to second-
guess the judges.
And we need those people
returning to keep fall fairs
. viable.
losing too many people on
these farms. Huron County
fatalities and accidents on
farms had been declining but
in the last six months the con-
cern is if this keeps up, we'll
be in the top bracket," Stirl-
ing said.
Honeymoon over for TimbreII
Ontario Agriculture
Minister Dennis Timbrell's
honeymoon with the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture
(OFA) appears over after
slightly more than two years
in the post.
Agitated OFA directors
voted in favor of a Bruce
County federation resolution
Wednesday calling for Tim-
brell's resignation if,within 30
days, he doesn't introduce a
provincial stabilization plan
that would restore losses to
livestock farmers up to cost of
production - retroactive to
1981.
Frustration over ongoing
financial strife for Bruce
County livestock farmers
caught on with directors from
other counties. Only one of 10
speakers spoke against call-
ing for Timbrell's resignation
- Richard Walker of Norfolk -
but he supported the demand
for retroactive payments in a
provincial stabilization plan.
Five of about 125 directors
voted against the resolution
itself.
The resolution also called
for the resignation of assis-
tant deputy . agriculture
minister Bill Doyle and
Treasurer Larry Grossman.
"All Timbrell is doing is
playing games, but it's not the
time for smooth game
players," Bruce director
Wayne Robertson of
Southampton said in introduc-
ing the motion. "We need ac -
Aim'. If we happen to make
Timbrell uncomfortable, too
bad."
Several years ago during
Lorne Henderson's reign as
agriculture minister, a heated
OFA director debate evolved
on a resolution calling for his
resignation. The motion was
tabled but it wasn't long after
that Henderson was removed
from the post, observers feel,
because he had lost the con-
fidence of the OFA. The
federation is the province's
largest general farm
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