The Wingham Advance-Times, 1973-02-23, Page 18roads—FebroarY 22, l373--
• OVER THE
FARM GATE
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'::,.\, by Bill Remain'
k CKNX Farm Director V
Last week in this space, 1 laid out some of the factors
.?f:,IN. whichhave led to the present use of land in this area. At that
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time I expressed the opinion that people are basically happy
with the status quo.
•sl However, there are some asturbing events that are
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kt„; eXerting.pressure on citizens—and since inan,y people of the
..;;',3 area have not been accustomed to growth these events are
.,„ • hard to digest or even accept.
, - Let's look at some cases.
§,k,\ During the late part of December, 1.972, and the early
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•''..:7- part of this year, Minto Township was mentioned as a site
:%.*. suitable as a land refuse area for Toronto garbage. Perhaps
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..,‘•••••\ by time of publication the situation may haire changed, but
'...' the citizens of Harriston and Palmerston districts were
..,.:: vociferous in their objection. A committee was formed to
deter Metro Toronto from putting garbage anywhere near
them—or in any rural area for that matter.
To my understanding, Metro Toronto ani), the rail
company haVe backed away from the proposal. Citizen reac-
tion and adieu forced a postponement of•plans. I dare say
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\ % that Metro Toronto and the rail company will be back in
-•-;, years to come. Maybe not in five years, maybe not 10, but
%,,:s. they'll keep coming back wanting land for their refuse (un-
',.',... less Science develops new methods of disposing of the gar-
bage at a reasonable cost).
Douglas Point is presently exerting a tremendous force
-:,. on,landase. Not only have they required land for the'actual
site, many farmers are being approached to sell land or give
:.1,:, easements for power corridors. One line needs to be built
:*,-•,;\ from Douglas Point to a place called Bradley Junction (north
, - of' Chepstow) •and then straight south to Seaforth.
•§% . At places, this corridor will be 900 feet wide. Go outside •
„.,,,k -N:'• and measure off 300 yards. You'll appreciate how wide the
.:,...., conidoi will he once you have done this physical test. .
The lines must have a clearance of at least 12, and pos-
. sibly more, feet from the lowest point of lines;tO the highest
. tolece.of machinery that can pass under thenfortoliage Which '
can grow wider the spans: R. not, the povver carriedby 500 kv,
.lioleS• cavil:lash, or eleetrocute. .is: L.,-, '.,i, ‘, , i ...
.7„,,,... ' `: - Other lines mustsbe built to Georgetown -mid Kitchener to
N.Its.„."',„ harneSs the-massivejerierating station). ) ' - s
'''' ” As you can wen imagine, the land neededior power con-
ridors, not to mention the eyesore factorand danger factor, is
'• great.- . • ~ , •• * ' ' •
.,'? \ t . • . ASurbanites become more affluent the Great Lakes have
0. been exploited for their recreational fattorsi• Many cottage
resorts have. rows and rows of cottages' well hack from the
.. achialwater, There is little reason to beneie that the trend to
= - summer. resorts is ping to reverse.
',.: To handle all these people major 'highway eipansion will
:needed. TheVoriestoga Parkway in Kitchener is planned
. go through fertile -Mennonite farm country ,t,o Owen Sound. s
i 't heYond the hflagiriation to foreiee the day whenIligh-
• 8,6 froin Guelph will be; four or six lanes wide to tarry
oliday traffic:i ' ,
';,', There* the Inereased land tige by people who work hi the
,.. cities of ,Guelph,, Ititchetter, London or even Toronto while
''''• [Iiiingin Huron, Bruce, Grey,. Wellington or:Perth Cotmties'.
31.: ' Creased. technOlogy and better. highways" haire -Made .this
4. .. possible. Also, cheaPlandandforifiViliVelnadelppkisaiblette
afford ahome ip
homes rn T6r�nto.
thflaree•for aPiliaiiiiitelylthe:sameotoit arsr
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In short, then, the area is again seeing phenomenal t,„.•::.
owth,-growthiliethe 1800's. And it's taking many people •
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Off-goard: One main complaint is that people are not in-
Wined of 'planned changes until they are, ratified and work #V
proceeds. This is basically wrong and we could spend another ."
two.,eoltimils exPlaining' why this has happened and what
le could do.
ut let's not hid ourselves. We cannot halt progress. •
Some place has to be pieked as.a garbage site. If we want
-.hydrii.,s we have to accept power corridors. If we want the
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vacationers' money, we have to have transportation.
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Lees. get the best possible deal out of the situation. If a
..0. highway andpower corridor Must he built, build them along-
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0., side each other thereby 'reducing the ,number, \of viable
:,- economic faint units we destroy. And while we build these 7.1.
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•••4, "transportation corridors" let's make them parks or snow- t
./.!„.v. Mobile trails Why destroy the land when It could be used for • #./,/?"
a variety of pastimes like winter epertserisuinmertime horse
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trails or an as -yet -unheard-of recreation? v
Many people may be unacquainted with development,
but the necessity of Iand-use planning is urgent -.--and it starts
right on the place you sit as you read these words.
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NOVEMBER CORN IN JANUARY—Although November is usually harvest time for high,
moisture corn in Ontario, some area farmers were taking corn off their fields' as tete as
January 15th this year. This high-energy feed Is a goo0,source pf protein, WWI) when
vatiOn
combined with good palatability, makes it highly acceptable by the aniniail. Preler
of the crop with organic acids plus modern feeding systems results In easier harvesting'.
Combined with high feed value, the popularity of this Method Is on the rise throughout the
province. . (Ont. Ministry of Agelculture & POod Photo)
A review of the milk
industry in Grey County-: •
RoJ4.Derguon, r from farm separated creaM4 •
Milk CommisidonFieldniik . It is very difficult to establish
the exact number of cream o-
chicers, who are regular, ,active
shippers, but it is more thattlike-
•ly something near 800 producerS.
• During' the mid '60's, sietten
fluid' milk dairies were prodess-
, ing milk i.vithin the totmty. These
dairies came under •` extreme
competition to provide fluid'pro-
ducts to- consumers, in several
different sizes and types of pack-
ages. The • low s volume 'dairy
operator found that he could Pot
economical provide all ofthese
packages. This pressure resulted
,in the dairy operator purchasing
his product already.processed
and packaged, and distributing it
to his customers., .
No Fluid
This trend is now complete and
there is no longer any fluid imilk
processed` in Grey County. 'With
the modern methods of process -
•' 'transportation.. andlitoragve
the dairy operator is able tooffer
Ontario Minbtry of
Agriculityro !qui, Faioi4
Markdale Office t 6
The total. number of milk ship-
pers in the COunty Of Grey haft re-
mained- fairly constant over -the
last half of 1972. The establish-
ment of Market Share Quotas
combined withgoOd returns for
cream and milk iproduction,has
developed an attitude of 'confi-
dence in Dairy farming.
During the period January,
1971 to January, 1973, there has
been a total decline in nuMberi of
milk producers of only four per
cent, and most of these were lost
in the year 1971. There hasbeen a
marked increase during the last
year in the.number of cream pro-
ducers converting to milk pro-. -
duction and new Dairy farmers
coming into 'reduction. There
are now 486 milk producers regis-
tered in the county.
Money Available -
With the introduction of the
Capital ant money
1 liPub .189140'
laTaerstelisfsilii re construc-
tion of a milkhouse, the installar
lion of • coolers, pipelines and
other allied equipment. This
brought an immediate increase
in the number of producers con-
verting to the bulk cooler method
of handling their milk supply.
Many milk' pipelines have been
installed as well.
In 1971, 13 Grey Farmers con-
verted to bulk coolers; in 1972, 22
farmers. Fifty-four percent of
Grey County dairy farmers now
pave a. bulk cooler' installed on
theirAlonfagr:iitlh the imp-
roved
facili-
ties on the Dairy farms, has come
a general,and steady improve-
ment in milk quality. Monthly
quality tests are carried out on a
sample of milk collected from
one shipment of each producer in
the county. Statistics are kept to.
indicate the monthly percentage .
that is Grade 1,2, etc. and a year-
ly summary is made.
In 1971, 59.8 percent of all can
milk was Grade 1 and in 1972, this
increased to 61.1 percent. Indus-
trial bulk milk remained 'fairly
constant with 73.8 percent Grade
1 in 1971 and 73.9 per cent in 1972.
Quality Standards
Milk .produced on farms desig-
nated as Group 1 producers, goes
to the Fluid Milk Industry and
standards for quality are higher
for these producers than for In-
dustrial Group 11. In 1971, 89.9
percent of these tests returned as
Grade 1 results and in 1972, these
had improved to 93.1 percent.
There are still four creameries
in the county producing butter
and their production all comes
Belgrave boar
sold for $550
The highest selling Yorkshire
boar and the third highest in the
eighth Ontario Station -Tested
boar sale at the Waterloo County
stock yards in late January. was
from the herd of Arnold Cook of
Belgrave.
It was the first time Mr. Cook
had boars on test and his boar
sold for $550 to purebred breeder
Peter Hennaert of Wyoming.
A new Canadian record sale
price was set at the sale. $710 on
the bid of commercial weanling
pig producer Carl Lave of Den-
field. The Hampshire boar was
from Werner Romahn's Robins -
wood Farm at Petersburg.
Second high 'seller a( the Janu-
ary 25th sale was a Landrace
from the herd of Elmar Farms of
Stouffville Which went for $4110 to
.1,1111 Van Hai'en of iiideetown
the consunier;any packaged Milk
and at ti* Pliterthikt; ;SuoPtile
• AfffacieforteotesateriforinfOK
increased production of Group
1 milk has occurred to take di*,
of population increase and' the
general decline in production of
Industrial Milk that has taken -
place in Ontario over the last few
years has been stopped in 1972.
• The trend seems to be again to in-
creased volume and improved
quality.
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FAR.
Newmap • „
A new up-to-date map otS0titil-
ern' Ontario, drawn to a scale of
eight Miles to one. inch, has been
releasell'hy. the.n,tinistry of ,nat-
ural resources'dlvia1n of lands.
Map g;(SOuther*Ontfirkk 1973
,.• )4 detail* populationCOW,
his* °104pitiang. the new , City of
Cambridge (gait, liespelero
of
ThO
map, which 'is app�zi-
` -for
$3 Dia:, (tie Serv-
icesBranch, Ministry: OtNatural
Resources, Par rent Bldgs.,
Toront.0., +44 cheque or money
order made olit. to. the Treasurer
of Ontario must accompany each
request.
How
SK
Astuck draWer. is Alggravatinfti
at any e.' loosen, give It a
few taps ,on isidett with a ham-
mer. Usea flatpiece of wood 0,1
to the drawer -to prevent bruising
the thfish ' • .
sticking.,,,with :a, lubricant4 Try,
oncey7. have it open, -stop it
candle X, :#11,stutp or petro-
leum • a little on th
drawer. .
If :this doesn't work, lightly
sandpaper the runner surfaces.
Sand with- the grain. In severe
cases it may be necessary to
-• plane the „miter ,edges. Use it
lightly. Also never paint the
• edgesztof drawers.Thisis a fre-
quent cause for stubborn drawer
problems. '
(Iond:Lzonbrulting
TORONTO 'MPS) - Accor
Ing
toiprcsente
to the Ontario Government
Ontarlo Federation or Agricul-
ture, a long-term plan for use of
provincial and should be
adopted; ,
The plan would affect farmers
throughout Ontario if heeded by
the lgovernment. The brief (loins
that tarmers,mtust not be worse
• thin before,
and statea
value due tt:jodlijoatons:0100$1"otaod,w1:orer.zoninght;
but adds, that the compensation
pio01,10040ceadorablicifianwtajoidejt 410111'0:v ctwiunrk!heinet..
creases in land valUe.'' '
• AocOrdiog to the brief, large
tracts of land, especially prime
farm land, were lost in the last
several years : pavement, con-
crete and service corridors be-
cause there was inadequate land
planning'on arty long-term, basis.
Pastplatming has been a fantasy
rather - than, a fact, the brief
stated.
Goverment subsidization. for
farm labor was also Called for in
the'brief. Uder the recommen-
dations of the brief, 'a training
program for an workers would
be establiatted and paid for by
both, farmers and the :govern-
, merit, - - -:
The t) f4.41:11:0.alse re‘corri*
mended that aset of practices be
L.51161341.
wasteand, determinationof
Set ug animal
required spaiper animal be ac-
complished.1' rk, addition, the
creation ' of government -ap-
pointed boarty,to handle and in-
vestigate all Onplaints against
farmers due polluti,on
was.
!‘:,. • • • — • °
ReconS
truc e
cOmmU.nit
Shoe s pr�fit
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,History has/ both cash and .ctII-
tural impacts.
That ti..s the cOnclusion of a de-
tailed survey of the economic
fluence of of. Sainte -Marie among
the Hurona' on the Midland area,
the site of reconstructed 17th
century comMunity.
„ T4slurgeYizA9,110404APYIJPr'
THIS
RNER
THERE% 00
°EVERYONE AT
For the rani novice first:timer
or the, cool and informed dealer,
auction sales conflnue to hval
certttbl feeling quite unlike any
other.we aro likely to
I like auctions. They are
fun and VERY
They can also cost you a
11 You're. not colrefuls „
Take a new acquaintance of
mine in Vifinghami Willie, we will
call him, Was at the Estate Mar.
keting-Services auction on a re.
cent Saturday, Ile was after
table and chairs, tie was pretty
'determined too and showed It by
outbidding all comers. Satisfac-
tion and pride went pooffor WBHe
when he leorned he had bought a
big thesterileld Whichwas sitting,
beside the 'table and chairs,_
In addition to the '''Winghinn
sale, 1 also attended one . in
Clif-
ford the previous week, and en-
joyed then, both;
Tbey Cosi me money but! am
quite satisfied with WhatI
bought- The teethes have *eady
appreciated in lieu of deprecia-
ting and I am frObablYrthetiOrd
or fourth owner of some of the
In tii&iegiat past i: I have at-
' *degriOtionoln such as.
Mt. Bodges, Leaside, (Toronto),
PhillipShurg;"`Pushpch, Branch -
ton, -Baden, 'Auburn,
Goderich, Brussels,, Rockton,
NVOOdstlYelt, Hawkesville and
:910/1 ,
The „e who attend ' these
auctioris give 'me, the ,biggest
banto...
They range tro,tutiver7PteS-
tut dealers to vivacfous.Torento
'fashion model Benatallobnan, to
.quiet, cautious Mennonites to
young folks just having a good
.time. . t.
Whoever ,they are n or km
'wherever theycome, one element
hits them -all at Some point during
the auction. They get excited: An
'excitement not unlike , a big
money bingo gable or possibly
Other Jgalrfes of Chance at a fall
fair or carnival
n•
That's when they become interx
"ting, Some people,- totally en-
gulfed -by atmosphere, . buy
to. nAlitnitlentifieditentri (grab
boxes) for as, Engel), as. salnsa:
OthertSlter stand, mouth agape,
While intense bidding is under-
way and slowly pour their coffee
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IKETIIINO FOR
AN AVMON
" on their pants: Still
'Peter Wowing of ifielAhustry
erAiNfirrYSf 0:11)1111Viilt showed
visitOri tirSathteMatie - in
1971 accounted for almost 16 per-
cent of .the estimated 42,200,000
spent by tourists in the area.
• Additional funds spent at
ttinte-Marie ,,for . salaries, serv-
Harry uttori,
- Grey County OfflceTAXAT1014.GRANTt,'
The Department of National
Revenue views., the Capital
Grants Program and the Tax Re-
• duction grants in different wayS
for income tax.purposes.
The Ontario Property Tax'
Credit which is applied for on
your 1972 Income Tax Return and •
the Ontario Education Tax Re..'
bate of 25 pereent of municipal
taxes on farm property are not
considered as taxable -income.
The amount. of the rebates are not
entered as a receipt on your ina
come tax return while the full
amount of the taxes you must pay
to your municipality can be
Grain feed
:entered ix' ati expense-
\t
effect, ',taxable. Grants, received.
MoneGyilleeeentiliA:eed7libyxaytlue' Under
Capital Grants Program is, in
. on items such as equipment and
buildings. for which you take
Capital . Cost Allowance for in-
CoMe.ta* purposes should be de-
ditcted from the Original cost be-
fore the Capitaltbst'AlloWatice is
calculated. For example; if you
construct a building at a cost of
4;2,000 and - receive the maximum
grant of 40 percent Of Ow, the,
amonnt you enter asthe cost on
your Capital Cost Allowance
schedule is $2,000 minus $800, or
$1,200. The Capital • Cost Allow-
ance rate is then based on $1,200.
s The capital grants for items
shortage seen . which you can claim as an ex-
penSe such as orchard tree re -
TORONTO (TIPS) — F. E...
Payne, livestock division director
of the Federal Department of
Agriculture said recently that
feed grain for livestock growers
may soon be hard 'to get.
Speaking before the Meat
Packer's Council of Canada, Mr.
Payne said the increasing world
demand for feed, grains and
wheat may force livestock pro-
ducers to pay higher feed prices,
thereby reducing their profits.
He spoke of increasing de-
mands by Canadian consumers of
beef -and added, "The future pro-
duction increase must come from
present herds in this country."
He said a "reasonable profit"
must be in it for producers "to
come forward with the volume of
product required in the next few •
years."
Mr. Payne predicted a steady.'
increase in beef prices for some
time to come and called for
-shifts in crop production. . ; to
allowour livestock industry a fair
shake." so that expanded produc-
tion would increase.
Recent bad wlather conditions
have caused poor harvests
wheal and feed grains around the
world Large imports have oc-
curred in inany nations, notably
the s•Au-t Union
nfloval, fenoerow removal and tile
drainage, should be deducted
from the total cost to arrive at the
amount you can claim as an ex-
pense. For instance, if you install
tile drainage at a total cost of $1,-
000and receive a capital grant of
$400, the amount you a claim as
an expense is $600. \
Elm Tree Remo I
Elm tree removal gr nts are
not taxable income an any, ex-
penses paid for elm tree removal
can be included as an expense on
your return, •
If you have handled grants in-
correctly on • previous returns,
you can apply ' to the District
Taxation Office for a tax adjust-
ment.
1 *OW
Important
Ohtropla
. •
People of all ages and all 'wine
Milted() lopottant and essential
'jobaasRed Coos volunteers.
yo4,C,Akietttoo,
ices and supplies generated a
, total economic impact of,r26,606
On the area.
Taxes on that amount paid to
municipal;provincial and federal
surpassed the operating
cost Kthe ,provincial Site,
Big Wlth Ontarians
• Vow) of 144,160 people visited
:44:Viet.46140%OtKOPo May and
October in in, the greatest
▪ number glade the site, Opened.
, About 86 percent of thefm were
• *ark)residents, with more
thanso'p'grOt coming from To-
ronte:;Less than ten percent were
Att. resklenti and about four
percent came from Eiirope, with
t• he balance frpm other Canadian
provinces. 2:'
8ainte-Marie is an exact recon-
struction of the settlement built
in 1639• on the banks of the Wye
4iiier by p band of Jesuit priests
and French laymen as a° French
cultural, economic and mission-
ary contact with the Huron con-
federacy.
Sainte -Marie is one of four his-
torical sites administered by the
Historical Sites Branch of the
Ministry of Natural Resources.
The others are the Museum of the
Upper Lakes at Wasaga Beach,
the Naval and Military Estab-
lishmentsat Penetanguishene
and Fort William, now under con-
struction at Thunder Bay.
Dead Animal
Removal
Service
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Brwi.",,ek, Pet
Food Supplies
cunning and
promptly cease
price exceed i by25 cents the oi
.they have on
thei,,r little list.
One *idiotic was rather sad.
The lady of the farm home Sat in
a big, antique chair on the lawn
.anolgitietly,watched the ammo
lations or a 'lifetime auctioned off
and leave her '''home with
strangers.,
Some, :people,.h0O4 for fai*M-
;Motions to 'repo* accOintancco,
discuss livestock, other pertinent
farm matters or the government
and lometimeo Veeallintereatlag
experiences of family vir,ho is
leaving theirk
But, th;iio
are always two 4.1.4tInOt poops, at
every auction.
Group': 0)—starry,eyed, neo-
pbytes',. possibly newlyweds,
• thin thiS. auction Will produce a
treasure or two that the dealers
have overlooked,
Group (2) ---the dealers who
don't very often, overlook any-
thing.
Some auctions provide more
services than others and ,are
Complete ". with, refreshments
me -cooked pastrt, at
some farm . auctions), clearly
!narked washrooms, paddle, bid-
ding' and a, neart theatre-like
at-
mosphere.. .
Auctioneersebnie in a Varlet),
of sizes and personalities—from
big fellows with booming, no-non-
sense voices, to humorous bark-
grs, who periodically take a
;breather for a smash of orange
crush and still others who buy
something in 'Mock disgust and
give it to a child in the Crowd.
lloCk Alexander of Wingham
and Gerald Buhrow,of Clifford, at
the two recent auctions, qui a fine
job and kept the crowd in a happy
mood throughout.
In any event (or auction)" these
outings are healthy—both for the
mind and body. The person who
cleverly outbid:ie.') others for the
.hentwood rocker feels first, very
satisfied with his or her bidding
and second, physically a little
IPAttlVILt!le .tehe
biPflfli
n%vegittii7-, mayatof
'Btillseye Will turn` „lib at the'neXt
auction. "
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