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sayiegi. about playing with fire abound.
Such .as 'if you play around with the bull .long enough:
you. re going to get a horn in the rump._
It.'s my humble opinion that the quiet bull out there rnihe
boondocks •is fed up being Ferdinand.
I believe farmers and farm organizations "are getting
sick of..being,-pushed'arotind"and:being the butt of every
joke• on the' television screen. 0.1 Were fulVtirne fanner.. •
for instance; .I'd tell the stations. carrving,those cruel pro-
graniis:which.make fhrnners out; as ignorant clods to cancel
those shows.
Because the bull isettiu angry.
g g The horse has got the
bit in its teeth,an other words. • • '
• Let naegive you a few for instances:
— •The'Wellington County. Federation -of. Agriculture has
told Ontario Hydro that generating stations should not be'
built in locations which result in transmission corridors`
gobbling up prime agricultural land. -
- 'Farmers' in Wallace Township surrounding the town •
of Listowel °have: flatly stated that the town can expect 20
to.40 years.of litigation if a sewer legoon is built on:prime
land.
— A group of livestockmen in *the, Dundaik area have
said to hell with government subsidies and formed their '
owls predator control associationtopaya•-bounty on wolves.
_— The Palmerston-Harriston area 'citizens, and farmers •
as well as farmers and- environmentalists in the Port Hope
.area 'have .successfully thwarted Metro Toronto's ideas of
dumping freight -car loads of garbage in their backyards:
—The Ontario Federation of.Agriculture, long a quiescent
group, has succeeded in becoming a militant, farmer -run •
organization,' mainly through the efforts of young executive'=
members with the.guts to speak out whenever necessary.'
;•—Even organizations such as the Rural Learning Associ ,
ation under the direction 'Of Vic Morrow have organized •
Workshops and panel, discussions to warn farmers about
preserving farmlands and how to go about informing the
public.of theplightof farmers. •
- Farm and Country magazine continee.s td be:,outspoken
in its efforts to tell farmers how to stand up;for their rights .
are appreciate° by 8o4. Trotter. EI°ata i a Elmira. On( �N39.2C7•.
and,mdke this basic of all professions one they c -an be proud
of.
— Even the. new -defunct Food .Prices Review Board's .
latest report indicates that if there are ativ ripoffs
along '•
the food :chain,. those i ipoffs probably` cone •at the retail
level, not at the farm gate:
Thepreservation of. farmland'and;how to keep' farmers
On that land is a hotly -debated question in many non -rural •
meetings these days simply .because. a, few farmers have
begun tospeak outhereand there across the province. .
I could goon ad nauseum•but I .think the point is proven. •
,And its about time, too, 'that''far'rners decided to speak
out in thei•r.own defence. '
For too long, they have been satisfied. to sit back and let
others the politicians, the professional agriculturalor-,
ganiitf tions•, the university eggheads - do. their talking for
them. .
'I attended a panel discussion a couple of weeks back and
a young man collared me after the discussion.. He slyly •
suggested that the' reason.farmers haven't been talkative
over the years is because they don't find. farming worth•
talking. about: Maybe, he suggested, far'm'ing isn't worth
preserving: .
But an older man in the crowd, an articulate gentleman
oozing sincerity, said 'what needed to be said.
"All we want is some form of .security so that we' can
preserve our way of life.: And it is a way of" life. We just
',want to have enough security to be, able to sit down with
our children and offer, them the same opportunities as :any
other father and mother want for their children, '
"We'd like to be able to tell them that we will be able to
send them to university. We would like to be able to look
,down the road a little and assure ourselves and our children
.of some stability in the years tocome. •
• "Until farmers can get a little' of the security that almost
all other sectors of the economy have, farmers will con-
tinue to leave the land. Just. to be free of those terrifying
ups -and -downs in food. production would not be asking too..
much; would it?
I' don't think it is asking too much: But, myfarming
friends, you're going to have to fight for it and.I'rn happy
tag see many of you are doing just that. Keep it up'.
O.ld say
Hallett Twp.
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In February the; Hallett
Township :. Federation of
Agriculture met ' in Len-
' desboro to find Ott the feeling
of reorganizing this group____..
The Federation: her has
been inactive for a few years.
• This meeting was in the form
of a luncheon meeting.
„ . Maurice. Bean discussed
the" different levels of the -
'.
Federation: . Township,
County and Provincial.
Two speakers were present
from the Kitchener Taxation
—9tfine—i=irs-t—the nerrtianed
the changes in the taxation
laws for 1975 taxation year;
Following this questions were
answered from the floor. •
Another meeting is planned
for March 16. It is to take the
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Gordon Hill, president of
the Ontario Federation of
•Agriculture, was the gues
speaker at the•annual.dinner,
meeting of the'. Stephen
Tow-nshipederti•an—�of
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griculture on. -Frid'ay,
' .February 27th. Over 1g0
• 'farmers. and their wives
gathered at the Crediton
Com munity.,Hall to hear Mr:
Hill describe a'typicai week's
'activities of, the 'provincial
executive of the O.F.A. He.
'feels .that important for
,•far niers to realize the work.
that is being done on their
behalf by the Federation en a
continuous basis throughout
the year.
• On 1Ylonday, February 23rd,
the O.F.A. executive held one
• of their regular luncheons
:with 'representatives from the
Ministry- of the Environment.
'Part of the discussion cen-
tered _ on, the problems
brought about. by:farmers
who : import, chemicals such
• • .as` weed killers, pesticides,
orchard sp:rays,etcrfrom the
United States. •
Another area of concern is
the problem of controlling
'blackbirds in corn fields. In'
• some parts of the province,
especially places close to
marshy areas, flocks of
blackbirds will descend on a
corn field in the fall and cause
damage to the: crop that can
amount to -a loss to the farmer
.of up to 15 bushels, per acre.
There has been a chemical
developed . (Avatrol) for 'iise
▪ in controlling these birds, but
it is not licensed for use in
Ontario. The O.F.A: is con
cerned that if this chemical is
,not licensed, • then there
should be some other means
....found to control 'blackbirds,
so that farmers do not have
this added pest to , contend
with.
• On. Tuesday, February
24th; the • executive` 6f 'the..
O.F.A. , held an historic first
meeting_with theexecutive'of
the Quebec general` farm.
organization known as . the
'United Producers of•
Agriculture . (U,P.A.). The
meeting was held at a hotel
near the Toronto airport•and
arrangements had been made, .
for simultaneous translation.
escri
ntario F
did e,n !rebidf of fai me'rs.
tom--• • On ) Wednesday evening,
Gordon . Hill flew to Ottawa
;where he appeared on a TV'
program •.called .Platform.
The
panelists .'haat evening
were rom a group known' as
the Wornen for the Survivarof
'Agriculture.. These art farm
•women, all members of :the'
Federation : of Agriculture,
who have gone oiit and tried :
to'tell ;the people Who who live off:
the farm about the problems
or running a farm btlsin.ess. '
They started off' the program.
and ha.d , their say and then
there was a' discussion with
:the audience. Arnon.gst the:
audi`enc'e were Herb." Gray,
former Minister of Consumer
.Affairs, research assistants
for different • cabinet
ministers, people from farms.
and urban consumers.
On Thursday morning,
February 26th, still in
Ottawa, Gordon Hill attended
the egg price hearings held by ,
the National Farm Products
Marketing Council.• The
Canadian Association of
Consumers was claiming that
consuniers were being
® charged an unnecessary '$1- -
million a • week because the
price of eggs' is being ar-
tificially inflated by the
Canadian Egg Marketing
' Agency: The amazing 'thing
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forth of al.uncheon meeting at
11:30 a.m. in Londesboro.
Hall. ' A speaker is ' : be.,
present from the. Department
of_Natural,' Resources to.
speak on" the Hullett Con-
servation Area. -
The township was. divided
according-. to the polling
divisions in • order to have
directors to ,serve different
areas of the township.,.
•• The following names were
suggested: John Van Beers,'
John Benjamins George
Colclough, Bob Trick, Lloyd
Stewart, Gerret Wilts, Bill
Gibbings, • Bob Peel,
• Lawrence Plaetzer, Stewart
Dale, George Postma, Jerry
Hey nk, Gordon Daer, Tom
•Cunni'ngham and El Lapp.-
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of the Rroceedings so that
:his °Win language, • but his
message was instantly
translated for the benefit of
established after a vote was
held" several y.ears ago and
under the legislation, .every
farmer • in. Quebec ,rniist- Pay
an.annualnnernberShip fee of
dOes not have to be a member
of the organization unless he
electi to .do so. About 48,000
out of 52,000 farmers in
• Quebec are mernbers.
The U.P.A..—_executiVes
-explained. a great deal abOut-
and confirmed that they have
an agreement With" the,
government of Quebec
with the 'department of •
IJ,P.A. The executives of, the
two farm organizations' met •
for twe days .during which
they exchanged jnformation
on their variou•s• activities,
and possible solutions and
decided •that co-operation
. between the two • farm
• organizations will . .benefit
farmers in both Ontario and
At , noon op Tuesday,
Gordon Hill drove into
TOronto to the CBC radio
station where he • fielded
questions on a one-hour call- .to
'in program called Radio •
Noon, The subjects covered
. that day were food prices,
tensumers, marketing
boards, etc..and Gerdon felt
that he had, ',an excellent
opportunity td get the farm
Message across.. to urban
listeners. The last call on the'
program came from MrS.
Ruth Jackson,. President Of
• the Ontario: Section of the •
Canadian Association of
Con'surners. She stated that
,,hc did not agree with Mrs,
Plumptrb's report on
• Marketing boards ,as the
' • research had not gone deeply
enough into the batkground
;is to w_Lly marketing boards
were necessary.
. Mrs. Jackson felt that the
main , justification for •
marketingtOarchris that they '
give the small Jarnier a
chance to haVe a, •ay as tO
'' what the prices of his product
shoUld be when.he is trying to
sell it to one of the big
naPproccssors. Mr. Hill was very "
was that after the C.A.C. had
presented their brief and
were. being cross-examined
by tile .counsel for the
C..E.M.A„ they had to backup
a considerable amount ount on
••
their feed -conversion figures.
They admitted that ifthey
had had one of the, reports on
Which G.E.lvl',•A. ¢alis. its
pricing formula',. they..'would
not have made the stiggestion
that 'a. farmer .should be able
to produce a' dozen eggs on 4
lbs. of feed. C.E,M..A: says -
that it takes 4.46 lbs.•of feed. to
produce a dozen eggs..As feed
comprises about 70 percent of
the cost of a dozen eggs, a -
rzriabl`e of half a pound in the
cost .formula' would alter the -
final price by a considerable
a•iiaount.
. In another area, C.A.C. said
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