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The Huron Expositor, 1979-01-04, Page 13t 044 letteosareneorec.atedbv Goo Trotter Elea* itei vitnuta Ont N3112C7 Past New Year depression It's post -New Year depression. - The snow and those biting north winds brought it on when I went out to feedithe horses this morning, First of all, the waterline was frozen. The tap is en- closed in a wooden box with a couple of low-power light • bulbs in it. Both bulbs—both of 'em, mind You --had * blown during the night, , That meant carrying water pails through snowdrifta to the barn from the house,• ' The buckskin mare looked a little sickly. I led her out to the paddock and she was limping. That foolish appa- • loosa had kicked her and she nowbas a displaced ten- don. "Bathe the knee -joint twice a day until the lim dis appears," said the vet. "She'll probably always have a I don't haVe time to bathe her twice a day but I'm the only Person she will allow to touch her on the sensitive spot. It means 10 minutes less sleep each morning until she's cured. I hate snow and high winds. Get into the ear to come to work grumbling that no- body but a darn fool would be 4riving on a day such as • this with winds howling and snow driving against the windshield. Slap the car ihto reverse. Thunk! Can't move it. A huge snowbank. The car is stuck. Call a neighbor. Ask to borrow his tractor. Can't. It's got a leaking radiator. Call a tow truck. It takes him 38 minutes 'to come from • town. It costs $18. YiPe! Arrive at work 43 minutes late. The boSsis angry. "Take this job and -shove it!" • That's what I think. I haven't the intestinal fortitude to say it. Spend the day thinking about' friends and acquaint- Jack's Jottings ances who have the luck and, the wherewithal to bein Florida or the Caribbean. Green with envy as I battle, more snow and high winds; and stupid drivers travel- ling the 12 miles home. It's dark and gloomy, The house' seems empty with all the decorations gone and the Christmas tree flap, ping forlornly in the garbage heap. A few wisps of tin- sel are stuck on the branches. They seem to illustrate exactly how I feel. The lane was blowh out during the day but has al- ready drifted. in again.' Park the car St the of the lane. It probably won't start in the morning because the electric cord won't reach that far. I am going to run for Parliament and propose new le- gislation for Canada. The law will make it mandatory for the government -to send everyone who hates winter to southern climes for at least a month every winter. Only those.who hate snow and ice and cold Winds will be allowed to participate. • Those fools who love skiing and snowmachines can stay in Ontario and freeze. I think theYrieall kidding themselves anyway. Underneath •the enthusiasin for winter, they secretly hate it and are only trying to make the best of a bad thing.' Winter just hangs around too long, like a bad smell. It becomes stale, shaliby, old and sullen. Every mile seems like 'two. It's cruel as death' and hungry,asthe grave. If hate it. -• Kipling said it about Kngland. He probably never lived- through a Canadian winter of eight months of winter, three months of bad skiing and one month of summer. He said: Never again, will I spend another winter in this accursed bucket -shop of a refrigerator called (England) Canada. Anybody got a couple of spare tickets to Jamaica? • churches may own Iciri BY JACK RIDDELL, M.P.P • Under a bill introduced by •• the Government, land- owning privileges will be • extended • to all • religious groups. Currently, such • privileges arc only available to Christian and Jewish organizations, who may own property -tVithont having to record a new deed of transfer every time there is a change • in -trustees. The new law •extends the same benefits to any "association of persons •that is charitable. . .or- ganized for the conduct of • religious worship, services or rites. and that is per- ' manently established both as • to the continuity of its •• existence and as to its re- ligious beliefs, rituals and practices." Specifically listed are Buddhist. Christian, Hindu, Islantic. Jewish. Longhouse Indian. - • Sikh, Unitarian and _ Zoroastrian groups. • The Goverament also introduced legislaIbn to • make industry responsible for the clean-up of all spills „involving toxic substances. It includes a provision that if ' industry does not clean up a • spill rapidly enough. the • Enviroment Ministry will move in. d� the job, and bill „ the companies responsible. The described by the Minister' unequalled in 'Canada". is designed "to impose clear responsibility , for clean up and to enable my Ministry to take immediate • control of the'situation if • required." In an interview, • he stated that the Govern- ment had "no clear authority • to go in and clean up a spill, b • Now, we'll be able to go in • and clean it up right away. 2 • That will solve a lot of • problems. " • h Liberal Environment Critic Murray Gaunt called the bill c "a substantial step forward. It's something we've been p • advocating and pressing for G for a long time.- He said the b • Liberals have had "great p difficulty in trying to con- G • wince the Government that x this is the move they should p make."• p • This legislation was pro- d mpted by a number of spills s involving toxic industrial to contaminants in recent years c in which 'immediate cleanup T • procedures were impeded p because of inadequate pro- 0 visions in the Environmental d Pro• tection Act. For example, there was a major spill near Dowling, Iocatcd some 30 miles northwest of Sudbury in November 1973. About 1,000 gallons of tranformer oil containing toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were spilled when a CP rail freight train derailed and split open two electrical transformers. The Environ- inent Ministry was severely criticized for allowing this s to detcrioratc. A tribunal of the Environ- mental Appeal Board' ruled that "it is clear that by delaying initial cleanup in- structions until June 1976, the Ministry had allowed the situation to deteriorate from seriouk to catastrophic.** Accidents reported to the Ministry of the Environ- mental involve a' total of some 1.25 million gallens of petroleum - --products.-- -truti--- petroleum oils. toxic chemicals and other hazardous materials which' require intmediate action._ A further 8 million gallons of non -hazardous liquids are, involved. In April 1976. Ontario bought into the giant)Syn- crude development, through the 'Ontario Energy Corporation. and its invest- ment now is about 5106 -mil- lion. The Government will make. some 535 million in profit when it sells its 5% share in the Alberta oil sands development to • a private company: ,according to the Minister of Energy. Pan Canadian Petroleum Ltd. Canadian -owned company ased in Calgary. has agreed 0 buy Ontario's share by the. 9th December for S160 -mil - ion. The Minster indicated • Canada Ltd.. a major private investor. At that time, total cost estimates had risen to 52 billion from an original 51.2 billion. Last Summer a former Minister of Energy had said, in an interview, that when he felt optimistic he thought the province's investment could be worth up to 5140 million. The last days of the ses- sion were quite hectic. A number of ministerial state - men s were made, and the House passed -Bill 70. providing for comprehensive health and safety coverage of most workers in the Pro- vince. Summing up the bud- get debate for his party, Ian Deans (NDP 'VVentworth) gave his last speech as a member. He plans to resign "e his seat soon, arid will rejoin on February 1st the Hamilton Fire Department, 'where he had worked prior to his first election to the Legislature in' 1967. • The appointment of Mr. Justice Donald Morand of • the Ontario Supreme Court as • Provincial Ombudsman wasendorsed by parties • in the Legislature. The motion making the appoint- ment was introduced by the Attorney -General and seconded by Liberal Leader • swan Smith. passed easily, with little debate'. Dr. Ventliatiori iri Mitchell c was pleased with the profit being made on Syn- • rude. and believed titat the money can be used for other rojects at a time when overnmcnt revenues have cell disappointing. For the ast number of years the overnmev, has been an - bus to be -i& as favouring rivate interests over more ublic involvement in in, ustry. and the sale of its hare of the Syncrude project a priyate'Canadian-owned ompany furthers that policy, he Province bought into thc rojett whin it was in danger f failing due* to the with- rawal of Atlantic Richfield _.• H & N DAIRY SYSTEMS LTD Sales, Service Installation of pipelines & milking parlours BRUSSELS • R.R.4 • WALT01 Ministry of Agriculture and Food Engineers, Norm Bird, Ken Boyd, and Harry Huffman along with Milverton Veterinarian, Dr. Ray Galbraith., will be the resource people at a Ven- tilation Course 'in the Mitchell Town Hall • on Thun'sday. January 4th. 1979. from 10:30 a.m. to 330 p.m, Topics that are to be covered include: Ventilation as It Relates to Swine Health, Ventilation Requirements and the Confit ement - System. Operation and Maintenance, of the . .. r'l' '''h ' -.' 'ci - m news ,F r a THE Ht.9100 EXPOSITOR, JANUARY4, WO =, 111 BY ALM4 SC° AG- REP. to pay riebt, labear and Per year*. wtil produce 420 productiva,by 3;000. powicis and prolitabiliii provide itt. labour and man- more Piga than the man with per cow after Milking Winnrecord is both have an influence on the agement income to theOwner. 40 soil. yid 1$ pigs per sow. changes, returns generated by a farm The interest and labour is Two more pigs pee.sow mean • • business according to Lorne added to net income in order More market pigs on a 40; TeED PlitODUCI1VE Small, Lorne is an 0.M,A.F. to obtain 'an index, which is sow ration. STATISTICS staff member at Guelph appliCable equally to owner/ year A similar : available' for switse. Anothe,t fixin serves the sanie,ypur. pose for those interested in recording hundredweights of beef produced. These ad- ditiorts are not difficult to - keep and they provide in- formation on how, the herd rates - information that ean be compared from one year to the next and with statistic for" groups of farms, in the same business. SEASONS GREETINGS On behalf of the staff at Stratford, I take pleasure- in extending a wish for a 'very • Happy Holiday Season to each and every Perth County resident. We have enjoyed working with County re- sidents and organizations during 1978 and we look forward ,to continued plea- sant associations during L penneiariezeoinr,gdsin analyzing operators with a high equity It is more difficult to eacMhyfarminert is needsismaplysirnthaplet and owners ' with, large 'increase volume in the dairy record so that at the 0year Capital turnover is an amounts of borrowed money business. However, it is end, he can calculate rale - indication of the volume of a • and hired labour. Significant that 31 cows produced per COW, pigs pro- business. Anyone can deter- • ' Producing 16,000 pounds can duced per sow, or hundred mine the capita' turnover in 'Lorne Small feels that a replace 46 cows producing weights of beef produced. years for their business by top manager will have a 11,000 pounds for someone Many dairy herds are on a dividing the dollar value of Pr°iliabilitY index a3540% ; pound dng ;ziutootaf!II Tha e50hOig,Oh0e0r rain* rrepaedoirlydinogbtasiynsfethmis a innd. the gross income into the an average manager will total value of the farm assets. have an index of 2S-30%, on brings ale, formation. 'Other herds A capital yetuarrnsoviserraotef dtwoas ,anc.1 a fair manager will h34e. od cpormPuacntYi ing problems ili., might make use of a simplefayanejadr.rsfouisr considered good, three years is only average Tils means that for the top manager 35 to 40c of every an,index of enlY 15-2°7°. management but adequate • form which enable some to them.-fhere are extra costs in cows•or hand the first day of nutrition can solve most of record the dry and milking dollar is available to pay feeding high -producing cows each month and the paunds Managers can also rate debt labour, and a return to but there is also the savings of milk sold fronlmilk the the owner their 'profitability index by of Perhaps 512,000 ($800 per statement. It is relatively taking the net income of their The multiplier effect of cow) from not having to keep easy to divide, the total business "and adding the these two factors is rather 15 extra cows, MO pro- pounds of milk sold by the dollars paid out for labour dramatic. A farrow to finish duction doesn't near over average number Of cows and and interest. The resulting operator owning 60 sows, night but there is an example obtain the pounds of milk total is the oney available producing 17 pigs per sow. of,,one herd which increased sold net. cow at. the end of the • • •• •• • ''' * ** *Se** ab••••••••••••••••••••0*.asits••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• ;;;•:: -P'..., •• • " • • • • • • to • • • •• • • • • • • • • , A • • '• ' :•: • : • • • 1979. •0 0"•• •• 0,0 . 0•• • ••• •,•••• • 00I'• • • • • • ! 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