The Huron Expositor, 1979-09-20, Page 15T
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AtD FOR TORNADO VICTIMS --McKillop ,federation of Agriculture
director Francs Hunt' turns over hisdonations for the Woodstock and:
area tornado relief fund to Marie Hickneil,, federation secretary anti
president Bob Robinson. The directors canvassed through the township,
raising over $4,000 to assist victims of the tornado which ripped through
Oxford County in August. (Expositor photo) ,
ONTARIO GOVERNMENT NOTICE
FARM RELATED
TRUCKING REVIEW
XOiICE Of PIIBIIt MEETING
Date: Thursday September 27, 1979
Time • 8:30 p.m.
Location: Stratford Coliseum(downstairs)
. Stratford' Fairgrounds,..
Stratford, Ontario
"Do we need more or fewer controls on
the trucking of farm products and . farm:
supplies or is the; current situation _satin,.
factory? What improvements. can be made?
We want •your advice'':.
•
Farmers,, truckers or any other interested;
persons wishing to discuss this .issue and
any problem they may have related to the
transportation of agricultural produce or
farm supplies are invited to attend.'
Those unable to attend may forward their
concerns or, recommendations to Mr.
Everett Biggs who has been asked to,
conduct the above review.'. Mr. Biggs'
address is: Suite 301, 21 Queen Street East,
Brampton, Ontario L6W 3P1.
Ministry of
Transportation and
Communications
Jottings taxes paid on so many products.
Nobody Is going to believe me but I'm going to say it
anyway: Food is still a bargain in Canada,
Before every homemaker in the .audience luads
shotgun, let me explain,
The Eraser Instittue of Vancouver haspulished a boelp
with enough statistics: to .boggle my un -mathematical
brain, It is an independent economic and socias research,
educational, institution with no special Bx0 to,grind
The book, Tart;' Facts, has the figures to prove that :food}
costs awrp,Ss,, Canada have not increased as much as other
sectgrs of the economy. Which isn't to say that food prices.
have not increased, mind, you. They have, but not as much;
as most people think.
It is in other areas that theta>F-paying public is being.
milked. For instance, the consumer tax index tracks the
tax bili faced by the average Canadian family from 1941 to
1978, The index: includes collections at the federal,.
provincial and municipal level along with all the hidden
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the problems alluded to
several times was .the pres-
sure brought on -the farmers
of Ontario by urbanites who
are now living in the country-
side. it is a rather sad.
commentary to say that
farmers are losing their, right
to farm but that 'is what .is
happening,. It is happening:
because, farmiand.' is being;
viewed as parkland, as a
peaceful, idyllic place 'to°
'escape the probletna of the
city;.
Already farmers: endure
garbage dumps, generating
,plants, hydro corridors,
nuclear waste disposal sites,
hazardous chemical: disposal
wells, highways, airports and
alt :sorts of other intrusions.
These all create some risk to
the safety of the environmen t
' in which farmers prodcue the
foods
Farmers are forced to shut
down harvest operations 'be-
cause of neighbours com-
plaining and they are not
protectedfrom harrassmen t
, from urbanites complaining.
about odours or dust in farm
operations' or the•long hours
that farmers have to work,
giving rise to noise from farm
machinery and equipment
An example given at, the
meeting pertained to a young
farmer in Middlesex County
whowith the unofficial bies-
.sing of the Township in
which he farmed; set up a pig
operation, Because of Pres
ATTENTION FARMERS
This Fall Sow Thompsor's
HYLANDBRAND
Sow earl & Use, Your Drill to encourage,, a well
developed & strong root systemto combat winter kill,
frost upheuvcsl
We have a well stocked; fertilizer, •
plant for custom application for
wheat & plough down programs.:
Bulk delivery : service & 5 ton.
spreaders for rent.
Our seed corn plot says to order your next spring, Hyla
seed corn now. We have some excellent varieties for you
Bring in your sod samples & we 'will have them analysed for
you at W.G. Thampson's&Sons Crop Advisory Service.
10 unloading pits at our, 3
branches., Ready to serve
you..
Fast, efficient and honest
grading for your 1979:
white bean harvest.
ANNiumiumilmir
We are also receivers of
H$NSALL•.
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MITCHELL.
3411.11433
*ANTON
2 54360 .
It includes income tax, property taxa oil and gas tax
'liquor tax, sales tax, motor vehicle tax, amusement tax and
all other taxes. This consumer tax index, then, .increased
.302 per cent between 1961 and 1978,
The cost of shelter increased 2,55 per cent since 1961.
clothing costs. increased 200 per cent.
But food costs increased only 172 per cent,
Why is it that everybody screams so hard and long about
the cost of food when everything else increased by..a
greater percentage? Because food is so visible. We all
have to eat and food shopping is done so regularly that the
increases" are noted weekly.
Income and property taxes, for instance, don't get paid
every' week. Tie "tax bite on income comes only once a
year. The property tax bill comes only three or. four times a
year.- We don't buy clothing every week, either:.
What should be noted, too, by the harassed housewife is;
that what comes out of the supermarket is not all food. The
,,grocery carts are ,filled with other items that . cannot be
included in the foodbill such as cat food, dog food, soft
drinks, toilet paper, facial tissue, hardware glassware,:
cigarettes, soap, detergent, candy and: anything else. ;that.
the modern supermarket entices us to buy.
Supermarkets in Ontario, at least, are in one of the most
competitive situations of any business. The bigchains are
fighting to maintain or increase their share of the 'niarket. .
A wise shopper can save. money by checking the specials
and stocking up on them.
The top men in these chains have been. understandably
reluctant to• reveal too much about their profits at the
provincial .inquiryinto discounts- and allowances: it is a
good guess; though, thatmany chains workon a net profit
of about three` per cent on some items. Which is not a
rtpoff,
Canadians spend less than 20 cents of their disposable
incomedollar on food, a record' second only to that of the
United States. In many:: parts ofthe World 'every moment
and every resource is spent on trying to- fill an empty
stomach.
We are fortunate 'in this country. ,:We worry about;::
getting gasoline for a second care Billions of people, worry
sure from`'a coalition of urban
neighbours, an obscure by-
law: was applied against him.
He was faced with a 51,000
fine perday' , Apparently, the
bylawdid not allow piggeries
or dog kennels within five
hundred feet of a linefence..
Because a house: has been
built on;.:a- severed lot, he
:Contravened this; A house im
an agricultural zone can cast a
shadow of regulation which
is out of proportion to its
value to the coinmuntity:.
What ;is, More important
than, food and what is more
important than a farmer's
right to produce this food'
Farmland is not a park, it is
an industrial zone and the
industry is food production.
The Middlesex Federation`
Federation of ' Agriculture
takes the stand that severan-
res should not be granted too
easily and that urbanites who
chose tor live in rural Ontario
be made aware of the fact
that they: have to live with
what the countryside offers,
the good as well as the not so
good.
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BRUCE SMi
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about filling an;aching gut. They don."t everts have a Brst car
to fill. In fact, they v ottld be happy to live in: riot garages.
Food. thenis stili a bargain.
That consumer tax index is something else; though, ;1
wish.I could convince tnyscif that our tax dollars ark* being
spent wisely and 1+eli. Taxes :have 'increased a 'whopping
302 per cent. Add.to that the deficit lust at the .federal level
and you wonder where this country is. Going. •.
•
tNORANcf AIM IIIIMOAl 1IRYKl%
LIFE • HOME e AUTO • 1 INE
Th neAtdecade
thHmOstChat 00% 0,0
for.Canadian Farmers
at the 1979 International Plowing Match
Spreader 'Truck Travels
Truck •
I (Cott_xng (Sifting
Segre.gatioii) Segregat'ton,1
• 1. Higher yields
Z. More available phosphates
3. Time and labour` savings
4. Reduce soil compaction with flotation applicators
5. No futrient separation as in dry bulk blends.t as illustrated)
L 6. `Uniform distribution of plant nutrients .as illustrated)
Get your seed wheat re ufre eats from the Co-op
Truck Spreading, Trunk Spreading.
(ilall3stExc {Nail; -uniform
Segregation) pattern)
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