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shsze ifcjiemvjfe m g4 the acton free press wednesday march 8 1967 mkktor asks mmk pnwrt kmi exphdatkm farmers face problem of farm management the minister of municipal affairs has called on rural municipalities for cooperation in planning to prevent exploita tion by private developers the hon j w spooner made the remark during an ad dress to an ontario federation of agriculture conference on assessment taxation and land use departing from his prepared text he said his job is to pre vent this kind of thing happen ing but i vill be depending on the rural municipalities for cooperation in his speech mr spooner said the question is not whe ther to have more urban devel opment but rather what kind of urban development i where and under what con ditions he said he favors changing the assessment period from one vear to the life of the mun icipal council in the cases where this has been increased to two or three years referring to the guidelines set down by the planning board the minister said the government does not demand inflexible adherence he said if a community produces a reasonable scheme for up ban development not provided for in the general policy i will give the proposal sympa thetic consideration more than 140 people took part in the conference held in the canadians motor hotel in toronto they represented ag ricultural producers from the length and breadth of the pro vince in his kevnote address roy coulter second vicepresident of the federation said the pur pose of the conference was o identify problems in assess ment taxation and land use study solutions to them and suggest programs and policies this is not a policymaking meeting he told the delega tion but an attempt to solve problems we are facing he pointed out that it was 1951 when the federation first formed a rural assessment committee to push for fairer assessment and taxation summing up at the end of the onedav conference jack ferguson saw a pronounced change in attitudes and topics of discussion from earlier meetings on assessment mr fcrguaohlmjg a former president or the federation and a former chairrnah of the a sessmont committee among the themes he noted in the meeting were ajicapital gains lax should bo considered planning should be on a province wide bjsis some compensation is re quired so that those who sta in agriculture are not second cljss citizens more emphasis is needed in planning on the individuals ideas and less on professional ism freezing the value of ex propriated land until payment is unjust a person forced to forego his way of life and move to an other area must not be made to suffer the present tax system does not distribute the burden of taxation equitably the gains the ofa has made have been obscured by increasing problems mr ferguson said the recur rent therne of a capital gains tax is the most striking change n the thinking of farm people he said it would have been in conceivable at a similar meet ing only a few years ago by henry j stanley close to 100 farm people from halton and the surround ing area attended a farm man agement meeting at ligny school on march 1 each year meetings on farm management topics are cosponsored by the halton federation of agricul ture and the ontario depart ment of agriculture and food income tax and canada pen sion plan were discussed in the morning by gord walker and dave mcfarlane of the department of national re venue hamilton jt was stated that basic herds may still be established for farmers with dairy beef or swine herds however since farmers receive their ba sic herd on the number of livestock on hand on january 1 1947 it is important that the fanner can provide suit able records for that date the longer he waits to have his basic herd established the more difficult it is to deter mine lunch was served by the scotch block womens insti tute frank furlong and walter blackman of the workmens compensation board toronto discussed the accident rate among farmers for the past year they suggested the pos sibility of an increase in rates for workmens compensation due to the high accident rate among farmers how safe are you how safe are you actually no one knows but you nobody r can look into your head to see what you are thinking about or what vou are going to do and how you are going to do it it is seldom that anyone else can prevent an accident that results from your care lessness or inattention so vour safety and mavbe mine is up to vou jim pearce manager of the unemployment insurance commission in oakville dis cussed the rules and regula tions of unemployment insur ance harm labor comes under this insurance as ol april 1 u miss e hartwell manager ol the canada manpower cen tre in oakville stated that wage to arm labor must be competitive with all other in dustries she mated that the cunaaa manpower centre helps to place students and labor on tarms along with i arm labor from other parts ol this coun- trv and from jamaica last year 148 jamaicans were brought to ontario to assist with the harvest miss hartwell stressed that familv labor makes up onlv 21 per cent of the total labor force- now in this province on this wednesday march 8 the final farm management meeting will be held on mar keting at the lignv school from 10 30 a m to 3 30 p m junior farmers prepare plays for annual drama festival timehouse visits retirement in news of district congratulations to mr and mrs john favro on the arrival of a little daughter nancy a couple of weeks ago mr and mrs gifford of newcastle nb have been with mrs gordon thompson and daughters for a couple of weeks mr and mrs a hachey spent the weekend at ganan- oque mrs fitzgerald and child ren of guelph and miss mar garet imcquellan rn of stratford were recent visitors with mrs glendon scott mr ronald moore flew to kenora last week to attend the retirement party for his hither from the pulp and pap er mill there by geoff taylor each of three local junior farmer clubs in halton coun ty will be presentipg a oneact play at their annual drama festival to beheld at st pauls united church milton on sat urday march ii at 800 pm norval junior farmers are scheduled to present their play fust entitledrthe bathroom door bv gertrude jennings berry club by rick brown the first regular meeting ol the halton countv 4h straw- berr club was held on wed nesday february 22 in the ag ricultural orfice milton at the meeting the club officers were elected as follows presi derlt doug stokes vice presi dent donald mcclure sccre tarv- treasurer verna thomp son press reporter rick brown new 4h members were giv en a brief outline of the pro cedure that the club will fol low this year they were told by club leaders bill wilson and chuck warner that each first vear member would be requir ed to grow 200 strawberry plants second year members were given a choice otoptions they could plant an additional 200 plants or just continue to cultivate their original 200 plants followed by the palermo jun ior farmers in the patch work quilt by rachael field final presentation will be the acton junior farmers play if men played cards as wo men do tlie adjudicator tor the event will be vcrn shaw director of the guelph little theatre each year three trophies arc presented for achievements during the festival the w i dick trophy is presented for the best play the margaret alice elliott trophy for the lincoln debaters winners at boyne by geoff taylor the semifinal debate be luecn ontario and lincoln countv junior farmers was held at boyne community centre on fridav february 24 the topic for the debate was resolved that a majority government is more efficient and advantageous for canada judges for the evening were mrs anne dustan milton ed segsworth burlington and bill robinson milton high school lincoln countv was declar ed the winner and will pro- cwd to the final debate against elgin county at the provincial junior farmer conference guelph on fridav march 17 best actress and the j e whilelock trophy for the best actor the halton junior farmers extend a cordial welcome to anv of those interested to at tend on march 11 school addition ups permit total building permits totalling 277600 dollars were issued in the township of nassagaweya during february township clerk cal maclntyre reports the large figure is due in part to the 265000 addition to brookvillc public school oth er structures permitted include a si 000 workshop a small 600 barn and a residence val ued a si 1000 expo package tours with accommodation transportation to from montreal to and from expo and all passports sunline tours transportation 772251 m announcing acton driving school is now open for driving training courses licensed instructor dual controls car fully insured for information or appointment phone 8530459 after 4 pm thi msmr executive of halton junior farm ers chosen recently at the annual meeting in clude president ruth mason front and in the rear brian bessey press reporter lois hunter secretary ernie alexander treasurer joy hay- ward provincial director and don swackham- mill there if you thought pontiac was coming out with just another sports car you dont know pontiac er vicepresident past president is harold thompson with wilma mason as joint institute convener mr thompson was chosen to attend the eastern ontario and quebec bus tour this year staff photo turkey remarking that canadian ate at least 10 pounds ol turkex meal each in 1966 almost twice as much as ten veais ago and a world lecord men in s mitchell told turkev produc ois rocontlv thev still must sluclv the conmimei s needs to keep up this late of consump- l i tlie cruel ol lua- produc tion section poultrv division said the lighter weight turkev is apparently vvidelv accepted in ontario and quebec and the public seems to like its size approximately 812 lbs 1 convenience and price but greater care must be taken with processing and packaging generally if the bird is to re main a favonte dish for in stance the housevvile doesnt like to find tec in the frozen carcass the heevler lurk y s 20 pounds and more which are preferred bv institutions res taurants etc should be as juicv and platable as the smal ler hen the problem is to give the fast earlv growth with ade quate fat and fleshing without letting them get ovcrlv flabby and fat in the crop area at front which is waste said mr mitchell the reduction in quality and in the amount of lleshing cosi some producers a de crease in the number of a grad- mgs and an increase in b gradr mgs last vear the need is for continued care in approved stock for hatchers supply flocks and better management bv growers up until recently said mr mitchell the peicentage of heavy turkev hatchings eggs that produced poults was 57 per cent onlv one per cent bet- lei than 20 years ago includ inj breakages prior to setting this would mean that even to- dav pfactrc half o all e produced tail to hatch for one reason or another many other improvements had been made in the turkev industry but pradicvllv nothing had 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