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nmmmmmmmmmmwtmmmmmmtfmimmmmwmwmmwtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm special report from paris farmers strike works silent battle is won journallit tudus smada of chicago formerly a redden of the ullton area submits another report cm the farming picture in france where he 1 continuing hta studies this week he reports on the success on the french farmers apparent ictory la their nonvtalent strike far bet- ter living candlrfdns french farmer vtotory r v while students and unions shook the country in protests and marches the french farmers won a silent battle their estate political strategy succeeded where years of waiting and patient demands tailed in their oneday general professional strike may 24 they demonstratedfarmer power in restraint very few caaee of violence were reported tint ftenchfarmers turned out en masse blocking raffle with tractors they distributed leaflets contain log their complaints pa proposed reforms they did not continue into chaos as the rest of france however thus easing de gaulles headache uay 29 an agricultural summit of the european common market was held at brussels the original objective was to lower milk produce prices however more than 8000 dairy farmers from the six counties marched around the city and en circled the conference to show their dis approval and their force a favorable ac cord was hastily signed butter priceswere increased june 5 to ib fruit and legume producers manifested their discontent they dumped potatoes artichokes and lettuce they stopped trucks and trains coming from ln and north africa to confiscate their cargo this was the extreme of violence in the meantime a definite eight point program of demands was presented to the government on june 7 it asked for better living conditions for all farmers the reply came june 19 in a press conference of mr pornpldon the prime minister smaller families are assured of a mini mum income new credits 2200000 to he toanad at lower rales wh be facili tated fruit and vegetable prices wfltbe special report from france supported taxes on farmincome will be lower farmers will pay 85 per cent less than other frenchmen for health and ac cident insurance retirement benefits will be increased 14 million for 1989 the mainstay of french farmers seem content with the proposed measures as the spokesmen of two of their largest organisations fnsea and cnja said june 22 this responds to our demands the farmers remain wary nevertheless in waiting or concrete action the a free prats wednesday july 10 1968 fj7 rural learning association plans leadership training the traditional picture of farmers building a load of hay on a wagon drawn by norsos has been replaced in this area by bales of hay being loaded with modern farm equipment griss this year is thick due in pari to the heavy rains staff pholo surveyors will come calling at 352 ontario farm homes ravftg j j farm page this summer county homo economists will visit 352 homes to ask questions on family at titudes toward social oconomtc and land use changes in the rural community hopefully the homo- makers interviewed will be the same ones visited in a similar survey conducted in 1959 the longitudinal study of ont ario farm families announced this week by the homo economics branch of the ontario department of agriculture and food will bo a coope rati vo one other participants are the special committee on farm in- corne of the ontario department of agriculture and food and the department of geography and planning of the university of waterloo this years study is a follow- up of the 1959 special study of ontario farm homes and homo- makers when the home econom ists interviewed 352 farm home- halton makes good showing ontario hydro ups rates in dhias 1967 program to rural customers here by h j stanley agricultural representative during 1967 a total of 37921 eows in 1242 herds in ontario were enrolled under the super vised dairy herd improvement association milk testing pro gram these herds belonged to 76 different associations with a supervisor la charge of each three of these associations are tn halton county halloa centre dhla under the supervision of howard king placed fifth in ontario with the 413 cows averaging 11676 lbs of milk 455 lbs of tat for a breed class average of 110 and 115 in sixth place was the halton west association of gor don llccormack with 468 cows producing 11761 milk 466 fat or acjls of 111 and 113 the halton east association of frank chlaholm was 32nd with 432 cows giving 10663 milk 412 fat with bcas of 103 and 106 in the individual herd section stan waters of rr 2 george- berry tub sees machine by stuart nurse the numbers and leaders of the halloa 4h strawberry club attended he annual strawberry night at vlneland on june 27 history was in the making as an experimental strawberry picking machine was demonstrated compressed air was used to raise the berries while rows of metal fingers picked them though only in the pioneer stages it la a very interesting develop ment a machine that carried pickers was also demonstrated solid bed planting herbicides insecticides and the problems of grading were also discussed especially interesting to the members were the sample boxes of various strawberry varieties town placed third out of 1200 holsteln herds with an average production from his 20 cows of 14644 milk 565 fat for an average bca of 141 gal- bralth brothers of rr 1 bur lington the top scoring holsteln herd in 1966 placed eighth with their 25 eows averaging 13534 milk 566 fat for an average bca of 1365 in 13th place was denxll lawrence of rr 1 ullton wlth average bca ot 135 c a uay and son rr 2 hornby was in 17th place with a bca of 134 c barth rr 1 glen williams was 24th with a bca of 131 and waller egger rr 6 ull ton was 27th with a bca of 1305 for the guernsey breed hal ton gunby of rr 1 burlington was fourth with a bca of 1195 dhla provides the farmer not only with the milk and butter fat production of each cow in his nerd but also provides him with the cost of production on his farm thus he can pick out his weaknesses in comparison to others and attempt to im prove them the following year anyone interested in joining dhla should contact one of the supervisors or the agri cultural office onlsrlo hydro has announced an increase in rates to its 500- 000 rural customers the first general increase tnl5yearsthe new rates will be reflected in bills mailed on and after oct 1 1968 the increase will vary from customer to customer according to classification and the amount of energy used the average wtu be 912 percent a detailed explanation of the changes is being mailed to all rural customers from time to time during the 15year period since 1953 rel atively minor rate adjustments have beon made to meet changing conditions on the system the last one was in 1966 when 173- 000 customors recelvod de creases and 165000 small in creases chairman george gathorcole said the increases reflect the inflationary pressuresof higher costs on the commission for equipment supplies property salaries wages and borrowing ur gathercolo said that a variety of costsaving proced ures including automated tech niques consolidation of work areas and promotional load build ing adopted by the commission had enabled hydro to hold the line on rates howevor ha said our rural system operated at a def icit last year and an upward ad justment of ratos is now es sential he estimated the increases would barely meet rising costs but should carry us through the next two years without further adjustment earlier this year ontario hy dro increased its rates to muni cipal electrical utilities across the province for power supplied urban dwellers receive power from the electrlcalutlutylnthelr community while rural custom ors are served directly by ont ario hydro pollock and campbell 1 mini it mil i ill high grade memorials memorial ent ravinc 63 water sl north gait ti k ilmih dji 7jm gtm w now hat school is out there is an additional hasard op our roads children uaybe not on he alderoad by your arm but whan you go to town hay are est la till ores sines they do not have the wide open spaces your children have o play in bay are apt to get out on the road or dash oat from behind a parked ear so gin these city kid a brake wont you canadian citizenship applications applications for canadian citizenship will be accepted every wednesday and friday from 930 am to 4 pm at queen square building 24 queen street east brampton ontario application also accepted monday through friday from 830 am to 430 pm at the court of canadian citizenship iso main street west hamilton ontario for information regarding documents required fees etc phone brampton 4511240 extension 12 any wednesday or friday makers in their own homes half of those farm womon wore womens institute members hslf wero tholr nearest non- womens institute neighbors the farm homos wore situatodlnoach and every county and district of the province home economists mis year will visit the same 352 farms if a new family occuplos the farm tho new homomakorwlllbointor- vlowod howover ovory offort will be made to got in touch with tho former homomakor as well tho findings of tho 1950 study woro used to update programs to moot the nei ds and interests of homomakors of tho 19c0s find ings were used so successfully that womons institute member ship has increased despite declining farm popu lation membership of ontarios 1373 womons institutes in 1968 totals 32597 an increase of 637 ovor 1907 tho educational pro gram of tho homo economics branch roachod more than 50000 rural women and girls in 1907 an increase of 20 percent over tho provlous yoar peter hannam rr 2guelph was reelected president of the rural learning association at the first meeting of the new board in toronto mrs freda kamstra south clules was el ected vicepresident and brian ellsworth kh 1 ridge way ex ecutive member other members of the board are mrs jane coulson barrio roy coulter campbellvliu lire dorothy houston earlton mrsj beatrice uecue keswick ron ald slade kincardine and mac young thatmrsford w rla has initiated and assist ed with 26 programs during the 196168 yer these prpgrams have included provincial mr- lting conference residential course on organisation and community development leader ship forums folk schools and discussion groups on leadership skills and interpersonal and intergroup relationships as well as an lntor provincial youth travel and exchange including farm visits and leadership sem inars future plans to date include a provincial leadership training course for tho week of february 9 15 1969 at geneva park theme of this course will be communications and commun ity development tho rural learning associa tion became incorporated in july 1966 it is an actalt education organisation in ontario whose obectlve is to serve in the most effective way the adult education needs of rural people the office is located at 30 bloor street west toronto 5 ftm safety serious problem a farm safety survey 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