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by Ron Jones As a rule a man's a fool When it's hot he wants it cool When it's cool he wants it hot Always wanting what is not. That insight into life was part of the philosophical side of education that students of a Tay township one room school were exposed to when such scholastic institutions were common place a few years ago. While it could have been a prophecy of the trial and error classroom experiments that followed the rural school system it also depicts the lifestyle adjustments people seek, now that owning rural property or "a Farm"' has become the in- thing. When the parents of to-day's primary school children were attending (then) high school, farming was a despised occupation - teachers would ridicule aspirations to agriculture. It was acceptable of course if one was to go on to an agriculture college but at that time a very small percentage of those graduates actually returned to the farm. Generally well meaning teachers felt duty bound to lift the students, par- ticularily the gifted ones, to a more rewarding occupation than farming. How times change! Whether it was the promise of profits from uncontrolled subdivision of rural property or the in- creasing threat of calamitous world colum: _! ------------ Times have changed the status of farmers famine, urban people now seek farms for status symbols, most retaining their urban employment and income of course but a few actually attempt to support them- selves by farming their land. Farmers too are changing their views. Not many years ago at a farm meeting in Simcoe County a question was posed concerning the eligibility of persons to vote on a farm issue. A man in the audience abruptly solved the problem. He shouted "Who in hell would claim to be a farmer if he wasn't?"' Even to-day some older farmers bad mouth their occupation to no-body's credit. Not surprisingly their children can't leave the farm fast enough. Ironically the grandchildren of the disgruntled farmers like those second and third generation urbanites of to-day may also at some time seek out the soil. Notably now there is a large increase in the numbers of university educated young people who actually return to take over the home farm as well as many urban raised youth who would like to begin farming if they could only swing it financially. Just who is a farmer and who is not is a question that has stumped various levels of authority particularly in the last few years as governments have accepted the principle of subsidization of agriculture for the purpose of equalizing income between urban and rural people, rather than allowing farmers to demand fair returns from the market place. Urbanites have found that by main- taining a cow or two on their rural acres or by renting all or part of their holdings they become by law a farmer and eligible for grants and subsidies designed to support and encourage bona-fide agriculture endeavours. Some have even manipulated government assistance for their rural lifestyle with paper cattle - a practice of buying and selling livestock on paper only to show the financial involvement of agriculture required to obtain certain types of assistance. Others of course do actually maintain livestock year round and make a serious and creditable attempt at farming. Farmers view the "city farmers" with mixed feelings. While often considered a curse on agriculture because they tie up farm land that could be used for expansion of existing farm operations their inex- perience in such duties as maintaining line fences, controlling weeds, etc. has meant additional responsibilities for other land owners their existence has brought economic opportunities in other forms. For the retiring farmer a '"'city buyer" generally meant selling for much more than his land was worth. Often the naive intruder also found himself the proud owner of someone else's culled livestock or worn out machinery. Few city transplants who have owned their farm for long are heard to repeat the urban comment that farmers "are poor businessmen"'. The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, two years ago, established a com- mittee to advise the government on how to define a farm. The committee has reported to the minister but no legislation has been presented to date. Farmers have generally resisted licencing or registration fearing bureaucratic control over their activities. Recent disucussions with officials involved in reassessment of Ontario properties (there are Over 30,000 "farms"' in Southern Ontario of 30 acres or less all eligible to benefit from 'farm value assessment") indicates that much of Ontario agriculture assistance ctr otherwise consumer sub- sidies benefit a relatively select group of consumers. It would seem given the provinces in- tention to trim spending and the higher profile that genuine agriculture must assume as consumers turn from the products of a frivolous commercial in- dustrial economy that those men '"'wanting (to be) what is (they are) not' should at least be* required to finance their ad- ventures without the assistance of public money he bockworn Exxoneration Itcouldn't happen...or could it? In the film industry, The Bluenose When the age of sail died, Bluenose II is an exact one of Nova Scotia's nothing succeeds like Most Canadians have She wassold,shornofher copy of the original. prime tourist attractions. disaster. an affection for the masts and sails and used Below decks, she is fitted Bluenose will be read Currently, realistic' Bluenose, perhaps to carry cargoes of out with modern with great delight by novels about political and because she's been bananas and rum bet- navigational aids and anyone with an interest in a icdilemmasseem emblazoned on the ween West Indian ports. sailing luxuries that the sea and _ sailing. can e-big, stars-in-the Canadian" dime. When she foundered 0n would astonish her Adding to the pleasure is b market. Arthur Currently Bluenose II is @ coral reef off the coast original crew. a splendid collection of Hailey is the grand onherwaydowntheSaint Of Haiti in 1946, the Whether the rebuilders Photographs of both master of this sort of drama from everyday headlines. Now Richard Rohmer, by casting his novels ten years into the future, seems assured of similar success. Hamilton born Rohmer is a Toronto lawyer whose first novels (The Green North and The Arctic Imperative) had solid bases in fact. Ultimatum Lawrence heading home after a visit to Toronto. Whether you saw her there or not, you'll get the feel of the racy lady of Lunenburg if you read Brian and Phil Back- man's book Bluenose. The original Bluenose was the _ undisputed champion of the North Atlantic fishing fleet Halifax Herald mourned, "Her passing is a national sorrow; the ignominy of her death, a national shame." In 1963, a replica of Bluenose II was launched and the Backman's book details the years of planning and construction with fascinating ac- curacy. Above water, managed to capture the -- ships, including some by soul of that first W.R. McAskill, a highly magnificent schooner is respected marine questionable. Angus photographer. Walters who skippered Exxoneration by the original Bluenose, Richard Rohmer, McClelland Steweart,213 pp. Bluenose by Brian and took Bluenose II out one and day in 1963. "All in all," he said, with down east economy, "'she'll do Philip Backman, fine." 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The anniversary of the date on which they discovered The Klondike Canada's Yukon Territory has yielded a quarter of a _ million dollars in gold since the gold rush of 1898 gold, August Wf, "Discovery Day" is celebrated as a holiday every year in the Yukon Territory. crossword aa area of took us into the future and Canadians eagerly read the fictional account of their annexation by the United States. After all, it couldn't really happen. Or could it? Exxoneration carries on the Ultimatum story. Still hungry for Canadian oil and natural gas, the United States invades Canada, and is promptly and defiantly repelled. The crew-cut American general looked grim as he said, "'Ah didn't know you Canadians had that much gumption, but Ah sure know it now." And the U.S. President reprimands his Secretary of Defence thus; "Do you realize...we'll be the laughing stock of the world?"' Canada, it develops, has a few more surprises up her sleeve. Gasoline has climbed from 69 / 70¢ a gallon in 1974 to $1.05 in Rohmer's 1981. Accor- dingly, Canada opts to buy control of Exxon Corporation, the biggest oil company in the world. It's a twenty million dollar idea, but financing is secured. The U.S. fights back with attempts at bribery, blackmail and bugging. Ultimately, the denoument demonstrates who really holds the big cards in the international energy game. Exxoneration could serve aS a manual for pretend politicians and warms. There's a map showing defence deployment around the Toronto International Airport and there are diagrams of missiles and aircraft. Exxoneration demands some understanding of corporate financing and international politicking, but it's absorbing reading, and we all know it couldn't really happen. 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