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re vm 1 ivwlnesdayjuly 13 1983 sa3 v these three mexican workers are part of the off shoreprogram on ted barrys farm in stouffville fnftn leflto right cirilo cortes 59 satunino ber- y imported labor under fire inudez 48and juvencio cruz 22 are working on the cabbage and cauliflower farm transplanting seedlings raises by lynn kelly stouffville with canadian unemployment at a posjvarhigh its little wonder that tedjbarry draws criticism for em ploying mexican laborers on his 75- acre bethesda sideroad cabbage andjcauliflower farm but mr barry has always had a canadian first hiring policy he has four canadian students as well as three mexican adult workers helping himthis year he defends his 10- year participation in the federal gov ernments offshore labpr program which he says is misunderstood by many of his critics whcfclaim heisde i can only hire has spent the last people for six three of his eight months and i need work terms in cana- adult workers when the barry students are at farm he shares a school said mr barry a supplier for a p food stores canadians dont want to apply for seasonal stoop labor jobs because they are too physi cally demanding according to mr barry whose em ployees work a 54- hour sixday week fullyequipped trail er on the property- with satunino ber- mudez 48 and juvencio cruz 22 and although they speak virtually no english mr barry claims there is no communication problem in fact his pro duction has more than doubled since and mexico en sures there is no liability to the cana dian taxpayer offshore employees are hired under con tract which can range in duration from six weeks to eight months a prospective cana dian employer must satisfy the govern ment that there are no available qual ified canadians to i dont blamei he began employing fill the vacant posi tion before his ap plication can be the best form of approved by first foreign aid avail- as well the em ployer must prepay his employees roundtrip non refundable airfare while the employee is responsible for hospitalization in surance premiums asignificantbe- nefit of the program is that workers learn sophisticated canadian farming methods- know ledge they later take home with them says barry its rs kng cgnadians the rain them for not want ing to said mr barry its back- breaking work and it has to be done re- gardless of the weather his son david 23 who cash- crops 70 acres had one canadian work er walk off the job- after only 20 mi nutes of working in mexican laborers they are hard working and de pendable and they never complain says mr barry if- youre good to them theyre good to you the federal prog- ram which encom- registering with his local canada em- ployment centre potential laborers must pass a medical examination and all terms and condi tions of the labor contract- including wage rates to be paid by the em ployer and length of passes jamaica r the contractarede barbadosvtriniterminedbythe dad tobagothe qanadian govern eastern caribbean ment able henry neufeld of employment and immigration cana da agrees noting that 537 mexicans worked in canada as offshore agri cultural laborers last year they earn money here spend money here and take the rest hometosiend it there saidmr neufeld by mark cullen asa nurseryman i gef asked a lot of quesjtibns pertain ing to fruit tree pro duction and prob lems it would be impossible in one article to go into all the various diseases and insect problems of fruittrees so let blossoming you should have started spraying every two weeks with wilsons fruit tree spray to combat insects and diseases if youve missed these first- important sprayings it is time to play catchup especially if youve fertilizing spikes into the ground around the trees in early spring these spikes will then feed the tree for the en- cherries are the ex ception and dont usually require thin- ning on apple trees each spur may produce a clus- tire season if you ter of fruit and since didnt get a chance a single apple is less me just give you a noticed any prob- fewitipson how to lems setting in wil- keep your crop as trouble free as possible inhome orchard ing as with all other aspects of garden ing preventive maintenance is the prinjary key to good sons fruit tree spray can be ap plied right up until a few weeks before harvest according to package instruc tions fruit trees should generally be wa- health and healthy tered no more often plants are far more than every seven to resistant to insects ten days when you anddiseases than do water you sickly plants a should soak the good preventive ground throughly s maintenance prog- so that the water rarrfme for fruity penetrates down to trees include a regu- 1 the roots light sur- lar spraying prog- face waterings en ramme proper watering and ferti lizing as well as thinning and prun ing at the proper timejof year early in- the spring before the leaf buds show any green you should have applied a dor mant oillime sul- courage feeder roots to develop too close to the surface of the soil then when the ground dries out so do the feeder roots caus ing damage to your trees- one of the best methods of feeding mature fruit trees is tofertilize your trees in this man- ner then you should start fertilizing them now with the methods usually re served for younger trees and trans plants use the wa tersoluble fertiliz ers such as rx15 or granular 61212 dug in around the soil at the base of the trees follow pack age instructions and continue to fertilize up until mid- august for the most abundant and the healthiest harvest on fruit trees its best to thin out some of the fruit when it is young and small likely to become dis eased you should thin the young fruit out leaving only the largest apple on each spur this re quires some caution not to damage the spurs when thin tween fruit on late- bearing trees four to five inches thin ning is a good means of cultivating lar ger healthier fruit and prevents bran ches from snapping under a heavy load any major prun ing on fruit trees should be reserved for late fall and ear ly winter and con sists mainly of directing the growth ofbranches out- nmg as each spur ward from the cen- will produce fruit tre of the tree for for ten years or more ideally there should be one apple ever six inches along the branches pears dont require much thinning but if an extra heavy crop maximun sun expo sure to all parts of the tree for now spraying feeding and water ing are your most important tasks heres wishing you sets in you might- an abundant har- want to remove any vest undersized or dam aged fruit on carly- bearing peach trees leave six to eight inches be- now listen for mark cullen gar den talk on 590 ckey saturdays 9- am to 10 am phur combination to hammer ross or sprqy then after jobes fruit tree board j approval stouffville town planning board hasgiven approval to two applications for zoning amendments but rejected a third for a proposed commercial development approved without discussion was an ap- plication from mj vannostrand rr 1 gormley to have part of the adjoining lot- of his mothers farm land rczoned to in dusfrial extractive to allow expansion ofi his xisting gravel pitm v s i board chairman jim sanders made the r motion to support mayoreidred king said- he rould vbeprepared to support the necessary changes to allow rcmovalof aggregate j- u y- i n6t so fortunate was the patel commer- cialjdevelopment application lot 20 con 7 ballantrae it- despite a preliminary report from robert lehman planning consultants i ltdfi saying that the plan for asingle storey 7- building on aurora sideroad west of high- i wayj 48 which would have three to four uses including a takeout restaurant j would be in conformity with thetowns off i- v cialplannoaction other than receiving it wastaken oh the application- v v j economist suntribune we deliver watch for these sale circulars delivered to your dbbrby this areas finest carrier team last monday to all homes in markham unionville mr gro ufa last monday to all 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