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editors mail wednesday october 12 1983 sa19 farmland the following is a copy of a letter re ceived recently by whitchurchstonflville council from da vid lee jenkins of 51 finch avenue east pickering it deals with the preservation of agricultural land and the shortage of food that will result if steps in this direction are not taken the letter fol lows dear council in the course of the past decade i have been living and working in the area of farms that were purchased by the provin cial and federal governments with the in tent of building an airport and surrounding commercial and residential uses i have also taken various courses at york uni versity including reasoning economics and political geography as a result of this experience i have phi losophically taken affront to individuals like prime minister trudeau who called farmers chronic complainers and marx who described the idiocy of rural life most farmers despite 60 plus hour work weeks and less than eight per cent return oh investment lead good family lives and enjoy it of most importance i have come to be lieve in the rightness of groups like people or planes the ontario federation of agri culture the preserve agricultural land society christian farmers and the ontar io foodland coalition their aims are the conservation and the- development of farms and agricultural industry like food processing packing and canning to realize the importance of defending foodland try solving the following mathe matical test take the total acreage of dry land on the face of the earth 57469928 square miles multiplied by 640 acres per square mile from this result subtract that acreage of land occupied by desert arctic tundra mountain regions cities suburbs parks highways roads parking lots airports military and public open- face mines gravel pits and garbage dumps proceed with this answer which gives you the remaining good bad and average agricultural land on the face of the earth divide it by the total number of men women and children alive today 45 bil- lion and the answer gives you the number of acres of farm land in the world per capita unless planning and preservation in- creases in the next few years the future of a still growing world is going to be econo mically and physically cruel to tens of mil lions of people including poor canadians sincerely david lee jenkins 51 finch avenue east pickering ont ftetr l wason realtor r open house sat oct 15 13 pm 147 briarwood road carlton village pkwy fantastic reduction wyclrffe 3100 sq ft two storey asking 189750 in lovely neigh bourhood in unionville 4 bdrms plus main floor library dont miss this excellent opportunity call dorothy mason 4741710 8875381 looking for a lampshade l ik jl i liuu the shade centre markvu1e showing centre 4776137 lighting unumiteb classifieds for fast results 2942200 tvini- 6402100 jn the market tor a mortgage if youre thinking of purchasing a new home or renewing your present mortgage come talk to us at the bank of nova scotia 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