_ district;

Among the first visitors at the 1980
and Mathew Pepper of Powell
exchanging, views : “with two ‘Angora goats. The

PNE a run

Exhibition started Saturday

‘and will conte: util Sept.

Le ;
British: Columbi s. eh.
-¢lubs have finished the first .
part of their Competition ‘in
which: over. 1,000” ‘members “
representing over 200 active

“pubs. are participating. .

Early judging resulta for. the

_ -eraits section of the 4-H H show
“are pomplete.

award was-Wwon: by. F ene |
Poor, . 13, | of |. ‘Grindrod,”
competing for the: Vernon .
and. Karin. Pod-
schadly, 19, of Pitt Meadows
won the senior: clothing.
championship. ve

The beef : cattle, ‘have
arrived. - Over 400 head, '
representing 6 ‘breeds, will
be competing between Aug.
) to 3. in’ aE different

“Aberdesn Angus, is ‘this
year’s, featured beef breed: in
the show. The British
Columbia Aberdeen Angus
Association is celebrating
thelr 25th anniversary this |
year and it is only. fitting.
they are the feature breed.
The association was formed
_with 16 hreeders in 1955.and
has grown. to over 200:
‘members today... no.

The beef show gets ' un
* derway’ with the open steer
‘show = this Thursday.” :
{Charolais and Shorthorn i are.

ed on Sunday at 2 p.m.,,
owed by the Herefords on
Sunday evening. Rounding
out the judging ore. the
Malne Anjou and Simmental
breeds.

During beef week: 350 +H
members will . participate,
with a highlight of the show
belng the sale of the 4-H
steers that will take ‘place ©
‘Aug, 28,

Over 200 sheep, including -
the world famous Dorsets,
Suffolks, Hampshires. ard
Border Cheviots, will start

“(the ° Pacific: 28

Avguit 21 1028, Entries have ;
‘been: received: from the

" Northwestern United’ ‘States, , .

-Alberta' and. Saskatchewan, '
and will compete in over 50;
events, ..:

- The | “purebred: “Sheep-
‘brecders Association of

"British Columbia, in con~

junction with. the - Pacific’.
National Exhibition, . will

; raented ‘The open market :

- ainbs, 4-H “market ° lambs.
will be held Aug. 26.at 10 a.m.
‘and will continue shroughout
the day. >. - .

“The: PNE | “is a weday.
‘agriculture fair, the largest -
such show in’ Westerir
Canada, To -highlight ‘the

’ eontribution ; of agriculture, .
been

this Friday ‘has
declared Agriculture Day.”

‘Over the course of the day, « .
there are events inthe 4-H.

-program, sheep: show.’ with

the finals’ of : the seolebrity, My

‘dairy milking: and a:
hearted. lock. at: “agriculture -

taking place in the “Feature |.
scheduled ‘starting a
time is. 4 pm
‘The Pacific’ National
‘horseshow, |.
always 6 ‘Dig ‘favorite, . will”
haye ‘over 800° competing; -

Bowl’, 3

Exhibition

with “the ‘grand ‘prix open
jumping the top: event.

_ “Another first has been added ”

‘his year -aé the fair, the.
gmateur-owrier | rider class..
. Foryears, owners have their -

animals in competition oS

‘against those handled by

" professionals : In the show -

ring. This year the amateur

owners must ride or show |

thelr’ ‘animal in the show.
» ‘The horse. show will have

the: largest entry in the

history of the fair.. ‘Included

in the large entry list, .

‘members of Canada’s “non-

competitive olympic team, |”

‘and members of, Canada's.
National Weatern Canadian;
and provinelal junior, _in-

termediate and: senior. . ;

equestrian teams. _

a

ee

aes _ a

"Fitness i isa national issue.
_ Wecall it Body Politi —

portion of. the fair)

- pagmebatnan .

The Canadian movement for personal fitnesn. |

PNE, Amanda goats are. part: of the Livestock Display, on view
River are seen for the full 7 days of the PNE, rendiig Sept.)

‘reached
‘proportions inthe Peace

t

“The Herald, Tuesday: August 19, 1900, Page.7.

DAWSON CREEK, B.C.
(CP) — Foreign ownership
of agricultural land has
nearcrisis

River block. of” British
Columbia.

where fully one-quarter. ot

the farm land is in the hands:
‘of people living outside of

Canada.
“Tt has been happening for

‘about five years but ‘it hasn't’

been until the Laat two years
that we have been picking up

jon it and learning. to. pay

attention. to, the: problem,"
seid Brian Harper, district
agriculturist ‘for ‘the. B.C.

that, as of Dec. ai, 1979,

-about 250,000 acres of farm .:

land were ownee by persons

A loge variety of style, colours and sizes.

Crisis would be the only :
; way 4o describe a situation

department of ‘agriculture. -
.Harper said he anda group -
of concerned residents went. .
through’ tax rolls and found

oreign buyers

‘whose billing addresses were
in foreign countries.

_. “And that’s about 25 per
cent of the total land. base

‘ here,” noted’ Harper, ‘who
says he still gets many office -
foreigners -

inquiries fro I
interested in buying land.
-“[ have asked why they

. want to buy in B.C. They say

they can buy as much as-they

want, There’s no govern- ©
ment legislation at all to stop.
. foreign ownership.”

-BIC., unlike “the. Prairie
provinces, has no legislation

“to ‘limit foreign buying of

agricultural land and Sig
Peterson, the province's

deputy agriculture minister,
~ Says none is planned at the
Moment,

“Forelgn ownership is a

growing concern in B.C, but
“we're. not entertaining.
: thoughts of legislation at this .

point, " Peterson said.
“But we are monitoring

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we a

‘Located in the

Ay

‘and transactions, we must

be masters of our own land in .

the end and we must fot
allow - our
community
tenan

The. situation 4s

exasperating people like’

Harper who were born and
raised. in the area. ‘They
worry about, the, effect on
Jand prices a3 well as on the
community, ..

“A year ago, for example,
you could pick up a quarter-

section of class” 2 land for
$60,000 or $70, 000,” said -

‘Harper, who ‘also farms in
the Peace.

“Right | now: “that: same
quarter | is ‘selling’ ‘for $80,000

“Tes “aisturbing 9 ‘the.

- people because you‘lose the

community structure and -

the family | farm units. "
‘Harper said money ‘is no

" object to the buyers;-most of ot

agricultural |
to. ‘become’

"Gila shopbir Centre

"(old Don's Men's s Wear building)

| “whom come from Germany,
‘the United. States, France
" and England. - %,

“They're looking for 3,000-

_ and 4,000-acre blocks of land

and they're willing to pay. a

-yery high price for it.’

Peterson sald foreign own-
ershipi is nothing new in B.C.,
but had previously been con-

’ fined mostly to Americans In

the ranching industry and

they had usually taken up
“full -time residency on’ the:
~Jand. r

Foreign interest is
growing, he said, because
Canadian and American
dollars are badly inflated.

compared. with other cur: |

rencies,

“A ‘University of Chicago

study recently showed in a

32-year period, land was by

far the best investment. The

annual compounded rate of
return was about 11.4 per

cent