Page 12 Wednesday, Janviary 26,1967" 1967: : Farm Forum men to make such land produce] of farm production for the . Contributed by: _ D. HAVARD, District Agriculturist, B.C. Dept of Agriculture Smithers, B.C. Where is agriculture headed in Central and Northern B.C.? On January 5 and 6, farmers and ranchers, businessmen, econom- ists, agriculturists, researchers and in fact, just about anybody having the slightest connection with agriculture, conferred to present papers and pass opin- ions on this question. The ac- casion was the 1987 Agricultur- al Qutlook Conference for the area, It is not easy to predict the long term supply and demand picture for farm products and some papers given reflected this difficulty. Admittedly too, some of the presentations lack- ed inspiration and some papers could just as well have been read at home. Let’s face it, people with a special kind of knowledge don't always have the ability or knack of getting it across to those who don't have this knowledge. Neverthe- less these was plenty of food for thought provided during those days. For my money the most in- teresting part of the conference came during the panels on beef and dairy production. Per- haps this was because these Panels included farmers and ranchers who undoubtedly in- Stilled an element of reality into discussions. Jimmy David- son, well known dairyman from the Bulkley Valley, did an out- Standing job of representing dairy praducers. He stressed the need to keep our most pro- ductive land for dairy produc- tion and warned against the loss of such land to industry and subdivisions. The future of our dairy industry, he = said, depends on the ability of dairy- Maximum amounts of quality|¢ feed economically, thus minim- equivalent to the expected izing need for outside pur-| value of two weeks’ production chases, He pointed to the importance of having animals which could use such feed to advantage under top manage- ment and cited R.0.P. testing as a means towards this end. Houston Dunaway, a raficher| of agricultural land we do have from Soda Creek in the Wil- liams Lake area, ably repre- sented beefmen. He has been finishing animals for the Van- couver market, using Peace River grain. He is satisfied with results and sees a future for this kind of operation for others. It warrants investigation at any rate, even if it does in- volve a greater cost for this area due to switching costs for changing from PGE to CNR. Once again the possibilily of a packing howe at Prince George reared its attractive head, with one of the promoters stating that the proposal is again in the planning stage. Certainly this could be good news for beef and dairymen but there is no point in getting exctied about it until such a plant is in operation. A greater representation of farmers and rancher at the meeting would have struck a better balance. Their absence should not have been surpris- ing however, in view of the distances to be travelled, the time away from home and the subsequent cost of the trip. This situation is difficult to overcome, due to the sparce- hess of farm land in this province, which does, afterall, have a predominately forest economy. Mr. Williston placed agriculture in its true perspect- ive when he dropped into the meeting brieily. The minister of lands, trees and water noted that total annual dollar value A_CENTENNIAL FEATURE Our Founders . Central Interior was roughly from all the pulp mills that will operate in the Prince George area. Let’s hope the other significance of this fact is recognized —- the fact that it is vital that the small portion is not lost to industry and urban sprawl for a lack of land use planning. But that is another subject in itself. Who said that Mackenzie King was dead? He is alive, but in a different body, King developed . the “teenique of halancing. _ posing forces so delicately that each thought that they were the favoured sons. He was able to, leave everyone with the im- pression that he was on their side, But, let’s move from Mac- kenzie King to Walter Gordon Mr. Gordon resigned from the J-| Cabinet because of what he claimed wag the giving of bad advice to the Prime Minister about the 198§ general election, As soon as he left the Cab linet, government pblicy took: a sharp right turn and headed in the direction of greater and greater U.S. domination of Can-. adian industry. The pro-foreign investment boys like Mitchell Sharp and Robert Winters mov-; ed {nto focus-and pushed us] Gérdon came back into the Dab- fow to cope with die itbaation. situation, further Into the hands of U.S/inet as a Minister without]' In any evetrt,: thig and other foreign Investors. -|Portfollo. In other words ke haa|Way for the ‘Prime “Minister Walter Gordon, long an sd-|no responsibilities, doesn’t have | please everyone, To the “pro. vocata of Canadian sconomic|¢o: answer to Parliament, and|Canadians he can say that Mr. autonomy, was very unhappy|has no authority 4o deal with|Gordon { studying dhe matter. 8 ‘ about this, He saw his cherish-|anything except that which thel|To those who -would sell ‘even. Fi ed goal and ‘objective being|Prime Minister determines, . treated with disdain. He was Newspapers, ones friendly to | so unhappy fiat rumour had/|the Lb-ials that Is, spread tho | ‘it that he was going to resign|thought that Mr. Gordon would |: ‘his seat in Parliament. —~—([be given special dotiés ee “This would be disastrous said| ould undertake’a study of the certain: Liberals because the sogiee ed mhich Agee cng A i New Demecrats would probably . Gordon -but belng sold, at- win th seat and this the Liber-|Cande. I thought that Mr. Gor ithe samg time, by “Mer Aer . 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