Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 3, 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba 2 Winnipeg free october 1980 Wabowden Farmers aim for self sufficiency by Bob Lowry Winnipeg free press Wabowden Market gardening and cattle operations Are flourishing in this Bayline Community about 100 Kilometres South of Thomp Peter clerk of the town of 763 people employed mainly in log Ging and the said Root crops such As turnips and beets grow in the Northern climate with no problems at he said cucumbers and other More delicate varieties thrive in plastic covered Tunnel Braun graduated in agriculture from the University of Manitoba and came Here in 1957 to run a satellite farming operation connected with the Brandon experimental the substation was to explore the growing potential of the Wabowden Clay it began operation in but closed 10 years but i guess the idea of feeding ourselves As far As it is physically and economically possible never left Braun association formed three years the Wabowden farming association was All members Are working on projects aimed at increasing this Braun raised a Large crop of carrots and other Root he also experimented with a 10acre plot of registered Bird foot a legume forage crop with a High protein association president Rudy Becker is experimenting with Chicken product Ion and Carl who operates the Community water delivery service and a cartage is developing a Hereford beef cattle his Herd consists of a six Brood cows and eight younger he has another 10 head wintering in win Fortney plans to increase the Herd to 25 Brood Fortney said he had bad Luck this year because five of his six calves turned out to be bulls which want what we had in he Hopes to sell his Stock directly to local in sure there Are enough people around Wabowden who would like to buy one of our animals and Butcher it for their own we feel theres a big need in the North and people should have a Chance of getting some cheaper this Fortney harvested about 25 tons of Hay from his own 50acre plot and another 50 acres leased from the this is about half of what he needs to maintain his current Wabowden Farmers say their biggest Murray free press Wabowden former Carl expand his cattle but says he hit a Snag when five of his calves this year turned out to be problem is getting More land from the this Braun received a permit to use 150 acres of Crown land about 30 Kilometres South of he was hoping to get a Section of land which he thought would be a More viable Fortney also received a permit to use 200 acres in the same area after two years of in each the Farmers they were battling it out with Fortney claimed it was Only the intervention of labor minister Ken Mac master which won him his land use i had been fighting for two years and getting All kinds of oppose but when Macmaster got into the i had my permit in a Braun said specialists from govern ment departments told me i have the permit because they didst think i could make a go of my he objected because he said he was not asking for any financial help and was risking his own it seems so strange that Cabinet ministers before elections Tell us that Crown land should be leased and even but the civil servants always seem to come up with a different Fortney it seems to us that members of the renewable resources Branch would find it easier to drink Poison than give outa land use per both Braun and Fortney said the concept of the North feeding the North is but it will have to be done step by step As land is made theres All kinds of possibilities for individual families and Braun one thing we need is research that will show us the Best crops and fertilizers to use in our at the moment All the re South search has been done in the and it Doest apply to he proposed a regional North feeding the North workshop be held in this area during the Winter to help Farmers prepare for the this idea of self sufficiency will keep growing in the North and every where higher and higher food prices will drive people to when times get really Tough the Only answer is to grow your own Hospital talks begin in flin flon x i flin flon negotiations began yesterday in the eight Eskold dispute Between flin flon general Hospital and bar gainers for 110 striking members of the Manitoba food and commercial the two sides met with provincial conciliator Maurice Eyolfson for the first time since maintenance and cleaning clerical workers and technicians went on strike weather Hospital executive director Denny Beaudin set the tone for negotiations by saying the recent settlement Between Thompson general Hospital and its nonmedical work Force will have no bearing in the flin flon there Are a number of issues in the dispute Here which did not arise in Beaudin Bernard president of Manitoba food and commercial local said last the first Day was heavy he added the issues resolved in the Thompson settlement were still outstanding in flin Christophe said there Are several issues unique to flin including the maintenance of a Union shop provi which he said the Hospital wanted to change to voluntary Union negotiations were to continue win Tario nine winning numbers were chosen last night in the win Tario the winning ticket number is four numbers Worth were chosen 470255 and other winning ticket numbers 50931 5406 no payments no interest till 981 a sup scope our mistake showers Winnipeg area forecast sunny periods developing toward mainly Cloudy with showers in the late evening and sunny tomorrow becoming Cloudy with showers in the afternoon and brisk southerly High near 15 Low near High tomorrow near extended weather Outlook Southern Manitoba mainly sunny occasional Cloudy periods monday and sunny again tempera Tures above Normal highs Normal lows Northern Manitoba mainly sunny temperatures near increasing cloudiness monday and Cloudy temperatures above Northwestern Ontario occasional Cloudy periods sunny monday and temperatures above temperatures Canada and world a Story 30 said wrongly that Abc a chemical 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