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government provided buildings
for the site are prefabricated in
Ireland) have fueled skepticism
among local observers.

A site was recently cleared on
property east of West Saanich
Road, just south of Wain Road:
The land was purcHased: from
George Aylard, who is develop-
ing a ‘75 townhouse project
nearby.

The Farm Technology Centre
was scheduled for completion in
October, but at press time there
was no evidence of construction
or any activity at the site, which
has been logged and flattened.

Why is the Farm Technology
Centre located here?

The objective is to prove such
a dairy farm can work in a
‘*hostile environment,’’ Shaw
has - said. ““We decided to
build’ here _ because of. the
temperate, northern Mediterra-
nean climate. This is an ideal
climate where we are not in
danger of losing the herd and
we don’t have to buy large
amounts of energy
heating.’’

Centre plans feature the only
large animal surgical unit south
of Duncan, performance and
stress tests on race horses.in co-
operation with the Irish Equine
Research Centre, and manure
from the project. converted to
methane gas to power. turbine
engines:

A new test area connected
with the centre recently began
operations on Canora Road just
east of Victoria International
Airport. Looking: through win-
dows of .old, overgrown

greenhouses,..passersby can see

several. rooms full of a variety

-of equipment. On the. locked —

‘door of the greenhouse a sign
reads: “Farm Technology, Cen-
tre — . Warning: Horticultural

. -Test-Area.”’
».. The secondary site is the only.

visible evidence of the centre on
the Peninsula so far, and it is
unclear. where it: fits into Mer-

“cury Oil Tools’ plans.

. Shaw gave a ‘‘smooth presen-
tation’’... about. the” ‘Farm

“Technology Centre to. North
». Saanich council ‘several. weeks
“ago, said Ald. Eugene Bailin,.
adding that this. was apparently.
«done: as:a’ courtesy, : as the. land 7
‘does not require re-zoning.: Pe
“Private! research’ companies -
‘scrutiny.
2 ‘recently with: the federal govern-
na. “into. the =
-abuse. of. Scientific: Research
Tax. Credits, but apparently. no°
» government money is going into

-come™: under.

ment’s: investigation.’

the local project.

‘Approximately $4 million of

the $16 million initial cost was

‘raised from. private. investors,

Shaw has said, with the remain-
ing $12-million a loan from.an

. Irish bank... _
The Irish export credit branch

has reportedly guaranteed © the

-loans on. the understanding that
buildings for the site would be...
fabricated: in Ireland. Calgary
Herald farm’ columnist:

Schmidt notes: the ‘‘en-
- persuasion’' ©: it
must have taken to convince the
B.C. government .. to allow

buildings . fabricated elsewhere

to be imported to one of the-
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inthe world,

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' Initial reports that the centre
would be jointly. operated by
UBC’s faculty of: agricultural

sciences and © Saskatchewan’s
Western .College of Veterinary

Medicine ‘‘lend a false slant,’’
a UBC faculty ‘of

spokesman -last
month. -He said two faculty

members were. currently involv-

ed with the centre on a limited.
contracting basis. :

Jack Manns of the Saskat-
chewan’ college had a. similar
response, saying: the university
‘would be involved only through
research contracts.

Edmonton agrologist

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: for the cattle would be: grown.
oS aeroponically on. conveyor belts >:

“computer. * “temperature”.

‘fegulated : ‘chambers. cand: fed”,

mixture of: ‘micro-nutrients

celerated rate of growth. :

. We can’t. explain’ hee

_ systems in great detail because

we have patents pending.’’
“The Calgary Herald colum-

nist wrote that. Hamula,.‘‘has.
been in-and-out: of ‘the. Alberta

Department. of Agriculture as

an agrologist and ‘farm writer, 2

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several agri-business
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He is one of those self-starters
who never waste time
speculating: on that which is
known for certain.”’

Shaw. has. said he hopes to
create dairy farm technology
that can be exported anywhere
from a sub-Arctic ice floe.to an
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Shaw has also. said the Farm
Technology Centre will stable
50 performance horses. Centre
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horses navigating. a course

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