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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1980-10-01, Page 16poi ow BERG HYDRO MANURE PUMP •Vores manure away from the, barn W Pumps liquids, solids and bedding. • Reduces odor and fly problems • Retains nitrogen and potassium.. • Easy to install---easy to operate • Fits any barn cleaning operation • Ample manure storage at low cost Manure is ready when you want it 3 Mail the coupon: for full details. WILL iMAKE YOUR MANURE. -,14ANDLING. MUCH EASIER For more information contact: KEITH SIEMON FARM SYSTEMS R.R. 4, WALTON 345-2734 INN HYDRO - MAN MANUA'S PUMP F.E. MADILL SECONDARY SCHOOL WINGHAM PHONE 357-1800 EVENING CLASSES STARTING "ATE FOR MONDAY EVENING CLASSES WILL BE MON., OCT 6, 1980 REGISTRATION INFORMATION 1. AU classes will begin during the week of October 6, 1980. 2. Advance registration is required and may be made by phoning or visiting the school [Phone 357-1800] 3. Late registration will be accepted on opening night if class is not already filled. 4. Classes will be held weekly, generally from 8-10 p.m. FEES 20 Session Course $25.00 10 Session Course $15.00 Less than 10 Sessions $10.00 "SOME COURSES MAY HAVE TO BE CANCELLED IF INSUFFICIENT INTEREST IS INDICATED BY ENROLMENT. IF THERE IS SUFFICIENT DEMAND, OTHER COURSES MAY BE ARRANGED." Ceramics [10 weeks] Flower Arranging [10 Weeks] Intermediate Sewing [20 weeks] Introductory Genealogy: Tracing Your Ancestors [10 weeks] Ladies Auto Mechanics [10 weeks] Oil Painting - Beginners [20 weeks] Pilot Ground School [20 weeks] Standard First Aid [8 weeks] Typing [20 weeks] Upholstery - Beginners [20 weeks] Woodworking [20 weeks] WEDNESDAY NIGHT Computers - Basic [20 weeks] Hair Styling [10 weeks] Ladies Physical Fitness [10 weeks] Practical Anto Mechanics [20 weeks] Upholstery - Advanced [20 weeks] Sewing for Beginners [10 weeks] AT BRUSSELS PUBLIC SCHOOL MONDAY NIGHT Oil Painting - General [20 weeks] TO START IN JANUARY 1981 Decorative Tube Painting [At Brussels Pfiblie School [10 weeks] Bask Welding [At F.E. Madill Secondary School] [10 weeks] FloWer Arranging [10 *reeks] Home Landscaping [10 weeks] Sewing for Beginners [10 Weeks] TO START IN APRIL 1931 Advanced Knits [10 weeks] Basic Kirks [10 'weeks] GOff for Beginners [8 weeks] AT F.E. MADILL SECONDARY SCHOOL, WINGHAM TUESDAY NIGHT - THE BRUBBEls. POST OCTOBER 1,1980, Marti f. r. a successful forrIlet BY BARBARA ALVES, ASSQCIATE. AGRICULTURE REPRESEI4TATM WATERLOO "Go. West, Young Man!" This is some advice from days gone by given to the young man who was ambitious and 'Wanted to be a "success" in life. For the young man who wants to be a successful, farmer in the 1980's, a good piece, of advice might be "Get married, young man." This, came from a speaker at the Pork Congress this year. He listed marriage as one fo the most important prerequisites for a successful farm. But it's not very hard to figure that out. Look around you. How many farms can you count where the farmer has remained single? No,t very many. And those you can count are probably not very good farmers. There are some very good reasons for this. The most important is that a family provides an incentive to farm well. The better a farmer does his job the better his family can live. They also provide a future. Every farmer hopes that his ch Idren will one.day take over his farm. A family provides a very• accessible source of dependable and cheap labour. Accessible because they are there when you need them. Dependable because they have a stake in the success of the farm tot). And cheap? Yes, wives and children are usually underpaid compared to what hired labour is paid. One farmer who was tired of hearing urban consumers complain' of farm subsidies said, "My kids work hard around the farm for low pay. They are subsidizing the cost of food that city kids eat." The farm wife is an important person. She runs the household-- a job io itself. S he may work off the farm to provide Money for the family to live on or for luxuries or capital for the farm itseff. Many a farm has survived tough times this way. Wives do a lot of work around the farm with regular chores and filling in when things are busy. They work especially hard, in the early years when children are too young to work. ' Many wives do the bookkeeping for the farm and this is an increasing trend. Doing the books can mean anything from keeping the bills organized right up to keeping detailed accounts and being able to pull out financial data to help in making manage- ment decisions. Studies have shown that whether the farm wife does the books or not she is almost always consulted, when a major financial decision has to be made. And she should be. It's her future at stake too. Each week the Western Ontario Farmer , has an article about a farm wife. There is an endless parade of amazing women across that page. Each one could probably write a book about the things she has accomplished in life: It makes you realize what a contribution the wife makes not only to 'her own farm but to her community. The success of the farm is dependent on the family. And the fathily farm is the backbone of the rural community. "Get married, young man", is good advice.