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AB THE BRUSSELS POST, JULY 1 1 190
Monitoring your operation not
operation is far from, Pod-
Farm management topics He has a liquidity problem.
Bankers,like to WO 2 current
assets to 1 current liability.
This farm has 1 current asset
to 2 current liabilities. Bank-
ers like to see at least a 25%
equity, ire. S1 of fartner's
money for each $3 of the
bank's money. In this case
the farmer has $1 invested
for each $7 of bank invest-
ment. 'last year 37% of the
value , of farm production
health of , his ,1 887-6063
I) JACK aittGALIRTY
Area Costritantor and Farm
Illimesensest *MOO
Keeping a finger on the
pulse of your farm business
is no easy task. Hard facts
are needed indications of
just how ,well you are using
your resources to generate
Profits, ,
The , word "monitor"
means to check, or adjust the
quality Of; to watch or
observe for a , special pur-
pose. The process seems
Earlier this month, several
enthusiastic young urbanites
with a keen interest in agri-
culture applied to participate
in the 1981 Junior Agricul-
turalist Program. They will
soon be in our rural commun-
ity doing things that they
never though they would
have an opportunity to do -
haying, milking, driving
tractor, picking stones - all
the things that are part of a
..iay's work on a farm.
The Junior Aggies are out
on the farms to learn about
producive agriculture and
rural farm life. By the end of
the summer each participant
quite natural for a doctor to
use in analysing the state of
health, of the human body.
The doctor knows that cer-
tain body functions and
mnditions tryst persist for
the body to operate in a
normal manner. He estab-
lishes a group of meaningful
criteria (temperature, blood
pressure, etc.) and deter-
mines what's normal. He
then decides what deviation
is a.ccep,table within the
confines of good health, and
should have a better appre-
ciation of this business of
farming. Farmers as well as
students harvest benefits
from the program. It provid-
es help for the host farmer
during the busy summer
months and gives them a
chance to work with young
enthusiastic people.
So look around I If you see
a new face in the community,
.it just might be a Junior
Agriculturalist. Invite them
out to your next 4-H, Junior
Farmer or other community
events so that they can go
with a well-rounded taste of
rural life and a warm feeling
for country people.
Attend
Federation
About 200 presidents and
executive members of, the
Women Teachers' Associa-
tions that make up the 30,000
member Federation of
Women Teachers' Assoca-
ions of Ontario met at the
Airport Holiday Inn- Toronto
June 5 and 6, 1981. The
theme of the conference was
"Prepare for Action."
Topics discussed included
Political Action, Public Rela-
tions, and Collective Bar-
gaining.
Attending from this county
were: Jean Turner and Grace
Brine of Exeter Public
School; , Nancy , Pepper „of
Robertson Memorial School;
Marlene Thornton of Steph-
en. Central School.
simply monitors the body on
Periodic visits to check for
deviations.
Richard, Smelski, Swine
Specialist for this area, and I
have worked closely with a
fanner since 1978. This
fanner, who is in the swine
farrow-finish business, said
at that time "I'm hroke".
We have monitored his
progress for three years.
Since that time he has
doubled the number of sows
from 60 to 120, He markets
more weaner pigs and, fewer
market hogs. He has borrow-
ed more long term money.
And he has renovated facil-
ities and, implemented a
number of management
practices, e.g. ear notching,
feed analysis, herd health
Plan, PriKlaCti6 records
system.
He has identified five
major factors that retarded
his farm operation: crop fail-
ure in 1979; pig disease that
killed 200 pigs in 1979; an
extra $12,000 of unat4ieipat-
e0 expense for renovation
not covered by an increased
F.C.C. loan; record high
interest rates; very low pork
prices.
That's the bad news. The
goodo news is that he is still
farming. He is still optimist-
k. His banker has , been
understanding. His product-
ion of pigs per sow per year
is now 16 (it was 12). And the
price, of pigs has recently
improved.
But, the
easy
went to pay interest. Yet, he
Maintained his own, , Re
came close to paying income
tai. His equity improved
slightly.
W He suys :s like ,swim-
ming in the ocean, gyou can
keep your head, above water
and not panic, you just might
float long enough to hit the
next wave.", Hopefully, that
next wave of higher prices
will improve the health of
this farm business.
That new face may be a
junior agriculturalist
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