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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1973-06-27, Page 11Maple trees and fences amaze IrisF~ visitor in Seaforth DIVE DIVE DIVE DIVE AN AMERICAN F Ik1 1' ANNOUNCES Nls INVOJtibt•I, • it-IEN CLAIM THEY OIGCOVERED IT VP:AZ' Aod, t~IiNILLY, rFIE JAPAt4EE 6,WIN 0 e. • 0 • t. 'esting • ?-year milk herds, ly are at the Aiso. 4.man, eiser, esting 1 1966 • c Sys. milk luding s Dr.. y has. know- now- -Ague, • dairy • .lyzed I lac. ler a :erfat dairy ts or e low Ey or m the arply lance chop pro- from was cattle ierds id the COM.' and lined wiser rs to otein m ilk -not- that olids tter- leral than Year. low dus- 7tain iser aese tein riilk zing by the ken ing was 971, " ;ein 2% ['he vas 72. !ee Leh On Monday , afternoon the Huron Expositor enjoyed a respite from the routine of getting Thursday's paper ready for publication when Bertha Harkness, County Atrim, Nor- thern Ireland, and her young hostesses Joanne, Carolyn and Ann Marie Maloney, # 5, Sea- forth, dropped by for a tour. One of 10 United Kingdom delegates presently visiting Ontario on a young farmers ex- change program, 23 year old Bertha and her companions who hail from England, Wales, Ulster and Scotland arrived at Toronto airport in mid-April. The young farmers have been hosted at Junior Farmers homes across the province. Miss Ha.rkness is visiting this week on the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Maloney; #5, Seaforth. Her hostess is 17 year old Joanne Maloney. Joanne is a Junior Far- mer in the Seaforth Club. Bertha, speaking of her home in Ireland in a lilting Irish brogue made the conntryside vivid to the listener. It seemed as if one was actually there. Her family owns a one hundred acre farm, near the village of Crumlin in County Atrim, about 16 miles from Bel- fast. The average farm in Northern Ireland, she explained, is about 60 acres so theirs is one of the larger units. Land values are high there, farm land selling for about 1000 pounds an acre (about $2500). Farming is more intensive howeVer. The Harkness' house about 100 head of lo6df cattle and she said, "We're building it up all the time". Bertha has two brothers and one sister. Talking about her family she mentioned that her mother bakes her own bread in an outdoor bake oven, "It's delicious, M other bakes all kinds, potato, brown, sweet etc. and combined with fresh country but- ter a loaf is eaten before it's even had time to cool." She also heard in a letter from home that her brother Robert has won the Sheep Shearing Competition in Ireland and will be competing in the Highland. Show in Scotland. An accounting - machine operator, Bertha has been a member of the Crumlin Young Farmers. Club for seven years and is presently the club's public relations officer. She is an expert judge of sheep 'and cattle and her special interests for study while in Canada are Rural Youth Clubs and Wildlife preser- vation. After visiting, in the counties of Brant, Glengarry, Lennox, Ad- dington and Halton, she came to Huron. Her impressions of Canada as a farming nation have been varied. In Brant she visited a horse radish farm. "Imagine 80 acres of horse radish; I couldn't, until I saw them". In Glengarry Bertha stayed at a horse farm which speCialized in the production of urine for use in the manufacture of The Pill, and fertility drugs. The group had an enjoyable break at the end of 2 cups strawberries, sliced 1/2 cup sugar 1/4 cup water 4 tbsp. shortening 6 tbsp. sugar 1 egg, .beaten 1/2 tsp, lemon extract 1 1/2 cups flour 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/3 tsp. salt 1/2 cup milk whipped cream 1. M18 water and sugar together. May when all 10 delegates from' Britain spent a relaxing weekend in. Algonquin Park. In honour of the Irish girl's visit to Seaforth, the Seaforth Junior Farmers held a ba.rbeque at Jim ,Nixon's farm on Friday night. She says her part of Ireland is similar in appear- ance to Huron County except for the maple trees and hedges. "In Ireland there are no maple trees and no fences, just hedges" adding, ""you can imagine what a job it is to keep _the hedges Put a layer of berries and sugar- water mixture in a buttered ba- % king dish. 2. Blend shortening, sugar, egg, and flavoring until fluffy. 3. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Add to dry mix- ture alternately with milk. 4. Spoon batter over berries. Spread evenly. 5. Bake at 375 deg. about 30 minutes. Serve warm with swee- tened whipped cream. Serves 4to 6. cut when you have 100 acres comprised of .3 acre fields." Another difference which cen- tinues to amaze Miss Harkness is the vastness of our country. "At home we take the boat to Scotland to a dance for an even- ing", she says. In her country she noted that few people would think of driv- ing 50 miles, but in Canada people drive that distance to shop or go to a show. "we don't have drive-ins in Ireland either, here you seem to have drive-ins for everything". Other customs' that differ between countries are meals and casual expressions. ‘,An Irish salad is considered a meal, In Canada a salad is just an appetizer", says Bertha, "we have break- fast, dinner and tea, rather than breakfast, lunch and dinner as you do. Tea in the evening may be beans and toast and is some- times followed later on by supper, which ..is a cup of tea or a light snack." The violence in Belfast has curtailed some of the social life in her part of the country, Miss Harkness says. It used to be that people would go into Belfast for a sho\V but not any more. Yet there is no trouble in the country where the Young Farmers ( a combination of our 4-H clubs and Junior Farmers) has both Catholic and Protestant members and works well. The problem dividing the Irish people is more because of Com- munist and Arab Countries._ The religious argument was only an excuse to fight, she says. She regrets that the violence will mean that no Canadians will be going to Northern Ireland in the exchange this year. The Young Farmers are doing so much to help the young people ir. Ireland she wishes she could show off the many beautiful farms to -Canadians, which would make it a true exchange. From Huron, Bertha will go on to Kent County to end up the four month tour. Then the dele- gates will head west to the Cal- gary Stampede and on to Van- couver. They hope to drive back through the United States.Bertha pointed out that it is almost as far to the West Coast from Toronto as Ireland is to Toronto and it took seven hours to fly to Toronto. Impressed with the beauty of Canada and the warmth and hospitality of the people she hal met, she feels she will have lois 'to tell the folks back home. One thing the young Irish people should enjoy hearing is that The Bells, Gordon Lightfoot, Light- house, The Band and Crowbar are not American rock bands and performers as they are led to believe, but Canadian. Church guild has meeting Melville Church Guild met in the church parlour when the children of the church presented a programme on India. Julie Kerney gave the topic on Abigail a woman from the Bible and Joan Exel led in' prayer. Rose Marie Bishop presided for business. Lunch was served by Joan and Julie TuRN. ONS it I INTO .A Guaranteed „Investment Certificates Available at DONALD M. LAURIE INSURANCE OFFICE Paying 8 3 4 Phone 88743221 Write Box 129, Brussels .them 106,.1 supplies acce s sories *Lawn furniture *Poo 1. chemicals *Pool toys *Above-ground poo Is *In-ground poo Is • Bertha Harkness (centre) County Antrim, N. Ireland, visiting Canada on A Young Faimers exchange program watches Tom Haley print postcards on a press at the Huron Expositor. Also watching the operation• are her hostesses Carol and Anne Marie Maloney, 5, and Joanne Maloney 17 (hidden) all of #5, Seaforth. Strawberry cobbler Display °Pen all this weekend -Open everyday and evenings too. A/1 i+A1111111- • 'vv m .RINTOUL'S 'LUXURY PRODUCTS. • 96 PatrickWinghonii Phono..•357. • SwTrn Aid "arm bands" now in stock. MODULAR CONSTRUCTION. cAitg, './e/woiziOn, *Selected eastern 6artaLign. cedar. • Irtelr4vt e glue • dried_ los crafesry....i. • s}aiKless nails, screws £, spirciAL ok.4.side se,§le.r. • i'nsie:le care-cult / -rtv1 /4.Aedt 124 A41401, • 43ack assem114— easy a cle4K tairetatin, • made Cy.. cav,adai THE BRUSSELS .01Otti JUNE lt,t0t,41.