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quality," he added.
To wax 400 bushels an hour takes
a pile of heat because the roots are
200 degrees cooler than the wax is.
At the present time the wax cost is
30 cents for a bushel."
When asked about the plant's
safety record, George replies that
it has been free of serious
accidents. One accident, though,
he can't forget because it was so
messy. A truck with a load of 600
bushels of rutabagas turned over
on a side road. Fortunately, the
driver was not injured nor the truck
damaged. George recalls, "What a
job we had, with the help of a
tractor and bucket, to scoop up
from road and ditches, what looked
like millions of rutabagas! Then,
followed the culling process at the
plant."
The most cruel word to the ears
of the owner is the use of the word
turnip when one means rutabaga.
There is a vast difference between
a turnip which is snow white and
rutabaga that has cream-coloured
flesh and a denser texture. It is
steadily gaining in popularity as a
vegetable, for it is low in calories
and high in nutrition, containing
more calcium, potassium, Vitamin
A and C than many vegetables.
Microwave cooking time is increas-
ing the Rutabaga's use.
Thanks to George Hubbard,
North Huron has one Rutabaga
Plant, and Blyth claims it. Here
lives an entrepeneur who is a firm
believer in private enterprise. He
took a risk in 1963 and it has paid off
to the extent that he can tell you
that over the years his small
business has been good to him.
The permanent staff at Hub -
bard's Rutabaga plant are: Roy
Young, whohas been with Hub -
bard's for 21 years; Bob Bromley,
Allan Siertsema and George Hub -
bard's son, Jim.
Additional workers are required
for 10 months of the year to process
the crop on 250 acres. These
include George and Marion Hub -
bard's two daughters, Cathy and
Susan. Marion assists with the
office work. Transport drivers are:
Jim Hubbard, Jim Hunt and Randy
Campbell.
Belgrave 4-H club helps
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BY KATE PROCTOR
On April 10, 1986 the organiza-
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Success" 4-H club was held at the
home of Bonnie and Keith John-
ston. There were seven members
present.
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Since he took over the Blyth operation from Russell Dougherty in 1963, George Hubbard has turned his
rutabaga firm into a company that employs several full and part-time people growing and processing the
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