HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-08-03, Page 14PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1988.
4-H exchange trips bring new experiences, friends
Ten Huron County 4-H Club
members have a new understand
ing of their country and a lot of new
friends as the result of 4-H
Exchange trips which took place in
July, while their counterparts in
southwestern Saskatchewan can
say the same.
The4-H'ers, fromall parts of
Huron County, flew from Toronto
to Regina on July 4 where they
were met by their “partners” for a
tour of the city before going on to
their hosts'individual homes in
Farm
Gerald Knight of RR 3, Brussels, a member of the Huron County 4-H
Poultry Club, had a chance to explain the merits and demerits of
home-grown eggs to his 4-H Exchange guest, Carmen Legault of Vai
Marie, Saskatchewan when 10 Saskatchewan Club members visited
Huron County, July 19-27. Earlier, the Huron County 4-Hers had
visited Saskatchewan.
Brussels Stockyards
Friday market active
The market at Brussels Stock-
yards traded actively on Friday in
all classes of slaughter cattle, with
slaughter steers and heifers selling
$2 to $3 higher. Cows traded steady
and pigs sold under pressure.
There were 335 cattle and 621 pigs
on offer.
Choice steers sold for $82 to $86
with sales to $91.50; good steers
brought $79 to $82.
A roan steer consigned by Maple
Emblem Farms of RR 1, Dungann
on, weighing 1050 lbs., sold for
$91.50, with their total offering of
43 steers, averaging 1201 lbs.,
selling for an overall price of
$84.05.
A steer consigned by Lome
Eadie of RR 1, Holyrood, weighing
1270 lbs., sold for $89.50 with his
total lot of 15 steers, averaging
14461bs., sellingfor an average
price of $82.22.
Fourteen steers consigned by
Howard Martin of RR 3, Brussels,
averaging 1215 lbs., sold for an
overall price of $83.53, with sales to
$84.75. A spotted steer consigned
by Jim Milliner of RR 1, Dundalk,
weighing 1270 lbs., sold for $83.
Sixteen steers consigned by
John Bowman of RR 5, Brussels,
averaging 1129 lbs., soldfor an
average price of $82.05, with sales
to $82.75. A grey steer consigned
by Elliott Hackwell of RR 1,
Walton, weighing 1120 lbs., sold
for $83.
Saskatchewan’s “Golden Tri
angle” district for the next week,
before returning home on July 12.
In return, the local young people
hosted their Saskatchewan hosts at
their Huron County homes July 19
to 27, with all those involved
agreeing that the experience had
beenlotsoffun, and mostagreeing
that they would keep in touch with
their “partners" from another
province in the years to come.
Gerald Knight, 17, of RR 3,
Brussels was one of the local
Choice exotic heifers brought
$80 to $83 with sales to $84.75;
good heifers went for $76 to $79.
A white heifer consigned by
Lome Hackett of RR 3, Lucknow,
weighing 1030 lbs., soldfor $84.75,
with his total offering of 24 heifers,
averaging 1010 lbs., selling for an
overallpriceof$81.18. A heifer
consigned by Bob Hulley of RR 1,
Blyth, weighing 1090 lbs., sold for
$84.50 with his total lot of six
heifers, averaging 1100 lbs., sell
ing for an average price of $82.07.
Four red white-faced heifers
consigned by Clarence McCut
cheon of RR 4, Brussels, averaging
1015 lbs., sold for an overall price
of $83.24 with sales to $83.75.
Thirteen heifers consigned by
Gary McNichol of RR4, Walton,
averaging 1082 lbs., sold for an
average price of $81.53, with sales
to $84.
A gold heifer consigned by
Dwayne Dickert of RR 2, Ay ton,
weighing 990 lbs., sold for $84.25,
with his total lot of four heifers
averaging 1055 lbs., selling for an
overall price of $81.17. Fourteen
mixed heifers consigned by Keith
McLean of RR 3, Brussels, averag
ing 1036lbs., sold for an overall
price of $80.04 with sales to $83.25.
Choice cows sold at $57 to $61;
good cows brought $53 to $56; and
canners and cutters fetched $49 to
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members involved in the ex
change, first visiting his “part
ner,” Carmen Legault, 16, at her
family’s 8,000-acre beef ranch on
the Frenchman River near Vai
Marie, Saskatchewan, and later
hosting Carmen’s visit at his
family’s cash crop farm in Grey
Township.
Gerald was intrigued by south
western Saskatchewan, but he
wouldn’t want to live there: ”1 was
surprised at how many hills there
were, but there are no trees, and it
is so terribly dry,” he said.
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dubbed the “Golden Triangle’’
because it has traditionally yielded
the highest percentage of Saskat
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also been one of the regions
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