HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-08-24, Page 14PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1988.
Thea and Gerry Rtykhoff of Gerthea Farms, RR 3? Walton, seated
above at far left with children Tristan, Sandy and Dennis, hosted a
group of more than 30 young farmers from north Holland which toured
Huron County last Saturday. The group, the equivalent of Canada’s
Junior Farmers, made several stops throughout southwestern Ontario
and Michigan during their two-week bus tour. Gerthea Farms was
chosen as a model Canadian dairy farm partly because several
members in the group knew Mr. RJjkhoff before he came to Walton
eight years ago.
OCA seminar
at Kirkton
August 29
Plowing info at McGavin's
What is the status of the issues
facing the cattle industry? What
are some of the guidelines or
considerations in starting cattle on
feed? What has come out of the
research being funded through the
Red Meat Program? These are the
three general questions being
addressed by the speakers at the
Annual Beef Information Night in
Kirkton.
Beef producers are invited to
hear Graeme Hedley of the Ontario
Cattlemen’s Association, Dr. Reg
Reed from the Mitchell-Monkton
Vet Services and John Forsyth,
Beef Cattle Specialist with the
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
and Food address the above topics.
The program begins at 5:30 p.m.
with a social hour, with dinner at
6:30 p.m. and the speakers at 7:30
p.m. The program will be at the
Kirkton-Woodham Community
Centre on Monday, August 29.
Besides the speaker program,
producers will have the opportuni
ty to calculate their breakeven
purchase prices at the meeting.
Portable computers will be used to
calculate the information based on
data provided by the farmer.
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Junior Champion Plowman at the
IPM, as well as for the IPM’s
annual two-year scholarship to one
of Ontario’s agricultural colleges.
Several present and former
champion plowmen will demon
strate their skills in competition at
the Huron County match, includ
ing 1986 Canadian Junior Cham
pion Paul Dodds of RR 1, Seaforth;
and Canada’s 1986 IPM Scholar
ship winner, Bill Fotheringham of
RR 2, Seaforth. Last year’s Huron
County Senior Champion, Brian
McGavinofRR4, Walton is also
expected to compete, although his
brother Jeff, Canada’s 1987 Junior
Champion, will be unable to take
part because his competition plow
has already been shipped to
Chilliwack, B.C., where he will
compete for the Canadian National
championship September 12 - 17.
As well, all of the Huron County
4-H Sodbusters Club will compete
at next week’s match, using it as
their Club’s Achievement Day to
complete their projects for 1988.
Paul Dodds and Bill Fotheringham
are both members of the Sodbus
ters, which is led by Mr. Hallahan,
Brian McGavin and Paul Pentland
of RR 6, Goderich, z
Information and brochures for
the 1988 Huron County Plowing
Match, held under the auspices of
the Huron Plowmen’s Association,
are available at McGavin’s Farm
Equipment in Walton, or from any
of the organization’s executive.
Oops!
In last week’s report on the
Conservation Day at Holmesville,
The Citizen inadvertently reported
the event took place at the farm of
Roba Lobb. The story should have
read that the event took place at the
farm of Murray and Roba Lobb.
The Citizen apologizes for the
error.
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