The Rural Voice, 1979-06, Page 12These Bruce County kids
are already active on the farm
that all boys seem to share, with
machinery. As yet, his jaunts on equip-
ment are closely supervised and limited to
his age and ability but he has 100 horse
power expectations.
expresses deep satisfaction in working
along with her parents and brothers.
Left, Murray Pennington 10; Middle
Kendra 7; Right Elaine 9.
This businesslike trio are the children of
Ray and Donna Pennington of R.R. #2
Teeswater. You can tell by looking at the
Pennington children that they are very
familiar with what goes on around the
farm.
The three are helping their parents to
run a relatively new enterprise for
them...pigs. At present they have a 70 sow
farrow to finish operation. The girls are
especially interested in the care of the little
piglets plus general chores around the barn
while Murray has the age old fascination
kancy Lorenz, 15,
This charming young lady is Nancy
Lorenz. She is the daughter of Mel and
Lillian Lorenz of R.R. #2 Teeswater.
Nancy does a considerable amount of
chores in their dairy barn with real
dedication. She gets up at 6:00 a.m. and
takes care of the calves which are quite a
few in a 62 cow dairy herd.
She shows genuine interest and enthus-
iasm in their Holstein dairy herd and
From top left, Tabitha 9; Troy 5; Renae 8;
Darcy 7; Bottom Heidi 3.
This charming group shows family
farming at its finest. They are the children
of Raymond and Judy Fischer of R.R. #2
Teeswater.
Their farm enterprise is mixed with 16
milking cows, a few pigs and calves.
Raymond works full time for the Teeswater
Co-operative and appreciates the help Judy
and the children give in the farming
department. They are all great outdoor
enthusiasts which is obvious by the healthy
sparkle this group displays.
Perth farm children safety conscious
To get a view of what children's thoughts
were on farming in Perth County, Rural
Voice went to Mornington Central School
at R.R. 1, Newton where we talked to the
Grade 6 pupils of Mrs. June Westman.
John Morey lives on a pig farm where he
says he helps out by feeding the pigs, or if
one is farrowing and his dad has to go to a
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meeting he has to stay with it. He also
helps out by bringing down the hay.
Although he never gets teased himself
about living on a farm he said that when his
father goes to teach at Elmira and his older
sister goes with him because she's in high
school there, she gets teased about being
with "the old farmer."
John has been warned about safety
around the farm on such things as playing
in the hay loft where he could fall out and
he has been warned to be careful when
going around the roads with his bike.
His parents have also warned John not to
go into the boar pen because John says
their boar is three or four feet high from