The Rural Voice, 1979-11, Page 3This month
Special features
Machinery Issue
New or Used' P. 5
Used Equipment Business P 6
Leasing Equipment P 8
Bruce Dealers P. 8
Machinery Complaints P. 9
What to do if your Barn Burns P. 11
Hydroponics P. 28
Regular features
Letter to the Editor P 2
Opinionated P. 10
Farming in the Past P. 13
Guest Column - Lorne Henderson P. 14
Keith Roulston P. 15
Voice of a Farmer P 16
A Matter of Principle P. 17
The directors say P. 18
Up and Coming P 19
Rural News in Brief P. 21
Advice on Farming P. 30
Mailbox of the Month P. 34
The Rural Family P. 36
The Young Farmer P 39
Gardening P 42
The Rural Voice Want Ads P. 45
Bruce Federation P. 46
Huron Federation P. 48
Cover Photo
by Bev Brown
Farmers at an Auction Sale
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Inside the Rural Voice
Equipment options
Anticipating all the corn will be in (keep your fingers crossed)
and there'll be a little spare time for farm readers to look at this,
the November issue of Rural Voice, we've got stories to help you
plan next year's operation.
This issue focusses on farm machinery and the various options
open to farmers who are in the market to add to or replace some
of their equipment.
Rural Voice staff talked to the experts at Guelph on the pros
and cons of buying, leasing or opting tohave farm work custom
done. We reviewed the OFA's demands for tighter warrantees
with some area dealers and present their point of view on page 9.
Some Bruce County dealers outline their experience with
leasing farm equipment and we've got an interview with a man
who has a large used farm equipment business.
Other features this month include Giselle Ireland's advice on
what to do when tragedy strikes and a barn burns down, and a
story about a new sort of farm that grows tomatoes in water and
nutrients instead of in soil, right in Perth County.
Next month is Rural Voice's Christmas issue and will feature
stories on unusual farms in Bruce, Huron and Perth.
The winter doldrums
Here at Rural Voice we've had some interesting response to a
question we posed in last month's issue: "What can farm wives
do to make their spare time productive in the long winter months
in this part of the country.,
We're planning a story on the topic, which was suggested by a
reader who answered our questionnaire this summer, in a future
issue of Rural Voice. And although we have some answers, we'd
like to hear more from you.
Will you share your solution to this common problem with
other readers. Just write out your comments...they don't have to
be fancy, and send them to Rural Voice, Box 10, Blyth, Or call or
write us and we'll try to arrange an interview.
We'll look forward to hearing from you.
Cookbooks Wanted
Becaus e we often use them in our own kitchens, those of us
who work for Rural Voice know how terrific the c. ookbooks that
church groups, Women's Institutes and other groups in Bruce,
Huron and Perth have put together are. We'd like to mention as
many of them as we can find in a future issue.
Will you help us? If you're an officer in any group that has
issued its own cookbook, will you send a copy to Rural Voice?
Tell us how much it costs and who it's available from and we'll
send payment and advertise your group's cookbook in a future
story in our family pages. Just mail your cookbook, with an
invoice, to Rural Voice, Box 10, Blyth, NOM 1Hf and it will be
included in our story. Thanks. Make sure you include a name and
address so that interested readers can order a copy of your
group's cookbook.
P.S. We're still looking for favourite family Christmas recipes
for our December issue. Send your best, and we realize they're
among the most valuable heirlooms we have, to Rural Voice, Box
10, Blyth, by Friday, November 16 and be sure to include your
name, address and phone number.