The Rural Voice, 1980-09, Page 5CONTENTS
Special features
How farm families spend their spare time P. 4
New vets enjoy practising P. 6
Your man in Ottawa P. 10
Perth Farmers take to the air P. 15
Centralia grads five years later P. 16
Ready, Set, PULL
At Lucknow's big tractor pull with
photographer Sharon Dietz P 24
How the drought out west will affect
farmers here P. 29
Regular features
FARM MANAGEMENT TOPICS P. 16
GUEST COLUMN BY
DR. OLGA L. CROCKER P. 17
KEITH ROULSTON P. 19
VOICE OF A FARMER P 21
FARMING IN THE PAST P. 22
A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE P. 23
FARM NEWS IN BRIEF P. 27
ADVICE ON FARMING P 33
MAILBOX OF THE MONTH P. 35
THE RURAL FAMILY P 36
GISELE IRELAND P. 39
THE YOUNG FARMER P. 41
UP AND COMING P. 42
RURAL VOICE CLASSIFIEDS .. . .
PERTH PORK PRODUCERS' NEWS
BRUCE F OF A NEWSLETTER . . .
HURON F OF A NEWSLETTER .. . .
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COVER: The Ginn family, Gerry, Tett, Jean and Jim.
Photo by Herb Shoveller .
COMMENT
A salute to
farm families
As we head into the fall, and a busy round of meetings and
community activities for many farmers, the September issue of
Rural Voice looks into the question "what do farmers do besides
farm9"
In the case of a couple of Huron County farm families, off-tarm
activities from 4 -[-Ito church work and sports to politics keep
riost family members on the run every day of the week. When
you read Herb Shoveller's interviews with the Ginns and the
McNeils, you'll likely wonder, like we did, how they can possibly
pack all they do into a seven day week.
Other farmers have very specialized recreational pasttimes, as
you'll see in Donna Thiel's story about the Perth Flying Farmers.
And then, both male and female farm family members will get a
good laugh and just might see themselves in Giselle Ireland's
saga of the battle of the bulge. "Big is beautiful" her column
this month is titled.
If you've welcomed a newly graduated veterinarian to your
farm lately or have just wondered what life's like for a vet in a
country practise, you'll enjoy Bev Brown's interviews with four
recent U of G grads.
Along the same line is Adrian Vos' look at a number of
Centralia College of Agricultural Technology students, five
years after they graduated.
We also sent reporters to talk to the three members of
parliament in Rural Voice's coverage area and ask "your" men
in Ottawa what they are doing for farmers.
Next month's Rural Voice is a food and politics issue, featuring
stories on consumers, on buy Canadian programs and on a group
of farmers who've been successfully operating without chemicals
for years.
Enjoy our family farm issue and we'll see you in October.
the rural
Voice
Published monthly by McLean Bros., Publishers Ltd.,
Box 10, Blyth, Ontario. NOM 1H0. Telephone 523-9646
or 527-0240. Subscription rates: Canada S3; Single copy
50c. Editorial Board: Bev Brown, Sheila Gunby, Alice
Gibb, Rhea Hamilton, Adrian Vos and Susan White
Bruce Correspondent: Gisele Ireland. Perth Cor-
respondent: Donna Thiel. Advertising representative
Barbara Conaitt, Telephone 527-0240. Staff reporter
Debbie Ranney. Authorized as second class mall by
Canada Post Office. Registration number 3560.
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