The Rural Voice, 1981-07, Page 13develop self-confidence and
their personal skills and
talents in an informal educa-
tional way. We give them a
chance to take risks. make
decisions and develop lead-
ership to help them become
better citizens of tomorrow."
WILLIAM MULLIN
Crop Insurance
As area manager for the
Crop Insurance Commission
of Ontario. Bill Mullin is new
to his Stratford office, but not
to Perth County. For eight
years, some time ago, he was
bookkeeper with the Listowel
Produce Company. Then he
spent 15 years managing
co-operatives across the pro-
vince, followed by five years
in the Ottawa area as crop
insurance manager for On-
tario's seven most eastern
counties.
Out of his Stratford head-
quarters, Mullin administers
and supervises the crop in-
surance program in Perth.
Huron. Bruce, Middlesex.
Lambton and Oxford Count-
ies. He oversees 17 sales
agents and six claim adjust-
ers. Crop insurance insures
farmers from crop losses due
to natural causes beyond
their control, such as hail,
wind, frost, flood. drought.
insect infestation and
disease.
Mullin. a Listowel native
who has taken courses at
Queen's University in King-
ston and Mohawk College in
Hamilton, says, "It gives me
real satisfaction when we can
present a cheque to a farmer
after he has had a disaster.
The insurance has saved
many farms from bankruptcy
and kept their future in
farming."
On the
road .. .
JOE BRENT
Milk Inspector
For the first four years
after his graduation from the
University of Guelph in 1959.
Joe Brent was employed in
the milk processing industry.
Since then he has worked out
of London, Cornwall, Milton
and Stratford as an area
fieldperson for the farm pro-
ducts quality branch of
OMAF. He has been in Perth
for the past six years, where
he supervises the inspection
of milk production and pro-
cessing facilities in the
county. The aim of such
inspection is to improve and
assist in the production of
raw milk, and that's what
Brent enjoys doing. He
knows the result will be a
higher quality output from
the producer and superior
dairy products for the con-
sumer.
CARL MARKLEVITZ
Milk Tester
Carl Marklevitz has
spent most of his life in the
dairy business. He ran his
own creamery in Chesley.
operated a milk plant in
Tara, and worked in the field
for Gay Lea. But for the past
12 years he has been a farm
inspector and plant product
tester for the milk industry
section out of Stratford.
Along the way Marklevitz
has picked up some formal
business training and the
dairy short course at the
University of Guelph. "Our
work helps pinpoint problem
areas in equipment and milk-
ing procedures," he says.
"And the end result is better
quality milk." Marklevit,
From left:
Tom Harrison. Thelma Smith [milk inspection unit
secretary]. Carl Marklevitz and Joe Brent.
says there's a real challenge
in defining the trouble, and
then working out the solu-
tion."
TOM HARRISON
Dairy Fieldman
The veteran dairy field -
person in Perth is Tom
Harrison, who joined the
staff 17 years ago after
working for 12 years in
Chatham, Ridgetown and
Tilbury as a buttermaker and
milk plant operator. That was
after he had taken the dairy
short course at the University
of Guelph. Working out of
his Stratford office. Harrison
monitors the quality of raw
milk and processing and
trucking facilities throughout
the county. Like his co-work-
ers, he considers his role as
one of a trouble-shooter and
problem -solver. Fulfilling
that role, says Harrison,
results in an improvement of
raw milk quality and farm
premises, as well a general
upgrading of processing fa-
cilities.
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