The Rural Voice, 1981-11, Page 24Who's who at Bruce OMAF
VICKY BRYCE
Vicky has worked in the Bruce
OMAF office for one year on
the secretarial staff.
BETTE KNOX
Bette is the office manager at
OMAF and takes care of the
accounts and is responsible
for the smooth running ef-
ficiency of the office. Bette
has been with the ministry for
18 years.
ROSALIE WALDEN
Rosalie has started with
OMAF this summer in a
secretarial position and is
looking forward to meeting
many of the OMAF
"customers."
BOB FERGUSON
Bob has been with the
ministry for 19 years and is
area fieldman for the milk
industry section. Bob
oversees the quality control of
milk and cream production as
well as inspecting premises of
Bruce milk and cream
producers.
TERRY JAMES
Terry is the assistant
agricultural representative in
Bruce County. A newcomer.
he has been with the ministry
for six months. He is a
graduate of the University of
Guith B. in
Agricultureelphwwitha majors in
Animal Science. Terry works
mainly with dairy farmers in
ration formulization and
feeding recommendations
ARTHUR THOMPSON
Arthur is a fieldman for the
milk industry section and has
been with the ministry 11
years Arthur does quality
control inspections of milk
and cream and inspects dairy
premises.
MARVIN RELD
A fieldman for the milk
industry section Marvin has
been with the Ministry for 18
years. He inspects dairy
premises anu does quality
control for the dairy industry
in Bruce County.
HAROLD McKNIGHT
Harold is an engineering
assistant at Bruce OMAF.
Harold's main interests lie in
the design and function of
farm buildings as well as the
improvement of agricultural
land by tile drainage. Harold
has been with the ministry for
seven years.
DON EMKE
Don has been with the
ministry for 10 years. He
worked with ARDA and for
the last two years has been
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the 4-H Co-ordinator for
Bruce County. Don is a
University of Guelph
graduate and comes from a
farm in Bruce County. Don's
busiest time is in the fall
when he co-ordinates the 4-H
Clubs for Fall Fairs.
HANK BELLMAN
An OMAF veteran, Hank is
the agricultural engineer in
the Bruce office. He has been
in the ministry for 29 years
and has many farm buildings
to his credit. Hank designs
farm buildings, drainage
systems, manure handling
systems, silos and deals with
erosion control.
RICK UPFOLD
Rick is the soils and crop
specialist for the counties of
Bruce, Grey and Dufferin. He
is a graduate of the University
of Guelph and has been with
the ministry for 11 years. He
enjoys working on the varied
crops in the area and sees that
soil conservation is becoming
a concern.
BARB DEVISSCHER
Barb, the home economist for
Bruce County, has been with
the ministry for 11 years.
Barb organizes courses for
adults and 4-H Homemaking
Clubs on various topics. She
also answers consumer
question related to home-
making. Barb really enjoys
dealing with adults and
young adults in her work and
is constantly striving to learn
about things that are relevant
to the lifestyles of the
community.
COLIN REESOR
Colin, an associate
agricutlural representative
has been with the Ministry for
12 years. He graduated from
McGill University and
majored in economics. Colin
does financial advising, feed
ration work and works with
cash croppers. He finds the
seasonal variations in his job
fascinating.
M.R. "MAC" BOLTON
Maga Huron County native is
the ` agricultural re-
presentative for Bruce
County and has been with the
Ministry for 11 years. Mac
works with the farm people
and is totally involved in the
agricultural industry. He is
responsible for the Bruce
County office and staff and
represents the county at
various functions all across
the province.
RON SLADE
Ron is the Rural Development
Councillor for Huron and
Bruce County. He is secretary
of the ARDA pasture farm
and also a beef farmer
himself. He has been with
OMAF for fifteen years and
will be retiring the end of
1981.
HOW IT WORKS;
20" disc. blades, mounted on individual pivots. are
rotated by hydraulic motors to cut bean plants off
below ground surface. Each pivot -mounted section
rests on two depth wheels. Two or three windrows
are produced, depending on the number of blades.
The Smyth Bean Cutter can be mounted on the front
or on the rear of a tractor. This compact machine is
not bothered by mud or trash.
Canada's first rotary bean cutter is a product of
the George Smyth Welding and Machine Shop.
THE FIRST NEW IDEA IN BEAN
PULLING IN 70 YEARS
SMYTM
Welding and
Machine Shop
RR 2, Auburn, Ontario (519) 529-7212
THE RURAL VOICE/NOVEMBER 1981 PG. 23