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The Rural Voice, 1982-05, Page 6Top Quality Bred Gilts Large selection of York/Landrace bred gilts with accurate breeding dates. All gilts guaranteed bred and reasonably priced. Closed herd with mother herd being R.O.P. tested. Herd has a reputation for sound legs and excellent mother ability. Open gilts ready to service also available. All gilts vaccinated. New Addition Gilts bred to Purebred and R.O.P. approved boars designed to be herd improvers for the commerical producer, now available. References and herd health informatioru available on request. Lawrence Vanden Heuvel R.R. #2, Goderich, Ont. 519-524-4350 the rural oice The magazine for the whole farm family TO SUBSCRIBE OR RENEW: 1 year $5.00 0 o new 0 Payment subscription enclosed Q renewal 0 Bill me 3 3 3 3 Mall to THE RURAL VOICE, P O Box 10, Blyth, Ontario, NOM 1H0 PG. 4 THE RURAL VOICE/MAY 1982 LETTERS Grey Federation does not approve route 3 The Grey County Federation of Agriculture page in the April issue states in huge headlines Grey supports Route 3. This is misleading and I want our members to know that the Grey County Federation of Agriculture DOES NOT support Route 3. We have had re- presentatives at the hydro meetings from the very first meeting with instructions to keep that hydro line out of Grey County. The Department of Agriculture seems to support Route 3. Other counties support Route 3 because they think Grey county is all trees and rocks anyway. We in Grey County make our living off this land and we do have good land between the trees and rocks. Those trees are a crop, too, and a hydro line taking a wide swath through a bush would certainly curtail any future profit. Bessie Saunders President of Grey Fed. of Ag. Covers farming and people 1 receive "Rural Voice" courtesy of subscriber Del Schneider. 1 do appreciate reading it, and I equally appreciate its content. It does cover quite well the activity in the agricultural community of your county and the surrounding areas. not only the farming aspects of financing, producing and marketing beef, pork, lamb, grain, vegetable and fruit crops etc., but also the people aspects of home making, cooking, education, health. recreation and problems with big government and other pests. And there is a generous amount of advertising of available farm equipment, supplies and services. Adrian Vos appears to be a prolific. though sometimes controversial, editorial contributor. Gisele Ireland has a nice touch; I like her February, 1982 article "Keep the Home Fires Burning." Bev. Brown's recipes look pretty good too. You could compile them into a community cook book at some future time. So you see I enjoy reading the "Rural Voice." Best wishes for your continued success. J.J. McGrath. P. Eng. Toronto We are always anxious to know what readers think of our magazine and the columns, features and news items in it. If you have something to say, send your comments to the address below. Letters should be concise, and signed. Because of space limitations we reserve the right to edit. The Rural Voice, Box 10, Blyth, Ont. If you are driving along Highway 86 just west of Wingham and you see a couple of Hampshire pigs looking like they are about to cross the road, don't hit your brakes. These life -like pigs stand on either side of Carl Martin's laneway and we're sure there are times when Carl looks out his front window and wonders if some of his pigs have escaped from the barn. We know of one hog farmer who was fooled by the statues and stopped his car to help herd the pigs back up the laneway. (Photo by Brown)