The Rural Voice, 1983-03, Page 68HURON FEDERATION,
cont'd from page 70)
PRESIDENTS REMARKS
Things are getting busy at the
McQuail farm with the spring burst of
lambing and kidding at the barn. I'm
feeling enthusiastic about our Federa-
tion. We are looking at how we can
best serve farmers at the provincial and
county level and are developing a
number of programs within our county.
A partial list of things happening in
February and March includes: the
Huron -Perth Directors Seminar, Presi-
dent Ralph Barrie's visit, several town-
ship annual meetings. the Huron Fed-
eration MPP's dinner, our monthly
meetings and a lobbying presentation
to Bob Rae, NDP Leader. This last
action was discussed at our February
meeting. A motion was made that when
meeting with politicians, our members
should go as individuals rather than as
representatives of our County Federa-
tion. This motion was defeated and the
discussion indicated that the majority
of members at the meeting felt it was
important for our Federation to speak
as an organization to any and all
political leaders who wished to hear
from us.
At our February discussion of OFA
structure, we held small group sessions
where members could express their
views and also fill out a comment
sheet. Members felt that the objective
of OFA as a democratically representa-
tive farm organization speaking for the
majority of farmers in Ontario was
sound. They felt the existing structure
is a good one for maintaining grass
roots involvement and farmer control. It
was felt that fees will need to increase
to keep OFA effective and that it would
be best if increases occurred gradually.
In cooperation with several other
county federations and CKNX, we are
starting an OFA spot on Saturday
morning during Murray Gaunt's farm
news on CKNX AM. We hope you'll find
it has useful information.
Tony McQuail
ADVANCE NOTICE
REGIONAL MEETING & DINNER
for
Tuckersmith, Stanley' & Goderich townships
Goderich Township Hall
Holmesville
April 6 7:00 p.m.
Contact your Township Directors
11
MORRIS TOWNSHIP
Annual
Meeting & Banquet
Thursday, March 10
7:00 p.m.
Belgrave Women's Institute Hall
SPEAKER: NEIL McGAVIN
Contact: John Nesbit 523-9595
Keith VanCamp 887-6310 Doug Garniss 357-1939
ADVERTISERS'
INDEX
Ag Alert 33
Mac Armstrong 27
Asgrow Seed Corn 17
Atwood Electric . 40
Auto Rund 52
B & L Enterprises 25
B & T Antenna 34
C. A. Becker 50
Bill's Stabling 28
Bodmin Farms 33
R. T. Bolton & Son 41
Brandy Point Farms 21
Brindley Auction 48
Bruce Tile 28
Brussels Stockyards 48
Burke Electric 38
Ken R. Campbell 42
Can -Con Systems 67
Centralia College 43
Clinton Credit Union 59
The Co-operators 40
Cowan's Country Store 30
Crophandler 63
Cy -Jo Cycle 61,63
Daco 47
Davidson Well Drilling 28
Dekalb Canada 49,51,53
Dominion Seed House 32
Eastern Farm Equipment
Epps Manufacturing
Family Paradise .
Farm Labour Pool
First Line Seeds .
Henry Gerrits
John Haasnoot ..
A. J. Haugh Equipment
Glenn Hayter
Helm Welding
Hill & Hill Farms
Hopper Well Drilling
Howick Mutual Insurance
Lynn Hoy Enterprises
Hully Gully .. .
Huron Dairy Equipment
Ives Construction
Alfred Knechtel
Kuntz Manufacturing
LH Resource Management
Lesterosa Swine .
Lim-Bant Farm Supply
Lim -Banc Farms
Livestock Symposium
Lowry Farm Systems
Lucknow District Co-op
Maaskanl Bros.
Maitland Manor Farm
Martheo Farm .
McGavin Farm Equipment
Micron Agri Sprayers
Mitchell Credit Union
42 Mcnoway Farms 22
42 Mutual Life Assurance 35
. 26 North Huron Credit Union........59
57 Northrup King .. 36,37
11.13 Ont. Pork Congress ... 44
32 Peebles Farms 65
58 Pletch Electric 65
2 Ouality Swine 38
65 Ralhen Hamps & Spots 46
52 W B. Rowclllfe 55
15 Ryan Drying 9
60 Shur -Gain 72
16 Keith Siemon Farm Systems 46
7 Geo. Smyth Welding 35
5 Stonetown Agri Services 44
55 Stratford Cycle 30
29 Thames Bend Farms 10
57 Topnotch Feeds 31
34 Twin Roll 40
45 Hilbert Van Ankum 23
67 Kase Vandenheuvel 39
34 Lawrence Vandenheuvel 25
44 Vista Villa . 41
67 W.S.A. . 27
45 Ward & Uptigrove 58
39 Welbeck Sawm,ll 58
21 West Wawanosh Insurance 38
25 Willits Tire Service
31 Windjammer Cruises
16 Winthrop General Store
45 Yvonne's Take -Out
59 Zilliax Furniture
29
71
61
26
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