The Rural Voice, 1983-10, Page 63YOUNG FARMER
Young Grey county dairy farmers: Silver dollar winners
Two young Grey county dairy
farmers won the showmanship and
essay divisions of the dairy competi-
tions in this year's 4H Silver Dollar
Competition.
The competition held at Erin and
sponsored by United Breeders Inc.
and Erin Junior Farmers, attracted
top senior calf club members from
sixteen counties and regions.
Neil McCutcheon, Owen Sound,
wrote the best essay, on the topic
"Embryo Transfer, Have we tapped
its full potential?", and Doug Bell of
Durham was top showman. Both
took home a division winner's
rosette, a mint silver dollar and ten
nickel silver dollars.
High scorers for their counties
were: Bruce, Janice Needham,
Ripley, dairy; Grey, Dennis Red-
mond, Dundalk, beef; Huron,
Elizabeth Stewart, Dublin, dairy and
Ontario Princess
Nancy Schmidt, 19, from Perth
county became the 28th Ontario
Dairy Princess at the C.N.E. recently.
The daughter of Robert and Lorianne
Schmidt , she was chosen from 44
contestants. Nancy Schmidt works on
her parents Holstein farm near Strat-
ford and plans to attend the Universi-
ty of Guelph. This year, she will be a
fulltime employee of the Ontario
Milk Marketing Board.
Runners up include: Emily Clark,
Simcoe; Marlene Parkin, Grey;
Sharon Nicklas, Oxford and Ellen
Hurren, Halton.0
Lisa Thompson, Wingham, beef;
Perth, Lloyd Diehl, Brunner, beef.
A total of ninety-one 4Her's par-
ticipated with each county in United
Breeder's service area entitled to send
up to five dairy and five beef com-
petitors.
The overall champion was Gary
Jebson of Cannington, representing
Durham West with a cumulative total
of 855 points of a possible 1000.0
Assistance for
young farmers
The Government of Ontario is
committed to a strong and viable
farm community. The Beginning
Farmer Assistance Program is design-
ed to play a major role in bringing a
new group of qualified and aggressive
producers into the province's
agricultural industry.
The Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food will rebate in-
terest charges for five years on loans
from approved lenders in excess of 8
per cent, to a maximum rebate of 5
percentage points based on the Farm
Credit Corporation rate at the time of
entry into the program. Individuals
may receive rebates on loans of up to
$350,000.00.
Beginning farmers may enter the
program during a five-year period
beginning May 10, 1983. Rebates ap-
ply to eligible loans covering transac-
tions finalized on or after that date.
The applicant's effective date of entry
into farming is the date the transac-
tions are finalized.
To be eligible for BFAP, a farmer
must be eligible for a loan from an
approved lending institution - Farm
Credit Corporation, Bank of Mon-
treal, Toronto -Dominion Bank; and
Canadian Imperial Bank of Corn-
merce.
Beginning farmers are those who
have never owned a viable farm, or
have never spent a majority of their
time or earned a majority of their in-
come from farming assets over which
they have had control.
Huron Princess
Humour won out in the crowning of
Muriel Huth, R.R. 2, Clifford, the
new 1983-84 Huron county Dairy
Princess, replacing Marian Taylor of
Belgrave. Huth gave an "udderly"
delightful speech viewing milk in-
dustry as seen by a cow. She has
enrolled in the Food Service Manage-
ment Course at Centralia. Also she
has received provincial honours in
4-H homemaking, completed grade
eight singing, is a Brownie leader and
a choir instructor. Other contestants
include: Diane Van Osch, R.R. 3,
Lucknow; Brenda Bos, R.R. 3,
Auburn; Denise Brand, R.R. 2,
Bayfield; Denise Nethery, Belgrave
and Kim Pfeffer, Clifford. Over 30
sponsors contributed gifts to the can-
didates, including a set of luggage
from the Huron County Milk Com-
mittee for the new princess.
000IIIAY FARES
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'WayneIa and Scans
PERFORMANCE TESTED
Quality Swine, performance tested, health ap-
proved gilts and boars from a herd with very
good mothering ability.
QS No. 1 York x Landrace gilts, open or bred,
available on a regular basis.
We also have excellent boars in the following
breeds: York, Landrace, Duroc, Hampshire and
Duroc x Hamp crossbred.
Contact
Wayne Fear
MONOWAY FARMS
6 miles west of Brussels on Huron Road # 16
Brussels Phone 519-887-6477
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