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Specializing in Farm Insurance
Loss Prevention Service
BROKERS/AGENTS
Chatsworth Insurance Brokers Limited
Chatsworth 794-2870
Chesley-Tara Insurance Brokers Limited
Chesley 363-3436 Tara 934-2250
Cowling & Kearns Insurance Brokers Limited
Meaford 538-1350
Lyle Crockford & Son
Dundalk 923-2313 Tara 934-2082
Davis & McLay Insurance Brokers Limited
Lion's Head 793-3322
James Hope Insurance Broker
Paisley 353-5200
H.E. Janke Insurance Brokers Limited
Port Elgin 832-6961
Gerry Karl Insurance Broker
Mildmay 367-2713 Clifford 327-8025
Kell Insurance Brokers Limited
WIngham 357-2636 Gorrie 335-3525
Jack Lambertus Insurance Broker Limited
Walkerton 881-0480
A. Cameron MacAuley
Ripley 395-5112
Isabel B. McCreath Insurance
Kincardine 396-2313
Craig, McDonald & Reddon Insurance Brokers Limited
Formosa 367-2197 Mildmay 367-2297 Walkerton 881-2701
Middleton's Insurance Brokerage
Chesley 363-3162 Wiarton 534-3333
Miller -Slade Insurance Brokers Inc.
Kincardine 396-3465 Ripley 395-2661 Owen Sound 376-0590
Percy Monis Insurance Broker Limited
Owen Sound 376-2666
Carl Morris Insurance Agency
Chepstow 366-2714
Elwood Moore Insurance Broker Limited
Owen Sound 376-1333
James Shirreff Insurance Broker
Allenford 934-2181
Don Threndyle Insurance
Elmwood 881-1697
Ross Wagner Insurance
Chesley 363-2962
DIRECTOR / ADJUSTER
Lorne Robinson, R.R.2, Kincardine 396-8045
John Clancy, R R 1, Chepstow 881-2075
Len Metcalfe, Mildmay 367-2791
Jack Cumming, R.R. 2, Dobbinton 353-5556
Charles Kelly, Port Elgin 832-9334
Ron Lipsett, R R 1, Annan 376-6722
AU claims should be reported promptly 1.800.265.3020
to the representative in your area or to the
Head Office In Formosa
4 THE RURAL_ VOICE
FEEDBACK
IIjII'IIlll IIIIHI91 /I
Target practice
In the column, One Man's Opi-
nion, in the November issue, Adrian
Vos takes careful aim with his verbal
blunderbuss, fires his best shot and
manages to strike the target with a
few stray pellets, and as usual, misses
completely with the main load.
So his solution to the current farm
crisis is to have farmers sell a lot off
the corner of their farm to make their
operation more viable — come on,
Adrian, you must be pulling our legs.
Even if this were possible, and in
most cases it's not, there is probably
less of a market for building lots in
the country right now than there is
for over -fat steers. The price received
for a lot would not make much of a
dent in most farm budgets. It
wouldn't even pay the tuition to send
a son to college or offset the cost of a
new tractor. It might pay one year's
fertilizer bill. What about next year?
Sell another lot? Sounds a bit like a
cannibal eating his own leg to stave
off starvation.
Vos has chosen to ignore the effect
that such a policy would have on the
social, and yes, economic viability of
rural communities. I am not a social
scientist but I grew up in what was
once a rural community and I have
seen what happens under such a
policy. I left that community.
I agree with Vos that there has to
be a major rationalization in the
agricultural industry. The constant
clamour for more government pro-
grams to assist agriculture (except in
an emergency) is not only a sign of
immaturity but a waste of time.
Other segments of our society,
from doctors to labourers, have done
quite well, thank you. Until we sub-
mit to some collective self discipline,
we will continue to be taken advan-
tage of — and to deserve it.
In the process of rationalization let
us hope we can keep the family farm
intact. Part of this task is to put in
place policies that will return a farmer
a decent income — dare I say it,
through supply management or some