The Rural Voice, 1990-02, Page 5R.V.
"Perhaps farmers are like butterflies.
They have to go through a metamorphosis
first, becoming a dentist, for example, to
raise the necessary capital, then shedding
their white gowns to reveal ..."
— Defining a Farmer, page 21
The Langfords: "We have much to give," Don
Langford says of his agricultural work overseas,
"but we also have much to learn." (page 22)
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columns
BEHIND THE SCENES
GISELE IRELAND 6
KEITH ROULSTON 8
ADRIAN VOS 10
GORD WAINMAN 12
features
• DEFINING A FARMER:
SOME SURPRISING ANSWERS 20
• OF MUTUAL BENEFIT:
AN INTERVIEW WITH DON LANGFORD 22
• ON THE RAILS AGAIN:
THE ONTARIO MIDWESTERN RAILWAY 26
• SKULDUGGERY, LAND RENTAL
AND YIELD PROSPECTS, BY MERVYN ERB 30
• PESTICIDE SAFETY COURSES:
FARMERS URGED TO PROTECT THEMSELVES 34
• NEW MARKET COULD CHANGE FARM PRACTICES:
AN ALFALFA PLANT IN BRUCE COUNTY 36
• NEW HUMANE SOCIETY GETS DOWN TO BUSINESS 39
departments
FEEDBACK 2
WISE MOVES 14
DIAGNOSTICS 16
GRAIN MARKETS 18
NOTEBOOK 41
RURAL LIVING 42
NEWS 44
• CATTLEMEN FACE NAGGING PROBLEMS
• ELECTRONIC TAGS: THE COMING SYSTEM?
• CROP DISASTER COMMITTEE FORMED
• TORONTO FARM SHOW NEAR SELL OUT
CALENDAR 46
BUSINESS CENTRE 48
CLASSIFIED 52
WHAT'S NEW 54
ADVERTISER'S INDEX 63
newsletters
PERTH COUNTY FEDERATION 57
RAINY RIVER FEDERATION 58
GREY COUNTY FEDERATION 59
PERTH PORK PRODUCERS 60
BRUCE COUNTY FEDERATION 62
HURON COUNTY FEDERATION 64
cover: FARMERS AT A PESTICIDE SAFETY COURSE
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