The Rural Voice, 1990-10, Page 60RAINY RIVER
Federation of Agriculture NEWSLETTER
Box 416, Emo, Ontario POW 1 E0
807-482-2051
• The Rural Voice is provided to Rainy River
Federation members by the RRFA.
The Rainy River Federation of Ag-
riculture met in the Stratton Separate
School on Thursday, September 5, 1990
at 7:30 p.m. It was decided that since
Gertie Bujold was offering to billet the
guest speaker for the annual meeting,
she would be taken up on the offer and
the arrangements left to her.
The Ag in the Classroom Commit-
tee has a pamphlet ready to send to the
Grade 2 teachers and the Ontario Dairy
Princess is coming to the area to visit the
schools. A letter has been sent to the
school board.
The Farm Progress Building at the
fair reports 35 booths rented and a profit
should be shown of about $770.00.
The ARDA pasture reports that
some of the cattle will be leaving soon.
Some brush was cut this summer with
the Russell Richards cutter.
Archie Weirsema reports that he has
been out for new members but not suc-
cessful. Those he spoke to felt that
stable funding will help the organiza-
tions.
Kim Cornell presented the Temi-
skaming Cattlemen's submission to the
Ontario Cattlemen's Cow -Calf Study
Commission to the board. It is proposed
that a program be put in place to expand
the existing beef herds, but not to start
new herds. It was recommended that the
RRFA wait to see who the new Minister
of Agriculture is and send him a letter to
support our proposal. We should get an
update from Kim before we write the
letter.
The Cattlemen's Association re-
ported that Gordon Cornell is the sales
manager, Neilson Brothers are the sort-
ers, and the auctioneer is from Brandon.
The one -owner lots will be subject to
inspection by the sorters.
The Milk Committee reports that
611 litres a day are coming across the
border at Fort Frances. This equals a
$130,000.00 loss per year to farmers.
The committee is hoping to make con-
tact with the new Minister of the Envi-
ronment about some of the rulings that
have been made of late, re: the cheese
factory.
While it seems a little late to report
on the All Candidates Meeting, from
this vantage point, it is what I have notes
on. I guess that's the fun of sending a
column in after the fact. The meeting
was held in the Stratton Separate School
on Monday, August 27, 1990. The
moderator for the evening was Donald
McCulloch, a past president of the
RRFA. I acted as time -keeper and our
three candidates: Bob Davidson, Pro-
gressive Conservative; Dennis Brown,
Liberal; and Howard Hampton, NDP,
ably fielded questions from the floor.
Each candidate was given three minutes
to put forth some of their respective
parties' platform. The answers to the
questions were limited to two minutes
for each candidate. The candidates were
each given a five minute summation.
The election is over and the incum-
bent was re-elected. Congratulations
HOWIE. For the first time in a number
of years, we have a member on the
sitting side.
The Stratton Sale is soon and those
wishing to have their calves weighed are
encouraged to contact Tom Morrish to
set a date and time. Tom and Shirley are
running to catch up. At our last conver-
sation, Tim reported that they were
doing ten herd weighings a day. That's
running.
Remember the date for the Stratton
Sale is October 6, 1990 and starts at
11:00 a.m. Come out and join us for a
day of fast -paced action.
The Hunspergers have been running
the roads of late and have very little
news for the column again this month.
We brought my Mom up to the area and
that was a week out of the month. I had
a trip to Thunder Bay and that messed up
two days of the next week. I hope this
will slow down enough to let me catch
my breath before the next thing happens
— whatever that may be. Mom is set-
tling in to her new apartment and we are
learning to remember that she lives
close enough to visit on the way to get
the mail.
Rainy River Federation
ANNUAL MEETING
DINNER and DANCE
Saturday, October 13, 1990.
Barwick Hall
Guest Speaker: ROGER GEORGE
First vice president, OFA
Social Hour: 6:00 to 7:15 p.m.
Supper: 7:15 p.m.
Dance: 9:00 to 1:00 a.m.
$1350/per person
Contact any of the local directors
for your tickets.
We need your help to keep the or-
ganization strong and functioning well.
I urge you to consider becoming a
delegate to the OFA Annual Convention
in Toronto. It is a working and learning
experience and the people you meet are
great and are interested in the agricul-
tural industry. Until next time.0
Jacquelyn
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