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R.V.
"People are trying to survive on less
and less and are driving farther and
farther away from home to earn an
income."
The "be -your -own -boss bus," page 20
"He compares the original scarecrow to
taking a hoe and leaning it against the
barn ... a poor cultivator."
Where have all the scarecrows gone?, page 26
"1 believe that each of us comes into this
world with a responsibility to leave it a
better place than we found it."
Conservation farming, see page 16
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columns
BEHIND THE SCENES INSIDE COVER
GISELE IRELAND 2
KEITH ROULSTON 4
ADRIAN VOS 6
BOB MERCER 8
features
CONSERVATION FARMING COMES OF AGE 16
BUSINESS BUS HELPS BUDDING ENTREPRENEURS 20
WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO SCARECROWS? 26
departments
DIAGNOSTICS 10
AGRILAW 12
MARKETS 14
RURAL LIVING 30
CALENDAR 37
NEWS 31
ADVICE 38
BUSINESS CENTRE 32
CLASSIFIED 36
ADVERTISERS' INDEX 47
newsletters
PERTH COUNTY FEDERATION 40
RAINY RIVER FEDERATION 41
GREY COUNTY FEDERATION 42
PERTH PORK PRODUCERS 44
BRUCE COUNTY FEDERATION 46
HURON COUNTY FEDERATION 48
cover
ONCE VIEWED AS ONLY AN INTERESTING BUT AMUSING WAY OF
FARMING FOR A SMALL BAND OF FARMERS, CONSERVATION FARM-
ING HAS NOW BECOME LEGLTIMIZED IN THE MAINSTREAM OF AGRI-
CULTURE. IN ITS VARIOUS FORMS, IT'S PRACTICED BY A LARGE
NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL FARMERS WHO HAVE CUT COSTS AND
SOIL EROSION TOO. PICTURED ISA FIELD OF NO -TILL SOYS SEEDED
INTO A CORN FIELD FROM LAST YEAR ON THE DEJONG FARM NEAR
BLYTH.
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