The Rural Voice, 1991-09, Page 76RAINY RIVER
Federation of Agriculture NEWSLETTER
Box 416, Emo, Ontario POW 1 E0
807-482-2051
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Federation members by the RRFA.
BUY THE
FOOD YOUR
NEIGHBOUR
GROW
The Rainy River Federation of Agriculture's display at the Emo Fair featured "Buy
the Food Your Neighbour Grows." Shirley Morrish, left, president Linda Arm-
strong, right. This booth was judged second best.
Some weather lore: Ne'er trust a
July sky; as July, so next January. If the
1st of July be rainy weather, it will rain
more or less four weeks together. The
first Friday in July is always wet. It
rained 22mm Friday here and was wet
for a good part of each week for all of
July so maybe there is more truth in the
old tale than we care to admit.
The August meeting of the RRFA
was held on Thursday, August 1. The
directors present were Kristine Carpen-
ter, Wayne Flatt, Peggy Mason, Gerrie
Bujold, Linda Armstrong, Kim Hun-
sperger, Shirley Morrish, Dennis
Brunn, and Jacquelyn Hunsperger.
The date for the annual meeting
dinner and dance has been set for Satur-
day, October 5, 1991 in the Stratton
Hall. Kim volunteered me to billet the
guest speaker. This year I won't have
the house in an uproar as the painting
and papering is finally finished upstairs.
Kristine Carpenter reported that the
Ag in the Classroom project has been
upgraded and Mrs. MaryAnn Haw is to
be thanked for giving her assistance in
working on the project. Grade 2 will
learn a lot about the five breeds of dairy
cows. The next subject that the commit-
tee hopes to tackle is the chicken and the
egg. A hard working group. Congratu-
lations and thank you.
72 THE RURAL VOICE
The ARDA Pasture Committee
planned a Twilight meeting at the pas-
ture to talk about brush control and Dr.
Cannon was to discuss the treatment of
cattle for spring. A review of provincial
pasture projects was to be led by Wilf
Shier, the provincial pasture director. I
missed the meeting, but hope that those
who were able to attend found it worth-
while.
The cattlemen remind us that there
will be four sales this fall: the yearling
sale, September 7; premier female sale,
September 21; stocker sale, October 12;
cow sale, October 26.
From what I hear, there will be no
satellite selling this year.
The next meeting of the Rainy River
Federation of Agriculture was to be on
Thursday, September 5, in the our Lady
of the Way Separate School at 7:30 p.m.
I attended a meeting in the Red Dog
Inn on July 23, with Elmer Buchanan,
Ontario Minister of Agriculture and
Food, and I wish he had told me more.
Some of the people present were more
enthusiastic than I was, but maybe I'm
too impatient. Everything is down the
road in time and I think we need the
programs put in place now. Mr. Bucha-
nan spoke for a few minutes about pro-
grams he hopes to implement in the near
future. He hopes to have reasonable
rates of interest for fixed long term
loans, hopefully this fall, and monies
will be available in the spring to go with
some programs. He raised the question
that has been asked before, and no one
has answered: "who else sells their
product at whatever price they are
given?" Many farmers have been trying
to get the answer to that one for years.
Mr. Buchanan felt that the idea of
there being a second person in the agri-
cultural office was a good concept.
My feet are tired and my back has
moments of protesting, but I feel good,
as the Emo and District annual fall fair is
finished for another year. Kim and I
worked the milk booth again this year
and were lucky with the crew we had to
work with — Derek and LeeAnn Car-
penter, Anthony Mason, Laurie Brown,
Ammie Brunn, Mark Neilson, Lisa
Govier, and Heather Smith. All did
yeoman duty for the three days of the
fair. Kim and I thank all the helpers.
Kim was able to take a little time and
went over to the Farm Progress Building
to take some pictures. The Rainy River
Federation has co-sponsored the farm
progress exhibits since 1978 and we
have also provided the workers and the
management of the hall. This year
Peggy Mason was the lady in charge and
she did a bang-up job. She and her
committee deserve the top award for a
job well done. This year there were
more than 50 exhibitors and it is the
most we have had in some time. Mr.
Brandrick and his leather work and
buggies really added to the hall and his
display took first prize.
Kim and Shirley Morrish were in
charge of the Federation's booth and as
they are also on the consumer education
committee used their material for "eat
the food your neighbour grows," and
grandson Allen has started already to be
a dairyman. He showed his first calf in
the under 12 class and was really proud
of himself. Mom and Dad were told in
no uncertain terms "Don't touch my
calf!!"
I must away and start the fall slaugh-
ter of the meat birds. It is a tough job but
somebody's got to do it.0
Jacquelyn