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The Rural Voice, 1991-10, Page 5R.V. "The government needs to decide to give Canadian farmers the ability to main- tain or expand a viable, prosperous production and processing industry." Inquiry sought into price spread, page 38 "Murphy farm is the world's largest producer of pork, bringing in 1.1 million hogs to market each year, about one per cent of U.S. production." Learning from the Americans, page 24 "It's pretty bad when we can wind down our operation, go on welfare, and see our standard of living go up." Acres of anguish, see page 18 P THE RURAL VOICE Subscription Form 1 year at $16.05 2 years at $26.75 (Includes 7 % GST) (U.S., add $5 a year) To: Address: Postal Code: Please enclose payment. Mail to: The Rural Voice Box 429, 136 Queen Street Blyth, Ontario NOM 1H0 T columns BEHIND THE SCENES COVER GISELE IRELAND 4 KEITH ROULSTON 6 ADRIAN VOS 8 BOB MERCER 10 features FIELDS OF DREAMS, ACRES OF ANGUISH 18 CIDER: FRESH BOTTLE SUNSHINE 22 LEARNING FROM AMERICAN HOG FARMERS 24 MERVYN ERB: REPLACING THOSE FORK HANDLES 28 VOICE OF THE PAST: THE POOR POSTAL SERVICE 30 departments FEEDBACK 2 DIAGNOSTICS 12 AGRILAW 14 MARKETS 16 RURAL LIVING 32 NOTEBOOK 34 CALENDAR 37 NEWS 38 ADVICE 40 WHAT'S NEW 41 BUSINESS CENTRE 43 CLASSIFIED 47 ADVERTISERS' INDEX 55 newsletters PERTH COUNTY FEDERATION 48 RAINY RIVER FEDERATION 49 GREY COUNTY FEDERATION 50 PERTH PORK PRODUCERS 52 BRUCE COUNTY FEDERATION 54 HURON COUNTY FEDERATION 56 cover DOZENS OF ROADSIDE STANDS, FARMERS' MARKETS AND SUPER- MARKETS AROUND ONTARIO, HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY BRIGHT ORANGE PUMPKINS. CAN FRESH PUMPKIN PIE AND HALLOWE'EN BE FAR BEHIND? PHOTO BY JIM FITZGERALD. THE INTERIOR OF THIS MAGAZINE IS MADE FROM 65 PER CEN RECYCLED PAPER. BOTH IT AND THE COVER MAY BE FULLY RECYCLED. OCTOBER 1991 1