The Rural Voice, 1997-01, Page 3R.V.
Editor: Keith Roulston
editorial advisory committee:
Bev Hill, farmer, Huron County
John Heard, soils and crop extension
and research, northwestern Ontario
Diane O'Shea, farmer. Middlesex Cty.
George Penfold, associate professor,
University of Guelph
Gerald Poechman, farmer. Bruce Cty.
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Behind the Scenes
Starting anew
Perhaps it's fitting that our
January 1997 issue start off with a
story on Tony and Joanne Los of
Atwood. The Loses, relatively new
residents or our arca, came to Canada
for a fresh start, and recently opened
a 220- cow dairy barn and milking
parlour, built from scratch to meet the
future needs for larger dairy
operations.
Building entirely new facilities
rather than adding on to existing
barns is becoming more common,
says Jack Schenk of Landmark
Builders Ltd. who built the huge
structure. Also becoming common,
apparently, is getting bigger, not just
in dairy but in every aspect of
livestock production.
The beginning of a new year is
time to look at things in a new way.
For that reason we've scheduled our
first Profit$ section of the year on
Farm and Financial Management.
Included are stories on the
importance of a will in helping pass
the farm from one generation to thc
next, and how livestock producers
can use the markets to protect
themselves against fluctuations in
feed grains costs.
While it is good to look ahead, it's
also sometimes wise to get a little
perspective by looking back at where
we came from. The Euphrasia Town-
ship Federation of Agriculture in
Grey County annually presents an
Agriculture Heritage Award. Greg
Brown tells the story of the 1996
winner, Milford Sewell. Milford can
recall the days when farm families
co-operated with such things as the
beef ring, to provide fresh beef to
faun families and the building of a
community hall in Blantyre. He
recalls "Fowl Days" when farmers
used to bring their chickens, ducks
and turkeys into Mcaford before
Christmas each year where buyers
from Toronto bought the fowl for
their city customers.
In her decorating column, Patti
Robertson calls for a clean start for
the new year. She shows how getting
"stuff" organized around the house
can help improve the overall look of
your home and she gives some tips
on how to encourage family members
to put everything in its place.
It may he the middle of winter but
there are still lots of Ontario -grown
vegetables in storage. Bonnie Gropp
has collected a number of recipes
using winter storage vegetables 14
her recipe column in this issue
another great start for the new ycar.0
Update
Rural health care — the furor spreads
In our November issue Janice Becker took a look at the future of rural health
care and already the situation has changed drastically. Janice reported on the
initial proposals for Grey -Bruce which would sec only two full-service hospitals
in the two counties. That same formula has now been adopted by the Task Force
studying the future of hospitals in Huron and Penh counties. In a list of three
preliminary options presented in late November, this group proposes full-service
hospitals in Stratford and Godcrich plus two other "primary" hospitals which
would have some services in Seaforth and either of Wingham or Listowel.
Unlike the Grcy-Bruce proposal, however, there is no guarantee there would be
even emergency service in thc other four hospitals.
As in Grey -Bruce, reaction has been swift and vocal. Despite the fact the
Huron Perth Task Force held "open house" information sessions to avoid the
kind of confrontations witnessed in Grcy-Bruce whcrc public meetings were
attended by thousands, large meetings have been held organized by local
hospitals themselves In Clinton, who with St. Marys and Exeter semis to have
the most to lose in the proposals, they had to shut down the main street when the
Health Council held its open house.
Meanwhile, in Grey -Bruce the llcalth Council has asked for more time to
prepare its final rcport.0