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The Rural Voice, 1987-06, Page 4YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR: Pesticide spraying equipment, aenal and ground application SPRAYER PARTS for Hypro, Spraying Systems, Hardi, Vicon and George White. GSW and Pacer transfer pumps Handheld and knapsack sprayers PVC and EVA and rubber hose for sprayers and pumps "Wholesale and Retail" MILTON J. DIETZ Limited R.R. 4, Seaforth 519-527-0608 (49 West Wawanosh Mutual Insurance Company Dungannon, Ont. NOM 1R0 FARMS AUTO RESIDENTIAL AGENTS Frank Foran, R R. 2, Lucknow 528.3824 Lyons & Mulhern, 46 West St., Godench . 524.2664 Kenneth B. MacLean, R.R. 82, Paisley . 368-7537 John Nixon, R.R. 85. Brussels 887-9417 Donald R. Simpson, R R 83, Goderich 529-7567 Delmar Sproul, R.R. 83, Auburn 5297273 Laurie Campbell. Brussels .. 887-9051 Slade Insurance Brokers Inc. Kincardine 3969513 FOR A QUOTATION ON YOUR. FARM, HOME, COTTAGE, OR AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE. CONTACT THE AGENT IN YOUR AREA. DIRECTORS Eldon Bradley Lucknow 528.2214 John Bryce. R R 03 Paisley 353.5631 Glen Couues R R 05 Brussels . .887-6124 Gerald Kerr P 0 Box 62. Blyth 523.9275 Donald McKenzie. 163 Elgin Ave Wast Godench 5247602 Gordon A Stewart R R 2 Ripley 3955235 CLAIMS SHOULD BE REPORTED PROMPTLY TO THE DIRECTOR IN YOUR AREA. Norris Peever, Manager Dungannon, Ontario NOM 1R0 519-529.7922 4 THE RURAL VOICE EDITOR'S DESK We're all only too well aware of the problems facing farmers today, from financing to animal welfarists to free trade issues, but what prevails in agriculture is the farmer's insistence that his business is worth running and his way of life worth protecting. June is Dairy Month, and it's also the month of the Ontario Pork Congress. This month The Rural Voice features dairy and pork, and also looks at four farm operations and their management. What's striking about the farmers interviewed is not only their intense and varied search for improvements on their farm and in their industry, but their commitment to agriculture. Take Gary and Joan Fischer, for example, who are working toward ownership of their own farm by run- ning a dairy operation on five leased acres — or Martin and Teresa Van • Raay, who are also "beginning" far- mers. They, virtually overnight, took on the challenge of a 170 -sow farrow to finish operation, several hundred acres of cash crops, and a Pioneer dealership. The Jack brothers of Perth County are also pork producers, and well known for being efficient and innovative. Their concerns, like those of Bruce Saunders, extend far beyond the farm gate. Saunders, a director on the milk board, is a well-established dairyman who, with his brother and father, owns a herd of 80 Holsteins. The demands of farming call on many kinds of resources and the rewards sometimes appear to be slim, but it also seems true that, as Gary Fischer says, "There are always more people who want to farm than there are people who are able to farm. "0 FARM SUPPLIES J & B BENEDICTUS • DEKALB - CORN, SORGHUM, ALFALFA • SPEARE • HAY 6 PASTURE SEEDS • HERBICIDES • INSECTICIDES • FUNGICIDES • MIS. PESTICIDES • BALER TWINE - SISAL 6 PLASTIC • DISPAR VET. PRODUCTS • KONK • VITAWAY LIVESTOCK VITAMINS 6 MINERALS • DAIRY SANITATION PRODUCTS • MILKER PARTS 6 INFLATIONS • GALLAGHER FENCING • WELDED GATES • ROUND BALE FEEDERS • HEAD GATES • HOG FEEDERS • HIGH PRESSURE WASHERS • AIR COMPRESSORS • WELDERS • BENCH GRINDERS • 3 PH. FERT. SPREADERS • WEED SPRAYERS 6 PARTS • HURST SWINE 6 POULTRY EQUIPMENT • HYD. HOSE REPAIRS • CHAIN • BEARINGS • WELD ON PULLEYS 6 SPROCKETS • NUTS 6 BOLTS • A. B. 6 C. BELTS, 20" TO 400" LONG • OFMA TILLAGE 6 HARVESTING PARTS • QUAKER STATE LUBRICANTS • SLICK 50 • KRALINATOR OIL 6 FUEL FILTERS • TRUCK - TRACTOR BATTERIES • PAINTS • SHOVELS • FORKS • BROOMS • FLY SPRAYS 6 SPRAYERS • BSM STABLING JUNE Cash & Carry SPECIALS Corn Oil Conc. $31 20 I. pail Atrazine $27 10 I. jug M.CP A. $2 901. and up 100 lbs. drum milk pipeline cleaner $94.50 Konk flying insect killer $6.95 690 gr. Konk too $12.75 Air guard mister $39.95 20 I. fogging solution in reuseable container $39.95 9+10,000 ft. plastic baler twine $17.65 16,000 ft. plastic baler twine $15.85 Sisal twine at Great Savings You must bring this ad to get in on these specials. FarmHome Lawn & Garden Supplies Hrs. 7:00 am till Sunset Sun. 9:00 am to 4:00 pm R.R. 1, Dundalk 519-923-2728