The Rural Voice, 1988-04, Page 3R.V.
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columns
KEITH ROULSTON 4
GORD WAINMAN 6
ADRIAN VOS 8
JOHN HAZLITT, GUEST COLUMNIST 10
GISELE IRELAND 11
Planning a
new season.
features
• OPPORTUNITY OR OPPORTUNISM?
THE WAT-CHA PROPOSAL IN GREY COUNTY 14
• AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
PART SIX: THE FUTURE OF RESEARCH 20
• ANOTHER BATTLE WON
THE CONCERNED FARM WOMEN CARRY ON 24
• FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE, CHANGES ON THE FARM
AN ASSESSMENT BY RURAL YOUTH 28
• NOTEBOOK: THE HOBO TEA, by Elaine Townshend 34
• OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS
THE RISK OF RESPIRATORY DISEASE 36
departments
MARKET UPDATE 32
NEWS 40
ADVICE 50
CALENDAR 57
WHAT'S NEW 60
MACHINERY SPECIAL: WHAT'S IN STORE? 67
BUSINESS CENTRE 83
ADVERTISERS' INDEX 95
newsletters
GREY COUNTY FEDERATION 90
PERTH PORK PRODUCERS 92
BRUCE COUNTY FEDERATION 94
HURON COUNTY FEDERATION 96
cover: Clinton and Doug Garniss, Huron County farmers — Photo by W. Merle Gunby
APRIL 1988 1